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EXHIBIT 4.4
THE RETIREMENT PLAN
OF
PIONEER-STANDARD ELECTRONICS, INC.
Effective Date: April 1, 1972
Amended and Restated Generally Effective: January 1, 1999
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NAME AND PURPOSE 1
DEFINITIONS 2
ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION 3
EMPLOYEE PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS 4
EMPLOYEE AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS 5
EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS 6
LIMITATIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS 7
INVESTMENT FUNDS AND DIRECTION OF INVESTMENT 8
ACCOUNTS 9
HARDSHIP AND IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS 10
LOANS 11
TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT 12
RETIREMENT BENEFITS 13
DEATH BENEFITS 14
DISTRIBUTIONS 15
ADMINISTRATION 16
PROHIBITION AGAINST ALIENATION 17
TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS 18
LIMITATIONS ON ANNUAL ADDITIONS 19
ROLLOVERS AND TRANSFERS INVOLVING OTHER
QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS 20
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION 21
PARTICIPATING COMPANIES 22
MISCELLANEOUS 23
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PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS..........................................................................................1-1
1.1 NAME...............................................................................................1-1
1.2 EFFECTIVE DATE.....................................................................................1-1
1.3 RESTATEMENT DATE...................................................................................1-1
1.4 PURPOSE............................................................................................1-1
ARTICLE 2 2-1
DEFINITIONS.....................................................................................................2-1
2.1 ACCOUNTS...........................................................................................2-1
2.2 ACTIVE PARTICIPANT.................................................................................2-1
2.3 ADMINISTRATIVE DELEGATE............................................................................2-1
2.4 ADOPTION DATE......................................................................................2-1
2.5 AFFILIATE..........................................................................................2-1
2.6 ALLOCATION DATE....................................................................................2-2
2.7 ANNUAL ADDITIONS...................................................................................2-2
2.8 BENEFICIARY........................................................................................2-3
2.9 BUSINESS DAY.......................................................................................2-3
2.10 CODE..............................................................................................2-3
2.11 COMMITTEE.........................................................................................2-3
2.12 COMPANY...........................................................................................2-3
2.13 COMPENSATION......................................................................................2-3
2.14 CONTINUOUS SERVICE................................................................................2-4
2.15 CONTRACT EMPLOYEE.................................................................................2-6
2.16 COVERED EMPLOYEE..................................................................................2-6
2.17 DATE OF HIRE......................................................................................2-7
2.18 DIRECTED BROKERAGE ACCOUNT........................................................................2-7
2.19 DISABILITY........................................................................................2-8
2.20 EARLY RETIREMENT DATE.............................................................................2-8
2.21 EMPLOYEE..........................................................................................2-9
2.22 ENTRY DATE........................................................................................2-9
2.23 ERISA.............................................................................................2-9
2.24 HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE.......................................................................2-9
2.25 HOUR OR HOUR OF SERVICE..........................................................................2-10
2.26 LEASED PERSON....................................................................................2-12
2.27 LIMITATION YEAR..................................................................................2-12
2.28 MILITARY SERVICE.................................................................................2-12
2.29 NORMAL RETIREMENT DATE...........................................................................2-13
2.30 ONE YEAR BREAK IN SERVICE........................................................................2-13
2.31 PARTICIPANT......................................................................................2-14
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2.32 PARTICIPATING COMPANY............................................................................2-14
2.33 PERIOD OF SEVERANCE..............................................................................2-15
2.34 PLAN.............................................................................................2-15
2.35 PLAN ADMINISTRATOR...............................................................................2-16
2.36 PLAN YEAR........................................................................................2-16
2.37 RELATED COMPANY..................................................................................2-16
2.38 RESTATEMENT DATE.................................................................................2-16
2.39 SHARES...........................................................................................2-16
2.40 SUPPLEMENT.......................................................................................2-17
2.41 TAXABLE YEAR.....................................................................................2-17
2.42 TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT........................................................................2-17
2.43 TESTING COMPENSATION.............................................................................2-18
2.44 TRUST or TRUST FUND..............................................................................2-19
2.45 TRUSTEE..........................................................................................2-19
2.46 VALUATION DATE...................................................................................2-19
2.47 VESTED INTEREST..................................................................................2-20
2.48 VESTED PERCENTAGE................................................................................2-20
2.49 YEARS OF VESTING SERVICE.........................................................................2-22
ARTICLE 3 3-1
ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION..................................................................................3-1
3.1 PRIOR PARTICIPANTS................................................................................3-1
3.2 ELIGIBILITY.......................................................................................3-1
3.3 ENTRY DATE........................................................................................3-1
3.4 ACTIVE, INACTIVE AND REHIRED PARTICIPANT..........................................................3-1
3.5 WAIVER OF PARTICIPATION...........................................................................3-2
ARTICLE 4 4-1
EMPLOYEE PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS.................................................................................4-1
4.1 ELECTION OF PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS.................................................................4-1
4.2 AMOUNT OF PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS...................................................................4-1
4.3 REVOKING AND AMENDING ELECTIONS...................................................................4-2
4.4 PAYMENT TO TRUSTEE................................................................................4-2
4.5 PRE-TAX ACCOUNT...................................................................................4-2
4.6 EFFECT OF HARDSHIP WITHDRAWAL ON PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS............................................4-3
4.7 CATCH-UP CONTRIBUTIONS AFTER RETURN FROM MILITARY SERVICE.........................................4-3
ARTICLE 5 5-1
EMPLOYEE AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS...............................................................................5-1
5.1 ELECTION OF AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS DISCONTINUED..................................................5-1
5.2 AFTER-TAX ACCOUNT.................................................................................5-1
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ARTICLE 6 6-1
Company CONTRIBUTIONS...........................................................................................6-1
6.1 COMPANY PROFIT SHARING CONTRIBUTIONS...............................................................6-1
6.2 ALLOCATION OF EMPLOYER DISCRETIONARY AND PROFIT SHARING CONTRIBUTIONS..............................6-2
6.3 MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS.............................................................................6-2
6.4 QUALIFIED NONELECTIVE AND QUALIFIED MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS.........................................6-4
6.5 PAYMENT TO TRUSTEE.................................................................................6-4
6.6 CREDITING TO ACCOUNTS..............................................................................6-5
6.7 CORRECTION OF ALLOCATION ERRORS....................................................................6-5
6.8 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS UPON RETURN FROM MILITARY SERVICE...........................................6-6
ARTICLE 7 7-1
LIMITATIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS....................................................................7-1
7.1 EFFECTIVE DATE OF ARTICLE 7........................................................................7-1
7.2 CONTRIBUTIONS ARE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS...........................................................7-1
7.3 THE DOLLAR LIMIT...................................................................................7-2
7.4 DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE LIMIT..........................................................................7-3
7.5 CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE LIMIT......................................................................7-4
7.6 MULTIPLE USE LIMIT.................................................................................7-4
7.7 DEDUCTIBILITY LIMIT................................................................................7-5
7.8 DISTRIBUTION OF EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS...............................................................7-5
7.9 DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES......................................................................7-7
ARTICLE 8 8-1
INVESTMENT FUNDS AND DIRECTION OF INVESTMENT....................................................................8-1
8.1 PERMITTED INVESTMENTS..............................................................................8-1
8.2 INVESTMENT FUNDS...................................................................................8-1
8.3 DIRECTED BROKERAGE ACCOUNT.........................................................................8-2
8.4 PROCEDURES FOR DIRECTION OF INVESTMENT.............................................................8-3
8.5 FAILURE TO PROVIDE INVESTMENT DIRECTIONS...........................................................8-4
8.6 CHANGE OF DIRECTION OF INVESTMENT..................................................................8-5
8.7 TRANSFER OF FUNDS BETWEEN INVESTMENT OPTIONS.......................................................8-5
8.8 VALUATION OF INVESTMENT FUNDS......................................................................8-6
8.9 COMPANY STOCK FUND.................................................................................8-6
8.10 VOTING RIGHTS OF SHARES...........................................................................8-7
8.11 TENDER OR EXCHANGE OFFER FOR SHARES...............................................................8-8
8.12 CONFIDENTIALITY REGARDING INSTRUCTIONS RECEIVED BY TRUSTEE........................................8-9
8.13 SALES OF SHARES PROHIBITED IF REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION REQUIRED.............................8-10
8.14 LIMITATION ON INSIDERS' INTERESTS IN SHARES......................................................8-10
8.15 INTERIM INVESTMENTS..............................................................................8-11
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ACCOUNTS........................................................................................................9-1
9.1 DESIGNATION OF DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS..................................................................9-1
9.2 ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNTS..........................................................................9-1
9.3 CREDITS AND DEBITS TO ACCOUNTS.....................................................................9-2
9.4 VALUATION OF ASSETS................................................................................9-2
9.5 VALUATION OF INVESTMENT FUNDS......................................................................9-3
9.6 INTERIM VALUATION OF ASSETS........................................................................9-4
ARTICLE 10 10-1
HARDSHIP distributions AND IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS..............................................................10-1
10.1 HARDSHIP DISTRIBUTIONS...........................................................................10-1
10.2 IMMEDIATE AND HEAVY FINANCIAL NEED...............................................................10-1
10.3 DETERMINATION OF AN AMOUNT NECESSARY TO SATISFY AN IMMEDIATE AND HEAVY FINANCIAL NEED............10-2
10.4 PERMITTED DISTRIBUTIONS..........................................................................10-3
10.5 IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS...........................................................................10-3
10.6 AGE 59-1/2 WITHDRAWALS...........................................................................10-4
10.7 METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION...........................................................................10-5
10.8 ADMINISTRATION OF HARDSHIP, IN-SERVICE AND AGE 59-1/2 DISTRIBUTION PROVISIONS....................10-5
10.9 SPOUSE'S CONSENT.................................................................................10-6
ARTICLE 11 11-1
LOANS TO PARTICIPANTS..........................................................................................11-1
11.1 LOAN ADMINISTRATION AND APPLICATIONS.............................................................11-1
11.2 AMOUNT OF LOAN...................................................................................11-1
11.3 LOAN ADMINISTRATION..............................................................................11-2
11.4 TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LOANS....................................................................11-3
11.5 PAYMENT OF PRIOR LOANS...........................................................................11-5
ARTICLE 12 12-1
TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT......................................................................................12-1
12.1 RIGHT TO BENEFIT UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT..................................................12-1
12.2 COMMENCEMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS....................................................................12-1
12.3 VESTED PERCENTAGE................................................................................12-2
12.4 USE OF FORFEITURES...............................................................................12-3
12.5 REHIRED PARTICIPANTS.............................................................................12-3
ARTICLE 13 13-1
RETIREMENT BENEFITS............................................................................................13-1
13.1 NORMAL RETIREMENT................................................................................13-1
13.2 EARLY RETIREMENT.................................................................................13-1
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13.3 LATE RETIREMENT..................................................................................13-2
13.4 DISABILITY RETIREMENT............................................................................13-2
ARTICLE 14 14-1
DEATH BENEFITS.................................................................................................14-1
14.1 DEATH OF A PARTICIPANT...........................................................................14-1
14.2 DEATH OF A RETIRED OR TERMINATED PARTICIPANT PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF BENEFITS...................14-1
14.3 DEATH OF A RETIRED OR TERMINATED PARTICIPANT AFTER COMMENCEMENT OF BENEFITS......................14-2
14.4 NO BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION.......................................................................14-2
14.5 DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY.......................................................................14-2
14.6 PLAN ADMINISTRATOR TO NOTIFY TRUSTEE.............................................................14-2
14.7 INCOMPLETE DISPOSITION...........................................................................14-3
14.8 AMBIGUITY OF BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION.............................................................14-3
ARTICLE 15 15-1
DISTRIBUTIONS..................................................................................................15-1
15.1 TIME OF DISTRIBUTION.............................................................................15-1
15.2 NORMAL METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION....................................................................15-2
15.3 QUALIFIED JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION......................................15-2
15.4 OPTIONAL METHODS OF DISTRIBUTION.................................................................15-2
15.5 NOTICE OF METHODS OF DISTRIBUTION................................................................15-4
15.6 ELECTION OF ANNUITY OR OPTIONAL METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION...........................................15-5
15.7 DISTRIBUTIONS IN CASH OR IN KIND.................................................................15-6
15.8 RESPONSIBILITY OF PLAN ADMINISTRATOR AND TRUSTEE REGARDING DISTRIBUTIONS.........................15-7
15.9 RESTRICTIONS ON DELAY AND TIMING OF DISTRIBUTIONS................................................15-8
15.10 REVALUATION OF UNDISTRIBUTED AMOUNTS...........................................................15-11
15.11 IMMEDIATE LUMP SUM PAYMENT OF SMALL AMOUNTS....................................................15-11
15.12 ELECTIONS REGARDING DIRECT ROLLOVERS...........................................................15-11
15.13 SPOUSE'S CONSENT...............................................................................15-13
15.14 MINORITY AND INCAPACITY........................................................................15-13
15.15 MISSING PARTICIPANTS...........................................................................15-14
ARTICLE 16 16-1
ADMINISTRATION................................................................................................16-1
16.1 THE PLAN ADMINISTRATOR..........................................................................16-1
16.2 RETIREMENT COMMITTEE............................................................................16-2
16.3 COMMITTEE PROCEDURES............................................................................16-3
16.4 EXPENSES OF ADMINISTRATION AND COMMITTEE........................................................16-4
16.5 CLAIMS PROCEDURE................................................................................16-5
16.6 REVIEW PROCEDURE................................................................................16-6
16.7 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.........................................................................16-7
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PROHIBITION AGAINST ALIENATION................................................................................17-1
17.1 DEFINITIONS.....................................................................................17-1
17.2 GENERAL PROHIBITION ON ALIENATION...............................................................17-1
17.3 DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS ON DEATH.................................................................17-2
17.4 EXCEPTIONS TO PROHIBITIONS ON ALIENATION........................................................17-3
17.5 NOTIFICATION OF PARTIES AND DETERMINATION WHETHER QUALIFIED.....................................17-4
17.6 INTERIM PROCEDURES..............................................................................17-4
17.7 REVIEW PROCEDURES...............................................................................17-5
17.8 IMMEDIATE LUMP SUM PAYMENTS PURSUANT TO QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDERS.....................17-5
ARTICLE 18 18-1
TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS..........................................................................................18-1
18.1 RESTRICTIONS....................................................................................18-1
18.2 DETERMINATION OF TOP-HEAVY STATUS...............................................................18-1
18.3 TOP-HEAVY MINIMUM CONTRIBUTIONS.................................................................18-4
18.4 DETERMINATION OF SUPER TOP-HEAVY PLAN...........................................................18-5
18.5 LIMITATIONS ON ANNUAL ADDITIONS UNDER TOP-HEAVY PLAN............................................18-6
ARTICLE 19 19-1
LIMITATION ON ANNUAL ADDITIONS................................................................................19-1
19.1 MAXIMUM ANNUAL ADDITIONS........................................................................19-1
19.2 REDUCTION OF EXCESS BENEFITS....................................................................19-1
19.3 DEFINITIONS.....................................................................................19-2
19.4 SUSPENSE ACCOUNT................................................................................19-2
ARTICLE 20 20-1
ROLLOVERS AND TRANSFERS INVOLVING OTHER QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS............................................20-1
20.1 ROLLOVERS AND TRANSFERS FROM OTHER TAX QUALIFIED PLANS..........................................20-1
ARTICLE 21 21-1
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION.....................................................................................21-1
21.1 POWER TO AMEND AND TERMINATE PLAN...............................................................21-1
21.2 TERMINATION OF PLAN.............................................................................21-1
21.3 PARTIAL TERMINATION OF PLAN OR COMPLETE DISCONTINUANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS.........................21-2
ARTICLE 22 22-1
PARTICIPATING COMPANIES.......................................................................................22-1
22.1 DESIGNATION OF PARTICIPATING COMPANIES..........................................................22-1
22.2 ADOPTION OF SUPPLEMENTS.........................................................................22-1
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22.3 AMENDMENT OF SUPPLEMENTS.........................................................................22-1
22.4 TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEES............................................................................22-2
22.5 TERMINATION OF PARTICIPATING COMPANIES...........................................................22-2
22.6 DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY..........................................................................22-3
ARTICLE 23 23-1
MISCELLANEOUS..................................................................................................23-1
23.1 BANKRUPTCY OR INSOLVENCY.........................................................................23-1
23.2 MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS AND TRANSFERS OF ASSETS..................................................23-1
23.3 NO EMPLOYMENT, LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RIGHT CREATED..................................................23-1
23.4 PROHIBITION ON REVERSIONS........................................................................23-2
23.5 PROCEDURES FOR SPOUSAL CONSENT...................................................................23-2
23.6 SPOUSAL CONSENT..................................................................................23-3
23.7 INDEMNIFICATION..................................................................................23-3
23.8 GENDER...........................................................................................23-4
23.9 NUMBER...........................................................................................23-4
23.10 APPLICABLE LAW..................................................................................23-4
23.11 NO EFFECT ON ACCOUNT BALANCE....................................................................23-4
23.12 INVESTMENT MANAGER..............................................................................23-5
23.13 CORRECTION OF ERRORS............................................................................23-6
23.14 PAYLESS ADMINISTRATION..........................................................................23-6
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THE RETIREMENT PLAN OF PIONEER-STANDARD ELECTRONICS, INC.
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THIS AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT is executed by PIONEER-STANDARD
ELECTRONICS, INC., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of
the laws of the State of Ohio (hereinafter called the "Company");
WITNESSETH:
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WHEREAS, the Company adopted the Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Inc.
Employees' Profit Sharing Retirement Plan (hereinafter referred to as the
"Plan"), effective April 1, 1972; and
WHEREAS, since its adoption the Plan has been periodically amended and
restated for purposes of complying with changes in the law and the desires of
the Company, and most recently the Plan was amended and restated generally
effective January 1, 1998, for purposes of reflecting the merger of the
Pioneer/Technologies Group, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan into the Plan effective as
of the end of the day on December 31, 1997, and to make such other changes as
it deems desirable; and;
WHEREAS, under the terms of Section 21.1 of the Plan, the Company
reserved the right to make amendments thereto; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend and restate the Plan, generally
effective January 1, 1999 in order to bring the Plan into compliance with the
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, the General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade, the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 and the
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and related new laws and regulations and to make
certain other desired changes; and
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WHEREAS, it is the intention of the Company that the Plan, as amended
and restated, and its related trust continue to qualify under Sections 401(a),
401(k) and 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended and restated as The
Retirement Plan of Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Inc., generally effective the
first day of January 1999, as follows:
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ARTICLE 1
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
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1.1 NAME.
The name of this Plan is The Retirement Plan of
Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Inc.
1.2 EFFECTIVE DATE.
The provisions of the Plan were originally effective April 1,
1972.
1.3 RESTATEMENT DATE.
The provisions of the Plan as amended and restated herein are
effective January 1, 1999, except as otherwise provided herein.
1.4 PURPOSE.
This Plan, a profit sharing plan, was originally created and
is hereby continued for the purpose of providing benefits to the Participants in
this Plan upon their retirement and for the purpose of providing such other
benefits to such Participants and their Beneficiaries as are hereinafter
described.
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ARTICLE 2
DEFINITIONS
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Unless the context otherwise indicates, the following words used herein
shall have the following meanings whenever used in this instrument:
2.1 ACCOUNTS.
The word "Accounts" shall mean "Pre-Tax Accounts" established
pursuant to Article 4 hereof and "After-Tax Accounts" established pursuant to
Article 5 hereof; "Profit Sharing Accounts," "Match Accounts," "Qualified
Nonelective Accounts" and "Qualified Match Accounts" established pursuant to
Article 6 hereof and "Rollover Accounts" established pursuant to Article 20
hereof.
2.2 ACTIVE PARTICIPANT.
The words "Active Participant" shall mean a Participant during
any period in which he is employed by a Participating Company as a Covered
Employee.
2.3 ADMINISTRATIVE DELEGATE.
The words "Administrative Delegate" shall mean one (1) or more
persons or institutions to whom the Plan Administrator has delegated certain
administrative functions pursuant to a written agreement.
2.4 ADOPTION DATE.
The words "Adoption Date" shall mean the date as of which any
Participating Company shall have adopted this Plan.
2.5 AFFILIATE.
The word "Affiliate" shall mean a corporation which would be
defined as a member of a controlled group of corporations which includes a
Participating Company or any business organization which would be defined as a
trade or business (whether or not
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incorporated) which is under "common control" with a Participating Company
within the meaning of Sections 414(b) and (c) of the Code, and any member of an
"affiliated service group," as defined in Section 414(m) of the Code, which
includes a Participating Company but, in each case, only during the periods any
such corporation, business organization or member would be so defined.
2.6 ALLOCATION DATE.
The words "Allocation Date" shall mean the last day of the
Plan Year and the other date or dates selected by the Company as of which
allocations are made to Accounts.
