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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 11-K
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 1-1927
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES
(FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
(NAME OF ISSUER OF THE SECURITIES)
1144 EAST MARKET STREET
AKRON, OHIO 44316-0001
(ADDRESS OF ISSUER'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE)
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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES
ITEM 1. Not applicable.
ITEM 2. Not applicable.
ITEM 3. Not applicable.
ITEM 4. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PLAN
The Financial Statements of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Employee
Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees for the fiscal year ended December
31, 1997, together with the report of Price Waterhouse LLP, independent
accountants, are attached to this Annual Report on Form 11-K as Annex A, and are
by specific reference incorporated herein and filed as a part of hereof. The
Financial Statements and the Notes thereto are presented in lieu of the
financial statements required by Items 1, 2 and 3 of Form 11-K and were prepared
in accordance with the financial reporting requirements of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
EXHIBITS.
EXHIBIT 4. THE PLAN, AS AMENDED. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Employee Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees (May 9, 1997 Restatement),
as amended and in effect.
EXHIBIT 23. CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS. Consent of Price
Waterhouse LLP, independent accountants, to incorporation by reference of their
report set forth at page 2 of Annex A to this Form 11-K in Registration
Statement No. 33-65183 on Form S-8.
SIGNATURES
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, THE
PLAN ADMINISTRATOR HAS DULY CAUSED THIS ANNUAL REPORT TO BE SIGNED BY THE
UNDERSIGNED THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED.
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY,
PLAN ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN FOR
BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES
Dated: June 25, 1998 By: /s/ Richard W Hauman
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Richard W Hauman,
Vice President and Treasurer
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ANNEX A
TO
FORM 11-K
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES
* * * * *
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 1997
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[PRICE WATERHOUSE LOGO]
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN
FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 1997 AND 1996
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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 1997 AND 1996
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Report of Independent Accountants 2
Financial Statements:
Statement of Net Assets Available for
Plan Benefits, with Fund Information at
December 31, 1997 and 1996 3-4
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
Available for Plan Benefits, with Fund
Information for the Years Ended December 3-4
31, 1997 and 1996
Notes to Financial Statements 5-15
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Note: Certain schedules required by the Department of Labor's Rules and
Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 have been omitted because of the absence of
the conditions under which they are required.
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[Price Waterhouse Letterhead]
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
June 15, 1998
To the Plan Administrator and Participants
of the Employee Savings Plan for Bargaining
Unit Employees (sponsored by The Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Company)
In our opinion, the accompanying statement of net assets available for plan
benefits and the related statement of changes in net assets available for plan
benefits present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for
benefits of the Employee Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees (sponsored
by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company) at December 31, 1997 and 1996, and the
changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the years then ended, in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management; our responsibility
is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We
conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with generally accepted
auditing standards which require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our
audits provide a reasonable basis for the opinion expressed above.
Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole. The Fund Information in the statement of
net assets available for plan benefits and the statement of changes in net
assets available for plan benefits is presented for purposes of additional
analysis rather than to present the net assets available for plan benefits and
changes in net assets available for plan benefits of each fund. The Fund
Information has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits
of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all
material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a
whole.
/s/ Price Waterhouse LLP
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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS, WITH FUND INFORMATION
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(Dollars in Thousands) December 31, 1997
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Fund Information
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Conservative Moderate Aggressive S&P 500
Stable Asset Asset Asset Equity
Value Allocation Allocation Allocation Index
Total Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund
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Plan's Interest in Master Trust
Representing Total Assets
Available for Plan Benefits $ 591,540 $ 199,013 $ 3,180 $ 13,366 $ 4,293 $ 142,403
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(Dollars in Thousands) December 31, 1997
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Fund Information
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Large Small International
Capitalization Capitalization Stock Company
Equity Equity Equity Stock Loan
Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund
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Plan's Interest in Master Trust
Representing Total Assets
Available for Plan Benefits $ 10,864 $ 16,756 $ 5,436 $ 159,572 $ 36,657
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS, WITH FUND
INFORMATION
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<CAPTION>
(Dollars in Thousands) For the Year Ended December 31, 1997
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Fund Information
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Conservative Moderate Aggressive S&P 500
Stable Asset Asset Asset Equity
Value Allocation Allocation Allocation Index
Total Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund
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Increase in Assets:
Contributions:
Employer $ 17,322 $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ --
Employee 51,368 27,543 409 2,513 875 15,202
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68,690 27,543 409 2,513 875 15,202
Investment Income from Plan's
Interest in Master Trust 83,600 11,781 310 1,974 560 30,700
Decrease in Assets:
Benefits Paid to Participants
or Their Beneficiaries 26,060 14,543 152 502 136 3,917
Administrative Expenses 253 170 -- -- -- 79
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26,313 14,713 152 502 136 3,996
Transfers:
Transfers Between Plans 14,751 9,851 35 410 86 4,486
Transfers Between Funds -- (14,118) 1,424 1,173 259 13,393
Loan Transfers To or From Plan -- (648) (1) (15) (8) (195)
Loans to Participants -- (11,438) (83) (609) (172) (5,817)
Loan Repayments:
Principal -- 9,197 78 430 184 3,781
Interest -- 1,850 11 72 37 794
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14,751 (5,306) 1,464 1,461 386 16,442
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Increase in Assets During the Year 140,728 19,305 2,031 5,446 1,685 58,348
Net Assets at Beginning of Year 450,812 179,708 1,149 7,920 2,608 84,055
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Net Assets at End of Year $ 591,540 $ 199,013 $ 3,180 $ 13,366 $ 4,293 $ 142,403
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(Dollars in Thousands) For the Year Ended December 31, 1997
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Fund Information
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Large Small International
Capitalization Capitalization Stock Company
Equity Equity Equity Stock Loan
Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund
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Increase in Assets:
Contributions:
Employer $ -- $ -- $ -- $ 17,322 $ --
Employee 1,557 2,298 971 -- --
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1,557 2,298 971 17,322 --
Investment Income from Plan's
Interest in Master Trust 1,480 1,582 309 31,931 2,973
Decrease in Assets:
Benefits Paid to Participants
or Their Beneficiaries 162 371 144 6,133 --
Administrative Expenses -- -- -- 4 --
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162 371 144 6,137 --
Transfers:
Transfers Between Plans 145 162 38 (462) --
Transfers Between Funds 1,627 2,368 776 (6,902) --
Loan Transfers To or From Plan 1 2 4 -- 860
Loans to Participants (479) (616) (222) -- 19,436
Loan Repayments:
Principal 358 532 172 -- (14,732)
Interest 74 100 35 -- (2,973)
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1,726 2,548 803 (7,364) 2,591
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Increase in Assets During the Year 4,601 6,057 1,939 35,752 5,564
Net Assets at Beginning of Year 6,263 10,699 3,497 123,820 31,093
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Net Assets at End of Year $ 10,864 $ 16,756 $ 5,436 $ 159,572 $ 36,657
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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS, WITH FUND INFORMATION
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(Dollars in Thousands) December 31, 1996
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Fund Information
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Conservative Moderate Aggressive S&P 500
Stable Asset Asset Asset Equity
Value Allocation Allocation Allocation Index
Total Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund
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Plan's Interest in Master Trust
Representing Total Assets
Available for Plan Benefits $ 450,812 $ 179,708 $ 1,149 $ 7,920 $ 2,608 $ 84,055
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(Dollars in Thousands) December 31, 1996
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Fund Information
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Large Small International
Capitalization Capitalization Stock Company
Equity Equity Equity Stock Loan
Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund
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Plan's Interest in Master Trust
Representing Total Assets
Available for Plan Benefits $ 6,263 $ 10,699 $ 3,497 $ 123,820 $ 31,093
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS, WITH FUND
INFORMATION
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<CAPTION>
(Dollars in Thousands) For the Year Ended December 31, 1996
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Fund Information
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Conservative Moderate Aggressive S&P 500
Stable Asset Asset Asset Equity
Value Allocation Allocation Allocation Index
Total Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund
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Increase in Assets:
Contributions:
Employer $ 15,775 $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ --
Employee 46,860 28,459 246 2,323 596 12,438
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62,635 28,459 246 2,323 596 12,438
Investment Income from Plan's
Interest in Master Trust 45,631 9,383 75 846 218 14,299
Decrease in Assets:
Benefits Paid to Participants
or Their Beneficiaries 14,040 8,089 9 122 25 1,556
Administrative Expenses 323 214 -- -- -- 79
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14,363 8,303 9 122 25 1,635
Transfers:
Transfers Between Plans 171 479 (1) (7) (5) (61)
Transfers Between Funds -- (11,056) 832 96 1,859 400
Loan Transfers To or From Plan -- (29) (1) 1 -- 61
Loans to Participants 1 (18,348) (21) (555) (160) (6,370)
Loan Repayments: -- -- -- -- -- --
Principal -- 5,874 24 183 103 2,104
Interest -- 1,500 4 44 22 522
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172 (21,580) 837 (238) 1,819 (3,344)
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Increase in Assets During the Year 94,075 7,959 1,149 2,809 2,608 21,758
Net Assets at Beginning of Year 356,737 171,749 -- 5,111 -- 62,297
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Net Assets at End of Year $ 450,812 $ 179,708 $ 1,149 $ 7,920 $ 2,608 $ 84,055
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(Dollars in Thousands) For the Year Ended December 31, 1996
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Fund Information
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Large Small International
Capitalization Capitalization Stock Company
Equity Equity Equity Stock Loan
Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund
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Increase in Assets:
Contributions:
Employer $ -- $ -- $ -- $ 15,775 $ --
Employee 1,077 1,155 566 -- --
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1,077 1,155 566 15,775 --
Investment Income from Plan's
Interest in Master Trust 422 1,182 363 16,645 2,198
Decrease in Assets:
Benefits Paid to Participants
or Their Beneficiaries 40 47 37 4,115 --
Administrative Expenses -- -- -- 30 --
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40 47 37 4,145 --
Transfers:
Transfers Between Plans 3 (7) 2 (232) --
Transfers Between Funds 4,950 8,549 2,611 (8,241) --
Loan Transfers To or From Plan 1 -- -- -- (33)
Loans to Participants (437) (380) (124) -- 26,396
Loan Repayments: -- -- -- -- --
Principal 243 203 98 -- (8,832)
Interest 44 44 18 -- (2,198)
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4,804 8,409 2,605 (8,473) 15,333
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Increase in Assets During the Year 6,263 10,699 3,497 19,802 17,531
Net Assets at Beginning of Year -- -- -- 104,018 13,562
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Net Assets at End of Year $ 6,263 $ 10,699 $ 3,497 $ 123,820 $ 31,093
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 1997 AND 1996
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1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
BASIS OF ACCOUNTING
The accounts of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Employee Savings Plan for
Bargaining Unit Employees (the "Plan") are maintained on the accrual basis of
accounting and in accordance with The Northern Trust Company (the "Trustee")
Trust Agreement, effective November 1, 1995.
TRUST ASSETS
Savings plans sponsored by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and certain
subsidiaries (the "Company") maintain their assets in a master trust
administered by the Trustee. At December 31, 1997 and 1996, the Company
sponsored six savings plans. The Plan's undivided interest in the trust is
presented in the accompanying financial statements in accordance with the
allocation made by the Trustee. At December 31, 1997 and 1996, the Plan's
undivided interest in the master trust was 30.1% and 27.7%, respectively.
ASSET VALUATION
The majority of the assets of the Plan are valued at the current market
value. Investments in the Company Stock Fund are valued at the last reported
sales price on the last business day of the month. If no sales were reported
on that date, the shares are valued at the last bid price. Investments held
in the Stable Value Fund are invested in various instruments that have a rate
of return, and are reported at contract value. Investments in the
Conservative Asset Allocation Fund, Moderate Asset Allocation Fund,
Aggressive Asset Allocation Fund, S&P 500 Index Stock Equity Fund, Small
Capitalization Stock Equity Fund, Large Capitalization Stock Equity Fund, and
the International Stock Equity Fund are valued based on units of
participation in commingled funds and mutual funds as reported by the fund
manager, which approximates fair market value. The allocation of assets,
interest and dividend income, and realized and unrealized appreciation and
depreciation is made based upon contributions received and benefits paid by
each participating plan on a monthly basis.
INCOME RECOGNITION
Employer and employee contributions are recognized in Plan equity on the
accrual basis of accounting.
Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date.
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EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 1997 AND 1996
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Interest income is recorded as earned.
Appreciation or depreciation on Company common stock distributed to
participants is the difference between the weighted average cost and the
current market value at the time of distribution.
CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK
The Stable Value Fund of the Plan invests part of the fund in investment
contracts of financial institutions with strong credit ratings and has
established guidelines relative to diversification and maturities that
maintain safety and liquidity.
USE OF ESTIMATES
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions
that affect the amounts reported in the basic financial statements and
related notes to financial statements. Changes in such estimates may affect
amounts reported in future years.
2. GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION OF THE PLAN:
INCEPTION
The Plan is a defined contribution plan which became effective July 1, 1984.
ELIGIBILITY
Certain bargaining unit employees of the Company are eligible to participate
in the Plan after completing up to one year of continuous service depending
upon hire date. At the end of the 1997 Plan year, approximately 20,134
employees (17,380 in 1996) of the Company were eligible with approximately
14,220 employees (13,616 in 1996) participating in the Plan.
During 1997, the assets of the majority of the participants of the Employee
Savings Plan Without Matching Contribution for Bargaining Unit Employees were
transferred to this Plan, pursuant to collective bargaining
agreements which were negotiated in 1997.
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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 1997 AND 1996
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VESTING
Employee contributions are fully vested. Employer matching contributions
become vested after the participant has completed four years of continuous
service with the Company.
CONTRIBUTIONS
Eligible employees may elect to contribute any whole percent from 1% to 16%
of earnings including wages, bonuses, commissions, overtime and vacation pay
into the Plan. Participating employees may elect to have their contributions
invested in the Stable Value Fund, Conservative Asset Allocation Fund,
Moderate Asset Allocation Fund, Aggressive Asset Allocation Fund, S&P 500
Index Stock Equity Fund, Small Capitalization Stock Equity Fund, Large
Capitalization Stock Equity Fund, the International Stock Equity Fund, or in
any combination of these eight funds in multiples of 1%. The Company
calculates and deducts employee contributions from gross earnings each pay
period based on the percent elected by the employee. Employees may change
their contribution percent up to the 15th of the month for changes to be
effective on the 1st day of the following month. Employees may transfer
amounts attributable to employee contributions from one fund to the other on
a daily basis. The minimum amount to be transferred is $100. Eligible
employees may enroll in the Plan effective on the 1st day of the month by
enrolling by the 15th of the prior month. Employees may suspend their
contributions at any time effective immediately.
Employees who are 52 years of age or older are able to transfer employer
contributions from the Company Stock Fund into the plan's other investment
funds.
The Plan has been established under section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Therefore, employee and employer contributions to the Plan are not subject to
federal withholding tax, but are taxable when they are withdrawn from the
Plan.
The Board of Directors of the Company determines the matching percent used as
the employer contribution for each Plan year. The Company matching
contributions are limited to the first 6% of employee contributions at the
rate of 50% and employee contributions are limited to $9,500 in both 1997 and
1996.
INVESTMENTS
The Trustee of the Plan maintains the following ten funds under the Plan:
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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 1997 AND 1996
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- Stable Value Fund - Employee contributions are invested in various
investment contracts which provide for rates of return for particular
periods of time.
- Conservative Asset Allocation Fund - Employee contributions are invested
in a commingled fund containing a portfolio of U.S. common stocks and
bonds which provide an investment return similar to a portfolio invested
40% in the Russell 3000 Equity Index plus reinvested dividends and 60% in
bonds which compose the Lehman Aggregate Long-Term Bond Index.
- Moderate Asset Allocation Fund - Employee contributions are invested in a
commingled fund containing a portfolio of U.S. common stocks and bonds
which provide an investment return similar to a portfolio invested 60% in
the Russell 3000 Equity Index plus reinvested dividends and 40% in bonds
which compose the Lehman Aggregate Long-Term Bond Index.
- Aggressive Asset Allocation Fund - Employee contributions are invested in
a commingled fund containing a portfolio of U.S. common stocks,
international stocks, and bonds which provide an investment return similar
to a portfolio invested 65% in the Russell 3000 Equity Index plus
reinvested dividends, 15% in the MSCI EAFE Index, and 20% in bonds which
compose the Lehman Aggregate Long-Term Bond Index.
- S&P 500 Index Stock Equity Fund - Employee contributions are invested in
a commingled fund consisting of a portfolio of common stocks which provide
a return similar to the Standard and Poor's Composite Index of 500 stocks
plus reinvested dividends.
- Large Capitalization Stock Equity Fund - Employee contributions are
invested in a commingled fund containing a portfolio of common stocks of
medium and large companies that are expected to provide
better-than-average prospects for appreciation.
- Small Capitalization Stock Equity Fund - Employee contributions are
invested in a commingled fund containing a portfolio of common stocks of
small companies that are expected to provide long-term capital growth.
- International Stock Equity Fund - Employee contributions are invested in
a commingled fund containing a portfolio of common stocks and debt
obligations of companies and governments located outside of the United
States that are expected to provide long-term capital growth.
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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 1997 AND 1996
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- Loan Investment Fund - Employee contributions are transferred from other
funds into the Loan Investment Fund, and then loaned to the participant.
The interest rate on the loan is prime plus 1% as determined by the
Trustee.
- Company Stock Fund - Employer contributions are invested in Goodyear
common stock except for short-term investments needed for Plan operations.
During 1997, the price per share of Goodyear common stock on The New York
Stock Exchange Composite Transactions ranged from $49.25 to $71.25 ($41.50
to $53.00 during 1996). The closing price per share was $63.63 at December
31, 1997 ($51.38 at December 31, 1996).
PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS
A Stable Value Fund, Conservative Asset Allocation Fund, Moderate Asset
Allocation Fund, Aggressive Asset Allocation Fund, S&P 500 Index Stock Equity
Fund, Small Capitalization Stock Equity Fund, Large Capitalization Stock
Equity Fund, the International Stock Equity Fund, Loan Investment Fund, and
the Company Stock Fund have been established for each participant in the
Plan. All accounts are valued daily by the Trustee.
Interest is automatically reinvested in each participant's respective
accounts. Price fluctuations and dividends in common stock of the Company and
companies in the Conservative Asset Allocation Fund, Moderate Asset
Allocation Fund, Aggressive Asset Allocation Fund, S&P 500 Index Stock Equity
Fund, Small Capitalization Stock Equity Fund, Large Capitalization Stock
Equity Fund, the International Stock Equity Fund, and the Company Stock Fund
are reflected in the unit value of the fund which effects the value of the
participant's accounts.
PLAN WITHDRAWALS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
Participants may withdraw vested amounts from their accounts if they:
- Attain the age of 59-1/2, or
- Qualify for a serious financial hardship.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued guidelines governing financial
hardship. Under the IRS guidelines, withdrawals are permitted for severe
financial hardship for the following reasons:
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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 1997 AND 1996
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- Unreimbursed medical expense of participant, spouse, or dependent.
- Post-secondary education of participant, spouse, or dependent.
- Prevention of eviction from primary residence or the foreclosure on
the mortgage of the primary residence of participant.
- Personal liability for expenses arising out of the death of a member
of participant's family.
- Purchase of a primary residence of participant.
Contributions to the Plan are suspended for 12 months subsequent to a
financial hardship withdrawal.
Participant vested amounts are payable upon retirement, death or other
termination of employment.
All withdrawals and distributions are valued as of the end of the month they
are processed, and are subject to federal income tax upon receipt. Any
non-vested Company contributions are forfeited and applied to reduce future
contributions by the Company. During 1997 and 1996, the Plan had forfeiture
credits in the amounts of $131,607 and $58,985, respectively.
LOAN INVESTMENT FUND
Eligible employees may borrow money from their participant accounts. The
minimum amount to be borrowed is $1,000. The maximum amount to be borrowed is
the lesser of $50,000 reduced by the highest outstanding balance of any loan
during the preceding twelve month period, or 50% of the participant's vested
account balance. Effective February 1, 1996, the maximum number of loans that
a participant may have outstanding was increased from one to two. The
interest rate charged will be a fixed rate which will be established at the
time of the loan application. The interest rate at the beginning of 1997 was
9.25%, but was changed to 9.50% at the end of March. The interest rate during
1996 was 9.25%.
Loan repayments, with interest, are made through payroll deductions. If a
loan is not repaid when due, the loan balance will be treated as a taxable
distribution from the Plan.
EXPENSES
Expenses of administering the Plan were paid partly by the Company and partly
by the Trust. The payment of Trustee's fees and brokerage commissions
associated with the Company Stock Fund are paid by the Company. Expenses
related to the asset management of the Investment Funds are paid from such
Funds which reduces the investment return reported and credited to
participant accounts.
