EXHIBIT 4.7
NONSTANDARDIZED
PROTOTYPE CASH OR DEFERRED
PROFIT-SHARING PLAN AND
TRUST/CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT
for
Odyssey Golf
SPONSORED BY
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
EFFECTIVE DATE: 11/1/97
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PLAN #004
NONSTANDARDIZED
ADOPTION AGREEMENT
PROTOTYPE CASH OR DEFERRED PROFIT-SHARING
PLAN AND TRUST/CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT
SPONSORED BY
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
The Employer named below hereby establishes a Cash or Deferred Profit-Sharing
Plan for eligible Employees as provided in this Adoption Agreement and the
accompanying Basic Prototype Plan and Trust/Custodial Account Basic Plan
Document #04.
1. EMPLOYER INFORMATION
NOTE: If multiple Employers are adopting the Plan, complete this section
based on the lead Employer. Additional Employers may adopt this
Plan by attaching executed signature pages to the back of the
Employer's Adoption Agreement.
(a) NAME AND ADDRESS:
ODYSSEY GOLF
1969 KELLOGG AVE.
CARLSBAD, CA 92008
(b) TELEPHONE NUMBER: (760)431-9966
(c) TAX ID NUMBER: 33-0767135
(d) FORM OF BUSINESS:
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[ ] (i) Sole Proprietor
[ ] (ii) Partnership
[X] (iii) Corporation
[ ] (iv) "S" Corporation (formerly known as Subchapter S)
[ ] (v) Other:
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(e)NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE TRUSTEE/CUSTODIAN:
SEE DESIGNATION OF COMMITTEE FORM
(f)NAME OF PLAN: ODYSSEY GOLF 401(K) PLAN
(g)THREE DIGIT PLAN NUMBER
FOR ANNUAL RETURN/REPORT: 001
2. EFFECTIVE DATE
(a) This is a new Plan having an effective date of 11/1/97 .
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(b) This is an amended Plan.
The effective date of the original Plan was .
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The effective date of the amended Plan is .
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(c) If different from above, the Effective Date for the Plan's Elective
Deferral provisions shall be . [If no date is
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entered, the effective date for Elective Deferrals is the same as 2(a)
or 2(b)].
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3. DEFINITIONS
(a) "Collective or Commingled Funds" (Applicable to institutional Trustees
only.) Investment in collective or commingled funds as permitted at
paragraph 13.3(b) of the Basic Plan Document #04 shall only be made to
the following specifically named fund(s):
SEE ATTACHMENT 3(A)
Funds made available after the execution of this Adoption Agreement
will be listed on schedules attached to the end of this Adoption
Agreement.
(b) "Compensation" Compensation shall be determined on the basis of the:
[ ] (i) Plan Year. If elected, Compensation is based on the
period during which the Employee is a Participant in the
Plan.
[ ] (ii) Employer's Taxable Year.
[X] (iii) Calendar Year.
Compensation shall be determined on the basis of the following safe-
harbor definition of Compensation in IRS Regulation Section 1.414(s)-
1(c):
[X] (iv) Code Section 6041 and 6051 Compensation
[ ] (v) Code Section 3401(a) Compensation, or
[ ] (vi) Code Section 415 Compensation.
For purposes of the Plan, Compensation shall be limited to $ ,
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the maximum amount which will be considered for Plan purposes. [If an
amount is specified, it will limit the amount of contributions allowed
on behalf of higher compensated Employees. Completion of this section
is not intended to coordinate with the $200,000 of Code
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Section 415(d), thus the amount should be less than $200,000 as
adjusted for cost-of-living increases.]
(vii) Exclusions From Compensation:
(1) overtime.
(2) bonuses.
(3) commissions.
(4) Contributions made pursuant to a salary reduction agreement
as defined at paragraph 1.12 of Basic Plan Document #04.
(5) STOCK OPTIONS.
(6) REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: MOVING
EXPENSES, CAR PHONE ALLOWANCE, CAR ALLOWANCE, HOUSING
ALLOWANCE, COMPUTER ALLOWANCE, AND SEVERANCE COMP.
Compensation for Purposes of: Exclusion(s)
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Determining Employee Elective Deferrals
expressed as a percentage of Compensation
[Section 7(b)] 5
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Determining Employer Matching Contributions
[Section 7(c)] 5
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Allocating Employer Qualified Non-Elective
Contributions [Section 7(d)] and Non-Elective
Contributions [Section 7(e)] 5
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Determining Actual Deferral and Contribution
Percentages in connection with the
antidiscrimination tests. Such definition
must satisfy Code Section 414(s).
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(c) "Entry Date"
[ ] (i) The first day of the Plan Year nearest the date on which an
Employee meets the eligibility requirements.
[ ] (ii) The earlier of the first day of the Plan Year or the first day
of the seventh month of the Plan Year coinciding with or
following the date on which an Employee meets the eligibility
requirements.
[ ] (iii) The first day of the Plan Year following the date on which the
Employee meets the eligibility requirements. If this election
is made, the Service requirement at 4(a)(ii) may not exceed
1/2 year and the age requirement at 4(b)(ii) may not exceed
20-1/2.
[X] (iv) The first day of the month coinciding with or following the
date on which an Employee meets the eligibility requirements.
[ ] (v) The first day of the Plan Year, or the first day of the fourth
month, or the first day of the seventh month or the first day
of the tenth month, of the Plan Year coinciding with or
following the date on which an Employee meets the eligibility
requirements.
(d) "Hours of Service" Shall be determined on the basis of the method
selected below. Only one method may be selected. The method selected
shall be applied to all Employees covered under the Plan as follows:
[X] (i) On the basis of actual hours for which an Employee is paid or
entitled to payment.
[ ] (ii) On the basis of days worked.
An Employee shall be credited with ten (10) Hours of Service if
under paragraph 1.42 of the Basic Plan Document #04 such
Employee would be credited with at least one (1) Hour of
Service during the day.
[ ] (iii)On the basis of weeks worked.
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An Employee shall be credited with forty-five (45) Hours of
Service if under paragraph 1.42 of the Basic Plan Document #04
such Employee would be credited with at least one (1) Hour of
Service during the week.
[ ] (iv) On the basis of semi-monthly payroll periods.
An Employee shall be credited with ninety-five (95) Hours of
Service if under paragraph 1.42 of the Basic Plan Document #04
such Employee would be credited with at least one (1) Hour of
Service during the semi-monthly payroll period.
[ ] (v) On the basis of months worked.
An Employee shall be credited with one-hundred-ninety (190)
Hours of Service if under paragraph 1.42 of the Basic Plan
Document #04 such Employee would be credited with at least one
(1) Hour of Service during the month.
(e) "Limitation Year" The 12-consecutive month period commencing on 1/1 and
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ending on 12/31.
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If applicable, the Limitation Year will be a short Limitation Year
commencing on 11/1/97 and ending on 12/31/97 .
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Thereafter, the Limitation Year shall end on the date last specified
above.
(f) "Net Profit"
[X] (i) Not applicable (profits will not be required for any
contributions to the Plan).
[ ] (ii) As defined in paragraph 1.49 of the Basic Plan Document #04.
[ ] (iii)Shall be defined as:
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(Only use if definition in paragraph 1.49 of the Basic Plan Document
#04 is to be superseded.)
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(g) "Plan Year" The 12-consecutive month period commencing on 1/1 and ending
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on 12/31.
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If applicable, the Plan Year will be a short Plan Year commencing on
11/1 and ending on 12/31. Thereafter, the Plan Year shall end on the date
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last specified above.
(h) "Qualified Early Retirement Age" For purposes of making distributions
under the provisions of a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, the Plan's
Qualified Early Retirement Age with regard to the Participant against whom
the order is entered [X] shall [ ] shall not be the date the order is
determined to be qualified. If "shall" is elected, this will only allow
payout to the alternate payee(s).
(i) "Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity" The safe-harbor provisions of
paragraph 8.7 of the Basic Plan Document #04 [X] are [ ] are not
applicable. If not applicable, the survivor annuity shall be %
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(50%, 66-2/3%, 75% or 100%) of the annuity payable during the lives of the
Participant and Spouse. If no answer is specified, 50% will be used.
(j) "Taxable Wage Base" [paragraph 1.79]
[X] (i) Not Applicable - Plan is not integrated with Social Security.
[ ] (ii) The maximum earnings considered wages for such Plan Year under
Code Section 3121(a).
[ ] (iii) ____% (not more than 100%) of the amount considered wages for
such Plan Year under Code Section 3121(a).
[ ] (iv) $ , provided that such amount is not in excess of the
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amount determined under paragraph 3(j)(ii) above.
[ ] (v) For the 1989 Plan Year $10,000. For all subsequent Plan Years,
20% of the maximum earnings considered wages for such Plan
Year under Code Section 3121(a).
NOTE: Using less than the maximum at (ii) may result in a change in the
allocation formula in Section 7.
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(k) "Valuation Date(s)" Allocations to Participant Accounts under a daily
valuation system will be performed in accordance with paragraph 5.4(b) of
the Basic Plan Document #04. Allocatons to Participant Accounts under a
balance forward valuation system will be performed in accordance with
paragraph 5.4(a) of Basic Plan Document #04:
(i) Monthly (iv) Semi-Annually
(ii) Bi-Monthly (v) Annually
(iii) Quarterly
Indicate Valuation Date(s) to be used by specifying option from list
above:
Type of Contribution(s) Valuation Date(s)
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After-Tax Voluntary Contributions [Section 6] III
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Elective Deferrals [Section 7(b)] III
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Matching Contributions [Section 7(c)] III
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Qualified Non-Elective Contributions [Section 7(d)]III
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Non-Elective Contributions [Section 7(e), (f) and (g)]III
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Minimum Top-Heavy Contributions [Section 7(i)] V
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(l) "Year of Service"
(i) For Eligibility Purposes: The 12-consecutive month period during
which an Employee is credited with 1 (not more than 1,000) Hours of
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Service.
(ii) For Allocation Accrual Purposes: The 12-consecutive month period
(Plan year) during which an Employee is credited with 500 (not more
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than 1,000) Hours of Service. Applicable for Profit-Sharing allocation
for terminated employees only. See Section 8(b).
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(iii) For Vesting Purposes: The 12-consecutive month period during
which an Employee is credited with 500 (not more than 1,000) Hours
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of Service.
4. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
(a) Service:
[ ] (i) The Plan shall have no service requirement.
[X] (ii) The Plan shall cover only Employees having completed at least
.5 [not more than three (3)] Years of Service. If more than
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one (1) is specified, for Plan Years beginning in 1989 and
later, the answer will be deemed to be one (1).
NOTE: If the eligibility period selected is less than one year, an
Employee will not be required to complete any specified number of
Hours of Service to receive credit for such period.
(b) Age:
[ ] (i) The Plan shall have no minimum age requirement.
[X] (ii) The Plan shall cover only Employees having attained age 18
(not more than age 21).
(c) Classification:
The Plan shall cover all Employees who have met the age and service
requirements with the following exceptions:
[ ] (i) No exceptions.
[X] (ii) The Plan shall exclude Employees included in a unit of
Employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement
between the Employer and Employee Representatives, if
retirement benefits were the subject of good faith
bargaining. For this purpose, the term "Employee Represen-
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tative" does not include any organization more than half of
whose members are Employees who are owners, officers, or
executives of the Employer.
[X] (iii) The Plan shall exclude Employees who are nonresident aliens
and who receive no earned income from the Employer which
constitutes income from sources within the United States.
[X] (iv) The Plan shall exclude from participation the following:
ALL PERSONS EXCEPT THOSE EMPLOYED BY ODYSSEY GOLF AND PAID
THROUGH ODYSSEY GOLF PAYROLL.
FOR THIS PURPOSE, PERSONS PAID THROUGH ODYSSEY GOLF ACCOUNTS
PAYABLE, SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED TO BE PAID THROUGH THE
ODYSSEY GOLF PAYROLL AND SHALL NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE PLAN.
(d) Employees on Effective Date:
[X] (i) Not Applicable. All Employees will be required to satisfy
both the age and Service requirements specified above.
[ ] (ii) Employees employed on the Plan's Effective Date do not have
to satisfy the Service requirements specified above.
[ ] (iii) Employees employed on the Plan's Effective Date do not have
to satisfy the age requirements specified above.
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5. RETIREMENT AGES
(a) Normal Retirement Age:
If the Employer imposes a requirement that Employees retire upon
reaching a specified age, the Normal Retirement Age selected below may
not exceed the Employer imposed mandatory retirement age.
[X] (i) Normal Retirement Age shall be 62 (not to exceed age 65).
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[ ] (ii) Normal Retirement Age shall be the later of attaining age
____ (not to exceed age 65) or the ____ (not to exceed the
5th) anniversary of the first day of the first Plan Year in
which the Participant commenced participation in the Plan.
(b) Early Retirement Age:
[X] (i) Not Applicable.
[ ] (ii) The Plan shall have an Early Retirement Age of _____
(not less than 55) completion of _____ and Years of
Service.
6. EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS
[X] (a) Participants shall be permitted to make Elective Deferrals in
any amount from 1 % up to 12% of their Compensation.
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If (a) is applicable, Participants shall be permitted to amend
their Salary Savings Agreements to change the contribution
percentage as provided below:
[ ] (i) On the Anniversary Date of the Plan,
[ ] (ii) On the Anniversary Date of the Plan and on the
first day of the seventh month of the Plan Year,
[ ] (iii) On the Anniversary Date of the Plan and on the
first day following any Valuation Date, or
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[X] (iv) Upon 30 days notice to the Employer.
[ ] (b) Participants shall be permitted to make after tax Voluntary
Contributions in any amount from______% up to______% of their
Compensation.
[ ] (c) Participants shall be required to make after tax Voluntary
Contributions as follows (Thrift Savings Plan):
[ ] (i) ______% of Compensation.
[ ] (ii) A percentage determined by the Employee on his
or her enrollment form.
[ ] (d) If necessary to pass the Average Deferral Percentage Test,
Participants [ ] may [ ] may not have Elective Deferrals
recharacterized as Voluntary Contributions.
NOTE: The Average Deferral Percentage Test will apply to contributions
under (a) above. The Average Contribution Percentage Test will
apply to contributions under (b) and (c) above, and may apply to
(a).
7. EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATION THEREOF
NOTE: The Employer shall make contributions to the Plan in accordance with
the formula or formulas selected below. The Employer's
contribution shall be subject to the limitations contained in
Articles III and X. For this purpose, a contribution for a Plan
Year shall be limited for the Limitation Year which ends with or
within such Plan Year. Also, the integrated allocation formulas
below are for Plan Years beginning in 1989 and later. The
Employer's allocation for earlier years shall be as specified in
its Plan prior to amendment for the Tax Reform Act of 1986.
(a) Profits Requirement:
(i) Current or Accumulated Net Profits are required for:
[ ] (A) Matching Contributions.
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[ ] (B) Qualified Non-Elective Contributions.
[ ] (C) discretionary contributions.
(ii) No Net Profits are required for:
[X] (A) Matching Contributions.
[X] (B) Qualified Non-Elective Contributions.
[X] (C) discretionary contributions.
NOTE: Elective Deferrals can always be contributed regardless of profits.
[X] (b) Salary Savings Agreement:
The Employer shall contribute and allocate to each Participant's
account an amount equal to the amount withheld from the Compensation
of such Participant pursuant to his or her Salary Savings Agreement.
If applicable, the maximum percentage is specified in Section 6
above.
An Employee who has terminated his or her election under the Salary
Savings Agreement other than for hardship reasons may not make
another Elective Deferral:
[ ] (i) until the first day of the next Plan Year.
[ ] (ii) until the first day of the next valuation period.
[X] (iii) for a period of 1 month(s) (not to exceed 12 months).
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[X] (c) Matching Employer Contribution [See paragraphs (h) and (i)]:
[X] (i) PERCENTAGE MATCH: The Employer shall contribute and
allocate to each eligible Participant's account an
amount equal to 25 % of the amount contributed and
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allocated in accordance with paragraph 7(b) above and
(if checked) ____% of [ ] the amount of Voluntary
Contributions made in accordance with paragraph 4.1 of
the Basic Plan Document #04. The Employer shall not
match Participant Elective Deferrals as provided above
in excess of$________ or in excess of 6 % of the
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Participant's Compensation for the period designated
in 7(c)(viii) below, or if applicable, Voluntary
Contributions in excess of$________ or in excess of
_____% of the Participant's Compensation. In no event
will the match on both Elective Deferrals and Voluntary
Contributions exceed a combined amount of$________ or
_____%.
[ ] (ii) DISCRETIONARY MATCH: The Employer shall contribute and
allocate to each eligible Participant's account a
percentage of the Participant's Elective Deferral
contributed and allocated in accordance with paragraph
7(b) above. The Employer shall set such percentage prior
to the end of the Plan Year. The Employer shall not
match Participant Elective Deferrals in excess of
$________ or in excess of ______% of the Participant's
Compensation.
[ ] (iii) TIERED MATCH: The Employer shall contribute and allocate
to each Participant's account an amount equal to ______%
of the first ______% of the Participant's Compensation,
to the extent deferred.
______% of the next ______% of the Participant's
Compensation, to the extent deferred.
______% of the next ______% of the Participant's
Compensation, to the extent deferred.
NOTE: Percentages specified in (iii) above may not increase as the
percentage of Participant's contribution increases.
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[_] (iv) FLAT DOLLAR MATCH: The Employer shall contribute and
allocate to each Participant's account $________ if the
Participant defers at least 1% of Compensation.
[_] (v) PERCENTAGE OF COMPENSATION MATCH: The Employer shall
contribute and allocate to each Participant's account
______% of Compensation if the Participant defers at
least 1% of Compensation.
[_] (vi) PROPORTIONATE COMPENSATION MATCH: The Employer shall
contribute and allocate to each Participant who defers
at least 1% of Compensation, an amount determined by
multiplying such Employer Matching Contribution by a
fraction the numerator of which is the Participant's
Compensation and the denominator of which is the
Compensation of all Participants eligible to receive
such an allocation. The Employer shall set such
discretionary contribution prior to the end of the Plan
Year.
[X] (vii) QUALIFIED MATCH: Employer Matching Contributions will
be treated as Qualified Matching Contributions to the
extent specified below:
[_] (A) All Matching Contributions.
[X] (B) None.
[_] (C) ____% of the Employer's Matching
Contribution.
[_] (D) Up to ____% of each Participant's
Compensation.
[_] (E) The amount necessary to meet the [_]
Average Deferral Percentage (At,
[_] Average Contribution Percentage
(ACP) Test, [_] Both the ADP and
ACP Tests.
(viii) MATCHING CONTRIBUTION COMPUTATION PERIOD: The time
period upon which matching contributions will be based
shall be
[_] (A) weekly
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[X] (B) bi-weekly
[_] (C) semi-monthly
[_] (D) monthly
[_] (E) quarterly
[_] (F) semi-annually
[_] (G) annually
(ix) ELIGIBILITY FOR MATCH: Employer Matching Contributions,
whether or not Qualified, will only be made on Employee
Contributions not withdrawn prior to the end of the
applicable [X] payroll period [_] valuation period [_]
Plan Year.
[X] (d) Qualified Non-Elective Employer Contribution - [See paragraphs (h) and
(i)] These contributions are fully vested when contributed.
The Employer shall have the right to make an additional discretionary
contribution which shall be allocated to each eligible Employee in
proportion to his or her Compensation as a percentage of the
Compensation of all eligible Employees. This part of the Employer's
contribution and the allocation thereof shall be unrelated to any
Employee contributions made hereunder. The amount of Qualified non-
Elective Contributions taken into account for purposes of meeting the
ADP or ACP test requirements is:
[_] (i) All such Qualified non-Elective Contributions.
[X] (ii) The amount necessary to meet [ ] the ADP test, [ ] the
ACP test, [X] Both the ADP and ACP tests.
Qualified non-Elective Contributions will be made to:
[_] (iii) All Employees eligible to participate.
[X] (iv) Only non-Highly Compensated Employees eligible to
participate.
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[X] (e) Additional Employer Contribution Other Than Qualified Non-Elective
Contributions -Non-Integrated [See paragraphs (h) and (i)]
The Employer shall have the right to make an additional discretionary
contribution which shall be allocated to each eligible Employee in
proportion to his or her Compensation as a percentage of the
Compensation of all eligible Employees. This part of the Employer's
contribution and the allocation thereof shall be unrelated to any
Employee contributions made hereunder.
[_] (f) Additional Employer Contribution - Integrated Allocation Formula [See
paragraphs (h) and (i)]
The Employer shall have the right to make an additional discretionary
contribution. The Employer's contribution for the Plan Year plus any
forfeitures shall be allocated to the accounts of eligible
Participants as follows:
(i) First, to the extent contributions and forfeitures are
sufficient, all Participants will receive an allocation equal
to 3% of their Compensation.
(ii) Next, any remaining Employer Contributions and forfeitures will
be allocated to Participants who have Compensation in excess of
the Taxable Wage Base (excess Compensation). Each such
Participant will receive an allocation in the ratio that his or
her excess compensation bears to the excess Compensation of all
Participants. Participants may only receive an allocation of 3%
of excess Compensation.
(iii) Next, any remaining Employer contributions and forfeitures will
be allocated to all Participants in the ratio that their
Compensation plus excess Compensation bears to the total
Compensation plus excess Compensation of all Participants.
Participants may only receive an allocation of up to 2.7% of
their Compensation plus excess Compensation, under this
allocation method. If the Taxable Wage Base defined at Section
3(j) is less than or equal to the greater of $10,000 or 20% of
the maximum, the 2.7% need not be reduced. If the amount
specified is greater than the greater of $10,000 or 20% of the
maximum Taxable Wage Base, but not more than 80%, 2.7% must be
reduced to 1.3%. If the amount specified is greater than 80%
but less than 100% of the maximum Taxable Wage Base, the 2.7%
must be reduced to 2.4%.
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NOTE:If the Plan is not Top-Heavy or if the Top-Heavy minimum contribution
or benefit is provided under another Plan [see Section
11(c)(ii)] covering the same Employees, sub-paragraphs (i) and
(ii) above may be disregarded and 5.7%, 4.3% or 5.4% may be
substituted for 2.7%, 1.3% or 2.4% where it appears in (iii)
above.
(iv) Next, any remaining Employer contributions and forfeitures will
be allocated to all Participants (whether or not they received
an allocation under the preceding paragraphs) in the ratio that
each Participant's Compensation bears to all Participants'
Compensation.
[_] (g) Additional Employer Contribution-Alternative Integrated Allocation
Formula. [See paragraph (h) and (i)]
The Employer shall have the right to make an additional discretionary
contribution. To the extent that such contributions are sufficient,
they shall be allocated as follows:
______% of each eligible Participant's Compensation plus ______% of
Compensation in excess of the Taxable Wage Base defined at Section
3(j) hereof. The percentage on excess compensation may not exceed the
lesser of (i) the amount first specified in this paragraph or (ii) the
greater of 5.7% or the percentage rate of tax under Code Section
3111(a) as in effect on the first day of the Plan Year attributable to
the Old Age (OA) portion of the OASDI provisions of the Social
Security Act. If the Employer specifies a Taxable Wage Base in Section
3(j) which is lower than the Taxable Wage Base for Social Security
purposes (SSTWB) in effect as of the first day of the Plan Year, the
percentage contributed with respect to excess Compensation must be
adjusted. If the Plan's Taxable Wage Base is greater than the larger
of $10,000 or 20% of the SSTWB but not more than 80% of the SSTWB, the
excess percentage is 4.3%. If the Plan's Taxable Wage Base is greater
than 80% of the SSTWB but less than 100% of the SSTWB, the excess
percentage is 5.4%.
NOTE: Only one plan maintained by the Employer may be integrated with Social
Security.
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(h) Allocation of Excess Amounts (Annual Additions)
In the event that the allocation formula above results in an Excess
Amount, such excess, after distribution of Employee related
contributions pursuant to paragraph 10.2 of the Basic Plan Document
shall be:
[X] (i) Suspense Account - placed in a suspense account
accruing no gains or losses for the benefit of the
Participant.
[_] (ii) Spillover - reallocated as additional Employer
contributions to all other Participants to the extent
that they do not have any Excess Amount .
(i) Minimum Employer Contribution Under Top-Heavy Plans:
For any Plan Year during which the Plan is Top-Heavy, the sum of the
contributions and forfeitures as allocated to eligible Employees under
paragraphs 7(d), 7(e), 7(f), 7(g) and 9 of this Adoption Agreement
shall not be less than the amount required under paragraph 14.2 of the
Basic Plan document #04. Top-Heavy minimums will be allocated to:
[_] (i) all eligible Participants.
[X] (ii) only eligible non-Key Employees who are Participants.
(j) Return of Excess Contributions and/or Excess Aggregate Contributions:
In the event that one or more Highly Compensated Employees is subject
to both the ADP and ACP tests and the sum of such tests exceeds the
Aggregate Limit, the limit will be satisfied by reducing:
[_] (i) the ADP of the affected Highly Compensated Employees.
[_] (ii) the ACP of the affected Highly Compensated Employees.
[X] (iii) a combination of the ADP and/or ACP of the affected
Highly Compensated Employees.
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8. ALLOCATIONS TO TERMINATED EMPLOYEES
[_] (a) The Employer will not allocate Employer related contributions
to Employees who terminate during a Plan Year, unless
required to satisfy the requirements of Code Section
401(a)(26) and 410(b). (These requirements are effective for
1989 and subsequent Plan Years.)
[X] (b) The Employer will allocate Employer matching and other
related contributions as indicated below to Employees who
terminate during the Plan Year as a result of:
Matching Other
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[X] [X] (i) Retirement.
[X] [X] (ii) Disability.
[X] [X] (iii) Death.
[_] [X] (iv) Other termination of
employment provided that the
Participant has completed a
Year of Service as defined for
Allocation Accrual Purposes.
[X] [_] (v) Other termination of
employment even though the
Participant has not completed
a Year of Service.
[_] [_] (vi) Termination of employment (for
any reason) provided that the
Participant had completed a
Year of Service for Allocation
Accrual Purposes.
9. ALLOCATION OF FORFEITURES
NOTE: Subsections (a), (b) and (c) below apply to forfeitures of amounts
other than Excess Aggregate Contributions.
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(a) Allocation Alternatives:
If forfeitures are allocated to Participants, such allocations shall be
done in the same manner as the Employer's contribution.
[_] (i) Not Applicable. All contributions are always fully vested.
[X] (ii) Forfeitures attributable to Employer discretionary
contributions and Top-Heavy minimums:
[X] will be allocated to:
[_] all eligible Participants.
[X] only those Participants eligible for an
allocation of Employer contributions in
the current year.
[_] only those Participants eligible for an
allocation of matching contributions in
the current year.
[_] will be applied to reduce the Employer's
contribution for such Plan Year.
[_] shall be applied to offset administrative
expenses of the Plan. If forfeitures exceed these
expenses, the excess will be applied to reduce
the Employer's contribution for such Plan Year.
[X] (iii) Forfeitures attributable to Employer Matching contributions:
[X] will be allocated to:
[_] all eligible Participants.
[X] only those Participants eligible for an
allocation of Employer contributions in
the current year.
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[_] only those Participants eligible for an
allocation of matching contributions in
the current year.
[_] will be applied to reduce the Employer's
contribution for such Plan Year.
[_] shall be applied to offset administrative
expenses of the Plan. If forfeitures exceed these
expenses, the excess will be applied to reduce
the Employer's contribution for such Plan Year.
(b) Date for Reallocation:
NOTE: If no distribution has been made to a former Participant, sub-section
(i) below will apply to such Participant even if the Employer elects
(ii), (iii) or (iv) below as its normal administrative policy.
[_] (i) Forfeitures shall be reallocated at the end of the Plan
Year during which the former Participant incurs his or her
fifth consecutive one year Break In Service.
[_] (ii) Forfeitures will be reallocated as of the next Valuation
Date following the date on which the former Participant
receives payment of his or her vested benefit.
[_] (iii) Forfeitures shall be reallocated at the end of (1st, 2nd,
3rd, or 4th) consecutive one year Break In Service.
[X] (iv) Forfeitures will be reallocated as of the end of the Plan
Year during which the former Participant receives payment
of his or her vested benefit.