2.7 ANNUAL ADDITIONS.
The words "Annual Additions" shall mean with respect to each
Participant the sum of the following amounts in any Limitation Year:
(a) the contributions of a Participating Company
(including amounts contributed by the Participating
Companies to the Trustee pursuant to a Participant's
election under Section 4.1 hereof) or a Related
Company credited to his accounts with respect to such
Limitation Year under all defined contribution plans
of the Company or any Related Company which plans
meet the requirements of Section 401(a) of the Code;
(b) the amounts contributed as after-tax contributions by
a Participant with respect to such Limitation Year to
all defined contribution plans of the Company or any
Related Company which plans meet the requirements of
Section 401(a) of the Code;
(c) forfeitures creditable to his accounts under all such
defined contribution plans of a Participating Company
or any Related Company with respect to such
Limitation Year;
(d) unless the provisions of this paragraph (d) cease to
be required by the Code, amounts allocated, in
Limitation Years beginning after March 31, 1984, to
an individual medical account, as defined in Section
415(1)(2) of the Code, which is part of a pension or
annuity plan maintained by a Participating Company or
any Related Company and amounts derived from
contributions paid or accrued after December 31,
1985, in Limitation Years ending after such date,
which are attributable to the separate account of a
key
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employee, as defined in Section 419A(d)(3) of the
Code, under a welfare benefit fund, as defined in
Section 419(e) of the Code, maintained by a
Participating Company or any Related Company.
2.8 BENEFICIARY.
The word "Beneficiary" shall mean any person, other than an
alternate payee as defined in Section 17.1, who receives or is designated to
receive payment of any benefit under the terms of this Plan because of the
participation of another person in this Plan.
2.9 BUSINESS DAY.
The words "Business Day" shall mean each day that the New York
Stock Exchange is open for business.
2.10 CODE.
The word "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as such may be amended from time to time, and all lawful regulations and
pronouncements promulgated thereunder. Whenever a reference is made to a
specific Code Section, such reference shall be deemed to include any successor
Code Sections having the same or similar purpose.
2.11 COMMITTEE.
The word "Committee" shall mean the Retirement Committee as
constituted under the provisions of Article 16 of this Plan.
2.12 COMPANY.
The word "Company" shall mean Pioneer-Standard Electronics,
Inc. or any successor corporation or any other business organization which shall
assume the obligations of the Company under this Plan.
2.13 COMPENSATION.
The word "Compensation" shall mean, on and after April 1,
1997, all remuneration which is paid to an Employee in cash or in kind for the
performance of services for
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a Participating Company while a Covered Employee and which must be reported as
wages on the Employee's Form W-2 for income tax purposes, together with amounts
contributed by a Participating Company to the Trustee pursuant to a
Participant's election under Section 4.1 hereof, adjusted as follows:
(a) Compensation shall be increased for salary reduction
amounts which are excluded from the taxable income of
the Employee under Code Sections 125, 402(e)(3) and
402(h); and
(b) Compensation shall be reduced by all of the following
amounts even if they are taxable to the Employee:
(1) expense reimbursements, expense allowances
or moving expenses;
(2) cash and noncash fringe benefits and welfare
benefits; and
(3) deferred compensation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum Compensation of any
Highly Compensated Employee that can be considered for any purpose under this
Plan shall be One Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($160,000.00) plus any cost of
living increase after the Restatement Date as shall be prescribed by the
Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to Section 401(a)(17) of the Code.
2.14 CONTINUOUS SERVICE.
The words "Continuous Service" shall mean for any Employee any
period during which he is or was employed by a Participating Company or
Affiliate. Each such period shall be measured from the Participant's Date of
Hire to the date of Termination of Employment which follows such Date of Hire;
provided, however, that for purposes of measuring under Section 2.49 hereof the
Years of Vesting Service of an individual who became an Employee on or before
January 1, 1998, the Employee's "Continuous Service after March 31, 1998," as
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provided in said Section, shall be measured on the basis of the twelve (12)
month period commencing on April 1, 1998 and each April 1 thereafter.
In addition, if any Employee has a Termination of Employment and is
rehired within twelve (12) months of:
(a) the date of his Termination of Employment; or
(b) if earlier, the first day of any period of leave of
absence, layoff or Military Service after the end of
which the Employee did not return to work for a
Participating Company or any Affiliate prior to his
Termination of Employment;
such Employee's "Continuous Service" shall include the period of severance
measured from his Termination of Employment until his subsequent date of rehire.
Two (2) or more periods of employment or Periods of Severance that are included
in an Employee's Continuous Service and that contain fractions of a year
(computed in months and days) shall be aggregated on the basis of twelve (12)
months constituting a year and thirty (30) days constituting a month.
The "Continuous Service" of an Employee who incurs a
Termination of Employment and who is later reemployed by the Company or any
Affiliate, shall not include the length of any of his periods of Continuous
Service rendered prior to the date of said Termination of Employment if:
(A) he did not have a Vested Interest under this Plan on
his Termination of Employment; and
(B) his Period of Severance between his prior Termination
of Employment and the date he is reemployed equals or
exceeds the period of Continuous Service he had on
said Termination of Employment; and
(C) his Period of Severance shall have exceeded five (5)
years.
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Subject to the provisions of the prior paragraph of this
Section, the words "Continuous Service" shall include, for any Employee, his
service as calculated for such purpose by the following predecessor and merged
organizations:
(1) Pioneer Technologies Group, Inc., effective November
30, 1995;
(2) Harvey Group, Inc., effective November 27, 1982;
(3) Components Plus, Inc., effective November 27, 1982;
(4) Lex Electronics Inc., effective December 28, 1990;
and
(5) Dickens Data Systems, Inc. (including Pro America,
Inc.), effective March 31, 1998.
2.15 CONTRACT EMPLOYEE.
The words "Contract Employee" shall mean an Employee who has
entered into a contract pursuant to Article 3 hereof which provides that he will
not become a Participant in this Plan.
2.16 COVERED EMPLOYEE.
The words "Covered Employee" shall mean an Employee during any
period that he is employed by a Participating Company; provided, however, that
no such Employee shall be a "Covered Employee" during any period that he:
(a) is employed as a member of a unit of Employees which
is covered by a collective bargaining agreement to
which a Participating Company is a party (unless such
collective bargaining agreement provides for
participation in this Plan);
(b) is employed as a student, a temporary employee or a
seasonal employee;
(c) is employed only by an Affiliate which is not a
Participating Company;
(d) is employed as a Contract Employee;
(e) is employed in a capacity categorized by the Company
as a Leased Person, regardless of his status as may
be determined otherwise by
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the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue or other
government entity;
(f) has in effect a waiver of participation pursuant to
Section 3.5 hereof;
(g) is a non-resident alien who receives no earned income
(within the meaning of Section 911(d)(2) of the Code)
from a Participating Company or Affiliate which
constitutes income from sources within the United
States (within the meaning of Section 861(a)(3) of
the Code), except to the extent expressly permitted
by this Plan;
(h) is employed in a capacity categorized by the Company
as an "independent contractor" pursuant to a written
or oral agreement with a Participating Company,
regardless of his status as may be determined
otherwise by the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue
or other government entity; or
(i) is not paid through the Participating Company's
payroll department or is not on the Participating
Company's payroll (such excluded Employees shall
include but not be limited to those Employees who are
paid through the Participating Company's accounts
payable department).
2.17 DATE OF HIRE.
The words "Date of Hire" shall mean the date on which an
Employee commences employment and works at least one (1) Hour for a
Participating Company or any Affiliate and shall mean, in the case of a rehired
Employee, the first date following his previous Termination of Employment on
which he works at least one (1) Hour for a Participating Company or any
Affiliate, including any Participating Company or Affiliate that became a
Participating Company or Affiliate prior to the Restatement Date, even if such
company was not a Participating Company or Affiliate at the Participant's Date
of Hire.
2.18 DIRECTED BROKERAGE ACCOUNT.
The words "Directed Brokerage Account" shall mean an
investment subaccount established on the Trustee's books and records to enable
an eligible Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary to invest in
individual securities and investment vehicles
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permitted by the rules applicable to the Directed Brokerage Account, as such
rules may be revised from time to time.
2.19 DISABILITY.
The word "Disability" or "Disabled" shall mean, with respect
to any Participant, a medically determinable physical or mental impairment which
qualifies the Participant to receive benefits under the Company's long-term
disability plan, or which would qualify the Participant to receive benefits
under the Company's long-term disability plan had he been covered by said plan;
except that no Participant shall be deemed to be Disabled if such disability
was:
(a) contracted, suffered or incurred while the
Participant was engaged in, or resulted from his
having engaged in a criminal act or enterprise;
(b) resulted from the Participant's addiction,
habituation or use of alcohol, narcotics or
hallucinogens, provided however, that where such
Participant is determined to be a qualified
individual with a disability within the meaning of
the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 United States
Code Section 12101, et seq.) with respect to such
disability, the exclusion contained in this paragraph
(b) shall be limited to such Participant's engaging
in the illegal use of drugs or alcohol within the
meaning of 42 United States Code Section 12114; or
(c) resulted from any intentionally self-inflicted
injury.
A determination of Disability shall be made by the Plan Administrator with the
advice of competent medical authority.
2.20 EARLY RETIREMENT DATE.
The words "Early Retirement Date" shall mean the date upon
which a Participant attains age fifty-five (55).
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2.21 EMPLOYEE.
The word "Employee" shall mean any common-law employee or
Leased Person of a Participating Company or an Affiliate. The word "Employee"
shall not include any person who renders service to a Participating Company or
an Affiliate solely as a director or independent contractor or otherwise as a
self employed individual. In the event that a person renders service to a
Participating Company or an Affiliate as a common-law employee and in another
capacity as a director, an independent contractor or otherwise as a
self-employed individual, he shall be considered to be an Employee hereunder
only in his capacity as a common-law employee.
2.22 ENTRY DATE.
The words "Entry Date" shall mean the date as of which a
Covered Employee may become a Participant in the Plan. As of the Restatement
Date, the Entry Dates in a Plan Year are January 1, April 1, July 1, and October
1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, effective July 1, 2000, the Entry Date of any
Covered Employee who has not commenced participation in the Plan shall be the
later of July 1, 2000 or his Date of Hire.
2.23 ERISA.
The acronym "ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as such may be amended from time to time, and lawful
regulations and pronouncements promulgated thereunder. Whenever a reference is
made to a specific ERISA Section, such reference shall be deemed to include any
successor ERISA Section having the same or similar purpose.
2.24 HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE.
The words "Highly Compensated Employee" shall mean, on and
after April 1, 1997, an Employee or a former Employee who is highly compensated
for a Plan Year as
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described in Section 414(q) of the Code, which is hereby incorporated by
reference. For informational purposes herein, a Highly Compensated Employee is
described as an Employee who either:
(a) during the current Plan Year or the Look-Back Year,
was at any time a five percent (5%) or more actual or
constructive owner of a Participating Company or any
Affiliate; or
(b) during the Look-Back Year, received Testing
Compensation from a Participating Company and all
Affiliates greater than Eighty Thousand Dollars
($80,000.00) (plus any increase for cost of living as
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury or his
delegate) and, if the Company so elects, was in the
"top paid group" of Employees of a Participating
Company or any Affiliate for such Look-Back Year.
2.25 HOUR OR HOUR OF SERVICE.
Effective for periods commencing on or after April 1, 1995,
the word "Hour" or the words "Hour of Service" shall mean:
(a) for any Employee who is categorized as non-exempt
under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the actual number
of hours for which he is directly or indirectly paid
or entitled to payment by a Participating Company or
any Affiliate for the performance of duties either as
regular wages, salary or commissions, or for reasons
other than the performance of duties such as vacation
or holiday pay, and in either case, including
payments pursuant to an award or agreement requiring
a Participating Company or an Affiliate to pay back
wages, irrespective of mitigation of damages. Hours
of Service under this paragraph shall be calculated
and credited pursuant to Section 2530.200b-2(b) and
(c) of the Department of Labor Regulations which are
incorporated herein by reference.
(b) for any Employee who is categorized as exempt under
the Fair Labor Standards Act, the hours which are
calculated and for which he is credited pursuant to
the equivalencies set forth in Section
2530.200b-3(e)(iv) of the Department of Labor
Regulations which are incorporated herein by
reference and applied in accordance with the
following provisions. With respect to any such
Employee Hours of Service shall be calculated on the
basis of months of employment whereby the Employee
shall be credited with one hundred ninety (190) Hours
of Service for each month in which the
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Employee would be required to be credited with at
least one (1) Hour of Service.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(1) no Employee shall be credited with more than 501
Hours of Service with respect to payments he receives
or is entitled to receive during any single
continuous period during which he performs no
services for a Participating Company or any Affiliate
(irrespective of whether he has terminated
employment) due to vacation, holiday, illness,
incapacity (including disability), layoff, jury duty,
military duty, or leave of absence;
(2) no Employee shall be credited with Hours of Service
with respect to payments he receives or is entitled
to receive during a period when he performs no
services for a Participating Company or any Affiliate
under a plan maintained solely for the purpose of
complying with applicable workers' compensation,
unemployment compensation, disability insurance or
Federal Social Security laws; and
(3) no Employee or former Employee shall be credited with
Hours of Service with respect to payments he receives
or is entitled to receive under a pension benefit
plan to which a Participating Company or any
Affiliate has contributed during a period when he
performs no services for a Participating Company or
any Affiliate.
Effective for the period commencing on April 1, 1989 through March 31,
1995, the words "Hour" or "Hour of Service" shall mean for any Employee the
hours which are calculated and credited in accordance with the equivalencies set
forth in Section 2530.200b-3(e)(iv) of the Department of Labor Regulations and
as described in paragraph (b) above.
The words "Hour of Service" or "Hour" shall include, for any Employee,
his hours of service as calculated for such purpose by the following predecessor
and merged organizations:
(A) Pioneer Technologies Group, Inc., effective November
30, 1995;
(B) Harvey Group, Inc., effective November 27, 1982;
(C) Components Plus, Inc., effective November 27, 1982;
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(D) Lex Electronics Inc., effective December 28, 1990;
and
(E) Dickens Data Systems, Inc. (including Pro America,
Inc.), effective March 31, 1998.
2.26 LEASED PERSON.
The words "Leased Person" shall mean, on and after January 1,
1997, any individual who, pursuant to an agreement between the Participating
Company or any Affiliate and any leasing organization, has performed services
for the Participating Company, for an Affiliate or for related persons, as
determined in accordance with Section 414(n)(6) of the Code, on a substantially
full-time basis for a period of at least one (1) year; provided, however, that
such services are performed under the primary direction or control of the
Participating Company or the Affiliate.
2.27 LIMITATION YEAR.
The words "Limitation Year" shall mean the twelve (12) month
period ending on December 31 in each calendar year. For periods prior to the
Effective Date, the words "Limitation Year" shall mean the limitation years and,
with appropriate adjustments, short limitation periods established by the
Company or by regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury or his
delegate for purposes of determining compliance with Section 415 of the Code.
2.28 MILITARY SERVICE.
The words "Military Service" shall mean duty in the Armed
Forces of the United States, whether voluntary or involuntary, provided that the
Employee serves not more than one voluntary enlistment or tour of duty, and
further provided that such voluntary enlistment or tour of duty does not follow
involuntary duty. Notwithstanding any provision of this Trust and Plan to the
contrary, contributions, benefits and service credit with respect to Military
Service will be provided in accordance with Section 414(u) of the Code.
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2.29 NORMAL RETIREMENT DATE.
The words "Normal Retirement Date" shall mean the date upon
which a Participant attains age sixty-five (65).
2.30 ONE YEAR BREAK IN SERVICE.
The words "One Year Break In Service" shall mean for any
Employee or former Employee a Plan Year, ending after his Termination of
Employment, during which the Employee or former Employee did not complete more
than five hundred (500) Hours of Service. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this Section, in the event any Employee is absent from work, on or
after the first day of the Plan Year which commenced in 1985, by reason of
either:
(a) the pregnancy of such Employee; or
(b) the birth of a child of such Employee; or
(c) the placement of a child with such Employee in
connection with the adoption of such child by such
Employee; or
(d) the care for such child for a period beginning
immediately following such birth or placement;
such Employee shall, solely for the purposes of determining whether such
Employee has incurred a One Year Break In Service pursuant to this Section, be
credited either with the Hours of Service which otherwise would normally have
been credited to such Employee but for such absence or, in any case in which the
Plan Administrator is unable to determine the Hours described in the preceding
clause, eight (8) Hours per day of such absence; provided, however, that the
total number of Hours of Service which an Employee may be credited with by
reason of any such pregnancy, birth, placement or caring shall not exceed five
hundred one (501) Hours. An Employee shall be credited with the Hours of Service
described in the preceding sentence only in the Plan Year in which the absence
from work begins if the Employee would be
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prevented from incurring a One Year Break In Service in such Plan Year solely
because the Employee is credited with Hours of Service pursuant to the preceding
sentence or, in any other case, in the immediately following Plan Year. The Plan
Administrator may require any Employee who is absent from work because of any
such pregnancy, birth, placement or caring to furnish to the Plan Administrator
such timely information as the Plan Administrator may reasonably require to
establish both that the Employee's absence from work is because of such
pregnancy, birth, placement or caring and the number of days during which the
Employee was absent because of such pregnancy, birth, placement or caring.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, a
Participant who is on a leave of absence due to Military Service will not incur
a One (1) Year Break-In-Service during or as a result of such leave of absence,
to the extent required by Section 414(u) of the Code.
2.31 PARTICIPANT.
The word "Participant" shall mean any person who becomes a
Participant in this Plan in accordance with Article 3 hereof. The word
"Participant" shall also include, as the context may require, any person who has
become an inactive Participant due to his no longer being a Covered Employee,
and any person who has become a former Participant due to his having incurred a
Termination of Employment.
2.32 PARTICIPATING COMPANY.
The words "Participating Company" shall mean the Company and
any Affiliate of the Company which is or shall become a Participating Company in
this Plan pursuant to Article 22 hereof, but only for periods while it was a
Participating Company hereunder.
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2.33 PERIOD OF SEVERANCE.
The words "Period of Severance" shall mean, with respect to
any Employee or former Employee, a period commencing on his Termination of
Employment and ending on the date such Employee is rehired by a Participating
Company or any Affiliate. In the event of the Termination of Employment of an
Employee by reason of either:
(a) the pregnancy of such Employee; or
(b) the birth of a child of such Employee; or
(c) the placement of a child with such Employee in
connection with the adoption of such child by such
Employee; or
(d) the care for such child for a period beginning
immediately following such birth or placement;
such Employee's Period of Severance shall be deemed to have commenced on the
first anniversary of the date of his Termination of Employment. The Plan
Administrator may require any Employee who is absent from work by reason of any
such pregnancy, birth, placement or caring to furnish to the Plan Administrator
such timely information as the Plan Administrator may reasonably require to
establish that the Employee's absence from work was by reason of such pregnancy,
birth, placement or caring.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, a
Participant who is on a leave of absence due to Military Service will not incur
a Period of Severance during or as a result of such leave of absence, to the
extent required by Section 414(u) of the Code.
2.34 PLAN.
The word "Plan" shall mean this instrument as originally
executed and as it may be amended from time to time.
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2.35 PLAN ADMINISTRATOR.
The words "Plan Administrator" shall mean the person or
persons, corporation or partnership designated as Plan Administrator under
Article 16 hereof.
2.36 PLAN YEAR.
The words "Plan Year" shall mean the twelve (12) month period
ending on December 31 in each calendar year. For periods beginning prior to
January 1, 1998, the words "Plan Year" shall mean the twelve (12) month period
ending on March 31 in each calendar year; provided that there shall be a short
Plan year from April 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997.
2.37 RELATED COMPANY.
The words "Related Company" shall mean a corporation which
would be defined as a member of a controlled group of corporations which
includes a Participating Company or any business organization which would be
defined as a trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is under
"common control" with a Participating Company within the meaning of Sections
414(b) and (c) of the Code, after substituting the phrase "more than fifty
percent (50%)" for the phrase "at least eighty percent (80%)" each place that
the latter phrase appears in Section 1563(a)(1) of the Code, and any member of
an "affiliated service group", as defined in Section 414(m) of the Code, which
includes a Participating Company but, in each case, only during the periods any
such corporation, business organization or member would be so defined.
2.38 RESTATEMENT DATE.
The words "Restatement Date" shall mean January 1, 1999.
2.39 SHARES.
The word "Shares" shall mean the common shares of the the
Company.
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2.40 SUPPLEMENT.
The word "Supplement" shall mean a portion of this Plan,
designated as such, which is adopted pursuant to Article 22 hereof and which
contains provisions applicable only to a specified group of Employees, former
Employees or others.