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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 1997 AND 1996
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TERMINATION PROVISIONS
The Company anticipates and believes that the Plan will continue without
interruption, but reserves the right to discontinue the Plan. In the event of
termination, the obligation of the Company to make further contributions
ceases. All participants' accounts would then be fully vested with respect to
Company contributions.
3. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:
The Trustee serves as the fund manager of the S&P 500 Equity Index Fund.
The Company Stock Fund is designed primarily for investment in common stock
of the Company.
4. TAX STATUS OF PLAN:
The IRS has advised on December 16, 1997 that the Plan is qualified in
accordance with the appropriate sections of the Internal Revenue Code, and
the trust established with the Plan constitutes a qualified trust and is
therefore exempt from federal income taxes. The plan administrator does not
anticipate that changes in the Plan or other events occurring after the
receipt of the IRS ruling will affect the qualification of the Plan or the
tax exempt status of the Trust.
5. FINANCIAL DATA OF THE MASTER TRUST: (SEE PAGES 12 - 15)
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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
MASTER TRUST
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS, WITH FUND INFORMATION
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Dollars in Thousands) December 31, 1997
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fund Information
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Conservative Moderate Aggressive S&P 500
Stable Asset Asset Asset Equity
Value Allocation Allocation Allocation Index
Total Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund
----------- ------- ------------ ------------ ---------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Assets:
Investments at Fair Market Value:
State Street Income and Growth Fund,
Cost $14,517 - 1,289,423 Units $ 16,463 $ - $16,463 $ - $ - $ -
State Street Moderate Asset Allocation
Fund, Cost $41,282 - 3,675,050 Units 53,127 - - 53,127 - -
State Street Life Solutions Growth A,
Cost $15,514 - 1,179,187 Units 18,931 - - - 18,931 -
Collective Daily Stock Index Fund, Cost
$306,918 - 19,116,281 Units 451,335 - - - - 451,335
Twentieth Century Investors Income
Ultra Fund, Cost $45,978 - 1,555,172 Units 42,456 - - - - -
Franklin Strategic Series Small Cap
Growth Fund, Cost $58,150 - 2,732,539 Units 62,657 - - - - -
Templeton Foreign Fund, Cost
$26,699 - 2,573,654 Units 25,608 - - - - -
Common Stock of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Company, Cost $207,812 - 8,275,576 Shares 526,534 - - - - -
Short-Term Investments 24,286 12,310 - - - -
Promissory Notes 85,517 - - - - -
--------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------
1,306,914 12,310 16,463 53,127 18,931 451,335
--------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Investments at Contract Value:
Guaranteed Investment Contracts 656,767 656,767 - - - -
--------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Receivables:
Employee Contributions - - - - - -
Employer Contributions 12 - - - - -
Transfers - 723 128 5 (1) (1,081)
Accrued Interest and Dividends 1,886 1,160 3 11 4 535
Pending Security Sales - - - - - -
--------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------
1,898 1,883 131 16 3 (546)
--------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Total Assets 1,965,579 670,960 16,594 53,143 18,934 450,789
--------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Liabilities:
Administrative Expenses Payable 113 72 - - - 41
Distributions Payable - - - - - -
Forfeiture Credits - - - - - -
--------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Total Liabilities 113 72 - - - 41
--------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Net Assets $1,965,466 $670,888 $16,594 $53,143 $18,934 $450,748
========== ======== ======== ======== ======== =========
(Dollars in Thousands) December 31, 1997
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Large Small International
Capitalization Capitalization Stock Company
Equity Equity Equity Stock Loan
Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund
-------------- -------------- -------------- --------- ------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Assets:
Investments at Fair Market Value:
State Street Income and Growth Fund,
Cost $14,517 - 1,289,423 Units $ - $ - $ - $ - $ -
State Street Moderate Asset Allocation
Fund, Cost $41,282 - 3,675,050 Units - - - - -
State Street Life Solutions Growth A,
Cost $15,514 - 1,179,187 Units - - - - -
Collective Daily Stock Index Fund, Cost
$306,918 - 19,116,281 Units - - - - -
Twentieth Century Investors Income
Ultra Fund, Cost $45,978 - 1,555,172 Units 42,456 - - - -
Franklin Strategic Series Small Cap
Growth Fund, Cost $58,150 - 2,732,539 Units - 62,657 - - -
Templeton Foreign Fund, Cost
$26,699 - 2,573,654 Units - - 25,608 - -
Common Stock of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Company, Cost $207,812 - 8,275,576 Shares - - - 526,534 -
Short-Term Investments - - - 11,976 -
Promissory Notes - - - - 85,517
------------ --------- --------- --------- ---------
42,456 62,657 25,608 538,510 85,517
------------ --------- --------- --------- ---------
Investments at Contract Value:
Guaranteed Investment Contracts - - - - -
------------ --------- --------- --------- ---------
Receivables:
Employee Contributions - - - - -
Employer Contributions - - - 12 -
Transfers 82 97 (260) (18) 315
Accrued Interest and Dividends 9 12 (6) 168 (10)
Pending Security Sales - - - - -
------------ --------- --------- --------- ---------
91 109 (266) 162 315
------------ --------- --------- --------- ---------
Total Assets 42,547 62,766 25,342 538,672 85,832
------------ --------- --------- --------- ---------
Liabilities:
Administrative Expenses Payable - - - - -
Distributions Payable - - - - -
Forfeiture Credits - - - - -
------------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Total Liabilities - - - - -
------------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Net Assets $ 42,547 $62,766 $25,342 $538,672 $85,832
============= ========= ========= ========= =========
</TABLE>
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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
MASTER TRUST
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS, WITH FUND INFORMATION
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Dollars in Thousands) December 31, 1996
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fund Information
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Conservative Moderate Aggressive S&P 500
Stable Asset Asset Asset Equity
Value Allocation Allocation Allocation Index
Total Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund
----------- ------- ------------ ------------ ---------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Assets:
Investments at Fair Market Value:
State Street Income and Growth Fund,
Cost $6,870 - 675,788 Units $ 7,363 $ - $7,363 $ - $ - $ -
State Street Moderate Asset Allocation
Fund, Cost $30,809 - 2,951,057 Units 35,076 - - 35,076 - -
State Street Life Solutions Growth A,
Cost $11,639 - 949,240 Units 12,772 - - - 12,772 -
Collective Daily Stock Index Fund, Cost
$231,718 - 16,369,098 Units 290,060 - - - - 290,060
Twentieth Century Investors Income
Ultra Fund, Cost $25,304 - 909,122 Units 25,537 - - - - -
Franklin Strategic Series Small Cap
Growth Fund, Cost $42,224 - 2,188,282 Units 45,341 - - - - -
Templeton Foreign Fund, Cost
$15,889 - 1,639,127 Units 16,981 - - - - -
Common Stock of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Company, Cost $206,299 - 8,448,371 Shares 434,035 - - - - -
Short-Term Investments 29,439 22,775 - - - -
Promissory Notes 80,906 - - - - -
--------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------
977,510 22,775 7,363 35,076 12,772 290,060
--------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Investments at Contract Value:
Guaranteed Investment Contracts 644,122 644,122 - - - -
--------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Receivables:
Employee Contributions 28 16 - 1 - 10
Employer Contributions 70 (13) - - - -
Transfers - 117 - (61) (42) (328)
Accrued Interest and Dividends 2,555 1,065 11 53 20 440
Pending Security Sales 2,481 - - - - -
--------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------
5,134 1,185 11 (7) 22 122
--------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Total Assets 1,626,766 668,082 7,374 35,069 12,750 290,182
--------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Liabilities:
Administrative Expenses Payable 899 452 - - - 192
Distributions Payable 504 232 2 11 4 90
Forfeiture Credits - - - - - -
--------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Total Liabilities 1,403 684 2 11 4 282
--------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Net Assets $1,625,363 $667,398 $ 7,372 $35,058 $12,746 $289,900
========== ======== ======== ======== ======== =========
(Dollars in Thousands) December 31, 1996
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fund Information
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Large Small International
Capitalization Capitalization Stock Company
Equity Equity Equity Stock Loan
Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund
-------------- -------------- -------------- --------- ------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Assets:
Investments at Fair Market Value:
State Street Income and Growth Fund,
Cost $6,870 - 675,788 Units $ - $ - $ - $ - $ -
State Street Moderate Asset Allocation
Fund, Cost $30,809 - 2,951,057 Units - - - - -
State Street Life Solutions Growth A,
Cost $11,639 - 949,240 Units - - - - -
Collective Daily Stock Index Fund, Cost
$231,718 - 16,369,098 Units - - - - -
Twentieth Century Investors Income
Ultra Fund, Cost $25,304 - 909,122 Units 25,537 - - - -
Franklin Strategic Series Small Cap
Growth Fund, Cost $42,224 - 2,188,282 Units - 45,341 - - -
Templeton Foreign Fund, Cost
$15,889 - 1,639,127 Units - - 16,981 - -
Common Stock of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Company, Cost $206,299 - 8,448,371 Shares - - - 434,035 -
Short-Term Investments - - - 6,664 -
Promissory Notes - - - - 80,906
------------ --------- --------- --------- ---------
25,537 45,341 16,981 440,699 80,906
------------ --------- --------- --------- ---------
Investments at Contract Value:
Guaranteed Investment Contracts - - - - -
------------ --------- --------- --------- ---------
Receivables:
Employee Contributions - 1 - - -
Employer Contributions - - - 83 -
Transfers 42 317 33 (222) 144
Accrued Interest and Dividends 39 69 26 708 124
Pending Security Sales - - - 2,481 -
------------ --------- --------- --------- ---------
81 387 59 3,050 268
------------ --------- --------- --------- ---------
Total Assets 25,618 45,728 17,040 443,749 81,174
------------ --------- --------- --------- ---------
Liabilities:
Administrative Expenses Payable - - - 255 -
Distributions Payable 8 14 5 138 -
Forfeiture Credits - - - - -
------------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Total Liabilities 8 14 5 393 -
------------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Net Assets $ 25,610 $45,714 $17,035 $443,356 $81,174
============= ========= ========= ========= =========
</TABLE>
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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
MASTER TRUST
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS, WITH FUND INFORMATION
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Dollars in Thousands) December 31, 1997
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Fund Information
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Conservative Moderate Aggressive S&P 500
Stable Asset Asset Asset Equity
Value Allocation Allocation Allocation Index
Total Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund
----------- ------- ------------ ------------ ---------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Increase in Assets:
Contributions:
Employer $ 38,672 $ 350 $ - $ - $ - $ -
Employee 117,000 61,243 1,027 5,376 2,270 34,307
--------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------
155,672 61,593 1,027 5,376 2,270 34,307
Interest and Dividend Income 71,550 42,776 (9) (47) (17) 13
Net Appreciation (Depreciation)
in Fair Market Value of Assets 217,853 - 1,776 8,390 2,641 101,723
--------- ------- -------- -------- -------- --------
289,403 42,776 1,767 8,343 2,624 101,736
Decrease in Assets:
Benefits Paid to Participants
or Their Beneficiaries 104,377 55,553 624 2,118 702 16,633
Administrative Expenses 595 410 - - - 173
--------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
104,972 55,963 624 2,118 702 16,806
Transfers:
Transfers Between Plans - - - - - -
Transfers Between Funds - (48,549) 6,977 6,446 1,813 42,872
Loan Transfers To or From Plan - - - - - -
Loans to Participants - (25,459) (212) (1,264) (491) (13,612)
Loan Repayments:
Principal - 24,568 244 1,114 574 10,384
Interest - 4,524 43 188 100 1,967
--------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
- (44,916) 7,052 6,484 1,996 41,611
--------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Increase (Decrease) in Assets During Year 340,103 3,490 9,222 18,085 6,188 160,848
Net Assets at Beginning of Year 1,625,363 667,398 7,372 35,058 12,746 289,900
---------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Net Assets at End of Year $1,965,466 $670,888 $16,594 $53,143 $18,934 $450,748
========== ======== ======== ======== ======== ========
(Dollars in Thousands) December 31, 1997
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fund Information
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Large Small International
Capitalization Capitalization Stock Company
Equity Equity Equity Stock Loan
Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund
-------------- -------------- -------------- --------- ------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Increase in Assets:
Contributions:
Employer $ - $ - $ - $ 38,322 $ -
Employee 4,097 5,915 2,765 - -
------------- ----------- ----------- -------- -------
4,097 5,915 2,765 38,322 -
Interest and Dividend Income 8,601 2,641 762 9,577 7,253
Net Appreciation (Depreciation)
in Fair Market Value of Assets (2,607) 3,719 531 101,680 -
------------- ----------- ----------- -------- -------
5,994 6,360 1,293 111,257 7,253
Decrease in Assets:
Benefits Paid to Participants
or Their Beneficiaries 803 1,686 568 25,690 -
Administrative Expenses - - - 12 -
------------- ----------- ----------- -------- -------
803 1,686 568 25,702 -
Transfers:
Transfers Between Plans - - - - -
Transfers Between Funds 7,741 6,469 4,792 (28,561) -
Loan Transfers To or From Plan - - - - -
Loans to Participants (1,256) (1,666) (565) - 44,525
Loan Repayments:
Principal 972 1,391 501 - (39,748)
Interest 192 269 89 - (7,372)
------------- ----------- ----------- -------- -------
7,649 6,463 4,817 (28,561) (2,395)
------------- ----------- ----------- -------- -------
Increase (Decrease) in Assets During Year 16,937 17,052 8,307 95,316 4,658
Net Assets at Beginning of Year 25,610 45,714 17,035 443,356 81,174
------------- ----------- ----------- -------- -------
Net Assets at End of Year $ 42,547 $ 62,766 $ 25,342 $538,672 $85,832
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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
MASTER TRUST
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS, WITH FUND INFORMATION
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(Dollars in Thousands) For the Year Ended December 31, 1996
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fund Information
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Conservative Moderate Aggressive S&P 500
Stable Asset Asset Asset Equity
Value Allocation Allocation Allocation Index
Total Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund
----------- ------- ------------ ------------ ---------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Increase in Assets:
Contributions:
Employer $ 37,939 $ 306 $ -- $ -- $ -- $ --
Employee 113,952 68,429 666 4,966 1,628 30,665
---------- ------- ------------ ------------ ---------- --------
151,891 68,735 666 4,966 1,628 30,665
Interest and Dividend Income 55,195 38,334 7 32 10 448
Net Appreciation (Depreciation)
in Fair Market Value of Assets 117,457 246 516 3,807 1,165 49,982
----------- ------- ------------ ------------ ---------- --------
172,652 38,580 523 3,839 1,175 50,430
Decrease in Assets:
Benefits Paid to Participants
or Their Beneficiaries 63,857 35,330 171 1,039 289 7,217
Administrative Expenses 1,694 1,077 -- -- -- 389
----------- -------- ------------ ------------ ---------- --------
65,551 36,407 171 1,039 289 7,606
Transfers:
Transfers Between Plans -- -- -- -- -- --
Transfers Between Funds -- (48,299) 6,349 8,568 10,270 9,530
Loan Transfers To or From Plan -- 1 -- (1) -- (1)
Loans to Participants -- (45,793) (153) (1,258) (413) (15,397)
Loan Repayments:
Principal -- 16,441 133 671 312 6,001
Interest -- 3,923 25 140 63 1,359
----------- ------- ------------ ------------ ---------- --------
-- (73,727) 6,354 8,120 10,232 1,492
----------- ------- ------------ ------------ ---------- --------
Increase (Decrease) in Assets During Year 258,992 (2,819) 7,372 15,886 12,746 74,981
Net Assets at Beginning of Year 1,366,371 670,217 -- 19,172 -- 214,919
----------- ------- ------------ ------------ ---------- --------
Net Assets at End of Year $1,625,363 $667,398 $7,372 $35,058 $12,746 $289,900
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Large Small International
Capitalization Capitalization Stock Company
Equity Equity Equity Stock Loan
Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund
-------------- -------------- -------------- --------- ------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Increase in Assets:
Contributions:
Employer $ -- $ -- $ -- $ 37,633 $ --
Employee 2,793 3,231 1,574 -- --
----------- -------- --------- --------- --------
2,793 3,231 1,574 37,633 --
Interest and Dividend Income 25 182 434 9,806 5,917
Net Appreciation (Depreciation)
in Fair Market Value of Assets 1,726 5,074 1,371 53,570 --
----------- -------- --------- --------- --------
1,751 5,256 1,805 63,376 5,917
Decrease in Assets:
Benefits Paid to Participants
or Their Beneficiaries 284 487 230 18,810 --
Administrative Expenses -- -- -- 228 --
----------- -------- --------- --------- --------
284 487 230 19,038 --
Transfers:
Transfers Between Plans -- -- -- -- --
Transfers Between Funds 21,622 38,117 13,943 (60,100) --
Loan Transfers To or From Plan 1 -- -- -- --
Loans to Participants (977) (1,161) (350) -- 65,502
Loan Repayments:
Principal 589 633 247 -- (25,027)
Interest 115 125 46 -- (5,796)
----------- -------- --------- ---------- --------
21,350 37,714 13,886 (60,100) 34,679
----------- -------- --------- --------- --------
Increase (Decrease) in Assets During Year 25,610 45,714 17,035 21,871 40,596
Net Assets at Beginning of Year -- -- -- 421,485 40,578
----------- -------- --------- --------- -------
Net Assets at End of Year $ 25,610 $ 45,714 $ 17,035 $443,356 $81,174
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EXHIBIT 4
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN
FOR
BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES
(May 9, 1997 Restatement)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
<TABLE>
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I THE PLAN.......................................................... -1-
II DEFINITIONS....................................................... -2-
2.1 Meaning of Definitions...................................... -2-
2.2 Pronouns.................................................... -8-
III EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION............................................ -9-
3.1 Eligibility and Election to Participate..................... -9-
3.2 Notification of New Participants............................ -9-
3.3 Effect and Duration......................................... -9-
3.4 Changes in Employment Status; Transfers of
Employment.................................................. -9-
3.5 Reemployment of a Participant............................... -10-
IV TAX-DEFERRED CONTRIBUTIONS
MADE ON BEHALF OF PARTICIPANTS.................................... -11-
4.1 Tax-Deferred Contributions.................................. -11-
4.2 Amount of Tax-Deferred Contributions........................ -11-
4.3 Limitation on Tax-Deferred Contributions of
Highly Compensated Employees................................ -12-
4.4 Administration.............................................. -15-
4.5 Limitation on Employer Contributions........................ -15-
4.6 Changes in Compensation Reduction Authorization............ -15-
4.7 Suspension of Contributions................................. -15-
V AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS........................................... -17-
5.1 After-Tax Contributions..................................... -17-
5.2 Amount of After-Tax Contributions........................... -17-
5.3 Administration.............................................. -17-
5.4 Changes in Payroll Deduction Authorization.................. -17-
VI MATCHING EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS................................... -19-
6.1 Payment of Contributions.................................... -19-
6.2 Limitation on Amount........................................ -20-
6.3 Allocation of Matching Employer Contributions............... -20-
6.4 Prevented Contributions..................................... -21-
6.5 Determination of Annual Employer Contribution
Rate........................................................ -21-
6.6 Determination of Amount of Employer Contribution........... -21-
6.7 Effect of Plan Termination.................................. -21-
6.8 Limitation on Matching Employer Contributions
and After-Tax Contributions of Highly
Compensated Employees....................................... -22-
VII DEPOSIT AND INVESTMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS........................... -25-
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7.1 Deposit of Contributions.................................... -25-
7.2 Investment Elections of Participants........................ -25-
7.3 Election to Transfer Interest Between Funds................. -26-
7.4 Election to Transfer Interest from Goodyear
Stock Fund.................................................. -26-
VIII ESTABLISHMENT OF FUNDS AND PARTICIPANTS' ACCOUNTS................ -27-
8.1 Establishment of General Fund.............................. -27-
8.3 Goodyear Stock Fund....................................... -29-
8.5 Income on Trust Funds....................................... -29-
8.6 Separate Accounts........................................... -29-
8.7 Sub-Accounts................................................ -30-
8.8 Account Balances............................................ -30-
8.9 Funds from Predecessor Plans................................ -31-
IX LIMITATIONS ON ALLOCATIONS TO ACCOUNTS............................ -32-
9.1 Limitation on Crediting of Contributions.................... -32-
9.2 Scope of Limitation......................................... -37-
X VALUATIONS, DIVIDEND REINVESTMENTS, AND VOTING.................... -38-
10.1 Valuation of Participant's Interest......................... -38-
10.2 Reinvestment of Dividends................................... -39-
10.3 Voting Company Stock........................................ -39-
10.4 Finality of Determinations.................................. -40-
10.5 Notification................................................ -40-
XI WITHDRAWALS WHILE EMPLOYED........................................ -41-
11.1 Withdrawal of After-Tax Contributions....................... -41-
11.2 Withdrawal of Matching Employer Contributions.............. -41-
11.3 Withdrawal of Tax-Deferred Contributions.................... -41-
11.4 Conditions and Limitations on Hardship
Withdrawals................................................. -42-
11.5 Special Age 70-1/2 Distribution............................. -44-
11.6 Adjustment of Accounts...................................... -44-
XII TERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION AND DISTRIBUTION..................... -45-
12.1 Termination of Participation................................ -45-
12.2 Vesting of Separate Accounts................................ -46-
12.3 Distribution................................................ -46-
12.4 Required Commencement of Distribution....................... -47-
12.5 Form of Distribution........................................ -48-
12.6 Election of Former Vesting Schedule......................... -49-
12.7 Buy Back of Forfeited Amounts............................... -49-
12.8 Disposition of Forfeited Balances........................... -50-
12.9 Effect of Company's Determination........................... -50-
12.10 Reemployment of a Former Participant........................ -51-
12.11 Restrictions on Alienation.................................. -51-
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12.12 Facility of Payment......................................... -51-
12.13 Distributions to Other Qualified Plans...................... -52-
XIII BENEFICIARIES..................................................... -53-
13.1 Designation of Beneficiary.................................. -53-
13.2 Beneficiary in the Absence of Designation................... -53-
XIV ADMINISTRATION.................................................... -55-
14.1 Authority of Company........................................ -55-
14.2 Action of Company........................................... -55-
14.3 Claims Review Procedure..................................... -56-
14.4 Indemnification............................................. -57-
14.5 Qualified Domestic Relations Orders......................... -57-
XV TRUSTEE AND TRUST AGREEMENT....................................... -58-
XVI AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION......................................... -59-
16.1 Amendment................................................... -59-
16.2 Limitation on Amendment..................................... -59-
16.3 Termination................................................. -59-
16.4 Withdrawal of an Employer................................... -60-
16.5 Corporate Reorganization.................................... -61-
XVII ADOPTION BY SUBSIDIARIES; EXTENSION
TO NEW BUSINESS OPERATIONS........................................ -62-
17.1 Adoption by Subsidiaries.................................... -62-
17.2 Extension to New Business Operations........................ -62-
XVIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.......................................... -63-
18.1 No Commitment as to Employment.............................. -63-
18.2 Benefits.................................................... -63-
18.3 No Guarantees............................................... -63-
18.4 Expenses.................................................... -63-
18.5 Precedent................................................... -63-
18.6 Duty to Furnish Information................................. -63-
18.7 Withholding................................................. -64-
18.8 Merger, Consolidation, or Transfer of Plan
Assets...................................................... -64-
18.9 Back Pay Awards............................................. -64-
18.10 Condition on Employer Contributions......................... -65-
18.11 Return of Contributions to Participants..................... -65-
18.12 Return of Contributions to an Employer...................... -65-
18.13 Validity of Plan............................................ -66-
18.14 Parties Bound............................................... -66-
XIX TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS.............................................. -67-
19.1 Applicability............................................... -67-
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19.2 Top-Heavy Definitions....................................... -67-
19.3 Accelerated Vesting......................................... -69-
19.4 Minimum Employer Contribution............................... -70-
19.5 Adjustments to Section 415 Limitations...................... -70-
19.6 Compensation Taken Into Account............................. -71-
XX LOANS............................................................. -72-
20.1 Application for Loan........................................ -72-
20.2 Reduction of Account Upon Distribution...................... -73-
20.3 Requirements to Prevent a Taxable Distribution............. -73-
20.4 Administration of Loan Investment Funds..................... -74-
20.5 Default..................................................... -74-
20.6 Changes in Employment Status and Transfers of
Employment Before Loan Is Repaid in Full.................... -75-
XXI ELIGIBLE ROLLOVER DISTRIBUTIONS................................... -76-
21.1 Direct Rollover............................................. -76-
21.2 Definitions................................................. -76-
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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN
FOR
BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES
ARTICLE I
THE PLAN
This Plan shall be known as the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Employee Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees and constitutes a
modification, restatement, and continuation of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Company Employee Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees, as heretofore in
effect, that was originally effective with respect to eligible bargaining unit
employees as of July 1, 1984. The Plan is intended to qualify under Section
401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and to be a qualified cash-or-deferred
arrangement under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. This restatement
shall be effective May 9, 1997.
