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Registration No. 333-___
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
QUEBECOR WORLD INC.
(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)
CANADA NOT APPLICABLE
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
612 Saint-Jacques Street
MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA H3C 4M8
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(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)
QUEBECOR PRINTING (USA) HOLDINGS INC. 401(k) PLAN
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(Full title of the plan)
Quebecor World Inc.
c/o Delaware Trust Capital Management
300 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1222
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
(302) 552-3108
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number including area code,
of agent for service)
Copy to:
John A. Willett, Esq.
Arnold & Porter
399 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022-4690
(212) 715-1000
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Calculation of Registration Fee
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Title of securities to be Amount to be Proposed maximum Proposed maximum Amount of
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unit(1)(2) price(2) fee(3)
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Subordinate Voting Shares 5,000 $25.563 $117,815 $29.45
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(1) Calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices
of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on December 22, 2000 on
the New York Stock Exchange which date is within 5 business days prior
to the date of the filing of this Registration Statement.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee
in accordance with Rule 457(h).
(3) In addition to the shares being registered by this Registration
Statement, this Registration Statement also relates to shares of the
Registrant's Subordinate Voting Shares issuable pursuant to the
Quebecor Defined Contribution Plan and the Quebecor Deferred
Compensation Savings Plan for which a Registration Statement on Form
S-8, File No. 333-8870 is currently effective. A registration fee of
$4,138.00 was paid upon the initial filing of the Registration
Statement registering 800,000 Subordinate Voting Shares. As of
December 11, 2000, 676,989 of these 800,000 previously registered
Subordinate Voting Shares remain available for issuance.
The Quebecor Defined Contribution Plan and the Quebecor Deferred
Compensation Savings Plan are being merged into the Quebecor Printing
(USA) Holdings Inc. 401(k) Plan. Such merger will be effective as of
January 1, 2001. Pursuant to Rule 429 under the Securities Act of 1933,
676,989 shares of the Subordinate Voting Shares remaining available for
issuance under the Quebecor Defined Contribution Plan and the Quebecor
Deferred Compensation Savings Plan are hereby carried forward to this
Registration Statement.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents filed by Quebecor World Inc. (the "Registrant"
or the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
are incorporated herein by reference as of their respective dates:
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 40-F for the fiscal
year ended 1999 (Registration No. 1-14118) filed under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act");
(b) The description of the Registrant's Subordinate Voting Shares
(the "Shares"), contained in the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form F-4 (Registration No. 333-86481);
(c) The Registrant's current reports on Form 6-K since January 1,
2000; and
(d) All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective date of
filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated by reference herein is modified or superceded for
all purposes to the extent that a statement contained in this
Registration Statement or in any other subsequently filed
document which is incorporated by reference modifies or
replaces such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superceded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or so
superceded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not Applicable.
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ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Under the Canada Business Corporation Act, the Registrant may indemnify
a present or former director or officer or a person who acts or acted at the
Registrant's request as a director or officer of another corporation of which
the Registrant is or was a stockholder or creditor, and his or her heirs and
legal representatives, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an
amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by
him or her in respect of any civil, criminal or administrative action or
proceeding to which he or she is made a party by reason of his or her position
with the Registrant and provided that the director or officer acted honestly and
in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Registrant and, in the
case of a criminal or administrative act or proceeding that is enforced by a
monetary penalty, had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her conduct
was lawful. Such indemnification may be made in connection with a derivative
action only with court approval. A director or officer is entitled to
indemnification from the Registrant as a matter of right if he or she was
substantially successful on the merits and fulfilled the conditions set forth
above.
In accordance with the Canada Business Corporations Act, the by-laws of
the Registrant indemnify a director or officer, a former director or officer, or
a person who acts or acted at the Registrant's request as a director or officer
of the corporation in which the Registrant is or was shareholder or creditor
against any and all losses and expenses reasonably incurred by him or her in
respect of any civil, criminal or administrative proceeding to which he or she
was made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer of the
Registrant or other corporation if he or she acted honestly and in good faith
with a view to the best interest of the Registrant or in the case of a criminal
or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by monetary penalty, he
or she had reasonable grounds in believing that his conduct was lawful.
A policy of directors' and officers' liability insurance is maintained
by the Registrant which insures directors and officers of the Registrant and its
subsidiaries for losses as a result of claims based upon the acts or omissions
as directors and officers of the Registrant, including liabilities arising under
the Securities Act of 1933, and also reimburses the Registrant for payments made
pursuant to the indemnity provisions under the Canada Business Corporations Act.
Insofar as whether indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provision, the Registrant has been
informed that in the opinion of the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is therefore unenforceable.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not Applicable.
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ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
The exhibits listed on the Exhibit Index on page II-10 of this
Registration Statement are filed herewith or are incorporated herein by
reference to other filings.
The Registrant hereby undertakes to submit the Plan and any amendments
thereto, to the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") and to make all changes
required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan under Section 401 of the
Internal Revenue Code.
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
The Registrant hereby undertakes:
1. To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act").
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the Registration
Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20% change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement.
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(iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement; provided,
however, that paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement;
2. That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof; and
3. To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.
The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report
pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such new securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized in the City of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Country of Canada,
on this 19th day of December 2000.
QUEBECOR WORLD INC.
By: /s/ CHARLES G. CAVELL
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Name: Charles G. Cavell
Title: President and Chief
Executive Officer
By: /s/ CHRISTIAN M. PAUPE
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Name: Christian M. Paupe
Title: Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and
Chief Administrative Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Charles G. Cavell and Christian M. Paupe
as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same,
with exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agent, full power and authority to perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
conforming all that such attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:
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/s/ CHARLES G. CAVELL Director, President and Chief Executive December 19, 2000
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Charles G. Cavell (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ CHRISTIAN M. PAUPE Executive Vice President, December 19, 2000
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Christian M. Paupe Administrative Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ JEAN NEVEU Director and Chairman of the Board December 19, 2000
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Jean Neveu
/s/ REGINALD K. BRACK Director December 19, 2000
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Reginald K. Brack
Director December 19, 2000
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Robert Coallier
/s/ MARCELLO A. DE GIORGIS Director December 19, 2000
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Marcello A. De Giorgis
/s/ RAYMOND LEMAY Director December 19, 2000
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Raymond Lemay
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/s/ EILEEN A. MERCIER Director December 21, 2000
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Eileen A. Mercier
/s/ BRIAN MULRONEY Director December 19, 2000
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Brian Mulroney
/s/ ROBERT NORMAND Director December 19, 2000
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Robert Normand
/s/ ERIK PELADEAU Director December 19, 2000
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Erik Peladeau
/s/ PIERRE KARL PELADEAU Director December 19, 2000
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Pierre Karl Peladeau
/s/ ALAIN RHEAUME Director December 21, 2000
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Alain Rheaume
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned has
signed this Registration Statement solely in the capacity of the duly authorized
representative of Quebecor World Inc. in the United States, in the City of
Montreal, Province of Quebec, Country of Canada, on this 19th day of December
2000.
QUEBECOR PRINTING (USA) HOLDINGS INC.
By: /s/ Raynald Lecavalier
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Name: Raynald Lecavalier
Title: Assistant Secretary
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit 4 Quebecor Printing (USA) Holdings Inc. 401(k) Plan,
filed herewith.
Exhibit 23.1 Consent of KPMG LLP, Chartered Accountants, filed herewith.
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EXHIBIT 4
AMENDED AND RESTATED
QUEBECOR PRINTING (USA) HOLDINGS INC.
401(k) PLAN
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
QUEBECOR PRINTING (USA) HOLDINGS INC.
401(k) PLAN
World Color Press, Inc., a Delaware corporation, adopted the
World Color Press 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan (prior to this amendment
and restatement, the Quebecor World (USA) Inc. 401(k) Plan) (the "Plan") for the
exclusive benefit of its Eligible Employees, effective as of January 1, 1991.
Effective October 8, 1999, World Color Press, Inc. ("World Color") was merged
with an indirect subsidiary of Quebecor Printing Inc. World Color was the
survivor of such merger and in connection therewith its name was changed to
Quebecor World (USA) Inc. Quebecor World (USA) Inc. is now a subsidiary of
Quebecor Printing (USA) Holdings Inc. The Plan has been amended, restated and
renamed from time to time.
In order to provide for the merger of the Quebecor Deferred
Compensation Savings Plan and the Quebecor Defined Contribution Plan with and
into the Plan as of January 1, 2001, to rename the Plan the Amended and Restated
Quebecor Printing (USA) Holdings Inc. 401(k) Plan, to replace Quebecor World
(USA) Inc. as the Administrator with Quebecor Printing (USA) Holdings Inc. and
to make certain other changes to the Plan, this amendment and restatement to the
Plan has been adopted as of January 1, 2001, except as otherwise provided in the
Plan. This amendment to the Plan constitutes a complete amendment, restatement
and continuation of the Plan.
The Plan is a profit-sharing plan with a cash or deferred
arrangement intended to comply with the provisions of Sections 401(a) and 401(k)
of the Code.
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 - GENERAL
Whenever any of the following terms is used in the Plan with
the first letter or letters capitalized, it shall have the meaning specified
below unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary.
SECTION 1.2 - ACCOUNTS
"Account" or "Accounts" of a Participant shall mean, as the
context indicates, any one or more of his or her Deferred Compensation Account,
Voluntary After-Tax Contributions Account, Matching Account, Profit-Sharing
Account, Qualified Account, Rollover Account, Transfer Account or Merged
Accounts, if any, in the Trust Fund established in accordance with Sections 6.1,
4.1, 6.2(b), 6.2(a), 6.2(c), 15.12, 15.12(e) and 1.37, respectively.
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SECTION 1.3 - ACTIVE PARTICIPANT
"Active Participant" shall mean a Participant who is an Eligible
Employee.
SECTION 1.4 - ADMINISTRATOR
"Administrator" shall mean Quebecor Printing (USA) Holdings
Inc., acting through such individuals or committees as appointed by the Board.
SECTION 1.5 - ANNUAL ADDITION
"Annual Addition" of a Participant for the Plan Year in question
shall mean the sum of
(a) Company contributions, forfeitures, voluntary after-tax
contributions (excluding any excess amounts distributed to him pursuant
to Section 17.4(b)) allocated to his or her Accounts under the Plan for
that Plan Year,
(b) Deferred Compensation allocated to his or her Deferred
Compensation Account for that Plan Year (excluding any excess amounts
which are distributed to him or her pursuant to Section 3.6),
(c) Company contributions, forfeitures and Participant
contributions allocated to his or her accounts under all other
qualified defined contribution plans, if any, of the Company and any
Company Affiliate for that Plan Year, and
(d) Except for purposes of Section 17.4(a)(i), the sum of any
(i) Company contributions allocated to an individual
medical account as defined in Code Section 415(l)(1), which is
maintained under a qualified pension or annuity plan, and
(ii) Company contributions allocated to the separate
account of a Key Employee (as defined in Section 14.1(b)(iii))
for the purpose of providing post-retirement medical benefits.
If, in a particular Plan Year, the Company contributes an
amount to a Participant's Accounts because of an erroneous forfeiture in a prior
Plan Year, or because of an erroneous failure to allocate amounts in a prior
Plan Year, the contribution shall not be considered an Annual Addition with
respect to the Participant for that particular Plan Year, but shall be
considered an Annual Addition for the Plan Year to which it relates. If the
amount so contributed in the particular Plan Year takes into account actual
investment gains attributable to the period subsequent to the Plan Year to which
the contribution relates, the portion of the total contribution which consists
of such gains shall not be considered as an Annual Addition for any Plan Year.
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SECTION 1.6 - BARGAINING UNIT
"Bargaining Unit" shall mean a unit of Employees covered by a
collective bargaining agreement with the Company if retirement benefits were the
subject of good faith bargaining and the agreement does not provide for the
coverage under the Plan of Employees in such unit.
SECTION 1.7 - BENEFICIARY
"Beneficiary" shall mean a person or trust properly designated
by a Participant to receive benefits, as provided in Article XIII and any
Supplement.
SECTION 1.8 - BOARD
"Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of Quebecor Printing
(USA) Holdings Inc.
SECTION 1.9 - BREAK IN SERVICE YEAR
"Break in Service Year" of an Employee or former Employee shall
mean the 365-day period which begins on the later of
(a) the date of his last Separation from the Service, or
(b) if the Employee furnishes to the Administrator
such timely information as the Administrator may reasonably require to
establish that the Employee's absence from work is for any of the
following reasons or purposes, the second anniversary of the first day
of his absence from work
(i) by reason of pregnancy of the Employee,
(ii) by reason of the birth of a child of the Employee,
(iii) by reason of the placement of a child
with the Employee in connection with the adoption of such
child by the Employee, or
(iv) for purposes of caring for such child for a period
beginning immediately following such birth or placement,
during no part of which he was an Employee or employed by a Company Affiliate.
SECTION 1.10 - CODE
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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SECTION 1.11 - COMPANY; COMPANY AFFILIATE
(a) "Company" shall mean Quebecor Printing (USA) Holdings Inc.,
any participating Company Affiliate, any other company or entity which
subsequently adopts the Plan as a whole or as to any one or more divisions and
any successor company which continues the Plan under Section 16.4(a).
(b) "Company Affiliate" shall mean any employer which, at the
time of reference, was, with the Company, a member of a controlled group of
corporations or trades or businesses under common control, or a member of an
affiliated service group, as determined under regulations issued by the
Secretary of the Treasury or his or her delegate under Code Sections 414(b),
(c), (m) and 415(h) and any other entity required to be aggregated with the
Company pursuant to regulations issued under Code Section 414(o).
SECTION 1.12 - COMPANY STOCK
"Company Stock" shall mean Quebecor World Inc. subordinate
voting shares without par value.
SECTION 1.13 - COMPANY STOCK FUND
"Company Stock Fund" shall mean the Investment Fund invested
primarily in Company Stock. Effective as of August 2, 1999 through December 31,
2000, the Company Stock Fund was closed to new investments. Effective as of
January 1, 2001, the Company Stock Fund shall be reopened to new investments.
SECTION 1.14 - COMPENSATION
(a) "Compensation" of a Participant for any Plan Year shall
mean his wages and all other payments of compensation for that Plan Year as
reported on Form W-2 (currently entitled "wages, tips, other compensation") and
as described in Treas. Reg. Section 1.415-2(d)(11)(i), exclusive of reimbursed
moving expenses to the extent that at the time of payment it is reasonable to
believe that such expenses are deductible by the Participant under Code Section
217 (related to relocation expenses),
(i) including amounts not includable in taxable income by
reason of Code Sections 125, 402(a)(8), 402(h) or 403(b), and
(ii) and excluding all reimbursements or other
expense allowances, relocation expenses, fringe benefits (cash and
noncash) (except car allowances which shall be included), moving
expenses, deferred compensation, and welfare benefits (including,
without limitation, severance benefits) (even if includable in gross
income).
(b) Solely for the purposes of Sections 1.15 and 1.17, the
Administrator may elect for any Plan Year to exclude from Compensation amounts
deferred under Article III and under cafeteria plans, or to apply any alternate
definition of Compensation; provided, however,
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that such definition shall satisfy the requirements of Code Section 414(s)
and the Regulations thereunder.
(c) For all purposes of the Plan, Compensation and Statutory
Compensation (defined in Section 1.58) in excess of $150,000 (adjusted for
increases in the cost of living as described in Code Section 401(a)(17)) shall
be disregarded.
SECTION 1.15 - CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE
(a) "Contribution Percentage" for a Plan Year shall mean, with
respect to eligible Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees as a group
and to eligible Participants who are not Highly Compensated Employees as a
group, the average obtained, as to each such Participant, by dividing:
(i) his or her allocations described in subsection (b), by
(ii) his or her Compensation for that portion of the
Plan Year during which he or she was eligible to contribute to his or
her Voluntary After-Tax Contributions Account (if applicable) or to
receive allocations to his or her Matching Account.
(b) The allocations described in this subsection are:
(i) allocations to his or her Voluntary After-Tax
Contributions Account, excluding any excess amounts distributed to him
pursuant to Section 17.4(b),
(ii) allocations to his or her Matching Account under
Section 6.3(b) (and, to the extent elected by the Administrator under
Section 6.5(b), amounts credited to his or her Qualified Account for
that Plan Year), excluding any amounts forfeited under Section
6.5(b)(vi), and
(iii) allocations to his or her Deferred Compensation
Account, to the extent that the Administrator elects to take such
allocations into account under Section 6.5.
(c) For purposes of this Section, all plans required to be
taken into account under Code Section 401(m)(2)(B) shall be treated as a single
plan.
(d) The Administrator may elect to expand the Compensation of
a Participant taken into account for purposes of subsection (a)(ii) to such
amounts received by him or her for that entire Plan Year; provided, however,
that such determination shall be applied uniformly to all Participants for the
year in question.
SECTION 1.16 - COVERED LOCATION
"Covered Location" shall mean the locations or process levels
of the Company or any Company Affiliate which the Administrator may designate as
a Covered Location under the
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Plan. Such designations shall be set forth in Schedule I which is attached
hereto and incorporated in the Plan by this reference and shall specify the
effective date of each such location's or process location's designation as a
Covered Location under the Plan on or after June 1, 1998. Schedule I may be
modified from time to time by the Administrator without formally amending the
Plan.
SECTION 1.17 - DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE
(a) "Deferral Percentage" for a Plan Year shall mean, with
respect to each eligible Participant by dividing:
(i) the sum of
A the amount, if any, credited to his or her
Deferred Compensation Account for that Plan Year in question
under this Plan and any other plans which are aggregated with
this Plan under Code Section 401(k)(3)(A) (including any
excess amounts described in Code Section 402(g) if he or she is
a Highly Compensated Employee but excluding any excess amounts
distributed to him or her pursuant to Section 17.4(b)) and,
B to the extent elected by the Administrator
under Section 3.5(d), amounts credited to his or her Qualified
Account for that Plan Year, by
(ii) his or her Compensation for that portion of the
Plan Year during which he or she was eligible to defer Compensation to
his or her Deferred Compensation Account.
(b) The Administrator may elect to expand the Compensation of
a Participant taken into account for purposes of subsection (a)(ii) to such
amounts received by him or her for that entire Plan Year; provided, however,
that such determination shall be applied uniformly to all Participants for the
year in question.
SECTION 1.18 - DEFERRED COMPENSATION
"Deferred Compensation" of a Participant shall mean an amount
contributed by the Company to the Plan for him or her under Section 5.1(a).
SECTION 1.19 - DEFERRED COMPENSATION ACCOUNT
"Deferred Compensation Account" of a Participant shall mean
his or her individual account in the Trust Fund established in accordance with
Section 6.1.
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SECTION 1.20 - DIRECT ROLLOVER
"Direct Rollover" shall mean a payment by the Plan to an
Eligible Retirement Plan designated by a Distributee.
SECTION 1.21 - DISABILITY RETIREMENT
"Disability Retirement" of a Participant shall mean his or her
Separation from the Service authorized by the Administrator upon its finding,
based on competent medical evidence, that the Participant, as a result of mental
or physical disease or condition, will be permanently unable to discharge his or
her assigned duties as an Employee.
SECTION 1.22 - DISABILITY RETIREMENT DATE
"Disability Retirement Date" of a Participant shall mean the
date (prior to his or her Normal Retirement Date) fixed by the Administrator for
his or her Disability Retirement.
SECTION 1.23 - DISTRIBUTEE
"Distributee" shall mean a Participant, Surviving Spouse or an
alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in Code
Section 414(p).
SECTION 1.24 - ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE
An "Eligible Employee" shall mean an Employee who is employed
at a Covered Location or is a member of a Participating Bargaining Unit but
shall not include an Employee who is:
(a) eligible to participate in another qualified
defined contribution plan of the Company (except the Atglen Plan as
defined in Supplement A to the Plan),
(b) a member of a Bargaining Unit,
(c) an Employee of a Company Affiliate to whom
participation in the Plan has not been extended, or
(d) a non-resident alien with no U.S. source income.
SECTION 1.25 - ELIGIBLE RETIREMENT PLAN
"Eligible Retirement Plan" shall mean an individual retirement
account (described in Code Section 408(a)), an individual retirement annuity
(described in Code Section 408(b)), an annuity plan (described in Code Section
403(a), or a qualified trust (described in Code Section 401(a)), that will
accept a Distributee's Eligible Rollover Distribution; provided, however, that
in the case of an Eligible Rollover Distribution to a Distributee who is a
Surviving Spouse of a Participant an "Eligible Retirement Plan" shall mean only
an individual retirement account or an individual retirement annuity.
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SECTION 1.26 - ELIGIBLE ROLLOVER DISTRIBUTION
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), "Eligible Rollover
Distribution" shall mean any distribution of all or any portion of a
Participant's Accounts to a Distributee.
(b) "Eligible Rollover Distribution" shall not mean any
distribution
(i) that is one of a series of substantially equal
periodic payments (not less frequently than annually) made for the life
(or life expectancy) of the Distributee or the joint lives (or joint
life expectancies) of the Distributee and the Distributee's
Beneficiary,
(ii) that is paid for a specified period of ten years or
more,
(iii) that is part of a series of distributions during a
calendar year to the extent that such distributions are expected to
total less than $200 or a total lump sum distribution which is equal to
less than $200, as described in Treas. Reg. Section 1.401(a)(31) -
1 A-11,
(iv) that is a Hardship withdrawal pursuant to Section 10.2,
(v) to the extent such distribution is required under Code
Section 401(a)(9), or
(vi) to the extent such distribution is not includable in
gross income (determined without regard to the exclusion for net
unrealized appreciation with respect to employer securities).