2.41 TAXABLE YEAR.
The words "Taxable Year" shall mean the annual accounting
period for Federal income tax purposes of each Participating Company as the same
may change from time to time. As of the Restatement Date, the Taxable Year for
all Participating Companies was the twelve (12) month period ending on March
31 in each calendar year.
2.42 TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.
The words "Termination of Employment" shall mean for any
Employee the occurrence of any one of the following events:
(a) he is discharged by a Participating Company or any
Affiliate unless he is subsequently reemployed and
given pay back to his date of discharge;
(b) he voluntarily terminates employment with a
Participating Company or any Affiliate;
(c) he retires from employment with a Participating
Company or any Affiliate;
(d) he fails to return to work at the end of any leave of
absence authorized by a Participating Company or any
Affiliate, or within ninety (90) days following his
release from Military Service or within any other
period following Military Service in which his right
to reemployment with a Participating Company or any
Affiliate is guaranteed by law, or within three (3)
days after he has been recalled to work following a
period of layoff;
(e) he fails to return to work after the cessation of
disability income payments under any sick leave or
short term disability program of a Participating
Company or any Affiliate; or
(f) he has been continuously laid-off by a Participating
Company or an Affiliate for six (6) months.
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In the case of the occurrence of any event described in (d), (e) or (f) of this
Section, the date of such Employee's Termination of Employment shall be deemed
to be the first day of such Employee's leave of absence, military leave or
layoff.
The foregoing provisions of this Section notwithstanding, for purposes
of determining an Employee's Continuous Service, in the case of the occurrence
of any event described in (d), (e) or (f) of this Section, such Employee's
Termination of Employment shall be deemed to be the earlier of (i) the first
anniversary of the first day of any such period of leave of absence, military
leave or layoff or (ii) the last day of any such period of leave of absence,
military leave or layoff.
2.43 TESTING COMPENSATION.
The words "Testing Compensation" shall mean remuneration used
for testing purposes under this Plan. The words "Testing Compensation" shall be
interpreted according to their context and:
(a) when used to determine
(1) effective January 1, 1998, whether the
amounts allocated to Accounts comply with
the limitations on allocations set forth in
Section 415 of the Code, described in
Article 19 hereof;
(2) whether the amounts allocated to Accounts
comply with the "amounts testing"
requirements of Section 401(a)(4) of the
Code; and
(3) the identity of Highly Compensated Employees
for purposes of the Trust and Plan;
Testing Compensation shall mean all amounts paid to a
Participant as payment for services rendered by him
to a Participating Company or any Related Company
which may be taken into account for purposes of
determining limitations on Annual Additions and
benefits under Section 415 of the Code;
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(b) when used to determine the top-heavy status
of the Trust and Plan pursuant to Article 18
hereof, Testing Compensation shall mean all
amounts paid to a Participant as payment for
services rendered by him to a Participating
Company or any Related Company which may be
taken into account for purposes of
determining limitations on Annual Additions
and benefits under Section 415 of the Code,
just as described in (a) above, but adjusted
to exclude remuneration from a Related
Company which is not a Participating Company
or Affiliate; and
(c) when used to determine satisfaction of the
Deferral Percentage limit, the Contribution
Percentage limit and the multiple use test
of Article 7 of this Plan, Testing
Compensation shall mean "compensation" for
such Plan Year as defined in Section 414(s)
of the Code.
2.44 TRUST or TRUST FUND.
The word "Trust" or the words "Trust Fund" shall mean the
trust established to hold the assets of this Plan and any successor trust. At
the time of the Restatement Date, the word "Trust" shall mean the trust
established pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement between the Company and
American Express Trust Company as executed by the Company on December 29, 1998.
2.45 TRUSTEE.
The word "Trustee" shall mean the Trustee of the Trust or,
where applicable, the Trustee's designated agent. At the time of the Restatement
Date, the word "Trustee" shall mean American Express Trust Company.
2.46 VALUATION DATE.
The words "Valuation Date" shall mean the date upon which a
Participant's Account may be valued for purposes of investment direction and
distribution of accrued vested benefits. Each Business Day shall be a Valuation
Date, except that the Valuation Date for Directed Brokerage Accounts shall be
(1) the last Business Day of each week; (2) the
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last Business Day of each month; (3) the last Business Day of the calendar year;
and (4) the last Business Day of the Plan Year.
2.47 VESTED INTEREST.
The words "Vested Interest" shall mean with respect to any
Participant the total of (a) plus (b) minus (c), where:
(a) equals the amount, if any, credited to all Pre-Tax,
After-Tax, Match, Qualified Nonelective, Qualified
Match, and Rollover Accounts maintained on his
behalf;
(b) equals his Vested Percentage multiplied by the sum
of:
(1) the balance in his Profit Sharing Account
and his Match Account; plus
(2) any distributions made to the Participant
from his Profit Sharing Account or Match
Account since his earliest Date of Hire
which has not been followed by five (5)
consecutive One Year Breaks In Service (or,
as applicable, by a five (5) year Period of
Severance); and
(c) equals the amount of any distributions made to the
Participant from his Profit Sharing Account or Match
Account since his earliest Date of Hire which has not
been followed by five (5) consecutive One Year Breaks
In Service (or, as applicable, by a five (5) year
Period of Severance).
2.48 VESTED PERCENTAGE.
The words "Vested Percentage" shall mean, for any Participant
with an Hour of Service after December 31, 1997, a percentage determined on the
basis of his number of Years of Vesting Service in accordance with the following
table:
YEARS OF VESTING SERVICE VESTING PERCENTAGE
------------------------ ------------------
Less than 1 year 0%
1 but less than 2 years 20%
2 but less than 3 years 40%
3 but less than 4 years 60%
4 but less than 5 years 80%
5 or more years 100%
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provided, however, that for a Participant who does not have an Hour of Service
after December 31, 1997, such percentage shall be determined on the basis of his
number of Years of Vesting Service in accordance with the following table:
YEARS OF VESTING SERVICE VESTING PERCENTAGE
------------------------ ------------------
Less than 3 years 0%
3 but less than 4 years 30%
4 but less than 5 years 50%
5 but less than 6 years 70%
6 but less than 7 years 90%
7 or more years 100%
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, upon
attainment of his Early Retirement Date or Normal Retirement Date and during all
periods thereafter, a Participant shall have a Vested Percentage of one hundred
percent (100%). A Participant who incurs a Termination of Employment due to his
death or Disability shall have a Vested Percentage of one hundred percent
(100%).
A Participant shall always have a one hundred percent (100%)
vested interest in his Pre-Tax Accounts, After-Tax Accounts, Rollover Accounts,
Qualified Nonelective Accounts, and Qualified Match Accounts, if any such
contributions are made under the Plan.
Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, any
Participant who is an Affected Employee within the meaning of this Section shall
have a one hundred percent (100%) vested interest in his Accounts under the
Plan, effective as of the date of his Termination of Employment. An "Affected
Employee" shall be any Employee whose employment is terminated because of the
restructuring of a Participating Company due to the acquisition of
Pioneer/Technologies Group, Inc. by Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Inc.;
provided, however, that in no event shall any Employee become one hundred
percent (100%) vested pursuant to this Section whose Termination of Employment
is for cause.
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2.49 YEARS OF VESTING SERVICE.
The words "Years of Vesting Service" shall mean for any
Employee the sum of (a) plus (b) below where:
(a) equals the Employee's years of Continuous Service
after March 31, 1998, if any; and
(b) equals the Employee's years of "Old Rule Vesting
Service" as defined below, if any.
An Employee's years of "Old Rule Vesting Service" shall mean
the sum of (i) the twelve (12) month period ending March 31, 1998, plus (ii) the
number of Plan Years ending prior to April 1, 1997, during which the Employee
has or shall have completed at least one thousand (1,000) Hours of Service, and
excluding any Years of Vesting Service which a rehired Employee had prior to the
date of his most recent Termination of Employment, determined as of such date of
Termination of Employment, provided that:
(A) such rehired Employee did not have a Vested Interest
under this Plan on such date of Termination of
Employment;
(B) such rehired Employee has had at least five (5)
consecutive One Year Breaks In Service since the last
day of such vesting service; and
(C) the number of such rehired Employee's Years of
Vesting Service is less than or equal to the number
of consecutive One Year Breaks In Service which he
had after the last day of such vesting service.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provision of this Section to the
contrary, the Years of Vesting Service of an Employee who was a participant in
the Technologies Plan shall not be less than the sum of (x), plus (y), plus (z)
below, where:
(x) equals the Employee's years of Continuous Service
after March 31, 1998, if any; and
(y) equals one Year of Vesting Service if the Employee
either has one thousand (1,000) or more Hours of
Service (including hours under
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the Technologies Plan) for the Plan Year ending
December 31, 1998, or remains an Employee on March
31, 1998; and
(z) equals the Employee's years of service for vesting
purposes under the Technologies Plan as of December
31, 1997.
In the event that a Participant returns to employment with a
Participating Company or an Affiliate immediately following a leave of absence
due to Military Service, his period of Military Service shall be included in the
calculation of his Vesting Service, to the extent required by Section 414(u) of
the Code.
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ARTICLE 3
ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
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3.1 PRIOR PARTICIPANTS.
Each Employee of a Participating Company who was a Participant
in this Plan immediately prior to the Restatement Date shall continue to be a
Participant.
3.2 ELIGIBILITY.
On and after the Restatement Date, each Covered Employee shall
be eligible to become a Participant under the Plan when he has completed six (6)
months of Continuous Service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on and after July
1, 2000, each Covered Employee shall be eligible to become a Participant under
the Plan on his Date of Hire.
3.3 ENTRY DATE.
Each Covered Employee who meets the requirements for
eligibility on the Restatement Date shall become a Participant as of the Entry
Date coinciding with the Restatement Date. Each Covered Employee who meets the
requirements for eligibility after the Restatement Date shall become a
Participant as of the Entry Date coincident with or next following the date he
first meets the requirements for eligibility, provided that he then continues to
be eligible.
3.4 ACTIVE, INACTIVE AND REHIRED PARTICIPANT.
Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, if a
Participant ceases to be a Covered Employee of a Participating Company or any
Affiliate, but continues to be an Employee of a Participating Company or any
Affiliate, he will cease to be an Active Participant and he will be an inactive
Participant during such period of continued employment. An inactive Participant
who again becomes a Covered Employee shall become an Active
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Participant immediately upon his again becoming a Covered Employee, but prior to
July 1, 2000, only if he remains credited with six (6) months of Continuous
Service upon his rehire. If an Employee who is not a Covered Employee or a
Participant later becomes a Covered Employee, such Covered Employee shall become
an Active Participant in accordance with the rules of Section 3.2 and 3.3
hereof; provided, however, that, prior to July 1, 2000, he shall become an
Active Participant immediately upon his becoming a Covered Employee only if he
is credited with six (6) months of Continuous Service at the time of his change
in status to a Covered Employee and he has passed an Entry Date following his
completion of such Continuous Service. In the event a Participant incurs a
Termination of Employment and is later reemployed by a Participating Company, he
shall again become an Active Participant in this Plan on the date he again
becomes a Covered Employee. If a transferred or rehired Covered Employee becomes
an Active Participant pursuant to this Section on a date other than an Entry
Date, he shall be eligible to make an immediate election pursuant to Section 4.1
to contribute pre-tax contributions to the Plan effective in accordance with
reasonable and uniform procedures established by the Plan Administrator.
3.5 WAIVER OF PARTICIPATION.
Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, the
Plan Administrator may elect to make available on either a limited or ongoing
basis the right for each Employee to waive participation in the Plan by
providing written notice of such waiver to the Plan Administrator, subject to
reasonable and uniform procedures established by the Plan Administrator. Such a
waiver may be temporary or permanent as agreed to by the Employee and the Plan
Administrator. An Employee may revoke a temporary waiver of participation at any
time. An Employee may not revoke a permanent waiver of participation. Any such
waiver or revocation shall become effective as of the date indicated in such
waiver or revocation. An
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Employee who enters into such an agreement shall be a Contract Employee during
the term of the agreement and shall not be considered a Covered Employee during
such term.
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ARTICLE 4
EMPLOYEE PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS
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4.1 ELECTION OF PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS.
Pursuant to uniform rules and procedures prescribed by the
Plan Administrator, an Active Participant may elect that a stated portion (such
portion being within the limitations set forth in Section 4.2 hereof) of his
unpaid Compensation for a Plan Year be paid by a Participating Company to the
Trustee hereunder and be treated as a contribution by the Participating Company.
A Participant's election, pursuant to this Section, shall be made in such manner
(including in writing, orally, telephonically or electronically) as the Plan
Administrator shall determine. Any such election shall become effective as of a
date determined in accordance with rules established by the Plan Administrator
in its sole discretion. A Participant's election shall be conditioned upon:
(a) his right to defer the imposition of Federal income
tax on such deferred Compensation until a subsequent
distribution of such amount under this Plan; and
(b) the Participating Company's right to deduct such
amount for Federal income tax purposes before taking
into account any contributions made by the
Participating Company under Article 6 hereof and
after taking into account any contributions made by
the Participating Company under any other profit
sharing, pension and stock bonus plans maintained by
the Participating Company which meet the requirements
of Section 401(a) of the Code.
4.2 AMOUNT OF PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS.
An Active Participant shall be permitted to elect to have a
Participating Company make contributions on his behalf to this Plan equal to a
stated whole percentage of his unpaid Compensation from such Participating
Company for a Plan Year by means of a Compensation reduction arrangement
described in Section 4.1 hereof. The minimum and maximum stated percentage which
may be designated by a Participant shall be determined by the
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Company in its sole discretion. As of the Restatement Date, the percentage
limits hereunder are between one percent (1%) and fifteen percent (15%) of his
Compensation.
4.3 REVOKING AND AMENDING ELECTIONS.
Any election made pursuant to Section 4.1 above shall be
deemed a continuing election and shall remain in effect unless revoked or
amended by the Participant. Any revocation or amendment of an election shall be
made in such form and manner (including in writing, orally, telephonically or
electronically) as the Plan Administrator shall determine. As of the Restatement
Date, a Participant may at any time increase, decrease or revoke the amount of
his election, effective as soon as administratively feasible following the
election.
4.4 PAYMENT TO TRUSTEE.
All amounts paid by a Participating Company to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 4.1 above shall be subject to the legal requirement that
they be paid not later than the date on which such amounts can reasonably be
segregated from a Participating Company's general assets. In any event, such
amounts shall be subject to the legal requirement that they be paid to the
Trustee not later than the fifteenth (15th) Business Day of the month following
the month in which such amount would otherwise have been payable to the
Participant in cash.
4.5 PRE-TAX ACCOUNT.
Any amounts contributed by a Participating Company pursuant to
a Participant's election under Section 4.1 above shall be held by the Trustee as
a part of the Trust Fund created under this Plan, shall be specifically
allocated to the Participant's Pre-Tax Account for the benefit of such
Participant and shall be invested and reinvested, valued and administered in
accordance with the terms of this Plan. Any amounts credited to a Participant's
Pre-Tax Account shall be fully vested and nonforfeitable at all times.
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4.6 EFFECT OF HARDSHIP WITHDRAWAL ON PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS.
In the event a Participant receives a distribution from his
Pre-Tax Account as a result of hardship as described in Article 10, such
Participant's pre-tax contributions under Section 4.1 above shall be suspended
for a twelve (12) month period after his receipt of such hardship distribution.
In addition, for the taxable year of the Participant immediately following the
Participant's taxable year during which said hardship distribution occurs, such
Participant shall be barred from making pre-tax contributions in excess of (a)
minus (b) below, where:
(a) equals the dollar limit described in Section 7.3
hereof; and
(b) equals the amount of such Participant's pre-tax
contributions for the Participant's taxable year
during which said hardship distribution is made.
4.7 CATCH-UP CONTRIBUTIONS AFTER RETURN FROM MILITARY SERVICE.
In the event that a Participant returns to employment with a
Participating Company or an Affiliate immediately following a leave of absence
due to Military Service and had failed to make pre-tax contributions while on
such leave of absence, the Participant may elect to make catch-up pre-tax
contributions relating to such period of Military Service, to the extent Section
414(u) of the Code requires the Plan to permit such catch-up contributions. The
period during which such Participant may make such catch-up contributions shall
commence on his date of rehire and shall continue for a period which is the
lesser of five (5) years following such date of rehire or three (3) times the
Participant's period of Military Service.
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ARTICLE 5
EMPLOYEE AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS
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5.1 ELECTION OF AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS DISCONTINUED.
Effective April 1, 1992, no Participant after-tax
contributions are permitted to be made to the Plan. Effective for the period
prior to April 1, 1992, an Active Participant was permitted, in accordance with
Plan terms and administrative procedures then in effect, to elect to make
after-tax contributions to the Plan.
5.2 AFTER-TAX ACCOUNT.
Any after-tax contributions made to the Plan prior to April 1,
1992 shall be held by the Trustee as a part of the Trust Fund created under this
Plan, shall be specifically allocated to the Participant's After-Tax Account for
the benefit of such Participant and shall be invested and reinvested, valued and
administered in accordance with the terms of this Plan. Any amounts credited to
a Participant's After-Tax Account shall be fully vested and nonforfeitable at
all times.
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ARTICLE 6
COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS
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6.1 COMPANY PROFIT SHARING CONTRIBUTIONS.
The Company may continue to make an annual profit sharing
contribution in cash to the Plan equal to ten percent (10%) of the Net Profits
of the Company for the Taxable Year which are in excess of the highest profits
earned in any fiscal year since March 31, 1972. In lieu thereof, the Company may
make a greater or lesser, or no, annual profit sharing contribution in cash to
the Plan out of the Net Profits of the Company for the Taxable Year. In
addition, a Participating Company may, as directed by the Company in its sole
discretion, make an employer discretionary contribution in cash to this Plan.
Any such annual profit sharing or discretionary contribution for a Taxable Year
shall be made on account of the Plan Year ending with or within such Taxable
Year. Neither such discretionary contribution, nor any other contribution under
this Plan other than the foregoing annual profit sharing contribution, if any is
to be made, shall be contingent upon the Company or any Participating Company
having either current or accumulated profits, however such profits are
determined. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for Plan Years commencing on or after
January 1, 2000, contributions made pursuant to this Section may be made in cash
or in Shares; provided, however, that not more than fifty percent (50%) of the
aggregate contribution for a Plan Year may be made in Shares.
"Net Profits," for purposes of this Section, shall mean the amount of
net profits of the Company for a particular Taxable Year, as shown on the
consolidated financial statements of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries and as calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, before provision for the profit sharing contribution under the Plan
for the current Taxable Year and before provision for any taxes based upon
income. Once the Net Profits have been determined and the Company's profit
sharing contribution has been made, such determination and contribution shall be
considered conclusive and binding.
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6.2 ALLOCATION OF EMPLOYER DISCRETIONARY AND PROFIT SHARING
CONTRIBUTIONS.
Effective for periods commencing on and after the Restatement
Date, all of the Participating Company contributions made pursuant to Section
6.1 hereof with respect to a Plan Year shall be allocated among the Profit
Sharing Accounts of each Participant who is credited with at least one thousand
(1,000) Hours of Service in such Plan Year provided he is a Participant on the
last day of such Plan Year. The prior provisions of this Section
notwithstanding, the Company may, in its discretion, elect instead for each
Participating Company's contribution to be allocated among the Profit Sharing
Accounts of those Participants who are Employees of the Participating Company on
the last day of such Plan Year and who are credited with at least one thousand
(1,000) Hours of Service in such Plan Year, provided that such allocation
satisfies the applicable requirements of Code Sections 410(b) and 401(a)(4). In
either case, such contribution shall be allocated to the Profit Sharing Account
of each eligible Participant in the same proportion as such Participant's
Compensation bears to the total Compensation of all such Participants eligible
to share in the contribution; provided that no contribution shall be allocated
to the Profit Sharing Account of any Participant in excess of the limitations on
Annual Additions set forth in Article 19 hereof.
6.3 MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS.
In addition to the contribution, if any, made pursuant to
Section 6.1 hereof, a Participating Company may make a matching contribution to
this Plan on behalf of all, or a group of less than all, Participants as shall
be determined by the Company from time to time. Such contribution shall be made
in cash.
The amount of such matching contribution, if any, shall be
determined by the Company in its discretion from time to time and shall be
announced to Participants. Such amount, if any, shall be a percentage of the
amounts contributed to the Plan for a Plan Year
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pursuant to such Participant's election under Section 4.1 hereof. As of the
Restatement Date, a matching contribution equal to fifty cents ($0.50) shall be
made for each one dollar ($1.00) in pre-tax contributions contributed by a
Participant up to four percent (4%) of the Participant's Compensation as
determined as of the Allocation Date. Therefore, as of the Restatement Date, the
matching contributions which may be made for any Participant may not exceed two
percent (2%) of the Participant's Compensation as determined as of the
Allocation Date.