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ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS
2.1 Meaning of Definitions.
As used herein, the following words and phrases shall have the
meanings hereinafter set forth, unless a different meaning is plainly
required by the context:
(a) The "Act" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended from time to time. Reference to a
section of the Act shall include such section and any
comparable section or sections of any future legislation that
amends, supplements, or supersedes such section.
(b) An "After-Tax Contribution" shall mean the amount which a
Participant has elected to have deducted from his Compensation
in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.1.
(c) The "Beneficiary" of a Participant, or of a Former
Participant, shall mean the person or persons who, under the
provisions of Article XIII, shall be entitled to receive
distribution hereunder in the event such Participant or Former
Participant dies before his interest shall have been
distributed to him in full.
(d) The "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time. Reference to a section of the Code
shall include such section and any comparable section or
sections of any future legislation that amends, supplements,
or supersedes such section.
(e) The "Company" shall mean The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company,
its corporate successors, and any corporation or corporations
into or with which it may be merged or consolidated; and a
"subsidiary of the Company" shall mean a subsidiary of the
Company or of any of its subsidiaries and shall include any
related corporation.
(f) The "Company Stock" shall mean common stock of the Company.
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(g) The "Compensation" of a Participant for any period shall mean
the entire amount of compensation paid, or which would have
been paid except for the provisions of the Plan, to such
Participant during such period by reason of his employment as
an Employee, including vacation pay, as recorded in the
records of an Employer or any subsidiary of the Company, but
excluding any imputed income, any supplemental unemployment
benefit payments, any payments under plans imposed by
governments other than the United States, any payments made
for transportation, or any special allowances.
In addition to other applicable limitations which may be set
forth in the Plan and not withstanding any other contrary
provision of the Plan, compensation taken into account under
the Plan shall not exceed $150,000, adjusted for changes in
the cost of living as provided in Section 401(a)(17)(B) and
Section 415(d) of the Code, for the purpose of calculating a
Plan participant's accrued benefit (including the right to any
optional benefit provided under the Plan) for any Plan year
commencing after December 31, 1994. However, the accrued
benefit determined in accordance with this provision shall not
be less than the accrued benefit determined on December 31,
1994 without regard to this provision.
(h) The "Continuous Service" of a Participant shall mean the
period of time (computed to the nearest 1/12th of a year)
between his Employment Commencement Date, which shall mean
the date a Participant first performs an Hour of Service, and
his Severance Date, which shall mean the first to occur of the
date of his retirement under the Plan or other termination of
his employment, the first anniversary of the date on which the
Participant is first absent from work on unpaid leave for
maternity or paternity reasons, provided such absence begins
on or after January 1, 1985, and the first anniversary of the
date on which the Employee is first absent from work for any
other reason, subject to the following provisions:
(i) A Participant's continuous service shall include such
periods of time while not actually on the payroll of
his Employer as may be specified under the terms of
the agreement between his collective bargaining
representative and his Employer subject to any
maximum
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limitation or other applicable terms and conditions
of such agreement.
(ii) With respect to a Participant who retires or whose
employment with his Employer is otherwise terminated
on or after January 1, 1976, who is thereafter
rehired and who subsequently completes a full year of
Continuous Service, Continuous Service shall include,
subject to the provisions of this Paragraph, the
Continuous Service the Participant had at the time of
his previous retirement or other termination of
employment. Prior to January 1, 1985, such prior
Continuous Service shall be included only if it
exceeds the period of time (computed to the nearest
one-twelfth of a year) between his prior retirement
or other termination of employment and the date he is
rehired and is again employed by his Employer or a
related corporation or if the Participant had either
at least three continuous years of participation
under the Plan or at least five years of Continuous
Service at the time of his previous retirement or
other termination of employment. Beginning on and
after January 1, 1985, such prior Continuous Service
shall be included only if the conditions specified in
the immediately preceding sentence are satisfied or
if the period of time (computed to the nearest
one-twelfth of a year) between the prior retirement
or termination of employment and the date the
Participant is rehired is less than five years,
except that any prior Continuous Service permitted to
be excluded as of December 31, 1984, will continue to
be excluded on and after January 1, 1985.
(iii) A Participant's Continuous Service shall not include
any period of time prior to January 1, 1976 which was
not included in the Participant's Continuous Service
under the 1950 Pension Plan of The Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Company on December 31, 1975.
(iv) In the case of an individual who is absent from work
for maternity or paternity reasons, the
12-consecutive month period beginning on the first
anniversary of the first date of such
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absence shall not constitute a break in service. For
purposes of this Paragraph (h), an absence from work
for maternity or paternity reasons means an absence
(i) by reason of the 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 for adoption or (iv) for purposes of caring
for any such natural born or adopted child for a
period beginning immediately following the birth or
placement. An absence from work will be treated as an
absence for maternity or paternity reasons only if
and to the extent that the Employee furnishes to the
Personnel Department such timely information as it
may reasonably require to establish that the absence
is for one or more of the four maternity or paternity
reasons specified herein and to establish the
number of days of absence attributable to such reason
or reasons.
(i) An "Employee" shall mean any employee who is represented by a
collective bargaining representative with whom his Employer
has in effect a contract providing for coverage by the Plan
and who is covered by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Comprehensive Medical Benefits Program for Employees and Their
Dependents, but no such employee shall be covered by the Plan
until the effective date specified in such contract.
(j) An "Employer" shall mean the Company and any domestic
subsidiary of the Company that adopts the Plan as hereinafter
provided, so long as it continues as a subsidiary of the
Company.
(k) The "Employer Contribution Rate" shall mean the percentage
rate to be used by the Employers for a specific Plan year in
determining the amount of Matching Employer Contribution for
such Plan
year.
(l) The "Employment Commencement Date" of a Participant shall
mean the date defined as such in Paragraph (h) of this Section
2.1.
(m) An "Enrollment Date" shall mean the first day of each month.
(n) A "Former Participant" shall mean a Participant who has
incurred a Settlement Date but who still has an interest under
the Plan.
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(o) The "General Fund" shall mean the common trust fund
established in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.1
as required to hold and administer any assets of the Trust
Fund that are not allocated among any separate Investment
Funds or the Goodyear Stock Fund as may be provided in the
Plan or Trust Agreement. No General Fund shall be established
if all assets of the Trust Fund are allocated among separate
Investment Funds or the Goodyear Stock Fund.
(p) The "Goodyear Stock Fund" shall mean the common trust fund
established in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.3.
(q) A "Highly Compensated Employee" shall mean any Employee who
(i) is a 5% owner, as defined in Section 416(i)(1)(A)(iii) of
the Code, at any time during the year or the preceding year,
or (ii) received compensation in excess of $80,000 (indexed in
accordance with Section 415(d) of the Code) during the
preceding year.
(r) An "Hour of Service" with respect to a Participant shall mean
each hour for which he is paid, or entitled to payment, for
the performance of duties for the Company or any subsidiary of
the Company. The rules set forth in Department of Labor
Regulations Section 2530.200b-2 and Section 2530.200b-3, which
relate to determining Hours of Service attributable to reasons
other than the performance of duties and crediting hours to
computation periods, are hereby incorporated into the Plan by
reference.
(s) An "Investment Fund" shall mean any separate investment trust
fund established from time to time by the Trustee as may be
provided in Section 8.2 of the Plan to which assets of the
Trust Fund may be allocated and separately invested.
(t) A "Matching Employer Contribution" shall mean the amount which
the Employers shall be obligated to contribute to the Plan in
accordance with the provisions of Section 6.1.
(u) A "Participant" shall mean an Employee who elects to
participate in the Plan in accordance with the provisions of
Article III, and whose participation has not been terminated.
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(v) The "Plan" shall mean this Employee Savings Plan for
Bargaining Unit Employees, as from time to time in effect.
(w) The "Plan Administrator," which is the administrator for
purposes of the Act and the plan administrator for purposes of
the Code, shall mean the Company.
(x) A "Plan year" shall mean a calendar year.
(y) A "related corporation" shall mean any corporation, other
than an Employer, which is a member of a controlled group of
corporations of which an Employer is a member as determined
under Section 1563(a) of the Code, without regard to Section
1563(a)(4) and Section 1563(e)(3)(C) of the Code. Furthermore,
the term shall include any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated), other than an Employer, which is a member of a
group under common control of which an Employer is also a
member, as determined under Section 414(c) of the Code. The
term shall also include each organization, other than an
Employer, that is a member of an affiliated service group of
which an Employer is also a member, as determined under
Section 414(m) of the Code, and any entity, other than an
Employer, which is required to be aggregated with an Employer
under Section 414(o) of the Code.
(z) A "separate account" shall mean the account maintained by the
Trustee in the name of a Participant that reflects his
interest in the Trust Fund and any sub-accounts established
thereunder, as provided in Article VIII.
(aa) The "Settlement Date" of a Participant shall mean the date on
which a Participant ceases to be a Participant in accordance
with Section 12.1.
(bb) The "Severance Date" of a Participant shall mean the date
defined as such in Paragraph (h) of this Section 2.1.
(cc) The "Tax-Deferred Contribution" with respect to a Participant
shall mean the percentage by which a Participant has elected
to have his Compensation reduced in accordance with Section
4.1 and which shall be contributed to the Plan on his behalf
by his Employer in accordance with the provisions of Section
4.4.
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(dd) The "Trust Agreement" shall mean the agreement entered into
between the Company and the Trustee, as provided in Article XV
hereof, together with all amendments thereto.
(ee) The "Trustee" shall mean the trustee which at the time shall
be designated, qualified, and acting under the Trust
Agreement.
(ff) The "Trust Fund" shall mean the trust maintained by the
Trustee under the Trust Agreement , which trust is called the
"Trust Fund for The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Employee
Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees."
(gg) A "valuation date" shall mean each business day of the Plan
year.
2.2 Pronouns.
The masculine pronoun wherever used herein shall include the feminine
in any case so requiring.
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ARTICLE III
EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION
3.1 Eligibility and Election to Participate.
Each Employee who is a Participant under the Plan on February 1, 1996,
shall continue as a Participant on and after that date. Each other
Employee shall become a Participant as of the January 1 next following
his Employment Commencement Date or, if later, the Enrollment Date
next following the date on which he completes six months of Continuous
Service, or any subsequent Enrollment Date, if he has timely filed
with the Company an election in the manner and form as prescribed by
the Company. An Employee's election shall contain (a) his
authorization for his Employer to reduce his Compensation and to make
Tax-Deferred Contributions on his behalf in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 4.1 and 4.2, (b) an authorization for his
Employer to make any payroll deductions with respect to his After-Tax
Contributions to the Plan in accordance with the provisions of
Sections 5.1 and 5.2, and (c) his election as to the investment of his
Tax-Deferred Contributions and After-Tax Contributions in accordance
with the provisions of Section 7.2. An Employee's election to become a
Participant under this Section 3.1 shall be timely only if received by
the Company in the manner and form as prescribed by the Company by the
15th day of the month prior to the Enrollment Date as of which his
participation is to become effective.
3.2 Notification of New Participants.
As soon as practicable after each Enrollment Date, each Employer shall
notify the Company of Employees becoming Participants on such date.
3.3 Effect and Duration.
Upon becoming a Participant, an Employee shall be entitled to the
benefits and shall be bound by all the terms and conditions of the
Plan and the Trust Agreement. Each Employee who becomes a Participant
shall remain a Participant until his participation is terminated as
provided in Article XII.
3.4 Changes in Employment Status; Transfers of Employment.
If an Employee who is a Participant ceases to be an Employee but
continues in the employment of (i) an Employer in some other capacity
or (ii) a related corporation, he shall nevertheless continue as a
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Participant until his status as a Participant is otherwise terminated
in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. In either case, such
Participant shall share in Matching Employer Contributions for any
payroll period of such participation only to the extent and on the
basis of Tax-Deferred Contributions made on his behalf for such
payroll period and his After Tax Contributions made during such
payroll period; no Tax-Deferred Contributions shall be made on behalf
of such Participant in accordance with the terms of his Compensation
reduction authorization except on the basis of his Compensation for
services as an Employee; and such Participant shall not be permitted
to make After-Tax Contributions at any time during which he is
employed in any capacity other than as an Employee. Moreover, if a
person is transferred directly from employment (iii) with an Employer
in a capacity other than as an Employee or (iv) with a related
corporation to employment with an Employer as an Employee, he shall
become a Participant as of the date he is so transferred if he had
completed six months of Continuous Service as of the immediately
preceding Enrollment Date and if he makes his election in accordance
with the provisions of Section 3.1.
3.5 Reemployment of a Participant.
If a retired or Former Participant is reemployed by an Employer or a
related corporation after he incurs a Settlement Date under Section
12.1, he shall again become a Participant on the date he is reemployed
by an Employer and makes his election in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.1, unless he is not reemployed as an Employee,
in which case he shall again become a Participant on the first date
thereafter on which he does become an Employee if he has properly made
such election.
3.6 Qualified Military Service.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary,
contributions, benefits and service credit with respect to qualified
military service will be provided in accordance with Section 414(u)(4)
of the Code.
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ARTICLE IV
TAX-DEFERRED CONTRIBUTIONS
MADE ON BEHALF OF PARTICIPANTS
4.1 Tax-Deferred Contributions.
The provisions of this Section 4.1 and Section 4.2 shall be subject to
the provisions of Sections 3.1, 3.4, 4.6, and 4.7. Commencing with the
first payment of Compensation to a Participant on or after the
Enrollment Date occurring on February 1, 1996, or the Enrollment Date
as of which he becomes a Participant, if later, each Participant shall
elect to have Tax-Deferred Contributions made to the Plan on his
behalf by his Employer as hereinafter provided.
4.2 Amount of Tax-Deferred Contributions.
The amount of Tax-Deferred Contributions to be made to the Plan on
behalf of a Participant by his Employer shall be an integral
percentage of his Compensation of not less than one percent nor more
than 16 percent and shall not, when aggregated with all other elective
deferrals of the Participant with respect to the Plan year, exceed
$9,500 (or such adjusted amount established by the Secretary of the
Treasury pursuant to Section 402(g)(5) of the Code). The percentage
rate of Tax-Deferred Contributions to be made on a Participant's
behalf, when combined with his percentage rate After-Tax
Contributions, shall in no event exceed 16 percent of his
Compensation. In the event a Participant so elects to have his
Employer make Tax-Deferred Contributions on his behalf, his
Compensation shall be reduced for each payroll period by the
percentage he elects to have contributed on his behalf to the Plan in
accordance with the terms of the Compensation reduction authorization
in effect pursuant to Section 3.1 or 4.6, subject, however, to the
$9,500 (or adjusted) annual aggregate limitation on Tax-Deferred
Contributions and other elective deferrals. In the event that a
Participant's aggregate elective deferrals with respect to a Plan
year, including his Tax-Deferred Contributions hereunder, exceed the
then applicable annual aggregate limitation on elective deferrals, the
Participant, not later than the first March 1 following the close of
the Plan year, may allocate the excess deferrals among the plans under
which the deferrals occurred and notify each plan of the portion
allocated to it, and the Company, not later than the first April 15
following the close of the Plan year, shall distribute to the
Participant the annual amount of the excess deferral allocated to the
Plan and any income allocable thereto, provided, however, that
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any such distributed excess deferral shall nevertheless be taken into
account for purposes of computing deferral percentages for the Plan
year under Section 4.3.
In any case where an excess deferral has been distributed to a
Participant pursuant to this Section 4.2, any Matching Employer
Contributions attributable to such distributed excess deferral (and
the income allocable thereto) shall be forfeited by the Participant
at the time of the distribution and shall be treated as a forfeiture
under the Plan as of the last day of the month in which the
distribution occurs in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.8.
The amount of excess deferrals to be distributed for a taxable year
will be reduced by excess contributions previously distributed or
recharacterized under Section 4.3 for the Plan year beginning in such
taxable year.
4.3 Limitation on Tax-Deferred Contributions of Highly Compensated
Employees.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, no
Tax-Deferred Contributions made with respect to a Plan year on behalf
of eligible Highly Compensated Employees may result in an average
deferral percentage for Highly Compensated Employees that
exceeds the greater of:
(a) a percentage that is equal to 125 percent of the average
deferral percentage for all other eligible Employees for the
preceding Plan Year; or
(b) a percentage that is not more than 200 percent of the average
deferral percentage for all other eligible Employees for the
preceding Plan Year and that is not more than two percentage
points higher than the average deferral percentage for all
other eligible Employees for the preceding Plan Year.
For purposes of applying the limitation contained in this Section
4.3, the deferral percentage for any Highly Compensated Employee who
is eligible to have contributions made on his behalf under two or more
arrangements described in Section 401(k) of the Code that are
maintained by an Employer or a related corporation shall be determined
as if all such contributions and any contributions described in
Section 401(k)(3)(D) of the Code were made under a single arrangement.