SECTION 1.27 - EMPLOYEE
"Employee" shall mean any person who renders services to the
Company or a Company Affiliate in the status of an employee as the term is
defined in Code Section 3121(d), but shall not include any person whose services
with the Company are performed pursuant to a contract or that purports to treat
the individual as an independent contractor even if such individual is later
determined (by judicial action or otherwise) to have been a common law employee
of the Company rather than an independent contractor. Except as provided in
subsection 1.31(d) and Section 1.32, "Employee" shall not include leased
employees treated as Employees of the Company or a Company Affiliate pursuant to
Code Sections 414(n) and 414(o).
SECTION 1.28 ERISA
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended.
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SECTION 1.29 - FIVE PERCENT OWNER
"Five Percent Owner" shall mean any person who owns more than
5% of the Company or any Company Affiliate as defined in Code Section 416.
SECTION 1.30 - HARDSHIP
(a) "Hardship" of a Participant as determined by the
Administrator in its discretion on the basis of all relevant facts and
circumstances and in accordance with the following nondiscriminatory and
objective standards, uniformly interpreted and consistently applied, and without
regard to the existence of other resources which are reasonably available to the
Participant in question, shall mean any one or more of the following:
(i) Unreimbursed expenses for medical care described
in Code Section 213(d) previously incurred by him, his or her spouse,
or his or her dependent (as described in Code Section 152) or
necessary for him, his or her spouse or his or her dependent to obtain
medical care;
(ii) Costs directly related to the purchase
(excluding mortgage payments) of a principal residence for him;
(iii) Payment of tuition and related educational
fees for the next twelve months of post-secondary education for him or
her, his or her spouse, children, or his or her dependents (as so
described);
(iv) Payments necessary to prevent his or her
eviction from his or her principal residence, or foreclosure on the
mortgage of his or her principal residence; or
(v) Any other event identified by the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue in revenue rulings, notices and/or other documents
of general applicability for inclusion in the foregoing list.
(b) A financial need shall not constitute a Hardship unless it
is for at least $1,000.00.
(c) A financial need shall not fail to qualify as immediate
and heavy merely because such need was reasonably foreseeable by the Participant
or voluntarily incurred by him.
SECTION 1.31 - HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE
For any current Plan Year, a "Highly Compensated Employee" shall
mean any Employee who
(a) in the previous Plan Year had Statutory Compensation in
excess of $80,000 (adjusted at the same time and in the same manner as
under Code Section 415(d), except that the base period shall be the
calendar quarter ending September 30, 1996), and was in the group
consisting of the top twenty percent of Employees when
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ranked by Statutory Compensation for the Plan Year in question
(determined after excluding the Employees described in Code
Sections 414(q)(5) and 414(q)(8)), or
(b) was a Five Percent Owner at any time during the
previous Plan Year or the current Plan Year, or
(c) is a former Employee, who during the Plan Year in
which he or she separated from the Service or during any Plan Year
ending on or after his or her fifty-fifth birthday, was a highly
compensated employee, as defined in Code Section 414(q)(6) and the
regulations thereunder.
(d) For purposes of this Section, "Statutory Compensation"
shall include Compensation deferral amounts and other amounts required
to be taken into account pursuant to Code Section 414(q)(4), and
"Employee" shall include leased Employees treated as Employees of the
Company pursuant to Code Section 414(n) or 414(o).
SECTION 1.32 - HOUR OF SERVICE
(a) "Hour of Service" of an Employee (including a leased
Employee pursuant to Code Sections 414(n) and (o)) shall mean the following:
(i) Each hour for which he or she is paid or entitled
to payment by the Company or a Company Affiliate for the performance of
services.
(ii) Each hour in or attributable to a period of time
during which he or she performs no duties (irrespective of whether he
or she has had a Separation from the Service) due to a vacation,
holiday, illness, incapacity (including disability), layoff, jury duty,
military duty or a leave of absence for which he or she is so paid or
so entitled to payment by the Company or a Company Affiliate, whether
direct or indirect; provided, however, that
A no more than five hundred and one Hours of
Service shall be credited under this paragraph to an Employee
on account of any such period; and
B no such hours shall be credited to an
Employee if attributable to payments made or due under a plan
maintained solely for the purpose of complying with applicable
workers' compensation, unemployment compensation or disability
insurance laws or to a payment which solely reimburses the
Employee for medical or medically related expenses incurred by
him.
(iii) Each hour for which he or she is entitled to
back pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages, whether awarded or
agreed to by the Company or a Company Affiliate.
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(b) Hours of Service under subsections (a)(ii) and (a)(iii)
shall be calculated in accordance with 29 C.F.R. ss.2530.200b-2(b). Each Hour of
Service shall be attributed to the Plan Year or initial eligibility year in
which it occurs except to the extent that the Company, in accordance with 29
C.F.R. ss. 2530.200b-2(c), credits such Hour to another computation period under
a reasonable method consistently applied.
(c) Hours of Service of a Merged Participant shall include
those hours that the Merged Participant had accrued under his or her Merged Plan
prior to the applicable Merger Date.
SECTION 1.33 - INACTIVE PARTICIPANT
"Inactive Participant" shall mean an individual who is on
inactive status, as described in Section 2.4.
SECTION 1.34 - INVESTMENT FUND
"Investment Fund" shall mean one of the investment funds of
the Trust Fund which is authorized by the Administrator at the time of
reference.
SECTION 1.35 - LEVELING METHOD
"Leveling Method" shall mean the following method of allocating
the dollar amount of the excess contributions (within the meaning of Reg.
Section 1.401(k)-1(g)(7)) under Section 3.5(a) or 3.5(b) or excess aggregate
contributions (within the meaning of Reg. Section 1.401(m)-1(f)(8)) under
Section 6.5(a). Under this method, the total of excess contributions (or
excess aggregate contributions) to be distributed is allocated among the
Highly Compensated Employees such that the allocations described in Section
1.17(a) (or 1.15(b), as applicable) of the Highly Compensated Employees with
the highest amount of such allocations is reduced such that the total of such
reductions (together with all prior reductions hereunder for the applicable
Plan Year) equals the total of such excess contributions or excess aggregate
contributions) or such that such Highly Compensated Employee's remaining such
allocations equals the allocations of the Highly Compensated Employee with the
next highest amount of such allocations. This process is repeated with respect
to the applicable Highly Compensated Employees until the total of such
reductions attributable to all such Highly Compensated Employees is equal to
the total of such excess contributions (or excess aggregate contributions).
SECTION 1.36 - MATCHING ACCOUNT
"Matching Account" of a Participant shall mean his individual
account established in accordance with Section 6.2(b).
SECTION 1.37 - MERGED ACCOUNTS; NON-VESTED MERGED ACCOUNTS;
VESTED MERGED ACCOUNTS
(a) "Merged Accounts" of a Merged Participant shall mean his
Accounts which merged into the Plan on the Merger Date and which are held for
him or her under the Plan.
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His or her Merged Accounts are dormant Accounts and consist of Non-Vested Merged
Accounts and Vested Merged Accounts as defined below.
(b) "Non-Vested Merged Accounts" of a Merged Participant shall
mean any Merged Account which was subject to a vesting schedule under the plan
prior to its merger into the Plan and continues to be subject to a vesting
schedule, as described in subsection B9.1(b) of Supplement B to the Plan.
Non-Vested Merged Accounts shall include all Merged Accounts except those
classified as Vested Merged Accounts described in subsection (c).
(c) "Vested Merged Accounts" of a Merged Participant shall
mean any Merged Account which was fully Vested under the plan prior to its
merger into the Plan and continues to be fully Vested, as described in
subsections 9.1(a) and B9.1(a). Vested Merged Accounts include the following
accounts: Rice Employer Basic Accounts, Rice Employer Profit-Sharing Accounts,
Alden Profit-Sharing Accounts, Book Services Prior Accounts, Book Services Prior
Matching Accounts, Ringier Employer Matching Contributions Accounts, Adtech
Accounts, Midwest Matching Account, Infiniti Matching Accounts, UP/Graphics
Discretionary Contributions Accounts, Sayers Matching Contributions Accounts,
Sayers Profit-Sharing Contributions Accounts, Quebecor Matching Accounts,
Quebecor Basic Contributions Accounts, Quebecor Union Matching Accounts and
Quebecor Union Basic Contributions Accounts. Compensation deferrals, after-tax
contributions, rollovers and qualified accounts established under a Merged Plan
are Vested Merged Accounts and are maintained as sub-accounts of Deferred
Compensation Accounts, Voluntary After-Tax Contributions Accounts, Rollover
Accounts and Qualified Accounts.
SECTION 1.38 - MERGED PARTICIPANT
(a) Subject to subsection (b), "Merged Participant" shall mean
any person who was a participant in a plan which merged with and into the Plan,
for whom the Company maintains one or more Merged Accounts and shall include the
Merged Participants set forth in Schedule III which is attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference. Schedule III may be modified from time to
time by the Administrator without formally amending the Plan.
(b) For purposes of Sections 9.1 and B9.1 of Supplement B to
the Plan, a Merged Participant shall also include each Eligible Employee
employed at a Covered Location who becomes a Participant subsequent to the
Merger Date and who would have been eligible to participate in the applicable
Merged Plan if the Eligible Employee satisfied the eligibility conditions which
applied under the Merged Plan but for the merger of such Merged Plan into the
Plan.
SECTION 1.39 - MERGED PLAN
"Merged Plan" shall mean a plan set forth in Schedule IV which
merged into the Plan effective as of the Merger Date as set forth in Schedule
IV. Schedule IV may be modified from time to time by the Administrator without
formally amending the Plan.
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SECTION 1.40 - MERGER DATE
"Merger Date" shall mean the applicable date set forth in
Schedule IV as of which the Merged Accounts of a Merged Participant were
transferred to the Plan from a Merged Plan.
SECTION 1.41 - MILITARY LEAVE
Any Employee who leaves the Company or a Company Affiliate
directly to perform service in the Armed Forces of the United States or in the
United States Public Health Service under conditions entitling him or her to
reemployment rights, as provided in the laws of the United States, shall, solely
for purposes of the Plan and irrespective of whether he or she is compensated by
the Company or a Company Affiliate during such period of service, be on Military
Leave. An Employee's Military Leave shall expire if such Employee voluntarily
resigns from the Company or such Company Affiliate during such period of service
or if he or she fails to make application for reemployment within the period
specified by such laws for the preservation of his or her reemployment rights.
SECTION 1.42 - NORMAL RETIREMENT
"Normal Retirement" of an Active Participant shall mean his or
her Separation from the Service upon his or her Normal Retirement Date, or after
such date (except by death) as permitted under Article XII.
SECTION 1.43 - NORMAL RETIREMENT DATE
"Normal Retirement Date" of an Active Participant shall mean
his or her attainment of age 59 1/2.
SECTION 1.44 - PARTICIPANT
"Participant" shall mean any person who has satisfied the
requirements for and has begun participating in the Plan as provided in Articles
II and AII, including any Merged Participant who meets the eligibility
requirements described in Section 2.1 and A2.1. In certain contexts such as
Article XII (and Article AXII), "Participant" may include former Participants
who have incurred a Separation from the Service. However, only Active
Participants (as defined in Section 1.3) are eligible to make or receive
contributions from the Plan as described in Articles III and VI.
SECTION 1.45 - PARTICIPATING BARGAINING UNIT
"Participating Bargaining Unit" shall mean a unit of Employees
covered by a collective bargaining agreement with the Company if retirement
benefits were the subject of good faith bargaining and such agreement provides
for participation in the Plan by Eligible Employees in such unit, as set forth
in Schedule II which is attached hereto and incorporated in the Plan by this
reference. Schedule II may be modified from time to time by the Administrator
without amending the Plan.
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SECTION 1.46 - PAYDAY
"Payday" of a Participant shall mean the regular and recurring
established day for payment of Compensation to Employees in his or her
classification or position.
SECTION 1.47 - PLAN
"Plan" shall mean the Quebecor Printing (USA) Holdings Inc.
401(k) Plan.
SECTION 1.48 - PLAN REPRESENTATIVE
"Plan Representative" shall mean any person or persons
designated by the Administrator to function in accordance with the Rules of
the Plan.
SECTION 1.49 - PLAN YEAR
"Plan Year" shall be the calendar year.
SECTION 1.50 - PROFIT-SHARING ACCOUNT
"Profit-Sharing Account" of a Participant shall mean his or
her individual account in the Trust Fund established in accordance with
Section 6.2(a).
SECTION 1.51 - QUALIFIED ACCOUNT
"Qualified Account" of a Participant shall mean his or her
individual account in the Trust Fund, if any, established in accordance with
Section 6.2(c), pursuant to Sections 3.5 and 6.5.
SECTION 1.52 - ROLLOVER ACCOUNT
"Rollover Account" of a Participant shall mean his or her
individual account in the Trust Fund established in accordance with
Section 15.12.
SECTION 1.53 - RULES OF THE PLAN
"Rules of the Plan" shall mean the rules adopted by the
Administrator pursuant to Section 15.1(a)(ii) for the administration,
interpretation or application of the Plan.
SECTION 1.54 - SEPARATION FROM THE SERVICE
(a) "Separation from the Service" of an Employee shall mean
his or her resignation from or discharge by the Company or a Company
Affiliate, or his or her death, Normal or Disability Retirement but not his
or her transfer among the Company and Company Affiliates.
(b) A leave of absence or sick leave authorized by the Company
or a Company Affiliate in accordance with established policies, a vacation
period, a temporary layoff
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for lack of work or a Military Leave shall not constitute a Separation from
the Service; provided, however, that
(i) continuation upon a temporary layoff for lack of
work for a period in excess of three months shall be considered a
discharge effective as of the commencement of the third month of such
period, and
(ii) failure to return to work upon expiration of any
leave of absence, sick leave, or vacation or within three days after
recall from a temporary layoff for lack of work, or before expiration
of a Military Leave shall be considered a resignation effective as of
the commencement of any such leave of absence, sick leave, vacation,
temporary layoff or Military Leave.
SECTION 1.55 - SERVICE
"Service" of an Employee, expressed in days, shall mean the
period of elapsed time which, or the sum of such periods each of which, is
measured from
(a) his or her first Hour of Service, or his or her first Hour
of Service following a Break in Service Year, as the case may be, to
(b) (i) the first day of his or her first or subsequent Break
in Service Year, or
(ii) the first day of the twelve month period immediately
preceding the first day of his or her first subsequent Break in
Service Year if the Break in Service Year occurs for the
reasons described in Section 1.9(b).
SECTION 1.56 - SPOUSAL CONSENT
"Spousal Consent" to an election, designation or other action
of a Participant, shall mean the written consent thereto of the Spouse,
witnessed by a Plan Representative or a notary public, which acknowledges the
effect of such election on the rights of the Spouse. If Spousal Consent is
given to a Beneficiary designation, such designation must state the specific
nonspouse Beneficiary (and optional form of benefit, if applicable) and such
designation may not be changed without further Spousal Consent unless the
prior Spousal Consent expressly permits such changes without the necessity of
further Consent. Spousal Consent shall be deemed to have been obtained if it
is established to the satisfaction of the Plan Representative that it cannot
actually be obtained because there is no Spouse, or because the Spouse could
not be located, or because of such other circumstances as the Secretary of
the Treasury by regulation may prescribe. Any Spousal Consent shall be
effective only with respect to the Spouse in question.
SECTION 1.57 - SPOUSE; SURVIVING SPOUSE
"Spouse" or "Surviving Spouse" of a Participant shall mean the
spouse to whom he or she was married on the relevant date; provided, however,
that to the extent required by a
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qualified domestic relations order issued in accordance with Code Section
414(p), a former Spouse shall be treated as a Surviving Spouse.
SECTION 1.58 - STATUTORY COMPENSATION
"Statutory Compensation" of a Participant for any Plan Year
shall mean his or her total taxable remuneration received from the Company
and all Company Affiliates in that Plan Year for services rendered as an
Employee,
(a) including any elective deferral as defined in Code Section
402(g)(3) and any amounts not includable in gross income by reason of
Code Section 125 (cafeteria plan) or Code Section 457 (deferred
compensation plan of state and local governments and tax-exempt
organizations), and
(b) excluding
(i) Company and Company Affiliate contributions to a
deferred compensation plan (to the extent includable in the
Participant's gross income solely by reason of Code Section 415)
or to a simplified employee pension plan (to the extent
deductible by the Participant) and any distribution from a
deferred compensation plan (other than an unfunded, non-
qualified plan),
(ii) amounts realized from the exercise of a non-qualified
stock option or taxable by reason of restricted property
becoming freely tradable or free of a substantial risk of
forfeiture, as described in Code Section 83,
(iii) amounts realized from the sale, exchange or other
disposition of stock acquired under a qualified stock option
and
(iv) other amounts which receive special tax benefits such
as Company or Company Affiliate contributions toward the
purchase of an annuity contract described in Code Section
403(b) (whether or not excludable from the Participant's
gross income).
SECTION 1.59 - SUPPLEMENT
"Supplement" or "Supplements" shall mean, as the context
indicates, any one or more of the Supplements to the Plan which are attached
hereto and are incorporated in the Plan by this reference which modify and
supplement the Plan in order to document protected benefit options for
certain Merged Participants. Additional Supplements may be added to the Plan
from time to time by the Administrator.
SECTION 1.60 - TRANSFER ACCOUNT
"Transfer Account" of a Participant shall mean his or her
individual account in the Trust Fund established in accordance with Section
15.12(e) or Section A15.12 of Supplement A to the Plan.
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SECTION 1.61 - TRUST
"Trust" shall mean the trust established pursuant to the Trust
Agreement.
SECTION 1.62 - TRUST AGREEMENT
"Trust Agreement" shall mean that certain Quebecor Printing
(USA) Holdings Inc. 401(k) Plan Trust, providing for the investment and
administration of the Trust Fund. By this reference, the Trust Agreement is
incorporated herein.
SECTION 1.63 - TRUST FUND
"Trust Fund" shall mean the fund established under the Trust
Agreement by contributions made by the Company, Participants, pursuant to the
Plan and from which any distributions under the Plan are to be made. It shall
be composed of separate Investment Funds as permitted under the Rules of the
Plan.
SECTION 1.64 - TRUSTEE
"Trustee" shall mean the Trustee under the Trust Agreement.
SECTION 1.65 - VALUATION DATE
"Valuation Date" shall mean the end of each business day on
which the New York Stock Exchange is open for business.
SECTION 1.66 - VESTED
"Vested," when used with reference to a Participant's
Accounts, shall mean non-forfeitable.
SECTION 1.67 - VOLUNTARY AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS ACCOUNT
"Voluntary After-Tax Contributions Account" of a Participant
shall mean his or her dormant individual account in the Trust Fund, if any,
established in accordance with Section 4.1, and, to the extent the
Administrator has adequate records, such account shall consist of two
sub-accounts, the "Pre-1987 Voluntary After-Tax Contributions Sub-Account"
(which consists of allocations to his voluntary after-tax contributions
account established under a Merged Plan and made prior to January 1, 1987
together with earnings thereon) and the "Post-1986 Voluntary After-Tax
Contributions Sub-Account" (which consists of allocations to his voluntary
after-tax contributions account established under a Merged Plan and made
after December 31, 1986 together with earnings thereon). Voluntary After-Tax
Contributions Accounts are classified as Vested Merged Accounts.
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SECTION 1.68 - YEARS OF VESTING SERVICE
(a) "Years of Vesting Service" of an Employee, measured in
years and determined as of the point in time in question, shall mean 1/365th
of his or her days of Service (ignoring any fraction in the result),
excluding any days of Service before five (or more) consecutive Break in
Service Years provided that, at the time of the Employee's Separation from
the Service, he or she had no Vested interest in any Account under the Plan.
(b) An Employee who was a former participant in a plan which
merged with the Plan under which his years of vesting service under such plan
was calculated pursuant to the hours method of crediting service and who
becomes a Participant in the Plan on or after the appropriate Merger Date
shall receive credit for his or her years of vesting service under such plan
and the Plan for purposes of this Section 1.68 as described in subsection (c)
unless his years of vesting service under such plan may be excluded by reason
of the break in service rules described in Treas. Reg. Section 1.411(a)-6.
(c) An Employee described in subsection (b) shall receive
credit for Years of Vesting Service consisting of
(i) A the number of years of vesting service credited
to the Employee under the plan which merged with the Plan before the
computation period during which the merger occurs and
B the greater of
1 the Years of Vesting Service that
would be credited to the Employee under the elapsed time
method for his Years of Vesting Service during the entire
computation period in which the merger occurs, or
2 the years of vesting service being taken
into account under the hours method of crediting service
as of the date of the merger, and
(ii) the Years of Vesting Service subsequent to the merger
commencing on the day after the last day of the computation period in
which the merger occurs.
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ARTICLE II.
ELIGIBILITY
SECTION 2.1 - REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION
(a) CURRENT PARTICIPANTS. Participants on January 1, 2001
shall continue to participate in the Plan.
(b) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT MEMBERS OF A PARTICIPATING
BARGAINING UNIT. Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) and Supplement
A, each other Eligible Employee shall become a Participant as soon as
administratively feasible after attaining his or her eighteenth birthday and
completion of the following:
(i) if classified by the Company as a permanent full-time
Employee, on his or her first Hour of Service, or
(ii) if not classified as a permanent full-time Employee,
then after completing a computation period consisting of
A the twelve consecutive month period beginning on
the date of his or her first Hour of Service in which he or she
had at least one thousand Hours of Service, or
B a Plan Year beginning on or after the date of
his or her first Hour of Service in which he or she had at
least one thousand Hours of Service.
(c) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF A PARTICIPATING
BARGAINING UNIT. Except as provided in Supplement A, to be eligible to
participate in the Plan, an Eligible Employee who is a member of a
Participating Bargaining Unit identified in Schedule II must have completed
the minimum service requirement provided for in the collective bargaining
agreement applicable to the Eligible Employee in question. In no event shall
the minimum service requirement imposed by a collective bargaining agreement
exceed the minimum service requirement of Code Section 410(a). An Eligible
Employee shall be eligible to become a Participant on the entry date on which
he or she satisfies the eligibility requirements set forth in the collective
bargaining agreement in question.