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(c) Restoration of Forfeitures:
If amounts are forfeited prior to five consecutive 1-year Breaks in
Service, the Funds for restoration of account balances will be obtained
from the following resources in the order indicated (fill in the
appropriate number):
[1] (i) Current year's forfeitures.
[2] (ii) Additional Employer contribution.
[3] (iii) Income or gain to the Plan.
(d) Forfeitures of Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be:
[X] (i) Applied to reduce Employer contributions.
[_] (ii) Allocated, after all other forfeitures under the Plan, to
the Matching Contribution account of each non-Highly
Compensated Participant who made Elective Deferrals or
Voluntary Contributions in the ratio which each such
Participant's Compensation for the Plan Year bears to the
total Compensation of all such Participants for such Plan
Year. Such forfeitures cannot be allocated to the account
of any Highly Compensated Employee.
Forfeitures of Excess Aggregate Contributions will be so applied at the
end of the Plan Year in which they occur.
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10. CASH OPTION
[_] (a) The Employer may permit a Participant to elect to defer to the
Plan, an amount not to exceed ______% of any Employer paid cash
bonus made for such Participant for any year. A Participant must
file an election to defer such contribution at least fifteen (15)
days prior to the end of the Plan Year. If the Employee fails to
make such an election, the entire Employer paid cash bonus to
which the Participant would be entitled shall be paid as cash and
not to the Plan. Amounts deferred under this section shall be
treated for all purposes as Elective Deferrals. Notwithstanding
the above, the election to defer must be made before the bonus is
made available to the Participant.
[X] (b) Not Applicable.
11. LIMITATIONS ON ALLOCATIONS
[X] This is the only Plan the Employer maintains or ever maintained,
therefore, this section is not applicable.
[_] The Employer does maintain or has maintained another Plan (including a
Welfare Benefit Fund or an individual medical account (as defined in
Code Section 415(l)(2)), under which amounts are treated as Annual
Additions) and has completed the proper sections below.
Complete (a), (b) and (c) only if the Employer maintains or ever
maintained another qualified plan, including a Welfare Benefit Fund or
an individual medical account [as defined in Code Section 415(l)(2)]
in which any Participant in this Plan is (or was) a participant or
could possibly become a participant.
(a) If the Participant is covered under another qualified Defined
Contribution Plan maintained by the Employer, other than a Master or
Prototype Plan:
[_] (i) the provisions of Article X of the Basic Plan Document
#04 will apply, as if the other plan were a Master or
Prototype Plan.
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[_] (ii) Attach provisions stating the method under which the
plans will limit total Annual Additions to the Maximum
Permissible Amount, and will properly reduce any Excess
Amounts, in a manner that precludes Employer discretion.
(b) If a Participant is or ever has been a participant in a Defined
Benefit Plan maintained by the Employer:
Attach provisions which will satisfy the 1.0 limitation of Code
Section 415(e). Such language must preclude Employer discretion. The
Employer must also specify the interest and mortality assumptions used
in determining Present Value in the Defined Benefit Plan.
(c) The minimum contribution or benefit required under Code Section 416
relating to Top-Heavy Plans shall be satisfied by:
[_] (i) this Plan.
[_] (ii)
________________________________________
(Name of other qualified plan of the Employer).
[_] (iii) Attach provisions stating the method under which the
minimum contribution and benefit provisions of Code
Section 416 will be satisfied. If a Defined Benefit Plan
is or was maintained, an attachment must be provided
showing interest and mortality assumptions used in the
Top-Heavy Ratio.
12. VESTING
Employees shall have a fully vested and nonforfeitable interest in any
Employer contribution and the investment earnings thereon made in
accordance with paragraphs (select one or more options) [_] 7(c), [_] 7(e),
[_] 7(f), [_] 7(g) and [_] 7(i) hereof. Contributions under paragraph 7(b),
7(c)(vii) and 7(d) are always fully vested. If one or more of the foregoing
options are not selected, such Employer contributions shall be subject to
the vesting table selected by the Employer.
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Each Participant shall acquire a vested and nonforfeitable percentage in
his or her account balance attributable to Employer contributions and the
earnings thereon under the procedures selected below except with respect to
any Plan Year during which the Plan is Top-Heavy, in which case the Two-
twenty vesting schedule [Option (b)(iv)] shall automatically apply unless
the Employer has already elected a faster vesting schedule. If the Plan is
switched to option (b)(iv), because of its Top-Heavy status, that vesting
schedule will remain in effect even if the Plan later becomes non-Top-Heavy
until the Employer executes an amendment of this Adoption Agreement
indicating otherwise.
(a) Computation Period:
The computation period for purposes of determining Years of Service
and Breaks in Service for purposes of computing a Participant's
nonforfeitable right to his or her account balance derived from
Employer contributions:
[_] (i) shall not be applicable since Participants are always
fully vested,
[X] (ii) shall commence on the date on which an Employee first
performs an Hour of Service for the Employer and each
subsequent 12-consecutive month period shall commence on
the anniversary thereof, or
[_] (iii) shall commence on the first day of the Plan Year during
which an Employee first performs an Hour of Service for
the Employer and each subsequent 12-consecutive month
period shall commence on the anniversary thereof.
A Participant shall receive credit for a Year of Service if he or she
completes at least 1,000 Hours of Service [or if lesser, the number of
hours specified at 3(l)(iii) of this Adoption Agreement] at any time during
the 12-consecutive month computation period. Consequently, a Year of
Service may be earned prior to the end of the 12-consecutive month
computation period and the Participant need not be employed at the end of
the 12-consecutive month computation period to receive credit for a Year
of Service.
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(b) Vesting Schedules:
NOTE: The vesting schedules below only apply to a Participant who has at
least one Hour of Service during or after the 1989 Plan Year. If
applicable, Participants who separated from Service prior to the 1989
Plan Year will remain under the vesting schedule as in effect in the
Plan prior to amendment for the Tax Reform Act of 1986.
(i) Full and immediate vesting.
Years of Service
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
(ii) 100% 100%
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(iii) ___% ___% 100%
(iv) ___% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
(v) ___% ___% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
(vi) 10% 20% 30% 40% 60% 80% 100%
(vii) ___% ___% ___% ___% 100%
(viii) ___% ___% ___% ___% ___% ___% 100%
NOTE: The percentages selected for schedule (viii) may not be less for any
year than the percentages shown at schedule (v).
[X] All contributions other than those which are fully vested when
contributed will vest under schedule II above.
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[_] Contributions other than those which are fully vested when
contributed will vest as provided below:
Vesting
Option Selected Type Of Employer Contribution
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________ 7(c) Employer Match on Salary Savings
________ 7(c) Employer Match on Employee Voluntary
_______ 7(e) Employer Discretionary
_______ 7(f) & (g) Employer Discretionary -Integrated
(c) Service disregarded for Vesting:
[X] (i) Not Applicable. All Service shall be considered.
[_] (ii) Service prior to the Effective Date of this Plan or a
predecessor plan shall be disregarded when computing a
Participant's vested and nonforfeitable interest.
[_] (iii) Service prior to a Participant having attained age 18
shall be disregarded when computing a Participant's vested
and nonforfeitable interest.
13. SERVICE WITH PREDECESSOR ORGANIZATION
For purposes of satisfying the Service requirements for eligibility, Hours
of Service shall include Service with the following predecessor
organization(s): (These hours will also be used for vesting purposes.)
1) ODYSSEY SPORTS, INC.
2) TOMMY ARMOUR GOLF CO.
3) CALLAWAY GOLF CO., AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
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14. ROLLOVER/TRANSFER CONTRIBUTIONS
(a) Rollover Contributions, as described at paragraph 4.3 of the Basic
Plan Document #04, [X] shall [ ] shall not be permitted. If permitted,
Employees [ ] may [X] may not make Rollover Contributions prior to
meeting the eligibility requirements for participation in the Plan.
(b) Transfer Contributions, as described at paragraph 4.4 of the Basic
Plan Document #04 [X] shall [ ] shall not be permitted. If permitted,
Employees [ ] may [X] may not make Transfer Contributions prior to
meeting the eligibility requirements for participation in the Plan.
NOTE: Even if available, the Employer may refuse to accept such
contributions if its Plan meets the safe-harbor rules of paragraph 8.7
of the Basic Plan Document #04.
15. HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS
Hardship withdrawals, as provided for in paragraph 6.9 of the Basic Plan
Document #04, [X] are [ ] are not permitted.
16. PARTICIPANT LOANS
Participant loans, as provided for in paragraph 13.5 of the Basic Plan
Document #04, [X] are [ ] are not permitted. If permitted, repayments of
principal and interest shall be repaid to [X] the Participant's segregated
account or [ ] the general Fund.
17. INSURANCE POLICIES
The insurance provisions of paragraph 13.6 of the Basic Plan Document #04
[ ] shall [X] shall not be applicable.
18. EMPLOYER INVESTMENT DIRECTION
The Employer investment direction provisions, as set forth in paragraph
13.7 of the Basic Plan Document #04, [X] shall [ ] shall not be applicable.
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19. EMPLOYEE INVESTMENT DIRECTION
(a) The Employee investment direction provisions, as set forth in
paragraph 13.8 of the Basic Plan Document #04, [X] shall [ ] shall not
be applicable.
If applicable, Participants may direct their investments:
[X] (i) among funds offered by the Trustee.
[ ] (ii) among any allowable investments.
(b) Participants may direct the following kinds of contributions and the
earnings thereon (check all applicable):
[X] (i) All Contributions
[ ] (ii) Elective Deferrals
[ ] (iii) Employee Voluntary Contributions (after-tax)
[ ] (iv) Employee Mandatory Contributions (after-tax)
[ ] (v) Employer Qualified Matching Contributions
[ ] (vi) Other Employer Matching Contributions
[ ] (vii) Employer Qualified Non-Elective Contributions
[ ] (viii) Employer Discretionary Contributions
[ ] (ix) Rollover Contributions
[ ] (x) Transfer Contributions
[ ] (xi) All of above which are checked, but only to the extent
that the Participant is vested in those contributions.
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NOTE: To the extent that Employee investment direction was previously
allowed, the Trustee shall have the right to either make the assets
part of the general Trust, or leave them as separately invested
subject to the rights of paragraph 13.8.
Note: Each Participant (or Beneficiary of a deceased Participant)
shall have the right to instruct the Trustee regarding the voting of securities
issued by the Callaway Golf ("Company Stock") allocated to his accounts, in
accordance with procedures established by the Employer. Any Company Stock with
respect to which directions are not received by the Trustee within the time
required by the Employer will be voted by the Trustee as instructed by the
Employer, in its discretion. The Employer may establish such procedures as it
considers necessary or appropriate with respect to voting of Company Stock.
Note: Notwithstanding the language in 13.3, 13.7, 13.8, the Employer
will have the right to select the funds in which the Participant may direct the
investment of Participant's Account. The Participant will have the right to
direct such investments in accordance with procedures established by the
Employer.
20. EARLY PAYMENT OPTION
(a) A Participant who separates from Service prior to retirement, death or
Disability [X] may [ ] may not make application to the Employer
requesting an early payment of his or her vested account balance.
(b) A Participant who has attained age 59-1/2 and who has not separated
from Service [X] may [ ] may not obtain a distribution of his or her
vested Employer contributions. Distribution can only be made if the
Participant is 100% vested.
(c) A Participant who has attained the Plan's Normal Retirement Age and
who has not separated from Service [X] may [ ] may not receive a
distribution of his or her vested account balance.
NOTE: If the Participant has had the right to withdraw his or her account
balance in the past, this right may not be taken away. Notwithstanding
the above, to the contrary, required minimum distributions will be
paid. For timing of distributions, see item 21(a) below.
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21. DISTRIBUTION OPTIONS
(a) Timing of Distributions:
In cases of termination for other than death, Disability or
retirement, benefits shall be paid:
[ ] (i) As soon as administratively feasible, following the close
of the valuation period during which a distribution is
requested or is otherwise payable.
[ ] (ii) As soon as administratively feasible following the close
of the Plan Year during which a distribution is requested
or is otherwise payable.
[X] (iii) As soon as administratively feasible, following the date
on which a distribution is requested or is otherwise
payable.
[ ] (iv) As soon as administratively feasible, after the close of
the Plan Year during which the Participant incurs
consecutive one-year Breaks in Service.
[ ] (v) Only after the Participant has achieved the Plan's Normal
Retirement Age, or Early Retirement Age, if applicable.
In cases of death, Disability or retirement, benefits shall be paid:
[ ] (vi) As soon as administratively feasible, following the close
of the valuation period during which a distribution is
requested or is otherwise payable.
[ ] (vii) As soon as administratively feasible following the close
of the Plan Year during which a distribution is requested
or is otherwise payable.
[X] (viii) As soon as administratively feasible, following the date
on which a distribution is requested or is otherwise
payable.
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(b) Optional Forms of Payment:
[X] (i) Lump Sum.
[_] (ii) Installment Payments.
[_] (iii) Life Annuity*.
[_] (iv) Life Annuity Term Certain*.
Life Annuity with payments guaranteed for__________ years
(not to exceed 20 years, specify all applicable).
[_] (v) Joint and [_] 50%, [_] 66-2/3%, [_] 75% or [_] 100%
survivor annuity* (specify all applicable).
[_] (vi) Other form(s) specified:___________
*Not available in Plan meeting provisions of paragraph 8.7 of Basic
Plan Document #04.
(c) Recalculation of Life Expectancy:
In determining required distributions under the Plan, Participants
and/or their Spouse (Surviving Spouse) [ ] shall [ ] shall not have
the right to have their life expectancy recalculated annually.
If "shall",
[_] only the Participant shall be recalculated.
[_] both the Participant and Spouse shall be recalculated.
[_] who is recalculated shall be determined by the Participant.
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22. SPONSOR CONTACT
Employers should direct questions concerning the language contained in and
qualification of the Prototype to:
HENRY SCHNEIDER, APA
(Job Title) ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT
(Phone Number) (619) 622-6701
In the event that the Sponsor amends, discontinues or abandons this
Prototype Plan, notification will be provided to the Employer's address
provided on the first page of this Agreement.
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23. SIGNATURES:
DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANT TAX RAMIFICATIONS, THE SPONSOR RECOMMENDS THAT
BEFORE YOU EXECUTE THIS ADOPTION AGREEMENT, YOU CONTACT YOUR ATTORNEY OR
TAX ADVISOR, IF ANY.
(a) EMPLOYER:
Name and address of Employer if different than specified in Section 1
above.
This agreement and the corresponding provisions of the Plan and
Trust/Custodial Account Basic Plan Document #04 were adopted by the
Employer the _____ day of _________________, 19___.
Signed for the Employer by:
Title:
Signature: _________________________________________
THE EMPLOYER UNDERSTANDS THAT ITS FAILURE TO PROPERLY COMPLETE THE
ADOPTION AGREEMENT MAY RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION OF ITS PLAN.
Employer's Reliance: AN EMPLOYER WHO ADOPTS A STANDARDIZED PLAN and
who maintains or has ever maintained or who later adopts any Plan
[including, after December 31, 1985, a Welfare Benefit Fund, as
defined in Section 419(e) of the Code, which provides post-retirement
medical benefits allocated to separate accounts for Key Employees, as
defined in Section 419A(d)(3)] or an individual medical account, as
defined in Code Section 415(l)(2) in addition to this Plan may not
rely on the opinion letter issued by the National Office of the
Internal Revenue Service as evidence that this Plan is qualified under
Section 401 of the Code. If the Employer who adopts or maintains
multiple Plans wishes to obtain reliance that such Plan(s) are
qualified, application for a determination letter should be made to
the appropriate Key District Director of Internal Revenue. The
Employer understands that its failure to properly complete the
Adoption Agreement may result in disqualification of its plan.
The Employer may not rely on the opinion letter issued by the National
Office of the Internal Revenue Service as evidence that this Plan is
qualified under Section 401 of the
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Code unless the terms of the Plan, as herein adopted or amended, that
pertain to the requirements of Sections 401(a)(4), 401(a)(17), 401(l),
401(a)(5), 410(b) and 414(s) of the Code, as amended by the Tax Reform
Act of 1986 or later laws, (a) are made effective retroactively to the
first day of the first Plan Year beginning after December 31, 1988 (or
such other date on which these requirements first become effective
with respect to this Plan); or (b) are made effective no later than
the first day on which the Employer is no longer entitled, under
regulations, to rely on a reasonable, good faith interpretation of
these requirements, and the prior provisions of the Plan constitute
such an interpretation.
AN EMPLOYER WHO ADOPTS A NONSTANDARDIZED PLAN may not rely on an
opinion letter issued by the National Office of the Internal Revenue
Service as evidence that the Plan is qualified under Code Section 401.
In order to obtain reliance with respect to Plan qualification, the
Employer must apply to the appropriate Key District Office for a
determination letter.
This Adoption Agreement may only be used in conjunction with Basic
Plan Document #04.
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[X] (b) TRUSTEE:
Name of Trustee:
WELLS FARGO BANK
4365 Executive Drive, Suite 1700
San Diego, CA 92121-2130
The assets of the Fund shall be invested in accordance with paragraph
13.3 of the Basic Plan Document #04 as a Trust. As such, the
Employer's Plan as contained herein was accepted by the Trustee the
______ day of ______________________, 19____.
Signed for the Trustee by: DIANA GORMAN
Title: ASSISTANT VICE PRESEIDENT
Signature: _____________________________________________
[_] (c) CUSTODIAN:
Name of Custodian:
The assets of the Fund shall be invested in accordance with paragraph
13.4 of the Basic Plan Document #04 as a Custodial Account. As such,
the Employer's Plan as contained herein was accepted by the Custodian
the ______ day of ______________________, 19____.
Signed for the Custodian by:
Title:
Signature: _____________________________________________
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(d) SPONSOR:
The Employer's Agreement and the corresponding provisions of the Plan
and Trust/Custodial Account Basic Plan Document #04 were accepted by
the Sponsor the ______ day of ______________________, 19____.
Signed for the Sponsor by: HENRY SCHNEIDER, APA
Title: ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT / COMPLIANCE
Signature: ______________________________
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PROTOTYPE CASH OR DEFERRED PROFIT-SHARING PLAN
AND TRUST/CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT
SPONSORED BY
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
BASIC PLAN DOCUMENT #04
COPYRIGHT 1993 MCKAY HOCHMAN CO., INC. FEBRUARY 1997
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THIS DOCUMENT IS COPYRIGHTED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. USE,
DUPLICATION OR REPRODUCTION, INCLUDING THE USE OF ELECTRONIC MEANS, IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW WITHOUT THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Actual Deferral Percentage 1
1.2 Adoption Agreement 1
1.3 Aggregate Limit 1
1.4 Annual Additions 2
1.5 Annuity Starting Date 2
1.6 Applicable Calendar Year 2
1.7 Applicable Life Expectancy 2
1.8 Average Contribution Percentage (ACP) 2
1.9 Average Deferral Percentage (ADP) 2
1.10 Break In Service 3
1.11 Code 3
1.12 Compensation 3
1.13 Contribution Percentage 4
1.14 Custodian 5
1.15 Defined Benefit Plan 5
1.16 Defined Benefit (Plan) Fraction 5
1.17 Defined Contribution Dollar Limitation 5
1.18 Defined Contribution Plan 5
1.19 Defined Contribution (Plan) Fraction 6
1.20 Designated Beneficiary 6
1.21 Disability 6
1.22 Distribution Calendar Year 6
1.23 Early Retirement Age 6
1.24 Earned Income 6
1.25 Effective Date 6
1.26 Election Period 6
1.27 Elective Deferral 7
1.28 Eligible Participant 7
1.29 Employee 7
1.30 Employer 7
1.31 Entry Date 7
1.32 Excess Aggregate Contributions 7
1.33 Excess Amount 7
1.34 Excess Contribution 8
1.35 Excess Elective Deferrals 8
1.36 Family Member 8
1.37 First Distribution Calendar Year 8
1.38 Fund 8
1.39 Hardship 8
1.40 Highest Average Compensation 8
1.41 Highly Compensated Employee 8
1.42 Hour Of Service 9
1.43 Key Employee 10
1.44 Leased Employee 10
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1.45 Limitation Year 10
1.46 Master Or Prototype Plan 10
1.47 Matching Contribution 10
1.48 Maximum Permissible Amount 10
1.49 Net Profit 10
1.50 Normal Retirement Age 11
1.51 Owner-Employee 11
1.52 Paired Plans 11
1.53 Participant 11
1.54 Participant's Benefit 11
1.55 Permissive Aggregation Group 11
1.56 Plan 11
1.57 Plan Administrator 11
1.58 Plan Year 11
1.59 Present Value 11
1.60 Projected Annual Benefit 12
1.61 Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan 12
1.62 Qualified Domestic Relations Order 12
1.63 Qualified Early Retirement Age 12
1.64 Qualified Joint And Survivor Annuity 12
1.65 Qualified Matching Contribution 12
1.66 Qualified Non-Elective Contributions 12
1.67 Qualified Voluntary Contribution 13
1.68 Required Aggregation Group 13
1.69 Required Beginning Date 13
1.70 Rollover Contribution 13
1.71 Salary Savings Agreement 13
1.72 Self-Employed Individual 13
1.73 Service 13
1.74 Shareholder Employee 13
1.75 Simplified Employee Pension Plan 13
1.76 Sponsor 14
1.77 Spouse (Surviving Spouse) 14
1.78 Super Top-Heavy Plan 14
1.79 Taxable Wage Base 14
1.80 Top-Heavy Determination Date 14
1.81 Top-Heavy Plan 14
1.82 Top-Heavy Ratio 14
1.83 Top-Paid Group 15
1.84 Transfer Contribution 16
1.85 Trustee 16
1.86 USERRA 16
1.87 Valuation Date 16
1.88 Vested Account Balance 16
1.89 Voluntary Contribution 16
1.90 Welfare Benefit Fund 16
1.91 Year Of Service 16
ARTICLE II
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
2.1 Participation 17
2.2 Change In Classification Of Employment 17
2.3 Computation Period 17
2.4 Employment Rights 17
2.5 Service With Controlled Groups 17
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2.6 Owner-Employees 17
2.7 Leased Employees 18
2.8 Thrift Plans 18
ARTICLE III
EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
3.1 Amount 19
3.2 Expenses And Fees 19
3.3 Responsibility For Contributions 19
3.4 Return Of Contributions 19
ARTICLE IV
EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS
4.1 Voluntary Contributions 20
4.2 Qualified Voluntary Contributions 20
4.3 Rollover Contribution 20
4.4 Transfer Contribution 21
4.5 Employer Approval Of Transfer Contributions 21
4.6 Elective Deferrals 21
4.7 Required Voluntary Contributions 22
4.8 Direct Rollover Of Benefits 22
4.9 Make Up Contributions Under USERRA 22
ARTICLE V
PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS
5.1 Separate Accounts 23
5.2 Adjustments To Participant Accounts 23
5.3 Allocating Employer Contributions 24
5.4 Allocating Investment Earnings And Losses 24
5.5 Participant Statements 24
ARTICLE VI
RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
6.1 Normal Retirement Benefits 25
6.2 Early Retirement Benefits 25
6.3 Benefits On Termination Of Employment 25
6.4 Restrictions On Immediate Distributions 26
6.5 Normal Form Of Payment 27
6.6 Commencement Of Benefits 27
6.7 Claims Procedures 28
6.8 In-Service Withdrawals 28
6.9 Hardship Withdrawal 29
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ARTICLE VII
DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS
7.1 Joint And Survivor Annuity Requirements 31
7.2 Minimum Distribution Requirements 31
7.3 Limits On Distribution Periods 31
7.4 Required Distributions On Or After The
Required Beginning Date 31
7.5 Required Beginning Date 32
7.6 Transitional Rule 33
7.7 Designation Of Beneficiary For Death Benefit 34
7.8 Nonexistence Of Beneficiary 34
7.9 Distribution Beginning Before Death 34
7.10 Distribution Beginning After Death 34
7.11 Distribution Of Excess Elective Deferrals 35
7.12 Distributions Of Excess Contributions 36
7.13 Distribution Of Excess Aggregate Contributions 36
ARTICLE VIII
JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY REQUIREMENTS
8.1 Applicability Of Provisions 38
8.2 Payment Of Qualified Joint And Survivor
Annuity 38
8.3 Payment Of Qualified Pre-Retirement
Survivor Annuity 38
8.4 Qualified Election 38
8.5 Notice Requirements For Qualified Joint
And Survivor Annuity 39
8.6 Notice Requirements For Qualified Pre-
Retirement Survivor Annuity 39
8.7 Special Safe-Harbor Exception For
Certain Profit-Sharing Plans 39
8.8 Transitional Joint And Survivor
Annuity Rules 40
8.9 Automatic Joint And Survivor Annuity
And Early Survivor Annuity 41
8.10 Annuity Contracts 41
ARTICLE IX
VESTING
9.1 Employee Contributions 42
9.2 Employer Contributions 42
9.3 Computation Period 42
9.4 Requalification Prior To Five Consecutive
One-Year Breaks In Service 42
9.5 Requalification After Five Consecutive
One-Year Breaks In Service 42
9.6 Calculating Vested Interest 42
9.7 Forfeitures 43
9.8 Amendment Of Vesting Schedule 43
9.9 Service With Controlled Groups 43
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ARTICLE X
LIMITATIONS ON ALLOCATIONS AND
ANTIDISCRIMINATION TESTING
10.1 Participation In This Plan Only 44
10.2 Disposition Of Excess Annual Additions 44
10.3 Participation In This Plan And Another
Prototype Defined Contribution Plan,
Welfare Benefit Fund, Or Other Medical
Account Maintained By The Employer 45
10.4 Disposition Of Excess Annual Additions
Under Two Plans 45
10.5 Participation In This Plan And Another
Defined Contribution Plan Which Is Not
A Master Or Prototype Plan 46
10.6 Participation In This Plan And A Defined
Benefit Plan 46
10.7 Average Deferral Percentage (ADP) Test 46
10.8 Special Rules Relating To Application
Of ADP Test 46
10.9 Recharacterization 47
10.10 Average Contribution Percentage (ACP) Test 48
10.11 Special Rules Relating To Application
Of ACP Test 49
ARTICLE XI
ADMINISTRATION
11.1 Plan Administrator 50
11.2 Trustee/Custodian 50
11.3 Administrative Fees And Expenses 51
11.4 Division Of Duties And Indemnification 51
ARTICLE XII
TRUST FUND/CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT
12.1 The Fund 53
12.2 Control Of Plan Assets 53
12.3 Exclusive Benefit Rules 53
12.4 Assignment And Alienation Of Benefits 53
12.5 Determination Of Qualified Domestic
Relations Order (QDRO) 53
ARTICLE XIII
INVESTMENTS
13.1 Fiduciary Standards 55
13.2 Funding Arrangement 55
13.3 Investment Alternatives Of The Trustee 55
13.4 Duties Of The Custodian 56
13.5 Participant Loans 58
13.7 Employer Investment Direction 59
13.8 Employee Investment Direction 60
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ARTICLE XIV
TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS
14.1 Applicability Of Rules 61
14.2 Minimum Contribution 61
14.3 Minimum Vesting 61
14.4 Limitations On Allocations 62
ARTICLE XV
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
15.1 Amendment By Sponsor 63
15.2 Amendment By Employer 63
15.3 Termination 63
15.4 Qualification Of Employer's Plan 63
15.5 Mergers And Consolidations 63
15.6 Resignation And Removal 64
15.7 Qualification Of Prototype 64
ARTICLE XVI
16.1 Governing Law 65
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PROTOTYPE CASH OR DEFERRED PROFIT-SHARING PLAN AND
TRUST/CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT
SPONSORED BY
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
The Sponsor hereby establishes the following Prototype Retirement Plan and
Trust/Custodial Account for use by those of its customers who qualify and wish
to adopt a qualified retirement program. Any Plan and Trust/Custodial Account
established hereunder shall be administered for the exclusive benefit of
Participants and their beneficiaries under the following terms and conditions:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE The ratio (expressed as a percentage and
calculated separately for each Participant) of:
(a) the amount of Employer contributions [as defined at (c) and (d)]
actually paid over to the Fund on behalf of such Participant for the
Plan Year to
(b) the Participant's Compensation for such Plan Year. Compensation will
only include amounts for the period during which the Employee was
eligible to participate.