The maximum amount permitted to be contributed to the Plan on a Highly
Compensated Employee's behalf under this Section 4.3 shall be
determined by reducing Tax-Deferred Contributions made
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on behalf of Highly Compensated Employees in order of their amount of
contributions beginning with the highest amount of such contributions.
In the event that Tax-Deferred Contributions with respect to a Plan
year for eligible Highly Compensated Employees would otherwise exceed
the limit specified in the preceding paragraph, the Tax-Deferred
Contributions made with respect to a Highly Compensated Employee that
exceed the maximum amount permitted to be contributed to the Plan on
his behalf under this Section 4.3 will be excess contributions and,
along with the income but minus the loss allocable thereto, shall be
distributed to the Highly Compensated Employees prior to the end of
the next following Plan year, or, alternatively, to the extent
provided in regulations, shall become After-Tax Contributions at the
election of the Highly Compensated Employees and shall be subject to
the provisions of the Plan applicable thereto; provided, however, that
excess contributions will not be recharacterized with respect to a
Highly Compensated Employee to the extent that the recharacterized
amounts, in combination with After-Tax Contributions actually made by
the Highly Compensated Employee, exceed the maximum amount of
After-Tax Contributions (determined prior to applying Section
401(m)(2)(A) of the Code) that the Employee is permitted to make under
the Plan in the absence of recharacterization, and that
recharacterized excess contributions will remain subject to the
nonforfeitability requirements and distribution limitations that apply
to Tax-Deferred Contributions. The amount of excess contributions to
be distributed or recharacterized shall be reduced by excess deferrals
previously distributed under Section 4.2 for the taxable year ending
in the same Plan year. If such excess contributions are distributed
more than 2-1/2 months after the last day of the Plan year for which
the excess occurred, an excise tax may be imposed under Section 4979
of the Code on the Employer maintaining the plan with respect to such
amounts. If such excess contributions are not distributed by the close
of the Plan year following the Plan year for which the excess
occurred, the cash or deferred arrangement will fail to satisfy the
requirements of Section 401(k)(3) of the Code for the Plan year for
which the excess occurred and for all subsequent years the excess
contributions remain in the Trust. The income allocable to excess
Tax-Deferred Contributions shall be determined by multiplying the gain
or loss allocable for the Plan year to the Tax-Deferred Contributions
by a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of the
Participant's excess Tax-Deferred Contributions and the denominator of
which is the sum of (i) the balance of the Participant's sub-accounts
reflecting the Tax-Deferred Contributions as of the beginning of the
Plan
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year, plus (ii) the Tax-Deferred Contributions made on behalf of the
Participant. The amount eligible to be distributed or alternatively
recharacterized as After-Tax Contributions shall be determined by
reducing the maximum percentage of Tax-Deferred Contributions from
sixteen percent to such smaller percentage that will result in the
limits set forth above not being exceeded, in accordance with
procedures adopted by the Company. Each Highly Compensated Employee
affected by a reduction in the percentage of Tax-Deferred
Contributions being made on his behalf shall be notified by the
Company of the reduction as soon as practicable. For purposes of this
Section 4.3, the "deferral percentage" of an Employee for a Plan year
shall be the ratio of his Tax-Deferred Contributions with respect to
the Plan year to his Compensation for such Plan year; an "eligible
Employee" shall mean an Employee who has met the eligibility
requirements of Section 3.1 to become a Participant, whether or not he
has become a Participant; and an "eligible Highly Compensated
Employee" shall mean a Highly Compensated Employee who has met the
eligibility requirements of Section 3.1 to become a Participant,
whether or not he has become a Participant.
In any case where an amount of Tax Deferred Contributions has been
distributed to a Participant in order to satisfy the limitations of
this Section 4.3, any Matching Employer Contributions attributable to
such distributed Tax-Deferred Contributions (and the income allocable
thereto) shall be forfeited by the Participant at the time of the
distribution and shall be treated as a forfeiture under the Plan as of
the last day of the month in which the distribution occurs in
accordance with the provisions of Section 12.8.
4.4 Administration.
Each Employer shall cause to be delivered to the Trustee in cash all
Tax-Deferred Contributions made with respect to payroll periods ending
during each calendar month in accordance with the provisions of
Section 4.2, but not later than the 30th day of the next succeeding
calendar month. Subject to the provisions of Article X, the Trustee
shall credit the amount of Tax-Deferred Contributions made by each
Employer on behalf of each Participant for each payroll period ending
during a calendar month and received by it to such Participant's
separate account no later than the last day of such month.
4.5 Limitation on Employer Contributions.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
the Plan, each Employer's contribution to the Plan for
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any Plan year shall be made only out of the current or net income of
such Employer and shall not exceed the limitation specified in Section
6.2.
4.6 Changes in Compensation Reduction Authorization.
A Participant may change the percentage of his Compensation that his
Employer contributes on his behalf as a Tax-Deferred Contribution as
of the first day of any calendar month by filing an amended
Compensation reduction authorization with the Company by the 15th day
of the month prior to the date with respect to which such change is to
become effective, in the manner and form, or at such other time, as
prescribed by the Company, except that he shall be limited to
selecting an integral percentage of his Compensation of not less than
zero percent or more than sixteen percent. The percentage rate of
Tax-Deferred Contributions to be made on a Participant's behalf, when
combined with his percentage rate of After-Tax Contributions, shall in
no event exceed sixteen percent of his Compensation. Tax-Deferred
Contributions shall be made on behalf of such Participant by his
Employer, pursuant to his amended Compensation reduction authorization
filed in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.6,
commencing with Compensation paid to such Participant on or after the
date with respect to which such filing is effective, until otherwise
altered or terminated in accordance with the Plan.
4.7 Suspension of Contributions.
A Participant's Tax-Deferred Contributions with respect to a Plan
year shall automatically be suspended on the date that his
Tax-Deferred Contributions for the Plan year first equal or exceed
$9,500 (or such adjusted amount established by the Secretary of the
Treasury pursuant to Section 402(g)(5) of the Code). Any such
automatic suspension shall be in effect only for the remaining
portion, if any, of the then current Plan year.
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ARTICLE V
AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS
5.1 After-Tax Contributions.
The provisions of this Section 5.1 and Section 5.2 shall be subject to
the provisions of Sections 3.1, 3.4, 5.4, and 5.5. Commencing with the
first payment of Compensation to a Participant on or after the
Enrollment Date as of which he becomes a Participant, each Participant
whose percentage rate of Tax-Deferred Contributions would otherwise be
limited by paragraph (a) or (b) of Section 4.3 may, in addition to any
Tax-Deferred Contributions that are being made on his behalf, make an
After-Tax Contribution to the Plan as hereinafter provided.
5.2 Amount of After-Tax Contributions.
A Participant may make an After-Tax Contribution to the Plan that
shall be an integral percentage of his Compensation of not less than
one percent or more than 16 percent. The percentage rate of After-Tax
Contributions, when combined with the percentage rate of Tax-Deferred
Contributions to be made on such Participant's behalf, shall in no
event exceed 16 percent of his Compensation. Each Participant who is
contributing under this Section 5.2 shall have the amount of his
After-Tax Contribution deducted from his Compensation by his Employer
no less frequently than one each calendar month in accordance with the
terms of the payroll deduction authorization in effect for such
Participant pursuant to Section 3.1 or 5.4.
5.3 Administration.
Each Employer shall cause to be delivered to the Trustee in cash all
After-Tax Contributions deducted from the Compensation of Participants
with respect to each payroll period ending during each calendar month
in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.2, but not later than
the 30th day of the next succeeding calendar month. Subject to the
provisions of Article X, the Trustee shall credit the amount of
After-Tax Contributions made by each Participant for each payroll
period ending during a calendar month and received by it to such
Participant's separate account no later than the last day of such
month.
5.4 Changes in Payroll Deduction Authorization.
A Participant may change the percentage of his Compensation that he
contributes to the Plan as his After-
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Tax Contributions or terminate such After-Tax Contributions as of the
first day of any calendar month by providing an amended payroll
deduction authorization by the 15th day of the month prior to the date
on which such change is to become effective, in the manner and form, or
at such other time, as prescribed by the Company. Furthermore, a
Participant whose Tax-Deferred Contributions have, in whole or in part,
been recharacterized as After-Tax Contributions in accordance with the
provisions of Section 4.3 may change the percentage of his Compensation
that he contributes to the Plan as his After-Tax Contributions as of
the first day of any calendar month by providing an amended payroll
deduction authorization by the 15th day of the month prior to the date
on which such change is to become effective, in the manner and form, or
at such other time, as provided by the Company. In any such case, a
Participant shall be limited to selecting an integral percentage of his
Compensation of not less than one percent nor more than 16 percent. The
percentage rate of After-Tax Contributions, when combined with the
percentage rate of Tax-Deferred Contributions to be made on such
Participant's behalf, shall in no event exceed 16 percent of his
Compensation. After-Tax Contributions shall be made by such
Participant, and deducted by his Employer, pursuant to his amended
payroll deduction authorization filed in accordance with the foregoing
provisions of this Section 5.4, commencing with Compensation paid to
such Participant on or after the date with respect to which such filing
is effective, until otherwise altered or terminated in accordance with
the Plan.
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ARTICLE VI
MATCHING EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
6.1 Payment of Contributions.
Each Employer shall cause to be paid to the Trustee as its Matching
Employer Contribution hereunder for each payroll period an amount that
is equal to the Employer Contribution Rate multiplied by the aggregate
of:
(a) the Tax-Deferred Contribution made by such Employer on behalf
of each Participant with respect to such payroll period; plus
(b) the After-Tax Contribution made by each Participant during
such payroll period based on Compensation paid by such
Employer during such payroll period;
provided, however, that such aggregate amount shall not include any
portion of the sum of the Tax-Deferred Contributions and After-Tax
Contributions of a Participant with respect to such payroll period
that is in excess of six percent of his Compensation for such payroll
period. In addition to the Matching Employer Contribution payable
pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, for each payroll
period each Employer shall cause to be paid to the Trustee a further
Matching Employer Contribution (an "additional Matching Employer
Contribution") for the account of each Participant employed by the
Employer who, prior to such payroll period, had all of his
Tax-Deferred Contributions and After-Tax Contributions suspended
(either voluntarily or involuntarily) at a time when the aggregate of
such contributions for the calendar year exceeded six percent of his
Compensation paid during the calendar year and prior to the
suspension. The additional Matching Employer Contribution payable with
respect to a payroll period for the account of a Participant described
in the preceding sentence is to equal the Employer Contribution Rate
multiplied by six percent of the Compensation paid to him for such
payroll period; provided, however, that such additional Matching
Employer Contribution shall be paid for the account of a Participant
only until such time as the aggregate amount of his Tax-Deferred
Contributions and After-Tax Contributions for the calendar year equals
six percent of the Compensation that has been paid to him with respect
to the calendar year. All Matching Employer Contributions for any
payroll period ending during a calendar month shall be paid in cash or
in Company Stock to the Trustee not later than the 30th day of the
next succeeding calendar month. In any
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case, the Matching Employer Contribution for each payroll period
ending during a calendar month, regardless of when actually paid,
shall for all purposes of the Plan be deemed to have been made no
later than the last day of such month.
6.2 Limitation on Amount.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, the
Matching Employer Contributions of the Employers for any Plan year,
when combined with the Tax-Deferred Contributions made by the
Employers for such Plan year, shall be made only out of the current or
accumulated net income of the respective Employers and shall in no
event exceed (i) the maximum amount which will constitute an allowable
deduction for such year to the Employers under Section 404 of the
Code, (ii) the maximum amount which may be contributed by the
Employers under Section 415 of the Code, or (iii) the maximum amount
which may be contributed pursuant to any wage stabilization law, or
any regulation, ruling, or order issued pursuant to law.
6.3 Allocation of Matching Employer Contributions.
The Matching Employer Contributions for each payroll period ending
during a calendar month shall be allocated no later than the last day
of such month among Participants and Former Participants on whose
behalf Tax-Deferred Contributions were made or who made After-Tax
Contributions during such payroll period. The allocation to be made to
each such Participant and Former Participant for such payroll period
shall be an amount equal to the Employer Contribution Rate multiplied
by the aggregate of (a) the amount contributed to the Plan on his
behalf as a Tax-Deferred Contribution for such payroll period, plus
(b) the amount he contributed to the Plan as an After-Tax Contribution
for such payroll period; provided, however, that such aggregate amount
shall not include any portion of the sum of the Tax-Deferred
Contributions and After-Tax Contributions of the Participant with
respect to a payroll period that is in excess of six percent of his
Compensation for such payroll period. An Employer's Matching Employer
Contribution for a Participant or Former Participant shall be
allocated with respect to the Tax-Deferred Contributions made on his
behalf and his After-Tax Contributions only to the extent that such
Tax-Deferred Contributions and such After-Tax Contributions are based
on Compensation paid, or which would have been paid but for the
provisions of the Plan, by such Employer during such payroll period.
Further, a Participant or Former Participant with respect to whom an
Employer has made an additional Matching Employer
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Contribution for a payroll period in accordance with Section 6.1 shall
receive an allocation equal to the amount of such additional Matching
Employer Contribution made for his account. Subject to the provisions
of Article IX, the Trustee shall credit the amount so allocated to
each such Participant or Former Participant to his separate account no
later than the last day of the month during which such payroll period
ends.
6.4 Prevented Contributions.
The provisions of this Section 6.4 shall be given full force and
effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary, other than Section
6.2, contained in the Plan. In the event that any Employer which
together with any other Employers hereunder constitutes an affiliated
group within the meaning of Section 1504 of the Code is prevented from
paying any part or all of its contribution to be made for any Plan
year hereunder by reason of its having no current or accumulated net
income or because such net income is less than the contribution which
such Employer would otherwise have made, then the amount thereof so
prevented shall be paid by the other Employers in such affiliated
group, in such proportion and to such extent as prescribed under
Section 404(a)(3)(B) of the Code. Such amount for all purposes of the
Plan shall be deemed to be a contribution made for such Plan year by
the Employer on behalf of which it was made. In the event an Employer
which is not a member of such an affiliated group is prevented from
paying all or part of its contribution for any Plan year, the amount
so prevented shall not be paid by any other Employer.
6.5 Determination of Annual Employer Contribution Rate.
The Board of Directors of the Company shall determine the percentage
to be used as the Employer Contribution Rate for each Plan year. The
Employer Contribution Rate for a specific Plan year shall be announced
to Employees by November 15 of the preceding Plan year.
6.6 Determination of Amount of Employer Contribution.
The Company shall determine the amount to be contributed by each
Employer for each payroll period in accordance with the provisions of
the Plan.
6.7 Effect of Plan Termination.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, any
termination of the Plan shall terminate the liability of the Employers
to make further contributions to the Plan, other than contributions
for
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any payroll period ended prior to the time of such
termination.
6.8 Limitation on Matching Employer Contributions and After-Tax
Contributions of Highly Compensated Employees.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, no
Matching Employer Contributions or After-Tax Contributions made with
respect to a Plan year on behalf of eligible Highly Compensated
Employees may result in an average contribution percentage for Highly
Compensated Employees that exceeds the greater of
(a) a percentage that is equal to 125 percent of the average
contribution percentage for all other eligible Employees for
the preceding Plan Year, or
(b) a percentage that is not more than 200 percent of the average
contribution percentage for all other eligible Employees for
the preceding Plan Year and that is not more than two
percentage points higher than the average contribution
percentage for all other eligible Employees for the preceding
Plan Year.
In the event the Matching Employer Contributions and After-Tax
Contributions with respect to a Plan year for eligible Highly
Compensated Employees would otherwise exceed the limit specified in
the preceding sentence, a certain amount of the Matching Employer
Contributions and After-Tax Contributions, along with the income but
minus the losses allocable thereto, shall be distributed or forfeited
prior to the end of the next following Plan year, with such certain
amount and the treatment thereof to be determined as follows:
(c) first, the maximum percentage of After-Tax Contributions shall
be reduced, in accordance with procedures adopted by the
Company, from sixteen percent to the greater of six percent or
such percentage that will result in the average contribution
percentage limit specified above not being exceeded, and the
excess amount of After-Tax Contributions attributable to such
reduction shall be distributed to the Highly Compensated
Employees who made the excess contributions;
(d) second, if application of (c) does not cause the Plan to meet
the average contribution percentage limit specified above, the
maximum percentage of
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After-Tax Contributions shall be further reduced from six
percent to such smaller percentage that, taking into account
the reduction in the After-Tax Contributions and the loss of
the Matching Employer Contribution related thereto, will
result in the average contribution percent age limit specified
above not being exceeded, and the excess amount of After-Tax
Contributions attributable to such reduction shall be
distributed to the Highly Compensated Employees who made the
excess contributions;
(e) third, if (d) is applicable, and a Highly Compensated Employee
receiving a distribution thereunder of excess After-Tax
Contributions was fully vested in amounts credited to his
Company Stock Fund Account as of the time such excess
contribution occurred, that portion of the Matching Employer
Contribution for such Plan year that relates to the After-Tax
Contributions distributed under (d) shall also be distributed
to the Highly Compensated Employee; and
(f) fourth, if (d) is applicable but (e) is not applicable, that
portion of the Matching Employer Contribution for such Plan
year that relates to the After-Tax Contribution distributed
under (d) shall be treated as a forfeiture under the Plan as
of the last day of the next following Plan year.
The income allocable to excess Matching Employer Contributions and
After-Tax Contributions shall be determined in the same manner set
forth in Section 4.3, by substituting "excess Matching Employer
Contributions and After-Tax Contributions" for "excess Tax-Deferred
Contributions." For purposes of this Section 6.8, the "contribution
percentage" of an Employee for a Plan year shall be the ratio of his
aggregate After-Tax Contributions and Matching Employer Contributions
with respect to the Plan year to his Compensation for such Plan year,
except that, to the extent permitted by regulations to be promulgated
by the Secretary of the Treasury, the Company may elect to take into
account in computing the numerator of each eligible Employee's
Contribution percentage the Tax-Deferred Contribution made on behalf
of the eligible Employee for the Plan year; an "eligible Employee"
shall mean an Employee who has met the eligibility requirements of
Section 3.1 to become a Participant, whether or not he has become a
Participant; and an "eligible Highly Compensated Employee" shall mean
a Highly Compensated Employee who has met the eligibility requirements
of Section 3.1 to become a Participant, whether or not he has become a
Participant. The determination hereunder of whether
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excess After-Tax Contributions or Matching Employer Contribution have
been made by an eligible Employee with the respect to a Plan year
shall occur after first determining the amount, if any, of that
portion of the Tax-Deferred Contribution of the eligible Employee that
is in excess of the annual aggregate limitation on Tax-Deferred
Contributions and then determining the amount, if any, of Tax-Deferred
Contributions made on behalf of the eligible Employee that are in
excess of the limitations imposed under Section 4.3.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, the
following multiple use limitation as required under Section 401(m) of
the Code shall apply: the sum of the average deferral percentage and
the average contribution percentage for Highly Compensated Employees
may not exceed the aggregate limit. The aggregate limit is the sum of
(g) 125 percent of the greater of the average contribution percentage
or the average deferral percentage for all other eligible Employees
and (h) the lesser of 200 percent of, or two percentage points plus,
the lesser of such average contribution percentage or such average
deferral percentage, or, if it would result in a larger aggregate
limit, the sum of (i) 125 percent of the lesser of the average
contribution percentage or the average deferral percentage for all
other eligible Employees and (j) the lesser of 200 percent of, or two
percentage points plus, the greater of such average contribution
percentage or such average deferral percentage. In the event that,
after the satisfaction of the limitations in Section 4.3 and this
Section 6.8, it is determined that contributions under the Plan fail
to satisfy this multiple use limitation, the multiple use limitation
shall be satisfied by further reducing the contribution percentages of
Highly Compensated Employees (beginning with the highest amount of
such contributions) to the extent necessary to eliminate such excess,
with such further reductions to be treated as excess contributions and
disposed of as provided in this Section 6.8.
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ARTICLE VII
DEPOSIT AND INVESTMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS
7.1 Deposit of Contributions.
All Tax-Deferred Contributions and After-Tax Contributions shall be
deposited by the Trustee upon receipt in the Investment Funds as the
Company shall direct and all Matching Employer Contributions shall be
deposited by the Trustee upon receipt in the Goodyear Stock Fund;
provided, however, that the Company's directions with respect to all
Tax-Deferred Contributions and After-Tax Contributions shall be based
on the investment election of each Participant made in accordance with
the provisions of Section 7.2. For all purposes hereunder,
Tax-Deferred Contributions, After-Tax Contributions, and Matching
Employer Contributions for each payroll period ending during a
calendar month shall be deemed to have been deposited no later than
the last day of such month. The Trustee shall have no duty to collect
or enforce payment of contributions or inquire into the amount or
method used in determining the amount of contributions, and shall be
accountable only for contributions received by it.