The Company may place one or more "caps" on matching contributions so
that contributions are not matched, or are matched at a lower percentage with
respect to contributions under Section 4.1 hereof above a certain percentage of
Compensation. Furthermore, the Company may establish a "cut line" with respect
to matching contributions so that a Participant with Compensation, projected
Compensation or annual rate of base pay below the cut line or a Participant who
is not a Highly Compensated Employee may be entitled to a match which is a
greater percentage, or be entitled to a special match not available to other
Participants, with respect to some or all of the contributions made on his
behalf under Section 4.1 hereof. The Company may, from time to time in its
discretion, change the percentage of match, the cap or the cut line. No
amendment to this Plan shall be required in order to change such percentage of
match, such cap or such cut line; provided, however that the Company's decision
shall be subject to the following limitations:
(a) the percentage of pre-tax contributions, made
pursuant to a Participant's election under Section
4.1 hereof, which is matched for Participants at or
above the cut line shall not exceed the percentage of
pre-tax contributions which is matched for
Participants below the cut line; and
(b) the level of the match made for Participants at or
above the cut line shall not exceed the level of the
match made for Participants below the cut line.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, no matching
contribution shall be made in excess of the Contribution Percentage limit
described in Section 7.5 hereof nor with respect to any contribution made by a
Participating Company pursuant to Section 4.1 due to a Participant's election
thereunder to the extent such Participating Company contribution pursuant to
Section 4.1 is:
(1) in excess of the dollar limit described in Section
7.3 hereof;
(2) in excess of the Deferral Percentage limit described
in Section 7.4 hereof; or
(3) in excess of the multiple use limit described in
Section 7.6 hereof.
6.4 QUALIFIED NONELECTIVE AND QUALIFIED MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS.
A Participating Company may make qualified nonelective
contributions and qualified matching contributions to the Plan for any Plan Year
in an amount determined by the Company from time to time. The contributions, if
any, shall be allocated to the Accounts of some or all of the Participants who
are non-Highly Compensated Employees in such manner as the Company shall
designate at the time any such contributions are made to the Plan.
6.5 PAYMENT TO TRUSTEE.
The Participating Companies shall make the contributions
specified in Sections 6.1, 6.3 and 6.4 hereof to the Trustee not later than the
last day upon which the Participating Company may make a contribution under this
Plan and secure under the Code a deduction of such contributions in the
computation of its Federal income taxes for the Taxable Year for which such
contributions are made. Nothing contained herein shall preclude a Participating
Company from making more than one profit sharing or matching contribution to the
Plan for any Plan Year provided that the last of such contributions is made by
the date set forth above.
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6.6 CREDITING TO ACCOUNTS.
Any amounts or Shares contributed by a Participating Company
pursuant to this Article shall be held by the Trustee as a part of the Trust
Fund created under this Plan and shall be specifically allocated to the
following Accounts:
(a) a profit sharing contribution or discretionary
contribution, made pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof,
shall be allocated to the Participant's Profit
Sharing Account;
(b) a matching contribution, made pursuant to Section 6.3
hereof, shall be allocated to the Participant's Match
Account;
(c) a qualified nonelective contribution, made pursuant
to Section 6.4 hereof, shall be allocated to the
Participant's Qualified Nonelective Account;
(d) a qualified matching contribution, made pursuant to
Section 6.4 hereof, shall be allocated to the
Participant's Qualified Match Account;
for the benefit of such Participant and shall be invested and reinvested, valued
and administered in accordance with the terms of this Plan. Profit sharing and
matching contributions shall be subject to the vesting schedule described in
Section 2.48 hereof; qualified nonelective contributions and qualified matching
contributions shall be immediately one hundred percent (100%) vested and
nonforfeitable.
6.7 CORRECTION OF ALLOCATION ERRORS.
If, after the Participating Companies' contributions have been
made and allocated, it should appear that, through oversight or a mistake of
fact or law or otherwise, a Participant (or an Employee who should have been
considered a Participant) who should have been entitled to share in such
contribution, received no allocation or received an allocation which was less
than he should have received, the Company may, at its election and in lieu of
reallocating such contribution, make a special make-up contribution to the
Account of such Participant in an
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amount which shall be sufficient to provide for him the same allocation to his
Account as he should have received. Similarly, if a Participant received an
allocation which exceeded the amount he should have received (or an Employee was
inappropriately included in the Plan), the Company, at its election, may
reallocate such contribution, offset other Participating Company contributions
against such allocation or use such allocation to pay Plan expenses.
6.8 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS UPON RETURN FROM MILITARY SERVICE.
In the event that a Participant returns to employment with a
Participating Company or any Affiliate immediately following a leave of absence
due to Military Service, any profit sharing contribution or discretionary
contribution which would have been made on behalf of such Participant, had he
not been on such leave of absence, shall be made on his behalf and allocated to
his Profit Sharing Account. Any such allocation shall be calculated using
estimated Compensation during such period of Military Service, based on his rate
of Compensation at the time such leave of absence commenced. In addition to the
foregoing, in the event that a Participant returns to employment with a
Participating Company or any Affiliate immediately following a leave of absence
due to Military Service, any matching contribution related to the catch-up
pre-tax contributions described in Section 4.7 hereof shall be made on such
Participant's behalf.
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ARTICLE 7
LIMITATIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS
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7.1 EFFECTIVE DATE OF ARTICLE 7.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article to the
contrary, the provisions of this Article shall be effective on and after January
1, 1997.
7.2 CONTRIBUTIONS ARE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS.
The amount and allocation of contributions and the allocation
of forfeitures under this Plan shall be subject to several limitations. Those
limitations shall be as follows:
(a) pre-tax contributions made to the Plan pursuant to a
Participant's deferral election under Article 4 of
the Plan shall be subject to the individual dollar
limit described in Section 7.3 hereof;
(b) pre-tax contributions made to the Plan pursuant to a
Participant's deferral election under Article 4 of
the Plan (plus matching contributions made to the
Plan pursuant to Section 6.3 hereof, plus special
contributions allocated to a Participant's Match
Account pursuant to Section 6.4 hereof if aggregation
of such amounts for this purpose is elected by the
Company) shall be subject to the Deferral Percentage
limit set forth in Section 7.4 hereof;
(c) matching contributions made to the Plan shall be
subject to the Contribution Percentage limit set
forth in Section 7.5 hereof, separately (except as
otherwise provided in said Section 7.5) from amounts
deferred pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof;
(d) the contributions described in paragraphs (b) and (c)
above shall be subject to the limit on "multiple use"
set forth in Section 7.6 hereof;
(e) all contributions made pursuant to Article 4 and
Article 6 of the Plan shall, in the aggregate, be
subject to the deductibility limit set forth in
Section 7.7 hereof; and
(f) The allocation of all of the foregoing contributions
and the allocation of all forfeitures shall, in the
aggregate, be subject to the limitation on Annual
Additions set forth in Article 19 hereof.
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For purposes of this Article the rules and procedures set forth below
in this Section shall apply:
(1) for purposes of determining a Participant's
Deferral and Contribution Percentages
pursuant to Sections 7.3 and 7.4 hereof, all
elective contributions (or employee and
matching contributions, as appropriate) that
are made under two (2) or more plans that
are aggregated for purposes of Sections
401(a)(4) or 410(b) (other than Section
410(b)(2)(A)(ii)) of the Code shall be
treated as made under a single plan.
(2) if two (2) or more plans are permissively
aggregated for purposes of Section 401(k) or
401(m) of the Code, the aggregated plans
shall also satisfy Sections 401(a)(4) and
410(b) of the Code as though they were a
single plan.
(3) the Contribution Percentage of any Highly
Compensated Employee shall be determined by
treating all plans maintained by the
Participating Companies or any Affiliate
that are subject to Section 401(k) or 401(m)
of the Code (other than those that may not
be permissively aggregated) as a single
plan.
7.3 THE DOLLAR LIMIT.
The amount of the Participating Company contribution under
Article 4 of the Plan with respect to the taxable year of a Participant made
pursuant to a Participant's deferral election plus similar amounts contributed
on a similar basis by any other employer (whether or not related to a
Participating Company) required by law to be aggregated with such contributions
under this Plan shall not exceed Nine Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($9,500.00)
plus any increase for cost-of-living after the Restatement Date as determined
from time to time pursuant to regulations issued by the Secretary of the
Treasury or his delegate pursuant to Section 415(d) of the Code. In the event
that the contributions pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Plan for a Participant's
taxable year exceed such limit, the excess contributions together with any
earnings allocable to such excess contributions shall be refunded to the
Participant by the April 15th next
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following the close of such taxable year. The amount of any such refund shall be
debited to the Participant's Pre-Tax Account.
In the event that the Plan Administrator shall receive notice
from a Participant by the March 1 next following the close of a Participant's
taxable year that the contributions on behalf of the Participant under Section
4.1 hereof together with similar contributions under plans of other employers
shall have exceeded such limit, the Plan Administrator shall cause the amount of
excess contributions specified by the Participant together with any earnings
allocable to such excess contributions to be refunded to the Participant by the
April 15th next following the receipt of such notice. The amount of any such
refund shall be debited to the Participant's Pre-Tax Account.
7.4 DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE LIMIT.
The contributions made for a Plan Year pursuant to an Active
Participant's deferral election under Section 4.1 hereof shall be limited so
that the average Deferral Percentage for the Active Participants who are Highly
Compensated Employees shall not exceed an amount determined based upon the
average Deferral Percentage for the Active Participants who are not Highly
Compensated Employees, as follows:
(A) (B)
Average Deferral Percentage for Limit on Average Deferral
Active Participants who are not Percentage for Highly Compensated
Highly Compensated Active Participants
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Less than 2% 2 times Column A
2% or more but less than 8% Column (A) plus 2%
8% or more 1.25 times Column (A)
The Company may elect to apply the provisions of this Section by using
the average Deferral Percentages for Participants who are not Highly Compensated
Employees on the basis of the current Plan Year rather than the preceding Plan
Year in accordance with Section
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401(k)(3)(A) of the Code; provided, however, that such election by the Company
may not be changed except with respect to the Plan Year ending December 31, 2000
and, thereafter, in situations described by, or as otherwise provided by, the
Secretary of the Treasury.
7.5 CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE LIMIT.
The contributions made for a Plan Year as qualified
nonelective contributions and qualified matching contributions pursuant to
Article 6 hereof which are not used to satisfy the average Deferral Percentage
test set forth in Section 7.4 above shall be limited so that the average
Contribution Percentage for the Active Participants who are Highly Compensated
Employees shall not exceed an amount determined based upon the average
Contribution Percentage for the Active Participants who are not Highly
Compensated Employees in accordance with the table set forth in Section 7.4
hereof.
The Company may elect to apply the provisions of this Section
by using the Average Contribution Percentages for Participants who are not
Highly Compensated Employees on the basis of the current Plan Year rather than
the preceding Plan Year in accordance with Section 401(m)(2)(A) of the Code;
provided, however, that such election by the Company may not be changed except
with respect to the Plan Year ending December 31, 2000 and, thereafter, in
situations described by, or as otherwise provided by, the Secretary of the
Treasury.
7.6 MULTIPLE USE LIMIT.
If both the average Deferral Percentage and the average
Contribution Percentage of the Active Participants who are Highly Compensated
Employees exceeds one and twenty-five hundredths (1.25) multiplied by the
corresponding average Deferral Percentage or average Contribution Percentage of
the Active Participants who are not Highly Compensated Employees, then either:
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(a) the pre-tax contributions made for a Plan Year
pursuant to a Participant's deferral election under
Section 4.1, plus the matching contributions made for
such Plan Year shall be limited so that the sum of
the average Deferral Percentage and the average
Contribution Percentage for the Active Participants
who are Highly Compensated Employees does not exceed
the "Aggregate Limit;" or
(b) a Participating Company may make qualified
nonelective contributions and qualified matching
contributions to the Plan pursuant to Section 6.4
hereof so as to enable the average Deferral
Percentage or the average Contribution Percentage, or
both, of the Active Participants who are Highly
Compensated Employees not to exceed one and
twenty-five hundredths (1.25) multiplied by the
corresponding average Deferral Percentage or average
Contribution Percentage of the Active Participants
who are not Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan
Year.
7.7 DEDUCTIBILITY LIMIT.
In no event shall the amount of all contributions by a
Participating Company pursuant to Article 6 hereof, together with all amounts
contributed by such Participating Company to the Trustee pursuant to
Participants' elections under Section 4.1 hereof, exceed the maximum amount
allowable as a deduction under Section 404(a)(3) of the Code or any statute of
similar import, including the amount of any contribution carry forward allowable
under said Section 404(a)(3). This limitation shall not apply to contributions
which may be required in order to provide the minimum contributions described in
Article 18 for any Plan Year in which this Plan is top-heavy. Nor shall this
limitation apply to contributions which may be required in order to recredit the
Account of any rehired Participant whose Account is to be recredited with
previously forfeited amounts as described in Section 12.5 hereof.
7.8 DISTRIBUTION OF EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS.
In the event that the limitations set forth in Sections 7.2,
7.3, 7.4 or 7.5 shall be exceeded, the Plan Administrator may, in addition to or
in lieu of making qualified nonelective contributions or qualified matching
contributions to the Plan pursuant to Section 6.4
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hereof, take action to reduce future contributions made pursuant to Section 4.1
and Article 6 hereof as appropriate. Such reduction may include a reduction in
the future rate of pre-tax contributions pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof of any
Active Participant who is a Highly Compensated Employee pursuant to any legally
permissible procedure. In the event that such action shall fail to prevent the
excess, prior contributions made pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof, plus any income
and minus any losses allocable thereto to the date of distribution, shall be
distributed to the affected Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees no
later than two and one-half (2-1/2) months following the end of the Plan Year in
which such contributions were made. Under the law in effect as of the
Restatement Date, if such excess amounts are not distributed within said two and
one-half (2-1/2) month period, as required by the Code a ten percent (10%)
excise tax on such excess amount shall be imposed on the Participating Company
employing such Highly Compensated Employees.
In the event of a distribution of pre-tax contributions, any
Participating Company matching contribution related to such distributed pre-tax
contribution shall be returned to the Participating Company or shall be used to
reduce Participating Company matching contributions for other Participants, as
the Company shall elect, and the Match Account of such Participant shall be
debited with the amount of such returned or reallocated distribution.
In the event that distributions must be made in order to bring
the Plan into compliance with Section 7.4, 7.5 or 7.6 hereof, the Plan
Administrator shall reduce the dollar amount of deferrals of Participants who
are Highly Compensated Employees in descending order, beginning with the Highly
Compensated Employee(s) with the highest total deferral until such limitations
have been satisfied to the extent required by law. Any adjustments made in
Pre-
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Tax Accounts of Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees shall be made
in a uniform manner for similarly situated Participants.
Any Participant whose deferral amount is reduced pursuant to
this Section for any Plan Year shall have the portion of the amounts contributed
pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof for such Plan Year which exceeds such reduced
amount adjusted by any income or losses allocable to such excess contributions
during such Plan Year distributed to him within two and one-half (2 1/2) months
after the end of the Plan Year in which such contributions were made. Under the
law in effect as of the Restatement Date, if such excess amounts are not
distributed within said two and one-half (2 1/2) month period, as required by
the Code, a ten percent (10%) excise tax on such excess amount shall be imposed
on the Participating Company employing such Highly Compensated Employees.
For purposes of adjusting excess contributions to take into
account income and losses during the Plan Year, the income or loss shall be
allocated in accordance with the procedures for the allocation of income and
loss as set forth in Article 9 hereof. In the event that the Contribution
Percentage of any Highly Compensated Employee(s) must be reduced in order to
bring the Plan into compliance with Section 7.6 hereof, the same procedure as is
set forth above for reducing Participants' deferrals shall apply in reducing
their Contribution Percentages. Any adjustments made in Pre-Tax or Match
Accounts shall be made in a uniform manner for similarly situated Participants.
7.9 DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.
For purposes of this Article, the following definitions and
special rules shall apply:
(a) The "Deferral Percentage" for an active Participant
for any Plan Year shall equal the total of the
contributions made on his behalf for such Plan Year
pursuant to Article 4 hereof plus, to the extent
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the Company shall elect, all or a portion of the
qualified nonelective contributions and qualified
matching contributions made on his behalf pursuant to
Article 6 hereof as a percentage of his Testing
Compensation for such Plan Year.
(b) The "Contribution Percentage" for an active
Participant for any Plan Year shall equal the
Participating Company matching contributions made on
his behalf for a Plan Year under Article 6 hereof and
qualified nonelective and qualified matching
contributions pursuant to Article 6 hereof which are
not used to satisfy the average Deferral Percentage
test set forth in Section 7.4 hereof as a percentage
of his Testing Compensation for such Plan Year. The
Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion exercised
pursuant to regulations issued under Section
401(m)(9)(B) of the Code, may direct that the
"Contribution Percentage" include the contributions
made on behalf of a Participant pursuant to Article 4
hereof.
(c) The "Applicable Average Deferral Percentage" shall
mean the average of the Deferral Percentages
calculated pursuant to paragraph (a) above for the
preceding Plan Year or, if the Participating Company
elects, in accordance with Section 401(k)(3)(A) of
the Code, the current Plan Year.
(d) The "Applicable Average Contribution Percentage"
shall mean the average of the Contribution
Percentages calculated pursuant to paragraph (b)
above for the preceding Plan Year or, if the
Participating Company elects, in accordance with
Section 401(m)(2)(A) of the Code, the current Plan
Year.
(e) The "Aggregate Limit" is equal to the greater of (1)
and (2) below where:
(1) equals the sum of:
(A) 1.25 times the greater of the
Applicable Average Deferral
Percentage or the Applicable
Average Contribution Percentage for
the non-Highly Compensated
Employees; and
(B) two percentage points plus the
lesser of the Applicable Average
Deferral Percentage or the
Applicable Average Contribution
Percentage for the non-Highly
Compensated Employees. In no event,
however, shall this amount exceed
twice the lesser of the Applicable
Average Deferral Percentage or
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the Applicable Average Contribution
Percentage for the non-Highly
Compensated Employees; and
(2) equals the sum of:
(A) 1.25 times the lesser of the
Applicable Average Deferral
Percentage or the Applicable
Average Contribution Percentage for
the non-Highly Compensated
Employees; and
(B) two percentage points plus the
greater of the Applicable Average
Deferral Percentage or the
Applicable Average Contribution
Percentage for the non-Highly
Compensated Employees. In no event,
however, shall this amount exceed
twice the greater of the Applicable
Average Deferral Percentage or the
Applicable Average Contribution
Percentage for the non-Highly
Compensated Employees.
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ARTICLE 8
INVESTMENT FUNDS AND DIRECTION OF INVESTMENT
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8.1 PERMITTED INVESTMENTS.
The Company may direct that Participants, former Participants
and Beneficiaries be permitted to direct the investment of all or certain of
their Accounts under the Plan in such media, whether limited or unlimited, as
shall be designated by the Company, from time to time, subject to the
limitations hereinafter set forth in this Article. Any direction of the Company,
pursuant to this Section, shall apply to all Participants, former Participants
and Beneficiaries in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner. In the event the
Company directs that Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries be
permitted to direct the investment of certain of their Accounts, the Company
shall notify the Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries of such
fact. If the Company shall determine that the Plan should comply with the
provisions of Section 404(c) of ERISA insofar as is practical, it shall direct
that appropriate steps be taken in furtherance thereof.
8.2 INVESTMENT FUNDS.
The investment funds which may be selected by the Company
shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) money market funds;
(b) mutual funds;
(c) equity funds;
(d) fixed income funds;
(e) any pooled investment fund established by a bank;
(f) any insurance company's general account; and
(g) any special account established and maintained by any
insurance company.
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The Company shall have the sole discretion to determine the number of investment
funds to be maintained hereunder and the nature of the funds and may change or
eliminate the funds provided hereunder from time to time, except that on or
after April 1, 1994, if individual direction of investments is permitted, and if
compliance with Section 404(c) is to be pursued, the number of such funds shall
not be less than three (3), and of the funds selected, at least three (3) shall
be diversified and have materially different risk and return characteristics, as
determined by the Company.
8.3 DIRECTED BROKERAGE ACCOUNT.
The Company also may permit Participants, former Participants
and Beneficiaries to establish Directed Brokerage Accounts with one or more
brokerage firms selected by the Company in which the Participant, former
Participant or Beneficiary may direct the investment of a portion or all of his
Accounts. The Plan Administrator may prescribe rules for the establishment and
maintenance of such Directed Brokerage Accounts pursuant to its powers and
duties under Section 16.1 of the Plan and may restrict such Directed Brokerage
Account option to those Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries who
transfer certain prescribed minimum dollar amounts to establish their Directed
Brokerage Accounts. The Plan Administrator may, from time to time, set caps with
respect to the maximum portion of a Participant's, former Participant's or
Beneficiary's Account which may be invested in a Directed Brokerage Account.