(d) Any Participant whose participation terminates shall
again become a Participant effective as soon as administratively feasible
following his or her first subsequent Hour of Service as an Eligible Employee
or, if the Eligible Employee is a member of a Participating Bargaining Unit,
on the entry date set forth in the collective bargaining agreement applicable
to the Eligible Employee in question.
(e) A former Employee who was not an Eligible Employee on the
date on which he or she first met all other eligibility requirements shall
become a Participant effective as soon as administratively feasible following
his or her first subsequent Hour of Service as an
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Eligible Employee, or if such former Employee is a member of a Participating
Bargaining Unit, on the entry date set forth in the collective bargaining
agreement applicable to the Eligible Employee in question.
SECTION 2.2 - NOTICE OF PARTICIPATION
On or before the date on which an Employee becomes an Eligible
Employee under the Plan who has satisfied the requirements set forth in
subsection 2.1(b) (or subsection A2.1(c)), the Administrator shall give him
or her notice thereof.
SECTION 2.3 - ENROLLMENT
The Participant shall enroll in the Plan as described in the
Rules of the Plan. The Participant shall communicate to the Administrator or
its designated agent his or her selection of the amount of his or her
deferral, if any, within the limits of Section 3.1 and his or her
authorization to withhold such amounts from his Compensation and for the
Company to pay the same to the Trust Fund in accordance with Sections 4.1 and
5.1.
SECTION 2.4 - INACTIVE STATUS
(a) An Active Participant who transferred directly to a
position or classification which is not an Eligible Employee, or out of a
Covered Location or out of employment with a Company or a Participating
Bargaining Unit, shall thereupon cease to be an Active Participant and shall
become an Inactive Participant.
(b) All provisions of the Plan shall otherwise continue to
apply to an Inactive Participant, except that he or she shall not defer
Compensation under Article III or share in allocations under Article VI and
Section 17.4 while he or she is an Inactive Participant.
(c) If an Inactive Participant is retransferred to a position
or classification with the Company as an Eligible Employee, he or she shall
thereupon again be an Active Participant, may again defer Compensation under
Article III and he or she shall share in allocations under Article VI and
Section 17.4.
ARTICLE III.
PARTICIPANTS' DEFERRALS
SECTION 3.1 - DEFERRAL OF COMPENSATION
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), each
Active Participant may elect, in accordance with the Rules of the Plan, to
defer for any Plan Year, the lesser of
(i) any whole number percentage, which is not less than
1% nor more than 15% (or such other percentage as is established by the
Administrator), of his or her Compensation for each Payday after his or
her election hereunder in such Plan Year, and
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(ii) such amount as will not cause the total of such
deferrals for any calendar year to exceed the excess of $7,000
(adjusted for increases in the cost of living for such calendar year as
described in Code Section 402(g)(5)) over any amounts described in Code
Section 402(g)(3) for such calendar year and not deferred hereunder.
(b) An Active Participant who is a member of a Participating
Bargaining Unit may elect to defer his or her Compensation as permitted under
the collective bargaining agreement applicable to such Active Participant in
accordance with the limits set forth in Code Section 402(g).
SECTION 3.2 - SUSPENSION OF DEFERRAL
An Active Participant may, upon such prior notice to the
Administrator or its designated agent as is required under the Rules of the
Plan, elect to suspend deferral of his or her Compensation effective as soon
as administratively feasible following such notice.
SECTION 3.3 - COMMENCEMENT, RESUMPTION OR CHANGE OF DEFERRED COMPENSATION
As permitted under the Rules of the Plan,
(a) an Active Participant in the Plan who previously
declined to defer a percentage of his or her Compensation may, upon
such prior notice to the Administrator or its designated agent as is
required under the Rules of the Plan, elect to commence deferral of his
or her Compensation under Section 3.1 within the limits thereof;
(b) after he or she has suspended deferral of his or
her Compensation under Section 3.2, an Active Participant may, upon
notice to the Administrator or its designated agent as required under
the Rules of the Plan, elect to resume deferral of his or her
Compensation under Section 3.1 within the limits thereof; and
(c) an Active Participant may, upon prior notice to
the Administrator or its designated agent as required under the Rules
of the Plan, elect to change his or her rate of deferral of his or her
Compensation within the limits of Section 3.1.
SECTION 3.4 - DEPOSIT IN TRUST
An Active Participant's deferrals shall be transmitted to the
Trustee in accordance with subsections 5.1(a) and 5.3(a) and shall be
invested by the Trustee in accordance with Article VII.
SECTION 3.5 - DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE FAIL-SAFE PROVISIONS
(a) For each Plan Year, the Deferral Percentage with respect
to Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees, shall be
(i) not more than 125 percent of, or
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(ii) not more than two percentage points higher than,
and not more than twice, the Deferral Percentage for such Plan Year
with respect to Participants who are not Highly Compensated Employees
for the preceding Plan Year (using the definition of such term that was
in effect during such preceding Plan Year), or such other amount as may
be required by Treasury Regulations under Code Section 401(m)(9).
The Administrator may elect to apply the Deferral Percentage for the group of
Participants who are not Highly Compensated Employees based on the current
Plan Year rather than the preceding Plan Year, except if such election is
made, it may not be changed except as provided by the Secretary of the
Treasury. To the extent necessary to achieve such result (and notwithstanding
Sections 5.1(a), 6.3 and 6.4) as of the end of each Plan Year, the
Administrator shall take or cause to be taken one or more of the actions
listed in subsection (d).
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the limitations set
forth in subsection (a)(ii) and Section 6.5(a)(ii) shall not both be utilized
for any Plan Year.
(c) The limitation of subsection (b) shall not apply
(i) if after the application of subsection (d)(ii),
(iii), (iv) and (v) and Section 6.5(b)(ii) and (vi) (but only to the
extent necessary to meet the requirements of Section 3.5(a)(ii) or
Section 6.5(a)(ii), as applicable) and before the application of
paragraph (ii), the sum of the Deferral Percentage and the Contribution
Percentage of Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees does
not exceed the sum of the Deferral Percentage and the Contribution
Percentage of Participants who are not Highly Compensated Employees for
the Plan Year in question by more than two percentage points, or
(ii) if the limitation of paragraph (i) is exceeded,
and the sum of the Deferral Percentage and the Contribution Percentage
of Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees for such Plan Year
does not exceed the greater of:
A the sum of:
1 125 percent of the greater of the Deferral
Percentage, or the Contribution Percentage, of
Participants who are not Highly Compensated Employees
for the Plan Year in question, and
2 that percentage which is not more than two
percentage points higher than, and not more than twice the
lesser of the Deferral Percentage, or the Contribution
Percentage, of such group of Participants for such Plan
Year, or
B the sum of
1 125 percent of the lesser of the Deferral
Percentage, or the Contribution Percentage, of the
Participants who are not Highly Compensated Employees for
the Plan Year in question, and
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2 that percentage which is not more than two
percentage points higher than, and not more than twice the
greater of the Deferral Percentage, or the Contribution
Percentage, of such group of Participants for such Plan
Year.
(d) In order to achieve the result described in subsection
(a), the following actions shall be taken, as provided under Code Section
401(k), the regulations thereunder and the Rules of the Plan, in the order
selected by the Administrator and to the extent necessary:
(i) The Administrator shall make the election provided
in Section 1.14(b).
(ii) Amounts otherwise to be credited under Section
6.3(b) to Matching Accounts for such Plan Year shall be credited
instead to Qualified Accounts of the Participants in question.
(iii) To the extent permitted by Code Section
401(a)(4), amounts otherwise to be credited under Sections 6.3(c) and
6.4 to Profit-Sharing Accounts for such Plan Year shall be credited
instead to Qualified Accounts of the Participants in question.
(iv) To the extent permitted by Code Section 401(a)(4) and
Treas. Reg. ss. 1.401(k)-1(b)(5) (which are incorporated herein by
this reference), the Company may make an additional contribution to
the Qualified Accounts of select Participants.
(v) Prior to the end of the following Plan Year, the
amount of excess contributions within the meaning of Reg. Section
1.401(k)-1(g)(7) (and any income thereon earned to the earlier of the
date of distribution or the last day of the Plan Year in which such
contribution was made computed in a consistent and reasonable manner in
accordance with Section 8.2 and Code Section 401(a)(4)) for
Participants who were Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year
shall be allocated according to the Leveling Method and distributed to
the Highly Compensated Employees in question. Such distribution shall
not be subject to any Spousal Consent requirements or treated as a
distribution or withdrawal subject to Article X or XII.
(e) The amount of any distributions under subsection (d)(v)
shall be determined after the maximum deferrals under Section 3.1(a)(ii) and
the distribution of such deferrals pursuant to Section 3.6.
SECTION 3.6 - RETURN OF EXCESS DEFERRED COMPENSATION.
If an Active Participant makes deferrals to this Plan and any
other cash or deferred arrangement for a calendar year which exceed the limit
under Code Section 402(g) for such year, the Participant shall notify the
Administrator of the amount of such excess deferrals made under this Plan by
the March 1 of the next calendar year. The amount of such excess deferrals
(and any income thereon earned to the earlier of the date of distribution or
the last day of the Plan Year in which such contribution was made computed in
a consistent and reasonable
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manner in accordance with Section 8.2 and Code Section 401(a)(4)) shall be
distributed to the Participant by the April 15 of the next calendar year. If
an Active Participant has made excess deferrals to this Plan the Participant
shall be deemed to have given the notice referred to above and the excess
contributions (and any income thereon) shall be distributed to the
Participant by such April 15. Any distribution under this Section 3.6 shall
not be subject to any Spousal Consent, nor shall it be treated as a
distribution or withdrawal subject to the provisions of Article X or XII.
ARTICLE IV.
DORMANT VOLUNTARY AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS ACCOUNTS
SECTION 4.1 - DORMANT VOLUNTARY AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS ACCOUNT
The Administrator shall maintain a dormant Voluntary After-Tax
Contributions Account for each Participant who made voluntary after-tax
contributions under a Merged Plan prior to the Merger Date in question and
who is no longer permitted to make such contributions to the Plan. To this
Account shall be credited his or her contributions, debited his or her
withdrawals under Section 10.3 and debited or credited investment gains and
losses and Annual Addition adjustments. No further voluntary after-tax
contributions may be made to the Plan.
ARTICLE V.
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE COMPANY
SECTION 5.1 - DETERMINATION OF ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION
(a) Subject to Section 17.4, for each Payday, the Company
shall contribute to the Deferred Compensation Account of each Active
Participant the amount of his or her Deferred Compensation elected under
Section 3.1 or 3.3.
(b) It is the intention of the Company to make recurring and
substantial contributions to the Plan for allocation among Active
Participants' Profit-Sharing Accounts and Matching Accounts. However, the
Company in its sole and absolute discretion reserves the right to fix the
amount, if any, of its contribution.
SECTION 5.2 - MAXIMUM ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION
Except for contributions described in Section 15.15, the
Company's contribution for any Plan Year shall not exceed the maximum amount
deductible by the Company for any taxable year ending with or within such
Plan Year under Code Section 404(a)(3)(A).
SECTION 5.3 - CONTRIBUTION DATE
(a) The Company's contributions shall be transmitted to the
Trustee and held in the Trust Fund
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(i) with respect to contributions made under Section
5.1(a), as of the earliest date on which such contributions can
reasonably be segregated from the general assets of the Company but not
later than the 15th business day of the month following the month in
which the deferral is withheld under Section 3.1,
(ii) with respect to contributions made under Section
5.1(b), on or before the date upon which the Company's federal income
tax return is due (including extensions thereof) for its taxable year
coinciding with the Plan Year in question.
(b) If the Company makes a contribution after the end of the
Plan Year for which the contribution is made
(i) the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing that
the contribution is made for such Plan Year,
(ii) the Company shall claim such payment as a
deduction on its federal income tax return for its taxable year
coinciding with such Plan Year, and
(iii) the Administrator and the Trustee shall treat
the payment as a contribution by the Company to the Trust actually made
on the last day of such taxable year.
ARTICLE VI.
PARTICIPATION IN COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS AND FORFEITURES
SECTION 6.1 - DEFERRED COMPENSATION ACCOUNT
The Administrator shall maintain for each Participant a
Deferred Compensation Account to which shall be credited his or her Deferred
Compensation, debited amounts withdrawn under Article X (and under such
Article contained in any Supplement) and Section 11.3 and to which shall be
debited or credited the amounts determined under Section 8.2 and 17.4.
SECTION 6.2 - PROFIT-SHARING ACCOUNT; MATCHING ACCOUNT; QUALIFIED ACCOUNT
(a) The Administrator shall maintain a Profit-Sharing Account
for each applicable Participant to which shall be credited the amounts
allocated thereto under Sections 6.3(c), A6.3(c) and 6.4 and to which shall
be debited or credited amounts determined under Sections 8.2 and 17.4.
(b) The Administrator shall maintain a Matching Account for
each applicable Participant to which shall be credited with amounts allocated
thereto under Section 6.3(b) and to which shall be debited or credited
amounts determined under Sections 8.2 and 17.4.
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(c) The Administrator shall maintain a Qualified Account for
each Participant to which shall be credited the amounts allocated thereto
under Section 3.5 and 6.5 and to which shall be debited or credited amounts
determined under Sections 8.2 and 17.4.
SECTION 6.3 - ALLOCATION OF COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS
(a) Except as provided in Section 17.4, Company contributions
under Section 5.1(a) shall be allocated as provided therein.
(b) (i) Except as provided in Sections 17.4 and 6.5(b) and
paragraph (ii), Active Participants who had Deferred Compensation for
the period in question shall receive a contribution to their Matching
Accounts equal to 50% of their Deferred Compensation for such period
up to a maximum contribution for each Plan Year equal to $1,500;
provided, however, that the Administrator may, in its discretion,
change the rate of Company contributions to Matching Accounts
(including a determination not to make such contributions), upon
notification to Participants prior to the beginning of the Plan Year
for which such changes apply.
(ii) For each Plan Year, Active Participants who
Deferred Compensation for the period in question and are members of a
Participating Bargaining Unit who do not receive a matching
contribution under paragraph (i) shall receive a contribution to their
Matching Accounts equal to the amount, if any, set forth in the
collective bargaining agreement which applies to the Active Participant
in question.
(iii) For each period in question, the Company shall
notify the Trustee in writing as to the amount of Company contributions
to be allocated to the Matching Accounts of each appropriate group of
Active Participants, as set forth in paragraphs (i) and (ii).
(c) (i) Except as provided in Sections 17.4, 6.5(b) and
paragraph (ii), Active Participants at the end of the Plan Year in
question who are eligible shall share in any Company profit-sharing
contributions made pursuant to Section 5.1(b) by the Company in an
amount, if any, for his or her Profit-Sharing Account to be allocated
in proportion to that part of his or her Compensation for such Plan
Year received while an Active Participant or under another uniform
allocation formula described in Reg. Section 1.401(a)(4)-2(b);
provided, however, that the Administrator may, in its discretion,
change the rate of Company contributions to Profit-Sharing Accounts
(including a determination not to make such contributions), upon
notification to the applicable Participants prior to the beginning of
the Plan Year (or such other period) for which such changes apply.
(ii) Active Participants who are members of a
Participating Bargaining Unit shall share in any Company contributions
made pursuant to Section 5.1(b) by the Company in an amount, if any,
for his or her Profit-Sharing Account as provided in the collective
bargaining agreement which applies to the Participant in question or
Supplement A (which applies only to Atglen Covered Department
Employees).
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(iii) If contributions are to be allocated to
specific groups of Active Participants under the Plan, for each Plan
Year, the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing as to the amount
of contributions to be allocated to the Profit-Sharing Accounts of each
appropriate group of Active Participants.
SECTION 6.4 - ALLOCATION OF FORFEITURES
Amounts forfeited in any Plan Year under Sections 12.4,
13.1(d)(v) and 15.8(b) from a Participant's Accounts to the extent not used
to pay administrative expenses of the Plan as described in subsection
15.2(c), shall be applied under Section 5.1(b) to reduce the Company's
contribution for such Plan Year to Matching Accounts and/or Profit-Sharing
Accounts and shall be allocated under subsections 6.3(b) and/or 6.3(c) as if
part of such contribution for such Plan Year.
SECTION 6.5 - CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE FAIL-SAFE PROVISIONS
(a) For each Plan Year, the Contribution Percentage with
respect to Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees, shall be
(i) not more than 125 percent of, or
(ii) not more than two percentage points higher than,
and not more than twice, the Contribution Percentage for such Plan Year
with respect to Participants who are not Highly Compensated Employees
for the preceding Plan Year (using the definition of such term that was
in effect during such preceding Plan Year), or such other amount as may
be required by Treasury Regulations under Code Section 401(m)(9).
The Administrator may elect to apply the Contribution Percentage for the
group of Participants who are not Highly Compensated Employees based on the
current Plan Year rather than the preceding Plan Year, except if such
election is made, it may not be changed except as provided by the Secretary
of the Treasury.
(b) In order to achieve the result described in subsections
(a) and (c) (and notwithstanding Sections 5.1(b), 6.3(b), 6.3(c), A6.3(c) and
6.4), as of the end of each Plan Year, the Administrator shall take or cause
to be taken any of the following actions, in the order selected by the
Administrator, (but after application of Section 3.5) and to the extent
necessary:
(i) The Administrator shall make the election provided
in Section 1.14(b).
(ii) Allocations to Deferred Compensation Accounts
shall be taken into account for purposes of calculating the
Contribution Percentage.
(iii) To the extent permitted by Code Section
401(a)(4), amounts otherwise to be credited under Sections 6.3(c),
A6.3(c) and 6.4 to Profit-Sharing Accounts for such Plan Year shall be
credited instead to Qualified Accounts of the Participants in question.
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(iv) Amounts credited in accordance with Section 6.3(b)
to Matching Accounts for such Plan Year shall instead be
allocated in disproportionately higher amounts to Participants who are
not Highly Compensated Employees and in disproportionately lower
amounts to Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees using the
same aggregate dollar amounts that would otherwise have been allocated
pursuant to Section 6.3(b).
(v) To the extent permitted by Code Section 401(a)(4)
and Treas. Reg. ss. 1.401(m)-1(b)(5) (which are incorporated herein by
this reference), the Company may make an additional contribution to the
Qualified Accounts of select Participants.
(vi) Prior to the end of the following Plan Year, the
amount of excess aggregate contributions within the meaning of Reg.
Section 1.401(m)-1(f)(8) (and any income thereon earned to the earlier
of the date of distribution or forfeiture or the last day of the Plan
Year in which such contribution was made computed in a consistent and
reasonable manner in accordance with Section 8.2 and Code Section
401(a)(4)) for Participants who were Highly Compensated Employees for
the Plan Year shall be allocated according to the Leveling Method. To
the extent Vested (and, with respect to matching contributions, in
conformity with Treas. Reg. Section 1.401(m)-1(e)(4)), this amount
shall then be distributed to the Highly Compensated Employees in
question and, to the extent not Vested, shall be forfeited and
reapplied under Section 6.4. Amounts distributed under the foregoing
shall not be subject to any Spousal Consent requirements or treated as
a distribution under Article X, XII, AX or AXII.
(c) If the limitation set forth in Section 3.5(a)(ii) is
utilized for any Plan Year, the limitation of subsection (a)(ii) shall not
also be used for such Plan Year, and vice versa, except as provided in
Section 3.5(c).
SECTION 6.6 - REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS AFTER QUALIFIED MILITARY SERVICE
(a) Solely for purposes of this Section 6.6, the following
definitions shall apply:
(i) "Qualified Military Service" shall mean any
service in the uniformed services (as defined in chapter 43 of title
38, United States Code) by any individual if such individual is
entitled to reemployment rights under such chapter with respect to such
service.
(ii) "Compensation" shall mean
A Compensation the Employee would have received
during his or her period of Qualified Military Service if the
Employee were not in Qualified Military Service, determined
based on the rate of pay the Employee would have received from
the Company but for absence during his or her period of
Qualified Military Service, or
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B if the Compensation the Employee would have
received during his or her period of Qualified Military Service
was not reasonably certain, the Employee's average Compensation
from the Company during the 12-month period immediately
preceding the Qualified Military Service (or, if less, the
period of employment immediately preceding the Qualified
Military Service).
(b) A Participant who leaves the Company as a result of
Qualified Military Service and returns to employment with the Company may
elect during the period described in subsection (c) to make additional
Deferred Compensation under the Plan in the amount determined under
subsection (d) or such lesser amount, as elected by the Participant.
(c) The period determined under this subsection shall be the
period which begins on the date of the Employee's reemployment with the
Company after his or her Qualified Military Service that extends until the
lesser of
(i) the product of 3 and the period of Qualified Military
Service, and
(ii) 5 years.
(d) The amount described in this subsection is the maximum
amount of Deferred Compensation that the Participant would have been
permitted to make in accordance with the limitations described in subsection
(f)(i) during the Participant's period of Qualified Military Service if the
Participant had continued to be employed by the Company during such period
and received Compensation. Proper adjustment shall be made for any
contributions actually made during the Participant's period of Qualified
Military Service.
(e) If the Participant elects to make Deferred Compensation
under subsection (b), the Company shall make such a matching contribution to
his or her Matching Account with respect to such deferrals as would have been
required under the Plan had such deferrals actually been made during the
period of such Qualified Military Service.
(f) If any deferral is made by a Participant or the Company
pursuant to this Section,
(i) such deferral or contribution shall not be
subject to any otherwise applicable limitation contained in Code
Section 402(g), 404(a) or 415 and shall not be taken into account in
applying such limitations to other deferrals or benefits under the Plan
or any other plan, with respect to the Plan Year in which the deferral
is made,
(ii) such deferral shall be subject to the limitations
described in paragraph (i) with respect to the Plan Year to which the
deferral or contribution relates in accordance with the rules
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury,
(iii) the Plan shall not be treated as failing to
meet the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(4), 401(k)(3), 401(k)(11),
401(k)(12), 401(m), 410(b) or 416 by reason of the making of (or the
right to make) such deferral.