7.2 Investment Elections of Participants.
Each Participant shall, upon electing to participate under the Plan in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3.1, make an investment
election in the manner prescribed by the Company, directing the manner
in which his Tax-Deferred Contributions and After-Tax Contributions
shall be deposited and held by the Trustee. The investment election of
a Participant with respect to his Tax-Deferred Contributions and
After-Tax Contributions shall specify the percentage of such
contributions that is to be deposited in each of the Investment Funds,
which percentage amounts must be whole percentage amounts not in
excess in the aggregate of 100%. The investment election by a
Participant shall remain in effect until he ceases to be a Participant
in accordance with the provisions of the Plan; provided, however, that
a Participant may change his investment election at any time, in the
manner and form as prescribed by the Company by making a new election
specifying a change in his investment election. Any such change must
again specify a percentage of the Tax-Deferred Contributions and
After-Tax Contributions of the Participant that is to be deposited in
each of the Investment Funds, which percentage amounts must be whole
percentage amounts not in excess in the aggregate of 100%, and shall
not affect the amounts credited to any separate account or sub-
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account of the Participant or to any Investment Fund as of any date
prior to the date on which such change is to become effective.
7.3 Election to Transfer Interest Between Funds.
A Participant who has an interest in an Investment Fund may elect at
any time to transfer all or a portion of such interest to another
Investment Fund. The Participant election must specify the Investment
Fund from which the transfer is to be made, the Investment Fund to
which the transfer is to be made, and a percentage of the amount
eligible for transfer that is to be transferred, which percentage must
be an integral multiple of 1%. Any such transfer election must be made
in the manner and form and at the time prescribed by the Company. Once
the election becomes effective, it shall be irrevocable.
7.4 Election to Transfer Interest from Goodyear Stock Fund.
A Participant who has attained age 52 and who has an interest in the
Goodyear Stock Fund may elect at any time to transfer all or a portion
of such interest to an Investment Fund. The Participant election must
specify the Investment Fund to which the transfer is to be made and a
dollar amount or percentage of the amount eligible for transfer that
is to be transferred. Any such transfer election must be made in the
manner and form and at the time prescribed by the Company. Once the
election becomes effective, it shall be irrevocable. At no time may a
Participant transfer amounts from an Investment Fund to the Goodyear
Stock Fund.
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ARTICLE VIII
ESTABLISHMENT OF FUNDS AND PARTICIPANTS' ACCOUNTS
8.1 Establishment of General Fund.
The Trustee shall establish a General Fund as required to hold and
administer any assets of the Trust Fund that are not allocated among
the separate Investment Funds or the Goodyear Stock Fund as provided
in the Plan or the Trust Agreement. The General Fund shall be held and
administered by the Trustee as a separate common trust fund. The
interest of each Participant, Former Participant, or Beneficiary under
the Plan in the General Fund shall be an undivided interest.
8.2 Investment Funds.
The Trustee shall establish the following Investment Funds:
(a) A Stable Value Fund which shall be invested primarily in
contracts with banks, insurance companies, or other financial
institutions which provide for rates of return for particular
periods of time. Additionally, the Stable Value Fund may be
invested in investment grade securities which provide for
fixed or determinable rates of return. The securities may be
held directly by the Plan, in group trusts, or in separate
accounts of insurance companies.
(b) An S&P 500 Index Stock Equity Fund which shall be invested
primarily in the 500 stocks that comprise the S&P 500
Composite Index.
(c) Asset Allocation Funds comprised of the following three
balanced funds:
(i) A Conservative Asset Allocation Fund which shall be
invested primarily in bonds and stocks with a target
allocation of 60% bonds and 40% United States
stocks.
(ii) A Moderate Asset Allocation Fund which shall be
invested primarily in bonds and stock with a target
allocation of 40% bonds and 60% United States stocks.
(iii) An Aggressive Asset Allocation Fund which shall be
invested primarily in bonds and stocks with a target
allocation of 65%
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United States stocks, 15% international stocks, and
20% bonds.
(d) A Large Capitalization Stock Equity Fund which shall be
invested primarily in common stocks of medium and large
companies that have better-than-average prospects for
appreciation.
(e) A Small Capitalization Stock Equity Fund which shall be
invested primarily in small company stocks that are expected
to provide long-term capital growth.
(f) An International Stock Equity Fund which shall be invested
primarily in common stocks and debt obligations of companies
and governments outside of the United States that are expected
to produce long-term capital growth.
(g) A Self-Directed Fund Account which the Participant, Former
Participant, or Beneficiary may direct the investment of all
or any part of his separate account among a list of mutual
funds selected by the Company and the Trustee. The provisions
of this paragraph (g) of Article 8.2 shall be effective only
if and to the extent that the Company, in its discretion,
implements them.
(h) If a loan from the Plan to a Participant is approved in
accordance with the provisions of Article XX, the Company
shall direct the establishment and maintenance of a Loan
Investment Fund in the Participant's name. Notwithstanding any
other provision of the Plan to the contrary, income received
with respect to a Participant's Loan Investment Fund shall be
allocated and the Loan Investment Fund shall be administered
as provided in Article XX.
The Company may determine from time to time to direct (i) the closing
of an Investment Fund or Investment Funds or (ii) the establishment
and maintenance of an additional Investment Fund or Investment Funds
and shall select the investments for such Investment Fund or
Investment Funds. The Company shall communicate the same and any
changes therein in writing to the Plan Administrator and the Trustee.
All assets of each Investment Fund, except for a Self-Directed Fund
Account or a Loan Investment Fund, shall be held and administered by
the Trustee as a separate trust fund. The interest of each
Participant, Former Participant, or Beneficiary under the Plan in any
Investment Fund, other than a Self-Directed Fund Account or a Loan
Investment Fund, and other than an Investment Fund that
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consists of a mutual fund, shall be an undivided interest. The
interest of each Participant, Former Participant, or Beneficiary under
the Plan in any Investment Fund that consists of a mutual fund shall
be an undivided interest in the units of the mutual fund held by the
Plan. All assets of each Self-Directed Fund Account and each Loan
Investment Fund shall be held and administered as a separate trust
fund.
8.3 Goodyear Stock Fund.
The Company shall direct the establishment and maintenance of a
Goodyear Stock Fund to which Matching Employer Contributions shall be
allocated. Subject to the provisions of the Trust Agreement, the
assets of the Goodyear Stock Fund shall be invested by the Trustee
primarily in Company Stock. Assets of the Goodyear Stock Fund may also
be invested by the Trustee in interest-bearing common, commingled,
group, or collective trust funds maintained by the Trustee exclusively
for the short-term investment of assets of tax-qualified benefit
plans. The Trustee may purchase Company Stock on the open market
through a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter
market through a broker-dealer which is a member of the National
Association of Securities Dealers. In addition, the Trustee may
purchase Company Stock from the Company in accordance with the
requirements of Section 408 of the Act. The Goodyear Stock Fund shall
be held and administered as a separate common trust fund. The interest
of each Participant, Former Participant, or Beneficiary under the Plan
in the Goodyear Stock Fund shall be an undivided interest.
8.4 Appointment of Investment Managers.
As provided in the Trust Agreement, the Company may appoint one or
more investment managers (as defined in Section 3(38) of ERISA) with
respect to any portion of any trust fund established under this
Article VIII.
8.5 Income on Trust Funds.
Any dividends, interest, distributions, or other income received by
the Trustee in respect of a Fund shall be reinvested by the Trustee in
the respective Funds for which such income was received.
8.6 Separate Accounts.
As of the first date a contribution is made by or on behalf of an
Employee, there shall be established a separate account in his name
reflecting his interest in the Trust Fund. Each separate account shall
be main-
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tained and administered for each Participant, Former Participant, and
Beneficiary in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.
8.7 Sub-Accounts.
The separate account of each Participant, Former Participant, and
Beneficiary shall be divided into individual sub-accounts reflecting
the portion of the account which is derived from Matching Employer
Contributions, Tax-Deferred Contributions, and After-Tax
Contributions. Each sub-account shall reflect separately contributions
allocated to each Investment Fund and the Goodyear Stock Fund and the
earnings and losses attributable thereto. Such other sub-accounts may
be established as are necessary or appropriate to reflect the interest
of a Participant, Former Participant, or Beneficiary in the Trust
Fund.
8.8 Account Balances.
For all purposes hereof, the balance of each separate account of a
Participant, Former Participant, or Beneficiary, including
sub-accounts, as of any date shall be the balance of such account or
sub-account after all credits and charges thereto, for and as of such
date, have been made as provided herein.
8.9 Funds from Predecessor Plans.
At the direction of the Company, the Trustee is authorized to accept
the transfer of funds being held by the funding agent for a
predecessor plan (as hereinafter defined) for the benefit of an
eligible Employee, provided that at no time in the course of the
transfer shall such funds be made available to the eligible Employee.
The Trustee shall have no duty to verify whether the amount of any
predecessor plan funds delivered to it is correct, and shall have no
duty of inquiry into the administration of any predecessor plan or of
any prior trust or other funding agency for a predecessor plan. The
Trustee shall deposit all funds received by it from a predecessor plan
in the Goodyear Stock Fund and the Investment Funds in accordance with
the directions of the Company, which shall be based on the investment
elections of the eligible Employees made in the form and manner
prescribed by the Company; provided, however, that no predecessor plan
funds may be deposited in the Goodyear Stock Fund other than funds
that were invested in common stock of the Company under the
predecessor plan immediately prior to the transfer. The Trustee shall
establish and maintain a separate account and such sub-accounts in the
name of an eligible Employee as are necessary to reflect his
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interest that is attributable to predecessor plan funds and to reflect
the portion of his predecessor plan funds that is attributable to
voluntary after-tax contributions, to contributions made pursuant to a
cash or deferred arrangement qualified under Section 401(k) of the
Code, and to other employer contributions. Each such separate account
shall, upon each valuation date, share in the net increase or decrease
in the value of the assets of the Investment Funds and the Goodyear
Stock Fund maintained under the Plan on the basis of the balance of
such separate account immediately prior to the valuation date in
accordance with Section 10.1, provided, however, that such balance for
this purpose only shall be reduced by the amount of any funds
transferred to the Trustee since the immediately preceding valuation
date. With the exception of funds transferred from a predecessor plan
maintained by an Employer or a related corporation, which shall be
vested in accordance with the next following sentence of this Section
8.9, all predecessor plan funds shall at all times be fully vested and
nonforfeitable. The vested interest of a Participant in funds
transferred from a predecessor plan maintained by an Employer or a
related corporation shall be determined as of the date of transfer
based on the vesting provisions of the predecessor plan in effect on
such date, and on and after the date of transfer the vested interest
shall be determined based on the vesting provisions of the Plan or, in
the event an election under Section 12.6 applies with respect to the
Participant, based on the vesting provisions of the predecessor plan
as of the date of transfer. Predecessor plan funds shall be
distributed at such times and according to such methods as are
generally provided under the Plan. In addition, predecessor plan funds
attributable to voluntary after-tax contributions made under the
predecessor plan shall be subject hereunder to the withdrawal
provisions applicable to After-Tax Contributions and predecessor plan
funds that were contributed pursuant to a cash or deferred arrangement
qualified under Section 401(k) of the Code shall be subject hereunder
to the withdrawal and distribution provisions applicable to
Tax-Deferred Contributions. For purposes of this Section 8.9, a
predecessor plan shall mean any other defined contribution plan that
complies with the requirements of Section 401(a) of the Code and
satisfies the conditions specified in Section 401(a)(11)(B)(iii) of
the Code.
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ARTICLE IX
LIMITATIONS ON ALLOCATIONS TO ACCOUNTS
9.1 Limitation on Crediting of Contributions.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, the
amount of Matching Employer Contributions, Tax-Deferred
Contributions, and After-Tax Contributions, which may be credited to
the separate account of any Participant or Former Participant shall be
subject to the following provisions:
(a) For purposes of this Section 9.1, the "annual addition" with
respect to a Participant or Former Participant shall mean the
sum for any Plan year of the following amounts:
(i) Tax-Deferred Contributions, After-Tax Contributions,
and Matching Employer Contributions that are credited
to the separate account of such Participant or Former
Participant for such Plan year pursuant to Sections
4.4, 5.3, and 6.4, and
(ii) the amount, if any, of Employer Contributions and
forfeitures and employee after-tax contributions that
are credited to the Participant or Former Participant
under any other qualified defined contribution plan
(whether or not terminated) maintained by an Employer
or a related corporation concurrently with the Plan.
(b) For purposes of this Section 9.1, the "compensation" of a
Participant or Former Participant shall mean (in contrast with
Compensation as defined in paragraph (g) of Section 2.1) his
wages, salaries, and other amounts received for personal
services actually rendered in the course of employment with an
Employer or a related corporation, excluding, however,
(i) for Plan Years beginning before January 1, 1998,
contributions made by an Employer or a related
corporation to a plan of deferred compensation
(including Tax-Deferred Contributions hereunder) to
the extent that, before the application
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of the limitations of Section 415 of the Code to such
plan, the contributions are not includable in the
gross income of the Participant or Former Participant
for the taxable year in which contributed;
(ii) for Plan Years beginning before January 1, 1998,
contributions made by an Employer or a related
corporation on his behalf to a simplified employee
pension described in Section 408(k) of the Code;
(iii) any distributions from a plan of deferred
compensation (other than amounts received pursuant to
an unfunded non-qualified plan in the year such
amounts are includable in the gross income of the
Participant or Former Participant);
(iv) amounts received from the exercise of a non-qualified
stock option or when restricted stock or other
property held by the Participant or Former
Participant becomes freely transferable or is no
longer subject to substantial risk of forfeiture;
(v) amounts received from the sale, exchange, or other
disposition of stock acquired under a qualified stock
option; and
(vi) any other amounts that receive special tax benefits,
such as premiums for group term life insurance (but
only to the extent that the premiums are not
includable in the gross income of the Participant or
Former Participant).
(c) For the Plan year ending December 31, 1984, and each Plan year
thereafter, the annual addition with respect to a Participant
or Former Participant shall not exceed the lesser of
(i) $30,000 (subject to adjustment annually pursuant to
Internal Revenue Service regulations and rulings
under Section 415 of the Code), or
(ii) 25 percent of such Participant's compensation paid
for such Plan year.
If as a result of the allocation of forfeitures, a reasonable
error in estimating the Participant's compensation, a
reasonable error in determining the amount of elective
deferrals
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(within the meaning of Section 402(g)(3) of the Code) that may
be made with respect to any individual under the limits of
Section 415 of the Code, or other reasonable facts and
circumstances that the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue
finds to justify the availability of the rules set forth
below, the annual addition to the separate account of a
Participant or Former Participant in any Plan year would
exceed the amount that may be applied for his benefit under
the limitation contained in this Section 9.1 absent such
limitation, the amount of his After-Tax Contributions for such
Plan year and of that portion of the Matching Employer
Contributions that would be allocated to such Participant or
Former Participant under Section 6.3 based thereon, but that
would exceed the limitation herein, shall be reduced (applying
the same percentage reduction with respect to both such
After-Tax Contributions and Matching Employer Contributions)
to the extent necessary to eliminate such excess. The amount
of any such reduction of After-Tax Contributions shall be
returned to such Participant or Former Participant (plus the
earnings, if any, attributable to such amount), and the
amount of any such reduction of Matching Employer
Contributions shall be deemed a forfeiture for such Plan year
and shall be applied against the Company's Matching Employer
Contribution obligation as described below. If the limitation
contained in this Section 9.1 would still be exceeded after
application of the previous sentence, the amount of the
Tax-Deferred Contributions made on behalf of such Participant
or Former Participant for such Plan year and that portion of
the Matching Employer Contribution that would be allocated to
such Participant or Former Participant under Section 6.3 based
thereon, but that would exceed the limitation herein, shall be
reduced (applying the same percentage reduction with respect
to both Tax-Deferred Contributions and Matching Employer
Contributions) to the extent necessary to eliminate such
excess. The amount of any such reduction of Tax-Deferred
Contributions shall be applied as the initial Tax-Deferred
Contributions made by the Participant for the next following
limitation year until such amount is exhausted, unless the
Participant is not covered by the Plan as of the end of the
limitation year, in which event such amount shall be deemed a
forfeiture for such Plan year and shall be applied against the
Company's Matching Employer Contribution obligation as
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described below. The amount of any such reduction of Matching
Employer Contributions shall be deemed a forfeiture for such
Plan year and shall be applied against the Company's Matching
Employer Contributions obligation as described below. Amounts
which are deemed forfeitures hereunder with respect to the
Company for a Plan year shall be held unallocated in a
suspense account established with respect to the Company and
shall for all Plan purposes be applied against the Company's
Matching Employer Contribution obligation for the next
following Plan year (and succeeding Plan years, as necessary).
No such suspense account shall share in any increase or
decrease in the net worth of the Investment Funds and the
Goodyear Stock Fund.
(d) For Plan Years beginning before January 1, 2000, if any
Participant or Former Participant in the Plan also shall be
covered by a qualified defined benefit plan (whether or not
terminated) maintained by an Employer or a related corporation
concurrently with the Plan, the sum of subparagraphs (i) and
(ii) below shall in no event exceed 1.0 in any Plan year where
(i) is the defined benefit plan fraction (determined as
of the close of such Plan year), the numerator of
which is the projected annual benefit of such
Participant or Former Participant under such plan and
the denominator of which is the lessor of (1) the
product of 1.25 multiplied by the dollar limitation
in effect under Section 415(b)(1)(A) of the Code for
such Plan year, or (2) the product of 1.4 multiplied
by the amount which may be taken into account under
Section 415(b)(1)(B) of the Code with respect to such
Participant or Former Participant for such Plan year;
and
(ii) is the defined contribution plan fraction, the
numerator of which is the sum of the annual addition
to the separate accounts of such Participant or
Former Participant as of the close of such Plan year
and for each prior year of service with an Employer
or a related corporation and the denominator of which
is the sum of the lesser of the following amounts
determined for such Plan year and each prior year of
service with an Employer or a related corporation:
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(1) the product of 1.25 multiplied by the dollar
limitation in effect under Section 415(c)(1)(A) of
the Code for such Plan year determined without regard
to Section 415(c)(6), or (2) the product of 1.4
multiplied by the amount which may be taken into
account under Section 415(c)(1)(B) (or Section
415(c)(7) or (8), if applicable) with respect to such
Participant or Former Participant for such Plan year.
In the event the special limitation contained in this
paragraph (d) is exceeded, the benefits otherwise payable to
the Participant or Former Participant under any such qualified
defined benefit plan shall be reduced to the extent necessary
to meet such limitation. If the Plan satisfied the applicable
requirements of Section 415 of the Code as in effect for all
limitation years beginning before January 1, 1987, an amount
shall be subtracted from the numerator of the defined
contribution plan fraction (not exceeding such numerator) as
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury so that the sum of
the defined benefit plan fraction and the defined contribution
plan fraction computed under Section 415(e)(1) of the Code, as
revised by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, does not exceed 1.0 for
such limitation year.
(e) In the event that a Participant or Former Participant is
covered by any other qualified defined contribution plan
(whether or not terminated) maintained by an Employer or a
related corporation concurrently with the Plan, the procedure
set forth in paragraph (c) of this Section 9.1 shall be
implemented first by returning the contributions made by the
Participant or Former Participant for such Plan year under
all of the defined contribution plans other than the Plan. If
the limitation contained in this Section 9.1 is still not
satisfied after returning all of the contributions made by the
Participant or Former Participant under all such other plans,
the procedure set forth in paragraph (c) of this Section 9.1,
without regard to the foregoing provisions of this paragraph
(e), shall be invoked to eliminate any such excess. If the
limitation contained in this Section 9.1 is still not
satisfied after invocation of the procedure set forth in
paragraph (c) of this Section 9.1, the portion of the Employer
contributions and of forfeitures for the Plan
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year under all such other plans, which has been allocated to
such Participant thereunder, but which exceeds the limitation
herein, shall be deemed a forfeiture for such Plan year and
shall, subject to the provisions of this Section 9.1, be
reallocated among and credited to the separate accounts of the
remaining Participants and Former Participants in such other
plans who are eligible to share in such contributions and
forfeitures for such Plan year; provided, however, that the
amount of the Employer contributions and of any forfeitures
which is deemed a forfeiture under this paragraph (e) shall
be effected on a pro rata basis among all of such plans,
including the Plan, unless the Participant or Former
Participant is covered by a money purchase pension plan or a
tax credit plan meeting the requirements of Section 409 of the
Code, in which event the forfeiture shall be effected first
under the Plan (and any other defined contribution plan which
is not a money purchase pension plan nor a tax credit plan)
and, if the limitation is still not satisfied, then under such
money purchase pension plan, and finally, if the limitation is
still not satisfied, then under such tax credit plan. In the
event that a Participant or Former Participant is covered by a
qualified defined benefit plan, the procedure set forth in
paragraph (d) of this Section 9.1 shall be implemented prior
to effecting any reduction in the benefit of such Participant
or Former Participant under the defined contribution plans.