Currently, the Plan Administrator has determined said cap to be fifty percent
(50%). In addition, the Plan Administrator may determine, on a uniform and
nondiscriminatory basis, certain Directed Brokerage Account investment options
that are prohibited, including, but not limited, to the investment of such
Account in Shares of Company stock.
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Directed Brokerage Account fees and expenses, including fees for
establishing and maintaining such Directed Brokerage Accounts and brokerage
commissions charged in connection with investment transactions shall be deducted
from the Directed Brokerage Account of the Participant, former Participant or
Beneficiary establishing or maintaining the Directed Brokerage Account or
directing or authorizing the investment transaction.
A Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary shall have the
following rights and privileges with respect to his Directed Brokerage Account:
(a) to invest and reinvest the principal and income of
his Account in the designated investment alternatives
identified in The Retirement Plan of Pioneer-Standard
Electronics, Inc. Trust Agreement; and
(b) to exercise voting, tender and similar rights
appurtenant to the Participant's, former
Participant's or Beneficiary's ownership interest in
a designated investment alternative as provided in
The Retirement Plan of Pioneer-Standard Electronics,
Inc. Trust Agreement.
8.4 PROCEDURES FOR DIRECTION OF INVESTMENT.
A Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary shall, by
appropriate direction to the Plan Administrator. Trustee or other identified
Plan fiduciary who is obligated to comply with such instructions, direct the
investment of amounts contributed on his behalf in the investment funds
described in Section 8.2 and in such other funds as may be established by the
Company hereunder and (subject to any eligibility criteria for participation
therein) in any Directed Brokerage Account established pursuant to Section 8.3
hereof. Any such individual's investment selections shall be made either in
writing, telephonically or electronically, in accordance with such uniform and
nondiscriminatory rules as are established by the Plan Administrator from time
to time in its sole discretion, including rules requiring that investment
selection be made in percentage increments.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article, the Company,
Plan Administrator and Trustee may decline to follow any investment direction
which, if implemented:
(a) would not be in accordance with the Plan documents;
(b) would cause the indicia of ownership of Plan assets
to be maintained outside the jurisdiction of the
United States District Courts;
(c) would jeopardize this Plan's tax-qualified status;
(d) could result in a loss in excess of the balance of
the Participant's, former Participant's, or
Beneficiary's Accounts;
(e) would cause this Plan to engage in:
(1) a sale or exchange with a Participating
Company or Affiliate (except as with respect
to certain qualifying employer securities as
defined in Section 407(d)(5) of ERISA which
meet the requirements of Section 408(e) of
ERISA and 29 CFR Section 2550.404c-1(d)
(2)(ii)(E)(4));
(2) a lease between this Plan and a
Participating Company or Affiliate or a loan
to a Participating Company or Affiliate;
(3) acquisition or sale of real property of a
Participating Company or Affiliate; or
(4) acquisition or sale of securities of a
Participating Company or Affiliate other
than certain qualifying employer securities
as defined in Section 407(d)(5) of ERISA
which meet the requirements of Section
408(e) of ERISA and 29 CFR Section
2550.404c-1(d)(2)(ii)(E)(4);
(f) would result in a prohibited transaction within the
meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of
ERISA; or
(g) would generate income taxable to this Plan.
8.5 FAILURE TO PROVIDE INVESTMENT DIRECTIONS.
In the event that a Participant, former Participant or
Beneficiary does not direct the investment of amounts credited to his Accounts
or if any of the Accounts of a
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Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary are entitled to receive proceeds
from a class action lawsuit or to receive other amounts where subsequent to
accruing but prior to receiving such right or interest, all amounts in the
Accounts of the Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary have been
distributed, such amounts shall be invested in a default investment fund
selected by the Company or, in the absence of such a fund, in accordance with
the direction of the Plan Administrator. As of the Restatement Date, such
default fund is the American Express Trust Income Fund II.
8.6 CHANGE OF DIRECTION OF INVESTMENT.
All directions as to the investment of his Accounts by
Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries shall be deemed to be
continuing directions until they shall have been changed. A Participant, former
Participant or Beneficiary may change his direction of investment at such times
and upon such notice as the Plan Administrator, from time to time, may require.
Each Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary shall indicate whether any
change in investment direction shall apply only to contributions made to this
Plan on his behalf following such change or whether such change shall also
operate to change the investment of amounts already credited to his Accounts. If
a procedure for daily change of investment is offered by the Plan Administrator,
such direction of investment may be changed on a daily basis, such change
generally to be effective as of the day of change, but subject to reasonable
administrative delays. Except for eligibility rules applicable to establishment
or maintenance of a Directed Brokerage Account, rules established by the Plan
Administrator pursuant to this Section shall apply to all Participants, former
Participants and Beneficiaries in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner.
8.7 TRANSFER OF FUNDS BETWEEN INVESTMENT OPTIONS.
If a Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary has made a
proper change of investment direction pursuant to Section 8.6 hereof with
respect to amounts already
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credited to his Accounts, the Trustee shall transfer amounts from one investment
fund to another to accomplish such change of investment.
8.8 VALUATION OF INVESTMENT FUNDS.
Any investment fund and Directed Brokerage Account established
pursuant to this Article shall be valued and adjusted according to the
procedures set forth in Article 9 hereof as a separate Trust Fund. It is
intended that this Section operate to adjust each investment fund and Directed
Brokerage Account to reflect all income and changes in value attributable to
each such investment fund and Directed Brokerage Account, along with
contributions received and distributions made as of any Valuation Date.
8.9 COMPANY STOCK FUND.
Effective as of July 1, 2000, or as soon as convenient
thereafter, the Trustee shall establish and maintain a Company Stock Fund within
the Trust Fund. Such Fund shall be an investment fund as described in Section
8.2 hereof. The assets of the Company Stock Fund shall be invested principally
in Shares. Such Shares shall be purchased by the Trustee regularly on the open
market, or in privately negotiated transactions, including purchases directly
from the Company, any Affiliate or The Pioneer Stock Benefit Trust, in
accordance with the direction of the Committee, at prices not higher than the
fair market value of the Shares on the date of sale. In addition, Shares may be
contributed to the Trust Fund by the Company or from The Pioneer Stock Benefit
Trust. Sales of Shares will also be made in the open market or in privately
negotiated transactions at prices not lower than the fair market value of the
Shares on the date of sale. The Trustee, or its designated agent, may limit the
daily volume of purchases and sales to the extent it believes it will be in the
best interests of Participants to do so. All Shares held in the Company Stock
Fund shall be held in the name of the Trustee or its nominee.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, the
Company Stock Fund shall be invested in Shares only while Shares constitute
"qualifying employer securities," as such term is defined in Section 4975 of the
Code and Section 407(d) of ERISA. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this
paragraph, at any time, such investment in Shares by the Company Stock Fund may
constitute more than ten percent (10%) and as much as one hundred percent (100%)
of the fair market value of the assets of any Participant's Accounts or of the
entire Plan.
8.10 VOTING RIGHTS OF SHARES.
Unless the Committee advises the Trustee that the
Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries shall have the power to
direct the Trustee on how to vote any Shares allocated to their Accounts with
respect to a matter as to which a holder of record of Shares has the right to
vote, the Trustee shall vote the Shares allocated to such Accounts or in the
Company Stock Fund only in accordance with the directions of the Committee. In
the event that the Committee advises the Trustee that the Participants, former
Participants and Beneficiaries shall have the power to direct to direct the
Trustee on how to vote any Shares allocated to their Accounts, the following
rules and procedures shall apply:
(a) As to each matter for which the Committee has advised
the Trustee that the Participants, former
Participants and Beneficiaries shall have the power
to direct to direct the Trustee on how to vote any
Shares allocated to their Accounts, each Participant,
former Participant or Beneficiary to whose Account
Shares have been allocated is, for purposes of such
vote, hereby designated as a "named fiduciary" within
the meaning of Section 402(a)(2) of ERISA with
respect to the Shares allocated to his Account and to
a pro rata portion of Shares which are allocated to
Participants' (or former Participants' or
Beneficiaries') Accounts but for which no
instructions were timely received by the Trustee and
to a pro rata portion of any Shares held in the
Company Stock Fund but which have not been allocated
to an Account of a Participant, former Participant or
Beneficiary.
(b) If the Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary
timely directs the Trustee with respect to the voting
of Shares allocated to his
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Accounts, the Trustee shall exercise the right to
vote such Shares in accordance with such direction.
(c) The Trustee shall vote both the allocated Shares for
which it has not received direction, as well as any
unallocated Shares, in the same proportion as
directed Shares are voted. The Trustee may, however,
in the good faith exercise of its fiduciary
responsibility, disregard the direction as to
unallocated Shares and allocated Shares as to which
no directions were timely received by the Trustee and
vote such Shares in its discretion.
(d) The Company shall assist the Trustee in furnishing
Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries
having voting rights with respect to the Shares
allocated to their Accounts with proxy materials,
notices and information statements at the time voting
rights are to be exercised. In general, such
materials shall be the same as those provided to the
Company's shareholders.
8.11 TENDER OR EXCHANGE OFFER FOR SHARES.
The provisions of this Section shall apply in the event that a
tender or exchange offer, including, but not limited to, a tender offer or
exchange offer within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, for Shares is commenced by a person or persons. Unless the Committee
advises the Trustee that the Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries
shall have the power to direct the Trustee on whether to tender or exchange any
Shares allocated to their Accounts in connection with a tender offer or exchange
offer for Shares, the Trustee shall tender or exchange the Shares allocated to
such Accounts or held in the Company Stock Fund only in accordance with the
directions of the Committee. If the Committee advises the Trustee that the
Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries shall have the power to
direct the Trustee on whether to tender or exchange any Shares allocated their
Accounts in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for Shares, the
Trustee shall have no discretion or authority to sell, exchange or transfer any
of such Shares pursuant to any tender offer or exchange offer except to the
extent, and only to the extent, as provided under the following rules and
procedures:
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(a) Each Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary
is, for purposes of any tender offer or exchange
offer as to which the Committee has advised the
Trustee that each Participant, former Participant and
Beneficiary to whose Account Shares have been
allocated shall have the power to direct the Trustee
on whether to tender or exchange any Shares allocated
to his Accounts, hereby designated as a "named
fiduciary" within the meaning of Section 402(a)(2) of
ERISA with respect to the Shares allocated to his
Account and to a pro rata portion of any Shares held
in the Company Stock Fund but which have not been
allocated to an Account of a Participant, former
Participant or Beneficiary.
(b) Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries
shall have the right, to the extent of the number of
whole Shares allocated to such Account, to direct the
Trustee in writing as to the manner in which to
respond to a tender offer or exchange offer. If the
Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary timely
directs the Trustee with respect to the tender or
exchange of Shares held in his Accounts, the Trustee
shall respond as directed with respect to such
Shares. If the Trustee shall not receive timely
instructions from a Participant, former Participant
or Beneficiary as to the manner in which to respond
to such tender offer or exchange offer, the Trustee
shall not tender or exchange any Shares with respect
to which such Participant, former Participant or
Beneficiary has the right of direction [except as it
may be directed by the Committee], and the Trustee
shall have no discretion in such matter.
(c) Unallocated Shares and fractional Shares allocated to
Accounts shall be tendered or exchanged by the
Trustee in the same proportion it tenders or
exchanges the Shares with respect to which
Participants, former Participants or Beneficiaries
have the right of direction, and the Trustee shall
have no discretion in such matter.
(d) The Company shall use its best efforts to timely
distribute or cause to be distributed to each
Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary such
information as will be distributed to shareholders of
the Company in connection with such tender offer or
exchange offer.
8.12 CONFIDENTIALITY REGARDING INSTRUCTIONS RECEIVED BY TRUSTEE.
In order to protect the confidentiality of the votes or other
directions of individual Participants, former Participants or Beneficiaries
pursuant to Sections 8.10 and 8.11 hereof, the Plan Administrator shall
establish a procedure for tallying and recording such votes
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and directions which will protect such confidentiality to the extent reasonably
practicable under the circumstances. The Trustee shall appoint an independent
fiduciary for the Plan to carry out certain activities with respect to Shares
for any matters (such as tender offers, exchange offers and contested Board
elections) for which he believes such appointment appropriate in order to
protect such confidentiality.
8.13 SALES OF SHARES PROHIBITED IF REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION
REQUIRED.
In no event shall any acquisition or sale of Shares pursuant
to the Plan be consummated if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such
acquisition or sale could result in the loss by the Company or the Plan of its
exemption from applicable registration and/or qualification requirements of
federal or state securities laws. The foregoing sentence shall, however, be
inapplicable if and to the extent such acquisition or sale is required to
preserve the qualification of the Plan under Section 401 or, to the extent
applicable, 409 of the Code or to the extent such acquisition or sale is
directed in writing by the Plan Administrator. In the event an acquisition or
disposition of Shares is made under circumstances which require the registration
and/or qualification of the Shares under applicable federal or state securities
laws, then the Company shall take or cause to be taken any and all actions as
may be necessary or appropriate to effect such registration or qualification.
8.14 LIMITATION ON INSIDERS' INTERESTS IN SHARES.
Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, but
subject to any applicable qualification requirements under Section 401 and, to
the extent applicable, 409 of the Code, the Board of Directors of the Company
shall have authority to adopt and implement administrative rules and regulations
relating to the investment of the assets held in the accounts of Participants
who are insiders (within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder), including, without
limitation, such rules and
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regulations as the Plan Administrator or Company deems necessary or appropriate
in order for insiders' participation in the Plan to satisfy the conditions of
Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or any successor or
similar rule.
8.15 INTERIM INVESTMENTS.
Pending investment in Shares pursuant to Section 8.9, the
Trustee may invest and reinvest any monies received by it in short-term money
market investments including short-term corporate, individual or government
obligations, whether secured or unsecured, time or savings deposits of the
Trustee or any parent or Affiliate thereof if such deposits bear a reasonable
rate of interest or of any bank, trust company, or savings and loan institution,
which deposits may, but need not be, guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, or in shares of any Regulated Investment Company, in units of any
common trust fund or in partnership interests of any partnership which Regulated
Investment Company, common trust fund or partnership invests in such short-term
money market instruments and deposits.
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ARTICLE 9
ACCOUNTS
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9.1 DESIGNATION OF DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS.
Accounts being maintained under the Plan immediately prior to
the Restatement Date shall continue to be maintained under the Plan as amended
and restated herein, and shall be credited, debited and adjusted as provided in
this Plan. Such Accounts shall be categorized, as of the Restatement Date and
thereafter, as follows:
(a) if such Account had been credited with a
Participant's prior voluntary after-tax
contributions, such Account shall be deemed to be an
After-Tax Account;
(b) if such Account had been credited with employee
elective (salary deferral) contributions, such
Account shall be deemed to be a Pre-Tax Account;
(c) if such Account had been credited with employer
profit sharing contributions, such Account shall be
deemed to be a Profit Sharing Account;
(d) if such Account had been credited with employer
matching contributions, such Account shall be deemed
to be a Match Account; and
(e) if such Account had been credited with amounts
transferred from another tax qualified retirement
plan, such Account shall be deemed to be a Rollover
Account.
9.2 ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNTS.
Upon an Employee's becoming a Participant, the Plan
Administrator shall notify the Trustee and provide the Trustee with such
information concerning said Participant as the Trustee may require. Upon being
notified by the Plan Administrator that an Employee has become a Participant,
the Trustee shall establish a Profit Sharing Account in the name of such
Participant. At such time as a Participant makes a pre-tax contribution pursuant
to Section 4.1 hereof, the Trustee shall establish a Pre-Tax Account and Match
Account on behalf of such
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Participant. At such time as a qualified nonelective contribution or qualified
matching contribution is made on behalf of a Participant pursuant to Section 6.4
hereof, the Trustee shall establish a Qualified Nonelective Account or a
Qualified Match Account, as appropriate, on behalf of such Participant. At such
time as a Participant has amounts transferred to this Plan pursuant to Article
20 hereof, the Trustee shall establish a Rollover Account on behalf of such
Participant.
9.3 CREDITS AND DEBITS TO ACCOUNTS.
The said Accounts shall be credited with contributions in the
amounts specified in Articles 4 and 6 hereof, shall be credited or debited with
the income, gains or losses of the Trust Fund pursuant to this Article, and
shall be debited with the amount of any withdrawals or distributions made from
such Accounts pursuant to Articles 10, 11, 12, 13 or 14 hereof. All such credits
and debits to the Accounts of a Participant shall be made as of the dates
specified in the appropriate Sections of this Plan.
9.4 VALUATION OF ASSETS.
As of each Valuation Date and on such other dates as the Plan
Administrator, in its sole discretion, may designate pursuant to Section 9.6
hereof, the Trustee shall evaluate all assets of the Trust Fund. The Trustee
shall use the fair market values of securities or other assets in making said
determination. The Trustee shall then subtract from the total value of the
assets of said Trust Fund the total of all Accounts as of said Valuation Date.
Each such Account shall be credited with that portion of the excess of the value
of the assets over the total of all such Accounts which bears the same
relationship to the total of such excess as (a) bears to (b), where:
(a) equals the amount credited to said Account; and
(b) equals the total amounts credited to all Accounts.
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The amount credited to each Account shall be reduced in similar proportion in
the event the total of all Accounts as of said date exceeds the total value of
all assets of the Trust Fund as of said Valuation Date. It is intended that this
paragraph operate to distribute among all such Accounts in the Trust, all income
of the Trust Fund and changes in the value of the Trust Fund's assets, as the
case may be. The Plan Administrator and the Trustee may adopt such rules as they
deem appropriate to credit pre-tax contributions and matching contributions or
other contributions which were received periodically through the valuation
period with an appropriate percentage of the income, gains and losses of the
Trust Fund's assets.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, if the assets
of the Trust Fund are invested either with an institutional Trustee or with an
Investment Manager or other professional money manager which maintains a
procedure for allocating investment earnings and losses to Accounts utilizing
the fair market value of assets, the Trustee may direct that such method be used
in lieu of the procedures hereinbefore described.
9.5 VALUATION OF INVESTMENT FUNDS.
If separate investment funds have been established under
Article 8 hereof, the Trustee shall proceed as described in Section 9.4 above
but on an investment fund by investment fund basis. It is intended that this
Section operate to distribute among all Accounts invested in a particular
investment fund all income of such fund allocable to the Trust and changes in
the value of the fund's assets, as the case may be. The adjustments in the
amounts credited to such Accounts shall be deemed to have been made as of said
Valuation Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, if the assets
of the Trust Fund are invested either with an institutional Trustee or with an
Investment Manager or other professional money manager which maintains a
procedure for allocating investment earnings and
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losses to Accounts utilizing the fair market value of assets, the Trustee may
direct that such method be used in lieu of the procedures hereinbefore
described.
9.6 INTERIM VALUATION OF ASSETS.
In addition to or in lieu of the Valuation Dates set forth in
Section 9.4 hereof, the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, may instruct
the Trustee to make an interim valuation of assets of the Trust Fund. In
exercising its discretion as to whether to instruct the Trustee to evaluate the
assets of the Trust Fund, the Plan Administrator shall consider the following
factors:
(a) the expense of any such interim valuation;
(b) the length of time involved in making any such
interim valuation and the resulting delay in making
any distributions from the Trust Fund;
(c) the magnitude of the estimated change in the value of
the assets of the Trust Fund; and
(d) the size of any distribution or distributions
involved.
Upon instruction by the Plan Administrator, the Trustee shall
evaluate the assets of the Trust Fund and adjust all the Accounts of the Plan in
accordance with the methods and procedures contained in Section 9.4 or 9.5
hereof as of the date specified by the Plan Administrator.
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ARTICLE 10
HARDSHIP DISTRIBUTIONS AND IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS
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10.1 HARDSHIP DISTRIBUTIONS.
Subject to uniform rules and procedures as the Plan
Administrator may prescribe, in case of hardship, a Participant may apply to the
Plan Administrator for a hardship distribution. For purposes of this Section, a
distribution shall be on account of hardship only if the distribution is made on
account of an immediate and heavy financial need, described in Section 10.2
below, and is necessary, as described in Section 10.3 below, to satisfy such
need. Such distribution may be made only from amounts specified in Section 10.4
below.
10.2 IMMEDIATE AND HEAVY FINANCIAL NEED.
A distribution will be made on account of an immediate and
heavy financial need of the Participant only if the distribution is on account
of:
(a) expenses for medical care described in Section 213(d)
of the Code previously incurred by the Participant,
the Participant's spouse, or any dependents of the
Participant (as defined in Section 152 of the Code)
or amounts necessary for such persons to obtain
medical care described in such Section 213(d);
(b) costs directly related to the purchase of a principal
residence for the Participant (excluding mortgage
payments);
(c) payment of tuition, related educational fees, and
room and board expenses, for the next twelve (12)
months of post-secondary education for the
Participant, the Participant's spouse, children, or
dependents (as defined in Section 152 of the Code);
or
(d) payment necessary to prevent the eviction of the
Participant from his principal residence or
foreclosure on the mortgage of the Participant's
principal residence.