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(g) The Company shall not credit earnings on any deferral made
under this Section before such deferral is actually made.
(h) A Participant reemployed under subsection (b) shall be
treated as not incurring a Break in Service Year by reason of his or her
period of Qualified Military Service. For purposes of calculating the
Participant's Years of Vesting Service, the Participant shall be credited
with an Hour of Service for each hour which would have been credited to him
or her but for his or her Qualified Military Service.
ARTICLE VII.
INVESTMENT OF ACCOUNTS
SECTION 7.1 - INVESTMENT OPTIONS
(a) As permitted under the Rules of the Plan and upon such
prior communication to the Administrator or its designated agent as is required
under the Rules of the Plan, a Participant may elect
(i) effective upon becoming a Participant and as of
the dates set forth in the Rules of the Plan, to have contributions for
such Plan Year to his or her Accounts held and invested entirely in any
one or more Investment Funds in such proportions as are permitted under
the Rules of the Plan, or to change any prior such election, and/or
(ii) effective only as of the dates set forth in the
Rules of the Plan, to have his or her Accounts as then stated, held and
invested under any investment option or options available under
paragraph (i) (which option shall be the same option elected for
current contributions to his or her Accounts under paragraph (i)) or to
change any prior such election.
(b) As permitted under the Rules of the Plan and upon such
prior communication to the Administrator or its designated agent as is required
under the Rules of the Plan, a Beneficiary may elect to have his or her Accounts
held and invested under any investment option or options available under
subsection (a) or to change any such prior such election.
(c) Any such election under subsection (a)(i) or subsection
(b) shall remain in effect until revoked or modified by the Participant or
Beneficiary, as applicable. In case Accounts are invested in more than one
Investment Fund, changes in proportions due to investment results shall not
require any transfer of values between Investment Funds unless the Participant
or Beneficiary so elects under subsection (a)(ii) or subsection (b), as
applicable.
(d) Purchases and sales of assets in the Investment Funds as
required under this Section shall be made within a reasonable time after the
election made in subsection (a) or subsection (b) Accounts shall be adjusted to
reflect amounts actually realized or paid in such transactions.
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(e) The Plan is a plan which is described in ERISA Section
404(c) under which each Participant or Beneficiary shall exercise control over
the assets in his or her Accounts and shall be provided the opportunity to
choose, from a broad range of investments, the manner in which the assets in his
or her Accounts are invested. The Participant or Beneficiary shall not be deemed
to be a fiduciary by reason of his or her exercise of control and no person who
is otherwise a fiduciary shall be liable for any loss or by reason of any breach
which results from such exercise of control, whether by the Participant's or
Beneficiary's affirmative direction or failure to direct an investment. In
addition, no account shall bear any loss or have any responsibility or liability
for any investment directed by any other Participant or Beneficiary with respect
to his or her Accounts.
SECTION 7.2 - DESCRIPTION OF INVESTMENT FUNDS
In accordance with the Rules of the Plan, a Participant or
Beneficiary shall receive from the Administrator or its designated agent a
description of the Investment Funds and the investment objectives thereof.
SECTION 7.3 - EFFECT OF NON-ELECTION
If a Participant or Beneficiary fails or declines to make an
election under Section 7.1, the Participant's or Beneficiary's Accounts shall be
held in one or more Investment Funds as directed by the Administrator.
ARTICLE VIII.
VALUATION OF THE TRUST FUND AND ACCOUNTS
SECTION 8.1 - DETERMINATION OF VALUES
As of each Valuation Date, the Administrator shall determine
the fair market value of each asset in each Investment Fund in compliance with
the principles of Section 3(26) of ERISA and regulations issued pursuant
thereto, based upon information reasonably available to it including data from,
but not limited to, newspapers and financial publications of general
circulation, statistical and valuation services, records of securities
exchanges, appraisals by qualified persons, transactions and bona fide offers in
assets of the type in question and other information customarily used in the
valuation of property for purposes of the Code. The value of any real property
held in the Trust Fund determined as of the end of any Plan Year shall be
considered to remain unchanged until the end of the following Plan Year. With
respect to securities for which there is a generally recognized market, the
published selling prices on or nearest to such valuation date shall establish
the fair market value of such security. Fair market value so determined shall be
conclusive for all purposes of the Plan and Trust.
SECTION 8.2 - ALLOCATION OF VALUES
As of each Valuation Date, the Administrator shall allocate
the gains or losses of each Investment Fund since the last preceding Valuation
Date to Participant's Accounts in the same proportion that the value of the
Participant's Accounts invested in the Investment Fund in
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question bears to the total value of all Participants' Accounts invested in
the Investment Fund. Such determinations shall be made without taking into
account voluntary after-tax contributions, deferrals of Compensation or
Company contributions attributable to the last Valuation Date or allocations
of forfeitures for the Plan Year under Article V; provided, however, that
gains and losses shall not be allocated with respect to amounts being held in
suspense under Section 17.4(b).
SECTION 8.3 - APPLICABILITY OF ACCOUNT VALUES
The value of an Account, as determined as of a given date
under this Article, plus any amounts subsequently credited thereto under
Sections 3.5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 8.2, 13.1(d)(v), 15.8 and 17.4 and less
any amounts withdrawn or distributed under Sections 3.5, 6.5, Article X and
Section 11.3 or transferred to suspense under Section 17.4(b), shall remain the
value thereof for all purposes of the Plan and Trust until revalued hereunder.
ARTICLE IX.
VESTING OF INTERESTS
SECTION 9.1 - VESTING OF ACCOUNTS
(a) Each Participant's interest in his or her Voluntary
After-Tax Contributions Account, Rollover Account, Qualified Account, Deferred
Compensation Account, and Vested Merged Accounts, if any, shall be Vested at all
times, as well as any other Accounts so described in Supplement B.
(b) (i) Except as provided in subsection (a), Section 9.2 and
Supplement B, the Vested portion of the Profit-Sharing Account, Matching Account
and Non-Vested Merged Accounts, if any, of a Participant who is hired by the
Company on or after January 1, 2001 shall be the percentage of such Accounts
shown on the following table:
YEARS OF VESTING SERVICE VESTED PERCENTAGE
less than 3 0%
3 (or more) 100%
SECTION 9.2 - ADDITIONAL VESTING OF ACCOUNTS
Except as provided in Supplement B, the interest of a
Participant in his or her Profit-Sharing Account, Matching Account and
Non-Vested Merged Accounts, if any, shall become fully Vested upon the earliest
to occur of
(a) his or her death,
(b) his or her Normal Retirement Date,
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(c) his or her Disability Retirement Date, or
(d) the termination or discontinuation of the
Plan under Section 16.1 if he or she is then
an affected Employee or employed by a
Company Affiliate.
ARTICLE X.
WITHDRAWALS AND LOANS
SECTION 10.1 - WITHDRAWAL FROM DEFERRED COMPENSATION ACCOUNT OTHER THAN FOR
HARDSHIP
An Active Participant may take a lump sum cash withdrawal from
his or her Deferred Compensation Account (or, with respect to a distribution
described in subsection (b), a lump sum withdrawal in Company Stock from the
portion of his or her Deferred Compensation Account invested in the Company
Stock Fund, as described in Section 10.3(a)) in the event of
(a) the circumstances specified in Code Section
401(k)(10), in the amount of principal and interest allowed
thereunder, and
(b) his or her attainment of age fifty-nine and
one-half, as provided in Section 10.3(a).
SECTION 10.2 - HARDSHIP WITHDRAWAL FROM DEFERRED COMPENSATION ACCOUNT
Subject to Section 10.4(b), an Active Participant may make a
cash withdrawal of the principal amount of the contribution credited to his or
her Deferred Compensation Account (but not any earnings) on account of Hardship,
subject to any requirements set forth in the Supplements and the following:
(a) A Participant's aggregate Hardship withdrawals shall not
exceed the lesser of
(i) the amount which is necessary to satisfy
the Hardship (including certain amounts necessary to pay
federal, state or local income taxes or penalties reasonably
anticipated to result from the distribution as set forth in
the Rules of the Plan), or
(ii) the amount which cannot be satisfied
from other resources which are reasonably available to the
Participant.
(b) The Participant shall obtain all distributions
(other than Hardship distributions), and all nontaxable loans currently
available under all plans maintained by the Company or any Company Affiliate;
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(c) The Participant shall not be permitted to make further
Deferral Compensation or voluntary contributions under the Plan (or other
plan (whether or not qualified) maintained by the Company or any Company
Affiliate) for twelve months thereafter; and
(d) The sum of the Participant's Deferred Compensation under
this Plan (and other plans maintained by the Company or any Company
Affiliate) for the Plan Year in which the Hardship distribution is received
and in the next Plan Year shall not exceed the limit for such year under Code
Section 402(g)(5).
(e) Any other conditions prescribed by the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue through the publication of revenue rulings, notices, and/or
other documents of general applicability, as an alternate method under which a
Hardship distribution will be deemed to be necessary to satisfy an immediate and
heavy financial need.
(f) A Participant whose deferrals have been suspended under
this section nevertheless shall be included in determinations under Sections
1.15 and 1.17 if he or she would otherwise be so included.
(g) Hardship withdrawals may not be made more frequently than
at twelve month intervals.
(h) The Participant's remaining Deferred Compensation Account
balance, or, if none, the withdrawal itself shall be reduced by the amount of
any administrative expenses charged to the Trust Fund by reason of the
withdrawal.
SECTION 10.3 - OPTION TO WITHDRAW
(a) Subject to subsection (c) and Section 10.4(b), any Active
Participant who has attained Normal Retirement Age may elect, in accordance with
the Rules of the Plan, to withdraw up to 100% of the Vested amount credited to
his or her Accounts in cash or, if the Participant so elects, with respect to
the portion of his or her Accounts invested in the Company Stock Fund, in whole
shares of Company Stock (and the equivalent of any fractional share distributed
in cash), valued as of the last Valuation Date;
(b) Subject to subsection (c) and Section 10.4(b), an Active
Participant may elect, in accordance with the Rules of the Plan, to withdraw up
to 100% of the amount credited to his or her Rollover Account in cash or, if the
Participant so elects, with respect to the portion of his or her Rollover
Account invested in the Company Stock Fund, in whole shares of Company Stock
(and the equivalent of any fractional share distributed in cash), valued as of
the last Valuation Date to the extent that such contributions are not
attributable to elective deferrals described in Code Section 402(g)(3).
(c) The amount of any withdrawal under this Section 10.3 shall
be reduced by any outstanding loan which is secured by his or her Accounts
pursuant to Section 10.5.
(d) Subject to subsection (c) and Section 10.4(b), an Active
Participant may make withdrawals from his or her Voluntary After-Tax
Contributions Account in cash or, if the
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Participant so elects, with respect to the portion of his or her Voluntary
After-Tax Contributions Account invested in the Company Stock Fund, in whole
shares of Company Stock (and the equivalent of any fractional share
distributed in cash), valued as of the last Valuation Date as permitted by
the Rules of the Plan.
SECTION 10.4 - OTHER WITHDRAWALS PROHIBITED; RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN
WITHDRAWALS
(a) Except as provided in this Article X, Sections 11.3 and
15.15 and the Supplements, no withdrawal shall be made to any Participant from
his or her Deferred Compensation Account, Qualified Account or any other Account
prior to his or her Separation from the Service.
(b) No withdrawals under Section 10.1(b), 10.2 or 10.3 shall
be permitted from Atglen Accounts, as defined in Supplement A to the Plan, prior
to an Atglen Participant's Separation from the Service.
SECTION 10.5 - LOANS TO PARTICIPANTS
(a) An Active Participant may borrow against his or her Vested
Accounts with the approval of the Administrator in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (b) and any applicable Supplement.
(b) The Administrator shall establish by Rules of the Plan the
requirements for loans from the Trust Fund and conditions therefore. Such Rules
of the Plan shall be consistent with the following requirements:
(i) The Borrower must be a "party in interest" within
the meaning of ERISA Section 3(14) on the date the loan is made.
(ii) The maximum amount which a Participant may
borrow when added to the outstanding balance of all other loans from
the Plan and from other qualified plans of the Company or a Company
Affiliate may not exceed the lesser of
A $50,000 reduced by the excess (if any) of
1 the highest outstanding balance of loans
from the Plan during the one year period ending
on the day before the date on which the loan is made,
over
2 the outstanding balance of loans from
the Plan on the date on which such loan was made; or
B half of his or her Vested interest in all of his
or her Accounts.
(iii) The Administrator, in its discretion, shall
determine the amount of any loan fees and may modify such fees from
time to time.
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(iv) A Participant may not have more than one loan
outstanding at any one time under the Plan; provided, however, that a
Book Services Merged Participant, a Quebecor Merged Participant or a
Quebecor Union Merged Participant who has more than one outstanding
loans under their Merged Plan as of the applicable Merger Date may
continue such loans under the Plan. However, such Merged Participants
must repay his or her loans established under the applicable Merged
Plan before he or she may take another loan from the Plan. Thereafter,
such Merged Participant shall be limited to one loan outstanding at any
one time under the Plan.
(v) A Participant shall be permitted to refinance his
or her outstanding loan under the Plan in accordance with the Rules of
the Plan but no more frequently than at six month intervals.
(vi) Loans shall be available to all Participants on a
reasonably equivalent basis.
(vii) The Vested percentage of a Participant's
Accounts which is made available for borrowing shall not be higher for
Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees, officers or
shareholders than for other Participants.
(viii) Each such loan shall be secured by the lesser
of the amount of the loan or half of the Vested interest in the
Participant's Accounts, including any such portion of a Participant's
Accounts which is credited after the date of the loan. For purposes of
Articles XII and XIII, the distributable balance of such Accounts shall
be reduced by the unpaid balance of the loan secured by such Accounts.
(ix) Each such loan shall bear a reasonable interest
rate, which shall be commensurate with the interest rates charged by
persons in the business of making loans under similar circumstances.
The Administrator may adopt a national or regional rate of interest for
this purpose.
(x) The promissory note on any such loan shall be an
investment of the affected Accounts of the Participant receiving such
loan and not an investment of the Trust Fund generally.
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ARTICLE XI.
EMPLOYMENT AFTER NORMAL RETIREMENT DATE
SECTION 11.1 - CONTINUATION OF EMPLOYMENT
(a) A Participant may, subject to subsection (b) and Section
17.3, remain in the employ of the Company or a Company Affiliate after attaining
his or her Normal Retirement Date.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Company reserves the
right to require a Participant to retire in accordance with Section 12(c) of the
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended and applicable state
law.
SECTION 11.2 - CONTINUATION OF PARTICIPATION
A Participant retained in the employ of the Company after his
or her Normal Retirement Date under Section 11.1 shall continue as an Active
Participant herein.
SECTION 11.3 - MANDATORY IN-SERVICE DISTRIBUTIONS
A Participant who is a Five Percent Owner with respect to the
Plan Year ending in the calendar year in which the Employee attains age 70 1/2
shall receive or commence the receipt of the entire amount credited to his or
her Accounts in accordance with Section 12.3 (or, if applicable, Section A12.3
of Supplement A to the Plan) on the April 1 following the end of the calendar
year in which he or she attains age 70 1/2.
ARTICLE XII.
BENEFITS UPON RETIREMENT OR TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
SECTION 12.1 - NORMAL OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT
A Participant shall retire upon his or her Disability
Retirement Date and may retire on or after his or her Normal Retirement Date.
SECTION 12.2 - RIGHTS UPON NORMAL OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT OR TERMINATION
OF EMPLOYMENT
Upon a Participant's Normal or Disability Retirement or
termination of employment, he or she shall be entitled to receive the entire
amount credited to his or her Accounts in accordance with Section 12.3.
SECTION 12.3 - DISTRIBUTION OF ACCOUNTS
(a) Except as provided in Supplement A and Supplement B, each
Participant shall receive the entire Vested amount credited to his Accounts in
one lump sum in cash or, with
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respect to the portion of his or her Accounts invested in the Company Stock
Fund, in whole shares of Company Stock (and the equivalent of any fractional
share distributed in cash).
(b) If the entire Vested amount credited to a Participant's
Accounts exceeds $5,000, the Participant may elect to defer his or her
distribution under subsection (a) until such later date as he or she shall then
or subsequently specify; provided, however,
(i) such date shall be no later than the date referred to
in subsection (c)(ii) or (c)(iii), and
(ii) if no such date is specified, such amount shall
be distributed in one lump sum on the date specified in subsection
(c)(ii) or (c)(iii).
(c) Except as provided in subsection (b), distribution under
subsection (a) shall be made or commence not later than the earliest to occur of
(i) sixty days after the end of the Plan Year in which
the Participant's Separation from the Service occurs, or
(ii) if he or she is not a Five Percent Owner, the later of
A the April 1 following the calendar year in which
his or her Separation from the Service occurs, or
B the April 1 following the calendar year in
which he or she attains age 70 1/2,
(iii) if he or she is a Five Percent Owner, the April
1 following the calendar year in which he or she attains age 70 1/2.
(d) Notwithstanding subsection (b), all distributions shall
satisfy the minimum distribution incidental death benefit requirements of
Proposed Treas. Reg. ss. 1.401(a)(9)-2 (or any successor thereto).
(e) If a distribution is one to which Code Sections
401(a)(11) and 417 do not apply, distribution of a Participant's Vested
Accounts may commence less than 30 days after the notice required under Reg.
Section 1.411(a)-11(c) is given, provided that
(i) the Administrator clearly informs the Participant
that he or she has a 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
(ii) the Participant after receiving the notice,
affirmatively elects a distribution.
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SECTION 12.4 - FORFEITURES
(a) If an Active Participant has a Separation from the Service
due to resignation or discharge, the portions of his or her Profit-Sharing
Account, Matching Account and Non-Vested Merged Accounts, if any, which are not
Vested shall be forfeited upon the earlier of his or her receipt of his or her
distribution under this Article or his or her completion of five consecutive
Break in Service Years. Pending application under Section 6.4, forfeitures shall
be held in suspense and shall not be commingled with amounts held in suspense
under Section 17.4.
(b) If an Active Participant has a Separation from the Service
prior to becoming Vested in any portion of his or her Profit-Sharing Account,
Matching Account and Non-Vested Merged Accounts, if any, under Section 9.1 or
B9.1, a distribution shall be deemed to have occurred upon such Separation from
the Service for purposes of subsection (a).
SECTION 12.5 - RESTORATION OF FORFEITURES
If a Participant whose Profit-Sharing Account, Matching
Account and Non-Vested Merged Accounts, if any, are not then fully Vested
(a) has a Separation from the Service,
(b) suffers a forfeiture under Section 12.4 of the
portion of such Accounts which is not Vested,
(c) again becomes an Employee before he or she has
five consecutive Break in Service Years, and
(d) repays to the Plan the full amount, if any,
distributed to him or her from his or her Accounts before the end of
five consecutive Break in Service Years commencing after his or her
distribution, or, if earlier, the fifth anniversary of his or her
reemployment,
then the amounts forfeited under Section 12.4 by such Participant shall be
restored to his or her Profit-Sharing Account, Matching Account and Non-Vested
Merged Accounts, if any, applying forfeitures pending reallocation and Company
contributions, in that order, as necessary.
SECTION 12.6 - DETERMINATION OF VALUE OF ACCOUNTS
If a distribution under Section 12.3 is made, the value of a
Participant's Accounts shall be determined as of the Valuation Date coinciding
with or next preceding the Participant's distribution date (after all
adjustments then required or permitted under the Plan have been made).
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ARTICLE XIII.
BENEFITS UPON DEATH
SECTION 13.1 - DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY
(a) Each Participant shall have the right to designate, revoke
and redesignate Beneficiaries hereunder and to direct payment of the Vested
amount credited to his or her Accounts to such Beneficiaries.
(b) Designation, revocation and redesignation of Beneficiaries
must be made in writing in accordance with the Rules of the Plan on a form
provided by the Administrator and shall be effective upon delivery to the
Administrator.
(c) A married Participant may not designate any Beneficiary
other than his or her Spouse without obtaining Spousal Consent thereto.
(d) If a Participant does not designate a Beneficiary, the
Beneficiary shall be the Surviving Spouse, and if no Surviving Spouse exists,
the person or persons of highest priority who survive the Participant
determined as follows:
(i) First, to his or her then surviving children
(including adopted children), if any,
(ii) Second, to his or her then surviving parents
(and, in the event the Participant's parents are divorced, each parent
shall share equally),
(iii) Third, to his or her then surviving brothers and
sisters, each in equal shares,
(iv) Fourth, to his or her estate, and
(v) Finally, to be applied to pay expenses of the
Plan or to reduce the Company's contribution under Section 6.3(b) or
(c).
(e) Members of a class shall cease to be entitled to benefits
upon the earlier of the Administrator's determination that no members of such
class exist or the Administrator's failure to locate any members of such class,
after making reasonable efforts to do so, within one year after the members of
that class became entitled to benefits hereunder had members existed.
SECTION 13.2 - DISTRIBUTION ON DEATH
(a) Upon the death of a Participant, the Participant's Vested
Account balance (as determined under Article IX or BIX) shall be paid to the
Participant's Beneficiary in one lump sum payment in cash or, if the
Beneficiary so elects, in whole shares of Company Stock with respect to the
portion of the Participant's Accounts invested in the Company Stock Fund
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(and the equivalent of any fractional share distributed in cash) as soon as
administratively feasible after the Participant's death.
(b) A Beneficiary who is entitled to a distribution under
subsection (a) which is greater than $5,000, may elect in accordance with the
Rules of the Plan to defer payment of his or her lump sum payment but no
later than five years after the Participant's death.