(f) In the event that the limitations of paragraph (d) of this
Section 9.1 are applicable, the following adjustments shall be
made for purposes of applying such paragraph (d):
If, before October 3, 1973, the Participant or Former
Participant was an active participant in a qualified
defined benefit plan maintained by an Employer and
otherwise satisfies the requirements of Section 2004(d)(2)
of the Act, the defined benefit plan fraction described in
subparagraph (d)(i) shall not exceed 1.0.
(g) For purposes of this Section 9.1, the meaning of "related
corporation" shall be as modified by Section 415(h) of the
Code.
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9.2 Scope of Limitation.
The limitations contained in this Article IX shall be applicable only
with respect to benefits provided pursuant to the defined contribution
plans and defined benefit plans described in Section 415(k) of the
Code.
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ARTICLE X
VALUATIONS, DIVIDEND REINVESTMENTS, AND VOTING
10.1 Valuation of Participant's Interest.
As of each valuation date hereunder, the Trustee shall adjust each
separate account of each Participant, Former Participant and
Beneficiary, and any sub-account maintained thereunder, to reflect any
increase or decrease in the value of the Trust Fund since the
immediately preceding valuation date in the following manner:
(a) The Trustee shall value all of the assets of the Goodyear
Stock Fund at fair market value.
(b) The Trustee shall value all of the assets of the Investment
Funds with respect to which no investment manager has been
appointed at fair market value and each investment manager
shall value all of the assets of the Investment Fund with
respect to which he has been appointed at fair market value
and shall provide the same to the Trustee. In valuing the
Investment Funds with respect to which no investment manager
has been appointed that consist of mutual funds, the Trustee
may rely on price data supplied by the mutual fund manager.
(c) The Trustee shall then ascertain the net in crease or decrease
in the value of the respective Investment Funds and the
Goodyear Stock Fund which is attributable to net income,
investment management fees, and all profits and losses,
realized and unrealized, since the immediately preceding
valuation date, on the basis of the valuation provided under
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 10.1, and after making
appropriate adjustments for the amount of all contributions
made with respect to the month in which such valuation date
occurs and for any distributions and withdrawals from the
respective Investment Funds and the Goodyear Stock Fund since
such preceding valuation date and prior to such date.
(d) The Trustee shall then allocate the net increase or decrease
in the value of the respective Investment Funds and the
Goodyear Stock Fund as thus determined among all Participants,
Former Participants, and Beneficiaries who have an interest in
the respective Investment Funds and the Goodyear Stock Fund,
separately with respect
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to each of such Investment Funds and the Goodyear Stock Fund,
in the ratio that the balance of each separate account
maintained under such Investment Fund or the Goodyear Stock
Fund on the date immediately preceding such valuation date
bears to the aggregate of the balances of all such separate
accounts on the day immediately preceding such valuation date,
and shall credit or charge, as the case may be, each such
separate account with the amount of its allocated share.
Moreover, the Trustee shall in the same manner credit or
charge any sub-account maintained thereunder with the amount
of its allocated share.
(e) Finally, the Trustee shall then credit to the appropriate
separate account and sub-accounts of each Participant and
Former Participant, as applicable and in accordance with the
provisions of Article VIII, the Tax-Deferred Contributions
made on his behalf, his After-Tax Contributions, and his share
of Matching Employer Contributions made since the immediately
preceding valuation date.
The Trustee may maintain its records for the Plan on the basis of unit
accounting.
10.2 Reinvestment of Dividends.
Except as may be otherwise directed by the Company, all dividends and
other earnings of the Goodyear Stock Fund shall be used by the Trustee
to purchase additional Company Stock.
10.3 Voting Company Stock.
At least 30 days prior to each annual or special meeting of its
shareholders, the Company shall cause to be sent to each Participant,
and to each Former Participant and Beneficiary, a copy of the proxy
solicitation material therefor, together with a form requesting that
each such Participant, Former Participant, or Beneficiary give to the
Trustee or proxy solicitation and tabulation agent his confidential
instructions with respect to the manner in which his proportionate
interest in the Company Stock held in the Goodyear Stock Fund shall be
voted by the Trustee. Upon receipt of such instructions, the Trustee
shall vote the Company Stock as instructed. Furthermore, the Trustee
shall vote the Company Stock with respect to which it does not receive
instructions in the same proportions as it votes the Company Stock for
which it received instructions. Instructions received from individual
Participants, Former
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Participants, and Beneficiaries by the Trustee shall be held in the
strictest confidence and shall not be divulged or released to any
person, including officers or employees of the Company.
10.4 Finality of Determinations.
The Trustee shall have exclusive responsibility for determining the
net income, liabilities, and value of the assets of the Goodyear Stock
Fund and for determining the balance of each separate account and
sub-account maintained hereunder. The Trustee shall have exclusive
responsibility for determining the net income, liabilities, and value
of the assets of the Investments Funds with respect to which no
investment manager has been appointed, and each investment manager
shall have exclusive responsibility for determining the net income,
liabilities, and value of the assets of the Investment Fund with
respect to which he has been appointed. In determining the net income,
liabilities, and value of the assets of the Investment Funds with
respect to which no investment manager has been appointed that consist
of mutual funds, the Trustee may rely on information provided by the
mutual fund manager. The Trustee's and investment managers'
determinations thereof shall be conclusive upon the Employers, and all
Participants, Former Participants, and Beneficiaries hereunder.
10.5 Notification.
As soon as reasonably possible after the end of each Plan year, the
Company shall notify each Participant, Former Participant, and
Beneficiary of the balance of his separate account and sub-accounts as
of the last day of such Plan year.
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ARTICLE XI
WITHDRAWALS WHILE EMPLOYED
11.1 Withdrawal of After-Tax Contributions.
A Participant may elect to withdraw in cash an amount equal to all or
any portion of the value of the balance of his sub-account
attributable to his After-Tax Contributions as of the most recent
valuation date. In the event a Participant has more than one
Investment Fund in his sub-account attributable to After-Tax
Contributions and he withdraws only a portion of the balance of such
sub-account, the withdrawal shall be charged to each of the Investment
Funds in the ratio that the balance of the sub-account invested in the
Investment Fund as of the most recent valuation date bears to the
balance of the sub-account as of such date.
11.2 Withdrawal of Matching Employer Contributions.
Prior to his attainment of age 59-1/2, a Participant may not withdraw
amounts attributable to Matching Employer Contributions unless the
Company has made a determination that a hardship exists and such
withdrawal is made in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.4.
A Participant who has attained the age of 59-1/2 may elect to withdraw
in cash an amount equal to all or any portion of his vested interest
in the value of the balance of his sub-account attributable to
Matching Employer Contributions as of the most recent valuation date.
A Participant's vested interest in Matching Employer Contributions
shall be the amount in which he would be vested under Section 12.2 had
he terminated his employment with his Employer. In the event a
Participant has one or more Investment Funds in his sub-account
attributable to Matching Employer Contributions and he withdraws only
a portion of the balance of such sub-account, the withdrawal shall be
charged to each of the Investment Funds and the Goodyear Stock Fund in
the ratio that the balance of the sub-account invested in the
Investment Fund or the Goodyear Stock Fund as of the most recent
valuation date bears to the balance of the sub-account as of such
date.
11.3 Withdrawal of Tax-Deferred Contributions.
Prior to his attainment of age 59-1/2, a Participant may not withdraw
amounts attributable to Tax-Deferred Contributions unless the Company
has made a determination that a hardship exists and such withdrawal is
made in accordance with the provisions of
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Section 11.4. A Participant who has attained the age of 59-1/2 may
elect to withdraw in cash an amount equal to all or any portion of the
value of the balance of his sub-account attributable to his
Tax-Deferred Contributions as of the most recent valuation date. In
the event a Participant has more than one Investment Fund in his
sub-account attributable to Tax-Deferred Contributions and he
withdraws only a portion of the balance of such sub-account, the
withdrawal shall be charged to each of the Investment Funds in the
ratio that the balance of the sub-account invested in the Investment
Fund as of the most recent valuation date bears to the balance of the
sub-account as of such date.
11.4 Conditions and Limitations on Hardship Withdrawals.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article XI,
the restrictions imposed in Sections 11.2 and 11.3 which prohibit
withdrawal of amounts attributable to Tax-Deferred Contributions and
Matching Employer Contributions prior to the attainment of age 59-1/2
shall be inapplicable in any case in which the Company, with respect
to a withdrawal made hereunder, has made a determination that the
withdrawal is necessary to satisfy an immediate and heavy financial
need of the Participant in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 11.4. The Company shall grant a hardship withdrawal only if it
determines that the withdrawal is necessary to meet an immediate and
heavy financial need of the Participant. An immediate and heavy
financial need of the Participant means a financial need on account
of:
(a) medical expenses described in Section 213(d) of the Code
incurred by the Participant, the Participant's spouse, or any
dependent of the Participant (as defined in Section 152 of the
Code);
(b) purchase (excluding mortgage payments) of a principal
residence for the Participant.
(c) payment of tuition, related educational fees, and room and
board expenses for the next 12 months of post-secondary
education for the Participant, the Participant's spouse, or
any dependent of the Participant;
(d) the need to prevent the eviction of the Participant from his
principal residence or foreclosure on the mortgage of the
Participant's principal residence; or
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(e) funeral expenses of a member of the Participant's family.
A withdrawal shall be deemed to be necessary to satisfy an immediate
and heavy financial need of a Participant only if all of the following
requirements are satisfied:
(f) The withdrawal is not in excess of the amount of the immediate
and heavy financial need of the Participant.
(g) The Participant has obtained all distributions, other than
hardship distributions, and all non-taxable loans currently
available under all plans maintained by the Company or any
related corporation.
(h) The Participant's Tax-Deferred Contributions and After-Tax
Contributions and the Participant's elective tax-deferred
contributions and employee after-tax contributions under all
other tax- qualified plans maintained by the Company or any
related corporation shall be suspended for at least 12 months
after his receipt of the withdrawal and he may not have any
further Tax- Deferred Contributions made on his behalf nor
shall he make any further After-Tax Contributions until the
Enrollment Date next following the expiration of 12 months
after the effective date of such withdrawal; provided,
however, that this paragraph (h) shall not apply if the
Participant has attained age 59-1/2.
(i) The Participant shall not make Tax-Deferred Contributions or
elective tax-deferred contributions under any other
tax-qualified plan maintained by the Company or any related
corporation for the Participant's taxable year immediately
following the taxable year of the withdrawal in excess of the
applicable limit under Section 402(g) of the Code for such
next taxable year less the amount of the Participant's
Tax-Deferred Contributions and elective tax-deferred
contributions under any other plan maintained by the Company
or any related corporation for the taxable year of the
withdrawal; provided, however, that this paragraph (i) shall
not apply if the Participant has attained age 59-1/2.
The maximum amount that a Participant may withdraw because of a
hardship is (i) the balance of his sub-account attributable to
Tax-Deferred Contributions, exclusive of any earnings credited to such
amounts
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after December 31, 1988, except to the extent permitted by regulations
issued under Section 401(k) of the Code, (ii) his vested interest in
his sub-account attributable to Matching Employer Contributions, and
(iii) the balance of his sub-account attributable to After-Tax
Contributions. Hardship withdrawals shall be made effective as of the
date on which the withdrawal application is filed and shall be paid to
the Participant as soon as practicable thereafter. A Participant shall
not fail to be treated as an eligible Employee for the purposes of
applying the limitations contained in Sections 4.3 and 6.8 of the Plan
merely because his Tax-Deferred Contributions and After-Tax
Contributions are suspended in accordance with this Section 11.4.
11.5 Special Age 70-1/2 Distribution.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan to the contrary, a
Participant may elect to commence distribution of his vested interest
in his separate account as of any date after such Participant has
attained age 70-1/2. Any distribution of a Participant's interest
under this Section 11.5 shall be made in accordance with the otherwise
applicable provisions of Article XII.
11.6 Adjustment of Accounts.
The Trustee shall adjust the separate account and sub-accounts of each
Participant who makes a withdrawal under Section 11.1, 11.2, 11.3,
11.4, or 11.5 to reflect such withdrawal as of the date of such
withdrawal, charging any such withdrawal against the Goodyear Stock
Fund or the Investment Funds, as appropriate.
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ARTICLE XII
TERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION AND DISTRIBUTION
12.1 Termination of Participation.
Each Participant shall cease to be a Participant hereunder on the
first to occur of the following dates:
(a) on the date such Participant's employment with an Employer or
a related corporation is terminated after he has attained age
65;
(b) on the date such Participant's employment with an Employer or
a related corporation is terminated because of physical or
mental disability preventing his continuing in the service of
such employer, as determined by the Company upon the basis of
a written certificate of a physician acceptable to it;
(c) on the date such Participant's employment with an Employer or
a related corporation is terminated because of the death of
such Participant;
(d) on the date such Participant's employment with an Employer or
a related corporation is terminated after he
(i) retires under the provisions of the pension plan
maintained by his employer for his benefit, or
(ii) has completed four years of Continuous Service; or
(e) on the date such Participant's employment with an Employer or
a related corporation is terminated under any other
circumstances, including, in particular, (i) the date the
Participant's employment with an Employer or related
corporation is terminated in connection with the sale by the
Employer or related corporation of substantially all of the
assets used in a trade or business, even though the
Participant continues employment with the entity acquiring
such assets, and (ii) the date of the sale by an Employer or
related corporation of its interest in a subsidiary that
employs the Participant, even though the Participant continues
employment with such subsidiary.
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provided, however, that if any such date shall be a valuation date,
such Participant shall for all purposes hereof cease to be a
Participant upon the next succeeding day. Written notice of a
Participant's Settlement Date shall be given promptly by the Company
to the Trustee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
the Plan, a Participant's right to receive distribution of the balance
of his separate account as of his Settlement Date, in accordance with
the provisions of this Article XII, shall be fully vested and
nonforfeitable upon attainment of age 65.
12.2 Vesting of Separate Accounts.
A Participant's vested interest in his sub-accounts attributable to
Tax-Deferred Contributions and After-Tax Contributions shall be at all
times 100%. As of a Participant's Settlement Date, and after notice
thereof has been given as provided in Section 12.1, the balance of the
Participant's sub-account attributable to Matching Employer
Contributions shall be vested as follows:
(a) In the event such Participant's Settlement Date occurs under
the conditions specified in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of
Section 12.1, such Participant shall be 100% vested in the
entire balance of his sub-account attributable to Matching
Employer Contributions as of such Settlement Date.
(b) In the event such Participant's Settlement Date occurs under
the conditions stated in paragraph (e) of Section 12.1, such
Participant shall have no vested interest in his sub-account
attributable to Matching Employer Contributions, and he shall
in no event receive any distribution from his sub-account
attributable to Matching Employer Contributions as of such
Settlement Date.
As of such Settlement Date, moreover, his interest in his sub-account
attributable to Matching Employer Contributions which is not
distributable to him under paragraph (b) of this Section 12.2 shall be
disposed of in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.8.
12.3 Distribution.
The Trustee shall make distribution to or for the benefit of the
Former Participant or his Beneficiary, as the case may be, of his
vested interest in his separate account, provided, however, that, in
order to insure that all pre-Settlement Date contributions have been
credited to the separate accounts of the Former
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Participant, no distribution shall be made prior to the last day of
the month in which the Former Participant's Settlement Date occurs.
Distribution shall be made in a lump-sum payment unless such
Participant's Settlement Date occurred under the conditions specified
in paragraph (a), (b), (c), or (d)(i) of Section 12.1, in which event
distribution shall be made by such one or more of the following
methods as the Company shall select:
(a) in a single lump-sum payment; or
(b) in a series of installments over a period not in excess of the
normal life expectancy of the distributee, such installments
to be equal in amount except as necessary to adjust for any
net income of and changes in the market value of the
respective Funds, or by any other method reasonably calculated
to provide a more rapid distribution of his interest.
Distribution under any such method shall be made or commenced as soon
as reasonably practicable after the Former Participant's Settlement
Date, but in no event later than 60 days after the close of the Plan
year in which the Former Participant terminated employment after
having attained age 65; provided, that the Company with the consent of
a Former Participant whose Settlement Date occurs under the conditions
stated in either paragraph (a) or (d)(i) of Section 12.1 may defer
making or commencing distribution beyond the date otherwise specified
in this sentence until the Former Participant attains age 70 or dies,
or until the Plan is terminated, whichever first occurs. In the event
that the Trustee is unable to make a distribution to a Former
Participant or Beneficiary within one year of the date distribution is
otherwise to be made in accordance with the provisions of this Section
12.3, due to its inability to find such Former Participant or
Beneficiary, the entire interest of such Former Participant or
Beneficiary shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of
Section 12.8; provided, that in the event such Former Participant or
Beneficiary shall at any time in the future make a claim for his
interest in the Plan, it shall be paid to him as soon as possible.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the balance carried in the separate
account of a Former Participant is or ever was in excess of $3,500 and
the Former Participant has not attained age 65, no distribution shall
be made to such Former Participant without his written consent.
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12.4 Required Commencement of Distribution.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan to the contrary, in
no event shall the interest attributable to a Participant or Former
Participant be distributed commencing later than the April 1 following
the later of (a) the calendar year in which he attains age 70-1/2, or
(b) except in the case of a Participant who is a five-percent owner
with respect to the Plan Year ending in the calendar year in which the
Participant attains age 70-1/2, the calendar year in which he retires.
In addition, in no event shall such interest be payable over a period
extending beyond the life of the Participant or the joint lives of the
Participant and his beneficiary, or, alternatively, over a period
extending beyond the life expectancy of the Participant or the joint
life expectancy of the Participant and his Beneficiary. A Participant,
other than a five-percent owner, who has attained age 70-1/2 and has
not retired and who has been receiving required minimum distributions
from the Plan for any year prior to 1997 may elect not to receive any
further distributions from the Plan until not later than April 1
following the calendar year in which he retires.
If a Participant or Former Participant dies after distribution of his
entire interest has been commenced, the remaining portion of his
interest under the Plan, if any, shall be distributed to his
Beneficiary at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution
being used at the date of his death. If a Participant or Former
Participant dies before the distribution of his entire interest has
commenced, the entire interest attributable to such Former Participant
must be distributed within 5 years after the date of his death; except
that such 5-year distribution requirement shall not apply (i) to any
portion of such Former Participant's interest under the Plan that is
payable to his Beneficiary over the Beneficiary's lifetime, or over a
period not extending beyond the life expectancy of his Beneficiary, so
long as such distribution commences no later than one year after the
date of such Former Participant's death (or such later date as may be
prescribed by applicable Treasury Regulations), or (ii) to any portion
of such Former Participant's interest under the Plan that is payable
to his surviving spouse over the surviving spouse's lifetime, or over
a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of such surviving
spouse, so long as the distribution commences no later than the date
on which the Former Participant would have attained age 70-1/2. If a
surviving spouse dies before distribution commences pursuant to the
immediately foregoing clause (ii), the 5-year distribution requirement
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applies as if the surviving spouse were the Former Participant.
12.5 Form of Distribution.
All distributions under this Article XII with respect to any amount
which is attributable to the interest of a Former Participant shall be
made in the form of cash, except that if he or, if he is deceased, his
Beneficiary so requests, the amount attributable to his interest in
the Goodyear Stock Fund shall be paid in the form of Company Stock,
with an amount equivalent in value to any fractional share of Company
Stock paid in cash.
12.6 Election of Former Vesting Schedule.
In the event the Company adopts an amendment to the Plan that directly
or indirectly affects the computation of a Participant's
nonforfeitable interest attributable to Matching Employer
Contributions, any Participant with three or more years of Continuous
Service shall have a right to have his nonforfeitable interest in
amounts attributable to Matching Employer Contributions continue to be
determined under the vesting schedule in effect prior to such
amendment rather than under the new vesting schedule, unless the
nonforfeitable interest of such Participant in amounts attributable to
Matching Employer Contributions under the Plan, as amended, at any
time is not less than such interest determined without regard to such
amendment. An Employee shall exercise such right by giving written
notice of his exercise thereof to the Company within 60 days after the
latest of (i) the date he received notice of such amendment from the
Company, (ii) the effective date of the amendment, or (iii) the date
the amendment is adopted. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this Section 12.6, the vested interest of each Participant on the
effective date of such amendment shall not be less than his vested
interest under the Plan as in effect immediately prior to the
effective date thereof.
12.7 Buy Back of Forfeited Amounts.
A Participant who forfeited all or a portion of the amounts credited
to his sub-account attributable to Matching Employer Contributions in
accordance with the provisions of Section 12.2 and who is reemployed
by an Employer or a related corporation shall have such forfeited
amounts recredited to his sub-account attributable to Matching
Employer Contributions upon his subsequent reemployment as an
Employee, without adjustment for interim gains or losses experienced
by the Trust Fund, if:
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(a) he returns to employment with an Employer or a related
corporation before he incurs five consecutive breaks in
service commencing after the later of his Settlement Date or
the date he received distribution of the vested portion of his
separate account;
(b) he resumes employment covered under the Plan before the end of
the five-year period beginning on the date he is reemployed;
and
(c) if he received distribution of the vested portion of his
separate account, he repays to the Plan the full amount of
such distribution before the end of the five-year period
beginning on the date he is reemployed.