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10.3 DETERMINATION OF AN AMOUNT NECESSARY TO SATISFY AN
IMMEDIATE AND HEAVY FINANCIAL NEED.
A distribution will be deemed necessary to satisfy an
immediate and heavy financial need of a Participant only if all of the following
requirements are satisfied:
(a) the distribution is not in excess of the amount of
the immediate and heavy financial need of the
Participant, including any amounts necessary to pay
any Federal, state or local income taxes or penalties
reasonably anticipated to result from such
distribution;
(b) the Participant has obtained all distributions, other
than hardship distributions, and all nontaxable (at
the time of the loan) loans currently available under
all plans maintained by the Participating Companies
or any Affiliate;
(c) the Plan and all other plans maintained by
Participating Companies or any Affiliate provide that
the Participant may not make pre-tax contributions
for the Participant's taxable year immediately
following the taxable year of the Participant during
which said hardship distribution occurs in excess of
the applicable limit under Section 402(g) of the Code
for such next taxable year of the Participant less
the amount of such Participant's pre-tax
contributions for the taxable year of the Participant
during which said hardship distribution occurs; and
(d) the Participant is prohibited, under the terms of the
Plan and all other plans maintained by the
Participating Companies or any Affiliate (or other
legally enforceable agreement), from making pre-tax,
other elective contributions and voluntary after tax
contributions to the Plan and such other plans for at
least twelve (12) months after receipt of the
hardship distribution. For this purpose the phrase
"all other plans" includes a stock option, stock
purchase or similar plan or a cash or deferred
arrangement that is part of a cafeteria plan within
the meaning of Section 125 of the Code. The phrase
"all other plans" does not include a health or
welfare benefit plan including one that is part of a
cafeteria plan within the meaning of Section 125 of
the Code or the mandatory Employee contribution
portion of a defined benefit plan.
By virtue of this Section and Section 4.6, the Plan provides for the
restrictions contained above in subsections (c) and (d).
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10.4 PERMITTED DISTRIBUTIONS.
If the Plan Administrator determines that the criteria set
forth above are satisfied with respect to a Participant, it may order a
distribution of all or a portion of the sum of:
(a) such Participant's Profit Sharing and Match Accounts
(which are not amounts attributable to qualified
nonelective contributions or qualified matching
contributions) multiplied, respectively, by his
Vested Percentage in each such Account; plus
(b) the lesser of:
(1) such Participant's Pre-Tax Account balance;
and
(2) the aggregate amount of the pre-tax
contributions made to his Pre-Tax Account
plus earnings thereon, if any, credited
prior to April 1, 1989; plus
(c) the amount then credited to any After-Tax Accounts or
Rollover Accounts then held for his benefit.
Distribution of the hardship amount shall be made from the Participant's
Accounts in the order set forth in Section 10.6 hereof.
10.5 IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS.
Subject to such reasonable and uniform rules and procedures as
the Plan Administrator may prescribe, a Participant may withdraw all or a part
of the amounts credited to his Rollover and After-Tax Accounts. A request for a
withdrawal hereunder shall be made in such manner (including in writing, orally,
telephonically or electronically) as the Plan Administrator shall determine. As
of the Restatement Date, the Plan Administrator has prescribed the following
uniform rules and procedures:
(a) AFTER-TAX ACCOUNT. A Participant may withdraw amounts
from his After-Tax Account at any time, pursuant to
reasonable and uniform notice requirements
established by the Plan Administrator.
(b) ROLLOVER ACCOUNT. A Participant may withdraw amounts
from his Rollover Account at any time, pursuant to
reasonable and uniform notice requirements
established by the Plan Administrator.
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Any withdrawals from a Participant's After-Tax Account shall be deemed to be
made in the following order:
(1) first, the after-tax contributions which were made by
the Participant prior to January 1, 1987 and which
are credited to his After-Tax Account established
pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, without adjustment
for income, gains or losses thereon;
(2) second, the after-tax contributions which were made
by the Participant after December 31, 1986 and which
are credited to his After-Tax Account established
pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, as adjusted for
income, gains or losses thereon; and
(3) third, the balance, if any, of the amounts credited
to the Participant's After-Tax Account.
10.6 AGE 59-1/2 WITHDRAWALS.
Subject to uniform rules and procedures as the Plan
Administrator may prescribe, a Participant who has attained age fifty-nine and
one-half (59-1/2) may withdraw all or a part of his Vested Interest under the
Plan. A request for a withdrawal hereunder shall be made in such manner
(including in writing, orally, telephonically or electronically) as the Plan
Administrator shall determine. As of the Restatement Date, the Plan
Administrator has prescribed that such withdrawals may be requested at any time
and paid on an administratively feasible date following such request. The amount
of any such withdrawal shall be equal to a whole percentage, not to exceed
one-hundred percent (100%), of the Participant's Vested Interest under the Plan.
Any withdrawals made pursuant to this Section shall be deemed made in
the following order:
(a) first, the Participant's After-Tax Account, in the
order specified in Section 10.5 hereof, if any;
(b) second, the Participant's Rollover Account, if any;
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(c) fourth, the Participant's Pre-Tax Account, if any;
(d) fifth, the Participant's Match Account, if any; and
(e) sixth, the Participant's Profit Sharing Account, if
any.
10.7 METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION.
If the Plan Administrator orders a hardship distribution, an
in-service distribution, or a distribution on account of the Participant's
attainment of age fifty-nine and one-half (59-1/2) pursuant to this Article,
such distribution shall be made in a lump sum. Amounts distributed to a
Participant under this Article shall be debited to the appropriate Account as
they are paid.
In the event of a hardship distribution, if the Plan Administrator
directs that such distribution be made, it may thereafter, if it determines that
such hardship no longer exists or upon agreement with the Participant, direct
that any amounts of such distribution remaining unpaid not be distributed.
10.8 ADMINISTRATION OF HARDSHIP, IN-SERVICE AND AGE 59-1/2
DISTRIBUTION PROVISIONS.
Neither the application for nor payment of any distribution in
accordance with this Article shall have the effect of terminating a
Participant's participation in the Plan. The Plan Administrator may
prescribe the use of such forms, conduct such investigation, and
require the making of such representations and warranties, as it deems
desirable to carry out the purpose of the hardship, in-service and age
fifty-nine and one half (59-1/2) withdrawals pursuant to this Article.
Any withdrawals made pursuant to this Article may not be repaid to the
Plan.
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10.9 SPOUSE'S CONSENT.
No hardship, in-service or age fifty-nine and one-half
(59-1/2) distribution may be made hereunder unless the Participant's spouse, if
any, consents in the manner set forth in Section 23.5 hereof if such consent is
required under Section 23.6 hereof.
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ARTICLE 11
LOANS TO PARTICIPANTS
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11.1 LOAN ADMINISTRATION AND APPLICATIONS.
The following persons ("Borrowers") may apply to the Plan
Administrator for a loan from the Plan:
(a) a Participant, including any person who has become an
inactive Participant due to his no longer being a
Covered Employee (but, subject to paragraph (b)
below, NOT including any person who has become a
former Participant due to his having incurred a
Termination of Employment); and
(b) a former Participant who is a "party in interest"
within the meaning of ERISA Section 3(14).
In accordance with the applicable rules of the Code and ERISA, no loan
shall be made available to Highly Compensated Employees in an amount greater
than that made available to persons who are not Highly Compensated Employees. If
the Plan Administrator determines that such Borrower (and proposed loan)
satisfies the requirements set forth below for loan approval, the Plan
Administrator shall direct the Trustee to make a loan to such Borrower from one
or more of his Accounts, other than his After-Tax Account.
11.2 AMOUNT OF LOAN.
The amount of any such loan shall be determined by the Plan
Administrator; provided, however, that any such loan shall not, when combined
with outstanding loans previously made from Plan and loans made under other
qualified retirement plans, if any, maintained by the Company or any Affiliate,
cause the aggregate amount of all such loans to such Borrower to exceed the
lesser of (a) or (b) below, where:
(a) equals one-half (1/2) of the Vested Interest held for
such Borrower under this Plan and all amounts held
under all other qualified retirement plans maintained
by the Company or any Affiliate; and
(b) equals Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) reduced by
the remainder, if any, of:
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(1) the highest outstanding balance of loans to
the Borrower from this Plan and all other
qualified retirement plans maintained by the
Company and its Affiliate during the twelve
(12) month period preceding the date on
which the loan is to be made; minus
(2) the outstanding balance of loans to the
Borrower from the plans on the day the loan
is to be made.
11.3 LOAN ADMINISTRATION.
The following additional provisions shall be applicable to the
loan program under this Plan:
(a) LOAN PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. The loan program under
the Plan shall be administered by the Plan
Administrator, in accordance with uniform rules and
procedures as the Plan Administrator may prescribe.
As of the Restatement Date, the Plan Administrator
has prescribed that:
(1) each Borrower is limited to no more than two
(2) loans outstanding at one time; and
(2) the amount of any such loan shall not be
less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
(b) LOAN APPLICATION PROCEDURE. Each Borrower shall apply
for a loan in such manner (including in writing,
orally, telephonically or electronically) as the Plan
Administrator shall determine.
(c) BASIS FOR APPROVAL OR DENIAL OF LOANS. Loans will be
approved only if:
(1) the Borrower's spouse, if any, consents in
the manner set forth in Section 23.5 hereof
if such consent is required under Section
23.6 hereof;
(2) the amount of such loan shall not be in
excess of the sum of (A) and (B), where:
(A) equals the Borrower's Vested
Percentage multiplied by the amount
which is credited to his Match and
Profit Sharing Accounts at the time
of such loan; and
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(B) equals the amount which is credited
to the Borrower's Pre-Tax and
Rollover Accounts at the time of
such loan;
and shall be made exclusively from such
Accounts;
(3) the loan satisfies the requirements of
Section 11.4 of the Plan; and
(4) the Plan Administrator believes the Borrower
intends to repay the loan in accordance with
its terms.
11.4 TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LOANS.
Any loan made pursuant to Section 11.1 shall be considered to
be made solely from the Account or Accounts of the Borrower and shall be subject
to the following terms and conditions:
(a) INTEREST. Interest shall be charged at a reasonable
rate, comparable to the rate charged by a commercial
lender for a similar loan. Unless otherwise
determined by the Plan Administrator, the interest
rate shall be equal to one percentage point above the
prime rate as it appears in the Wall Street Journal
which is in effect on the first Business Day of the
month prior to the month in which the loan
application is issued.
(b) LOAN TERM AND REPAYMENT SCHEDULE. The term of any
loan shall be arrived at by mutual agreement between
the Borrower and the Plan Administrator but shall not
exceed five (5) years, unless the proceeds of such
loan are to be used to acquire any dwelling unit
which within a reasonable time is to be used as the
Borrower's principal residence, in which case, such
loan may be for a term not to exceed fifteen (15)
years. All loans shall provide for the substantially
level amortization of the loan, with payments not
less frequently than quarterly, over the term of the
loan; provided, however, that the terms of the loan
may permit a Borrower a grace period of up to one (1)
year from such repayments while such Borrower is on
an unpaid leave of absence from a Participating
Company or Affiliate. Any loan must be fully paid by
a Participant, other than a Participant who is a
"party in interest" within the meaning of ERISA
Section 3(14), within ninety (90) days following his
Termination of Employment. Effective December 12,
1994, loan repayments may be suspended under this
Plan, to the extent permitted under Section 414(u) of
the Code in connection with Military Service.
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(c) SEGREGATION OF ACCOUNTS. The Accounts of a Borrower
under this Plan, to the extent of such borrowing,
shall be deemed segregated for investment purposes.
The note representing such loan and the Borrower's
Accounts, to the extent of such borrowing, shall not
be taken into account in the valuation of the Plan
pursuant to Article 9 hereof.
(d) REPAYMENT PROCEDURES. Repayment of any loan made to
an Employee shall be by payroll deduction unless
another procedure is agreed to by the Plan
Administrator and the Employee. Repayment of any loan
made to a Borrower who is not an Employee shall be
made as mutually agreed by the Plan Administrator and
such Borrower.
(e) DOCUMENTATION AND COLLATERAL. Each Borrower shall
indicate his acceptance of the terms of the loan in
such manner as the Plan Administrator shall
determine. Without limiting the foregoing sentence,
executing on, endorsing or depositing the check
representing the loan proceeds shall automatically
constitute acceptance of the terms of the loan and
evidence the Borrower's obligation to repay the loan
in accordance with its terms. Each loan shall bear
interest payable to the order of the Trustee and
shall be supported by adequate collateral. Such
collateral shall consist of an amount not to exceed
fifty percent (50%) of the Borrower's entire Vested
Interest in and to the Trust Fund to adequately
secure the repayment of the loan. The Plan
Administrator may require such other and further
documentation as it deems appropriate.
(f) DEFAULT. The Plan Administrator may declare a
Borrower to be in default if he fails to make any
payment of principal or interest when due, if he
fails to make a required payment after a permitted
one (1) year grace period, as provided in subsection
(b) above, or if his collateral becomes inadequate to
secure the loan and he does not provide substitute
collateral satisfactory to the Plan Administrator
within ten (10) days after a request therefor by the
Plan Administrator. In the event the Plan
Administrator declares a Borrower to be in default,
his loan shall be accelerated, and:
(1) If his collateral security in this Plan is
adequate to cover all or part of the
outstanding principal and interest, and if
distribution of such amount would not, in
the opinion of the Plan Administrator, put
at risk the tax qualified status of the Plan
or the pre-tax contribution portion thereof,
the Trustee shall execute upon such Plan
collateral; and
(2) If his collateral security in this Plan is
not adequate to cover all of the outstanding
principal and interest, or if execution
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upon such collateral would, in the opinion
of the Plan Administrator, put at risk the
tax qualified status of the Plan or the
pre-tax contribution portion thereof, the
Trustee shall commence appropriate
collection actions against the Borrower to
recover the amounts owed.
Expenses of collection, including legal fees, if any,
of any loan in default shall be borne by the Borrower
or his Accounts under this Plan.
(g) LOAN ORIGINATION FEE. The Plan Administrator shall
charge to the Account of each Borrower a loan
origination fee. The loan origination fee shall be a
reasonable amount, as determined by the Plan
Administrator. Initially, the amount of such loan
origination fee shall be Fifty Dollars ($50.00). The
Plan Administrator may adjust such charge from time
to time to reflect the actual costs incurred in
processing loans, and such fees shall be assessed to
the Accounts of all Borrowers in a nondiscriminatory
manner. All loan origination fees shall be used by
the Plan Administrator to pay administrative expenses
of the Plan, unless otherwise directed by the
Company.
11.5 PAYMENT OF PRIOR LOANS.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article, in
the event the proceeds of any loan made hereunder shall be used directly or
indirectly to pay off any obligations under a prior loan made hereunder, the
term of the more recent loan shall not extend beyond the period of repayment
under the prior loan. For purposes of this Section, the Plan Administrator shall
be able to rely on a certification by the Borrower as to the use of the new
loan's proceeds.
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ARTICLE 12
TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
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12.1 RIGHT TO BENEFIT UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.
In the event of the Termination of Employment of a Participant
for any reason other than death, Disability or retirement, he shall be entitled
to receive a distribution of his Vested Interest.
12.2 COMMENCEMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS.
The Vested Interest of a terminated Participant shall be
distributed to him in accordance with the rules and procedures set forth in
Article 15 hereof. Distribution, on and after January 1, 1998, shall be made or
shall commence to be made as of the dates set forth below:
(a) if the value of his Vested Interest at the time of
distribution does not exceed Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00) plus any cost of living increase after
1998 under Section 411(a)(11) of the Code, the
distribution shall be made as soon as reasonably
possible following his Termination of Employment; or
(b) if the value of his Vested Interest at the time of
distribution exceeds Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00) plus any cost of living increase after
1998 under Section 411(a)(11) of the Code, then
unless the Participant elects to defer distribution
pursuant to Section 15.1 hereof, the distribution
shall be made no later than:
(1) as soon as reasonably possible following the
close of the Plan Year in which occurs the
later of his attainment of his Normal
Retirement Date or his Termination of
Employment, but not later than sixty (60)
days following the close of such Plan Year,
or
(2) as of such earlier date as the Participant
shall request, but not earlier than as soon
as reasonably possible following his
Termination of Employment.
The Plan Administrator shall prescribe uniform rules and procedures by
which a Participant may elect a distribution pursuant to this Article.
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12.3 VESTED PERCENTAGE.
If a terminated Participant's Vested Percentage is one hundred
percent (100%), his Profit Sharing Account and Match Account shall thereafter be
held, administered and distributed in accordance with Article 15 hereof.
If a terminated Participant's Vested Percentage is less than one
hundred percent (100%) his Profit Sharing Account and Match Account shall
continue to be administered as such and shall be revalued periodically in
accordance with the provisions of Article 9 hereof until:
(a) the date on which he has received a distribution of
his entire Vested Interest, if his Vested Interest
does not exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00)
plus any cost of living increase after 1998 under
Section 411(a)(11) of the Code; or
(b) the calendar quarter following the end of the
calendar quarter in which he has a Termination of
Employment, if his Vested Interest exceeds Five
Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) plus any cost of living
increase after 1998 under Section 411(a)(11) of the
Code;
at which time an amount equal to the excess of:
(1) the balance in his Profit Sharing Account
and Match Account, plus the amount, if any,
then credited to his Pre-Tax, After-Tax,
Qualified Nonelective, Qualified Match and
Rollover Accounts held for his benefit; over
(2) his Vested Interest in such Accounts;
shall be forfeited, debited to the appropriate Accounts and, if any amounts
remain credited to said Account after such forfeiture, such amounts shall
thereafter be held, administered and distributed in accordance with Article 15
hereof.
If a terminated Participant does not have a Vested Interest, he will be
deemed, for purposes of Section 12.3(a) above, to have received a distribution
of his entire Vested Interest as of the date of his Termination of Employment.
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12.4 USE OF FORFEITURES.
Subject to the following Paragraph, the amounts forfeited
pursuant to Section 12.3 hereof shall be allocated, as of the Valuation Date
which is the last day of the Plan Year coinciding with or next following the
date of forfeiture, among the Profit Sharing Accounts of each Participant who
is credited with at least one thousand (1,000) Hours of Service in the Plan
Year provided he is a Participant on the last day of the Plan Year. Each
eligible Participant's Profit Sharing Account shall be credited with that
portion of the value of such forfeitures which bears the same relationship to
the total of such forfeitures as such Participant's Compensation bears to the
total of all such eligible Participants' Compensation. The prior provisions of
this Section notwithstanding, no forfeitures shall be allocated to the Profit
Sharing Account of any Participant in excess of the limitations on Annual
Additions set forth in Article 19 hereof. Allocation of forfeitures shall be
made prior to the revaluation provided for in Article 9.
Amounts forfeited on or after July 1, 2000, pursuant to Section 12.3
hereof, shall be first used to pay ordinary and necessary fees and expenses of
the Plan, including, but not limited to (i) administrative fees and expenses
including those associated with the establishment and maintenance of investment
funds, (ii) correction of administrative and similar errors, (iii) recrediting
rehired participants pursuant to Section 12.5 hereof or (iv) other appropriate
purposes. If the forfeited amounts exceed the amounts utilized under the
preceding sentence for a Plan Year, any excess forfeiture amounts shall be
allocated among the Profit Sharing Accounts of eligible Participants in the
manner set forth in the preceding paragraph.
12.5 REHIRED PARTICIPANTS.
In the event a terminated Participant is rehired by a
Participating Company or any Affiliate prior to incurring five (5) consecutive
One Year Breaks in Service (or, as applicable, a five (5) year Period of
Severance), he shall immediately be reinstated as a Participant in this Plan and
any amounts forfeited pursuant to Section 12.3 above
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shall be recredited to his Accounts without adjustment for income, gains or
losses, as of the date such Participant is rehired, provided, however, that,
effective for any Participant who is rehired on or after July 1, 2000, no such
recrediting shall be made unless the Participant shall recontribute to this Plan
on or before the first to occur of:
(a) the date he incurs five (5) consecutive One Year
Breaks in Service (or, as applicable, a five (5) year
Period of Severance); or
(b) the fifth (5th) anniversary of his date of rehire;
the full amount distributed to him following his earlier Termination of
Employment. Such amount shall be recredited to the Account from which it was
distributed. For purposes of this Section, if a rehired Participant did not have
a Vested Interest at the time of his prior Termination of Employment and was
deemed for purposes of Section 12.3 hereof to have received a distribution of
his entire Vested Interest as of the date of such Termination of Employment, he
shall be deemed to have recontributed such entire Vested Interest as of his date
of rehire, provided such date of rehire is timely as hereinbefore provided in
this Section.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, in
order to balance the Accounts maintained under this Plan after giving effect to
the recrediting of previously forfeited amounts to a rehired Participant's
Profit Sharing Account and Match Account, the Company shall direct the Trustee
to do one or more of the following:
(c) reduce the value of the forfeitures, if any, which
would otherwise be allocated to Accounts as of or
before the Allocation Date which is the last day of
the Plan Year in which such Participant was rehired,
or the Plan Year thereafter;
(d) reduce Plan income or gain, if any, but only if Plan
Participants are not directing the investment of
their Accounts pursuant to Article 8 of the Plan,
which would otherwise be allocated to Accounts as of
or before the Allocation Date which is the last day
of the Plan Year following the Plan Year in which
such Participant was rehired; or
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(e) require the appropriate Participating Company, as
determined by the Company in its sole discretion, to
contribute to the Plan an amount equal to the
difference between the aggregate previously forfeited
amounts which were recredited to such Accounts of
Participants who were rehired and the sum of the
amounts described in (a) and (b) above. Such
contribution shall be made by the Participating
Company no later than the last day of the Plan Year
following the Plan Year in which such Participant was
rehired, or, if such last day is also the last day of
the Participating Company's Taxable Year, then no
later than the due date (including extensions) of its
tax return for such Taxable Year.