Employer contributions on behalf of any Participant shall include:
(c) any Elective Deferrals made pursuant to the Participant's deferral
election for the current Plan Year, including Excess Elective
Deferrals, but excluding Elective Deferrals that are either taken into
account in the Contribution Percentage test (provided the ADP test is
satisfied both with and without exclusion of these Elective Deferrals)
or are returned as excess Annual Additions; and
(d) at the election of the Employer, Qualified Non-Elective Contributions
and Qualified Matching Contributions.
For purposes of computing Actual Deferral Percentages, an Employee who would be
a Participant but for the failure to make Elective Deferrals shall be treated as
a Participant on whose behalf no Elective Deferrals are made.
1.2 ADOPTION AGREEMENT The document attached to this Plan by which an Employer
elects to establish a qualified retirement plan and trust/custodial account
under the terms of this Prototype Plan and Trust/Custodial Account.
1.3 AGGREGATE LIMIT The sum of:
(a) 125 percent of the greater of the ADP of the non-Highly Compensated
Employees for the Plan Year or the ACP of non-Highly Compensated
Employees under the Plan subject to Code Section 401(m) for the Plan
Year beginning with or within the Plan Year of the cash or deferred
arrangement as described in Code Section 401(k) or Code Section
402(h)(1)(B), and
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(b) the lesser of 200% or two percent plus the lesser of such ADP or ACP.
Alternatively, the aggregate limit can be determined by substituting "the lesser
of 200% or 2 percent plus" for "125% of" in (a) above, and substituting "125%
of" for "the lesser of 200% or 2 percent plus" in (b) above.
1.4 ANNUAL ADDITIONS The sum of the following amounts credited to a
Participant's account for the Limitation Year:
(a) Employer Contributions,
(b) Employee Contributions (under Article IV),
(c) forfeitures,
(d) amounts allocated after March 31, 1984 to an individual medical
account, as defined in Code Section 415(l)(2), which is part of a
pension or annuity plan maintained by the Employer (these amounts are
treated as Annual Additions to a Defined Contribution Plan though they
arise under a Defined Benefit Plan), and
(e) amounts derived from contributions paid or accrued after 1985, in
taxable years ending after 1985, which are either attributable to
post-retirement medical benefits allocated to the account of a Key
Employee, or to a Welfare Benefit Fund maintained by the Employer, are
also treated as Annual Additions to a Defined Contribution Plan. For
purposes of this paragraph, an Employee is a Key Employee if he or she
meets the requirements of paragraph 1.43 at any time during the Plan
Year or any preceding Plan Year. Welfare Benefit Fund is defined at
paragraph 1.90.
Excess amounts applied in a Limitation Year to reduce Employer contributions
will be considered Annual Additions for such Limitation Year, pursuant to the
provisions of Article X. Employee and Employer make up contributions received
during the current Limitation Year under USERRA shall be treated as Annual
Additions with respect to the make up year and not the current year.
1.5 ANNUITY STARTING DATE The first day of the first period for which an
amount is paid as an annuity or in any other form.
1.6 APPLICABLE CALENDAR YEAR The First Distribution Calendar Year, and in the
event of the recalculation of life expectancy, such succeeding calendar year.
If payments commence in accordance with paragraph 7.4(e) before the Required
Beginning Date, the Applicable Calendar Year is the year such payments commence.
If distribution is in the form of an immediate annuity purchased after the
Participant's death with the Participant's remaining interest, the Applicable
Calendar Year is the year of purchase.
1.7 APPLICABLE LIFE EXPECTANCY Used in determining the required minimum
distribution. The life expectancy (or joint and last survivor expectancy)
calculated using the attained age of the Participant (or Designated Beneficiary)
as of the Participant's (or Designated Beneficiary's) birthday in the Applicable
Calendar Year reduced by one for each calendar year which has elapsed since the
date life expectancy was first calculated. If life expectancy is being
recalculated, the Applicable Life Expectancy shall be the life expectancy as so
recalculated. The life expectancy of a non-Spouse Beneficiary may not be
recalculated.
1.8 AVERAGE CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE (ACP) The average of the Contribution
Percentages for each Highly Compensated Employee and for each non-Highly
Compensated Employee.
1.9 AVERAGE DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE (ADP) The average of the Actual Deferral
Percentages for each Highly Compensated Employee and for each non-Highly
Compensated Employee.
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1.10 BREAK IN SERVICE A 12-consecutive month period during which an Employee
fails to complete more than 500 Hours of Service.
1.11 CODE The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including any amendments.
1.12 COMPENSATION The Employer may select one of the following three safe-
harbor definitions of Compensation in the Adoption Agreement. Compensation
shall only include amounts earned while a Participant if Plan Year is chosen as
the applicable computation period.
(a) CODE SECTION 3401(A) WAGES. Compensation is defined as wages within
the meaning of Code Section 3401(a) for the purposes of Federal income
tax withholding at the source but determined without regard to any
rules that limit the remuneration included in wages based on the
nature or location of the employment or the services performed [such
as the exception for agricultural labor in Code Section 3401(a)(2)].
(b) CODE SECTION 6041 AND 6051 WAGES. Compensation is defined as wages as
defined in Code Section 3401(a) and all other payments of compensation
to an Employee by the Employer (in the course of the Employer's trade
or business) for which the Employer is required to furnish the
employee a written statement under Code Section 6041(d) and
6051(a)(3). Compensation must be determined without regard to any
rules under Code Section 3401(a) that limit the remuneration included
in wages based on the nature or location of the employment or the
services performed [such as the exception for agricultural labor in
Code Section 3401(a)(2)].
(c) CODE SECTION 415 COMPENSATION. A Participant's Earned Income, wages,
salaries, and fees for professional services and other amounts
received (without regard to whether or not an amount is paid in cash)
for personal services actually rendered in the course of employment
with the Employer maintaining the Plan to the extent that the amounts
are includible in gross income [including, but not limited to,
commissions paid salesmen, Compensation for services on the basis of a
percentage of profits, commissions on insurance premiums, tips,
bonuses, fringe benefits and reimbursements or other expense
allowances under a nonaccountable plan (as described in Regulation
1.62-2(c)], and excluding the following:
1. Employer contributions to a plan of deferred compensation which
are not includible in the Employee's gross income for the taxable
year in which contributed, or Employer contributions under a
Simplified Employee Pension Plan or any distributions from a plan
of deferred compensation,
2. Amounts realized from the exercise of a non-qualified stock
option, or when restricted stock (or property) held by the
Employee either becomes freely transferable or is no longer
subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture,
3. Amounts realized from the sale, exchange or other disposition of
stock acquired under a qualified stock option; and
4. other amounts which received special tax benefits, or
contributions made by the Employer (whether or not under a salary
reduction agreement) towards the purchase of an annuity contract
described in Code Section 403(b) (whether or not the
contributions are actually excludible from the gross income of
the Employee).
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For purposes of applying the limitations on Annual Additions and for determining
the Employer's minimum contribution under a Top-Heavy Plan, the definition of
Compensation shall be Code Section 415 Compensation described in paragraph
1.12(c). Compensation for purposes of Annual Additions is based on the amount
actually paid or made available during the applicable Limitation Year.
Compensation for a Participant in a defined contribution plan who is permanently
and totally disabled, as defined at Code Section 22(e)(3), is the Compensation
such person would have received for the Limitation Year if the Participant had
been paid at the rate of Compensation earned immediately before becoming
permanently and totally disabled. Compensation with respect to an individual
entitled to make up Elective Deferrals and to receive Employer related matching,
discretionary and/or Top-Heavy contributions under USERRA shall be determined in
the same manner as for a permanently and totally disabled Participant. If the
Compensation the Employee would have received during the period of qualified
military service is not reasonably certain, the Employee's average Compensation
from the Employer during the 12-consecutive month period (if less, the
Employee's entire period of employment) immediately preceding the qualified
military Service shall be used.
If the Employer fails to select a computation period at Section 3(b) of the
Adoption Agreement, the Plan Year shall be used. Unless otherwise specified by
the Employer in the Adoption Agreement, Compensation shall be determined as
provided in Code Section 3401(a) [as defined in this paragraph 1.12(a)]. In
nonstandardized Adoption Agreement 002, the Employer may choose to eliminate or
exclude categories of Compensation which do not violate the provisions of Code
Sections 401(a)(4), 414(s) the regulations thereunder and Revenue Procedure 89-
65.
Beginning with 1989 Plan Years, the annual Compensation of each Participant
which may be taken into account for determining all benefits provided under the
Plan (including benefits under Article XIV) for any year shall not exceed the
maximum allowed under Code Section 401(a)(17), as indexed. In determining the
Compensation of a Participant for purposes of this limitation, the rules of Code
Section 414(q)(6) shall apply, except in applying such rules, the term "family"
shall include only the Spouse of the Participant and any lineal descendants of
the Participant who have not attained age 19 before the end of the Plan year.
If, as a result of the application of such rules, the limitation on Compensation
is exceeded, then (except for purposes of determining the portion of
Compensation up to the integration level if this Plan provides for permitted
disparity), the limitation shall be prorated among the affected individuals in
proportion to each such individual's Compensation as determined under this
section prior to the application of this limitation.
If a Plan has a Plan Year that contains fewer than 12 calendar months, then the
annual Compensation limit for that period is an amount equal to the applicable
limit for the calendar year in which the Compensation period begins, multiplied
by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of full months in the Short
Plan Year and the denominator of which is 12. If Compensation for any prior
Plan Year is taken into account in determining an Employee's contributions or
benefits for the current year, the Compensation for such prior year is subject
to the applicable annual Compensation limit in effect for that prior year. The
applicable annual Compensation limit is determined in accordance with Code
Section 401(a)(17), as indexed. The cost-of-living adjustment in effect for a
calendar year applies to any determination period beginning in such calendar
year.
Compensation shall not include deferred Compensation other than contributions
through a salary reduction agreement to a cash or deferred plan under Code
Section 401(k), a Simplified Employee Pension Plan under Code Section
402(h)(1)(B), a cafeteria plan under Code Section 125 or a tax-deferred annuity
under Code Section 403(b). Unless elected otherwise by the Employer in the
Adoption Agreement, these deferred amounts will be considered as Compensation
for Plan purposes. These deferred amounts are not counted as Compensation for
purposes of the limitation on Annual Additions and Top-Heavy Minimums. When
applicable to a Self-Employed Individual, Compensation shall mean Earned Income.
1.13 CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE The ratio (expressed as a percentage and calculated
separately for each Participant) of:
(a) the Participant's Contribution Percentage Amounts [as defined at (c)-
(f)] for the Plan Year, to
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(b) the Participant's Compensation for the Plan Year. Compensation will
only include amounts for the period during which the Employee was
eligible to participate.
Contribution Percentage Amounts on behalf of any Participant shall include:
(c) the amount of Employee Voluntary Contributions, Matching
Contributions, and Qualified Matching Contributions (to the extent not
taken into account for purposes of the ADP test) made under the Plan
on behalf of the Participant for the current Plan Year,
(d) forfeitures of Excess Aggregate Contributions or Matching
Contributions allocated to the Participant's account which shall be
taken into account in the year in which such forfeiture is allocated,
(e) at the election of the Employer, Qualified Non-Elective Contributions
for the current Plan Year, and
(f) the Employer also may elect to use Elective Deferrals for the current
Plan Year in the Contribution Percentage Amounts so long as the ADP
test is met before the Elective Deferrals are used in the ACP test and
continues to be met following the exclusion of those Elective
Deferrals that are used to meet the ACP test.
Contribution Percentage Amounts shall not include Matching Contributions,
whether or not Qualified, that are forfeited either to correct Excess Aggregate
Contributions, or because the contributions to which they relate are Excess
Deferrals, Excess Contributions, or Excess Aggregate Contributions.
1.14 CUSTODIAN The Sponsor of this Prototype, or, if applicable, an affiliate
or successor, shall serve as Custodian if a Custodian is appointed in the
Adoption Agreement.
1.15 DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN A Plan under which a Participant's benefit is
determined by a formula contained in the Plan and no individual accounts are
maintained for Participants.
1.16 DEFINED BENEFIT (PLAN) FRACTION A fraction, the numerator of which is the
sum of the Participant's Projected Annual Benefits under all the Defined Benefit
Plans (whether or not terminated) maintained by the Employer, and the
denominator of which is the lesser of 125 percent of the dollar limitation
determined for the Limitation Year under Code Sections 415(b) and (d) or 140
percent of the Highest Average Compensation, including any adjustments under
Code Section 415(b).
Notwithstanding the above, if the Participant was a Participant as of the first
day of the first Limitation Year beginning after 1986, in one or more Defined
Benefit Plans maintained by the Employer which were in existence on May 6, 1986,
the denominator of this fraction will not be less than 125 percent of the sum of
the annual benefits under such plans which the Participant had accrued as of the
close of the last Limitation Year beginning before 1987, disregarding any
changes in the terms and conditions of the plan after May 5, 1986. The
preceding sentence applies only if the Defined Benefit Plans individually and in
the aggregate satisfied the requirements of Section 415 for all Limitation Years
beginning before 1987.
1.17 DEFINED CONTRIBUTION DOLLAR LIMITATION Thirty thousand dollars ($30,000)
or if greater, one-fourth of the defined benefit dollar limitation set forth in
Code Section 415(b)(1) as in effect for the Limitation Year.
1.18 DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN A Plan under which individual accounts are
maintained for each Participant to which all contributions, forfeitures,
investment income and gains or losses, and expenses are credited or deducted. A
Participant's benefit under such Plan is based solely on the fair market value
of his or her account balance.
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1.19 DEFINED CONTRIBUTION (PLAN) FRACTION A Fraction, the numerator of which is
the sum of the Annual Additions to the Participant's account under all the
Defined Contribution Plans (whether or not terminated) maintained by the
Employer for the current and all prior Limitation Years (including the Annual
Additions attributable to the Participant's nondeductible Employee contributions
to all Defined Benefit Plans, whether or not terminated, maintained by the
Employer, and the Annual Additions attributable to all Welfare Benefit Funds, as
defined in paragraph 1.90 and individual medical accounts, as defined in Code
Section 415(l)(2), maintained by the Employer), and the denominator of which is
the sum of the maximum aggregate amounts for the current and all prior
Limitation Years of service with the Employer (regardless of whether a Defined
Contribution Plan was maintained by the Employer). The maximum aggregate amount
in the Limitation Year is the lesser of 125 percent of the dollar limitation
determined under Code Sections 415(b) and (d) in effect under Code Section
415(c)(1)(A) or 35 percent of the Participant's Compensation for such year.
If the Employee was a Participant as of the end of the first day of the first
Limitation Year beginning after 1986, in one or more Defined Contribution Plans
maintained by the Employer which were in existence on May 6, 1986, the numerator
of this fraction will be adjusted if the sum of this fraction and the Defined
Benefit Fraction would otherwise exceed 1.0 under the terms of this Plan. Under
the adjustment, an amount equal to the product of (1) the excess of the sum of
the fractions over 1.0 times (2) the denominator of this fraction will be
permanently subtracted from the numerator of this fraction. The adjustment is
calculated using the fractions as they would be computed as of the end of the
last Limitation Year beginning before 1987, and disregarding any changes in the
terms and conditions of the Plan made after May 6, 1986, but using the Section
415 limitation applicable to the first Limitation Year beginning on or after
January 1, 1987. The Annual Addition for any Limitation Year beginning before
1987, shall not be re-computed to treat all Employee Contributions as Annual
Additions.
1.20 DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY The individual who is designated as the beneficiary
under the Plan in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(9) and the regulations
thereunder.
1.21 DISABILITY An illness or injury of a potentially permanent nature,
expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, certified
by a physician selected by or satisfactory to the Employer, which prevents the
Employee from engaging in any occupation for wage or profit for which the
Employee is reasonably fitted by training, education or experience.
1.22 DISTRIBUTION CALENDAR YEAR A calendar year for which a minimum
distribution is required.
1.23 EARLY RETIREMENT AGE The age set by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement
(but not less than 55), which is the earliest age at which a Participant may
retire and receive his or her benefits under the Plan.
1.24 EARNED INCOME Net earnings from self-employment in the trade or business
with respect to which the Plan is established, determined without regard to
items not included in gross income and the deductions allocable to such items,
provided that personal services of the individual are a material income-
producing factor. Earned income shall be reduced by contributions made by an
Employer to a qualified plan to the extent deductible under Code Section 404.
For tax years beginning after 1989, net earnings shall be determined taking into
account the deduction for one-half of self-employment taxes allowed to the
Employer under Code Section 164(f) to the extent deductible.
1.25 EFFECTIVE DATE The date on which the Employer's retirement plan or
amendment to such plan becomes effective. For amendments reflecting statutory
and regulatory changes post Tax Reform Act of 1986, the Effective Date will be
the earlier of the date upon which such amendment is first administratively
applied or the first day of the Plan Year following the date of adoption of such
amendment.
1.26 ELECTION PERIOD The period which begins on the first day of the Plan Year
in which the Participant attains age 35 and ends on the date of the
Participant's death. If a Participant separates from service prior to the first
day of the Plan Year in which age 35 is attained, the Election Period shall
begin on the date of separation, with respect to the account balance as of the
date of separation.
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1.27 ELECTIVE DEFERRAL Employer contributions made to the Plan at the election
of the Participant, in lieu of cash Compensation. Elective Deferrals shall also
include contributions made pursuant to a Salary Savings Agreement or other
deferral mechanism, such as a cash option contribution. With respect to any
taxable year, a Participant's Elective Deferral is the sum of all Employer
contributions made on behalf of such Participant pursuant to an election to
defer under any qualified cash or deferred arrangement as described in Code
Section 401(k), any simplified employee pension cash or deferred arrangement as
described in Code Section 402(h)(1)(B), any eligible deferred compensation plan
under Code Section 457, any plan as described under Code Section 501(c)(18), and
any Employer contributions made on the behalf of a Participant for the purchase
of an annuity contract under Code Section 403(b) pursuant to a Salary Savings
Agreement. Elective Deferrals shall not include any deferrals properly
distributed as Excess Annual Additions.
1.28 ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANT Any Employee who is eligible to make a Voluntary
Contribution, or an Elective Deferral (if the Employer takes such contributions
into account in the calculation of the Contribution Percentage), or to receive
a Matching Contribution (including forfeitures) or a Qualified Matching
Contribution. If a Voluntary Contribution or Elective Deferral is required as a
condition of participation in the Plan, any Employee who would be a Participant
in the Plan if such Employee made such a contribution shall be treated as an
Eligible Participant even though no Voluntary Contributions or Elective
Deferrals are made.
1.29 EMPLOYEE Any person employed by the Employer (including Self-Employed
Individuals and partners), all Employees of a member of an affiliated service
group [as defined in Code Section 414(m)], Employees of a controlled group of
corporations [as defined in Code Section 414(b)], all Employees of any
incorporated or unincorporated trade or business which is under common control
[as defined in Code Section 414(c)], Leased Employees [as defined in Code
Section 414(n)] and any Employee required to be aggregated by Code Section
414(o). All such Employees shall be treated as employed by a single Employer.
1.30 EMPLOYER The Self-Employed Individual, partnership, corporation or other
organization which adopts this Plan including any firm that succeeds the
Employer and adopts this Plan. For purposes of Article X, Limitations on
Allocations, Employer shall mean the Employer that adopts this Plan, and all
members of a controlled group of corporations [as defined in Code Section 414(b)
as modified by Code Section 415(h)], all commonly controlled trades or
businesses [as defined in Code Section 414(c) as modified by Code Section
415(h)] or affiliated service groups [as defined in Code Section 414(m)] of
which the adopting Employer is a part, and any other entity required to be
aggregated with the Employer pursuant to regulations under Code Section 414(o).
1.31 ENTRY DATE The date on which an Employee commences participation in the
Plan as determined by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement.
1.32 EXCESS AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTIONS The excess, with respect to any Plan Year,
of:
(a) The aggregate Contribution Percentage Amounts taken into account in
computing the numerator of the Contribution Percentage actually made
on behalf of Highly Compensated Employees for such Plan Year, over
(b) The maximum Contribution Percentage Amounts permitted by the ACP test
(determined by reducing contributions made on behalf of Highly
Compensated Employees in order of their Contribution Percentages
beginning with the highest of such percentages).
Such determination shall be made after first determining Excess Elective
Deferrals pursuant to paragraph 1.35 and then determining Excess Contributions
pursuant to paragraph 1.34.
1.33 EXCESS AMOUNT The excess of the Participant's Annual Additions for the
Limitation Year over the Maximum Permissible Amount.
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1.34 EXCESS CONTRIBUTION With respect to any Plan Year, the excess of:
(a) The aggregate amount of Employer contributions actually taken into
account in computing the ADP of Highly Compensated Employees for such
Plan Year, over
(b) The maximum amount of such contributions permitted by the ADP test
(determined by reducing contributions made on behalf of Highly
Compensated Employees in order of the ADPs, beginning with the highest
of such percentages).
1.35 EXCESS ELECTIVE DEFERRALS Those Elective Deferrals that are includible in
a Participant's gross income under Code Section 402(g) to the extent such
Participant's Elective Deferrals for a taxable year exceed the dollar limitation
under such Code Section. Excess Elective Deferrals shall be treated as Annual
Additions under the Plan, unless such amounts are distributed no later than the
first April 15th following the close of the Participant's taxable year.
1.36 FAMILY MEMBER The Employee's Spouse, any lineal descendants and
ascendants and the Spouse of such lineal descendants and ascendants.
1.37 FIRST DISTRIBUTION CALENDAR YEAR For distributions beginning before the
Participant's death, the First Distribution Calendar Year is the calendar year
immediately preceding the calendar year which contains the Participant's
Required Beginning Date. For distributions beginning after the Participant's
death, the First Distribution Calendar Year is the calendar year in which
distributions are required to begin pursuant to paragraph 7.10.
1.38 FUND All contributions received by the Trustee/Custodian under this Plan
and Trust/Custodial Account, investments thereof and earnings and appreciation
thereon.
1.39 HARDSHIP An immediate and heavy financial need of the Employee where such
Employee lacks other available resources.
1.40 HIGHEST AVERAGE COMPENSATION The average Compensation for the three
consecutive Years of Service with the Employer that produces the highest
average. A Year of Service with the Employer is the 12-consecutive month period
defined in the Adoption Agreement.
1.41 HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE Any Employee who performs service for the
Employer during the determination year and who, during the immediate prior year
(the 12-consecutive month period preceding the first day of the determination
year):
(a) received Compensation from the Employer in excess of $75,000 [as
adjusted pursuant to Code Section 415(d)]; or
(b) received Compensation from the Employer in excess of $50,000 [as
adjusted pursuant to Code Section 415(d)] and was a member of the Top-
Paid Group for such year; or
(c) was an officer of the Employer and received Compensation during such
year that is greater than 50 percent of the dollar limitation in
effect under Code Section 415(b)(1)(A).
Notwithstanding (a), (b) and (c), an Employee who was not Highly Compensated
during the preceding Plan Year shall not be treated as a Highly Compensated
Employee with respect to the current Plan Year unless such Employee is a member
of the 100 Employees paid the greatest Compensation during the year for which
such determination is being made.
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(d) Employees who are five percent (5%) Owners at any time during the
immediate prior year or determination year.
Highly Compensated Employee includes Highly Compensated active Employees and
Highly Compensated former Employees.
1.42 HOUR OF SERVICE
(a) Each hour for which an Employee is paid, or entitled to payment, for
the performance of duties for the Employer. These hours shall be
credited to the Employee for the computation period in which the
duties are performed; and
(b) Each hour for which an Employee is paid, or entitled to payment, by
the Employer on account of a period of time during which no duties are
performed (irrespective of whether the employment relationship has
terminated) due to vacation, holiday, illness, incapacity (including
disability), layoff, jury duty, military duty or leave of absence. No
more than 501 Hours of Service shall be credited under this paragraph
for any single continuous period (whether or not such period occurs in
a single computation period). Hours under this paragraph shall be
calculated and credited pursuant to Section 2530.200b-2 of the
Department of Labor Regulations which are incorporated herein by this
reference; and
(c) Each hour for which back pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages,
is either awarded or agreed to by the Employer. The same Hours of
Service shall not be credited both under paragraph (a) or paragraph
(b), as the case may be, and under this paragraph (c). These hours
shall be credited to the Employee for the computation period or
periods to which the award or agreement pertains rather than the
computation period in which the award, agreement or payment is made.
(d) Hours of Service shall be credited for employment with the Employer
and with other members of an affiliated service group [as defined in
Code Section 414(m)], a controlled group of corporations [as defined
in Code Section 414(b)], or a group of trades or businesses under
common control [as defined in Code Section 414(c)] of which the
adopting Employer is a member, and any other entity required to be
aggregated with the Employer pursuant to Code Section 414(o) and the
regulations thereunder. Hours of Service shall also be credited for
any individual considered an Employee for purposes of this Plan under
Code Section 414(n) or Code Section 414(o) and the regulations
thereunder.
(e) Solely for purposes of determining whether a Break in Service, as
defined in paragraph 1.10, for participation and vesting purposes has
occurred in a computation period, an individual who is absent from
work for maternity or paternity reasons shall receive credit for the
Hours of Service which would otherwise have been credited to such
individual but for such absence, or in any case in which such hours
cannot be determined, 8 Hours of Service per day of such absence. For
purposes of this paragraph, an absence from work for maternity or
paternity reasons means an absence by reason of the pregnancy of the
individual, by reason of a birth of a child of the individual, by
reason of the placement of a child with the individual in connection
with the adoption of such child by such individual, or for purposes of
caring for such child for a period beginning immediately following
such birth or placement. The Hours of Service credited under this
paragraph shall be credited in the computation period in which the
absence begins if the crediting is necessary to prevent a Break in
Service in that period, or in all other cases, in the following
computation period. No more than 501 hours will be credited under this
paragraph.
(f) Hours of Service shall be determined on the basis of the method
selected in the Adoption Agreement.
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1.43 KEY EMPLOYEE Any Employee or former Employee (and the beneficiaries of
such employee) who at any time during the determination period was an officer of
the Employer if such individual's annual compensation exceeds 50% of the dollar
limitation under Code Section 415(b)(1)(A) (the defined benefit maximum annual
benefit), an owner (or considered an owner under Code Section 318) of one of the
ten largest interests in the employer if such individual's compensation exceeds
100% of the dollar limitation under Code Section 415(c)(1)(A), a 5% owner of the
Employer, or a 1% owner of the Employer who has an annual compensation of more
than $150,000. For purposes of determining who is a Key Employee, annual
compensation shall mean Compensation as defined for Article X, but including
amounts deferred through a salary reduction agreement to a cash or deferred plan
under Code Section 401(k), a Simplified Employee Pension Plan under Code Section
408(k), a cafeteria plan under Code Section 125 or a tax-deferred annuity under
Code Section 403(b). The determination period is the Plan Year containing the
Determination Date and the four preceding Plan Years. The determination of who
is a Key Employee will be made in accordance with Code Section 416(i)(1) and the
regulations thereunder.
1.44 LEASED EMPLOYEE Any person (other than an Employee of the recipient) who,
pursuant to an agreement between the recipient and any other person ("leasing
organization"), has performed services for the recipient [or for the recipient
and related persons determined in accordance with Code Section 414(n)(6)] on a
substantially full-time basis for a period of at least one year, and such
services are of a type historically performed by Employees in the business field
of the recipient Employer.
1.45 LIMITATION YEAR The calendar year or such other 12-consecutive month
period designated by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement for purposes of
determining the maximum Annual Addition to a Participant's account. All
qualified plans maintained by the Employer must use the same Limitation Year.
If the Limitation Year is amended to a different 12-consecutive month period,
the new Limitation Year must begin on a date within the Limitation Year in which
the amendment is made.
1.46 MASTER OR PROTOTYPE PLAN A plan, the form of which is the subject of a
favorable opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service.
1.47 MATCHING CONTRIBUTION An Employer contribution made to this or any other
defined contribution plan on behalf of a Participant on account of an Employee
Voluntary Contribution made by such Participant, or on account of a
Participant's Elective Deferral, under a Plan maintained by the Employer.
1.48 MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE AMOUNT The maximum Annual Addition that may be
contributed or allocated to a Participant's account under the plan for any
Limitation Year shall not exceed the lesser of:
(a) the Defined Contribution Dollar Limitation, or
(b) 25% of the Participant's Compensation for the Limitation Year.