Funds needed in any Plan year to recredit the sub-account attributable
to Matching Employer Contributions of such Participant with the
amounts or prior forfeitures in accordance with the preceding sentence
shall first come from forfeitures that arise during such Plan year, to
the extent sufficient, next shall be provided by his Employer by way
of a separate Matching Employer Contribution, and shall finally come
from income earned by the Trust Fund in such Plan year.
12.8 Disposition of Forfeited Balances.
Whenever settlement is made with respect to a Former Participant on
the occurrence of his Settlement Date and the balance of his
sub-account attributable to Matching Employer Contributions is not
vested, such balance shall be deemed a forfeiture for the month in
which the settlement occurs. If settlement is not made with respect to
a Former Participant on the occurrence of his Settlement Date and if
the balance of his sub-account attributable to Matching Employer
Contributions is not vested, such balance shall be deemed a forfeiture
for the month in which the fifth anniversary of his Severance Date
occurs, unless he is reemployed as an Employee prior to such date. In
either case, as of the last day of such month, the forfeitures
attributable to each sub-account attributable to Matching Employer
Contributions shall be applied against the Matching Employer
Contribution obligation of the Employers incurred during such month.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, should the amount of all such
forfeitures of Matching Employer Contributions for any Plan year
exceed the amount of the Matching Employer Contribution obligation of
the Employers for such Plan year, the excess amount of such
forfeitures (together with any such forfeitures for prior Plan years
not theretofore applied against such contribution obligation of the
Employers) shall for all Plan
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purposes be applied against the Matching Employer Contribution
obligation of the Employers for the next following Plan year.
12.9 Effect of Company's Determination.
In exercising its authority under this Article XII, the Company shall
act in such manner as it shall in good faith determine will most
adequately and fairly meet the needs of each Former Participant or
Beneficiary, as the case may be. No authority shall be exercised in
such manner as to discriminate between any class or group of
Participants. The Company's determination of all questions which may
arise under this Article XII (if made in accordance with the standards
prescribed herein and in Section 14.1) shall be conclusive upon all
persons claiming to have any interest hereunder. In making any
determinations hereunder, the company may rely upon any signed
statement which the Participant files with it.
12.10 Reemployment of a Former Participant.
Subject to the provisions of Section 3.5 and Section 12.7, in the
event a Former Participant is reemployed by an Employer, he shall be
treated as a new employee for all purposes of the Plan. If he again
becomes a Participant, he shall lose his right to any distributions
or further distributions from the Trust Fund with respect to the prior
termination of his employment, and his interest in the Trust Fund
shall thereafter be treated in the same manner as that of any other
Participant.
12.11 Restrictions on Alienation.
Except as provided in Section 401(a)(13)(B) of the Code relating to
qualified domestic relations orders, no benefit under the Plan at any
time shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation,
assignment (either at law or in equity), encumbrance, garnishment,
levy, execution, or other legal or equitable process; and no person
shall have power in any manner to anticipate, transfer, assign (either
at law or in equity), alienate or subject to attachment, garnishment,
levy, execution, or other legal or equitable process, or in any way
encumber his benefits under the Plan, or any part thereof, and any
attempt to do so shall be void.
12.12 Facility of Payment.
In the event that it shall be found that any individual to whom an
amount is payable hereunder is incapable of attending to his financial
affairs because of any
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mental or physical condition, including the infirmities of advanced
age, such amount (unless prior claim therefor shall have been made by
a duly qualified guardian or other legal representative) may, in the
discretion of the Company, be paid to another person for the use or
benefit of the individual found incapable of attending to his
financial affairs or in satisfaction of legal obligations incurred by
or on behalf of such individual. The Trustee shall make such payment
only upon receipt of written instructions to such effect from the
Company. Any such payment shall be charged to the sub-accounts from
which any such payment would otherwise have been paid to the
individual found incapable of attending to his financial affairs and
shall be a complete discharge of any liability therefor under the
Plan.
12.13 Distributions to Other Qualified Plans.
In the case of a Participant or Former Participant whose vested
interest in his separate account under the Plan has not been fully
distributed and who is eligible to participate in another plan that is
qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, the Company may direct the
Trustee to transfer the amount of such accounts under the Plan to the
funding agent for such plan if the plan to receive the transfer (i)
authorizes acceptance of such transfers, (ii) provides that
transferred amounts shall be held in a separate account, and (iii)
provides that the transferred amounts shall be fully vested and
nonforfeitable, with the exception that in the case of a transfer of
accounts to a plan of an Employer or related corporation, the
Participant's or Former Participant's vested interest in such
transferred accounts shall be determined as of the date of transfer
based on the vesting provisions of the Plan in effect on such date,
and on and after the date of transfer the vested interest shall be
determined based on the vesting provisions of the transferee plan or,
in the event an election of a prior vesting schedule applies with
respect to the Participant or Former Participant, based on the vesting
provisions of the Plan as of the date of transfer.
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ARTICLE XIII
BENEFICIARIES
13.1 Designation of Beneficiary.
In the case of a Participant or Former Participant who is not married,
the Beneficiary to whom distribution shall be made hereunder in the
event such Participant or Former Participant dies before his interest
shall have been distributed to him in full shall be such person or
persons designated by the Participant or Former Participant. In the
case of a Participant or Former Participant who is married, the
Beneficiary to whom distribution shall be made hereunder in the event
such Participant or Former Participant dies before his interest shall
have been distributed to him in full shall be his surviving spouse, if
any, or alternatively such person or persons designated by the
Participant or Former Participant, provided that such designation has
been consented to by the surviving spouse, if any, of such Participant
or Former Participant in the manner herein specified. A designation of
Beneficiary hereunder may be changed at any time and from time to time
by the Participant or Former Participant, provided that such change of
designation has been consented to by the surviving spouse, if any, of
such Participant or Former Participant in the manner herein specified.
Any such designation or change of designation, with spousal consent
when necessary, shall be made in writing in the form prescribed by the
Company, and shall become effective only when filed by the Participant
or Former Participant with the Company; provided, however, that any
such designation or change of designation which is received by the
Company after the death of the Participant or Former Participant shall
be disregarded. Spousal consent, where required, shall be effective
only if it is in writing, it includes an acknowledgment of the effect
of the consent being given, and it is witnessed by a Plan
representative or a notary public. Spousal consent shall not be
required if a Plan representative finds that such spouse cannot be
located or because of other circumstances set forth in Section
417(a)(2)(B) of the Code and regulations there under. Any consent by a
spouse obtained under this Section 13.1 shall be effective only with
respect to such spouse.
13.2 Beneficiary in the Absence of Designation.
If a deceased Participant or Former Participant has no surviving spouse
and if either no Beneficiary for such Participant or Former Participant
shall have been designated, or if all those designated as his
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Beneficiary shall die prior to the death of such Participant or Former
Participant, then the Beneficiary shall be one of the following: his
surviving children per stirpes; if there are no surviving children,
then his surviving parents per stirpes; if there are no surviving
parents, then his surviving brothers and sisters per stirpes, then the
estate of such Participant or Former Participant. If any Beneficiary
shall die after becoming entitled to receive distribution hereunder
and before such distribution is made in full, and if no other
Beneficiary shall have been designated to receive the balance of such
distribution upon the happening of such contingency, the estate of
such deceased Beneficiary shall become the Beneficiary as to such
balance.
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ARTICLE XIV
ADMINISTRATION
14.1 Authority of Company.
The Company shall have all the powers and authority expressly
conferred upon it herein and further shall have the sole right to
interpret and construe the Plan, and to determine any disputes arising
thereunder, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 14.3. In
exercising such powers and authority, the Company shall at all times
exercise good faith, apply standards of uniform application, and
refrain from arbitrary action. The Company may employ such attorneys,
agents, and accountants as it may deem necessary or advisable to
assist it in carrying out its duties hereunder. The Company and the
Trustee shall be "named fiduciaries" as that term is defined in
Section 402(a)(2) of the Act. The Company, by action of its Board of
Directors, may:
(a) allocate any of the powers, authority, or responsibilities for
the operation and ad ministration of the Plan, which are
retained by it or to it granted by this Article XIV, to the
Trustee; and
(b) designate a person or persons other than the Company to carry
out any of such powers, authority, or responsibilities;
except that no power, authority, or responsibility of the Trustee
shall be subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section
14.1, and except that no allocation or delegation by the Company of
any of its powers, authority, or responsibilities to the Trustee shall
become effective unless such allocation or delegation shall first be
accepted by the Trustee in a writing signed by it and delivered to the
Company.
14.2 Action of Company.
Any act authorized, permitted, or required to be taken by the Company
under the Plan, which has not been delegated in accordance with
Section 14.1, may be taken by a majority of the members of the Board
of Directors of the Company, either by vote at a meeting, or in
writing without a meeting. All notices, advice, directions,
certifications, approvals, and instructions required or authorized to
be given by the Company under the Plan shall be in writing and signed
by either (i) a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of
the Company, or by such member or members as may be designated by an
instrument in writing, signed by all
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the members thereof, as having authority to execute such documents on
its behalf, or (ii) a person authorized to act for the Company in
accordance with Section 14.1. Subject to the provisions of Section
14.3, any action taken by the Company which is authorized, permitted,
or required under the Plan shall be final and binding upon the
Employers, the Trustee, all persons who have or who claim an interest
under the Plan, and all third parties dealing with the Employers or
the Trustee.
14.3 Claims Review Procedure.
Whenever the Company decides for whatever reason to deny, whether in
whole or in part, a claim for benefits filed by any person (herein
referred to as the "Claimant"), the Plan Administrator shall transmit
a written notice of the Company's decision to the Claimant, which
notice shall be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the
Claimant and shall contain a statement of the specific reasons for the
denial of the claim and a statement advising the Claimant that, within
60 days of the date on which he receives such notice, he may obtain
review of the decision of the Company in accordance with the
procedures hereinafter set forth. Within such 60-day period, the
Claimant or his authorized representative may request that the claim
denial be reviewed by filing with the Plan Administrator a written
request therefor, which request shall contain the following
information:
(a) the date on which the claimant's request was filed with the
Plan Administrator; provided, however, that the date on which
the Claimant's request for review was in fact filed with the
Plan Administrator shall control in the event that the date of
the actual filing is later than the date stated by the
Claimant pursuant to this paragraph (a);
(b) the specific portions of the denial of his claim which the
Claimant requests the Plan Administrator to review;
(c) a statement by the Claimant setting forth the basis upon which
he believes the Plan Administrator should reverse the
Company's previous denial of his claim for benefits and accept
his claim as made; and
(d) any written material (offered as exhibits) which the Claimant
desires the Plan Administrator to examine in its consideration
of his position as stated pursuant to paragraph (c) of this
Section 14.3.
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Within 60 days of the date determined pursuant to paragraph (a) of
this Section 14.3, the Plan Administrator shall conduct a full and
fair review of the Company's decision denying the Claimant's claim for
benefits. Within 60 days of the date of such hearing, the Plan
Administrator shall render its written decision on review, written in
a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant, specifying the
reasons and Plan provisions upon which its decision was based.
14.4 Indemnification.
In addition to whatever rights of indemnification the members of the
Board of Directors of the Company, or any other person or persons
(other than the Trustee) to whom any power, authority, or
responsibility of the Company is designated pursuant to paragraph (b)
of Section 14.1, may be entitled under the articles of incorporation
or regulations of the Company, under any provision of law or under any
other agreement, the Company shall satisfy any liability actually and
reasonably incurred by any such member or such other person or
persons, including expenses, attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, and
amounts paid in settlement, in connection with any threatened, pending
or completed action, suit, or proceeding which is related to the
exercising or failure to exercise by such member or such other person
or persons of any of the powers, authority, responsibilities, or
discretion of the Company as provided under the Plan, or reasonably
believed by such member or such other person or persons to be provided
hereunder, and any action taken by such member or such other person or
persons in connection therewith.
14.5 Qualified Domestic Relations Orders.
The Company shall establish reasonable procedures to determine the
status of domestic relations orders and to administer distributions
under domestic relations orders which are deemed to be qualified
orders. Such procedures shall be in writing and shall comply with the
provisions of Section 414(p) of the Code and regulations issued
thereunder. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan to the
contrary, if a qualified domestic relations order so provides,
distribution may be made to an alternate payee pursuant to a qualified
domestic relations order, as defined in Section 414(p) of the Code,
regardless of whether the Participant's Settlement Date has occurred
or whether the Participant is otherwise entitled to receive a
distribution under the Plan.
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ARTICLE XV
TRUSTEE AND TRUST AGREEMENT
The Company has executed a Trust Agreement with the Trustee,
setting forth the terms, provisions, and conditions of a trust for the Plan,
pursuant to which the Trustee shall hold, manage, and administer all trust
property so as to effectuate the provisions of the Plan. The Trust Agreement is
subject to amendment and termination, and the Company may change the Trustee,
all as provided in the Trust Agreement. The terms and provisions of the Trust
Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference.
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ARTICLE XVI
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
16.1 Amendment.
Subject to the provisions of Section 16.2, the Company may at any time
and from time to time, by action of its Board of Directors, amend the
Plan, except that the powers and duties of the Trustee shall not be
substantially changed without its approval. Any such amendment shall
be by written instrument executed by the Company and delivered to the
Trustee, and may be made retroactively if in the opinion of the
Company such amendment is necessary to enable the Plan and Trust Fund
to meet the requirements of the Code (including the regulations and
rulings issued thereunder) or the requirements of any governmental
authority.
16.2 Limitation on Amendment.
The Company shall make no amendment to the Plan which shall result in
the forfeiture or reduction of the interest of any Employee,
Participant, Former Participant or person claiming under or through
any one or more of them pursuant to the Plan, except that nothing
herein contained shall restrict the right to amend the provisions
hereof relating to the administration of the Plan and Trust Fund.
Moreover, no such amendment shall be made hereunder of the Trust Fund
which shall permit any part of the property to revert to any Employer
or be used or be diverted to purposes other than the exclusive benefit
of employees, Participants, Former Participants, and Beneficiaries.
16.3 Termination.
The Company reserves the right, by action of its Board of Directors,
to terminate the Plan as to all Employers at any time, which
termination shall become effective upon notice in writing to the
Trustee (the effective date of such termination being hereinafter
referred to as the "termination date"). The Plan shall terminate
automatically if there shall be a complete discontinuance of
contributions hereunder by all Employers. In the event of the
termination of the Plan, written notice thereof shall be given to all
Participants, Former Participants, and Beneficiaries having an
interest under the Plan and to the Trustee. Upon any such termination
of the Plan, the Trustee, the investment managers, and the Company
shall take the following actions for the benefit of Participants,
Former Participants, and Beneficiaries:
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(a) As of the termination date, the Trustee shall value the
Goodyear Stock Fund and the assets of the Investment Funds
with respect to which no investment manager has been
appointed, and each investment manager shall value the assets
of the Investment Fund with respect to which he has been
appointed. In valuing the Investment Funds with respect to
which no investment manager has been appointed that consist of
mutual funds, the Trustee may rely on price data supplied by
the mutual fund manager. The Trustee shall then adjust all
separate accounts and sub-accounts in the manner provided in
Section 10.1, with any unallocated contributions being
allocated as of the termination date in the manner otherwise
provided in the Plan. The termination date shall become a
valuation date for purposes of Article X. In determining the
net worth of the Trust Fund hereunder, the Trustee shall
include as a liability such amounts as in its judgment shall
be necessary to pay all expenses in connection with the
termination of the Trust Fund and the liquidation and
distribution of the property of the Trust Fund, as well as
other expenses, whether or not accrued, and shall include as
an asset all accrued income.
(b) The Trustee thereafter shall then dispose of all separate
accounts to or for the benefit of each Participant, Former
Participant, or Beneficiary in accordance with the provisions
of Section 12.3.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, upon
any such Plan termination, the interest of each Participant, Former
Participant, and Beneficiary shall be fully vested and nonforfeitable;
and, if there is a partial termination of the Plan, the interest of
each Participant, Former Participant, and Beneficiary who is affected
by such partial termination shall be fully vested and non-forfeitable.
Moreover, no such Plan termination shall affect the continuance of
distributions from any separate accounts of Former Participants whose
Settlement Dates occurred prior to the termination date in accordance
with the method determined by the Company prior to such date.
16.4 Withdrawal of an Employer.
An Employer other than the Company may, by action of its Board of
Directors, withdraw from the Plan, such withdrawal to be effective
upon notice in writing to the Trustee (the effective date of such
withdrawal being hereinafter referred to as the "withdrawal date"),
and shall thereupon cease to be an Employer for
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all purposes of the Plan. An Employer shall be deemed automatically to
withdraw from the Plan in the event of its complete discontinuance of
contributions, or (subject to Section 16.5) in the event it ceases to
be a subsidiary. The withdrawal of an Employer shall be treated as a
termination of the Plan with respect to such Employer, and with
respect to Participants who at the time are employed by such Employer.
In the event of any such withdrawal of an Employer, the Trustee, the
investment managers, and the Company shall, as of the withdrawal date,
take the action specified in Section 16.3, as on a termination of the
Plan, except that there shall be a distribution from the separate
accounts only in the case of Participants who are employed solely by
the withdrawing Employer, and who, upon such withdrawal, are neither
transferred to nor continued in employment with any other Employer or
a related corporation. The interest of any Participant employed by
such withdrawing Employer who is transferred to or continues in
employment with any other Employer or a related corporation, and the
interest of any Participant employed solely by an Employer other than
the withdrawing Employer, or a related corporation, shall remain
unaffected by such withdrawal; no adjustment in his separate account
shall be made by reason of the withdrawal; and he shall continue as a
Participant hereunder subject to the remaining provisions of the Plan.
16.5 Corporate Reorganization.
The merger, consolidation, or liquidation of the Company or any
Employer with or into the Company, any other Employer, or a related
corporation shall not constitute a termination of the Plan as to the
Company or such Employer.
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ARTICLE XVII
ADOPTION BY SUBSIDIARIES; EXTENSION
TO NEW BUSINESS OPERATIONS
17.1 Adoption by Subsidiaries.
Any subsidiary of the Company which at the time is not an Employer
may, with the consent of the Board of Directors of the Company, adopt
the Plan and become an Employer hereunder by causing an appropriate
written instrument evidencing such adoption to be executed pursuant to
the authority of its board of directors and filed with the Company and
the Trustee.
17.2 Extension to New Business Operations.
Should any Employer acquire or establish a new plant, division, or
other business operation, such Employer may, by action of its board of
directors, and with the consent of the Chairman of the Board, the
President or an Executive Vice President of the Company, extend Plan
coverage to such plant, division, or operation.
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ARTICLE XVIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
18.1 No Commitment as to Employment.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a commitment or
agreement upon the part of any Employee hereunder to continue his
employment with an Employer, and nothing herein contained shall be
construed as a commitment on the part of any Employer to continue the
employment or rate of Compensation of any Employee hereunder for any
period.
18.2 Benefits.
Nothing in the Plan nor the Trust Agreement shall be construed to
confer any right or claim upon any person, firm, or corporation other
than the Employers, the Trustee, Participants, Former Participants,
and Beneficiaries.
18.3 No Guarantees.
No Employer nor the Trustee guarantees the Trust Fund from loss or
depreciation, nor the payment of any amount which may become due to
any person hereunder.
18.4 Expenses.
The expenses of administration of the Plan are considered expenses of
the Plan and shall be paid in total from the Trust Fund and by the
Company. The brokerage expenses of the Goodyear Stock Fund and the
fees of the Trustee shall be paid by the Company. All expenses of the
Investment Funds shall be paid from such Funds.
18.5 Precedent.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, no action taken in
accordance with the Plan by the Employers or the Trustee shall be
construed or relied upon as a precedent for similar action under
similar circumstances.
18.6 Duty to Furnish Information.
Each of the Employers and the Trustee shall furnish to any of the
others any documents, reports, returns, statements, or other
information that any other reasonably deems necessary to perform its
duties imposed hereunder or otherwise imposed by law.
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18.7 Withholding.
The Trustee shall withhold any tax which by any present or future law
is required to be withheld, and which the Company notifies the Trustee
in writing is to be so withheld, from any payment to any Participant,
Former Participant, or Beneficiary hereunder.
18.8 Merger, Consolidation, or Transfer of Plan Assets.
The Plan shall not be merged or consolidated with any other plan, nor
shall any of its assets or liabilities be transferred to another plan,
unless, immediately after such merger, consolidation, or transfer of
assets or liabilities, each Participant in the Plan would receive a
benefit under the Plan which is at least equal to the benefit he would
have received immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, or
transfer of assets or liabilities (assuming in each instance that the
Plan had then terminated).