(c) If payment has begun prior to the Participant's death,
the remaining portion of the Participant's Accounts shall be distributed at
least as rapidly as under the method being used as of the date of the
Participant's death.
SECTION 13.3 - DETERMINATION OF VALUE OF ACCOUNTS
For purposes of this Article, the value of a Participant's
Accounts shall be determined as of the Valuation Date coinciding with or next
preceding the Beneficiary's distribution date (after all adjustments then
required or permitted under the Plan have been made).
ARTICLE XIV.
TOP HEAVY PROVISIONS
SECTION 14.1 - TOP HEAVY DETERMINATION
(a) Solely in the event that this Plan ever becomes Top
Heavy, as defined herein, the provisions of this Article shall apply.
(b) Solely for the purposes of this Article, the following
definitions shall be used:
(i) "Aggregation Group" shall mean
A each plan of the Company or a Company
Affiliate in which a Key Employee is a Participant (including
any such plan which has been terminated if such plan was
maintained by the Company or Company Affiliate within the last
five years ending on the Determination Date for the Plan Year
in question) but excluding a plan meeting the requirements of
Code Section 401(k)(11); provided, however, that such plan
allows only contributions required under Code Section
401(k)(11)), and
B each other plan of the Company or a
Company Affiliate which enables any plan described in
paragraph a to meet the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(4)
or 410.
(ii) "Determination Date" shall mean, with respect to
any Plan Year, the last day of the preceding Plan Year, or in the case
of the first Plan Year, the last day of such Plan Year.
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(iii) "Key Employee" shall mean an Employee, a former
Employee or the Beneficiary of a former Employee, if, in the Plan Year
containing the Determination Date or in any of the four preceding Plan
Years, such Employee or former Employee is or was
A an officer of the Company or a Company
Affiliate whose Statutory Compensation for the Plan Year in
question exceeds fifty percent of the amount in effect under
Code Section 415(b)(1)(A) (not more than fifty Employees or,
if less, the greater of three Employees or ten percent of the
Employees shall be treated as officers),
B one of the ten Employees owning (or
considered as owning within the meaning of Code Section 318)
both the largest interest in the Company or a Company
Affiliate and more than one-half of one percent interest
therein and whose Statutory Compensation for the Plan Year in
question equals or exceeds the amount in effect under Code
Section 415(c)(1)(A); provided, however, if two Employees have
the same interest in the Company or a Company Affiliate, the
Employee with the greater Statutory Compensation for such Plan
Year shall be treated as having the larger interest,
C a Five Percent Owner or a one percent
owner (within the meaning of Code Section 416(i)(1)(B) and
(C)) of the Company or a Company Affiliate whose Statutory
Compensation for the Plan Year in question exceeds $150,000.
(iv) "Non-Key Employee" shall mean any Employee who is
not a Key Employee.
(v) The Plan shall be Top Heavy if, as of any
Determination Date, the aggregate of the Accounts of Key Employees
under all plans in the Aggregation Group (or under this Plan and such
other plans as the Company elects to take into account under Code
Section 416(g)(2)(A)(ii)) exceeds sixty percent of the aggregate of the
Accounts for all Key Employees and Non-Key Employees. In making this
calculation as of a Determination Date,
A each Account balance as of the most recent
valuation date occurring within the Plan Year which includes
the Determination Date shall be determined,
B an adjustment for contributions due as of the
Determination Date shall be determined,
C the Account balance of any Employee or
former Employee shall be increased by the aggregate
distributions made during the five-year period ending on the
Determination Date with respect to such Employee or former
Employee,
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D the Account balance of
1 any Non-Key Employee who was a Key Employee
for any prior Plan Year, and
2 any former Employee who performed
no services for the Company or a Company Affiliate during the
five-year period ending on the Determination Date
shall be ignored, and
E if there have been any rollovers to or
from any Account, the balance of such Account shall be
adjusted, as required by Code Section 416(g)(4)(A).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Plan shall be Top Heavy if, as of
any Determination Date, it is required by Code Section 416(g) to be
included in an Aggregation Group which is determined to be a Top Heavy
Group.
(vi) "Top Heavy Group" shall mean any Aggregation Group if, as
of the Determination Date, the sum of
A the present value of the cumulative accrued
benefits for all Key Employees under all defined benefit
plans in such Aggregation Group, and
B the aggregate of the accounts of all Key
Employees under all defined contribution plans in such
Aggregation Group
exceeds sixty percent of a similar sum determined for all Key Employees
and Non-Key Employees.
(vii) "Statutory Compensation" shall have the meaning
set forth in Code Section 414(q)(4) for purposes of paragraph (b)(iv).
For purposes of determining the minimum required contribution under
paragraph 14.2(b)(ii), "Statutory Compensation" for Key Employees shall
include contributions to Deferred Compensation Accounts.
SECTION 14.2 - MINIMUM BENEFITS
(a) For any Plan Year in which the Plan is Top Heavy, the
total allocation to the Profit-Sharing Account, Qualified Account or Matching
Account of any Employee who is a Non-Key Employee at the end of such Plan
Year and is
(i) entitled to an allocation to such Account under
Sections 6.3 and 6.4, or
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(ii) not entitled to an allocation under such
Sections solely because he or she did not elect to defer Compensation
under Section 3.1 or 3.3 of the Plan, shall not be less than that
determined under subsection (b).
(b) The allocation determined under this subsection shall be
a percentage of the Statutory Compensation of such Non-Key Employee which is
not less than the lesser of
(i) three percent, or
(ii) that percentage reflecting the ratio of
A the allocations under Sections 6.3 and 6.4 to
B Statutory Compensation
for the Key Employee with respect to whom such ratio is highest for
such Plan Year.
(c) An Employee described in subsection (a)(ii) shall be
treated as a Participant hereunder.
SECTION 14.3 - LIMITATION ON BENEFITS
For any Plan Year commencing prior to January 1, 2000 in which
the Plan is Top-Heavy,
(a) the denominator of both the defined benefit plan fraction
and the defined contribution plan fraction set forth in Code Sections
415(e)(2)(B) and 415(e)(3)(B), respectively, shall be adjusted by
substituting 1.0 for 1.25, and
(b) the numerator of the "transition fraction" described in
Code Section 415(e)(6)(B)(i) shall be calculated by substituting $41,500 for
$51,875,
but only to the extent required by Code Section 416(h).
ARTICLE XV.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SECTION 15.1 - DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
(a) The Administrator shall administer the Plan in accordance
with the Plan and ERISA and, in addition to the duties specifically set forth
in the Plan, shall have full discretionary power and authority:
(i) To engage actuaries, attorneys, accountants,
appraisers, brokers, consultants, administrators, recordkeepers,
custodians, physicians or other firms or persons and (with its
officers, directors and Employees) to rely upon the reports, advice,
opinions or valuations of any such persons except as required by law;
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(ii) To adopt Rules of the Plan that are not
inconsistent with the Plan or applicable law and to amend or revoke any
such rules;
(iii) To construe and interpret the Plan and the
Rules of the Plan and to remedy any ambiguities and inconsistencies
therein;
(iv) To determine questions of eligibility and vesting of
Participants;
(v) To determine entitlement to allocations of
contributions and forfeitures and to distributions of Participants,
former Participants, Beneficiaries, and all other persons;
(vi) To make findings of fact as necessary to make
any determinations and decisions in the exercise of such discretionary
power and authority;
(vii) To appoint claims and review officials to
conduct claims procedures as provided in Section 15.6;
(viii) To delegate any power or duty to any firm or
person engaged under paragraph (i) or to any other person or persons;
and
(ix) To select or eliminate Investment Funds.
(b) Every finding, decision, and determination made by the
Administrator shall, to the full extent permitted by law, be final and
binding upon all parties, except to the extent found by a court of competent
jurisdiction to constitute an abuse of discretion.
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan to the
contrary, all actions taken by the Administrator shall cause the Plan or the
Trust to be treated as a "domestic trust" under Treas. Reg. Section 301.7701
and no action will be taken by the Administrator, or, if taken, will be
valid, which would cause the Plan or the Trust not to be considered as a
domestic trust.
SECTION 15.2 - EXPENSES OF ADMINISTRATION
(a) The Company shall indemnify and hold each Employee
functioning under Section 15.1(a) or person serving on an investment
committee established in accordance with the Trust Agreement harmless from
all claims, liabilities and costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees)
arising out of the good faith performance of his or her functions hereunder.
(b) The Company may obtain and provide for any such Employee
and investment committee member described in subsection (a), at the Company's
expense, liability insurance against liabilities imposed on him or her by law.
(c) The Plan shall pay reasonable administrative expenses of
the Plan, including, but not limited to, expenses of any such Employee and
investment committee member described in subsection (a) and legal fees
incurred for services related to the administration of the
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Plan (including the amending of the Plan); provided, however, that the
Company may elect, in its sole and absolute discretion, to pay such
administrative expenses from its own assets.
SECTION 15.3 - PAYMENTS
In the event any amount becomes payable under the Plan to a
minor or a person who, in the sole judgment of the Administrator, is
considered by reason of physical or mental condition to be unable to give a
valid receipt therefor, the Administrator may direct that such payment be
made to any person found by the Administrator, in its sole judgment, to have
assumed the care of such minor or other person. Any payment made pursuant to
such determination shall constitute a full release and discharge of the
Trustee, the Administrator and the Company and their officers, directors,
employees, owners, agents and representatives.
SECTION 15.4 - STATEMENT TO PARTICIPANTS
Within one hundred eighty days after the end of each Plan
Year, the Administrator shall furnish to each Participant a statement setting
forth the value of his or her Accounts and the Vested percentage thereof and
such other information as the Administrator shall deem advisable to furnish.
SECTION 15.5 - INSPECTION OF RECORDS
Copies of the Plan and any other documents and records which a
Participant is entitled by law to inspect shall be open to inspection by such
Participant or such Participant's duly authorized representatives at any
reasonable business hour at the principal office of the Company, any Company
work site at which at least fifty Employees regularly perform services and
such other locations as the Secretary of Labor may require.
SECTION 15.6 - CLAIMS PROCEDURE
(a) A claim by a Participant, Beneficiary or any other person
shall be presented to the claims official appointed by the Administrator in
writing within the maximum time permitted by law or under the regulations
promulgated by the Secretary of Labor or his or her delegate pertaining to
claims procedures.
(b) The claims official shall, within a reasonable time,
consider the claim and shall issue his or her determination thereon in
writing.
(c) If the claim is granted, the appropriate distribution or
payment shall be made from the Trust Fund or by the Company.
(d) If the claim is wholly or partially denied, the claims
official shall, within ninety days (or such longer period as may be
reasonably necessary), provide the claimant with written notice of such
denial, setting forth, in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant
(i) the specific reason or reasons for such denial,
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(ii) specific references to pertinent Plan provisions on
which the denial is based,
(iii) a description of any additional material or
information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim and an
explanation of why such material or information is necessary, and
(iv) an explanation of the Plan's claim review procedure.
(e) The Administrator shall provide each claimant with a
reasonable opportunity to appeal the claims official's denial of a claim to a
review official (appointed by the Administrator in writing) for a full and
fair review. The claimant or his or her duly authorized representative
(i) may request a review upon written application to the
review official (which shall be filed with it),
(ii) may review pertinent documents, and
(iii) may submit issues and comments in writing.
(f) The review official may establish such time limits within
which a claimant may request review of a denied claim as are reasonable in
relation to the nature of the benefit which is the subject of the claim and
to other attendant circumstances but which, in no event, shall be less than
sixty days after receipt by the claimant of written notice of denial of his
or her claim.
(g) The decision by the review official upon review of a
claim shall be made not later than sixty days after his receipt of the
request for review, unless special circumstances require an extension of time
for processing, in which case a decision shall be rendered as soon as
possible, but not later than one hundred twenty days after receipt of such
request for review.
(h) The decision on review shall be in writing and shall
include specific reasons for the decision written in a manner calculated to
be understood by the claimant with specific references to the pertinent Plan
provisions on which the decision is based.
(i) The claims official and the review official shall have
full discretionary power and authority to construe the Plan and the Rules of
the Plan, to determine questions of eligibility, vesting and entitlements and
to make findings of fact as under Section 15.1 and, to the extent permitted
by law, the decision of the claims official (if no review is properly
requested) or the decision of the review official on review, as the case may
be, shall be final and binding on all parties except to the extent found by a
court of competent jurisdiction to constitute an abuse of discretion.
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SECTION 15.7 - CONFLICTING CLAIMS
If the Administrator is confronted with conflicting claims
concerning a Participant's Accounts, the Administrator may interplead the
claimants in an action at law, or in an arbitration conducted in accordance
with the rules of the American Arbitration Association, as the Administrator
shall elect in its sole discretion, and in either case, the attorneys' fees,
expenses and costs reasonably incurred by the Administrator in such
proceeding shall be paid from the Participant's Accounts.
SECTION 15.8 - EFFECT OF DELAY OR FAILURE TO ASCERTAIN
AMOUNT DISTRIBUTABLE OR TO LOCATE DISTRIBUTEE
(a) If an amount payable under the Plan cannot be ascertained
or the person to whom it is payable has not been ascertained or located
within the stated time limits and reasonable efforts to do so have been made,
then distribution shall be made not later than sixty days after such amount
is determined or such person is ascertained or located, or as prescribed in
subsection (b).
(b) If, within one year after a Participant has a Separation
from the Service, the Administrator, in the exercise of due diligence, has
failed to locate him or her (or if such Separation from the Service is by
reason of his or her death, has failed to locate the person entitled to his
or her Vested Accounts under Section 13.2), his or her entire distributable
interest in the Plan shall be forfeited and applied to pay expenses of the
Plan or to reduce the Company's contribution under Section 6.3; provided,
however, that if the Participant (or in the case of his or her death, the
person entitled thereto under Section 13.2) makes proper claim therefor under
Section 15.6, the amount so forfeited shall be restored to the Participant's
Account, applying forfeitures pending application, Company contributions and
unallocated earnings and gains of the Trust Fund, in that order, as necessary.
SECTION 15.9 - SERVICE OF PROCESS
The General Counsel of the Company is hereby designated as
agent of the Plan for the service of legal process.
SECTION 15.10 - LIMITATIONS UPON POWERS OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
The Plan shall not be operated so as to discriminate in favor
of Highly Compensated Employees. The Plan shall be uniformly and consistently
interpreted and applied with regard to all Participants in similar
circumstances. The Plan shall be administered, interpreted and applied fairly
and equitably and in accordance with the specified purposes of the Plan.
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SECTION 15.11 - EFFECT OF ADMINISTRATOR ACTION
Except as provided in Section 15.6, all actions taken and all
determinations made by the Administrator in good faith shall be final and
binding upon all Participants, Beneficiary, the Trustee and any person
interested in the Plan or Trust Fund.
SECTION 15.12 - CONTRIBUTIONS TO ROLLOVER ACCOUNTS AND TRANSFER ACCOUNTS
(a) An Active Participant may make a contribution to his or
her Rollover Account if such contribution meets the requirements of this
Section and is in accordance with the Rules of the Plan.
(b) Such contribution will meet the requirements of this
Section if
(i) it is made by such Active Participant to the Trust
in cash in a lump sum, and
(ii) the amount contributed by such Active Participant
consists of
A an Eligible Rollover Distribution as defined in
Code Section 402(a)(5) from
1 a qualified trust meeting the requirements
of Code Section 402(a)(5), or
2 an employee annuity plan meeting the
requirements of Code Section 403(a)(1), or
B a tax-free rollover distribution from an
individual retirement account or an individual retirement
annuity which in turn consisted entirely of an Eligible
Rollover Distribution (as defined in Code Section 402(c)(4)
from a qualified trust under Code Section 401(a) or an annuity
plan under which the Active Participant was an employee within
the meaning of Code Section 401(c)(1) at the time
contributions were made on his or her behalf under the plan)
together with any earnings thereon, and which otherwise meets
the requirements of Code Section 408(d)(3).
(c) In addition, such contribution will meet the requirements
of this Section if
(i) the contribution is made within sixty days
following the day on which the Eligible Employee received the
distribution from a qualified trust, annuity plan or individual
retirement account or annuity,
(ii) such distribution was in the form of cash, and
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(iii) such distribution constituted an Eligible
Rollover Distribution within the meaning of Code Section 402(c)(4), no
part of which consists of employee contributions.
(d) The Administrator may require the Active Participant to
supply information sufficient to determine if his or her contribution meets
the requirements of this Section. If the Administrator determines that such
contribution does not meet the requirements of this Section, the contribution
shall not be permitted.
(e) The Administrator may, in its discretion, permit the Plan
to accept a direct transfer from a qualified trust (described in Code Section
401(a)) of an Active Participant's benefits under such trust. Benefits
transferred on behalf of an Active Participant to the Plan under this Section
shall be credited to the Active Participant's Transfer Account or such other
Accounts of the Participant as are designated by the Administrator. The
Administrator shall not accept any plan-to-plan transfer under this Section
if such transfer would require the Plan to provide optional forms of benefit
not otherwise provided by the Plan as required by Code Section 411(d)(6).
(f) The Plan shall also accept a direct rollover from a plan
qualified under Code Section 401(a) of an amount if paid to an Active
Participant instead of the Plan would have constituted an Eligible Rollover
Distribution within the meaning of Code Section 401(a)(31). This transferred
amount shall be credited to an Active Participant's Rollover Account.
(g) If the Administrator accepts a contribution or transfer
pursuant to this Section and later determines that it was improper to do so,
in whole or in part, the Plan shall refund the necessary amount to the
Participant.
SECTION 15.13 - ASSIGNMENTS, ETC., PROHIBITED; DISTRIBUTIONS
PURSUANT TO QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDERS; CERTAIN
OFFSETS OF ACCOUNTS
(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), no part of
the Trust Fund shall be liable for the debts, contracts or engagements of any
Participant, his or her Beneficiaries or successors in interest, or be taken
in execution by levy, attachment or garnishment or by any other legal or
equitable proceeding, while in the hands of the Trustee, nor shall any such
person have any right to alienate, anticipate, commute, pledge, encumber or
assign any benefits or payments hereunder in any manner whatsoever, except to
designate a Beneficiary as provided in the Plan.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) or any other provision of
the Plan to the contrary, upon receipt by the Administrator of a domestic
relations order, as defined in Code Section 414(p), which, but for the time
of required payment to the alternate payee, would be a qualified domestic
relations order as defined in Code Section 414(p), the amount awarded to the
alternate payee shall promptly be paid in the manner specified in such order;
provided, however, that no such distribution shall be made prior to the
Participant's Separation from the Service if such distribution could
adversely affect the qualified status of the Plan.
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(c) (i) Notwithstanding subsection (a) or any other provision
of the Plan to the contrary, upon receipt by the Administrator of a
judgment, order, decree or settlement agreement described in paragraph
(ii) which expressly provides for an offset against all or part of an
amount ordered or required to be paid to the Plan against a
Participant's Accounts under the Plan, such Participant's Accounts
shall be reduced or offset by the amount specified in such judgment,
order, decree or settlement agreement and such amount shall promptly be
paid to the Plan.
(ii) The judgment, order, decree or settlement agreement
described in paragraph (i) must arise from
A a judgment of conviction for a crime involving
the Plan,
B a civil judgment (including a consent
order or decree) entered by a court in an action brought in
connection with a violation (or alleged violation) of Part 4
of ERISA, or
C a settlement agreement between the
Secretary of Labor or the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
and the Participant in connection with a violation (or alleged
violation) of Part 4 of ERISA by a fiduciary or any other
person.
SECTION 15.14 - DIRECT ROLLOVERS
Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, a
Distributee may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the
Administrator under the Rules of the Plan, to have all or any portion of an
Eligible Rollover Distribution paid directly to an Eligible Retirement Plan
designated by the Distributee in a Direct Rollover.
SECTION 15.15 - CORRECTIVE OF ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR; SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the
contrary, the Administrator shall take any and all appropriate actions to
correct errors in the administration of the Plan, including, without
limitation, errors in the allocation of contributions, forfeitures, and
income, expenses, gains and losses to the Accounts of the Participants or
Beneficiaries under the Plan. Such corrective actions may include debiting or
crediting a Participant's or Beneficiary's Accounts or allocating special
contributions made by the Company to the Plan for purposes of correcting any
failure to make contributions on a timely basis or properly allocate
contributions, forfeitures, or income, expenses, gains and losses. The
Administrator shall determine the amount of any such special contributions
required to be made by the Company, which may be made in such approximate
amounts as the Administrator, acting in its sole discretion, shall determine.
In no event shall any corrective action taken by the Administrator under this
Section reduce any Participant's or Beneficiary's accrued benefit in
violation of Section 411(d)(6) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations
thereunder.
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ARTICLE XVI.
TERMINATION, DISCONTINUANCE,
AMENDMENT, MERGER, ADOPTION OF PLAN
SECTION 16.1 - TERMINATION OF PLAN; DISCONTINUANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS
(a) The Plan is intended as a permanent program but the Board
shall have the right at any time to declare the Plan terminated completely as
to the Company or as to any division, facility or other operational unit
thereof with or without notice to the applicable Participants. Discharge or
layoff of Employees of the Company or any unit thereof without such a
declaration shall not result in a termination or partial termination of the
Plan except to the extent required by law. In the event of any termination or
partial termination:
(i) An allocation of amounts being held under Section
17.4(b) shall be made in accordance with Section 17.4(c).
(ii) For each Participant who is then an affected
Employee with respect to whom the Plan is terminated or partially
terminated, the interest in his or her Profit-Sharing Account, Matching
Account and Non-Vested Merged Accounts, including his or her interest
in the forfeitures then held in suspense under Section 12.4 (which
shall be applied under Section 6.4), shall become fully Vested.
(iii) The Administrator shall direct the Trustee to
liquidate the necessary portion of the Trust Fund and distribute it,
less, to the extent permitted by law, a proportionate share of the
expenses of termination, to the persons entitled thereto in proportion
to their Accounts.