The compensation limitation referred to in (b) shall not apply to any
contribution for medical benefits [within the meaning of Code Section 401(h) or
Code Section 419A(f)(2)] which is otherwise treated as an Annual Addition under
Code Section 415(l)(1) or 419(d)(2). If a short Limitation Year is created
because of an amendment changing the Limitation Year to a different 12-
consecutive month period, the Maximum Permissible Amount will not exceed the
Defined Contribution Dollar Limitation multiplied by the following fraction:
Number of months in the short Limitation Year divided by 12.
1.49 NET PROFIT The current and accumulated operating earnings of the Employer
before Federal and State income taxes, excluding nonrecurring or unusual items
of income, and before contributions to this and any other qualified plan of the
Employer. Alternatively, the Employer may fix another definition in the
Adoption Agreement.
1.50 NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE The age, set by the Employer in the Adoption
Agreement, at which a Participant may retire and receive his or her benefits
under the Plan.
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1.51 OWNER-EMPLOYEE A sole proprietor, or a partner owning more than 10% of
either the capital or profits interest of the partnership.
1.52 PAIRED PLANS Two or more Plans maintained by the Sponsor designed so that
a single or any combination of Plans adopted by an Employer will meet the
antidiscrimination rules, the contribution and benefit limitations, and the Top-
Heavy provisions of the Code.
1.53 PARTICIPANT Any Employee who has met the eligibility requirements and is
participating in the Plan.
1.54 PARTICIPANT'S BENEFIT The account balance as of the last Valuation Date in
the calendar year immediately preceding the Distribution Calendar Year
(valuation calendar year) increased by the amount of any contributions or
forfeitures allocated to the account balance as of the dates in the valuation
calendar year after the Valuation Date and decreased by distributions made in
the valuation calendar year after the Valuation Date. A special exception
exists for the second distribution Calendar Year. For purposes of this
paragraph, if any portion of the minimum distribution for the First Distribution
Calendar Year is made in the second Distribution Calendar Year on or before the
Required Beginning Date, the amount of the minimum distribution made in the
second distribution calendar year shall be treated as if it had been made in the
immediately preceding Distribution Calendar Year.
1.55 PERMISSIVE AGGREGATION GROUP Used for Top-Heavy testing purposes, it is
the Required Aggregation Group of plans plus any other plan or plans of the
Employer which, when considered as a group with the Required Aggregation Group,
would continue to satisfy the requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(4) and 410.
1.56 PLAN The Employer's retirement plan as embodied herein and in the Adoption
Agreement.
1.57 PLAN ADMINISTRATOR The Employer.
1.58 PLAN YEAR The 12-consecutive month period designated by the Employer in
the Adoption Agreement. A Plan Year of less than 12-consecutive months (a short
Plan Year) may result in the first Plan Year or in a subsequent Plan Year as a
result of a Plan amendment. In the event of a short Plan Year, each Participant
shall receive credit for a Year of Service for purposes of allocations and
vesting if such Participant is employed at the end of the short Plan Year
without regard to the number of Hours of Service completed during the short Plan
Year. In addition, the dollar amounts or limitations for the following purposes
shall be prorated based on the number of full months in the short Plan Year
divided by twelve.
(a) The limitation on Compensation for purposes of the allocation of
Employer contributions including the Taxable Wage Base for integrated
allocation formulas, Employee Elective Deferrals, Employee after-tax
contributions and the 25% of Compensation limitation for Annual
Additions.
(b) The dollar amounts specified in Code ''414(q) and 416 for purposes of
determining Highly Compensated and Key Employees.
1.59 PRESENT VALUE Used for Top-Heavy test and determination purposes, when
determining the Present Value of accrued benefits, with respect to any Defined
Benefit Plan maintained by the Employer, interest and mortality rates shall be
determined in accordance with the provisions of the respective plan. If
applicable, interest and mortality assumptions will be specified in Section 11
of the Adoption Agreement.
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1.60 PROJECTED ANNUAL BENEFIT Used to test the maximum benefit which may be
obtained from a combination of retirement plans, it is the annual retirement
benefit (adjusted to an actuarial equivalent straight life annuity if such
benefit is expressed in a form other than a straight life annuity or Qualified
Joint and Survivor Annuity) to which the Participant would be entitled under the
terms of a Defined Benefit Plan or plans, assuming:
(a) the Participant will continue employment until Normal Retirement Age
under the plan (or current age, if later), and
(b) the Participant's Compensation for the current Limitation Year and all
other relevant factors used to determine benefits under the plan will
remain constant for all future Limitation Years.
1.61 QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN Any pension, profit-sharing, stock
bonus, or other plan which meets the requirements of Code Section 401 and
includes a trust exempt from tax under Code Section 501(a) or any annuity plan
described in Code Section 403(a).
An Eligible Retirement Plan is an individual retirement account (IRA) as
described in Code Section 408(a), an individual retirement annuity (IRA) as
described in Code Section 408(b), an annuity plan as described in Code Section
403(a), or a qualified trust as described in Code Section 401(a), which accepts
Eligible Rollover Distributions. However in the case of an Eligible Rollover
Distribution to a Surviving Spouse, an Eligible Retirement Plan is an individual
retirement account or individual retirement annuity.
1.62 QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER A QDRO is a signed Domestic Relations
Order issued by a State Court which creates, recognizes or assigns to an
alternate payee(s) the right to receive all or part of a Participant's Plan
benefit and which meets the requirements of Code Section 414(p). An alternate
payee is a Spouse, former Spouse, child, or other dependent who is treated as a
beneficiary under the Plan as a result of the QDRO.
1.63 QUALIFIED EARLY RETIREMENT AGE For purposes of paragraph 8.9, Qualified
Early Retirement Age is the latest of:
(a) the earliest date, under the Plan, on which the Participant may elect
to receive retirement benefits, or
(b) the first day of the 120th month beginning before the Participant
reaches Normal Retirement Age, or
(c) the date the Participant begins participation.
1.64 QUALIFIED JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY An immediate annuity for the life of
the Participant with a survivor annuity for the life of the Participant's Spouse
which is at least one-half of but not more than the amount of the annuity
payable during the joint lives of the Participant and the Participant's Spouse.
The exact amount of the Survivor Annuity is to be specified by the Employer in
the Adoption Agreement. If not designated by the Employer, the Survivor Annuity
will be 1/2 of the amount paid to the Participant during his or her lifetime.
The Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity will be the amount of benefit which can
be provided by the Participant's Vested Account Balance.
1.65 QUALIFIED MATCHING CONTRIBUTION Matching Contributions which when made are
subject to the distribution and nonforfeitability requirements under Code
Section 401(k).
1.66 QUALIFIED NON-ELECTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS Contributions (other than Matching
Contributions or Qualified Matching Contributions) made by the Employer and
allocated to Participants' accounts that the Participants may not elect to
receive in cash until distributed from the Plan; that are nonforfeitable when
made; and that are distributable only in accordance with the distribution
provisions that are applicable to Elective Deferrals and Qualified Matching
Contributions.
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1.67 QUALIFIED VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION A tax-deductible voluntary Employee
contribution. These contributions may no longer be made to the Plan.
1.68 REQUIRED AGGREGATION GROUP Used for Top-Heavy testing purposes, it
consists of:
(a) each qualified plan of the Employer in which at least one Key Employee
participates or participated at any time during the determination
period (regardless of whether the plan has terminated), and
(b) any other qualified plan of the Employer which enables a plan
described in (a) to meet the requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(4)
or 410.
1.69 REQUIRED BEGINNING DATE The date on which a Participant is required to
take his or her first minimum distribution under the Plan. The rules are set
forth at paragraph 7.5.
1.70 ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTION A contribution made by a Participant of an amount
distributed to such Participant from another Qualified Deferred Compensation
Plan in accordance with Code Sections 402(a)(5), (6), and (7).
An Eligible Rollover Distribution is any distribution of all or any portion of
the balance to the credit of the Participant except that an Eligible Rollover
Distribution does not include:
(a) 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 Participant or the joint lives (or
joint life expectancies) of the Participant and the Participant's
Designated Beneficiary, or for a specified period of ten years or
more;
(b) any distribution to the extent such distribution is required under
Code Section 401(a)(9); and
(c) the portion of any distribution that is not includible in gross income
(determined without regard to the exclusion for net unrealized
appreciation with respect to Employer securities).
A Direct Rollover is a payment by the plan to the Eligible Retirement Plan
specified by the Participant.
1.71 SALARY SAVINGS AGREEMENT An agreement between the Employer and a
participating Employee where the Employee authorizes the Employer to withhold a
specified percentage of his or her Compensation for deposit to the Plan on
behalf of such Employee.
1.72 SELF-EMPLOYED INDIVIDUAL An individual who has Earned Income for the
taxable year from the trade or business for which the Plan is established
including an individual who would have had Earned Income but for the fact that
the trade or business had no Net Profit for the taxable year.
1.73 SERVICE The period of current or prior employment with the Employer
including any imputed period of employment which must be counted under USERRA.
If the Employer maintains a plan of a predecessor employer, Service for such
predecessor shall be treated as Service for the Employer.
1.74 SHAREHOLDER EMPLOYEE An Employee or Officer who owns [or is consid- ered
as owning within the meaning of Code Section 318(a)(1)], on any day during the
taxable year of an electing small business corporation (S Corporation), more
than 5% of such corporation's outstanding stock.
1.75 SIMPLIFIED EMPLOYEE PENSION PLAN An individual retirement account which
meets the requirements of Code Section 408(k), and to which the Employer makes
contributions pursuant to a written formula. These plans are considered for
contribution limitation and Top-Heavy testing purposes.
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1.76 SPONSOR Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., or any successor(s) or assign(s).
1.77 SPOUSE (SURVIVING SPOUSE) The Spouse or Surviving Spouse of the
Participant, provided that a former Spouse will be treated as the Spouse or
Surviving Spouse and a current Spouse will not be treated as the Spouse or
Surviving Spouse to the extent provided under a Qualified Domestic Relations
Order as described in Code Section 414(p).
1.78 SUPER TOP-HEAVY PLAN A Plan described at paragraph 1.81 under which the
Top-Heavy Ratio [as defined at paragraph 1.82] exceeds 90%.
1.79 TAXABLE WAGE BASE For plans with an allocation formula which takes into
account the Employer's contribution under the Federal Insurance Contributions
Act (FICA), the maximum amount of earnings which may be considered wages for
such Plan Year under the Social Security Act [Code Section 3121(a)(1)], or the
amount elected by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement.
1.80 TOP-HEAVY DETERMINATION DATE For any Plan Year subsequent to the first
Plan Year, the last day of the preceding Plan Year. For the first Plan Year of
the Plan, the last day of that year.
1.81 TOP-HEAVY PLAN For any Plan Year beginning after 1983, the Employer's Plan
is top-heavy if any of the following conditions exist:
(a) If the Top-Heavy Ratio for the Employer's Plan exceeds 60% and this
Plan is not part of any required Aggregation Group or Permissive
Aggregation Group of Plans.
(b) If the Employer's plan is a part of a Required Aggregation Group of
plans but not part of a Permissive Aggregation Group and the Top-Heavy
Ratio for the group of plans exceeds 60%.
(c) If the Employer's plan is a part of a Required Aggregation Group and
part of a Permissive Aggregation Group of plans and the Top-Heavy
Ratio for the Permissive Aggregation Group exceeds 60%.
1.82 TOP-HEAVY RATIO
(a) If the Employer maintains one or more Defined Contribution plans
(including any Simplified Employee Pension Plan) and the Employer has
not maintained any Defined Benefit Plan which during the 5-year period
ending on the Determination Date(s) has or has had accrued benefits,
the Top-Heavy Ratio for this Plan alone, or for the Required or
Permissive Aggregation Group as appropriate, is a fraction,
(1) the numerator of which is the sum of the account balances of all
Key Employees as of the Determination Date(s) [including any part
of any account balance distributed in the 5-year period ending on
the Determination Date(s)], and
(2) the denominator of which is the sum of all account balances
[including any part of any account balance distributed in the 5-
year period ending on the Determination Date(s)], both computed
in accordance with Code Section 416 and the regulations
thereunder.
Both the numerator and denominator of the Top-Heavy Ratio are
increased to reflect any contribution not actually made as of the
Determination Date, but which is required to be taken into account on
that date under Code Section 416 and the regulations thereunder.
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(b) If the Employer maintains one or more Defined Contribution Plans
(including any Simplified Employee Pension Plan) and the Employer
maintains or has maintained one or more Defined Benefit Plans which
during the 5-year period ending on the Determination Date(s) has or
has had any accrued benefits, the Top-Heavy Ratio for any Required or
Permissive Aggregation Group as appropriate is a fraction, the
numerator of which is the sum of account balances under the aggregated
Defined Contribution Plan or Plans for all Key Employees, determined
in accordance with (a) above, and the Present Value of accrued
benefits under the aggregated Defined Benefit Plan or Plans for all
Key Employees as of the Determination Date(s), and the denominator of
which is the sum of the account balances under the aggregated Defined
Contribution Plan or Plans for all Participants, determined in
accordance with (a) above, and the Present Value of accrued benefits
under the Defined Benefit Plan or Plans for all Participants as of the
Determination Date(s), all determined in accordance with Code Section
416 and the regulations thereunder. The accrued benefits under a
Defined Benefit Plan in both the numerator and denominator of the Top-
Heavy Ratio are increased for any distribution of an accrued benefit
made in the 5-year period ending on the Determination Date.
(c) For purposes of (a) and (b) above, the value of account balances and
the Present Value of accrued benefits will be determined as of the
most recent Valuation Date that falls within or ends with the 12-month
period ending on the Determination Date, except as provided in Code
Section 416 and the regulations thereunder for the first and second
plan years of a Defined Benefit Plan. The account balances and accrued
benefits of a participant (1) who is not a Key Employee but who was a
Key Employee in a prior year, or (2) who has not been credited with at
least one hour of service with any Employer maintaining the Plan at
any time during the 5-year period ending on the Determination Date,
will be disregarded. The calculation of the Top-Heavy Ratio, and the
extent to which distributions, rollovers, and transfers are taken into
account will be made in accordance with Code Section 416 and the
regulations thereunder. Qualified Voluntary Employee Contributions
will not be taken into account for purposes of computing the Top-Heavy
Ratio. When aggregating plans the value of account balances and
accrued benefits will be calculated with reference to the
Determination Dates that fall within the same calendar year. The
accrued benefit of a Participant other than a Key Employee shall be
determined under (1) the method, if any, that uniformly applies for
accrual purposes under all Defined Benefit Plans maintained by the
Employer, or (2) if there is no such method, as if such benefit
accrued not more rapidly than the slowest accrual rate permitted under
the fractional rule of Code Section 411(b)(1)(C).
1.83 TOP-PAID GROUP The group consisting of the top 20% of Employees when
ranked on the basis of Compensation paid during such year. For purposes of
determining the number of Employees in the group (but not who is in it), the
following Employees shall be excluded:
(a) Employees who have not completed 6 months of Service.
(b) Employees who normally work less than 17-1/2 hours per week.
(c) Employees who normally do not work more than 6 months during any year.
(d) Employees who have not attained age 21.
(e) Employees included in a collective bargaining unit, covered by an
agreement between employee representatives and the Employer, where
retirement benefits were the subject of good faith bargaining and
provided that 90% or more of the Employer's Employees are covered by
the agreement.
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(f) Employees who are nonresident aliens and who receive no earned income
which constitutes income from sources within the United States.
1.84 TRANSFER CONTRIBUTION A non-taxable transfer of a Participant's benefit
directly from a Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan to this Plan.
1.85 TRUSTEE The Sponsor of this Prototype or the individual(s) appointed by
the Employer in the Adoption Agreement.
1.86 USERRA The Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of
1994.
1.87 VALUATION DATE The last day of the Plan Year or such other date as agreed
to by the Employer and the Trustee/Custodian on which Participant accounts are
revalued in accordance with Article V hereof. For Top-Heavy purposes, the date
selected by the Employer as of which the Top-Heavy Ratio is calculated.
1.88 VESTED ACCOUNT BALANCE The aggregate value of the Participant's Vested
Account Balances derived from Employer and Employee contributions (including
Rollovers), whether vested before or upon death, including the proceeds of
insurance contracts, if any, on the Participant's life. The provisions of
Article VIII shall apply to a Participant who is vested in amounts attributable
to Employer contributions, Employee contributions (or both) at the time of death
or distribution.
1.89 VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION An Employee contribution made to the Plan by or on
behalf of a Participant that is included in the Participant's gross income in
the year in which made and that is maintained under a separate account to which
earnings and losses are allocated.
1.90 WELFARE BENEFIT FUND Any fund that is part of a plan of the Employer, or
has the effect of a plan, through which the Employer provides welfare benefits
to Employees or their beneficiaries. For these purposes, Welfare Benefits means
any benefit other than those with respect to which Code Section 83(h) (relating
to transfers of property in connection with the performance of services), Code
Section 404 (relating to deductions for contributions to an Employee's trust or
annuity and Compensation under a deferred payment plan), Code Section 404A
(relating to certain foreign deferred compensation plans) apply. A "Fund" is
any social club, voluntary employee benefit association, supplemental
unemployment benefit trust or qualified group legal service organization
described in Code Section 501(c)(7), (9), (17) or (20); any trust, corporation,
or other organization not exempt from income tax, or to the extent provided in
regulations, any account held for an Employer by any person.
1.91 YEAR OF SERVICE A 12-consecutive month period during which an Employee is
credited with not less than 1,000 (or such lesser number as specified by the
Employer in the Adoption Agreement) Hours of Service. In the event of a short
Plan Year, an Employee shall receive credit for a Year of Service if employed at
the beginning and at the end of the short year without regard to the number of
Hours of Service credited during the period.
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ARTICLE II
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
2.1 PARTICIPATION Employees who meet the eligibility requirements in the
Adoption Agreement on the Effective Date of the Plan shall become Participants
as of the Effective Date of the Plan. If so elected in the Adoption Agreement,
all Employees employed on the Effective Date of the Plan may participate, even
if they have not satisfied the Plan's specified eligibility requirements. Other
Employees shall become Participants on the Entry Date coinciding with or
immediately following the date on which they meet the eligibility requirements.
The Employee must satisfy the eligibility requirements specified in the Adoption
Agreement and be employed on the Entry Date to become a Participant in the Plan.
In the event an Employee who is not a member of the eligible class of Employees
becomes a member of the eligible class, such Employee shall participate
immediately if such Employee has satisfied the minimum age and service
requirements and would have previously become a Participant had he or she been
in the eligible class. A former Participant shall again become a Participant
upon returning to the employ of the Employer at the next Entry Date or if
earlier, the next Valuation Date. For this purpose, Participant's Compensation
and Service shall be considered from date of rehire. A former Employee who never
commenced participation in the Plan shall be treated as a new Employee if
reemployed by the Employer.
2.2 CHANGE IN CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYMENT In the event a Participant becomes
ineligible to participate because he or she is no longer a member of an eligible
class of Employees, such Employee shall participate upon his or her return to an
eligible class of Employees.
2.3 COMPUTATION PERIOD To determine Years of Service and Breaks in Service for
purposes of eligibility, the initial 12-consecutive month period shall commence
on the date on which an Employee first performs an Hour of Service for the
Employer. If the Employee fails to complete the hours requirement during his or
her first employment year, the second and succeeding 12-consecutive month
periods shall commence on the first day of the Plan Year beginning prior to the
anniversary of the date the Employee first performed an Hour of Service
regardless of whether the Employee is entitled to be credited with 1,000 (or
such lesser number as specified by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement) Hours
of Service during their first employment year.
2.4 EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS Participation in the Plan shall not confer upon a
Participant any employment rights, nor shall it interfere with the Employer's
right to terminate the employment of any Employee at any time.
2.5 SERVICE WITH CONTROLLED GROUPS All Years of Service with other members of a
controlled group of corporations [as defined in Code Section 414(b)], trades or
businesses under common control [as defined in Code Section 414(c)], or members
of an affiliated service group [as defined in Code Section 414(m)] shall be
credited for purposes of determining an Employee's eligibility to participate.
2.6 OWNER-EMPLOYEES If this Plan provides contributions or benefits for one or
more Owner-Employees who control both the business for which this Plan is
established and one or more other trades or businesses, this Plan and the Plan
established for other trades or businesses must, when looked at as a single
Plan, satisfy Code Sections 401(a) and (d) for the Employees of this and all
other trades or businesses.
If the Plan provides contributions or benefits for one or more Owner-Employees
who control one or more other trades or businesses, the Employees of the other
trades or businesses must be included in a Plan which satisfies Code Sections
401(a) and (d) and which provides contributions and benefits not less favorable
than provided for Owner-Employees under this Plan.
If an individual is covered as an Owner-Employee under the plans of two or more
trades or businesses which are not controlled, and the individual controls a
trade or business, then the contributions or benefits of the Employees under the
plan of the trades or businesses which are controlled must be as favorable as
those provided for him or her under the most favorable plan of the trade or
business which is not controlled.
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For purposes of the preceding sentences, an Owner-Employee, or two or more
Owner-Employees, will be considered to control a trade or business if the Owner-
Employee, or two or more Owner-Employees together:
(a) own the entire interest in an unincorporated trade or business,
or
(b) in the case of a partnership, own more than 50% of either the
capital interest or the profits interest in the partnership.
For purposes of the preceding sentence, an Owner-Employee, or two or more Owner-
Employees shall be treated as owning any interest in a partnership which is
owned, directly or indirectly, by a partnership which such Owner-Employee, or
such two or more Owner-Employees, are considered to control within the meaning
of the preceding sentence.
2.7 LEASED EMPLOYEES Any Leased Employee shall be treated as an Employee of the
recipient Employer; however, contributions or benefits provided by the leasing
organization which are attributable to services performed for the recipient
Employer shall be treated as provided by the recipient Employer. A Leased
Employee shall not be considered an Employee of the recipient if such Employee
is covered by a money purchase pension plan providing:
(a) a non-integrated Employer contribution rate of at least 10% of
Compensation, [as defined in Code Section 415(c)(3) but including
amounts contributed by the Employer pursuant to a salary
reduction agreement, which are excludable from the Employee's
gross income under a cafeteria plan covered by Code Section 125,
a cash or deferred profit-sharing plan under Section 401(k) of
the Code, a Simplified Employee Pension Plan under Code Section
402(h)(1)(B ) and a tax-sheltered annuity under Code Section
403(b)],
(b) immediate participation, and
(c) full and immediate vesting.
This exclusion is only available if Leased Employees do not constitute more than
twenty percent (20%) of the recipient's non-highly compensated work force.
2.8 THRIFT PLANS If the Employer makes an election in the Adoption Agreement to
require Voluntary Contributions to participate in this Plan, the Employer shall
notify each eligible Employee in writing of his or her eligibility for
participation at least 30 days prior to the appropriate Entry Date. The Employee
shall indicate his or her intention to join the Plan by authorizing the Employer
to withhold a percentage of his or her Compensation as provided in the Plan.
Such authorization shall be returned to the Employer at least 10 days prior to
the Employee's Entry Date. The Employee may decline participation by so
indicating on the enrollment form or by failure to return the enrollment form to
the Employer prior to the Employee's Entry Date. If the Employee declines to
participate, such Employee shall be given the opportunity to join the Plan on
the next Entry Date. The taking of a Hardship Withdrawal under the provisions of
paragraph 6.9 will impact the Participant's ability to make these contributions.
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ARTICLE III
EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
3.1 AMOUNT The Employer intends to make periodic contributions to the Plan in
accordance with the formula or formulas selected in the Adoption Agreement. The
Employer's contribution shall be made in the form of cash unless such
contribution is discretionary and the Employer elects to make a contribution in
the form of Employer securities in accordance with paragraph 13.3(c) hereof. The
Employer shall also make matching, Top-Heavy Plan minimum contributions and any
other Employer contribution for the benefit of Participants who are covered by
USERRA. Employer matching contributions under USERRA shall be made with respect
to the Plan Year during which the Participant exercises his or her right to make
up Elective Deferrals for prior years. Top-heavy minimum contributions and other
Employer contributions for USERRA protected Service shall be made with respect
to the Plan Year in which the individual returns to employment with the
Employer. Employer contributions required under USERRA are not increased or
decreased with respect to Plan investment earnings for the period to which such
contributions relate. The Employer's contribution for any Plan Year shall be
subject to the limitations on allocations contained in Article X.
3.2 EXPENSES AND FEES The Employer shall also be authorized to reimburse the
Fund for all expenses and fees incurred in the administration of the Plan or
Trust/Custodial Account and paid out of the assets of the Fund. Such expenses
shall include, but shall not be limited to, fees for professional services,
printing and postage. Brokerage commissions may not be reimbursed.
3.3 RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONTRIBUTIONS Neither the Trustee/Custodian nor the
Sponsor shall be required to determine if the Employer has made a contribution
or if the amount contributed is in accordance with the Adoption Agreement or the
Code. The Employer shall have sole responsibility in this regard. The
Trustee/Custodian shall be accountable solely for contributions actually
received by it, within the limits of Article XI.
3.4 RETURN OF CONTRIBUTIONS Contributions made to the Fund by the Employer
shall be irrevocable except as provided below:
(a) Any contribution forwarded to the Trustee/Custodian because of a
mistake of fact, provided that the contribution is returned to
the Employer within one year of the contribution.
(b) In the event that the Commissioner of Internal Revenue determines
that the Plan is not initially qualified under the Internal
Revenue Code, any contribution made incident to that initial
qualification by the Employer must be returned to the Employer
within one year after the date the initial qualification is
denied, but only if the application for the qualification is made
by the time prescribed by law for filing the Employer's return
for the taxable year in which the Plan is adopted, or such later
date as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.
(c) Contributions forwarded to the Trustee/Custodian are presumed to
be deductible and are conditioned on their deductibility.
Contributions which are determined to not be deductible will be
returned to the Employer.
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ARTICLE IV
EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS
4.1 VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS An Employee may make Voluntary Contributions to the
Plan established hereunder if so authorized by the Employer in a uniform and
nondiscriminatory manner. Such contributions are subject to the limitations on
Annual Additions and are subject to antidiscrimination testing.
4.2 QUALIFIED VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS A Participant may no longer make
Qualified Voluntary Contributions to the Plan. Amounts already contributed may
remain in the Trust Fund/Custodial Account until distributed to the Participant.
Such amounts will be maintained in a separate account which will be
nonforfeitable at all times. The account will share in the gains and losses of
the Trust in the same manner as described at paragraph 5.4 of the Plan. No part
of the Qualified Voluntary Contribution account will be used to purchase life
insurance. Subject to Article VIII, Joint and Survivor Annuity Requirements (if
applicable), the Participant may withdraw any part of the Qualified Voluntary
Contribution account by making a written application to the Plan Administrator.
4.3 ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTION Unless provided otherwise in the Adoption Agreement,
a Participant may make a Rollover Contribution to any Defined Contribution Plan
established hereunder of all or any part of an amount distributed or
distributable to him or her from a Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan
provided:
(a) the amount distributed to the Participant is deposited to the
Plan no later than the sixtieth day after such distribution was
received by the Participant,
(b) the amount distributed is not one of a series of substantially
equal periodic payments made for the life (or life expectancy) of
the Participant or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies)
of the Participant and the Participant's Designated Beneficiary,
or for a specified period of ten years or more;
(c) the amount distributed is not required under Code Section
401(a)(9);
(d) if the amount distributed included property such property is
rolled over, or if sold the proceeds of such property may be
rolled over,
(e) the amount distributed is not includible in gross income
(determined without regard to the exclusion for net unrealized
appreciation with respect to employer securities).
In addition, if the Adoption Agreement allows Rollover Contributions, the Plan
will also accept any Eligible Rollover Distribution (as defined at paragraph
1.70) directly to the Plan.
Rollover Contributions, which relate to distributions prior to January 1, 1993,
must be made in accordance with paragraphs (a) through (e) and additionally meet
the requirements of paragraph (f):
(f) The distribution from the Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan
constituted the Participant's entire interest in such Plan and
was distributed within one taxable year to the Participant:
(1) on account of separation from Service, a Plan
termination, or in the case of a profit-sharing or
stock bonus plan, a complete discontinuance of
contributions under such plan within the meaning of
Code Section 402(a)(6)(A), or
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(2) in one or more distributions which constitute a
qualified lump sum distribution within the meaning of
Code Section 402(e)(4)(A), determined without reference
to subparagraphs (B) and (H).