18.9 Back Pay Awards.
The provisions of this Section 18.9 shall apply only to an Employee or
former Employee who becomes entitled to back pay by an award or
agreement of an Employer without regard to mitigation of damages. If a
person to whom this Section 18.9 applies was or would have become an
Employee after such back pay award or agreement has been effected, and
if any such person who had not previously become a Participant
pursuant to Section 3.1 shall within 30 days of the date he receives
notice of the provisions of this Section 18.9 make an election to
become a Participant in accordance with such Section 3.1 (retroactive
to any Enrollment Date as of which he was or has become eligible to do
so), then such Participant may elect that any Tax-Deferred
Contributions not previously made on his behalf but which, after
application of the foregoing provisions of this Section 18.9, would
have been made under the provisions of Article IV and any After-Tax
Contributions which he had not previously made but which, after
application of the foregoing provisions of this Section 18.9, he would
have made under the provisions of Article V, shall be made out of the
proceeds of such back pay award or agreement. To the extent that any
additional Tax-Deferred Contributions or After-Tax Contributions are
made during the month in accordance with the provisions of the
foregoing sentence, his Employer shall make a Matching Employer
Contribution for such month equal to the amount of the Matching
Employer Contribution which would have been allocated to such
Participant under the provisions of Article VI as in effect during
each Plan year to which such additional contributions relate. The
amounts of
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such additional contributions shall be credited to the separate
account of such Participant or Former Participant, as appropriate. Any
additional contributions made by such Participant and by an Employer
pursuant to this Section 18.9 shall be made in accordance with, and
subject to the limitations of the applicable provisions of Articles
IV, V, and VI.
18.10 Condition on Employer Contributions.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan or the
Trust Agreement, any obligation of an Employer to make any
contribution hereunder hereby is conditioned upon the continued
qualification of the Plan under Section 401(a) of the Code, the exempt
status of the Trust Fund under Section 501(a) of the Code, and the
deductibility of the contribution under Section 404 of the Code.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section 18.10, however, in no
event shall any portion of the property of the Trust Fund ever revert
to or otherwise inure to the benefit of an Employer or any related
corporation.
18.11 Return of Contributions to Participants.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan or the
Trust Agreement, in the event of the cessation of a Participant's
participation in the Plan, on a day other than the last day of a
month, or in the event of any termination of the Plan, any After-Tax
Contributions which have been deducted from the compensation of a
Participant and any Tax-Deferred Contributions which would have
reduced his Compensation during such month shall be returned to such
Participant or his Beneficiary, and such After-Tax Contributions and
Tax-Deferred Contributions shall be treated for all Plan purposes as
if they had never been made.
18.12 Return of Contributions to an Employer.
The corpus or income of the Trust may not be diverted to or used for
other than the exclusive benefit of the Participants or their
Beneficiaries. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
the Plan or the Trust Agreement, in the event a Tax-Deferred
Contribution or a Matching Employer Contribution:
(a) is made under a mistake of fact, or
(b) is conditioned upon deduction of the contribution under
Section 404 of the Internal Revenue Code and such deduction is
disallowed, or
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(c) is conditioned upon the initial qualification of the Plan, or
the continuing qualification of the Plan following amendment,
under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and the Plan
does not so qualify,
such a contribution may be returned to the Employer within one (1)
year after the payment of the contribution, the disallowance of the
deduction to the extent disallowed, or the date of denial of the
qualification of the Plan, whichever is applicable.
18.13 Validity of Plan.
The validity of the Plan shall be determined and the Plan shall be
construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of
Ohio. The invalidity or illegality of any provision of the Plan shall
not affect the legality or validity of any other part thereof.
18.14 Parties Bound.
The Plan shall be binding upon the Employers, all Participants, Former
Participants, and Beneficiaries hereunder, and, as the case may be,
the heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns of
each of them.
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ARTICLE XIX
TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS
19.1 Applicability.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, the
provisions of this Article XIX shall be applicable during any Plan
year in which the Plan is determined to be a top-heavy plan as
hereinafter defined. In the event that the Plan is determined to be a
top-heavy plan and upon a subsequent determination date is determined
to no longer be a top-heavy plan, the vesting provisions specified in
Section 12.2 and the contribution provisions specified in Section 6.1
shall again become applicable as of such subsequent determination
date; provided, however, that in the event such prior vesting schedule
does again become applicable, the provisions of Section 12.6 shall
apply (i) to preserve the nonforfeitable accrued benefit of any
Participant, Former Participant, or Beneficiary and (ii) to permit any
Participant with three years of Continuous Service to elect to
continue to have his nonforfeitable interest in his Company Stock Fund
Account determined in accordance with the vesting schedule specified
in Section 19.3.
19.2 Top-Heavy Definitions.
For purposes of this Article XIX, the following definitions shall
apply:
(a) The "determination date" with respect to any Plan year shall
mean the last day of the preceding Plan year (or, in the case
of the first Plan year of the Plan, the last day of the first
Plan year).
(b) The "valuation date" with respect to any determination date
shall mean the most recent revaluation date occurring within
a 12-month period ending on the determination date.
(c) A "key employee" shall mean any Employee or Former Employee
who is a key employee pursuant to the provisions of Section
416(i)(1) of the Code and any Beneficiary of such Employee or
Former Employee.
(d) A "non-key employee" shall mean any Employee who is not a key
employee.
(e) A "top-heavy plan" with respect to a particular Plan year
shall mean (i), in the case of a
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defined contribution plan, a plan for which, as of the
determination date, the aggregate of the accounts (within the
meaning of Section 416(g) of the Code and the regulations and
rulings thereunder) of key employees exceeds 60 percent of the
aggregate of the accounts of all participants under the plan,
with the accounts valued as of the relevant valuation date,
(ii), in the case of a defined benefit plan, a plan for which,
as of the determination date, the present value of the
cumulative accrued benefits payable under the plan (within the
meaning of Section 416(g) of the Code and the regulations and
rulings thereunder) to key employees exceeds 60 percent of the
present value of the cumulative accrued benefits under the
plan for all employees, with present value of accrued benefits
to be determined in accordance with the actuarial assumptions
specified in such defined benefit plan, and (iii) any plan
included in a required aggregation group that is a top-heavy
group. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a plan is included in
a required or permissive aggregation group that is not a
top-heavy group, such plan shall not be a top-heavy plan. In
the case of a defined benefit plan, the accrued benefit of a
Participant other than a key employee shall be determined
under the method, if any, that uniformly applies for accrual
purposes under all defined benefit plans maintained by the
Employer or if there is no such method, as if such benefit
accrued not more rapidly than the slowest accrual rate
permitted under the fractional rule of Section 411(b)(1)(c)
of the Code. For purposes of this paragraph (e), for any Plan
year beginning after December 31, 1984, the accounts and
accrued benefits of any employee who has not performed an hour
of service during the five-year period ending on the
determination date shall be disregarded.
(f) A "super top-heavy plan" with respect to a particular Plan
year shall mean a plan that, as of the determination date,
would qualify as a top-heavy plan under the definition in
paragraph (e) of this Section 19.2 with "90 percent"
substituted for "60 percent" each place where "60 percent"
appears in such definition. A plan is also a "super top-heavy
plan" if it is part of a super top-heavy group.
(g) A "required aggregation group" shall include (i) all plans of
each Employer in which a key employee is a participant, and
(ii) all other
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plans of such Employer, including any plans terminated during
the five-year period ending on the determination date, which
enable a plan described in (i) to meet the requirements of
Sections 401(a)(4) or 410 of the Code.
(h) A "permissive aggregation group" shall mean those plans
included in each Employer's required aggregation group
together with any other plan or plans of the Employer, so long
as the entire group of plans would continue to meet the
requirements of Sections 401(a)(4) and 410 of the Code.
(i) A "top-heavy group" with respect to a particular Plan year
shall mean a required or a permissive aggregation group if the
sum, as of the determination date, of the present value of
the cumulative accrued benefits for key employees under all
defined benefit plans included in such group and the aggregate
of the account balances of key employees under all defined
contribution plans included in such group exceeds 60 percent
of a similar sum determined for all employees covered by the
plans included in such group.
(j) A "super top-heavy group" with respect to a particular Plan
year shall mean a required or permissive aggregation group
that, as of the determination date, would qualify as a
top-heavy group under the definition in paragraph (i) of this
Section 19.2 with "90 percent" substituted for "60 percent"
each place where "60 percent" appears in such definition.
19.3 Accelerated Vesting.
In the event the Plan is determined to be a top-heavy plan with
respect to any Plan year beginning after December 31, 1983, a
Participant whose Settlement Date occurs during such Plan year under
the conditions specified in paragraph (e) of Section 12.1 shall be
vested in a nonforfeitable percentage of the balance of his
sub-account attributable to Matching Employer Contributions which
shall be determined by application of the following vesting schedule:
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<CAPTION>
Nonforfeitable
Years of Continuous Service Percentage
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<S> <C>
Less than 2 years 0%
2 years but less than 3 years 25%
3 years but less than 4 years 50%
4 years but less than 5 years 75%
5 years or more 100%
</TABLE>
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19.4 Minimum Employer Contribution.
In the event the Plan is determined to be a top-heavy plan with
respect to any Plan year beginning after December 31, 1983, the
Employer contributions and forfeitures allocated to the sub-account
attributable to Matching Employer Contributions of each non-key
employee who is a Participant (or who was eligible under Section 3.1
to become a Participant prior to the end of the Plan year but failed
to make the written election described therein) and who is not
separated from service with the Employer as of the end of the Plan
year shall be no less than the lesser of (i) three percent of his
compensation or (ii) the largest percentage of Compensation that is
allocated for such Plan year to the sub-account attributable to
Matching Employer Contributions of any key employee; except that, in
the event the Plan is part of a required aggregation group, and the
Plan enables a defined benefit plan included in such group to meet the
requirements of Section 401(a)(4) or 410 of the Code, the minimum
allocation of Employer contributions and forfeitures to the
sub-account attributable to Matching Employer Contributions of each
such non-key employee shall be three percent of the Compensation of
the non-key employees. Any minimum allocation to the sub-account
attributable to Matching Employer Contributions of a non-key employee
required by this Section 19.4 shall be made without regard to any
social security contribution made by an Employer on behalf of the
non-key employee. Notwithstanding the minimum top-heavy allocation
requirements of this Section 19.4, in the event that the Plan is a
top-heavy plan, each non-key employee who is a Participant hereunder
(or who was eligible under Section 3.1 to become a Participant prior
to the end of the Plan year but failed to make the written election
described therein) and who is also covered under a top-heavy defined
benefit plan maintained by an Employer will receive the top-heavy
benefits provided under such defined benefit plan in lieu of the
minimum top-heavy allocation under the Plan.
19.5 Adjustments to Section 415 Limitations.
In the event that the Plan is a top-heavy plan and an Employer
maintains a defined benefit plan covering some or all of the Employees
that are covered by the Plan, the provisions of subparagraphs (i) and
(ii) of paragraph (d) of Section 9.1 shall be applied to the Plan by
substituting "1.0" for "1.25" each place where "1.25" appears and
Section 415(e)(6)(B)(i) of the Code shall be applied to the Plan by
substituting "$41,500" for "51,875," except that such substitutions
shall not be applied to the Plan if (i) the Plan is not a super
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top-heavy plan, (ii) the Employer contribution for such Plan year for
each non-key employee who is to receive a minimum top-heavy benefit
hereunder is not less than four percent of such non-key employee's
compensation, (iii) the minimum annual retirement benefit accrued by a
non-key employee who participates under one or more defined benefit
plans of an Employer or a related corporation is not less than the
lesser of three percent times years of service with an Employer or a
related corporation or thirty percent, and (iv) a non-key employee who
participates under both a defined benefit plan and a defined
contribution plan of an Employer receives an allocation of Employer
contributions and forfeitures equal to at least seven and one-half
percent of his Compensation.
19.6 Compensation Taken Into Account.
The annual compensation of any Participant to be taken into account
under the Plan during any Plan year in which the Plan is determined to
be a top-heavy plan shall not exceed (a) $200,000 for Plan years
beginning prior to January 1, 1995, or (b) $150,000 for Plan years
beginning on or after January 1, 1995, both subject to adjustment
annually as provided in Section 401(a)(17)(B) and Section 415(d) of
the Code.
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ARTICLE XX
LOANS
20.1 Application for Loan.
A Participant may make application to the Company for a loan from his
separate account under the Investment Funds, in accordance with
procedures established by the Company; provided, however, that no loan
in excess of 50% of the Participant's vested interest under the Plan
shall be made hereunder; and, provided further, that the amount of any
loan must be at least $1,000. Loans shall not be made available to
Highly Compensated Employees in an amount greater than the amount made
available to other Employees and shall be subject to the following
additional conditions:
(a) At the time the loan is made, the Participant shall agree to
repay the loan by payroll withholding; provided, however, that
in the event a Participant terminates employment with the
Employer prior to the repayment of any loan hereunder, such
Former Participant may continue to repay the amount of his
loan in monthly payments forwarded to the Trustee. Any loan
may be repaid in full, without penalty, at any time after the
loan has been in existence for at least three months.
(b) A loan shall not be granted hereunder unless the Participant
consents to the charging of his separate account in accordance
with the provisions of Section 20.5 for unpaid principal and
interest in the event the loan is declared to be in default.
(c) As collateral for a loan granted hereunder, the Participant
shall grant to the Plan a security interest in such
Participant's separate account, which security interest shall
not exceed 50% of such Participant's vested interest under the
Plan, determined as of the date as of which the loan is made.
(d) A participant shall not have more than two loans outstanding
at any time from the Plan and all other plans of the Employer
and any related corporation.
(e) Loans shall be made to Participants in accordance with
written procedures established by the Company, which written
procedures are hereby incorporated into and made a part of the
Plan.
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20.2 Reduction of Account Upon Distribution.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the
amount of a Participant's separate account that is distributable to
the Participant or his Beneficiary under the Plan shall be reduced by
the portion of his vested interest that is held by the Plan as
security for any loan outstanding to the Participant, provided that
the reduction is used to repay the loan. If a distribution is made
because of the death of a Participant prior to the commencement of a
distribution of his separate account, and less than 100% of the
Participant's vested interest in his separate account (determined
without regard to the preceding sentence) is payable to such
Participant's surviving spouse, then the balance of the Participant's
vested interest in his separate account shall be adjusted by reducing
such Participant's vested account balance by the amount of the
security used to repay the loan, as provided in the preceding
sentence, prior to determining the amount of the Participant's
separate account that is payable to such Participant's surviving
spouse.
20.3 Requirements to Prevent a Taxable Distribution.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the
following terms and conditions shall apply to any loan made to a
Participant under this Article XX.
(a) The interest rate on any loan made to a Participant hereunder
shall be the "prime rate" (as hereinafter defined) charged by
the Trustee and in effect on the date the Participant's loan
request is made, plus one percent. For purposes of
determining the rate to be used in calculating the interest
charged on loans made hereunder, the "prime rate" shall be the
prime rate set by the Trustee from time to time as reported by
it and as in effect on the first business day of each month.
If the Trustee does not set a prime rate, the interest rate on
any loan made to a Participant hereunder shall be a reasonable
interest rate commensurate with current interest rates charged
for loans made under similar circumstances by persons in the
business of lending money.
(b) The amount of any loan to a Participant (when added to the
outstanding balance of all other loans to the Participant from
the Plan and all other plans maintained by the Employer or a
related corporation) shall not exceed the lesser of:
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(i) $50,000, reduced by the highest out standing balance
of any other loan to the Participant from the Plan
and all other plans maintained by the Employer or a
related corporation during the preceding 12-month
period; or
(ii) 50% of the vested portion of the Participant's
separate account under the Plan and his vested
interest under all other plans maintained by the
Employer or a related corporation.
(c) The repayment term of any loan granted to a Participant
hereunder shall be 12, 24, 36, 48 or 54 months, as specified
by the Participant.
(d) Except as otherwise permitted under Treasury regulations,
substantially level amortization shall be required over the
term of the loan with payments being made not less frequently
than quarterly.
20.4 Administration of Loan Investment Funds.
Upon approval of a loan to a Participant hereunder, the Company shall
direct the Trustee to establish a Loan Investment Fund in the name of
such Participant, and to transfer to such Loan Investment Fund such
portion of the Participant's separate account invested in the
Investment Funds as shall equal the amount of the Participant's loan;
provided, however, that the portion of the Participant's investment in
the Investment Funds that is to be debited for any loan to be made to
the Participant hereunder shall be in the same proportion as the
Participant's current balance in those Investment Funds. Any loan
approved by the Company shall be made to the Participant out of the
Participant's Loan Investment Fund. All principal and interest paid
by the Participant on a loan made under this Article XX shall be
deposited in his Loan Investment Fund and shall be transferred, upon
receipt, to the Investment Funds in accordance with the Participant's
most recent investment directions on the date of payment of the Loan
Investment Fund. The balance of the Participant's loan shall be
decreased by the amount of principal payments, and the Loan Investment
Fund shall be terminated when the loan has been repaid in full.
20.5 Default.
If a Participant fails to make, or fails to cause to be made, any
payment required under the terms of the loan within 60 days following
the date on which such payment
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shall become due, the Company may direct the Trustee to declare the
loan to be in default, in accordance with the provisions of the Plan's
written loan procedure, and the entire unpaid balance of such loan,
together with accrued interest, shall be immediately due and payable.
In any such event, if such balance and interest thereon is not then
paid, the Trustee shall charge the separate account of the borrower
with the amount of such balance and interest as of the earliest date,
including the borrower's Severance Date, if applicable, upon which a
distribution may be made from the Plan to the borrower without
adversely affecting either the tax qualification of the Plan or the
qualified status of the cash or deferred arrangement maintained under
the Plan.
20.6 Changes in Employment Status and Transfers of Employment
Before Loan Is Repaid in Full.
Subject to the provisions of Section 3.4, in the event a Participant:
(a) ceases to be an Employee but continues in the employment of
(i) an Employer in some other capacity or (ii) a related
corporation, and
(b) becomes a participant in
(i) The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Employee Savings
Plan for Salaried Employees,
(ii) The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Employee Savings
Plan for Hourly Employees, or
(iii) Celeron Corporation Employee Savings Plan,
his separate account under the Plan and his Loan Investment Fund, if any, shall
be transferred to the savings plan in which he becomes a participant. Any
transfer of his separate account and Loan Investment Fund made in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 20.6 shall be made as soon as
administratively practicable after the Participant's change in employment status
or transfer of employment, subject to compliance with Section 414(l) of the Code
and the regulations thereunder.
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ARTICLE XXI
ELIGIBLE ROLLOVER DISTRIBUTIONS
21.1 Direct Rollover.
This Article XXI applies to distributions made on or after January 1,
1993. Notwithstanding any provision of the plan to the contrary that
would otherwise limit a distributee's election under this Article XXI,
a distributee may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by
the plan administrator, to have any portion of an eligible rollover
distribution paid directly to an eligible retirement plan specified by
the distributee in a direct rollover.
21.2 Definitions.
(a) Eligible rollover distribution: An eligible rollover
distribution is any distribution of all or any portion of the
balance to the credit of the distributee, except that an
eligible rollover distribution does not include: any
distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal
periodic payments (not less frequently than annually) made for
the life (or life expectancy) of the distributee or the joint
lives (or joint life expectancies) of the distributee and the
distributee's designated beneficiary, or for a specified
period of ten years or more; any distribution to the extent
such distribution is required under Section 401(a)(9) of the
Code; and the portion of any distribution that is not
includable in gross income (determined without regard to the
exclusion for net unrealized appreciation with respect to
employer securities).
(b) Eligible retirement plan: An eligible retirement plan is an
individual retirement account described in Section 408(a) of
the Code, an individual retirement annuity described in
Section 408(b) of the Code, an annuity plan described in
Section 403(a) of the Code, or a qualified trust described in
Section 401(a) of the Code, that accepts the distributee's
eligible rollover distribution. However, in the case of an
eligible rollover distribution to the surviving spouse, an
eligible retirement plan is an individual retirement account
or individual retirement annuity.
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(c) Distributee: A distributee includes an Employee or former
Employee. In addition, the Employee's or former Employee's
surviving spouse and the Employee's or former Employee's
spouse or former spouse who is the alternative payee under a
qualified domestic relations order, as defined in Section
414(p) of the Code, are distributees with regard to the
interest of the spouse or former spouse.
(d) Direct rollover: A direct rollover is a payment by the plan to
the eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee.
EXECUTED at Akron, Ohio, this 24th day of February, 1997.
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
By /s/
_______________________________
Attest:
/s/
_______________________
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EXHIBIT 23
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-65183) of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of
our report dated June 15, 1998 appearing at page 2 of Annex A of this Form 11-K.
/s/ Price Waterhouse LLP
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
Cleveland, Ohio
June 25, 1998