(iv) Provided that the Company or a Company Affiliate
does not maintain another defined contribution plan other than an
employee stock ownership plan (as defined in Code Section 4975(e)(7)),
distributions of Participant's Accounts which are not attributable to
mergers or transfers from a qualified retirement plan subject to Code
Section 417, shall be made in one lump sum payment except for the
Atglen Accounts described in Section A12.3 of Supplement A.
(b) The Board shall have the right at any time to discontinue
contributions to the Plan completely as to the Company or as to any covered
location division, facility or other operational unit thereof with or without
notice to the applicable Participants. Failure of the Company to make one or
more substantial contributions to the Plan for any period of three
consecutive Plan Years in each of which the Company realized substantial
current earnings, as shown on its financial reports, shall automatically
become a complete discontinuance of contributions at the end of the third
such consecutive Plan Year. In the event of complete discontinuance of
contributions to the Plan, the Plan and Trust shall otherwise remain in full
force and effect except that all Profit-Sharing Accounts, Matching Accounts
and Non-Vested Merged Accounts shall thereupon become fully Vested.
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SECTION 16.2 - AMENDMENT OF PLAN
As limited in Section 16.3 of the Plan, complete or partial
amendments or modifications to the Plan (including retroactive amendments to
meet governmental requirements or prerequisites for tax qualification) may be
made from time to time by Quebecor Printing (USA) Holdings Inc.; provided,
however, that no amendment shall decrease the Vested percentage any
Participant has in his or her Accounts or his or her accrued benefit.
Amendments shall be adopted by the Board; provided, however, that the
Administrator may adopt amendments as necessary to bring the Plan into
conformity with legal requirements, or to improve the administration hereof,
provided no such amendments involve an increase in cost of benefits provided
by this Plan. Additionally, the Administrator may amend the Plan in order to
provide for mergers of plans of Company Affiliates into the Plan.
SECTION 16.3 - RETROACTIVE EFFECT OF PLAN AMENDMENT
(a) No Plan amendment, including this amendment, unless it
expressly provides otherwise, shall be applied retroactively to increase the
Vested percentage of a Participant whose Separation from the Service preceded
the date such amendment became effective unless and until he or she again
becomes a Participant and additional contributions are allocated to him or
her.
(b) No Plan amendment, unless it expressly provides
otherwise, shall be applied retroactively to increase the amount of service
credited to any person for purposes of Plan participation, vesting or any
other Plan purpose with respect to his or her participation or employment
before the date such amendment became effective.
(c) Except as provided in subsections (a) and (b), all rights
under the Plan shall be determined under the terms of the Plan as in effect
at the time the determination is made.
SECTION 16.4 - CONSOLIDATION OR MERGER; ADOPTION OF PLAN BY OTHER COMPANIES
(a) In the event of the consolidation or merger of the
Company with or into any other business entity, or the sale by the Company or
its owner of its assets, the successor may continue the Plan by adopting the
same by resolution of its board of directors or agreement of its partners or
proprietor and, if deemed appropriate, by executing a proper Supplemental
agreement to the Trust Agreement with the Trustee. If, within 120 days from
the effective date of such consolidation, merger or sale of assets, such new
corporation, partnership or proprietorship does not adopt the Plan, the Plan
shall be terminated in accordance with Section 16.1.
(b) The Plan shall not be merged or consolidated with any
other plan, nor shall its assets or liabilities be transferred to any other
plan, unless each Participant in this Plan would have immediately after the
merger, consolidation or transfer (if the plan in question were then
terminated) accounts which are equal to or greater in amount than his or her
corresponding Accounts under this Plan had the Plan been terminated
immediately before the merger, consolidation or transfer.
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(c) Any Company Affiliate may, with the approval of the
Board, adopt the Plan as a whole company or as to any one or more divisions
by resolution of its own board of directors or agreement of its partners.
Such Company Affiliate shall give written notice of such adoption to the
Administrator and to the Trustee by its duly authorized officers.
ARTICLE XVII.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 17.1 - IDENTIFICATION OF FIDUCIARIES
(a) The Administrator (with respect to control and management
of Plan assets and in general) and the Trustee shall be named fiduciaries
within the meaning of ERISA and, as permitted or required by law, shall have
exclusive authority and discretion to control and manage the operation and
administration of the Plan within the limits set forth in the Trust
Agreement, subject to proper delegation.
(b) Such named fiduciaries and every person who exercises any
discretionary authority or discretionary control respecting management of the
Trust Fund or Plan, or exercises any authority or control respecting the
management or disposition of the assets of the Trust Fund or Plan, or renders
investment advice for compensation, direct or indirect, with respect to any
moneys or other property of the Trust Fund or Plan or has authority or
responsibility to do so, or has any discretionary authority or discretionary
responsibility in the administration of the Plan, and any person designated
by a named fiduciary to carry out fiduciary responsibilities under the Plan,
shall be a fiduciary and, as such, shall be subject to provisions of the
Plan, the Trust Agreement, ERISA and other applicable laws governing
fiduciaries. Any person may act in more than one fiduciary capacity.
SECTION 17.2 - ALLOCATION OF FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES
(a) Fiduciary responsibilities under the Plan are allocated
as follows:
(i) The sole power and discretion to manage and control
the Plan's assets including, but not limited to, the power to acquire
and dispose of Plan assets, is allocated to the Trustee, except to the
extent that another fiduciary is appointed in accordance with the Trust
Agreement with the power to control or manage (including the power to
acquire and dispose of) assets of the Plan.
(ii) The sole duties, responsibilities and powers
allocated to the Board shall be those expressly retained under Sections
16.1, 16.2 and 16.4.
(iii) The sole duties, responsibilities and powers
allocated to the Company shall be those expressly retained under the
Plan or the Trust Agreement.
(iv) All fiduciary responsibilities not allocated to
the Trustee, the Board, the Company or any investment manager are
hereby allocated to the Administrator, subject to delegation in
accordance with Section 15.1(a)(viii).
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(b) Fiduciary responsibilities under the Plan (other than the
power to manage or control the Plan's assets) may be reallocated among those
fiduciaries identified as named fiduciaries in Section 17.1 by amending the
Plan in the manner prescribed in Section 16.2, followed by such fiduciaries'
acceptance of, or operation under, such amended Plan.
(c) No allocation of fiduciary responsibilities under the
Plan or Trust shall cause the Trust to cease being a domestic trust under
Treas. Reg. Section 301.7701.
SECTION 17.3 - LIMITATION ON RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES
The Plan is strictly a voluntary undertaking on the part of
the Company and shall not constitute or be construed as a contract between
the Company and any Employee, or consideration for, or an inducement or
condition of, the employment of an Employee. Except as otherwise required by
law, nothing contained in the Plan shall give any Employee the right to be
retained in the service of any Company or to interfere with or restrict the
right of the Company, which is hereby expressly reserved, to discharge or
retire any Employee at any time, with or without notice and with or without
cause and with or without obligation as to any level of severance. Except as
otherwise required by law, inclusion under the Plan will not give any
Employee any right or claim to employment or any benefit hereunder except to
the extent such right has specifically become fixed or vested under the terms
of the Plan and there are funds available therefor in the hands of the
Trustee. The doctrine of substantial performance shall have no application to
Employees or Participants. Each condition and provision, including numerical
items, has been carefully considered and constitutes the minimum limit on
performance which will give rise to the applicable right.
SECTION 17.4 - LIMITATION ON ANNUAL ADDITIONS; TREATMENT OF OTHERWISE
EXCESSIVE ALLOCATIONS
(a) In any Plan Year (which shall be the Plan's "limitation
year" within the meaning of Treas. Reg. ss. 1.415-2(b)), the Annual Addition
of a Participant shall not exceed the lesser of
(i) twenty-five percent of such Participant's Statutory
Compensation for such Plan Year, or
(ii) $30,000 (adjusted for increases in the cost of living
as described in Code Section 415(d)).
(b) If the Annual Addition of a Participant would exceed the
limits of subsection (a) as a result of an allocation of forfeitures, a
reasonable error in estimating a Participant's Statutory Compensation or
under other limited facts and circumstances found justifiable by the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, it shall be reduced until it comes within
such limits. Such reduction shall be accomplished by debiting the necessary
amount from
(i) his voluntary after-tax contributions for such Plan
Year,
(ii) his or her allocation of Company contributions for
such Plan Year to his or her Deferred Compensation Account,
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(ii) his or her allocation of Company contributions for
such Plan Year to his or her Profit-Sharing Account and Matching
Account, and
(iii) his or her allocation of Company contributions for
such Plan Year to his or her Qualified Account,
in such order. The portion of such amount attributable to his or her
voluntary after-tax contributions (but excluding any income thereon) and his
or her Deferred Compensation first shall, to the extent allowed by law, be
refunded to him, and otherwise any necessary remainder (including any income
on his voluntary after-tax contributions which were refunded to him under
this paragraph) to the extent allowed by Section 403 of ERISA, shall be
returned to the Company and recontributed for the applicable Account of the
Participant in the first Plan Year in which allowed under subsection (a), or
otherwise held in suspense hereunder and applied to the applicable Account of
the Participant in the first Plan Year in which allowed under subsection (a).
The balance, if any, of such reduction shall be allocated to the
Profit-Sharing Accounts and Matching Accounts of persons who are Active
Participants at the end of the Plan Year in proportion to their Compensation
received while Active Participants in such Plan Year. If any Participant's
Annual Addition would, due to such special allocation, exceed the limit of
subsection (a), the excess shall be reallocated by a second special
allocation, and so on as necessary to allocate such amounts within the limits
of subsection (a). Any amounts which cannot be so allocated because of the
limitations of subsection (a), shall be held in suspense and shall be
allocated and reallocated in succeeding Plan Years, in the order of time,
prior to the allocation of any Company contributions.
(c) In the event the Plan is terminated while excess amounts
are then held in suspense under subsection (b), such excess amounts shall be
allocated and reallocated as provided in subsection (b), as of the day before
the date of the termination as if such day were the last day of such Plan
Year. Any amounts which cannot then be so allocated because of the limits of
subsection (a) shall revert to the Company, as provided in the Trust
Agreement.
SECTION 17.5 - VOTING RIGHTS
Except as otherwise required by ERISA, the Code and applicable
Treasury Regulations, all voting rights of shares of Quebecor World Inc.
stock held in the Trust Fund shall be exercised by the Trustee only as
directed by the Administrator, the Participants or their Beneficiaries in
accordance with the following provisions of this Section 17.5:
(a) With respect to all corporate matters submitted
to the Company's shareholders, Company Stock held by the Trust in the
Company Stock Fund shall be voted in accordance with the directions of
the Participants (as communicated to the Trustee) in proportion to the
sum of the value of the investment of their Accounts in the Company
Stock Fund. If this Section 17.5(a) applies to shares of Company Stock
allocated to the account of a deceased Participant, such Participant's
Beneficiary shall be entitled to direct the voting with respect to such
shares as if such Beneficiary were the Participant.
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(b) At least thirty days before each annual or special
shareholders' meeting of the Company (or, if such schedule
cannot be met, as early as practicable before such meeting), the
Trustee shall furnish to each Participant a copy of the proxy
solicitation material sent generally to shareholders, together with a
form requesting confidential instructions on how such Participant's
proportionate voting rights are to be exercised. Upon timely receipt of
such instructions, the Trustee (after combining votes of fractional
shares of Company Stock to give effect to the greatest extent possible
to Participants' instructions) shall vote as instructed. The
instructions received by the Trustee from Participants shall be held by
the Trustee in strict confidence and shall not be divulged or released
to any person including officers or Employees of the Company, or of any
other company. The Trustee and the Company shall not make
recommendations to Participants on whether to vote or how to vote,
other than recommendations contained in proxy and other materials that
are generally distributed to all shareholders of the Company with
respect to such vote. If voting instructions for shares of Company
Stock allocated to any Participant are not timely received for a
particular shareholders' meeting, such shares of Company Stock shall be
voted in the same proportion as Company Stock with respect to which
voting instructions are received is voted.
SECTION 17.6 - GOVERNING LAW
The Plan and Trust shall be interpreted, administered and
enforced in accordance with the Code and ERISA, and the rights of
Participants, Beneficiaries and all other persons shall be determined in
accordance therewith; provided, however, that, to the extent that state law
is applicable, the laws of the state of residence of the Participant in
question, or if none, the state in which the principal office of the
Administrator is located shall apply.
SECTION 17.7 - PLURALS
Where the context so indicates the singular shall include the
plural.
SECTION 17.8 - TITLES
Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to
serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of the Plan or Trust
Agreement.
SECTION 17.9 - REFERENCES
Unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary, a
reference to a statute, regulation or document shall be construed as
referring to any subsequently amended, enacted, adopted or executed statute,
regulation or document.
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SECTION 17.10 - USE OF TRUST FUNDS
Under no circumstances shall any contributions to the Trust or
any part of the Trust Fund be recoverable by the Company from the Trustee or
from any Participant, his or her Beneficiaries or any other person, or be
used for or diverted to purposes other than for the exclusive purposes of
providing benefits to Participants and their Beneficiaries; provided,
however, that
(a) the contributions of the Company to the Trust for
all Plan Years shall be returned by the Trustee to the Company within
one year in the event that the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
initially fails to rule that the Plan and Trust are qualified and
tax-exempt within the meaning of Code Sections 401 and 501, but only if
such application for the determination is made by the time prescribed
by law for filing the Company's return for the taxable year in which
the Plan was adopted or such later date as the Secretary of the
Treasury may prescribe;
(b) the contribution of the Company for any Plan Year
is hereby conditioned upon its being deductible by the Company for its
fiscal year in which such contribution was made and, to the extent
disallowed as a deduction under Code Section 404, such contribution
shall be returned by the Trustee to the Company within one year after
the final disallowance of the deduction by the Internal Revenue Service
or the courts; and
(c) a contribution by the Company or a Participant by
a mistake of fact shall be returned to the Company or to the
Participant in question within one year after payment of the
contribution was made.
Executed at Greenwich, Connecticut, this 22nd day of December,
2000.
QUEBECOR PRINTING (USA)
HOLDINGS INC.
By /s/ MARC L. REISCH
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Officer
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SCHEDULE I
COVERED LOCATION
(Section 1.16 of the Plan)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PROCESS LEVEL NAME EFFECTIVE DATE
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<S> <C> <C>
0003 Effingham 06/01/1998
0005 Salem 06/01/1998
0007 Dyersburg 06/01/1998
0008 Johnson & Hardin - Lebanon 08/01/1998
0009 Johnson & Hardin - Red Bank 08/01/1998
0051 Mailing Center 06/01/1998
0100 Sales (this Process Level replaces Process 06/01/1998
Levels 300 and 301)
0101 WC - Corporate 06/01/1998
0109 Mail Prep 06/01/1998
0153 WC - Augusta 06/01/1998
0154 WC - Brookfield 06/01/1998
0155 WC - Corinth 06/01/1998
0156 WC - Dresden 06/01/1998
0157 WC - Jonesboro 06/01/1998
0160 Book Services - Taunton 06/01/1998
0161 Book Services - Versailles 06/01/1998
0162 Book Services - Logistics 06/01/1998
0163 Book Services - Corporate 06/01/1998
0202 George Rice 08/01/1998
0203 Acme Printing 01/01/1999
0204 Infiniti Graphics 07/01/1999
0211 Central Florida Press 08/01/1998
0212 Northeast Graphics 06/01/1998
0213 Northeast Bindery 06/01/1998
0302 Alden - Elkgrove 06/01/1998
0303 Alden - Oberlin 06/01/1998
0304 Covington 06/01/1998
0305 WC Direct - Gainesville (Closed) 06/01/1998
0306 WC Direct - Wessel 08/01/1998
0307 Direct Mail Corporate 06/01/1998
0308 WC Direct - Imaging (Closed) 06/01/1998
0309 WC Direct - Dittler Division 04/15/1999
0402 WCDS - St. Louis 06/01/1998
0403 WCDS - Chicago 06/01/1998
0404 WCDS - Detroit 06/01/1998
0405 WCDS - D.C. 08/01/1998
</TABLE>
Schedule I-i
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PROCESS LEVEL NAME EFFECTIVE DATE
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<S> <C> <C>
0406 WCDS - Orlando 08/01/1998
0407 WCDS - NY 06/01/1998
0408 WCDS - LA 06/01/1998
0410 WCDS - Charlotte 06/01/1998
0411 WCDS - Lexington 01/01/1999
0602 Stillwater 06/01/1998
0603 Oklahoma Graphics 06/01/1998
0605 Century Graphics 04/01/1999
0606 Great Western 10/01/1999
0702 Merced 06/01/1998
0205 Universal Press 10/01/1999
0206 Universal Press 10/01/1999
0207 Packaging Graphics 10/01/1999
0010 Waukee - Downey Printing 01/01/2000
0011 Carroll - Downey Printing 01/01/2000
0012 Erlanger - Metroweb 01/01/2000
1320 Nova Marketing - Sayers 10/01/2000
1318 Sayers Communication 10/01/2000
1999 Quebecor World Executives 06/01/1998
7004 Quebecor World Purchasing 06/01/1998
1100 QPI - Magazine/Catalog 01/01/2001
1101 Quebecor Printing USA Corp. 01/01/2001
1315 Eusey Press 01/01/2001
1316 Eagle 01/01/2001
1317 Petty 01/01/2001
1420 Schaumburg 01/01/2001
1422 Franklin Imaging 01/01/2001
1503 St. Cloud 01/01/2001
1505 Hazleton 01/01/2001
1506 Loveland 01/01/2001
1612 QPI - Retail 01/01/2001
1620 Atglen 01/01/2001
1621 Buffalo 01/01/2001
1622 Dickson 01/01/2001
1623 Memphis 01/01/2001
1624 Richmond 01/01/2001
1626 Fernley 01/01/2001
1702 Fairfield 01/01/2001
1703 Martinsburg 01/01/2001
1704 Hawkins 01/01/2001
1705 Kingsport 01/01/2001
1707 Distribution 01/01/2001
1708 Dubuque 01/01/2001
</TABLE>
Schedule I-ii
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PROCESS LEVEL NAME EFFECTIVE DATE
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1712 QPI - Book 01/01/2001
1801 Clarksville 01/01/2001
1802 Dallas 01/01/2001
1803 Mt. Morris 01/01/2001
1804 Lincoln 01/01/2001
1805 Olive Branch 01/01/2001
1806 Franklin Printing 01/01/2001
1812 QPI - Targeted Publications 01/01/2001
TBD Warehouse - Plattsburg 01/01/2001
TBD Nurun (Closed 12/31/2000) 01/01/2001
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SCHEDULE II
PARTICIPATING BARGAINING UNITS
(Section 1.45 of the Plan)
QUEBECOR WORLD JONESBORO:
Local 527-M of Graphic Communications
International Union (Effective June 1, 1998)
QUEBECOR WORLD BROOKFIELD:
Local 577-M of Graphic Communications
International Union (Effective June 1, 1998)
QUEBECOR WORLD DIRECT (DITTLER):
Atlanta Typographical Union Local 48 (Effective April 15, 1999)
Atlanta Graphic Communications Union Local 8-M (Effective April 15, 1999)
QUEBECOR WORLD ELK GROVE (ALDEN):
Local 126 of IAM (Effective November 1, 1999)
QUEBECOR WORLD WAUKEE:
Local 157 MP and MB of Graphic Communications
International Union (Effective January 1, 2000)
QUEBECOR WORLD MT. MORRIS INC.:
Local 124-C of Graphic Communications
International Union (Effective January 1, 2001)
Local 467-S of Graphic Communications
International Union (Effective January 1, 2001)
Local 65-B of Graphic Communications
International Union (Effective January 1, 2001)
Local 91-P of Graphic Communications
International Union (Effective January 1, 2001)
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District Lodge No. 101 of the International Association
of Machinists (Effective January 1, 2001)
QUEBECOR WORLD DICKSON INC.:
Local 694M of Graphic Communications
International Union (pending negotiations)
QUEBECOR WORLD ATGLEN, INC.
Local 312 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
(Effective January 1, 2001)
QUEBECOR WORLD MEMPHIS INC.:
Local 223M Photoengravers of Graphic Communications
International Union (Effective January 1, 2001)
Local 231M Press Operators of Graphic Communications
International Union (Effective January 1, 2001)
Local 23H Paperhandlers of Graphic Communications
International Union (Effective January 1, 2001)
Local 223M Machinists of Graphic Communications
International Union (Effective January 1, 2001)
QUEBECOR WORLD HAZELTON INC.:
Local 735S of Graphic Communications
International Union (Effective January 1, 2001)
QUEBECOR WORLD BUFFALO INC.:
Local 27C of Graphic Communications
International Union - Press (Effective January 1, 2001)
Local 17-B of Graphic Communications
International Union - Quebecor Distribution Services
(Effective January 1, 2001)
Local 14148 of Buffalo-Niagara Typographical Union No. 9, C.W.A.