Such Rollover Contribution may also be made through an individual retirement
account qualified under Code Section 408 where the IRA was used as a conduit
from the Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan, the Rollover Contribution is made
in accordance with the rules provided under paragraphs (a) through (e) and the
Rollover Contribution does not include any regular IRA contributions, or
earnings thereon, which the Participant may have made to the IRA. Rollover
Contributions, which relate to distributions prior to January 1, 1993, may be
made through an IRA in accordance with paragraphs (a) through (f) and additional
requirements as provided in the previous sentence. The Trustee/Custodian shall
not be held responsible for determining the tax-free status of any Rollover
Contribution made under this Plan.
4.4 TRANSFER CONTRIBUTION Unless provided otherwise in the Adoption Agreement a
Participant may, subject to the provisions of paragraph 4.5, also arrange for
the direct transfer of his or her benefit from a Qualified Deferred Compensation
Plan to this Plan. For accounting and record keeping purposes, Transfer
Contributions shall be treated in the same manner as Rollover Contributions.
In the event the Employer accepts a Transfer Contribution from a Plan in which
the Employee was directing the investments of his or her account, the Employer
may continue to permit the Employee to direct his or her investments in
accordance with paragraph 13.7 with respect only to such Transfer Contribution.
Notwithstanding the above, the Employer may refuse to accept such Transfer
Contributions.
4.5 EMPLOYER APPROVAL OF TRANSFER CONTRIBUTIONS The Employer maintaining a
Safe-Harbor Profit-Sharing Plan in accordance with the provisions of paragraph
8.7, acting in a nondiscriminatory manner, may in its sole discretion refuse to
allow Transfer Contributions to its profit-sharing plan, if such contributions
are directly or indirectly being transferred from a defined benefit plan, a
money purchase pension plan (including a target benefit plan), a stock bonus
plan, or another profit-sharing plan which would otherwise provide for a life
annuity form of payment to the Participant.
4.6 ELECTIVE DEFERRALS A Participant may enter into a Salary Savings Agreement
with the Employer authorizing the Employer to withhold a portion of such
Participant's Compensation not to exceed $7,000 per calendar year as adjusted
under Code Section 415(d) or, if lesser, the percentage of Compensation
specified in the Adoption Agreement and to deposit such amount to the Plan. No
Participant shall be permitted to have Elective Deferrals made under this Plan
or any other qualified plan maintained by the Employer, during any taxable year,
in excess of the dollar limitation contained in Code Section 402(g) in effect at
the beginning of such taxable year. Thus, the $7,000 limit may be reduced if a
Participant contributes pre-tax contributions to qualified plans of this or
other Employers. Any such contribution shall be credited to the Employee's
Salary Savings Account. Unless otherwise specified in the Adoption Agreement, a
Participant may amend his or her Salary Savings Agreement to increase, decrease
or terminate the percentage upon 30 days written notice to the Employer. If a
Participant terminates his or her agreement, such Participant shall not be
permitted to put a new Salary Savings Agreement into effect until the first pay
period in the next Plan Year, unless otherwise stated in the Adoption Agreement.
The Employer may also amend or terminate said agreement on written notice to the
Participant. If a Participant has not authorized the Employer to withhold at the
maximum rate and desires to increase the total withheld for a Plan Year, such
Participant may authorize the Employer upon 30 days notice to withhold a
supplemental amount up to 100% of his or her Compensation for one or more pay
periods. In no event may the sum of the amounts withheld under the Salary
Savings Agreement plus the supplemental withholding exceed 25% of a
Participant's Compensation for a Plan Year. The Employer may also recharacterize
as after-tax Voluntary Contributions all or any portion of amounts previously
withheld under any Salary Savings Agreement within the Plan Year as provided for
at paragraph 10.9. This may be done to insure that the Plan will meet one of the
antidiscrimination tests under Code Section 401(k). Elective Deferrals shall be
deposited in the Trust within 30 days after being withheld from the
Participant's pay.
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4.7 REQUIRED VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS If the Employer makes a thrift election in
the Adoption Agreement, each eligible Participant shall be required to make
Voluntary Contributions to the Plan for credit to his or her account as provided
in the Adoption Agreement. Such Voluntary Contributions shall be withheld from
the Employee's Compensation and shall be transmitted by the Employer to the
Trustee/Custodian as agreed between the Employer and Trustee/Custodian. A
Participant may discontinue participation or change his or her Voluntary
Contribution percentage by so advising the Employer at least 10 days prior to
the date on which such discontinuance or change is to be effective. If a
Participant discontinues his or her Voluntary Contributions, such Participant
may not again authorize Voluntary Contributions for a period of one year from
the date of discontinuance. A Participant may voluntarily change his or her
Voluntary Contribution percentage once during any Plan Year and may also agree
to have a reduction in his or her contribution, if required to satisfy the
requirements of the ACP test.
4.8 DIRECT ROLLOVER OF BENEFITS Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to
the contrary that would otherwise limit a Participant's election under this
paragraph, for distributions made on or after January 1, 1993, a Participant may
elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Plan Administrator, to
have any portion of an Eligible Rollover Distribution paid directly to an
Eligible Retirement Plan specified by the Participant in a Direct Rollover. Any
portion of a distribution which is not paid directly to an Eligible Retirement
Plan shall be distributed to the Participant. For purposes of this paragraph, a
Surviving Spouse or a Spouse or former Spouse who is an alternate payee under a
Qualified Domestic Relations Order as defined in Code Section 414(p), will be
permitted to elect to have any Eligible Rollover Distribution paid directly to
an individual retirement account (IRA) or an individual retirement annuity
(IRA).
The plan provisions otherwise applicable to distributions continue to apply to
Rollover and Transfer Contributions.
4.9 MAKE UP CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER USERRA A Participant who has the right to make
up Elective Deferrals and Voluntary Contributions under USERRA shall be
permitted to increase his or her Elective Deferrals and Voluntary Contributions
with respect to a make up year without regard to any provision limiting
contributions for the Plan Year during which make up contributions are made.
Make up contributions shall be limited to the maximum amount permitted under the
Plan and the statutory limitations applicable with respect to the make up year.
Employee related make up contributions must be made within the time period
beginning on the date of reemployment and continues for the lesser of five years
or three times the period of military service.
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ARTICLE V
PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS
5.1 SEPARATE ACCOUNTS The Employer shall establish a separate bookkeeping
account for each Participant showing the total value of his or her interest in
the Fund. Each Participant's account shall be separated for bookkeeping purposes
into the following sub-accounts:
(a) Employer contributions.
(1) Matching Contributions.
(2) Qualified Matching Contributions.
(3) Qualified Non-Elective Contributions.
(4) Discretionary Contributions.
(5) Elective Deferrals.
(b) Voluntary Contributions (and additional amounts including
required contributions and, if applicable, either repayments of
loans previously defaulted on and treated as "deemed
distributions" on which a tax report has been issued, and amounts
paid out upon a separation from service which have been included
in income and which are repaid after being re-hired by the
Employer).
(c) Qualified Voluntary Contributions (if the Plan previously
accepted these).
(d) Rollover Contributions and Transfer Contributions.
5.2 ADJUSTMENTS TO PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS As of each Valuation Date of the Plan,
the Employer shall add to each account:
(a) the Participant's share of the Employer's contribution and
forfeitures as determined in the Adoption Agreement,
(b) any Elective Deferrals, Voluntary, Rollover or Transfer
Contributions made by the Participant,
(c) any repayment of amounts previously paid out to a Participant
upon a separation from Service and repaid by the Participant
since the last Valuation Date, and
(d) the Participant's proportionate share of any investment earnings
and increase in the fair market value of the Fund since the last
Valuation Date, as determined at paragraph 5.4.
The Employer shall deduct from each account:
(e) any withdrawals or payments made from the Participant's account
since the last Valuation Date, and
(f) the Participant's proportionate share of any decrease in the fair
market value of the Fund since the last Valuation Date, as
determined at paragraph 5.4.
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5.3 ALLOCATING EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS The Employer's contribution shall be
allocated to Participants in accordance with the allocation formula selected by
the Employer in the Adoption Agreement, and the minimum contribution and
allocation requirements for Top-Heavy Plans. Beginning with the 1990 Plan Year
and thereafter, for plans on Standardized Adoption Agreement 001, Participants
who are credited with more than 500 Hours of Service or are employed on the last
day of the Plan Year must receive a full allocation of Employer contributions.
In Nonstandardized Adoption Agreement 002, Employer contributions shall be
allocated to the accounts of Participants employed by the Employer on the last
day of the Plan Year unless indicated otherwise in the Adoption Agreement. In
the case of a non-Top-Heavy, Nonstandardized Plan, Participants must also have
completed a Year of Service unless otherwise specified in the Adoption
Agreement. For Nonstandardized Adoption Agreement 002, the Employer may only
apply the last day of the Plan Year and Year of Service requirements if the Plan
satisfies the requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(26) and 410(b) and the
regulations thereunder including the exception for 401(k) plans. If, when
applying the last day and Year of Service requirements, the Plan fails to
satisfy the aforementioned requirements, additional Participants will be
eligible to receive an allocation of Employer Contributions until the
requirements are satisfied. Participants who are credited with a Year of
Service, but not employed at Plan Year end, are the first category of additional
Participants eligible to receive an allocation. If the requirements are still
not satisfied, Participants credited with more than 500 Hours of Service and
employed at Plan Year end are the next category of Participants eligible to
receive an allocation. Finally, if necessary to satisfy the said requirements,
any Participant credited with more than 500 Hours of Service will be eligible
for an allocation of Employer Contributions. The Service requirement is not
applicable with respect to any Plan Year during which the Employer's Plan is
Top-Heavy.
5.4 ALLOCATING INVESTMENT EARNINGS AND LOSSES The Employer shall elect one of
the following allocation methods provided that the method selected shall apply
to all Participants and shall not discriminate in favor of Highly Compensated
Employees.
(a) Balance Forward Valuations. A Participant's share of investment
earnings and any increase or decrease in the fair market value of
the Fund shall be based on the proportionate value of all active
accounts (other than accounts with segregated investments) as of
the last Valuation Date less withdrawals since the last Valuation
Date. If Employer and/or Employee contributions are made monthly,
quarterly, or on some other systematic basis, the adjusted value
of such accounts for allocation of investment income and gains or
losses shall include one-half the Employer contributions for such
period. If Employer and/or Employee contributions are not made on
a systematic basis, it is assumed that they are made at the end
of the valuation period and therefore will not receive an
allocation of investment earnings and gains or losses for such
period.
(b) Daily Valuations. A Participant's account will be credited with
or debited with investment earnings and any increase or decrease
in the fair market value of investments credited to the
Participant's account at the close of business each day on which
securities are traded on a national securities exchange.
5.5 PARTICIPANT STATEMENTS Upon completing the allocations described above for
the Valuation Date coinciding with the end of the Plan Year, the Employer shall
prepare a statement for each Participant showing the additions to and
subtractions from his or her account since the last such statement and the fair
market value of his or her account as of the current Valuation Date. Employers
so choosing may prepare Participant statements more frequently during the Plan
Year.
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ARTICLE VI
RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
6.1 NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS A Participant shall be entitled to receive the
balance held in his or her account from Employer contributions upon attaining
Normal Retirement Age or at such earlier dates as the provisions of this Article
VI may allow. If the Participant elects to continue working past his or her
Normal Retirement Age, he or she will continue as an active Plan Participant and
no distribution shall be made to such Participant until his or her actual
retirement date unless the employer elects otherwise in the Adoption Agreement,
or a minimum distribution is required by law. Settlement shall be made in the
normal form, or if elected, in one of the optional forms of payment provided
below.
6.2 EARLY RETIREMENT BENEFITS If the Employer so provides in the Adoption
Agreement, an Early Retirement Benefit will be available to individuals who meet
the age and Service requirements. An individual who meets the Early Retirement
Age requirements and separates from Service, will become fully vested,
regardless of any vesting schedule which otherwise might apply. If a Participant
separates from Service before satisfying the age requirements, but after having
satisfied the Service requirement, the Participant will be entitled to elect an
Early Retirement benefit upon satisfaction of the age requirement.
6.3 BENEFITS ON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
(a) If a Participant terminates employment prior to Normal Retirement
Age, such Participant shall be entitled to receive the vested
balance held in his or her account payable at Normal Retirement
Age in the normal form, or if elected, in one of the optional
forms of payment provided hereunder. If applicable, the Early
Retirement Benefit provisions may be elected. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, a former Participant may, if allowed in the
Adoption Agreement, make application to the Employer requesting
early payment of any deferred vested and nonforfeitable benefit
due.
(b) If a Participant terminates employment, and the value of that
Participant's Vested Account Balance derived from Employer and
Employee contributions is not greater than $3,500, the
Participant may receive a lump sum distribution of the value of
the entire vested portion of such account balance and the non-
vested portion will be treated as a forfeiture. The Employer
shall continue to follow their consistent policy, as may be
established, regarding immediate cash-outs of Vested Account
Balances of $3,500 or less. For purposes of this Article, if the
value of a Participant's Vested Account Balance is zero, the
Participant shall be deemed to have received a distribution of
such Vested Account Balance immediately following termination.
Likewise, if the Participant is reemployed prior to incurring 5
consecutive 1-year Breaks in Service they will be deemed to have
immediately repaid such distribution. For Plan Years beginning
prior to 1989, a Participant's Vested Account Balance shall not
include Qualified Voluntary Contributions. Notwithstanding the
above, if the Employer maintains or has maintained a policy of
not distributing any amounts until the Participant's Normal
Retirement Age, the Employer can continue to uniformly apply such
policy.
(c) If a Participant terminates employment with a Vested Account
Balance derived from Employer and Employee contributions in
excess of $3,500, and elects (with his or her Spouse's consent,
if required) to receive 100% of the value of his or her Vested
Account Balance in a lump sum, the non-vested portion will be
treated as a forfeiture.
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The Participant (and his or her Spouse, if required) must consent
to any distribution, when the Vested Account Balance described
above exceeds $3,500 or if at the time of any prior distribution
it exceeded $3,500. For purposes of this paragraph, for Plan
Years beginning prior to 1989, a Participant's Vested Account
Balance shall not include Qualified Voluntary Contributions.
(d) Distribution of less than 100% of the Participant's Vested
Account Balance shall only be permitted if the Participant is
fully vested upon termination of employment.
(e) If a Participant who is not 100% vested receives or is deemed to
receive a distribution pursuant to this paragraph and resumes
employment covered under this Plan, the Participant shall have
the right to repay to the Plan the full amount of the
distribution attributable to Employer contributions on or before
the earlier of the date that the Participant incurs 5 consecutive
1-year Breaks in Service following the date of distribution or
five years after the first date on which the Participant is
subsequently reemployed. In such event, the Participant's account
shall be restored to the value thereof at the time the
distribution was made and may further be increased by the Plan's
income and investment gains and/or losses on the undistributed
amount from the date of distribution to the date of repayment.
(f) A Participant shall also have the option, to postpone payment of
his or her Plan benefits until the first day of April following
the calendar year in which he or she attains age 70-1/2. Any
balance of a Participant's account resulting from his or her
Employee contributions not previously withdrawn, if any, may be
withdrawn by the Participant immediately following separation
from Service.
(g) If a Participant ceases to be an active Employee as a result of a
Disability as defined at paragraph 1.21, such Participant shall
be able to make an application for a disability retirement
benefit payment. The Participant's account balance will be deemed
"immediately distributable" as set forth in paragraph 6.4, and
will be fully vested pursuant to paragraph 9.2.
6.4 RESTRICTIONS ON IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTIONS
(a) An account balance is immediately distributable if any part of
the account balance could be distributed to the Participant (or
Surviving Spouse) before the Participant attains (or would have
attained if not deceased) the later of the Normal Retirement Age
or age 62.
(b) If the value of a Participant's Vested Account Balance derived
from Employer and Employee Contributions exceeds (or at the time
of any prior distribution exceeded) $3,500, and the account
balance is immediately distributable, the Participant and his or
her Spouse (or where either the Participant or the Spouse has
died, the survivor) must consent to any distribution of such
account balance. The consent of the Participant and the Spouse
shall be obtained in writing within the 90-day period ending on
the annuity starting date, which is the first day of the first
period for which an amount is paid as an annuity or any other
form. The Plan Administrator shall notify the Participant and the
Participant's Spouse of the right to defer any distribution until
the Participant's account balance is no longer immediately
distributable. Such notification shall include a general
description of the material features, and an explanation of the
relative values of, the optional forms of benefit available under
the plan in a manner that would satisfy the notice requirements
of Code Section 417(a)(3), and shall be provided no less than 30
days and no more than 90 days prior to the annuity starting date.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, only the Participant need consent
to the commencement of a distribution in the form of a qualified
Joint and Survivor Annuity while the account balance
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is immediately distributable. Furthermore, if payment in the form
of a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity is not required with
respect to the Participant pursuant to paragraph 8.7 of the Plan,
only the Participant need consent to the distribution of an
account balance that is immediately distributable. Neither the
consent of the Participant nor the Participant's Spouse shall be
required to the extent that a distribution is required to satisfy
Code Section 401(a)(9) or Code Section 415. In addition, upon
termination of this Plan if the Plan does not offer an annuity
option (purchased from a commercial provider), the Participant's
account balance may, without the Participant's consent, be
distributed to the Participant or transferred to another Defined
Contribution Plan [other than an employee stock ownership plan as
defined in Code Section 4975(e)(7)] within the same controlled
group.
(d) For purposes of determining the applicability of the foregoing
consent requirements to distributions made before the first day
of the first Plan Year beginning after 1988, the Participant's
Vested Account Balance shall not include amounts attributable to
Qualified Voluntary Contributions.
(e) If a distribution is one to which Code Sections 401(a)(11) and
417 do not apply, such distribution may commence less than 30
days after the notice required under Regulations Section 1.411(a)-
11(c) is given, provided that:
(1) the Participant is clearly informed of his or her right
to a period of at least 30 days after receiving the
notice to consider the decision of whether or not to
elect a distribution (and, if applicable, a particular
distribution option), and
(2) the Participant, after receiving the notice,
affirmatively elects to receive a distribution.
6.5 NORMAL FORM OF PAYMENT The normal form of payment for a profit- sharing
plan satisfying the requirements of paragraph 8.7 hereof shall be a lump sum
with no option for annuity payments. For all other plans, the normal form of
payment hereunder shall be a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity as provided
under Article VIII. A Participant whose Vested Account Balance derived from
Employer and Employee contributions exceeds $3,500, or if at the time of any
prior distribution it exceeded $3,500, shall (with the consent of his or her
Spouse) have the right to receive his or her benefit in a lump sum or in
monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual payments from the Fund over any period
not extending beyond the life expectancy of the Participant and his or her
Beneficiary. For purposes of this paragraph, for Plan Years prior to 1989, a
Participant's Vested Account Balance shall not include Qualified Voluntary
Contributions. The normal form of payment shall be automatic, unless the
Participant files a written request with the Employer prior to the date on which
the benefit is automatically payable, electing a lump sum or installment payment
option. No amendment to the Plan may eliminate one of the optional distribution
forms listed above.
6.6 COMMENCEMENT OF BENEFITS
(a) Unless the Participant elects otherwise, distribution of benefits
will begin no 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 (or normal retirement
age if earlier),
(2) the 10th anniversary of the year in which the
Participant commenced participation in the Plan, or
(3) the Participant terminates Service with the Employer.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of a Participant and
Spouse (if necessary) to consent to a distribution while a
benefit is immediately distributable, within the meaning of
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paragraph 6.4 hereof, shall be deemed an election to defer
commencement of payment of any benefit sufficient to satisfy this
paragraph.
6.7 CLAIMS PROCEDURES Upon retirement, death, or other severance of employment,
the Participant or his or her representative may make application to the
Employer requesting payment of benefits due and the manner of payment. If no
application for benefits is made, the Employer shall automatically pay any
vested benefit due hereunder in the normal form at the time prescribed at
paragraph 6.4. If an application for benefits is made, the Employer shall
accept, reject, or modify such request and shall notify the Participant in
writing setting forth the response of the Employer and in the case of a denial
or modification the Employer shall:
(a) state the specific reason or reasons for the denial,
(b) provide specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions on
which the denial is based,
(c) provide a description of any additional material or information
necessary for the Participant or his representative to perfect
the claim and an explanation of why such material or information
is necessary, and
(d) explain the Plan's claim review procedure as contained in this
Plan.
In the event the request is rejected or modified, the Participant or his or her
representative may within 60 days following receipt by the Participant or
representative of such rejection or modification, submit a written request for
review by the Employer of its initial decision. Within 60 days following such
request for review, the Employer shall render its final decision in writing to
the Participant or representative stating specific reasons for such decision. If
the Participant or representative is not satisfied with the Employer's final
decision, the Participant or representative can institute an action in a federal
court of competent jurisdiction; for this purpose, process would be served on
the Employer.
6.8 IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS An Employee may withdraw all or any part of the fair
market value of his or her Mandatory Contributions, Voluntary Contributions,
Qualified Voluntary Contributions or Rollover Contributions, upon written
request to the Employer. Transfer Contributions, which originate from a Plan
meeting the safe-harbor provisions of paragraph 8.7, may also be withdrawn by an
Employee upon written request to the Employer. Transfer Contributions not
meeting the safe-harbor provisions may only be withdrawn upon retirement, death,
Disability, termination or termination of the Plan, and will be subject to
Spousal consent requirements contained in Code Sections 411(a)(11) and 417. No
such withdrawals are permitted from a money purchase plan until the participant
reaches Normal Retirement Age. Such request shall include the Participant's
address, social security number, birthdate, and amount of the withdrawal. If at
the time a distribution of Qualified Voluntary Contributions is received the
Participant has not attained age 59-1/2 and is not disabled, as defined at Code
Section 22(e)(3), the Participant will be subject to a federal income tax
penalty, unless the distribution is rolled over to a qualified plan or
individual retirement plan within 60 days of the date of distribution. A
Participant may withdraw all or any part of the fair market value of his or her
pre-1987 Voluntary Contributions with or without withdrawing the earnings
attributable thereto. Post-1986 Voluntary Contributions may only be withdrawn
along with a portion of the earnings thereon. The amount of the earnings to be
withdrawn is determined by using the formula: DA[1-(V/V+E)], where DA is the
distribution amount, V is the amount of Voluntary Contributions and V + E is the
amount of Voluntary Contributions plus the earnings attributable thereto. A
Participant withdrawing his or her other contributions prior to attaining age
59-1/2, will be subject to a federal tax penalty to the extent that the
withdrawn amounts are includible in income. Unless the Employer provides
otherwise in the Adoption Agreement, any actively employed Participant in a
profit-sharing plan who has completed at least five Years of Service as a
Participant may withdraw all or any part of the fair market value of any of his
or her vested Employer contributions plus the investment earnings thereon. Such
distributions shall not be eligible for redeposit to the Fund. A withdrawal
under this paragraph shall not prohibit such Participant from sharing in any
future Employer Contribution he or she would otherwise be eligible to share in.
A request to withdraw amounts pursuant to this paragraph must if applicable, be
consented to by the Participant's Spouse. The consent shall comply with the
requirements of paragraph 6.4 relating to immediate distributions.
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Elective Deferrals, Qualified Non-elective Contributions, and Qualified Matching
Contributions, and income allocable to each are not distributable to a
Participant or his or her Beneficiary or Beneficiaries, in accordance with such
Participant's or Beneficiary's or Beneficiaries' election, earlier than upon
separation from Service, death, or Disability. Such amounts may also be
distributed upon:
(a) Termination of the Plan without the establishment of another
Defined Contribution Plan.
(b) The disposition by a corporation to an unrelated corporation of
substantially all of the assets [within the meaning of Code
Section 409(d)(2)] used in a trade or business of such
corporation if such corporation continues to maintain this Plan
after the disposition, but only with respect to Employees who
continue employment with the corporation acquiring such assets.
(c) The disposition by a corporation to an unrelated entity of such
corporation's interest in a subsidiary [within the meaning of
Code Section 409(d)(3)] if such corporation continues to maintain
this plan, but only with respect to Employees who continue
employment with such subsidiary.
(d) The attainment of age 59-1/2.
(e) The Hardship of the Participant as described in paragraph 6.9.
All distributions that may be made pursuant to one or more of the foregoing
distributable events are subject to the Spousal and Participant consent
requirements, if applicable, contained in Code Sections 401(a)(11) and 417.
6.9 HARDSHIP WITHDRAWAL If permitted by the Trustee/Custodian and the Employer
in the Adoption Agreement, a Participant may request a Hardship withdrawal prior
to attaining age 59-1/2. If the Participant has not attained age 59-1/2, the
Participant may be subject to a federal income tax penalty. Such request shall
be in writing to the Employer who shall have sole authority to authorize a
Hardship withdrawal, pursuant to the rules below. Hardship withdrawals may
include Elective Deferrals regardless of when contributed and any earnings
accrued and credited thereon as of the last day of the Plan Year ending before
July 1, 1989 and Employer related contributions, including but not limited to
Employer Matching Contributions, plus the investment earnings thereon to the
extent vested. Qualified Matching Contributions, Qualified Non-Elective
Contributions and Elective Deferrals reclassified as Voluntary Contributions
plus the investment earnings thereon are only available for Hardship withdrawal
prior to age 59-1/2 to the extent that they were credited to the Participant's
Account as of the last day of the Plan Year ending prior to July 1, 1989. The
Plan Administrator may limit withdrawals to Elective Deferrals and the earnings
thereon as stipulated above. Hardship withdrawals are subject to the Spousal
consent requirements contained in Code Sections 401(a)(11) and 417. Only the
following reasons are valid to obtain Hardship withdrawal:
(a) medical expenses [within the meaning of Code Section 213(d)],
incurred or necessary for the medical care of the Participant,
his or her Spouse, children and other dependents,
(b) the purchase (excluding mortgage payments) of the principal
residence for the Participant,
(c) payment of tuition and related educational expenses for the next
twelve (12) months of post-secondary education for the
Participant, his or her Spouse, children or other dependents, or
(d) the need to prevent eviction of the Employee from or a
foreclosure on the mortgage of, the Employee's principal
residence.
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Furthermore, the following conditions must be met in order for a withdrawal to
be authorized:
(e) the Participant has obtained all distributions, other than
hardship distributions, and all nontaxable loans under all plans
maintained by the Employer,
(f) all plans maintained by the Employer, other than flexible benefit
plans under Code Section 125 providing for current benefits,
provide that the Employee's Elective Deferrals and Voluntary
Contributions will be suspended for twelve months after the
receipt of the Hardship distribution,
(g) the distribution is not in excess of the amount of the immediate
and heavy financial need [(a) through (d) above], including
amounts necessary to pay any federal, state or local income tax
or penalties reasonably anticipated to result from the
distribution, and
(h) all plans maintained by the Employer provide that an Employee may
not make Elective Deferrals for the Employee's taxable year
immediately following the taxable year of the Hardship
distribution in excess of the applicable limit under Code Section
402(g) for such taxable year, less the amount of such Employee's
pre-tax contributions for the taxable year of the Hardship
distribution.
If a distribution is made at a time when a Participant has a nonforfeitable
right to less than 100% of the account balance derived from Employer
contributions and the Participant may increase the nonforfeitable percentage in
the account:
(a) A separate account will be established for the Participant's
interest in the Plan as of the time of the distribution, and
(b) At any relevant time the Participant's nonforfeitable portion of
the separate account will be equal to an amount ("X") determined
by the formula:
X = P [AB + D] - D
For purposes of applying the formula: "P" is the nonforfeitable percentage at
the relevant time, "AB" is the account balance at the relevant time and "D" is
the amount of the distribution.
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ARTICLE VII
DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS
7.1 JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY REQUIREMENTS All distributions made under the
terms of this Plan must comply with the provisions of Article VIII including, if
applicable, the safe harbor provisions thereunder.
7.2 MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS All distributions required under this
Article shall be determined and made in accordance with the minimum distribution
requirements of Code Section 401(a)(9) and the regulations thereunder, including
the minimum distribution incidental benefit rules found at Regulations Section
1.401(a)(9)-2. The entire interest of a Participant must be distributed or
begin to be distributed no later than the Participant's Required Beginning Date.
Life expectancy and joint and last survivor life expectancy are computed by
using the expected return multiples found in Tables V and VI of Regulations
Section 1.72-9.