No amount allocated hereunder, whether arising from forfeitures,
earnings or additional contributions shall be deemed to be an Annual Addition
for purposes of Section 2.7 and Article 19 of the Plan at the time of allocation
under this Section, but rather shall be deemed to have been contributed at the
time of the original contribution.
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ARTICLE 13
RETIREMENT BENEFITS
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13.1 NORMAL RETIREMENT.
The Profit Sharing Account and Match Account of a Participant
who has attained his Normal Retirement Date shall be fully vested and
nonforfeitable. A Participant who retires on his Normal Retirement Date shall be
entitled to receive an amount equal to the amounts and Shares then credited to
Accounts held for his benefit. Unless a Participant elects to defer distribution
pursuant to Section 15.1 hereof, such amounts and Shares shall be distributed or
shall commence to be distributed as soon as reasonably possible after his date
of retirement but not later than sixty (60) days after the close of the Plan
Year which includes his date of retirement. Such distribution shall be made in
accordance with the provisions of Article 15 hereof.
13.2 EARLY RETIREMENT.
A Participant may elect to retire before reaching his Normal
Retirement Date, but not before his Early Retirement Date. In the event of such
early retirement, a Participant shall be deemed to have retired upon the date of
his Termination of Employment with a Participating Company or any Affiliate.
Such Participant shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to the amounts and
Shares credited to the Accounts held for his benefit. Unless a Participant
elects to defer distribution pursuant to Section 15.1 hereof, such amounts and
Shares shall be distributed or shall commence to be distributed as soon as
reasonably possible following the close of the Plan Year in which his Normal
Retirement Date occurs, but not later than sixty (60) days following the close
of such Plan Year, or as of such earlier date as the Participant shall elect,
provided such date is not earlier than as soon as reasonably possible following
the Participant's retirement date.
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Such distribution shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Article 15
hereof.
13.3 LATE RETIREMENT.
In the event a Participant works beyond his Normal Retirement
Date, his retirement shall be deemed to have occurred on the date of his
Termination of Employment with a Participating Company or any Affiliate for any
reason other than death. In the event of such late retirement, such Participant
shall be entitled to receive a distribution of the amounts and Shares credited
to his Accounts. Unless a Participant elects to defer distribution pursuant to
Section 15.1 hereof, such amounts and Shares shall be distributed or shall
commence to be distributed as soon as reasonably possible after his date of late
retirement but not later than sixty (60) days following the close of the Plan
Year which includes his date of late retirement. Such distribution shall be made
in accordance with the provisions of Article 15 hereof.
13.4 DISABILITY RETIREMENT.
Upon receipt from a Participant or a person authorized by him
or on his behalf of a request that distributions be made on account of such
Participant's Disability, or upon its motion, the Plan Administrator shall
determine the extent of the Participant's Disability and may, to assist it in
making such determination, cause appropriate medical diagnoses and tests to be
made at the expense of the Participating Companies. If the Plan Administrator
shall
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determine that the Participant is Disabled, as defined in Article 2 hereof, his
date of Disability retirement shall be deemed to be the first day of the month
following the date on which the Plan Administrator determined him to be Disabled
or such earlier date as he shall have incurred a Termination of Employment as
defined in Article 2 hereof in connection with said Disability, and he will be
deemed to have ceased to be an active Participant on that date. Such a Disabled
Participant shall be entitled to receive the amounts and Shares then credited to
all Accounts held for his benefit. Unless a Participant elects to defer
distribution pursuant to Section 15.1 hereof, such amounts and Shares shall be
distributed or shall commence to be distributed as soon as reasonably possible
following the close of the Plan Year in which his Normal Retirement Date occurs,
but not later than sixty (60) days following the close of such Plan Year, or as
of such earlier date as the Participant shall elect, provided such date is not
earlier than as soon as reasonably possible following the Participant's date of
Disability retirement. Such distribution shall be made in accordance with the
provisions of Article 15 hereof.
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ARTICLE 14
DEATH BENEFITS
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14.1 DEATH OF A PARTICIPANT.
In the event of the Termination of Employment of a Participant
by reason of his death, his designated Beneficiary shall be entitled to receive
a distribution in an amount equal to the amounts and Shares then credited to the
Accounts held for his benefit. Unless a Beneficiary elects to defer distribution
pursuant to Section 15.1, such amounts and Shares shall be distributed or shall
commence to be distributed as soon as reasonably possible following the
Participant's death, but not later than sixty (60) days after the close of the
Plan Year in which occurs the later of the Participant's Normal Retirement Date
or date of death. Such distribution shall be made in accordance with the
provisions of Article 15 hereof.
14.2 DEATH OF A RETIRED OR TERMINATED PARTICIPANT PRIOR TO
COMMENCEMENT OF BENEFITS.
In the event of the death of a retired or terminated
Participant prior to the date distribution has been made or commenced to be made
to him, his designated Beneficiary shall be entitled to receive a distribution
in an amount equal to his Vested Interest. The Vested Percentage of a retired or
terminated Participant shall not increase due to his death. Unless a Beneficiary
elects to defer such distribution pursuant to Section 15.1 hereof, such amounts
and Shares shall be distributed or shall commence to be distributed as soon as
reasonably possible following the Participant's death, but not later than sixty
(60) days after the close of the Plan Year in which occurs the later of the
Participant's Normal Retirement Date or date of death. Such distribution shall
be made in accordance with the provisions of Article 15 hereof.
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14.3 DEATH OF A RETIRED OR TERMINATED PARTICIPANT AFTER
COMMENCEMENT OF BENEFITS.
In the event of the death of a retired or terminated
Participant after the date of distribution or the commencement of distribution
to him, no benefits shall be payable to his Beneficiary except to the extent
provided for by the method under which the retired or terminated Participant was
receiving distributions under Article 15 hereof.
14.4 NO BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION.
Unless a Participant or former Participant has designated a
death Beneficiary in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.5 hereof, his
death Beneficiary shall be deemed to be the person or persons in the first of
the following classes in which there are any survivors of such Participant:
(a) his spouse at the time of his death;
(b) his issue, per capita; and
(c) the executor or administrator of his estate.
14.5 DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY.
In lieu of having the amounts distributable pursuant to this
Article distributed to a death Beneficiary determined in accordance with the
provisions of Section 14.4 hereof, a Participant or former Participant may sign
a document designating a death Beneficiary or death Beneficiaries to receive
such amounts. If the Participant is married, any such designation shall be
effective only if the spouse of the Participant is the sole primary Beneficiary
or the spouse consents to such designation in the manner set forth in Section
23.5 hereof.
14.6 PLAN ADMINISTRATOR TO NOTIFY TRUSTEE.
Upon the death of a Participant or a former Participant, the
Plan Administrator shall immediately advise the Trustee of the identity of such
Participant's death
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Beneficiary or Beneficiaries. The Trustee shall be completely protected in
making distributions to any person or persons in accordance with the
instructions it receives from the Plan Administrator.
14.7 INCOMPLETE DISPOSITION.
In the event that a Participant or former Participant, dies at
a time when he has a designation on file with the Plan Administrator which does
not dispose of all of the amounts and Shares distributable under this Plan upon
his death, then the amounts and Shares distributable on behalf of said
Participant or former Participant, the disposition of which was not determined
by the deceased Participant's or former Participant's designation, shall be
distributed to a death Beneficiary determined under the provisions of Section
14.4 hereof.
14.8 AMBIGUITY OF BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION.
Any ambiguity in a Participant's death Beneficiary designation
shall be resolved by the Plan Administrator. Subject to Section 14.5 hereof, the
Plan Administrator may direct a Participant to clarify his designation and if
necessary execute a new designation containing such clarification.
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ARTICLE 15
DISTRIBUTIONS
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15.1 TIME OF DISTRIBUTION.
Distributions will normally commence as of the dates specified
in Articles 12, 13 and 14 hereof. However, a Participant, former Participant or
Beneficiary who becomes eligible for a benefit hereunder pursuant to Article 13
or 14 hereof, and whose Vested Interest, in each case, exceeds Five Thousand
Dollars ($5,000.00) plus any cost of living increase after 1998 under
Section 411(a)(11) of the Code, may elect in writing, or by inaction while such
Vested Interest could be withdrawn upon proper request, subject to Section 15.9
hereof, to defer any distribution to a later date. Furthermore, if a Participant
continues in the employ of a Participating Company or an Affiliate until his
attainment of age seventy and one-half (70-1/2), distributions may be required
to commence as of the date specified in Section 15.9 hereof even if he remains
so employed at the time of distribution.
Finally, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section and
the contrary provisions of Articles 12, 13 and 14, the requirement that a
distribution commence within sixty (60) days after the close of the Plan Year in
which a Participant's Normal Retirement Date occurs shall not apply if the
amount of payment required to be made on such date cannot be ascertained by such
date or the Plan Administrator is unable to locate the Participant after making
reasonable efforts to do so, provided that, within sixty (60) days after such
amount can be ascertained or the Participant is located, a payment is made
retroactive to such date. This paragraph is not intended to permit a
Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary to elect to defer payment beyond
the dates otherwise provided therefor in this Plan.
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15.2 NORMAL METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION.
The normal method of distribution of the amounts distributable
to a Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary pursuant to Article 10, 11,
12, 13 or 14 hereof shall be a single sum payment.
15.3 QUALIFIED JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION.
In lieu of receiving a single sum payment pursuant to Section
15.2 hereof, a Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary may elect that the
method of distribution of the amounts distributable to him pursuant to Article
12, 13 or 14 shall be as follows:
(a) Distributions may be made to a married Participant or
a married former Participant in the Survivor's
Annuity Form described in Section 15.4 hereof;
(b) Distributions may be made to an unmarried
Participant, an unmarried former Participant or a
Beneficiary in the Life Annuity Form described in
Section 15.4 hereof.
15.4 OPTIONAL METHODS OF DISTRIBUTION.
In lieu of receiving the amounts distributable to him pursuant
to the methods of distribution set forth in Sections 15.2 and 15.3 hereof, a
Participant, a former Participant or a Beneficiary may, subject to the notice
requirements set forth in Section 15.5 and the spousal consent requirements set
forth in Sections 15.6 and 15.13, elect to receive such amounts pursuant to any
one or a combination of the following optional methods of distribution:
FORM 1. LIFE ANNUITY FORM. A Participant who receives payment
of his retirement benefits under the Life Annuity Form, shall
receive an annuity providing retirement benefit payments
during his life. No retirement benefits shall be payable after
the death of the Participant.
FORM 2. SURVIVOR'S ANNUITY FORM. A Participant who receives
payment of his retirement benefits under the Survivor's
Annuity Form, shall receive an annuity providing retirement
benefit payments during his life with the provision that after
his death fifty percent (50%) or one hundred percent (100%),
as shall be selected by the Participant ("Selected
Percentage"), of his monthly retirement benefit shall continue
during the life of and shall be
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paid to the person who was his spouse on the date his
retirement benefits commence.
FORM 3. JOINT AND SURVIVOR FORM. A Participant who receives
payment of his retirement benefits under the Joint and
Survivor Form shall receive retirement benefit payments during
his life, with the provision that after his death one hundred
percent (100%) or fifty percent (50%), as shall be selected by
the Participant ("Selected Percentage"), of his monthly
retirement benefit shall continue during the life of and shall
be paid to such Beneficiary as he shall nominate by written
designation duly filed with the Plan Administrator or its
designated representative.
FORM 4. LIFE-PERIOD CERTAIN FORM. A Participant who receives
payment of his retirement benefits under the Life-Period
Certain Form shall receive retirement benefit payments during
his life, with the provision that, in the event the
Participant shall die before he shall have received retirement
benefit payments for a period of one hundred twenty (120)
months or one hundred eighty (180) months, as shall be
selected by the Participant ("Selected Term"), after his death
one hundred percent (100%) of his monthly retirement benefit
shall continue for the remainder of said period to such
Beneficiary as he shall have nominated by written designation
duly filed with the Plan Administrator or its designated
representative.
FORM 5. JOINT AND SURVIVOR-PERIOD CERTAIN FORM. A Participant
who receives payment of his retirement benefits under the
Joint and Survivor-Period Certain Form shall receive
retirement benefit payments during his life, with the
provision that, after his death, one hundred percent (100%) or
fifty percent (50%), as shall be selected by the Participant
("Selected Percentage"), of his monthly retirement benefit
shall continue during the life of and shall be paid to such
Beneficiary as he shall have nominated by written designation
duly filed with the Plan Administrator or its designated
representative. In the event the Participant shall die before
he shall have received retirement benefit payments for a
period of one hundred twenty (120) months, one hundred percent
(100%) of his monthly retirement benefit shall continue for
the remainder of said one hundred twenty (120) month period to
such Beneficiary. After the end of said one hundred twenty
(120) month period, the Selected Percentage of his monthly
retirement benefit shall continue during the life of and shall
be paid to such Beneficiary. If both the Participant and his
Beneficiary shall die before they shall have collectively
received one hundred twenty (120) months of unreduced
retirement benefit payments, such monthly retirement benefit
payments shall continue for the remainder of such period to
such alternate Beneficiary as the Participant shall have
nominated by written designation duly filed with the Plan
Administrator or its designated representative.
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FORM 6. FLEXIBLE INSTALLMENT PAYMENT FORM. A Participant who
receives payment of his retirement benefits under the Flexible
Installment Payment Form shall receive an annuity by which the
Participant's Vested Interest under the Plan is refunded to
him in monthly payments over the Participant's life
expectancy. The amount refunded each year is not fixed, and is
determined based upon the Participant's life expectancy. If
the Participant shall die, the amount remaining of his Vested
Interest shall be distributed to such Beneficiary as the
Participant shall have nominated by written designation duly
filed with the Plan Administrator or its designated
representative.
FORM 7. FIXED INSTALLMENT PAYMENT FORM. A Participant who
receives payment of his retirement benefits under the Fixed
Installment Payment Form shall receive an annuity by which the
Participant's Vested Interest under the Plan is refunded to
him in fixed monthly retirement payments over sixty (60)
months, one hundred twenty (120) months, or one hundred eighty
(180) months, as shall be selected by the Participant
("Selected Term"). If the Participant shall die before he
shall have received retirement benefit payments for the
Selected Term, one hundred percent (100%) of his monthly
retirement benefit shall continue for the remainder of said
Selected Term to such Beneficiary as he shall have nominated
by written designation duly filed with the Plan Administrator
or its designated representative. At the end of the Selected
Term, all payments shall cease.
15.5 NOTICE OF METHODS OF DISTRIBUTION.
If the annuity method of distribution has been selected as the
method of distribution pursuant to Section 15.3 hereof, the Plan Administrator
shall, no less than thirty (30) days and no more than ninety (90) days prior to
the date a Participant's, former Participant's or Beneficiary's benefits become
distributable, provide each such individual with a written explanation of the
terms and conditions of such annuity method of distribution, the individual's
right to revoke such election or to elect an optional method of distribution,
the effect of such revocation or election, the right of a Participant's or
former Participant's spouse under the method of distribution and under the
optional methods of distribution and the relative values of the methods of
distribution available.
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Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article to the
contrary, effective April 1, 1997, the following provisions apply to the time
for written explanation under Section 417(a)(7) of the Code:
(a) The written explanation described in Section
417(a)(3)(A) of the Code may be provided after the
Participant's distributions are to commence, except
to the extent provided in lawful regulations. If so,
the ninety (90) day applicable election period shall
not end before the thirtieth (30th) day after the
date on which such explanation is provided.
(b) A Participant may elect (with any applicable spousal
consent) to waive any requirement that the written
explanation be provided at least thirty (30) days
before the date as of which the Participant's
distributions are to commence (or to waive the thirty
(30) day requirement under the above paragraph) if:
(1) the Plan Administrator provides information
clearly indicating the Participant has the
right to at least thirty (30) days to
consider whether to waive the form of
annuity contract applicable to him under
Section 15.3 and consent to a form of
distribution other than such annuity
contract;
(2) the distribution commences more than seven
(7) days after such explanation is received;
and
(3) the Participant is permitted to revoke an
affirmative distribution election at least
until the annuity starting date, or if
later, at any time prior to the expiration
of the seven (7) day period that begins the
day after such explanation is provided to
the Participant.
15.6 ELECTION OF ANNUITY OR OPTIONAL METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION.
To elect an annuity method of distribution as set forth in
Section 15.3 hereof or one or a combination of the optional methods of
distribution set forth in Section 15.4 hereof, a Participant, former Participant
or Beneficiary shall notify the Plan Administrator of such election in writing
prior to the date his retirement benefits become distributable pursuant to
Article 12, 13 or 14 hereof. If a married Participant or former Participant has
elected the annuity method of distribution as set forth in Section 15.3 hereof
and desires to revoke such election or to
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receive his retirement benefits under an optional method of distribution, such
revocation or election shall not be of any effect and the Participant or former
Participant shall be treated the same as though his revocation or election had
not been made unless the Participant's or former Participant's spouse consents
in writing to such revocation or election in the manner set forth in Section
23.5 hereof. Any such election by a married Participant or married former
Participant shall designate a specific optional method of distribution which
shall not be changed without his spouse's further consent in the manner set
forth in Section 23.5 hereof, unless the spouse's original consent expressly
permits further changes by the Participant or former Participant.
Any such married Participant or former Participant shall,
after having received a written explanation of the annuity forms and optional
forms of benefit pursuant to Section 15.5 hereof, be permitted to make such
revocation or election within the ninety (90) period prior to the date benefits
will be paid or will commence to be paid to him. The date a Participant's
benefits become distributable shall be delayed, if necessary, to insure that a
Participant shall have received the written explanation described in Section
15.5 hereof at least thirty (30) days prior to the date his benefits become
distributable unless, and with respect only to a Participant who has elected a
non-annuity form of payment, he waives such thirty (30) day requirement in
writing. In addition to the foregoing, a Participant or former Participant may,
subject to the spousal consent requirement described above, revoke a prior
election and elect another method of distribution, if desired, prior to the date
benefits will be paid or will commence to be paid to him. The number of
revocations hereunder shall not be limited.
15.7 DISTRIBUTIONS IN CASH OR IN KIND.
If a Participant's Account contains Shares, distributions
from such Account shall be made in cash or in Shares, as the Participant,
former Participant or his Beneficiary, in the event of such Participant's
death, shall elect; provided, however, that fractional Shares shall
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be distributed in cash. To the extent an Account is not invested in Shares,
distributions from such Account shall generally be made in cash; provided,
however, that if a Participant's Account is invested in a Directed Brokerage
Account pursuant to Article 8 hereof, the Participant, former Participant or
Beneficiary may elect to receive his distribution therefrom in the form of the
assets held in said Directed Brokerage Account if such assets are distributable
in kind under their terms and by law.
15.8 RESPONSIBILITY OF PLAN ADMINISTRATOR AND TRUSTEE REGARDING
DISTRIBUTIONS.
At such time as a Participant, former Participant or
Beneficiary is eligible for a distribution hereunder, the Plan Administrator
shall notify the Trustee of the method of distribution applicable to such person
and shall direct the Trustee to take one or a combination of the following
actions to effectuate the method of distribution:
(a) make one (1) or more payments to purchase from an
insurance company, a fully paid-up, nontransferable
annuity contract or contracts; or
(b) make distributions of cash directly from the Trust
Fund to such person.