- Composing (Effective as of January 1, 2001)
Buffalo Electrotypers' Union No. 76 of Graphic Communications
International Union - Cylinder Manufacturing/Foundry
(Effective January 1, 2001)
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Local 26H of Graphic Communications
International Union - Paperhandlers (Effective January 1, 2001)
Local 41 of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Electrical (Effective January 1, 2001)
District Lodge No. 65, Local Lodge No. 330 of International Association
of Machinists and Aerospace Workers - Building Maintenance
(Effective January 1, 2001)
District Lodge No. 65, Local Lodge No. 330 of International Association
of Machinists and Aerospace Workers - Mechanical Maintenance
(Effective January 1, 2001)
QUEBECOR PRINTING CLARKSVILLE:
Local 290M, of Graphic Communications International Union
(Effective January 1, 2001)
QUEBECOR WORLD LINCOLN INC.:
Local 221 of Graphic Communications International Union
(Effective January 1, 2001)
Local 543-M of Graphic Communications International Union
(Effective January 1, 2001)
Local 31 of International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
(Effective January 1, 2001)
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SCHEDULE III
MERGED PARTICIPANTS
(Section 1.38 of the Plan)
A Merged Participant may be from the following groups:
(a) Acme Merged Participant which means a Merged Participant who was
a former participant in the Acme Printing Company, Inc. 401(k) Profit-Sharing
Plan;
(b) Alden Merged Participant which means a Merged Participant who was
a former participant in the Alden Press Profit-Sharing Plan;
(c) Century Merged Participant which means a Merged Participant who
was a former participant in the Century Graphics Corporation Retirement Savings
Plan;
(d) Dittler Merged Participant which means a Merged Participant who
was a former participant in the Dittler Brothers, Incorporated Deferred
Compensation Plan;
(e) Dittler Union Merged Participant which means a Merged Participant
who was a former participant in the Dittler Brothers, Incorporated Deferred
Compensation Plan for Union Employees;
(f) Downey Merged Participant which means a Merged Participant who
was a former participant in the Downey Printing Retirement Savings Plan;
(g) Downey Union Merged Participant which means a Merged Participant
who was a former participant in the Downey Printing Union 401(k) Plan;
(h) Great Western Merged Participant which means a Merged Participant
who was a former participant in the Great Western Publishing, Inc. 401(k) Profit
Sharing Plan;
(i) Infiniti Merged Participant which means a Merged Participant who
was a former participant in the Infiniti Graphics, Inc. 401(k) Plan;
(j) J&H Merged Participant which means a Merged Participant who was a
former participant in the Johnson & Hardin Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan;
(k) Lanman Merged Participant which means a Merged Participant who
was a former participant in the Lanman Companies, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan;
(l) Little Merged Participant which means a Merged Participant who
was a former participant in the John W. Little Co. 401(k) Plan;
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(m) Magna Merged Participant which means a Merged Participant who was
a former participant in the Magna Graphic, Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust;
(n) Metroweb Merged Participant which means a Merged Participant who
was a former participant in the Metroweb Corporation Profit-Sharing/401(k)
Retirement Savings Plan;
(o) Midwest Merged Participant which means a Merged Participant who
was a former participant in the Midwest Litho Arts 401(k) and Profit-Sharing
Plan;
(p) Northeast Bindery Merged Participant which means a Merged
Participant who was a former participant in the Northeast Graphics Inc. Savings
and Security Plan (Bindery);
(q) Northeast Printing Merged Participant which means a Merged
Participant who was a former participant in the Northeast Graphics Inc. Savings
and Security Plan (Printing);
(r) Quebecor Merged Participant which means a Merged Participant who
was a former participant in the Quebecor Deferred Compensation Savings Plan;
(s) Quebecor Union Merged Participant which means a Merged
Participant who was a former participant in the Quebecor Defined Contribution
Plan;
(t) Rice Merged Participant which means a Merged Participant who was
a former participant in the George Rice & Sons 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
and Trust;
(u) Ringier Merged Participant which means a Merged Participant who
was a former participant in the Ringier America Employee Savings Plan;
(v) Sayers Merged Participant which means a Merged Participant who
was a former participant in the Quebecor/Sayers Associates' 401(k) Plan;
(w) Shea Merged Participant which means a Merged Participant who was
a former participant in the Shea Communications Company Thrift Investment Plan;
(x) UP/Graphics Merged Participant which means a Merged Participant
who was a former participant in the UP/Graphics, Inc. 401(k) Plan;
(y) Wessel Merged Participant which means a Merged Participant who
was a former participant in the Wessel Company, Inc. Employees Profit-Sharing
401(k) Plan & Trust; and
(z) Book Services Merged Participant (formerly Rand McNally &
Company) which means a Merged Participant who was a former participant in the
World Color Press, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan.
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SCHEDULE IV
MERGED PLANS
(Section 1.39 of the Plan)
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Acme Printing Company, Inc. 401(k) Profit-Sharing Plan January 1, 1999
Alden Press Profit-Sharing Plan June 1, 1998
Century Graphics Corporation Retirement Savings Plan April 1, 1999
Dittler Brothers, Incorporated Deferred Compensation Plan April 15, 1999
for Union Employees
Dittler Brothers, Incorporated Deferred Compensation Plan April 15, 1999
Downey Printing Retirement Savings Plan January 1, 2000
Downey Printing Union 401(k) Plan January 1, 2000
Great Western Publishing, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan October 1, 1999
Infiniti Graphics, Inc. 401(k) Plan July 1, 1999
Johnson & Hardin Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan August 1, 1998
Lanman Companies, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan August 1, 1998
John W. Little Co. 401(k) Plan October 1, 1999
Magna Graphic, Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust January 1, 1999
Metroweb Corporation Profit-Sharing/401(k) Retirement January 1, 2000
Savings Plan
Midwest Litho Arts 401(k) and Profit-Sharing Plan June 1, 1998
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Northeast Graphics Inc. Savings and Security Plan (Bindery) June 1, 1998
Northeast Graphics Inc. Savings and Security Plan June 1, 1998
(Printing)
Quebecor Deferred Compensation Savings Plan January 1, 2001
Quebecor Defined Contribution Plan January 1, 2001
Quebecor/Sayers Associates' 401(k) Plan October 1, 2000
George Rice & Sons 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan and Trust August 1, 1998
Ringier America Employee Savings Plan June 1, 1998
Shea Communications Company Thrift Investment Plan June 1, 1998
UP/Graphics, Inc. 401(k) Plan October 1, 1999
Wessel Company, Inc. Employees Profit-Sharing 401(k) Plan August 1, 1998
and Trust
World Color Press, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan June 1, 1998
(which accepted certain plan-to-plan transfers from the
Rand McNally & Company 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan)
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
QUEBECOR PRINTING (USA) HOLDINGS INC.
401(k) PLAN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I.DEFINITIONS.............................................................................................1
Section 1.1 - General..........................................................................................1
Section 1.2 - Accounts.........................................................................................1
Section 1.3 - Active Participant...............................................................................2
Section 1.4 - Administrator....................................................................................2
Section 1.5 - Annual Addition..................................................................................2
Section 1.6 - Bargaining Unit..................................................................................3
Section 1.7 - Beneficiary......................................................................................3
Section 1.8 - Board............................................................................................3
Section 1.9 - Break in Service Year............................................................................3
Section 1.10 - Code............................................................................................3
Section 1.11 - Company; Company Affiliate......................................................................4
Section 1.12 - Company Stock...................................................................................4
Section 1.13 - Company Stock Fund..............................................................................4
Section 1.14 - Compensation....................................................................................4
Section 1.15 - Contribution Percentage.........................................................................5
Section 1.16 - Covered Location................................................................................5
Section 1.17 - Deferral Percentage.............................................................................6
Section 1.18 - Deferred Compensation...........................................................................6
Section 1.19 - Deferred Compensation Account...................................................................6
Section 1.20 - Direct Rollover.................................................................................7
Section 1.21 - Disability Retirement...........................................................................7
Section 1.22 - Disability Retirement Date......................................................................7
Section 1.23 - Distributee.....................................................................................7
Section 1.24 - Eligible Employee...............................................................................7
Section 1.25 - Eligible Retirement Plan........................................................................7
Section 1.26 - Eligible Rollover Distribution..................................................................8
Section 1.27 - Employee........................................................................................8
Section 1.28 - ERISA...........................................................................................8
Section 1.29 - Five Percent Owner..............................................................................9
Section 1.30 - Hardship........................................................................................9
Section 1.31 - Highly Compensated Employee.....................................................................9
Section 1.32 - Hour of Service................................................................................10
Section 1.33 - Inactive Participant...........................................................................11
Section 1.34 - Investment Fund................................................................................11
Section 1.35 - Leveling Method................................................................................11
Section 1.36 - Matching Account...............................................................................11
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Section 1.37 - Merged Accounts; Non-Vested Merged Accounts; Vested Merged
Accounts.....................................................................................11
Section 1.38 - Merged Participant.............................................................................12
Section 1.39 - Merged Plan....................................................................................12
Section 1.40 - Merger Date....................................................................................13
Section 1.41 - Military Leave.................................................................................13
Section 1.42 - Normal Retirement..............................................................................13
Section 1.43 - Normal Retirement Date.........................................................................13
Section 1.44 - Participant....................................................................................13
Section 1.45 - Participating Bargaining Unit..................................................................13
Section 1.46 - Payday.........................................................................................14
Section 1.47 - Plan...........................................................................................14
Section 1.48 - Plan Representative............................................................................14
Section 1.49 - Plan Year......................................................................................14
Section 1.50 - Profit-Sharing Account.........................................................................14
Section 1.51 - Qualified Account..............................................................................14
Section 1.52 - Rollover Account...............................................................................14
Section 1.53 - Rules of the Plan..............................................................................14
Section 1.54 - Separation from the Service....................................................................14
Section 1.55 - Service........................................................................................15
Section 1.56 - Spousal Consent................................................................................15
Section 1.57 - Spouse; Surviving Spouse.......................................................................15
Section 1.58 - Statutory Compensation.........................................................................16
Section 1.59 - Supplement.....................................................................................16
Section 1.60 - Transfer Account...............................................................................16
Section 1.61 - Trust..........................................................................................17
Section 1.62 - Trust Agreement................................................................................17
Section 1.63 - Trust Fund.....................................................................................17
Section 1.64 - Trustee........................................................................................17
Section 1.65 - Valuation Date.................................................................................17
Section 1.66 - Vested.........................................................................................17
Section 1.67 - Voluntary After-Tax Contributions Account......................................................17
Section 1.68 - Years of Vesting Service.......................................................................18
ARTICLE II.ELIGIBILITY...........................................................................................19
Section 2.1 - Requirements for Participation..................................................................19
Section 2.2 - Notice of Participation.........................................................................20
Section 2.3 - Enrollment......................................................................................20
Section 2.4 - Inactive Status.................................................................................20
ARTICLE III.PARTICIPANTS'DEFERRALS...............................................................................20
Section 3.1 - Deferral of Compensation........................................................................20
Section 3.2 - Suspension of Deferral..........................................................................21
Section 3.3 - Commencement, Resumption or Change of Deferred Compensation.....................................21
Section 3.4 - Deposit in Trust................................................................................21
Section 3.5 - Deferral Percentage Fail-Safe Provisions........................................................21
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Section 3.6 - Return of Excess Deferred Compensation..........................................................23
ARTICLE IV. DORMANT AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS ACCOUNTS.............................................................24
Section 4.1 - Dormant Voluntary After-Tax Contributions Account...............................................24
ARTICLE V. CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE COMPANY..........................................................................24
Section 5.1 - Determination of Annual Contribution............................................................24
Section 5.2 - Maximum Annual Contribution.....................................................................24
Section 5.3 - Contribution Date...............................................................................24
ARTICLE VI. PARTICIPATION IN COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS AND
FORFEITURES...............................................................................................25
Section 6.1 - Deferred Compensation Account...................................................................25
Section 6.2 - Profit-Sharing Account; Matching Account; Qualified Account.....................................25
Section 6.3 - Allocation of Company Contributions.............................................................26
Section 6.4 - Allocation of Forfeitures.......................................................................27
Section 6.5 - Contribution Percentage Fail-Safe Provisions....................................................27
Section 6.6 - Reemployment Rights after Qualified Military Service............................................28
ARTICLE VII. INVESTMENT OF ACCOUNTS..............................................................................30
Section 7.1 - Investment Options..............................................................................30
Section 7.2 - Description of Investment Funds.................................................................31
Section 7.3 - Effect of Non-Election..........................................................................31
ARTICLE VIII. VALUATION OF THE TRUST FUND AND ACCOUNTS...........................................................31
Section 8.1 - Determination of Values.........................................................................31
Section 8.2 - Allocation of Values............................................................................31
Section 8.3 - Applicability of Account Values.................................................................32
ARTICLE IX. VESTING OF INTERESTS.................................................................................32
Section 9.1 - Vesting of Accounts.............................................................................32
Section 9.2 - Additional Vesting of Accounts..................................................................32
ARTICLE X. WITHDRAWALS AND LOANS.................................................................................33
Section 10.1 - Withdrawal from Deferred Compensation Account other than for Hardship..........................33
Section 10.2 - Hardship Withdrawal from Deferred Compensation Account.........................................33
Section 10.3 - Option to Withdraw.............................................................................34
Section 10.4 - Other Withdrawals Prohibited; Restrictions on Certain Withdrawals..............................35
Section 10.5 - Loans to Participants..........................................................................35
ARTICLE XI. EMPLOYMENT AFTER NORMAL RETIREMENT DATE..............................................................37
Section 11.1 - Continuation of Employment.....................................................................37
Section 11.2 - Continuation of Participation..................................................................37
Section 11.3 - Mandatory In-Service Distributions.............................................................37
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ARTICLE XII. BENEFITS UPON RETIREMENT OR TERMINATION
OF EMPLOYMENT...........................................................................................37
Section 12.1 - Normal or Disability Retirement................................................................37
Section 12.2 - Rights Upon Normal or Disability Retirement or Termination
of Employment .....................................................................................37
Section 12.3 - Distribution of Accounts.......................................................................37
Section 12.4 - Forfeitures....................................................................................39
Section 12.5 - Restoration of Forfeitures.....................................................................39
Section 12.6 - Determination of Value of Accounts.............................................................39
ARTICLE XIII. BENEFITS UPON DEATH................................................................................40
Section 13.1 - Designation of Beneficiary.....................................................................40
Section 13.2 - Distribution on Death..........................................................................40
Section 13.3 - Determination of Value of Accounts.............................................................41
ARTICLE XIV. TOP HEAVY PROVISIONS................................................................................41
Section 14.1 - Top Heavy Determination........................................................................41
Section 14.2 - Minimum Benefits...............................................................................43
Section 14.3 - Limitation on Benefits.........................................................................44
ARTICLE XV. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS............................................................................44
Section 15.1 - Duties and Powers of the Administrator.........................................................44
Section 15.2 - Expenses of Administration.....................................................................45
Section 15.3 - Payments.......................................................................................46
Section 15.4 - Statement to Participants......................................................................46
Section 15.5 - Inspection of Records..........................................................................46
Section 15.6 - Claims Procedure...............................................................................46
Section 15.7 - Conflicting Claims.............................................................................48
Section 15.8 - Effect of Delay or Failure to Ascertain Amount Distributable or to Locate Distributee..........48
Section 15.9 - Service of Process.............................................................................48
Section 15.10 - Limitations Upon Powers of the Administrator..................................................48
Section 15.11 - Effect of Administrator Action................................................................49
Section 15.12 - Contributions to Rollover Accounts and Transfer Accounts......................................49
Section 15.13 - Assignments, etc., Prohibited; Distributions Pursuant to Qualified
Domestic Relations Orders; Certain Offsets of Accounts..................................................50
Section 15.14 - Direct Rollovers..............................................................................51
Section 15.15 - Corrective of Administrative Error; Special Contribution......................................51
ARTICLE XVI. TERMINATION, DISCONTINUANCE, AMENDMENT, MERGER, ADOPTION OF PLAN....................................52
Section 16.1 - Termination of Plan; Discontinuance of Contributions...........................................52
Section 16.2 - Amendment of Plan..............................................................................53
Section 16.3 - Retroactive Effect of Plan Amendment...........................................................53
Section 16.4 - Consolidation or Merger; Adoption of Plan by Other Companies...................................53
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ARTICLE XVII. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS...........................................................................54
Section 17.1 - Identification of Fiduciaries..................................................................54
Section 17.2 - Allocation of Fiduciary Responsibilities.......................................................54
Section 17.3 - Limitation on Rights of Employees..............................................................55
Section 17.4 - Limitation on Annual Additions; Treatment of Otherwise
Excessive Allocations...................................................................................55
Section 17.5 - Voting Rights..................................................................................56
Section 17.6 - Governing Law..................................................................................57
Section 17.7 - Plurals........................................................................................57
Section 17.8 - Titles.........................................................................................57
Section 17.9 - References.....................................................................................57
Section 17.10 - Use of Trust Funds............................................................................58
Schedule I
Schedule II
Schedule III
Schedule IV
Supplement A
Supplement B
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SUPPLEMENT A
TO
QUEBECOR PRINTING (USA) HOLDINGS INC.
401(k) PLAN
This Supplement contains provisions which modify and supplement the
Plan in order to document the special provisions which apply to Atglen Covered
Department Employees (as defined below) as well as the protected benefits which
apply to Atglen Participants (as defined below). This Supplement A shall apply
solely to Atglen Covered Department Employees or Atglen Participants, as set
forth below.
ARTICLE AI
DEFINITIONS
SECTION A1.1 - ANNUITY STARTING DATE
"Annuity Starting Date" shall mean the first day of the first period
for which a benefit is payable as an annuity or any other form.
SECTION A1.2 - ATGLEN ACCOUNTS
"Accounts" shall mean the Atglen Participant's account balance under
the Atglen Plan on the Transfer Date including any earnings (or losses) thereon
after the Transfer Date.
SECTION A1.3 - ATGLEN COVERED DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE
"Atglen Covered Department Employee" means an Employee who works in
the production or maintenance department at the Quebecor World Atglen Inc. plant
located at Lower Valley Road, Atglen, Pennsylvania and is covered by a
collective bargaining agreement with the Company and Local 312 of the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
SECTION A1.4 - ATGLEN PARTICIPANT
"Atglen Participant" shall mean a former participant in the Atglen
Plan who elected to transfer his or her Atglen Accounts to the Quebecor DCS Plan
or the Plan on the Transfer Date, in accordance with the Rules of the Plan.
SECTION A1.5 - ATGLEN PLAN
"Atglen Plan" shall mean The Quebecor Printing Atglen Inc. Pension
Plan for Production and Maintenance Employees under which Atglen Participants
elect to transfer their Atglen Accounts to the Quebecor DCS Plan (before January
1, 2001) or the Plan (on or after January 1, 2001) in accordance with the Rules
of the Plan.
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SECTION A1.6 - ELECTION PERIOD
"Election Period" means:
(a) In the case of an election under Section A12.3(d) to waive
the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity upon an Atglen Participant's
Normal Retirement Date, the period beginning 90 days before the Atglen
Participant's Annuity Starting Date and ending on the latest of
(i) the Atglen Participant's Annuity Starting Date,
(ii) the ninetieth day after the mailing or personal
delivery to him or her of the explanation described in Section
A12.3(b)(i), or
(iii) the sixtieth day after the mailing or personal
delivery to him or her of information he or she has requested
under Section A12.3(b)(ii).
(b) In the case of an election under Section A12.3(d) to waive
the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity for an Atglen Participant who
terminated his or her employment before his or her Normal Retirement
Date, the period beginning on the date of his Separation from the
Service and ending on the latest of
(i) the date 90 days thereafter,
(ii) the date 90 days before his or her Annuity Starting
Date,
(iii) the ninetieth day after the mailing or personal
delivery to him or her of the explanation described in Section
A12.3(b)(i), or
(iv) the sixtieth day after the mailing or personal
delivery to him or her of information he has requested under
Section A12.3(b)(ii).
(c) In the case of an election under Section A13.2(b)(ii) to
waive the Qualified Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity,
(i) by an Atglen Participant who has had a Separation from
the Service, the period which begins on the date of his
Separation from the Service an d ends on the date of his death,
or
(ii) otherwise, the period which begins on the first day of
the Plan Year in which the Atglen Participant attains age
thirty-five and ends on the date of his or her death.
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SECTION A1.8 - LIFE ANNUITY
"Life Annuity" for an Atglen Participant shall mean a monthly annuity
payable for the life of the Atglen Participant which is purchased with the total
Vested balance of his or her Atglen Accounts.
SECTION A1.9 - TRANSFER DATE
"Transfer Date" shall mean the date as of which the Atglen Accounts of
an Atglen Participant were transferred to the Quebecor DCS Plan or the Plan, as
elected by the Atglen Participant and in accordance with the Rules of the Plan.
SECTION A1.11 - QUALIFIED JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY
"Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity" shall mean an annuity for the
life of the Atglen Participant with a survivor annuity for the life of his or
her Surviving Spouse for 50% or 100% of the amount of the Atglen Participant's
annuity, as the Atglen Participant elects, which is payable during the life of
the Atglen Participant and which is purchased with the total Vested balance of
the Atglen Participant's Atglen Accounts.
SECTION A1.12 - QUALIFIED PRERETIREMENT SURVIVOR ANNUITY
"Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity" shall mean an annuity for
the life of the Atglen Participant's Surviving Spouse purchased with the total
Vested balance of the Atglen Participant's Atglen Accounts which is payable to
the Atglen Participant's Surviving Spouse upon the Atglen Participant's death.
SECTION A1.13 - QUEBECOR DCS PLAN
"Quebecor DCS Plan" shall mean the Quebecor Deferred Compensation
Savings Plan which merged into the Plan effective as of January 1, 2001.
ARTICLE AII
ELIGIBILITY
SECTION A2.1 - REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION
(c) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF A PARTICIPATING
BARGAINING UNIT.
(ii) ATGLEN COVERED DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES.
A If an Atglen Covered Department Employee was a
Participant for purposes of Article III and Section 6.3(b)(ii) on
December 31, 2000, he or she shall be such a Participant on
January 1, 2001. If an Atglen Covered Department Employee was not
such a Participant on December 31, 2000, he or she shall become a
Participant for purposes of Section Article III and
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Section 6.3(b)(ii) as soon as administratively feasible after
attaining his or her eighteenth birthday and his or her first
Hour of Service.
B If an Atglen Covered Department Employee was a
Participant for purposes of Section A6.3(c)(ii) on December 31,
2000, he or she shall be such a Participant on January 1, 2001.
If an Atglen Covered Department Employee was not such a
Participant on December 31, 2000, he shall become a Participant
for purposes of Section A6.3(c)(ii) on the 31st day after his or
her first Hour of Service or as otherwise provided in the
collective bargaining agreement which applies to the Atglen
Covered Department Employee in question.