7.3 LIMITS ON DISTRIBUTION PERIODS As of the First Distribution Calendar Year,
distributions if not made in a single-sum, may only be made over one of the
following periods (or a combination thereof):
(a) the life of the Participant,
(b) the life of the Participant and a Designated Beneficiary,
(c) a period certain not extending beyond the life expectancy of the
participant, or
(d) a period certain not extending beyond the joint and last survivor
expectancy of the Participant and a designated beneficiary.
7.4 REQUIRED DISTRIBUTIONS ON OR AFTER THE REQUIRED BEGINNING DATE
(a) If a participant's benefit is to be distributed over (1) a period
not extending beyond the life expectancy of the Participant or
the joint life and last survivor expectancy of the Participant
and the Participant's Designated Beneficiary or (2) a period not
extending beyond the life expectancy of the Designated
Beneficiary, the amount required to be distributed for each
calendar year, beginning with distributions for the First
Distribution Calendar Year, must at least equal the quotient
obtained by dividing the Participant's benefit by the Applicable
Life Expectancy.
(b) For calendar years beginning before 1989, if the Participant's
Spouse is not the Designated Beneficiary, the method of
distribution selected must have assured that at least 50% of the
Present Value of the amount available for distribution was to be
paid within the life expectancy of the Participant.
(c) For calendar years beginning after 1988, the amount to be
distributed each year, beginning with distributions for the First
Distribution Calendar Year shall not be less than the quotient
obtained by dividing the Participant's benefit by the lesser of
(1) the Applicable Life Expectancy or (2) if the Participant's
Spouse is not the Designated Beneficiary, the applicable divisor
determined from the table set forth in Q&A-4 of Regulations
Section 1.401(a)(9)-2. Distributions after the death of the
Participant shall be distributed using the Applicable Life
Expectancy as the relevant divisor without regard to Regulations
Section 1.401(a)(9)-2.
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(d) The minimum distribution required for the Participant's First
Distribution Calendar Year must be made on or before the
Participant's Required Beginning Date. The minimum distribution
for other calendar years, including the minimum distribution for
the Distribution Calendar Year in which the Participant's
Required Beginning Date occurs, must be made on or before
December 31 of that Distribution Calendar Year.
(e) If the Participant's benefit is distributed in the form of an
annuity purchased from an insurance company, distributions
thereunder shall be made in accordance with the requirements of
Code Section 401(a)(9) and the Regulations thereunder.
(f) For purposes of determining the amount of the required
distribution for each Distribution Calendar Year, the account
balance to be used is the account balance determined as of the
last valuation preceding the Distribution Calendar Year. This
balance will be increased by the amount of any contributions or
forfeitures allocated to the account balance after the valuation
date in such preceding calendar year. Such balance will also be
decreased by distributions made after the Valuation Date in such
preceding Calendar Year.
(g) For purposes of subparagraph 7.4(f), if any portion of the
minimum distribution for the First Distribution Calendar Year is
made in the second Distribution Calendar Year on or before the
Required Beginning Date, the amount of the minimum distribution
made in the second Distribution Calendar Year shall be treated as
if it had been made in the immediately preceding Distribution
Calendar Year.
7.5 REQUIRED BEGINNING DATE
(a) General Rule. The Required Beginning Date of a Participant is the
first day of April of the calendar year following the calendar
year in which the Participant attains age 70-1/2.
(b) Transitional Rules. The Required Beginning Date of a Participant
who attains age 70-1/2 before 1988, shall be determined in
accordance with (1) or (2) below:
(1) Non-5-percent owners. The Required Beginning Date of a
Participant who is not a 5-percent owner is the first
day of April of the calendar year following the
calendar year in which the later of retirement or
attainment of age 70-1/2 occurs. In the case of a
Participant who is not a 5-percent owner who attains
age 70-1/2 during 1988 and who has not retired as of
January 1, 1989, the Required Beginning Date is April
1, 1990.
(2) 5-percent owners. The Required Beginning Date of a
Participant who is a 5-percent owner during any year
beginning after 1979, is the first day of April
following the later of:
(i) the calendar year in which the Participant
attains age 70-1/2, or
(ii) the earlier of the calendar year with or
within which ends the plan year in which the
Participant becomes a 5-percent owner, or the
calendar year in which the Participant
retires.
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(c) A Participant is treated as a 5-percent owner for purposes of
this Paragraph if such Participant is a 5-percent owner as
defined in Code Section 416(i) (determined in accordance with
Code Section 416 but without regard to whether the Plan is Top-
Heavy) at any time during the Plan Year ending with or within the
calendar year in which such Owner attains age 66-1/2 or any
subsequent Plan Year.
(d) Once distributions have begun to a 5-percent owner under this
paragraph, they must continue to be distributed, even if the
Participant ceases to be a 5-percent owner in a subsequent year.
7.6 TRANSITIONAL RULE
(a) Notwithstanding the other requirements of this Article and
subject to the requirements of Article VIII, Joint and Survivor
Annuity Requirements, distribution on behalf of any Employee,
including a 5-percent owner, may be made in accordance with all
of the following requirements (regardless of when such
distribution commences):
(1) The distribution by the Trust is one which would not
have disqualified such Trust under Code Section
401(a)(9) as in effect prior to amendment by the
Deficit Reduction Act of 1984.
(2) The distribution is in accordance with a method of
distribution designated by the Employee whose interest
in the Trust is being distributed or, if the Employee
is deceased, by a beneficiary of such Employee.
(3) Such designation was in writing, was signed by the
Employee or the beneficiary, and was made before 1984.
(4) The Employee had accrued a benefit under the Plan as of
December 31, 1983.
(5) The method of distribution designated by the Employee
or the beneficiary specifies the time at which
distribution will commence, the period over which
distributions will be made, and in the case of any
distribution upon the Employee's death, the
beneficiaries of the Employee listed in order of
priority.
(b) A distribution upon death will not be covered by this
transitional rule unless the information in the designation
contains the required information described above with respect to
the distributions to be made upon the death of the Employee.
(c) For any distribution which commences before 1984, but continues
after 1983, the Employee or the beneficiary, to whom such
distribution is being made, will be presumed to have designated
the method of distribution under which the distribution is being
made if the method of distribution was specified in writing and
the distribution satisfies the requirements in subparagraphs
(a)(1) and (5) above.
(d) If a designation is revoked, any subsequent distribution must
satisfy the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(9) and the
regulations thereunder. If a designation is revoked subsequent to
the date distributions are required to begin, the Trust must
distribute by the end of the calendar year following the calendar
year in which the revocation occurs the total amount not yet
distributed which would have been required to have been
distributed to satisfy Code Section 401(a)(9) and the regulations
thereunder, but for the section 242(b)(2) election of the Tax
Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982. For calendar years
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beginning after 1988, such distributions must meet the minimum
distribution incidental benefit requirements in section
1.401(a)(9)-2 of the Income Tax Regulations. Any changes in the
designation will be considered to be a revocation of the
designation. However, the mere substitution or addition of
another beneficiary (one not named in the designation) under the
designation will not be considered to be a revocation of the
designation, so long as such substitution or addition does not
alter the period over which distributions are to be made under
the designation, directly or indirectly (for example, by altering
the relevant measuring life). In the case in which an amount is
transferred or rolled over from one plan to another plan, the
rules in Q&A J-2 and Q&A J-3 of the regulations shall apply.
7.7 DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY FOR DEATH BENEFIT Each Participant shall file a
written designation of beneficiary with the Employer upon qualifying for
participation in this Plan. Such designation shall remain in force until revoked
by the Participant by filing a new beneficiary form with the Employer. The
Participant may elect to have a portion of his or her account balance invested
in an insurance contract. If an insurance contract is purchased under the Plan,
the Trustee must be named as Beneficiary under the terms of the contract.
However, the Participant shall designate a Beneficiary to receive the proceeds
of the contract after settlement is received by the Trustee. Under a profit-
sharing plan satisfying the requirements of paragraph 8.7, the Designated
Beneficiary shall be the Participant's Surviving Spouse, if any, unless such
Spouse properly consents otherwise.
7.8 NONEXISTENCE OF BENEFICIARY Any portion of the amount payable hereunder
which is not disposed of because of the Participant's or former Participant's
failure to designate a beneficiary, or because all of the Designated
Beneficiaries predeceased the Participant, shall be paid to his or her Spouse.
If the Participant had no Spouse at the time of death, payment shall be made to
the personal representative of his or her estate in a lump sum.
7.9 DISTRIBUTION BEGINNING BEFORE DEATH If the Participant dies after
distribution of his or her interest has begun, the remaining portion of such
interest will continue to be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method
of distribution being used prior to the Participant's death.
7.10 DISTRIBUTION BEGINNING AFTER DEATH If the Participant dies before
distribution of his or her interest begins, distribution of the Participant's
entire interest shall be completed by December 31 of the calendar year
containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant's death except to the extent
that an election is made to receive distributions in accordance with (a) or (b)
below:
(a) If any portion of the Participant's interest is payable to a
Designated Beneficiary, distributions may be made over the life
or over a period certain not greater than the life expectancy of
the Designated Beneficiary commencing on or before December 31 of
the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in
which the Participant died;
(b) If the Designated Beneficiary is the Participant's surviving
Spouse, the date distributions are required to begin in
accordance with (a) above shall not be earlier than the later of
(1) December 31 of the calendar year immediately following the
calendar year in which the participant died or (2) December 31 of
the calendar year in which the Participant would have attained
age 70-1/2.
If the Participant has not made an election pursuant to this paragraph 7.10 by
the time of his or her death, the Participant's Designated Beneficiary must
elect the method of distribution no later than the earlier of (1) December 31 of
the calendar year in which distributions would be required to begin under this
section, or (2)
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December 31 of the calendar year which contains the fifth anniversary of the
date of death of the participant. If the Participant has no Designated
Beneficiary, or if the Designated Beneficiary does not elect a method of
distribution, then distribution of the Participant's entire interest must be
completed by December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary
of the Participant's death.
For purposes of this paragraph if the Surviving Spouse dies after the
Participant, but before payments to such Spouse begin, the provisions of this
paragraph with the exception of paragraph (b) therein, shall be applied as if
the Surviving Spouse were the Participant. For the purposes of this paragraph
and paragraph 7.9, distribution of a Participant's interest is considered to
begin on the Participant's Required Beginning Date (or, if the preceding
sentence is applicable, the date distribution is required to begin to the
Surviving Spouse). If distribution in the form of an annuity described in
paragraph 7.4(e) irrevocably commences to the Participant before the Required
Beginning Date, the date distribution is considered to begin is the date
distribution actually commences.
For purposes of paragraph 7.9 and this paragraph, if an amount is payable to
either a minor or an individual who has been declared incompetent, the benefits
shall be paid to the legally appointed guardian for the benefit of said minor or
incompetent individual, unless the court which appointed the guardian has
ordered otherwise.
7.11 DISTRIBUTION OF EXCESS ELECTIVE DEFERRALS
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, Excess Elective
Deferrals plus any income and minus any loss allocable thereto,
shall be distributed no later than April 15, 1988, and each April
15 thereafter, to Participants to whose accounts Excess Elective
Deferrals were allocated for the preceding taxable year, and who
claim Excess Elective Deferrals for such taxable year. Excess
Elective Deferrals shall be treated as Annual Additions under the
Plan, unless such amounts are distributed no later than the first
April 15th following the close of the Participant's taxable year.
A Participant is deemed to notify the Plan Administrator of any
Excess Elective Deferrals that arise by taking into account only
those Elective Deferrals made to this Plan and any other plans of
this Employer.
(b) Furthermore, a Participant who participates in another plan
allowing Elective Deferrals may assign to this Plan any Excess
Elective Deferrals made during a taxable year of the Participant,
by notifying the Plan Administrator of the amount of the Excess
Elective Deferrals to be assigned. The Participant's claim shall
be in writing; shall be submitted to the Plan Administrator not
later than March 1 of each year; shall specify the amount of the
Participant's Excess Elective Deferrals for the preceding taxable
year; and shall be accompanied by the Participant's written
statement that if such amounts are not distributed, such Excess
Elective Deferrals, when added to amounts deferred under other
plans or arrangements described in Code Sections 401(k), 408(k)
[Simplified Employee Pensions], or 403(b) [annuity programs for
public schools and charitable organizations] will exceed the
$7,000 limit as adjusted under Code Section 415(d) imposed on the
Participant by Code Section 402(g) for the year in which the
deferral occurred.
(c) Excess Elective Deferrals shall be adjusted for any income or
loss up to the end of the taxable year, during which such excess
was deferred. Income or loss will be calculated under the method
used to calculate investment earnings and losses elsewhere in the
Plan.
(d) If the Participant receives a return of his or her Elective
Deferrals, the amount of such contributions which are returned
must be brought into the Employee's taxable income.
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7.12 DISTRIBUTIONS OF EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, Excess
Contributions, plus any income and minus any loss allocable thereto,
shall be distributed no later than the last day of each Plan Year to
Participants to whose accounts such Excess Contributions were
allocated for the preceding Plan Year. If such excess amounts are
distributed more than 2-1/2 months after the last day of the Plan Year
in which such excess amounts arose, a ten (10) percent excise tax will
be imposed on the Employer maintaining the Plan with respect to such
amounts. Such distributions shall be made to Highly Compensated
Employees on the basis of the respective portions of the Excess
Contributions attributable to each of such Employees. Excess
Contributions of Participants who are subject to the Family Member
aggregation rules of Code Section 414(q)(6) shall be allocated among
the Family Members in proportion to the Elective Deferrals (and
amounts treated as Elective Deferrals) of each Family Member that is
combined to determine the Average Deferral Percentage.
(b) Excess Contributions (including the amounts recharacterized) shall be
treated as Annual Additions under the Plan.
(c) Excess Contributions shall be adjusted for any income or loss up to
the end of the Plan Year. Income or loss will be calculated under the
method used to calculate investment earnings and losses elsewhere in
the Plan.
(d) Excess Contributions shall be distributed from the Participant's
Elective Deferral account and Qualified Matching Contribution account
(if applicable) in proportion to the Participant's Elective Deferrals
and Qualified Matching Contributions (to the extent used in the ADP
test) for the Plan Year. Excess Contributions shall be distributed
from the Participant's Qualified Non-Elective Contribution account
only to the extent that such Excess Contributions exceed the balance
in the Participant's Elective Deferral account and Qualified Matching
Contribution account.
7.13 DISTRIBUTION OF EXCESS AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTIONS
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, Excess Aggregate
Contributions, plus any income and minus any loss allocable thereto,
shall be forfeited, if forfeitable, or if not forfeitable, distributed
no later than the last day of each Plan Year to Participants to whose
accounts such Excess Aggregate Contributions were allocated for the
preceding Plan Year. Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be allocated
to Participants who are subject to the Family Member aggregation rules
of Code Section 414(q)(6) in the manner prescribed by the regulations.
If such Excess Aggregate Contributions are distributed more than 2-1/2
months after the last day of the Plan Year in which such excess
amounts arose, a ten (10) percent excise tax will be imposed on the
Employer maintaining the Plan with respect to those amounts. Excess
Aggregate Contributions shall be treated as Annual Additions under the
plan.
(b) Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be adjusted for any income or
loss up to the end of the Plan Year. The income or loss allocable to
Excess Aggregate Contributions is the sum of income or loss for the
Plan Year allocable to the Participant's Voluntary Contribution
account, Matching Contribution account (if any, and if all amounts
therein are not used in the ADP test) and, if applicable, Qualified
Non-Elective Contribution account and Elective Deferral account.
Income or loss will be calculated under the method used to calculate
investment earnings and losses elsewhere in the Plan.
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(c) Forfeitures of Excess Aggregate Contributions may either be
reallocated to the accounts of non-Highly Compensated Employees or
applied to reduce Employer contributions, as elected by the employer
in the Adoption Agreement.
(d) Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be forfeited if such amount is
not vested. If vested, such excess shall be distributed on a pro-rata
basis from the Participant's Voluntary Contribution account (and, if
applicable, the Participant's Qualified Non-Elective Contribution
account, Matching Contribution account, Qualified Matching
Contribution account, or Elective Deferral account, or both).
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ARTICLE VIII
JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY REQUIREMENTS
8.1 APPLICABILITY OF PROVISIONS The provisions of this Article shall apply to
any Participant who is credited with at least one Hour of Service with the
Employer on or after August 23, 1984 and such other Participants as provided in
paragraph 8.8.
8.2 PAYMENT OF QUALIFIED JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY Unless an optional form of
benefit is selected pursuant to a Qualified Election within the 90-day period
ending on the Annuity Starting Date, a married Participant's Vested Account
Balance will be paid in the form of a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity and
an unmarried Participant's Vested Account Balance will be paid in the form of a
life annuity. The Participant may elect to have such annuity distributed upon
attainment of the Early Retirement Age under the Plan.
8.3 PAYMENT OF QUALIFIED PRE-RETIREMENT SURVIVOR ANNUITY Unless an optional
form of benefit has been selected within the Election Period pursuant to a
Qualified Election, if a Participant dies before benefits have commenced then
the Participant's Vested Account Balance shall be paid in the form of an annuity
for the life of the Surviving Spouse. The Surviving Spouse may elect to have
such annuity distributed within a reasonable period after the Participant's
death.
A Participant who does not meet the age 35 requirement set forth in the Election
Period as of the end of any current Plan Year may make a special qualified
election to waive the qualified Pre-retirement Survivor Annuity for the period
beginning on the date of such election and ending on the first day of the Plan
Year in which the Participant will attain age 35. Such election shall not be
valid unless the Participant receives a written explanation of the Qualified
Pre-retirement Survivor Annuity in such terms as are comparable to the
explanation required under paragraph 8.5. Qualified Pre-retirement Survivor
Annuity coverage will be automatically reinstated as of the first day of the
Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 35. Any new waiver on or after
such date shall be subject to the full requirements of this Article.
8.4 QUALIFIED ELECTION A Qualified Election is an election to either waive a
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity or a qualified pre-retirement survivor
annuity. Any such election shall not be effective unless:
(a) the Participant's Spouse consents in writing to the election;
(b) the election designates a specific beneficiary, including any class of
beneficiaries or any contingent beneficiaries, which may not be
changed without spousal consent (or the Spouse expressly permits
designations by the Participant without any further spousal consent);
(c) the Spouse's consent acknowledges the effect of the election; and
(d) the Spouse's consent is witnessed by a Plan representative or notary
public.
Additionally, a Participant's waiver of the Qualified Joint and Survivor
Annuity shall not be effective unless the election designates a form of benefit
payment which may not be changed without spousal consent (or the Spouse
expressly permits designations by the Participant without any further spousal
consent). If it is established to the satisfaction of the Plan Administrator
that there is no Spouse or that the Spouse cannot be located, a waiver will be
deemed a Qualified Election. Any consent by a Spouse obtained under this
provision (or establishment that the consent of a Spouse may not be obtained)
shall be effective only with respect to such Spouse. A consent that permits
designations by the Participant without any requirement of further consent by
such Spouse must acknowledge that the Spouse has the right to limit consent to a
specific beneficiary, and a specific form of benefit
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where applicable, and that the Spouse voluntarily elects to relinquish either or
both of such rights. A revocation of a prior waiver may be made by a
Participant without the consent of the Spouse at any time before the
commencement of benefits. The number of revocations shall not be limited. No
consent obtained under this provision shall be valid unless the Participant has
received notice as provided in paragraphs 8.5 and 8.6 below.
8.5 NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFIED JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY In the case
of a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity, the Plan Administrator shall, no less
than 30 days and no more than 90 days prior to the Annuity Starting date,
provide each Participant a written explanation of:
(a) the terms and conditions of a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity;
(b) the Participant's right to make and the effect of an election to waive
the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity form of benefit;
(c) the rights of a Participant's Spouse; and
(d) the right to make, and the effect of, a revocation of a previous
election to waive the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity.
8.6 NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFIED PRE-RETIREMENT SURVIVOR ANNUITY In the
case of a qualified pre-retirement survivor annuity as described in paragraph
8.3, the Plan Administrator shall provide each Participant within the applicable
period for such Participant a written explanation of the qualified pre-
retirement survivor annuity in such terms and in such manner as would be
comparable to the explanation provided for meeting the requirements of paragraph
8.5 applicable to a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity. The applicable period
for a Participant is whichever of the following periods ends last:
(a) the period beginning with the first day of the Plan Year in which the
Participant attains age 32 and ending with the close of the Plan Year
preceding the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 35;
(b) a reasonable period ending after the individual becomes a Participant;
(c) a reasonable period ending after this Article first applies to the
Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, notice must be provided
within a reasonable period ending after separation from Service in the
case of a Participant who separates from Service before attaining age
35.
For purposes of applying the preceding paragraph, a reasonable period ending
after the events described in (b) and (c) is the end of the two-year period
beginning one-year prior to the date the applicable event occurs, and ending
one-year after that date. In the case of a Participant who separates from
Service before the Plan Year in which age 35 is attained, notice shall be
provided within the two-year period beginning one year prior to separation and
ending one year after separation. If such a Participant subsequently returns to
employment with the Employer, the applicable period for such Participant shall
be re-determined.
8.7 SPECIAL SAFE-HARBOR EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN PROFIT-SHARING PLANS
(a) This paragraph shall apply to a Participant in a profit-sharing plan,
and to any distribution, made on or after the first day of the first
plan year beginning after 1988, from or under a separate account
attributable solely to Qualified Voluntary contributions, as
maintained on behalf of a Participant in a money purchase pension
plan, (including a target benefit plan) if the following conditions
are satisfied:
(1) the Participant does not or cannot elect payments in the form of
a life annuity; and
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(2) on the death of a Participant, the Participant's Vested Account
Balance will be paid to the Participant's Surviving Spouse, but
if there is no Surviving Spouse, or if the Surviving Spouse has
consented in a manner conforming to a Qualified Election, then to
the Participant's Designated Beneficiary.
The Surviving Spouse may elect to have distribution of the Vested
Account Balance commence within the 90-day period following the
date of the Participant's death. The account balance shall be
adjusted for gains or losses occurring after the Participant's
death in accordance with the provisions of the Plan governing the
adjustment of account balances for other types of distributions.
These safe-harbor rules shall not be operative with respect to a
Participant in a profit-sharing plan if that plan is a direct or
indirect transferee of a Defined Benefit Plan, money purchase
plan, a target benefit plan, stock bonus plan, or profit-sharing
plan which is subject to the survivor annuity requirements of
Code Section 401(a)(11) and Code Section 417, and would therefore
have a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity as its normal form of
benefit.
(b) The Participant may waive the spousal death benefit described in this
paragraph at any time provided that no such waiver shall be effective
unless it satisfies the conditions (described in paragraph 8.4) that
would apply to the Participant's waiver of the Qualified Pre-
Retirement Survivor Annuity.
(c) If this paragraph 8.7 is operative, then all other provisions of
this Article other than paragraph 8.8 are inoperative.
8.8 TRANSITIONAL JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY RULES Special transition rules
apply to Participants who were not receiving benefits on August 23, 1984.
(a) Any living Participant not receiving benefits on August 23, 1984, who
would otherwise not receive the benefits prescribed by the previous
paragraphs of this Article, must be given the opportunity to elect to
have the prior paragraphs of this Article apply if such Participant is
credited with at least one Hour of Service under this Plan or a
predecessor Plan in a Plan Year beginning on or after January 1, 1976
and such Participant had at least 10 Years of Service for vesting
purposes when he or she separated from Service.
(b) Any living Participant not receiving benefits on August 23, 1984, who
was credited with at least one Hour of Service under this Plan or a
predecessor Plan on or after September 2, 1974, and who is not
otherwise credited with any Service in a Plan Year beginning on or
after January 1, 1976, must be given the opportunity to have his or
her benefits paid in accordance with paragraph 8.9.
(c) The respective opportunities to elect [as described in (a) and (b)
above] must be afforded to the appropriate Participants during the
period commencing on August 23, 1984 and ending on the date benefits
would otherwise commence to said Participants.
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8.9 AUTOMATIC JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY AND EARLY SURVIVOR ANNUITY Any
Participant who has elected pursuant to paragraph 8.8(b) and any Participant who
does not elect under paragraph 8.8(a) or who meets the requirements of paragraph
8.8(a), except that such Participant does not have at least 10 years of vesting
Service when he or she separates from Service, shall have his or her benefits
distributed in accordance with all of the following requirements if benefits
would have been payable in the form of a life annuity.
(a) Automatic Joint and Survivor Annuity. If benefits in the form of a
life annuity become payable to a married Participant who:
(1) begins to receive payments under the Plan on or after Normal
Retirement Age, or
(2) dies on or after Normal Retirement Age while still working for
the Employer, or
(3) begins to receive payments on or after the Qualified Early
Retirement Age, or
(4) separates from Service on or after attaining Normal Retirement
(or the Qualified Early Retirement Age) and after satisfying the
eligibility requirements for the payment of benefits under the
Plan and thereafter dies before beginning to receive such
benefits, then such benefits will be received under this Plan in
the form of a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity, unless the
Participant has elected otherwise during the Election Period. The
Election Period must begin at least 6 months before the
Participant attains Qualified Early Retirement Age and end not
more than 90 days before the commencement of benefits. Any
election will be in writing and may be changed by the Participant
at any time.
(b) Election of Early Survivor Annuity. A Participant who is employed
after attaining the Qualified Early Retirement Age will be given the
opportunity to elect, during the Election Period, to have a survivor
annuity payable on death. If the Participant elects the survivor
annuity, payments under such annuity must not be less than the
payments which would have been made to the Spouse under the Qualified
Joint and Survivor Annuity if the Participant had retired on the day
before his or her death. Any election under this provision will be in
writing and may be changed by the Participant at any time. The
Election Period begins on the later of:
(1) the 90th day before the Participant attains the Qualified Early
Retirement Age, or
(2) the date on which participation begins,
and ends on the date the Participant terminates employment.
8.10 ANNUITY CONTRACTS Any annuity contract distributed under this Plan must be
nontransferable. The terms of any annuity contract purchased and distributed by
the Plan to a Participant or Spouse shall comply with the requirements of this
Plan.
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ARTICLE IX
VESTING
9.1 EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS A Participant shall always have a 100% vested and
nonforfeitable interest in his or her Elective Deferrals, Voluntary
Contributions, Qualified Voluntary Contributions, Rollover Contributions, and
Transfer Contributions plus the earnings thereon. No forfeiture of Employer
related contributions (including any minimum contributions made under paragraph
14.2) will occur solely as a result of an Employee's withdrawal of any Employee
contributions.
9.2 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS A Participant shall acquire a vested and
nonforfeitable interest in his or her account attributable to Employer
contributions in accordance with the table selected in the Adoption Agreement,
provided that if a Participant is not already fully vested, he or she shall
become so upon attaining Normal Retirement Age, Early Retirement Age, on death
prior to normal retirement, on retirement due to Disability, or on termination
of the Plan.
9.3 COMPUTATION PERIOD The computation period for purposes of determining
Years of Service and Breaks in Service for purposes of computing a Participant's
nonforfeitable right to his or her account balance derived from Employer
contributions shall be determined by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement. In
the event a former Participant with no vested interest in his or her Employer
contribution account requalifies for participation in the Plan after incurring a
Break in Service, such Participant shall be credited for vesting with all pre-
break and post-break Service.
9.4 REQUALIFICATION PRIOR TO FIVE CONSECUTIVE ONE-YEAR BREAKS IN SERVICE The
account balance of such Participant shall consist of any undistributed amount in
his or her account as of the date of re-employment plus any future contributions
added to such account plus the investment earnings on the account. The Vested
Account Balance of such Participant shall be determined by multiplying the
Participant's account balance (adjusted to include any distribution or redeposit
made under paragraph 6.3) by such Participant's vested percentage. All Service
of the Participant, both prior to and following the break, shall be counted when
computing the Participant's vested percentage.
9.5 REQUALIFICATION AFTER FIVE CONSECUTIVE ONE-YEAR BREAKS IN SERVICE If such
Participant is not fully vested upon re-employment, a new account shall be
established for such Participant to separate his or her deferred vested and
nonforfeitable account, if any, from the account to which new allocations will
be made. The Participant's deferred account to the extent remaining shall be
fully vested and shall continue to share in earnings and losses of the Fund.
When computing the Participant's vested portion of the new account, all pre-
break and post-break Service shall be counted. However, notwithstanding this
provision, no such former Participant who has had five consecutive one-year
Breaks in Service shall acquire a larger vested and nonforfeitable interest in
his or her prior account balance as a result of requalification hereunder.
9.6 CALCULATING VESTED INTEREST A Participant's vested and nonforfeitable
interest shall be calculated by multiplying the fair market value of his or her
account attributable to Employer contributions on the Valuation Date preceding
distribution by the decimal equivalent of the vested percentage as of his or her
termination date. The amount attributable to Employer contributions for
purposes of the calculation includes amounts previously paid out pursuant to
paragraph 6.3 and not repaid. The Participant's vested and nonforfeitable
interest, once calculated above, shall be reduced to reflect those amounts
previously paid out to the Participant and not repaid by the Participant. The
Participant's vested and nonforfeitable interest so determined shall continue to
share in the investment earnings and any increase or decrease in the fair market
value of the Fund up to the Valuation Date preceding or coinciding with payment.
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9.7 FORFEITURES Any balance in the account of a Participant who has separated
from Service to which he or she is not entitled under the foregoing provisions,
shall be forfeited and applied as provided in the Adoption Agreement. A
forfeiture may only occur if the Participant has received a distribution from
the Plan or if the Participant has incurred five consecutive 1-year Breaks in
Service. Furthermore, a Highly Compensated Employee's Matching Contributions
may be forfeited, even if vested, if the contributions to which they relate are
Excess Deferrals, Excess Contributions or Excess Aggregate Contributions.
9.8 AMENDMENT OF VESTING SCHEDULE No amendment to the Plan shall have the
effect of decreasing a Participant's vested interest determined without regard
to such amendment as of the later of the date such amendment is adopted or the
date it becomes effective. Further, if the vesting schedule of the Plan is
amended, or the Plan is amended in any way that directly or indirectly affects
the computation of any Participant's nonforfeitable percentage or if the Plan is
deemed amended by an automatic change to or from a Top-Heavy vesting schedule,
each Participant with at least three Years of Service with the Employer may
elect, within a reasonable period after the adoption of the amendment, to have
his or her nonforfeitable percentage computed under the Plan without regard to
such amendment. For Participants who do not have at least one Hour of Service
in any Plan Year beginning after 1988, the preceding sentence shall be applied
by substituting "Five Years of Service" for "Three Years of Service" where such
language appears. The period during which the election may be made shall
commence with the date the amendment is adopted and shall end on the later of:
(a) 60 days after the amendment is adopted;
(b) 60 days after the amendment becomes effective; or
(c) 60 days after the Participant is issued written notice of the
amendment by the Employer or the Trustee/Custodian. If the
Trustee/Custodian is asked to so notify, the Fund will be charged for
the costs thereof.
No amendment to the Plan shall be effective to the extent that it has the effect
of decreasing a Participant's accrued benefit. Notwithstanding the preceding
sentence, a Participant's account balance may be reduced to the extent permitted
under section 412(c)(8) of the Code (relating to financial hardships). For
purposes of this paragraph, a Plan amendment which has the effect of decreasing
a Participant's account balance or eliminating an optional form of benefit, with
respect to benefits attributable to service before the amendment, shall be
treated as reducing an accrued benefit.
9.9 SERVICE WITH CONTROLLED GROUPS All Years of Service with other members of
a controlled group of corporations [as defined in Code Section 414(b)], trades
or businesses under common control [as defined in Code Section 414(c)], or
members of an affiliated service group [as defined in Code Section 414(m)] shall
be considered for purposes of determining a Participant's nonforfeitable
percentage.
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ARTICLE X
LIMITATIONS ON ALLOCATIONS
AND ANTIDISCRIMINATION TESTING
10.1 PARTICIPATION IN THIS PLAN ONLY If the Participant does not participate in
and has never participated in another qualified plan, a Welfare Benefit Fund (as
defined in paragraph 1.90) or an individual medical account, as defined in Code
Section 415(l)(2), maintained by the adopting Employer, which provides an Annual
Addition as defined in paragraph 1.4, the amount of Annual Additions which may
be credited to the Participant's account for any Limitation Year will not exceed
the lesser of the Maximum Permissible Amount or any other limitation contained
in this Plan. If the Employer contribution that would otherwise be contributed
or allocated to the Participant's account would cause the Annual Additions for
the Limitation Year to exceed the Maximum Permissible Amount, the amount
contributed or allocated will be reduced so that the Annual Additions for the
Limitation Year will equal the Maximum Permissible Amount. Prior to determining
the Participant's actual Compensation for the Limitation Year, the Employer may
determine the Maximum Permissible Amount for a Participant on the basis of a
reasonable estimate of the Participant's Compensation for the Limitation Year,
uniformly determined for all Participants similarly situated. As soon as is
administratively feasible after the end of the Limitation Year, the Maximum
Permissible Amount for the Limitation Year will be determined on the basis of
the Participant's actual Compensation for the Limitation Year.
10.2 DISPOSITION OF EXCESS ANNUAL ADDITIONS If, pursuant to paragraph 10.1 or
as a result of the allocation of forfeitures, there is an Excess Amount, the
excess will be disposed of by distributing to the Participant any nondeductible
Employee Voluntary, Required Voluntary Contributions and unmatched Elective
Deferrals to the extent they would reduce the Excess Amount. To the extent
necessary to reduce the Excess Amount, non-Highly Compensated Employees will
have all Elective Deferrals returned whether or not there was a corresponding
match. If after distributing Employee related contributions an excess amount
still exists, such excess will be disposed of under one of the following methods
as determined in the Adoption Agreement. If no election is made in the Adoption
Agreement then method "(a)" below shall apply.
(a) Suspense Account Method
(1) If the Participant is covered by the Plan at the end of the
Limitation Year, the Excess Amount in the Participant's account
will be used to reduce Employer contributions (including any
allocation of forfeitures) for such Participant in the next
Limitation Year, and each succeeding Limitation Year if
necessary.
(2) If after the application of paragraph (1) an Excess Amount still
exists, and the Participant is not covered by the Plan at the end
of the Limitation Year, the Excess Amount will be held
unallocated in a suspense account. The suspense account will be
applied to reduce future Employer contributions (including
allocation of any forfeitures) for all remaining Participants in
the next Limitation Year, and each succeeding Limitation Year if
necessary.
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(3) If a suspense account is in existence at any time during the
Limitation Year pursuant to this paragraph, it will not
participate in the allocation of investment gains and losses. If
a suspense account is in existence at any time during a
particular Limitation Year, all amounts in the suspense account
must be allocated and reallocated to Participants' accounts
before any Employer contributions or any Employee Contributions
may be made to the Plan for that Limitation Year. Excess amounts
may not be distributed to Participants or former Participants.
(b) Spillover Method
(1) Any Excess Amount which would be allocated to the account of an
individual Participant under the Plan's allocation formula will
be reallocated to other Participants in the same manner as other
Employer contributions. No such reallocation shall be made to the
extent that it will result in an Excess Amount being created in
such Participant's own account.
(2) To the extent that amounts cannot be reallocated under (1) above,
the suspense account provisions of (a) above will apply.
10.3 PARTICIPATION IN THIS PLAN AND ANOTHER MASTER AND PROTOTYPE DEFINED
CONTRIBUTION PLAN, WELFARE BENEFIT FUND OR INDIVIDUAL MEDICAL ACCOUNT MAINTAINED
BY THE EMPLOYER The Annual Additions which may be credited to a Participant's
account under this Plan for any Limitation Year will not exceed the Maximum
Permissible Amount reduced by the Annual Additions credited to a Participant's
account under the other Master or Prototype Defined Contribution Plans, Welfare
Benefit Funds, and individual medical accounts as defined in Code Section
415(l)(2), maintained by the Employer, which provide an Annual Addition as
defined in paragraph 1.4 for the same Limitation Year. If the Annual Additions,
with respect to the Participant under other Defined Contribution Plans and
Welfare Benefit Funds maintained by the Employer, are less than the Maximum
Permissible Amount and the Employer contribution that would otherwise be
contributed or allocated to the Participant's account under this Plan would
cause the Annual Additions for the Limitation Year to exceed this limitation,
the amount contributed or allocated will be reduced so that the Annual Additions
under all such plans and funds for the Limitation Year will equal the Maximum
Permissible Amount. If the Annual Additions with respect to the Participant
under such other Defined Contribution Plans and Welfare Benefit Funds in the
aggregate are equal to or greater than the Maximum Permissible Amount, no amount
will be contributed or allocated to the Participant's account under this Plan
for the Limitation Year. Prior to determining the Participant's actual
Compensation for the Limitation Year, the Employer may determine the Maximum
Permissible Amount for a Participant in the manner described in paragraph 10.1.
As soon as administratively feasible after the end of the Limitation Year, the
Maximum Permissible Amount for the Limitation Year will be determined on the
basis of the Participant's actual Compensation for the Limitation Year.
10.4 DISPOSITION OF EXCESS ANNUAL ADDITIONS UNDER TWO PLANS If, pursuant to
paragraph 10.3 or as a result of forfeitures, a Participant's Annual Additions
under this Plan and such other plans would result in an Excess Amount for a
Limitation Year, the Excess Amount will be deemed to consist of the Annual
Additions last allocated except that Annual Additions attributable to a Welfare
Benefit Fund or Individual Medical Account as defined in Code Section 415(l)(2)
will be deemed to have been allocated first regardless of the actual allocation
date. If an Excess Amount was allocated to a Participant on an allocation date
of this Plan which coincides with an allocation date of another plan, the Excess
Amount attributed to this Plan will be the product of:
(a) the total Excess Amount allocated as of such date, times
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(b) the ratio of:
(1) the Annual Additions allocated to the Participant for the
Limitation Year as of such date under the Plan, to
(2) the total Annual Additions allocated to the Participant for the
Limitation Year as of such date under this and all the other
qualified Master or Prototype Defined Contribution Plans.
Any Excess Amount attributed to this Plan will be disposed of in the manner
described in paragraph 10.2.
10.5 PARTICIPATION IN THIS PLAN AND ANOTHER DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN WHICH IS
NOT A MASTER OR PROTOTYPE PLAN If the Participant is covered under another
qualified Defined Contribution Plan maintained by the Employer which is not a
Master or Prototype Plan, Annual Additions which may be credited to the
Participant's account under this Plan for any Limitation Year will be limited in
accordance with paragraphs 10.3 and 10.4 as though the other plan were a Master
or Prototype Plan, unless the Employer provides other limitations in the
Adoption Agreement.
10.6 PARTICIPATION IN THIS PLAN AND A DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN If the Employer
maintains, or at any time maintained, a qualified Defined Benefit Plan covering
any Participant in this Plan, the sum of the Participant's Defined Benefit Plan
Fraction and Defined Contribution Plan Fraction will not exceed 1.0 in any
Limitation Year. For any Plan Year during which the Plan is Top-Heavy, the
Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Plan Fractions shall be calculated in
accordance with Code Section 416(h). The Annual Additions which may be credited
to the Participant's account under this Plan for any Limitation Year will be
limited in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Adoption Agreement.
10.7 AVERAGE DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE (ADP) TEST With respect to any Plan Year, the
Average Deferral Percentage for Participants who are Highly Compensated
Employees and the Average Deferral Percentage for Participants who are non-
Highly Compensated Employees must satisfy one of the following tests:
(a) BASIC TEST - The Average Deferral Percentage for Participants who are
Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year is not more than 1.25
times the Average Deferral Percentage for Participants who are non-
Highly Compensated Employees for the same Plan Year, or
(b) ALTERNATIVE TEST - The Average Deferral Percentage for Participants
who are Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year does not exceed
the Average Deferral Percentage for Participants who are non-Highly
Compensated Employees for the same Plan Year by more than 2 percentage
points provided that the Average Deferral Percentage for Participants
who are Highly Compensated Employees is not more than 2.0 times the
Average Deferral Percentage for Participants who are non-Highly
Compensated Employees.
10.8 SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO APPLICATION OF ADP TEST
(a) The Actual Deferral Percentage for any Participant who is a Highly
Compensated Employee for the Plan Year and who is eligible to have
Elective Deferrals (and Qualified Non-Elective Contributions or
Qualified Matching Contributions, or both, if treated as Elective
Deferrals for purposes of the ADP test) allocated to his or her
accounts under two or more arrangements described in Code Section
401(k), that are maintained by the Employer, shall be determined as if
such Elective Deferrals (and, if applicable, such Qualified Non-
Elective Contributions or Qualified Matching
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Contributions, or both) were made under a single arrangement. If a
Highly Compensated Employee participates in two or more cash or
deferred arrangements that have different Plan Years, all cash or
deferred arrangements ending with or within the same calendar year
shall be treated as a single arrangement.
(b) In the event that this Plan satisfies the requirements of Code
Sections 401(k), 401(a)(4), or 410(b), only if aggregated with one or
more other plans, or if one or more other plans satisfy the
requirements of such Code Sections only if aggregated with this Plan,
then this Section shall be applied by determining the Actual Deferral
Percentage of Employees as if all such plans were a single plan. For
Plan Years beginning after 1989, plans may be aggregated in order to
satisfy Code Section 401(k) only if they have the same Plan Year.
(c) For purposes of determining the Actual Deferral Percentage of a
Participant who is a 5-percent owner or one of the ten most highly-
paid Highly Compensated Employees, the Elective Deferrals (and
Qualified Non-Elective Contributions or Qualified Matching
Contributions, or both, if treated as Elective Deferrals for purposes
of the ADP test) and Compensation of such Participant shall include
the Elective Deferrals (and, if applicable, Qualified Non-Elective
Contributions and Qualified Matching Contributions, or both) for the
Plan Year of Family Members as defined in paragraph 1.36 of this Plan.
Family Members, with respect to such Highly Compensated Employees,
shall be disregarded as separate Employees in determining the ADP both
for Participants who are non-Highly Compensated Employees and for
Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees. In the event of
repeal of the family aggregation rules under Code Section 414(q)(6),
all applications of such rules under this Plan will cease as of the
effective date of such repeal.
(d) For purposes of determining the ADP test, Elective Deferrals,
Qualified Non-Elective Contributions and Qualified Matching
Contributions must be made before the last day of the twelve-month
period immediately following the Plan Year to which contributions
relate.
(e) The Employer shall maintain records sufficient to demonstrate
satisfaction of the ADP test and the amount of Qualified Non-Elective
Contributions or Qualified Matching Contributions, or both, used in
such test.
(f) The determination and treatment of the Actual Deferral Percentage
amounts of any Participant shall satisfy such other requirements as
may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
10.9 RECHARACTERIZATION If the Employer allows for Voluntary Contributions in
the Adoption Agreement, a Participant may treat his or her Excess Contributions
as an amount distributed to the Participant and then contributed by the
Participant to the Plan. Recharacterized amounts will remain nonforfeitable and
subject to the same distribution requirements as Elective Deferrals. Amounts
may not be recharacterized by a Highly Compensated Employee to the extent that
such amount in combination with other Employee Contributions made by that
Employee would exceed any stated limit under the Plan on Voluntary
Contributions. Recharacterization must occur no later than two and one-half
months after the last day of the Plan Year in which such Excess Contributions
arose and is deemed to occur no earlier than the date the last Highly
Compensated Employee is informed in writing of the amount recharacterized and
the consequences thereof. Recharacterized amounts will be taxable to the
Participant for the Participant's tax year in which the Participant would have
received them in cash.
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10.10 AVERAGE CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE (ACP) TEST If the Employer makes
Matching Contributions or if the Plan allows Employees to make Voluntary
Contributions the Plan must meet additional nondiscrimination requirements
provided under Code Section 401(m). If Employee Contributions (including any
Elective Deferrals recharacterized as Voluntary Contributions) are made pursuant
to this Plan, then in addition to the ADP test referenced in paragraph 10.7, the
Average Contribution Percentage test is also applicable. The Average
Contribution Percentage for Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees
for each Plan Year and the Average Contribution Percentage for Participants who
are Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the same Plan Year must satisfy one of
the following tests:
(a) BASIC TEST - The Average Contribution Percentage for Participants
who are Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year shall not
exceed the Average Contribution Percentage for Participants who are
non-Highly Compensated Employees for the same Plan Year multiplied
by 1.25; or
(b) ALTERNATIVE TEST - The ACP for Participants who are Highly
Compensated Employees for the Plan Year shall not exceed the Average
Contribution Percentage for Participants who are non-Highly
Compensated Employees for the same Plan Year multiplied by two (2),
provided that the Average Contribution Percentage for Participants
who are Highly Compensated Employees does not exceed the Average
Contribution Percentage for Participants who are non-Highly
Compensated Employees by more than two (2) percentage points.
10.11 SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO APPLICATION OF ACP TEST
(a) If one or more Highly Compensated Employees participate in both a
cash or deferred arrangement and a plan subject to the ACP test
maintained by the Employer and the sum of the ADP and ACP of those
Highly Compensated Employees subject to either or both tests exceeds
the Aggregate Limit, then the ADP or ACP of those Highly Compensated
Employees who also participate in a cash or deferred arrangement
will be reduced (beginning with such Highly Compensated Employee
whose ADP or ACP is the highest) as set forth in the Adoption
Agreement so that the limit is not exceeded. The amount by which
each Highly Compensated Employee's Contribution Percentage Amounts
is reduced shall be treated as an Excess Aggregate Contribution. The
ADP and ACP of the Highly Compensated Employees are determined after
any corrections required to meet the ADP and ACP tests. Multiple use
does not occur if both the ADP and ACP of the Highly Compensated
Employees does not exceed 1.25 multiplied by the ADP and ACP of the
non-Highly Compensated Employees.
(b) For purposes of this Article, the Contribution Percentage for any
Participant who is a Highly Compensated Employee and who is eligible
to have Contribution Percentage Amounts allocated to his or her
account under two or more plans described in Code Section 401(a), or
arrangements described in Code Section 401(k) that are maintained by
the Employer, shall be determined as if the total of such
Contribution Percentage Amounts was made under each Plan. If a
Highly Compensated Employee participates in two or more cash or
deferred arrangements that have different plan years, all cash or
deferred arrangements ending with or within the same calendar year
shall be treated as a single arrangement.
(c) In the event that this Plan satisfies the requirements of Code
Sections 401(a)(4), 401(m), or 410(b) only if aggregated with one or
more other plans, or if one or more other plans satisfy the
requirements of such Code Sections only if aggregated with this
Plan, then this Section shall be applied by determining the
Contribution Percentage of Employees as if all such plans were a
single plan. For plan years beginning after 1989, plans may be
aggregated in order to satisfy Code Section 401(m) only if the
aggregated plans have the same Plan Year.
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(d) For purposes of determining the Contribution percentage of a
Participant who is a five-percent owner or one of the ten most
highly-paid, Highly Compensated Employees, the Contribution
Percentage Amounts and Compensation of such Participant shall
include the Contribution Percentage Amounts and Compensation for the
Plan Year of Family Members as defined in Paragraph 1.36 of this
Plan. Family Members, with respect to Highly Compensated Employees,
shall be disregarded as separate Employees in determining the
Contribution Percentage both for Participants who are non-Highly
Compensated Employees and for Participants who are Highly
Compensated Employees. In the event of repeal of the family
aggregation rules under Code Section 414(q)(6), all applications of
such rules under this Plan will cease as of the effective date of
such repeal.
(e) For purposes of determining the Contribution Percentage test,
Employee Contributions are considered to have been made in the Plan
Year in which contributed to the trust. Matching Contributions and
Qualified Non-Elective Contributions will be considered made for a
Plan Year if made no later than the end of the twelve-month period
beginning on the day after the close of the Plan Year.
(f) The Employer shall maintain records sufficient to demonstrate
satisfaction of the ACP test and the amount of Qualified Non-
Elective Contributions or Qualified Matching Contributions, or both,
used in such test.
(g) The determination and treatment of the Contribution Percentage of
any Participant shall satisfy such other requirements as may be
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
(h) Qualified Matching Contributions and Qualified Non-Elective
Contributions used to satisfy the ADP test may not be used to
satisfy the ACP test.
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ARTICLE XI
ADMINISTRATION
11.1 PLAN ADMINISTRATOR The Employer shall be the named fiduciary and Plan
Administrator. These duties shall include:
(a) appointing the Plan's attorney, accountant, actuary, or any other
party needed to administer the Plan,
(b) directing the Trustee/Custodian with respect to payments from the
Fund,
(c) communicating with Employees regarding their participation and
benefits under the Plan, including the administration of all
claims procedures,
(d) filing any returns and reports with the Internal Revenue Service,
Department of Labor, or any other governmental agency,
(e) reviewing and approving any financial reports, investment
reviews, or other reports prepared by any party appointed by the
Employer under paragraph (a),
(f) establishing a funding policy and investment objectives
consistent with the purposes of the Plan and the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and
(g) construing and resolving any question of Plan interpretation. The
Plan Administrator's interpretation of Plan provisions including
eligibility and benefits under the Plan is final, and unless it
can be shown to be arbitrary and capricious will not be subject
to "de novo" review.
11.2 TRUSTEE/CUSTODIAN The Trustee/Custodian shall be responsible for the
administration of investments held in the Fund. These duties shall include:
(a) receiving contributions under the terms of the Plan, but not
determining the amount or enforcing the payment thereof.
(b) making distributions from the Fund in accordance with written
instructions received from an authorized representative of the
Employer,
(c) keeping accurate records reflecting its administration of the
Fund and making such records available to the Employer for review
and audit. Within 90 days after each Plan Year, and within 90
days after its removal or resignation, the Trustee/Custodian
shall file with the Employer an accounting of its administration
of the Fund during such year or from the end of the preceding
Plan Year to the date of removal or resignation. Such accounting
shall include a statement of cash receipts and disbursements
since the date of its last accounting and shall contain an asset
list showing the fair market value of investments held in the
Fund as of the end of the Plan Year. The value of marketable
investments shall be determined using the most recent price
quoted on a national securities exchange or over the counter
market. The value of non-marketable investments shall be
determined in the sole judgement of the Trustee/Custodian which
determination shall be binding and conclusive. The value of
investments in securities or obligations of the Employer in which
there is no market shall be determined in the sole judgement of
the Employer and the Trustee/Custodian shall have no
responsibility with respect to the valuation of such assets.
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The Employer shall review the Trustee/Custodian's accounting and
notify the Trustee/Custodian in the event of its disapproval of
the report within 90 days, providing the Trustee/Custodian with a
written description of the items in question. The
Trustee/Custodian shall have 60 days to provide the Employer with
a written explanation of the items in question. If the Employer
again disapproves, the Trustee/Custodian shall file its
accounting in a court of competent jurisdiction for audit and
adjudication. In the event the Employer fails to file its written
objection, to the Trustee/Custodian's accounting, with the
Trustee/Custodian within the 90 day period following receipt of
the accounting, the Employer shall be deemed to have approved the
accounting. In such case, the Trustee/Custodian shall be released
and discharged with respect to all matters found in the
accounting as though the accounting had been settled by a decree
of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(d) employing such agents, attorneys or other professionals as the
Trustee may deem necessary or advisable in the performance of its
duties.
The Trustee's/Custodian's duties shall be limited to those described above. The
Employer shall be responsible for any other administrative duties required under
the Plan or by applicable law.
11.3 ADMINISTRATIVE FEES AND EXPENSES All reasonable costs, charges and
expenses incurred by the Trustee/Custodian in connection with the administration
of the Fund and all reasonable costs, charges and expenses incurred by the Plan
Administrator in connection with the administration of the Plan (including fees
for legal services rendered to the Trustee/Custodian or Plan Administrator) may
be paid by the Employer, but if not paid by the Employer when due, shall be paid
from the Fund. Such reasonable compensation to the Trustee/Custodian as may be
agreed upon from time to time between the Employer and the Trustee/Custodian and
such reasonable compensation to the Plan Administrator as may be agreed upon
from time to time between the Employer and Plan Administrator may be paid by the
Employer, but if not paid by the Employer when due shall be paid by the Fund.
The Trustee/Custodian shall have the right to liquidate trust assets to cover
its fees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no compensation other than
reimbursement for expenses shall be paid to a Plan Administrator who is the
Employer or a full-time Employee of the Employer. In the event any part of the
Trust/Custodial Account becomes subject to tax, all taxes incurred will be paid
from the Fund unless the Plan Administrator advises the Trustee/Custodian not to
pay such tax.
11.4 DIVISION OF DUTIES AND INDEMNIFICATION
(a) The Trustee/Custodian shall have the authority and discretion to
manage and govern the Fund to the extent provided in this
instrument, but does not guarantee the Fund in any manner against
investment loss or depreciation in asset value, or guarantee the
adequacy of the Fund to meet and discharge all or any liabilities
of the Plan.
(b) The Trustee/Custodian shall not be liable for the making,
retention or sale of any investment or reinvestment made by it,
as herein provided, or for any loss to, or diminution of the
Fund, or for any other loss or damage which may result from the
discharge of its duties hereunder except to the extent it is
judicially determined that the Trustee/Custodian has failed to
exercise the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the
circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a
like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the
conduct of an enterprise of a like character with like aims.
(c) The Employer warrants that all directions issued to the
Trustee/Custodian by it or the Plan Administrator will be in
accordance with the terms of the Plan and not contrary to the
provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
and regulations issued thereunder.
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(d) The Trustee/Custodian shall not be answerable for any action
taken pursuant to any direction, consent, certificate, or other
paper or document on the belief that the same is genuine and
signed by the proper person. All directions by the Employer,
Participant or the Plan Administrator shall be in writing. The
Employer shall deliver to the Trustee/Custodian certificates
evidencing the individual or individuals authorized to act as set
forth in the Adoption Agreement or as the Employer may
subsequently inform the Trustee/Custodian in writing and shall
deliver to the Trustee/Custodian specimens of their signatures.
(e) The duties and obligations of the Trustee/Custodian shall be
limited to those expressly imposed upon it by this instrument or
subsequently agreed upon by the parties. Responsibility for
administrative duties required under the Plan or applicable law
not expressly imposed upon or agreed to by the Trustee/Custodian,
shall rest solely with the Employer.
(f) The Trustee/Custodian shall be indemnified and saved harmless by
the Employer from and against any and all liability to which the
Trustee/Custodian may be subjected, including all expenses
reasonably incurred in its defense, for any action or failure to
act resulting from compliance with the instructions of the
Employer, the employees or agents of the Employer, the Plan
Administrator, or any other fiduciary to the Plan, and for any
liability arising from the actions or non-actions of any
predecessor Trustee/Custodian or fiduciary or other fiduciaries
of the Plan.
(g) The Trustee/Custodian shall not be responsible in any way for the
application of any payments it is directed to make or for the
adequacy of the Fund to meet and discharge any and all
liabilities under the Plan.
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ARTICLE XII
TRUST FUND/CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT
12.1 THE FUND The Fund shall consist of all contributions made under Article
III and Article IV of the Plan and the investment thereof and earnings thereon.
All contributions and the earnings thereon less payments made under the terms of
the Plan, shall constitute the Fund. The Fund shall be administered as provided
in this document.
12.2 CONTROL OF PLAN ASSETS The assets of the Fund or evidence of ownership
shall be held by the Trustee/Custodian under the terms of the Plan and
Trust/Custodial Account. If the assets represent amounts transferred from
another trustee/custodian under a former plan, the Trustee/Custodian named
hereunder shall not be responsible for the propriety of any investment under the
former plan.
12.3 EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT RULES No part of the Fund shall be used for, or diverted
to, purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of Participants, former
Participants with a vested interest, and the beneficiary or beneficiaries of
deceased Participants having a vested interest in the Fund at death.
12.4 ASSIGNMENT AND ALIENATION OF BENEFITS No right or claim to, or interest
in, any part of the Fund, or any payment from the Fund, shall be assignable,
transferable, or subject to sale, mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, commutation,
anticipation, garnishment, attachment, execution, or levy of any kind. The
Trustee/Custodian shall not recognize any attempt to assign, transfer, sell,
mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, commute, or anticipate the same, except to the
extent required by law. The preceding sentences shall also apply to the
creation, assignment, or recognition of a right to any benefit payable with
respect to a Participant pursuant to a domestic relations order, unless such
order is determined to be a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in
Code Section 414(p), or any domestic relations order entered before January 1,
1985 which the Plan attorney and Plan Administrator deem to be qualified.