ARTICLE AVI
PARTICIPATION IN COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS AND FORFEITURES
SECTION A6.3 - ALLOCATION OF COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS
(c) (ii) An Active Participant who is an eligible Atglen Covered
Department Employee who is not receiving a contribution under the Atglen
Plan for the period in question shall share in any Company contributions
made pursuant to Section 5.1(b) in an amount, if any, for his or her
Profit-Sharing Account equal to
A if such Active Participant is hired on or before
June 15, 1996,
1 $.95 for the period beginning June 15, 1996
through June 14, 1998 for each of his or her Hours of
Service during such period, and
2 $1.00 for the period beginning June 15, 1998
through June 13, 1999 for each of his or her Hours of
Service during such period, and
3 $1.05 for the period beginning June 14, 1999
and after for each of his or her Hours of Service during
such period up to 40 Hours of Service in any week, or
B if such Active Participant is hired after June 16,
1996, $.50 for each of his or her Hours of Service up to 40 Hours
of Service in any week, or
C as otherwise provided in the collective bargaining
agreement which applies to the Atglen Covered Department Employee
in question.
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ARTICLE AX
WITHDRAWALS AND LOANS
SECTION A10.2 - HARDSHIP WITHDRAWAL FROM DEFERRED COMPENSATION ACCOUNT
A Atglen Participant shall not be permitted to make a
withdrawal from his Atglen Accounts under this Section.
SECTION A10.3 - OPTION TO WITHDRAW
A Atglen Participant shall not be permitted to make a
withdrawal from his Atglen Accounts under this Section.
SECTION A10.4 - LOANS TO PARTICIPANTS
(b) (xviii) Spousal Consent shall be obtained for any
loan which is secured by a Atglen Participant's Atglen Accounts during
the 90-day period ending of the date such security is given.
ARTICLE AXII
BENEFITS UPON RETIREMENT OR TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
SECTION A12.3 - DISTRIBUTION OF ACCOUNTS
(a) Subject to subsections (d) and (e), if the entire
Vested amount credited to an Atglen Participant's Accounts exceeds $5,000, the
Vested balance in his or her Atglen Accounts shall be applied to purchase
(i) if he or she is married, a Qualified Joint and Survivor
Annuity, or
(ii) if he or she is not married, a Life Annuity for his
benefit,
commencing, in either case, on a date which is not later than the date set forth
in Section 12.3(c), as the Atglen Participant shall specify in
accordance with Rules of the Plan.
(b) Not more than 90 days before (and not less than 30 days
before) the Annuity Starting Date, each Atglen Participant who may be affected
by this Section shall be furnished, by mail or personal delivery (and
consistent with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe), with
(i) a written explanation of the terms and conditions of
the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity, including
A the right of the Atglen Participant to make, and
the effect of, an election under subsection (d) to waive the
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity,
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B the relative financial effect on his Atglen
Accounts of an election under subsection (d),
C the right of such Atglen Participant's Spouse
under subsection (d),
D the right of the Atglen Participant under
subsection (d) to revoke an election made under subsection (d)
and the effect thereof, and
(ii) a statement that the Administrator will furnish the
Atglen Participant upon his first written request within sixty days
after the mailing or personal delivery to him or her of the notice
required under this subsection, a detailed statement as to the financial
effect upon his Atglen Accounts of making an election under subsection
(d).
(c) The items furnished under subsection (b) shall be
written in non-technical language with the financial effects referred to being
given in terms of dollars per monthly payment. Such information shall be
delivered personally to the Atglen Participant or mailed to him or her (first
class mail, postage prepaid) within thirty days after receipt by the
Administrator of such written request.
(d) Notwithstanding subsection (a) and subject to
subsection (e), if a Atglen Participant described in subsection (a) elects
during the applicable Election Period with Spousal Consent to waive such annuity
in accordance with the Rules of the Plan, such Atglen Participant may elect to
receive the entire Vested amount credited to his or her Atglen Accounts in a
lump sum as described in Section 12.3. Any such election may be revoked or made
again at any time during the applicable Election Period. Notwithstanding the
requirement under subsection (b) that the written explanation described in
(b)(i) be provided not less than 30 days before the Annuity Starting Date, a
Atglen Participant, after having received the written explanation of the
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity described in paragraph (b)(i), may make an
election under this subsection, with Spousal Consent thereto, less than 30 days
after the written explanation was provided to the Atglen Participant, provided
that
(i) the Administrator shall provide information to
the Atglen Participant clearly indicating that the Atglen Participant
has the right to an Election Period to consider whether to waive the
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity and consent to a distribution
other than the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity and that such
period shall be at least 30 days in duration,
(ii) the Atglen Participant shall be permitted to
revoke the distribution election under this subsection at least until
the Annuity Starting Date, or, if later, at any time prior to the
expiration of the seven-day period that begins on the day after the
written explanation of the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity is
provided to the Atglen Participant,
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(iii) the Annuity Starting Date is after the date
that the written explanation of the Qualified Joint and Survivor
Annuity is provided to the Atglen Participant, and
(iv) the distribution in accordance with the election
under this subsection does not commence before the expiration of the
seven-day period that begins the day after the explanation of the
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity is provided to the Atglen
Participant.
(e) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (d), if the
entire amount credited to a Atglen Participant's Accounts does not exceed
$5,000, such Atglen Participant shall receive his or her Atglen Accounts in one
lump sum in cash.
(f) Except as provided in subsection (g), distribution
under subsection (a), (d) or (e) shall be made or commence not later than the
earliest of
(i) sixty days after the end of the Plan Year in which the
Atglen Participant's Separation from the Service occurs, or
(ii) if he or she is not a Five Percent Owner with
respect to a Plan Year ending in the calendar year in which he attains
age 70 1/2, the later of
A the April 1 following the calendar year in which
his or her Separation from the Service occurs, or
B the April 1 following the calendar year in which
he or she attains age 701/2,
(iii) if he or she is such a Five Percent Owner, the
April 1 following the calendar year in which he or she attains age
70 1/2.
(g) At any time before a distribution under subsection (f)
is made or commences, the Atglen Participant may elect in accordance with
the Rules of the Plan to defer such distribution until such later date as he or
she shall then or subsequently specify, provided, however,
(i) such date shall be no later than the date referred to
in subsection (f)(ii) or (f)(iii), and
(ii) if no such date is specified, such amount shall
be distributed in one lump sum on the date specified in subsection
(f)(ii) or (f)(iii).
(h) Notwithstanding any election under subsection (g), the
entire amount credited to the Atglen Participant's Atglen Accounts will be
distributed in a manner which satisfies the minimum distribution incidental
death benefit requirements of Proposed Treas. Reg. ss. 1.401(a)(9)-2 (or any
successor thereto).
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ARTICLE AXIII
BENEFITS UPON DEATH
SECTION A13.1. - DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY
(e) Each Atglen Participant shall have the right to
designate, revoke and redesignate Beneficiaries hereunder.
SECTION A13.2 - DISTRIBUTION ON DEATH
(a) Subject to subsection (b), if a Atglen Participant
dies before any distribution of his Accounts has been made or commenced under
Article AXII or Section 16.1 and was married on the date of his or her death,
the Vested amount credited to his or her Atglen Accounts (as determined under
Section 9.2) shall be applied to purchase a Qualified Preretirement Survivor
Annuity for the life of his Surviving Spouse which shall commence on a date
specified by the Spouse which is not later than the later of
(i) the first anniversary of the Atglen Participant's
death, or
(ii) the date on which the Atglen Participant would
have attained age 70 1/2.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a),
(i) if the Vested amount credited to such Atglen
Participant's Accounts does not equal more than $5,000,
(ii) if such Atglen Participant elected to waive such
Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity during the applicable Election
Period in accordance with the Rules of Plan and Spousal Consent was
obtained thereto, or
(iii) if such Spouse, after the Atglen Participant's
death, elects in accordance with the Rules of the Plan to waive
the Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity to which such Spouse is
otherwise entitled,
the Vested amount credited to the Atglen Participant's Atglen Accounts shall be
paid to the Surviving Spouse in one lump sum either in cash or, with respect to
the portion of such Atglen Participant's Accounts invested in the Company Stock
Fund, in whole shares of Company Stock (and the equivalent of any fractional
share distributed in cash) not later than the first anniversary of the Atglen
Participant's death, unless another manner of payment is elected under Section
A13.4 and except to the extent the Surviving Spouse has properly consented to as
described in Section 1.56 to the designation of other Beneficiaries, in which
case the provisions of Section A13.4 shall apply. Any election under paragraph
(ii) may be revoked or made again at any time during the applicable Election
Period.
(c) Upon the death of a Atglen Participant
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(i) who was not married on the date of his or her death,
(ii) who was married on the date of his or her death
but whose Spouse properly consented (as described in Section 1.56) to
the designation of another Beneficiary, or
(iii) who had not yet received his or her distribution from
his or her Atglen Accounts under Section A12.3(d),
the Vested amount credited to his or her Atglen Accounts or any remaining
balance of his or her Atglen Accounts shall be paid, as described in Section
A13.4, to the Participant's Beneficiary.
(d) If the Surviving Spouse or Beneficiary of a Atglen
Participant dies before receiving the entire distribution otherwise due under
this Section, the balance of the distribution shall be paid to the Atglen
Participant's Beneficiary determined under Section 13.1(d) in one lump sum.
SECTION A13.3 - SPOUSE'S ELECTION OF OTHER PAYMENT METHODS
(a) A Surviving Spouse who is entitled to a lump sum
distribution under Section A13.2(b)(ii) or (iii) may elect in accordance with
the Rules of the Plan that in lieu of an immediate lump sum, the lump sum
payment may be deferred but not later than 5 years after the Atglen
Participant's death.
SECTION A13.4 - PAYMENTS TO BENEFICIARIES
(a) Amounts payable to any Beneficiary from a Atglen
Participant's Atglen Accounts shall be paid in one lump sum either in cash or,
with respect to the portion of the Atglen Participant's Atglen Accounts invested
in the Company Stock Fund, in whole shares of Company Stock (and the equivalent
of any fractional share distributed in cash) as may be elected by the
Beneficiary within five years of the Atglen Participant's death.
(b) If payment has commenced prior to the Atglen
Participant's death, payment of the Atglen Participant's Atglen Accounts shall
be made in such a manner that the remaining interest is distributed at least as
rapidly as under the method being used as of the date of the Participant's
death.
SECTION A13.5 - EXPLANATION OF QUALIFIED PRERETIREMENT SURVIVOR ANNUITY
The Administrator shall provide a written explanation of the
Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity (as defined in Code Section 417(c)):
(a) to a Atglen Participant who is a Atglen Participant
on his or her thirty-second birthday, within the three Plan Year period
commencing with the Plan Year in which his or her thirty-second birthday
occurs;
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(b) to a Atglen Participant who becomes a Atglen
Participant after his thirty-second birthday, within the three Plan
Year period commencing with the Plan Year in which he or she becomes a
Atglen Participant; and
(c) to a Atglen Participant who has a Separation from
the Service prior to his or her thirty-second birthday, within one year
of his or her Separation from the Service,
or such longer period as is allowed under Code Section 417(a)(3).
ARTICLE AXV
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SECTION A15.12 - CONTRIBUTIONS TO TRANSFER ACCOUNTS
(e) An Atglen Covered Department Employee may transfer
his account balance under the Atglen Plan to the Plan at the time and in the
manner prescribed by the Administrator. Any account balance so transferred from
the Atglen Plan, together with earnings thereon, shall be fully Vested and shall
be held in his or her Transfer Account under the Plan.
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SUPPLEMENT B
TO
QUEBECOR PRINTING (USA) HOLDINGS INC.
401(K) PLAN
PROTECTED BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN MERGED PARTICIPANTS
This Supplement modifies and supplements the Plan in order to
provide protected benefits for certain Merged Participants. This Supplement B
shall apply to the Merged Participants identified below.
ARTICLE BI
DEFINITIONS
SECTION B1.1 - EARLY RETIREMENT DATE
"Early Retirement Date" of a Downey Merged Participant and
Downey Union Merged Participant shall mean the first day of the month before his
or her Normal Retirement Date coinciding with or next following his or her
fifty-fifth birthday and his or her Separation from the Service which the Downey
Merged Participant or Downey Union Merged Participant selects for the start of
his or her benefits under the Plan.
ARTICLE BIX
VESTING OF INTERESTS
SECTION B9.1 - VESTING OF ACCOUNTS
(a) (i) Each Midwest Merged Participant who was hired by the
Company on or before June 1, 1998 shall be fully Vested in his or her
Matching Account and Midwest Matching Account at all times.
(ii) Each Quebecor Merged Participant and Quebecor
Union Merged Participant who was hired by the Company before January 1,
2001 shall be fully Vested in his or her Matching Account and
Profit-Sharing Account at all times.
(iii) Each Sayers Merged Participant who was hired by
the Company before January 1, 2001, shall be fully Vested in his or her
Matching Account and Profit-Sharing Account at all times.
(iv) Each Atglen Participant (as defined in Supplement A)
who elects to transfer his or her Atglen Accounts to the Plan shall be
fully Vested in his or her Atglen Accounts at all times.
(v) Except as provided in paragraph (vi), each Atglen
Covered Department Employee (as defined in Supplement A) who was hired by
the Company
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before January 1, 2001 shall be fully Vested in his or her
Matching Account and Profit-Sharing Account at all times.
(vi) Each Atglen Covered Department Employee who receives a
contribution described in Section A6.3(c)(ii) shall be fully Vested in
his or her Profit-Sharing Account at all times to the extent his or her
Profit-Sharing Account consists entirely of the contributions described
in Section A6.3(c)(ii). If his or her Profit-Sharing Account consists of
contributions made under the Plan other than those described in Section
A6.3(c)(ii), such other contributions shall be segregated in a subaccount
in his or her Profit-Sharing Account and shall be subject to the vesting
schedule described in Section 9.1(b)(i).
(b) (i) Except as provided in subsection (a), Sections 9.1,
9.2, B9.2 and paragraphs (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii), the
Vested portion of the Profit-Sharing Account, Matching Account and
Non-Vested Merged Accounts, if any, of a Participant who is a Downey
Union Merged Participant shall be the percentage of such Accounts shown
on the following table:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEARS OF VESTING SERVICE VESTED PERCENTAGE
<S> <C>
less than 3 0%
3 (or more) 100%
</TABLE>
unless otherwise determined under subsection (vi).
(ii) Except as provided in subsection (a), Sections 9.1,
9.2, B9.2 and paragraphs (i), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii), the
Vested portion of the Profit-Sharing Account, Matching Account and
Non-Vested Merged Accounts, if any, of a Participant who is
A a Downey Merged Participant who was hired by the
Company before January 1, 2001 and is an Eligible Employee on
January 1, 2001,
B a Dittler Merged Participant who was hired by the
Company before January 1, 2001 and is an Eligible Employee on
January 1, 2001,
C a Lanman Merged Participant who was hired by the
Company after August 1, 1998 and before January 1, 2001 and is an
Eligible Employee on January 1, 2001,
D a Metroweb Merged Participant, Infiniti Merged
Participant, Great Western Merged Participant, UP/Graphics Merged
Participant, Little Merged Participant, Rice Merged Participant,
J&H Merged Participant, Northeast Printing Merged Participant,
Northeast Bindery Merged Participant, Alden Merged Participant,
Book Services Merged Participant, Ringier Merged Participant,
Magna Merged Participant, Acme Merged Participant, Wessel
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Merged Participant, or a Century Merged Participant all of whom
were hired by the Company before January 1, 2001 and are Eligible
Employees on January 1, 2001,
E a Midwest Merged Participant who was hired by the
Company after June 1, 1998 and before January 1, 2001 and is an
Eligible Employee on January 1, 2001,
F a Shea Merged Participant who was hired by the
Company after June 1, 1998 and before January 1, 2001 and is an
Eligible Employee on January 1, 2001, or
G any other individual who was an Eligible Employee
on January 1, 2001 and who was also an Eligible Employee before
June 1, 1998; provided, however, that his or her Years of Vesting
Service occurring before January 1, 2001 may not be excluded by
reason of his or her Break in Service Years under Section 1.68,
shall be the percentage of such Accounts shown on the following table:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEARS OF VESTING SERVICE VESTED PERCENTAGE
<S> <C>
less than 1 0%
1 20%
2 40%
3 100%
</TABLE>
(iii) Except as provided in subsection (a), Sections
9.1, 9.2, B9.2 and paragraphs (i), (ii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii), the
Vested portion of the Profit-Sharing Account, Matching Account and
Non-Vested Merged Accounts, if any, of a Lanman Merged Participant who
was hired by the Company on or before August 1, 1998 shall be the
percentage of such Accounts shown on the following table:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEARS OF VESTING SERVICE VESTED PERCENTAGE
<S> <C>
less than 2 0%
2 50%
3 100%
</TABLE>
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(iv) Except as provided in subsection (a), Sections 9.1,
9.2, B9.2 and paragraphs (i),(ii), (iii), (v), (vi) and (vii), the Vested
portion of the Profit-Sharing Account, Matching Account and Non-Vested
Merged Accounts, if any, of a Shea Merged Participant who was hired by
the Company on or before June 1, 1998 shall be the percentage of such
Accounts shown on the following table:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEARS OF VESTING SERVICE VESTED PERCENTAGE
<S> <C>
less than 2 0%
2 (or more) 100%
</TABLE>
(v) Except as provided in subsection (a), Sections 9.1,
9.2, B9.2 and paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi) and (vii), the
Vested portion of the Profit-Sharing Account, Matching Account and
Non-Vested Merged Accounts, if any, of a Dittler Union Merged Participant
shall be the percentage of such Accounts shown on the following table:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEARS OF VESTING SERVICE VESTED PERCENTAGE
<S> <C>
less than 5 0%
5 (or more) 100%
</TABLE>
unless otherwise determined under subsection (vi).
(vi) Except as provided in subsection (a), Sections 9.1,
9.2, B9.2 and paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vii), and
notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan to the contrary, the
Vested portion of the Profit-Sharing Account, Matching Account and
Non-Vested Merged Accounts, if any, of a Participant who is a member of a
Participating Bargaining Unit, including but not limited to a Quebecor
Union Merged Participant, a Dittler Union Merged Participant, a Downey
Union Merged Participant and an Atglen Covered Department Employee (as
defined in Supplement A), shall be determined in accordance with the
collective bargaining agreement which applies to the Participant in
question which shall be in compliance with Code Section 411(a).
(vii) The Vested portion of the Profit-Sharing Account,
Matching Account and Non-Vested Merged Accounts, if any, of a Participant
who incurs a Separation from the Service before January 1, 2001, shall be
determined in accordance with the vesting schedule(s) in effect for such
Participant (including any Merged Participant) under the Plan, the
Quebecor Deferred Compensation Savings Plan or the Quebecor Defined
Contribution Plan (as applicable) as of his or her termination date.
(c) Upon any amendment of the vesting schedule set forth in
subsection (b), a Participant with at least three Years of Vesting Service
may elect to have his or her Vested
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interest calculated pursuant to the vesting schedule which would have been in
effect but for the amendment; provided, however, that no election shall be
provided for any Participant whose nonforfeitable percentage under the Plan as
amended at anytime cannot be less than such percentage determined without regard
to such amendment.
SECTION B9.2 - ADDITIONAL VESTING OF ACCOUNTS
The interest of a Downey Merged Participant or Downey Union
Merged Participant in his or her Profit-Sharing Account, Matching Account and
Non-Vested Merged Accounts, if any, shall become fully Vested upon the earliest
to occur of
(a) his or her death,
(b) his or her Normal Retirement Date,
(c) his or her Early Retirement Date,
(d) his or her Disability Retirement Date, or
(e) the termination or discontinuation of the Plan
under Section 16.1 if he or she is then an affected Employee or
employed by a Company Affiliate.
ARTICLE BIX
WITHDRAWALS AND LOANS
SECTION B10.3 - OPTION TO WITHDRAW
(a) Each Shea Merged Participant who is Vested in his or
her Shea Matching Contribution Account may elect, subject to the Rules of the
Plan, to withdraw all or a part of his or her Shea Matching Contribution Account
in cash or, with respect to any portion of such Account invested in the Company
Stock Fund, in whole shares of Company Stock (and the equivalent of any
fractional share distributed in cash) unless the Shea Merged Participant elects
to receive all of such amount in cash, valued as of the last Valuation Date;
provided, however, that the following conditions are satisfied:
(i) The Shea Merged Participant must withdraw the
maximum amount permitted under subsections 10.3(b) and (d).
(ii) The Shea Merged Participant may not withdraw the
value of matching contributions made within the previous two years
unless he has at least five Years of Vesting Service.
(iii) No more than one such withdrawal may be made in
any six month period.
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(b) Each Acme Merged Participant may elect, subject to
the Rules of the Plan, to withdraw all or part of his or her Vested Acme
Employer Contributions Account in cash or, with respect to any portion of such
Account invested in the Company Stock Fund, in whole shares of Company Stock
(and the equivalent of any fractional share distributed in cash) unless the Acme
Merged Participant elects to receive all of such amount in cash, valued as of
the last Valuation Date; provided, however, that the Acme Merged Participant may
not withdraw the value of contributions made to his or her Acme Employer
Contributions Account within the previous two years, unless he or she has
completed at least 60 months of participation in the Plan and the Acme Printing
Company, Inc. 401(k) Profit-Sharing Plan.
ARTICLE BXII
BENEFITS UPON RETIREMENT OR TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
SECTION B12.3 - DISTRIBUTION OF ACCOUNTS
(a) An active Downey Merged Participant or Downey Union
Merged Participant who continues as an Employee on his or her Normal Retirement
Date may nevertheless elect to commence his distributions under Section 12.3 on
his or her Normal Retirement Date.
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