12.5 DETERMINATION OF QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER (QDRO) A Domestic
Relations Order shall specifically state all of the following in order to be
deemed a Qualified Domestic Relations Order ("QDRO"):
(a) The name and last known mailing address (if any) of the
Participant and of each alternate payee covered by the QDRO.
However, if the QDRO does not specify the current mailing address
of the alternate payee, but the Plan Administrator has
independent knowledge of that address, the QDRO will still be
valid.
(b) The dollar amount or percentage of the Participant's benefit to
be paid by the Plan to each alternate payee, or the manner in
which the amount or percentage will be determined.
(c) The number of payments or period for which the order applies.
(d) The specific plan (by name) to which the Domestic Relations Order
applies.
The Domestic Relations Order shall not be deemed a QDRO if it requires the Plan
to provide:
(e) any type or form of benefit, or any option not already provided
for in the Plan;
(f) increased benefits, or benefits in excess of the Participant's
vested rights;
(g) payment of a benefit earlier than allowed by the Plan's earliest
retirement provisions or in the case of a profit-sharing plan,
prior to the allowability of in-service withdrawals, or
(h) payment of benefits to an alternate payee which are required to
be paid to another alternate payee under another QDRO.
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Promptly, upon receipt of a Domestic Relations Order ("Order") which may or may
not be "Qualified", the Plan Administrator shall notify the Participant and any
alternate payee(s) named in the Order of such receipt, and include a copy of
this paragraph 12.5. The Plan Administrator shall then forward the Order to the
Plan's legal counsel for an opinion as to whether or not the Order is in fact
"Qualified" as defined in Code Section 414(p). Within a reasonable time after
receipt of the Order, not to exceed 60 days, the Plan's legal counsel shall make
a determination as to its "Qualified" status and the Participant and any
alternate payee(s) shall be promptly notified in writing of the determination.
If the "Qualified" status of the Order is in question, there will be a delay in
any payout to any payee including the Participant, until the status is resolved.
In such event, the Plan Administrator shall segregate the amount that would have
been payable to the alternate payee(s) if the Order had been deemed a QDRO. If
the Order is not Qualified, or the status is not resolved (for example, it has
been sent back to the Court for clarification or modification) within 18 months
beginning with the date the first payment would have to be made under the Order,
the Plan Administrator shall pay the segregated amounts plus interest to the
person(s) who would have been entitled to the benefits had there been no Order.
If a determination as to the Qualified status of the Order is made after the 18-
month period described above, then the Order shall only be applied on a
prospective basis. If the Order is determined to be a QDRO, the Participant and
alternate payee(s) shall again be notified promptly after such determination.
Once an Order is deemed a QDRO, the Plan Administrator shall pay to the
alternate payee(s) all the amounts due under the QDRO, including segregated
amounts plus interest which may have accrued during a dispute as to the Order's
qualification.
Unless specified otherwise in the Adoption Agreement, the earliest retirement
age with regard to the Participant against whom the order is entered shall be
the date the order is determined to be qualified. This will only allow payouts
to alternate payee(s) and not the Participant.
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ARTICLE XIII
INVESTMENTS
13.1 FIDUCIARY STANDARDS The Trustee/Custodian shall invest and reinvest
principal and income in the same Fund in accordance with the investment
objectives established by the Employer, provided that:
(a) such investments are prudent under the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 and the regulations thereunder,
(b) such investments are sufficiently diversified or otherwise
insured or guaranteed to minimize the risk of large losses, and
(c) such investments are similar to those which would be purchased by
another professional money manager for a like plan with similar
investment objectives.
13.2 FUNDING ARRANGEMENT The Employer shall, in the Adoption Agreement, appoint
the Sponsor or an individual or individuals to serve as Trustee of the Fund. If
the Sponsor is not named Trustee, the Sponsor will serve as Custodian under the
Plan as provided at paragraph 13.4 herein.
13.3 INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES OF THE TRUSTEE As Trustee, the Sponsor shall
implement an investment program based on the Employer's investment objectives
and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In addition to powers
given by law, the Trustee may:
(a) invest the Fund in any form of property, including common and
preferred stocks, exchange traded put and call options, bonds,
money market instruments, mutual funds (including funds for which
the Trustee or its affiliates serve as investment advisor),
savings accounts, certificates of deposit, Treasury bills,
insurance policies and contracts, or in any other property, real
or personal, having a ready market. The Trustee may invest in
time deposits (including, if applicable, its own or those of
affiliates) which bear a reasonable interest rate. No portion of
any Qualified Voluntary Contribution, or the earnings thereon,
may be invested in life insurance contracts or, as with any
Participant-directed investment, in tangible personal property
characterized by the IRS as a collectible,
(b) invest any assets of the Fund in a group or collective trust
established to permit the pooling of funds of separate pension
and profit-sharing trusts, provided the Internal Revenue Service
has ruled such group or collective trust to be qualified under
Code Section 401(a) and exempt under Code Section 501(a) (or the
applicable corresponding provision of any other Revenue Act) or
to any other common, collective, or commingled trust fund which
has been or may hereafter be established and maintained by the
Trustee and/or affiliates of the Trustee. Such commingling of
assets of the Fund with assets of other qualified trusts is
specifically authorized, and to the extent of the investment of
the Fund in such a group or collective trust, the terms of the
instrument establishing the group or collective trust shall be a
part hereof as though set forth herein. The Employer expressly
understands and agrees that any such collective fund may provide
for the lending of its securities by the collective fund trustee
and that such collective fund's trustee will receive compensation
from such collective fund for the lending of securities that is
separate from any compensation of the Trustee hereunder, or any
compensation of the collective fund trustee for the management of
such collective fund,
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(c) invest up to 100% of the Fund in the common stock, debt
obligations, or any other security issued by the Employer or by
an affiliate of the Employer within the limitations provided
under Sections 406, 407, and 408 of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 and further provided that such
investment does not constitute a prohibited transaction under
Code Section 4975. Any such investment in Employer securities
shall only be made upon written direction of the Employer who
shall be solely responsible for propriety of such investment,
(d) hold cash uninvested and deposit same with any banking or savings
institution, including its own banking department,
(e) join in or oppose the reorganization, recapitalization,
consolidation, sale or merger of corporations or properties,
including those in which it is interested as Trustee, upon such
terms as it deems wise,
(f) hold investments in nominee or bearer form,
(g) vote proxies and, if appropriate, pass them on to any investment
manager which may have directed the investment in the equity
giving rise to the proxy,
(h) exercise all ownership rights with respect to assets held in the
Fund.
13.4 DUTIES OF THE CUSTODIAN As Custodian, the Sponsor shall be depository of
all or part of the Fund and shall, at the direction of the Trustee hold any
assets received from the Trustee or its agents. The Custodian shall receive and
deliver assets as instructed by the Trustee or its agents. To the extent that
the Custodian holds title to Plan assets and such ownership requires action on
the part of the registered owner, such action will be taken by the Custodian
only upon receipt of specific instructions from the Trustee or its agents.
Proxies shall be voted by or pursuant to the express direction of the Trustee or
authorized agent of the Trustee. As Custodian, the Sponsor shall not give any
investment advice, including any opinion on the prudence of directed
investments. The Employer and Trustee and the agents thereof assume all
responsibility for adherence to fiduciary standards under the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and all amendments thereof, and
regulations thereunder.
13.5 PARTICIPANT LOANS If agreed upon by the Trustee and permitted by the
Employer in the Adoption Agreement, a Plan Participant may make application to
the Employer requesting a loan from the Fund. The Employer shall have the sole
right to approve or disapprove a Participant's application provided that loans
shall be made available to all Participants on a reasonably equivalent basis.
Loans shall not be made available to Highly Compensated Employees [as defined in
Code Section 414(q)] in an amount greater than the amount made available to
other Employees. Any loan granted under the Plan shall be made subject to the
following rules:
(a) No loan, when aggregated with any outstanding Participant
loan(s), shall exceed the lesser of (i) $50,000 reduced by the
excess, if any, of the highest outstanding balance of loans
during the one year period ending on the day before the loan is
made, over the outstanding balance of loans from the Plan on the
date the loan is made or (ii) one-half of the fair market value
of a Participant's Vested Account Balance built up from Employer
Contributions, Voluntary Contributions, and Rollover
Contributions. If the Participant's Vested Account Balance is
$20,000 or less, the maximum loan shall not exceed the lesser of
$10,000 or 100% of the Participant's Vested Account Balance. For
the purpose of the above limitation, all loans from all plans of
the Employer and other members of a group of employers described
in Code Sections 414(b), 414(c), and 414(m) are aggregated. An
assignment or pledge of any portion of the Participant's interest
in the Plan and a loan, pledge, or assignment with respect to any
insurance contract purchased under the Plan, will be treated as a
loan under this paragraph.
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(b) All applications must be made on forms provided by the Employer
and must be signed by the Participant.
(c) Any loan shall bear interest at a rate reasonable at the time of
application, considering the purpose of the loan and the rate
being charged by representative commercial banks in the local
area for a similar loan unless the Employer sets forth a
different method for determining loan interest rates in its loan
procedures. The loan agreement shall also provide that the
payment of principal and interest be amortized in level payments
not less than quarterly.
(d) The term of such loan shall not exceed five years except in the
case of a loan for the purpose of acquiring any house, apartment,
condominium, or mobile home (not used on a transient basis) which
is used or is to be used within a reasonable time as the
principal residence of the Participant. The term of such loan
shall be determined by the Employer considering the maturity
dates quoted by representative commercial banks in the local area
for a similar loan.
(e) The principal and interest paid by a Participant on his or her
loan shall be credited to the Fund in the same manner as for any
other Plan investment. If elected in the Adoption Agreement,
loans may be treated as segregated investments of the individual
Participants. This provision is not available if its election
will result in discrimination in operation of the Plan.
(f) If a Participant's loan application is approved by the Employer,
such Participant shall be required to sign a note, loan
agreement, and assignment of 50% of his or her interest in the
Fund as collateral for the loan. The Participant, except in the
case of a profit-sharing plan satisfying the requirements of
paragraph 8.7 must obtain the consent of his or her Spouse, if
any, within the 90 day period before the time his or her account
balance is used as security for the loan. A new consent is
required if the account balance is used for any renegotiation,
extension, renewal or other revision of the loan, including an
increase in the amount thereof. The consent must be written, must
acknowledge the effect of the loan, and must be witnessed by a
plan representative or notary public. Such consent shall
subsequently be binding with respect to the consenting Spouse or
any subsequent Spouse.
(g) If a valid Spousal consent has been obtained, then,
notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, the portion of
the Par-ticipant's Vested Account Balance used as a security
interest held by the Plan by reason of a loan outstanding to the
Participant shall be taken into account for purposes of
determining the amount of the account balance payable at the time
of death or distribution, but only if the reduction is used as
repayment of the loan. If less than 100% of the Participant's
Vested Account Balance (determined without regard to the
preceding sentence) is payable to the Surviving Spouse, then the
account balance shall be adjusted by first reducing the Vested
Account Balance by the amount of the security used as repayment
of the loan, and then determining the benefit payable to the
Surviving Spouse.
(h) The Employer may also require additional collateral in order to
adequately secure the loan.
(i) A Participant's loan shall immediately become due and payable if
such Participant terminates employment for any reason or fails to
make a principal and/or interest payment as provided in the loan
agreement. If such Participant terminates employment, the
Employer shall immediately request payment of principal and
interest on the loan. If the Participant refuses payment
following termination, the Employer shall reduce the
Participant's Vested Account Balance by the remaining principal
and interest on his or her loan. If the Participant's Vested
Account Balance is less than the amount due, the Employer shall
take whatever steps are necessary to collect the balance due
directly from the
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Participant. However, no foreclosure on the Participant's note or
attachment of the Participant's account balance will occur until
a distributable event occurs in the Plan.
(j) No loans will be made to Owner-Employees (as defined in paragraph
1.51) or Shareholder-Employees (as defined in paragraph 1.74),
unless the Employer obtains a prohibited transaction exemption
from the Department of Labor.
13.6 INSURANCE POLICIES If agreed upon by the Trustee and permitted by the
Employer in the Adoption Agreement, Employees may elect the purchase of life
insurance policies under the Plan. If elected, the maximum annual premium for a
whole life policy shall not exceed 50% of the aggregate Employer contributions
allocated to the account of a Participant. For profit-sharing plans the 50%
test need only be applied against Employer contributions allocated in the last
two years. Whole life policies are policies with both nondecreasing death
benefits and nonincreasing premiums. The maximum annual premium for term
contracts or universal life policies and all other policies which are not whole
life shall not exceed 25% of aggregate Employer contributions allocated to the
account of a Participant. The two-year rule for profit-sharing plans again
applies. The maximum annual premiums for a Participant with both a whole life
and a term contract or universal life policies shall be limited to one-half of
the whole life premium plus the term premium, but shall not exceed 25% of the
aggregate Employer contributions allocated to the account of a Participant,
subject to the two year rule for profit-sharing plans. Any policies purchased
under this Plan shall be held subject to the following rules:
(a) The Trustee shall be applicant and owner of any policies issued.
(b) All policies or contracts purchased hereunder, shall be endorsed
as nontransferable, and must provide that proceeds will be
payable to the Trustee; however, the Trustee shall be required to
pay over all proceeds of the contracts to the Participant's
Designated Beneficiary in accordance with the distribution
provisions of this Plan. Under no circumstances shall the Trust
retain any part of the proceeds.
(c) Each Participant shall be entitled to designate a beneficiary
under the terms of any contract issued; however, such designation
will be given to the Trustee which must be the named beneficiary
on any policy. Such designation shall remain in force, until
revoked by the Participant, by filing a new beneficiary form with
the Trustee. A Participant's Spouse will be the Designated
Beneficiary of the proceeds in all circumstances unless a
Qualified Election has been made in accordance with paragraph
8.4. The beneficiary of a deceased Participant shall receive, in
addition to the proceeds of the Participant's policy or policies,
the amount credited to such Participant's investment account.
(d) A Participant who is uninsurable or insurable at substandard
rates, may elect to receive a reduced amount of insurance, if
available, or may waive the purchase of any insurance.
(e) All dividends or other returns received on any policy purchased
shall be applied to reduce the next premium due on such policy,
or if no further premium is due, such amount shall be credited to
the Fund as part of the account of the Participant for whom the
policy is held.
(f) If Employer contributions are inadequate to pay all premiums on
all insurance policies, the Trustee may, at the option of the
Employer, utilize other amounts remaining in each Participant's
account to pay the premiums on his or her respective policy or
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policies, allow the policies to lapse, reduce the policies to a
level at which they may be maintained, or borrow against the
policies on a prorated basis, provided that the borrowing does
not discriminate in favor of the policies on the lives of
Officers, Shareholders, and highly compensated Employees.
(g) On retirement or termination of employment of a Participant, the
Employer shall direct the Trustee to cash surrender the
Participant's policy and credit the proceeds to his or her
account for distribution under the terms of the Plan. However,
before so doing, the Trustee shall first offer to transfer
ownership of the policy to the Participant in exchange for
payment by the Participant of the cash value of the policy at the
time of transfer. Such payment shall be credited to the
Participant's account for distribution under the terms of the
Plan. All distributions resulting from the application of this
paragraph shall be subject to the Joint and Survivor Annuity
Rules of Article VIII, if applicable.
(h) The Employer shall be solely responsible to see that these
insurance provisions are administered properly and that if there
is any conflict between the provisions of this Plan and any
insurance contracts issued that the terms of this Plan will
control.
(i) Notwithstanding the above, in profit-sharing plans, the
limitations imposed herein with respect to the purchase of life
insurance shall not apply to any Participant who has participated
in this Plan for five (5) or more years or to the portion of a
Participant's Vested Account Balance, that would be eligible for
withdrawal under paragraph 6.8 whether or not in-Service
Withdrawals are actually allowed under this Plan, that has
accumulated for at least two (2) Plan Years. In addition, under
such Plans, a Participant may, subject to the limitations set
forth in this subsection, elect to have key persons life
insurance purchased on the life of any Participant who is
considered essential to the success of the Employer's business.
In such case, the proceeds of such a life insurance contract in
excess of such contract's cash value as of the date of death of
such insured shall be paid to the beneficiaries named with
respect to such contract. Death benefits, including those in the
previous sentence, payable from a life insurance contract shall
be paid in accordance with paragraph 8.7, if this Plan meets the
safe-harbor provisions in that paragraph, or in accordance with
paragraph 8.2 or 8.3, whichever may be applicable, otherwise. The
cash value of the contract shall be added to the Participant's
Vested Account Balance.
13.7 EMPLOYER INVESTMENT DIRECTION If agreed upon by the Trustee and approved
by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement, the Employer shall have the right to
direct the Trustee with respect to investments of the Fund, may appoint an
investment manager (registered as an investment advisor under the Investment
Advisors Act of 1940) to direct investments, or may give the Trustee sole
investment management responsibility. The Employer may purchase and sell
interests in a registered investment company (i.e., mutual funds) for which the
Sponsor, its parent, affiliates, or successors, may serve as investment advisor
and receive compensation from the registered investment company for its services
as investment advisor. The Employer shall advise the Trustee in writing
regarding the retention of investment powers, the appointment of an investment
manager, or the delegation of investment powers to the Trustee. Any investment
directive under this Plan shall be made in writing by the Employer or investment
manager, as the case may be. In the absence of such written directive, the
Trustee shall automatically invest the available cash in its discretion in an
appropriate interim investment until specific investment directions are
received. Such instructions regarding the delegation of investment
responsibility shall remain in force until revoked or amended in writing. The
Trustee shall not be responsible for the propriety of any directed investment
made and shall not be required to consult with or advise the
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Employer regarding the investment quality of any directed investment held
hereunder. If the Employer fails to designate an investment manager, the
Trustee shall have full investment authority. If the Employer does not issue
investment directions, the Trustee shall have authority to invest the Fund in
its sole discretion. While the Employer may direct the Trustee with respect to
Plan investments, the Employer may not:
(a) borrow from the Fund or pledge any of the assets of the Fund as
security for a loan,
(b) buy property or assets from or sell property or assets to the Fund,
(c) charge any fee for services rendered to the Fund, or
(d) receive any services from the Fund on a preferential basis.
13.8 EMPLOYEE INVESTMENT DIRECTION If agreed to by the Trustee and approved by
the Employer in the Adoption Agreement, Participants shall be given the option
to direct the investment of their personal contributions and their share of the
Employer's contribution among alternative investment funds established as part
of the overall Fund. Unless otherwise specified by the Employer in the Adoption
Agreement, such investment funds shall be under the full control of the
management of the Trustee. If investments outside the Trustee's control are
allowed, Participants may not direct that investments be made in collectibles,
other than U.S. Government or State issued gold and silver coins. In this
connection, a Participant's right to direct the investment of any contribution
shall apply only to selection of the desired fund. The following rules shall
apply to the administration of such funds.
(a) At the time an Employee becomes eligible for the Plan, he or she
shall complete an investment designation form stating the
percentage of his or her contributions to be invested in the
available funds.
(b) A Participant may change his or her election with respect to
future contributions by filing a new investment designation form
with the Employer in accordance with the procedures established
by the Plan Administrators.
(c) A Participant may elect to transfer all or part of his or her
balance from one investment fund to another by filing an
investment designation form with the Employer in accordance with
the procedures established by the Plan Administrators.
(d) The Employer shall be responsible when transmitting Employee and
Employer contributions to show the dollar amount to be credited
to each investment fund for each Employee.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, neither the Trustee,
nor the Employer, nor any fiduciary of the Plan shall be liable
to the Participant or any of his or her beneficiaries for any
loss resulting from action taken at the direction of the
Participant.
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ARTICLE XIV
TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS
14.1 APPLICABILITY OF RULES If the Plan is or becomes Top-Heavy in any Plan Year
beginning after 1983, the provisions of this Article will supersede any
conflicting provisions in the Plan or Adoption Agreement.
14.2 MINIMUM CONTRIBUTION Notwithstanding any other provision in the Employer's
Plan, for any Plan Year in which the Plan is Top-Heavy or Super Top-Heavy, the
aggregate Employer contributions and forfeitures allocated on behalf of any
Participant (without regard to any Social Security contribution) under this Plan
and any other Defined Contribution Plan of the Employer shall be lesser of 3% of
such Participant's Compensation or the largest percentage of Employer
contributions and forfeitures, as a percentage of the first $200,000, as
adjusted under Code Section 415(d), of the Key Employee's Compensation,
allocated on behalf of any Key Employee for that year.
Each Participant who is employed by the Employer on the last day of the Plan
Year shall be entitled to receive an allocation of the Employer's minimum
contribution for such Plan Year. The minimum allocation applies even though
under other Plan provisions the Participant would not otherwise be entitled to
receive an allocation, or would have received a lesser allocation for the year
because the Participant fails to make Mandatory Contributions to the Plan, the
Participant's Compensation is less than a stated amount, or the Participant
fails to complete 1,000 Hours of Service (or such lesser number designated by
the Employer in the Adoption Agreement) during the Plan Year. A Paired profit-
sharing plan designated to provide the minimum Top-Heavy contribution must do so
regardless of profits. An Employer may make the minimum Top-Heavy contribution
available to all Participants or just non-Key Employees.
For purposes of computing the minimum allocation, Compensation shall mean
Compensation as defined in paragraph 1.12(c) of the Plan.
The Top-Heavy minimum contribution does not apply to any Participant to the
extent the Participant is covered under any other plan(s) of the Employer and
the Employer has provided in Section 11 of the Adoption Agreement that the
minimum allocation or benefit requirements applicable to Top-Heavy Plans will be
met in the other plan(s).
If a Key Employee makes an Elective Deferral or has an allocation of Matching
Contributions made to his or her account, a Top-Heavy minimum will be required
for non-Key Employees who are Participants, however, neither Elective Deferrals
by nor Matching Contributions to non-Key Employees may be taken into account for
purposes of satisfying the top-heavy Minimum Contribution requirement.
14.3 MINIMUM VESTING For any Plan Year in which this Plan is Top-Heavy, the
minimum vesting schedule elected by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement will
automatically apply to the Plan. If the vesting schedule selected by the
Employer in the Adoption Agreement is less liberal than the allowable schedule,
the schedule will automatically be modified. If the vesting schedule under the
Employer's Plan shifts in or out of the Top-Heavy schedule for any Plan Year,
such shift is an amendment to the vesting schedule and the election in paragraph
9.8 of the Plan applies. The minimum vesting schedule applies to all accrued
benefits within the meaning of Code Section 411(a)(7) except those attributable
to Employee contributions, including benefits accrued before the effective date
of Code Section 416 and benefits accrued before the Plan became Top-Heavy.
Further, no reduction in vested benefits may occur in the event the Plan's
status as Top-Heavy changes for any Plan Year. However, this paragraph does not
apply to the account balances of any Employee who does not have an Hour of
Service after the Plan initially becomes Top-Heavy and such Employee's account
balance attributable to Employer contributions and forfeitures will be
determined without regard to this paragraph.
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14.4 LIMITATIONS ON ALLOCATIONS In any Plan Year in which the Top-Heavy Ratio
exceeds 90% (i.e., the Plan becomes Super Top-Heavy), the denominators of the
Defined Benefit Fraction (as defined in paragraph 1.16) and Defined Contribution
Fraction (as defined in paragraph 1.19) shall be computed using 100% of the
dollar limitation instead of 125%.
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ARTICLE XV
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
15.1 AMENDMENT BY SPONSOR The Sponsor may amend any or all provisions of this
Plan and Trust/Custodial Account at any time without obtaining the approval or
consent of any Employer which has adopted this Plan and Trust/Custodial Account
provided that no amendment shall authorize or permit any part of the corpus or
income of the Fund to be used for or diverted to purposes other than for the
exclusive benefit of Participants and their beneficiaries, or eliminate an
optional form of distribution. In the case of a mass-submitted plan, the mass-
submitter shall amend the Plan on behalf of the Sponsor.
15.2 AMENDMENT BY EMPLOYER The Employer may amend any option in the Adoption
Agreement, and may include language as permitted in the Adoption Agreement,
(a) to satisfy Code Section 415, or
(b) to avoid duplication of minimums under Code Section 416
because of the required aggregation of multiple plans.
The Employer may add certain model amendments published by the Internal Revenue
Service which specifically provide that their adoption will not cause the Plan
to be treated as an individually designed plan for which the Employer must
obtain a separate determination letter.
If the Employer amends the Plan and Trust/Custodial Account other than as
provided above, the Employer's Plan shall no longer participate in this
Prototype Plan and will be considered an individually designed plan.
15.3 TERMINATION Employers shall have the right to terminate their Plans upon 60
days notice in writing to the Trustee/Custodian. If the Plan is terminated,
partially terminated, or if there is a complete discontinuance of contributions
under a profit-sharing plan maintained by the Employer, all amounts credited to
the accounts of Participants shall vest and become nonforfeitable. In the event
of a partial termination, only those who are affected by such partial
termination shall be fully vested. In the event of termination, the Employer
shall direct the Trustee/Custodian with respect to the distribution of accounts
to or for the exclusive benefit of Participants or their beneficiaries. The
Trustee/Custodian shall dispose of the Fund in accordance with the written
directions of the Plan Administrator, provided that no liquidation of assets and
payment of benefits, (or provision therefor), shall actually be made by the
Trustee/Custodian until after it is established by the Employer in a manner
satisfactory to the Trustee/Custodian, that the applicable requirements, if any,
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue
Code governing the termination of employee benefit plans, have been or are
being, complied with, or that appropriate authorizations, waivers, exemptions,
or variances have been, or are being obtained.
15.4 QUALIFICATION OF EMPLOYER'S PLAN If the adopting Employer fails to attain
or retain Internal Revenue Service qualification, such Employer's Plan shall no
longer participate in this Prototype Plan and will be considered an individually
designed plan.
15.5 MERGERS AND CONSOLIDATIONS
(a) In the case of any merger or consolidation of the Employer's Plan
with, or transfer of assets or liabilities of the Employer's Plan
to, any other plan, Participants in the Employer's Plan shall be
entitled to receive benefits immediately after the merger,
consolidation, or transfer which are equal to or greater than the
benefits they would have been entitled to receive immediately
before the merger, consolidation, or transfer if the Plan had
then terminated.
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(b) Any corporation into which the Trustee/Custodian or any successor
trustee/custodian may be merged or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger or
consolidation to which the Trustee/Custodian or any successor
trustee/custodian may be a party, or any corporation to which all
or substantially all the trust business of the Trustee/Custodian
or any successor trustee/custodian may be transferred, shall be
the successor of such Trustee/Custodian without the filing of any
instrument or performance of any further act, before any court.
15.6 RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL The Trustee/Custodian may resign by written notice
to the Employer which shall be effective 60 days after delivery. The Employer
may discontinue its participation in this Prototype Plan and Trust/Custodial
Account effective upon 60 days written notice to the Sponsor. In such event the
Employer shall, prior to the effective date thereof, amend the Plan to eliminate
any reference to this Prototype Plan and Trust/Custodial Account and appoint a
successor trustee or custodian or arrange for another funding agent. The
Trustee/Custodian shall deliver the Fund to its successor on the effective date
of the resignation or removal, or as soon thereafter as practicable, provided
that this shall not waive any lien the Trustee/Custodian may have upon the Fund
for its compensation or expenses. If the Employer fails to amend the Plan and
appoint a successor trustee, custodian, or other funding agent within the said
60 days, or such longer period as the Trustee/Custodian may specify in writing,
the Plan shall be deemed individually designed and the Employer shall be deemed
the successor trustee/custodian. The Employer must then obtain its own
determination letter.
15.7 QUALIFICATION OF PROTOTYPE The Sponsor intends that this Prototype Plan
will meet the requirements of the Code as a qualified Prototype Retirement Plan
and Trust/Custodial Account. Should the Commissioner of Internal Revenue or any
delegate of the Commissioner at any time determine that the Plan and
Trust/Custodial Account fails to meet the requirements of the Code, the Sponsor
will amend the Plan and Trust/Custodial Account to maintain its qualified
status.
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ARTICLE XVI
GOVERNING LAW
16.1 GOVERNING LAW Construction, validity and administration of the Prototype
Plan and Trust/Custodial Account, and any Employer Plan and Trust/Custodial
Account as embodied in the Prototype document and accompanying Adoption
Agreement, shall be governed by Federal law to the extent applicable and to the
extent not applicable by the laws of the State/Commonwealth in which the
principal office of the Sponsor is located.
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