In the event that the Plan Administrator, pursuant to this Section
obtains an annuity contract for the benefit of a Participant, former Participant
or Beneficiary, the Plan Administrator shall, after having selected such
settlement options and placed such restrictive endorsements thereon as are
deemed to be appropriate, cause the ownership of the contract or contracts to be
transferred to such Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary and cause
said contract or contracts to be delivered to him. The delivery of said contract
or contracts shall be in full settlement of such Participant's, former
Participant's or Beneficiary's rights under this Plan. The Company, other
Participating Companies and Affiliates, the Plan Administrator and the Trustee
shall not be responsible for:
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(1) any failure on the part of any insurance company or
other annuity provider to make any payments or
provide any benefit under any annuity contract;
(2) for the action or inaction of any person which may
render any annuity contract invalid or unenforceable;
and
(3) any inability to perform or delay in performing any
act occasioned by any provisions of any annuity
contract or restriction imposed by any insurance
company or by any other person.
Any amounts paid from the Trust Fund to an insurance company or to a
Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary shall be debited to such person's
Accounts.
15.9 RESTRICTIONS ON DELAY AND TIMING OF DISTRIBUTIONS.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Plan,
distributions hereunder shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(a) in the case of a living Participant or former
Participant:
(1) distribution must commence on or before:
(A) with respect to a Participant or
former Participant who is a five
percent (5%) owner, as defined in
Section 416(i) of the Code, no
later than the April 1 of the
calendar year following the
calendar year in which such
Participant or former Participant
attains age seventy and one-half
(70-1/2); and
(B) with respect to a Participant who
attains age seventy and one-half
(70-1/2) before January 1, 1998 or
after December 31, 2000 and is not
a five percent (5%) owner, as
defined in Section 416(i) of the
Code, on or before the April 1
following the end of the calendar
year in which such Participant
attains age seventy and one-half
(70-1/2) or retires, as the
Participant elects; and
(C) with respect to a former
Participant who attains age seventy
and one-half (70-1/2) before
January 1, 1998 or after December
31, 2000 and is not a five percent
(5%) owner, as defined in Section
416(i) of the Code, on or before
the April 1 following the end of
the calendar year in which such
former
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Participant attains age seventy and
one-half (70-1/2); and
(D) with respect to a Participant or
former Participant who attains age
seventy and one-half (70-1/2) after
December 31, 1987 and prior to
January 1, 2001 and who is not a
five percent owner, as defined in
Section 416(i) of the Code,
distribution must commence on or
before the April 1 following the
end of the calendar year in which
he attains age seventy and one-half
(70-1/2); provided, however, that
upon reasonable notice to the
Company, such a Participant (but
not former Participant) may elect
at any time prior to his actual
retirement that such required
distributions shall cease and
recommence as of a date elected by
such Participant, which shall be
after his actual retirement but not
later than the April 1 immediately
following the end of the calendar
year in which such Participant
actually retires;
(2) annuity or installment distributions shall
not be payable over a period of years in
excess of his life expectancy or the joint
life expectancies of himself and his spouse
or Beneficiary; and
(3) period certain annuity payments shall not be
made beyond the life expectancy of the
Participant or beyond the joint life
expectancies of the Participant and his
spouse or Beneficiary; and
(b) in the case of a deceased Participant or former
Participant, benefits commencing after his death
shall be payable either:
(1) by the December 31 of the calendar year
containing the fifth anniversary of the
Participant's death; or
(2) if benefits commence to his Beneficiary
either:
(A) on or before the December 31 of the
calendar year immediately following
the calendar year in which the
Participant died or on a later date
permitted under any lawful
regulations issued by the Secretary
of the Treasury; or
(B) if his spouse is his Beneficiary,
by the later of the December 31 of
the calendar year immediately
following the calendar year in
which the Participant
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died and the December 31 of the
calendar year in which the
Participant would have attained age
seventy and one-half (70-1/2);
over a period not extending beyond the life
expectancy of such Beneficiary; or
(3) if the Participant's distribution had
commenced prior to his death under a form of
payment meeting the requirements of
subsection (a)(2) or (a)(3) above, such
distribution must be completed by the
remainder of the period specified in said
subsection (a)(2) or (a)(3); and
(c) in the case of the death of a Beneficiary who is the
surviving spouse of a deceased Participant, a
distribution commencing after the death of the spouse
shall be payable either:
(1) by the December 31 of the calendar year
containing the fifth anniversary of the
spouse's death;
(2) if distribution commences to the spouse's
beneficiary on or before the December 31 of
the calendar year of the spouse's death, or
on a later date permitted under any lawful
regulations issued by the Secretary of the
Treasury, over a period not extending beyond
the life expectancy of such beneficiary; or
(d) in the event payments are made to a Participant's
child, for purposes of this Section, such payments
shall be deemed to be paid to the Participant's
spouse if such payments will become payable to such
spouse upon such child's reaching majority or any
other event permitted under any lawful regulations
issued by the Secretary of the Treasury.
A Participant, former Participant or spouse of a Participant who elects to take
distribution over his life expectancy may elect to have his life expectancy
redetermined from time to time but not more frequently than annually. In the
event that a Participant, former Participant or spouse of a Participant fails to
make such an election, then no redetermination shall be performed.
All distributions required under this Article shall be determined and
made in accordance with the regulations under Section 401(a)(9) of the Code,
including the minimum distribution incidental benefit requirement of Section
1.401(a)(9)-2 of the regulations.
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15.10 REVALUATION OF UNDISTRIBUTED AMOUNTS.
As long as there remain any amounts or Shares credited to a
Paraticipant's Accounts, the Trustee shall continue to maintain said Accounts
and said Accounts shall be periodically revalued in accordance with the
provisions of Article 9 hereof.
15.11 IMMEDIATE LUMP SUM PAYMENT OF SMALL AMOUNTS.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Plan to the
contrary, in the event that the Vested Interest of a retired, terminated,
Disabled or deceased Participant has a value less than or equal to Five
Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) plus any cost of living increase after 1998 under
Section 411(a)(11) of the Code, the Plan Administrator shall direct the Trustee
to distribute the Vested Interest credited to such Participant's Accounts in a
single sum payment as soon as reasonably possible after the Participant's
Termination of Employment, but not later than sixty (60) days after the close
of the Plan Year which includes the Participant's Normal Retirement Date,
without the consent of the Participant or his Beneficiary. Any such single sum
distribution shall be subject to the requirements of Section 15.12 hereof.
Subject to the provisions of Section 12.5 hereof relating to the rehire of such
a terminated Participant, any such single sum payment shall be in full
settlement of such Participant's or Beneficiary's rights under this Plan.
15.12 ELECTIONS REGARDING DIRECT ROLLOVERS.
Any distribution made hereunder to a Distributee shall be made
directly to such Distributee unless he elects a Direct Rollover pursuant to the
second paragraph of this Section; provided, however, that the Distributee must
acknowledge in writing that he understands that any payment after December 31,
1992 which is eligible under Section 402(c) of the Code to be rolled over to an
Eligible Retirement Plan will be subject to withholding taxes.
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Each Distributee shall have the right to direct that any distribution
which, under Code Section 402(c), qualifies as an Eligible Rollover Distribution
be transferred directly to an Eligible Retirement Plan. A Distributee may direct
that part of the distribution be transferred directly to an Eligible Retirement
Plan and the balance be paid to him. A Distributee is not permitted to direct
that his distribution be transferred directly to more than one Eligible
Retirement Plan. In the event that a Distributee fails to make any direction
within the time prescribed pursuant to reasonable and uniform procedures
established by the Plan Administrator, the distribution shall be paid directly
to him after deduction of appropriate withholding taxes.
Unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms shall have
the following meanings whenever used in this Section:
(a) "Eligible Rollover Distribution" shall mean 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:
(1) 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;
(2) any distribution to the extent such
distribution is required under Section 15.9
above which reflects the requirements under
Section 401(a)(9) of the Code; and
(3) the portion of any distribution that is not
includible in gross income (determined
without regard to the exclusion for net
unrealized appreciation with respect to
employer securities).
(b) "Eligible Retirement Plan" shall mean:
(1) an individual retirement account described
in Section 408(a) of the Code;
(2) an individual retirement annuity described
in Section 408(b) of the Code;
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(3) an annuity plan described in Section 403(a)
of the Code; or
(4) a qualified trust described in Section
401(a) of the Code;
that accepts the Distributee's Eligible Rollover
Distribution.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, 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.
(c) "Distributee" shall mean:
(1) an Employee or former Employee; and
(2) an Employee's or a former Employee's
surviving spouse and an Employee's or former
Employee's spouse or former spouse who is
the alternate payee under a qualified
domestic relations order, as defined in
Section 414(p) of the Code, without regard
to the interest of the spouse or former
spouse.
(d) "Direct Rollover" shall mean a payment by the Plan to
the Eligible Retirement Plan specified by the
Distributee.
15.13 SPOUSE'S CONSENT.
No distribution may be made pursuant to Article 15 hereunder
unless the Participant's spouse, if any, consents in the manner set forth in
Section 23.5 hereof if such consent is required under Section 23.6 hereof.
15.14 MINORITY AND INCAPACITY.
During the minority or incapacity of any person entitled to
benefits under the Plan, the Trustee shall make payment to such minor or
incapacitated person or to an appropriate member, as determined by the Plan
Administrator, of such person's family for the care, maintenance and support of
such person in such amounts and at such times as the Plan Administrator may
determine. The receipt of such minor or incapacitated person or members of such
minor's or incapacitated person's family to whom payment has been made shall be
a full discharge and acquittance to the Trustee for the amount so paid.
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15.15 MISSING PARTICIPANTS.
If, after reasonable efforts of the Plan Administrator to
locate a Participant or the Beneficiary of a deceased Participant, including
sending a registered letter, return receipt requested, to the last known address
of the Participant or Beneficiary, the Plan Administrator is unable to locate
the Participant or Beneficiary, then the amounts distributable to such
Participant or Beneficiary shall, pursuant to applicable state or Federal laws,
be treated as a forfeiture under the Plan. In the event that such a Participant
or Beneficiary is located subsequent to such a forfeiture, then, pursuant to
applicable state or Federal laws, his benefits shall be reinstated and shall not
be used to determine his Annual Additions for the Plan Year in which it is
reinstated. If the Plan is joined as a party to any escheat proceedings
involving an amount forfeited pursuant to this Section, the Plan shall comply
with the final judgment as if it were a claim filed by the former Participant or
Beneficiary and shall pay in accordance with said judgment.
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ARTICLE 16
ADMINISTRATION
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16.1 THE PLAN ADMINISTRATOR.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Company may appoint the
Plan Administrator which shall be any person(s), corporation or partnership,
(including the Company itself) as said Chief Executive Officer shall deem
desirable in his sole discretion. Said Chief Executive Officer shall notify the
Trustee of the identity of the Plan Administrator and of any change in the Plan
Administrator. Unless the Chief Executive Officer appoints another Plan
Administrator, the Company shall be the Plan Administrator. Except as expressly
set forth herein with respect to the duties and responsibilities of the Trustee,
an Investment Manager, the Committee, or the Company, the Plan Administrator
shall administer the Plan and shall have all powers and duties granted or
imposed on an "administrator" by ERISA. The Plan Administrator shall determine
any and all questions of fact, resolve all questions of interpretation of this
instrument or related documents which may arise under any of the provisions of
this Plan as to which no other provision for determination is made hereunder,
and exercise all other powers and discretions necessary to be exercised under
the terms of this Plan which it is herein given or for which no contrary
provision is made. The Plan Administrator is hereby given the power and
discretion to administer the Plan in accordance with procedures beyond and/or in
conflict with those provided under the terms of the written Plan document,
provided such procedures are as set forth and as permitted under the Code. The
Plan Administrator shall have full power and discretion to interpret this Plan
and related documents, to resolve ambiguities, inconsistencies and omissions, to
determine any question of fact, to determine the right to benefits of, and the
amount of benefits, if any, payable to, the claimant in accordance with the
provisions of this Plan. Subject to the provisions of Section 16.6, the Plan
Administrator's decision with respect to any matter shall be final and binding
upon the Trustee
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and all other parties concerned, and neither the Plan Administrator nor any of
its directors, officers or employees, if applicable, shall be liable in that
regard except for gross abuse of the discretion given it and them under the
terms of this Plan. All determinations of the Plan Administrator shall be made
in a uniform, consistent and nondiscriminatory manner with respect to all
Participants and Beneficiaries in similar circumstances. The Plan Administrator,
from time to time, may designate one or more persons or agents to carry out any
or all of its duties hereunder.
The Administrator shall also have the authority and discretion to
engage an Administrative Delegate who shall perform, without discretionary
authority or control, administrative functions within the framework of policies,
interpretations, rules, practices and procedures made by the Plan Administrator
or other Plan fiduciary. Any action made or taken by the Administrative Delegate
may be appealed by an affected Participant to the Plan Administrator in
accordance with the claims review procedures provided in Section 16.5 hereof.
Any decisions which call for interpretations of Plan provisions not previously
made by the Plan Administrator shall be made only by the Plan Administrator. The
Administrative Delegate shall not be considered a fiduciary with respect to the
services it provides.
16.2 RETIREMENT COMMITTEE.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Company shall appoint the
members of a Retirement Committee which shall consist of three (3) or more
members. Such Committee shall decide appeals of application denials as provided
in Section 16.6 and shall have such other powers and duties as shall from time
to time be assigned to the Committee by the Company. The members of the
Committee shall remain in office at the will of the Chief Executive Officer, and
the Chief Executive Officer may remove any of said members, from time to time,
with or without cause. A member of the Committee may resign upon written notice
to the remaining member or members of the
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Committee and to the Company respectively. The fact that a person is a
prospective Participant, a Participant or a former Participant shall not
disqualify him from acting as a member of the Committee. In case of the death,
resignation or removal of any member of the Committee, the remaining members
shall act until a successor-member shall be appointed by the Chief Executive
Officer of the Company. Upon request, the Company shall notify the Trustee and
the Plan Administrator in writing of the names of the original members of the
Committee, of any and all changes in the membership of the Committee, of the
member designated as Chairman and the member designated as Secretary, and of any
changes in either office. Until notified of a change, the Trustee and the Plan
Administrator shall be protected in assuming that there has been no change in
the membership of the Committee or the designation of Chairman or of Secretary
since the last notification was filed with it. The Trustee and the Plan
Administrator shall be under no obligation at any time to inquire into the
membership of the Committee or its officers. All communications to the Committee
shall be addressed to its Secretary at the address of the Company on file with
the Trustee.
16.3 COMMITTEE PROCEDURES.
On all matters and questions the decision of a majority of the
members of the Committee shall govern and control; but a meeting need not be
called or held to make any decision. The Committee shall appoint one of its
members to act as its Chairman and another member to act as Secretary. The terms
of office of these members shall be determined by the Committee, and the
Secretary and/or Chairman may be removed by the other members of the Committee
for any reason which such other members may deem just and proper. The Secretary
shall do all things directed by the Committee. Although the Committee shall act
by decision of a majority of its members as above provided, nevertheless in the
absence of written notice to the contrary, every person may deal with the
Secretary and consider his acts as having been
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authorized by the Committee. Any notice served or demand made on the Secretary
shall be deemed to have been served or made upon the Committee.
16.4 EXPENSES OF ADMINISTRATION AND COMMITTEE.
No member of the Committee shall be disqualified from acting
on any question because of his interest therein. No fee or compensation shall be
paid to any member of the Committee for his services as such, but the Committee
shall be reimbursed for its expenses by the Company. The Committee and the Plan
Administrator may hire such attorneys, accountants, actuaries, agents, clerks,
and secretaries as it may deem desirable in the performance of its functions.
Any expense of administration of the Plan and the Trust shall
be paid in either of the following manners, as determined by the Company in its
sole discretion:
(a) the expense may be paid directly by the
Company or other Participating Companies; or
(b) the expense may be paid out of the Trust
Fund.
The expenses of administration of the Plan and the Trust shall include, without
limitation, (i) Trustee's fees as such may from time to time be agreed upon
between the Company and the Trustee, (ii) the costs of processing contributions,
investments, accounts, loans, distributions and claims, including the cost of
any equipment or other property used in connection therewith, (iii) the cost of
preparing, distributing and filing any governmental submissions, filings,
reports or returns with respect to the Plan and any summary plan descriptions
and other notices, reports, election forms or statements for Plan Participants,
(iv) the costs of any amendments necessary or desirable to maintain the Plan in
compliance with any applicable laws or to reflect Plan operation, (v) the cost
of any attorneys, accountants, actuaries, agents, clerks, secretaries, or
third-party administrators or service providers hired or utilized by the Plan or
by the
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Administrator or Committee in connection with the performance of their functions
hereunder, or by the Company in connection with Plan administration, and (vi)
any other expenses relating to Plan administration.
In the event that the Plan incurs expenses which relate to the Accounts
of only certain of the Participants, and such expenses are to be paid out of the
Trust Fund, the Plan Administrator may direct the Trustee to charge such
expenses in any manner the Plan Administrator deems appropriate to the Accounts
to which such expenses relate.
16.5 CLAIMS PROCEDURE.
Claims for benefits shall be made by application of the Participant or
Beneficiary (the "claimant") in such manner as the Plan Administrator shall
reasonably prescribe. The Plan Administrator shall process each such claim and
determine entitlement to benefits within ninety (90) days of its receipt of a
completed application for benefits. If special circumstances exist, the Plan
Administrator may obtain a ninety (90) day extension by providing the claimant
written notice of the extension within the initial ninety (90) day period. The
extension notice must include an explanation of the special circumstances and
the date by which the Plan Administrator's decision will be made.
The Plan Administrator shall notify a claimant in writing, delivered in
person or mailed by first-class mail to such claimant's last known address, if
any part of a claim for benefits under this Plan has been denied, setting forth
in such notice:
(a) the specific reason for the denial;
(b) a specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions
upon which the denial is based;
(c) a description of any additional material or
information deemed necessary by the Plan
Administrator for such claimant to perfect his claim,
and an explanation of why such material or
information is necessary; and
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(d) an explanation of the claim review procedure under the
Plan. Such notice shall set forth the above information in a manner calculated
to be understood by such claimant. If the notice referred to above is not
furnished and if the claim has not been granted within the time specified above
for payment of such claim, the claim shall be deemed denied and shall be subject
to review as set forth below.
16.6 REVIEW PROCEDURE.
Any claimant whose claim for benefits has been denied or
deemed denied shall have sixty (60) days from the date the claim is deemed
denied, or sixty (60) days from receipt of the notice denying the claim, as the
case may be, in which to request a review by written application delivered to
the Committee, which must specify the reason any claimant believes the denial
should be reversed. If it deems appropriate, upon receipt of a request for
review, the Committee shall schedule a hearing within thirty (30) days of its
receipt of such request, subject to the availability of the claimant and the
Committee, at a time and place convenient for all parties, at which time the
claimant may appear before the Committee for a full and fair review of the Plan
Administrator's decision. The claimant may indicate in writing, at the time the
Committee attempts to schedule the hearing, that he wishes to waive such
hearing. If the claimant does not waive such hearing, he must notify the
Committee, in writing, at least fifteen (15) days in advance of the date
established for such hearing, his intention to appear at the appointed time and
place and he must specify any persons who will accompany him to the hearing, or
such other persons will not be admitted to the hearing. If written notice is not
timely provided, the hearing will be automatically canceled. The claimant, or
his duly authorized representative, may review all pertinent documents relating
to the claim in preparation for the hearing and may submit issues and comments
in writing prior to or during the hearing. The Committee shall determine any and
all questions of fact, resolve all questions of interpretation of
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this instrument or related documents which may arise under any of the
provisions of this Plan or such documents as to which no other provision for
determination is made hereunder, and exercise all other powers and discretion
necessary to be exercised under the terms of this Plan which it is herein given
or for which no contrary provision is made. The Committee shall render its final
decision in writing within thirty (30) days after the hearing. If no hearing is
held, the Committee will render its final decision in writing within sixty (60)
days of its receipt of the request for review, or within thirty (30) days after
the last scheduled date for the hearing, if later. If special circumstances
exist, the Committee may obtain a sixty (60) day extension by providing the
claimant written notice of the extension within the initial sixty (60) day
period, or within the thirty (30) day period following such hearing or the last
date scheduled for such hearing, if later. The extension notice must include an
explanation of the special circumstances and the date by which the Committee's
final decision will be made. The Committee's final decision shall include
specific reasons for the decision, be written in a manner calculated to be
understood by the claimant, and contain specific references to the pertinent
provisions of the Plan and/or related documents upon which the decision is
based.
For claims incurred on or after July 1, 2000, no legal action may be
commenced against the Plan, the Plan Administrator or the Committee more than
one hundred eighty (180) days after the Committee's final decision has been
rendered with respect to all or any portion of the claim.
16.7 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
Except as otherwise provided in ERISA, the Company, Plan
Administrator, Committee, Board of Directors, and their respective officers,
employees and members, shall incur no personal liability of any nature
whatsoever in connection with any act done or omitted to be done in the
administration of this Plan. No person shall be liable for the act of any other
person.
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ARTICLE 17
PROHIBITION AGAINST ALIENATION
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17.1 DEFINITIONS.
Unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms
used herein shall have the following meanings whenever used in this Article:
(a) The words "Alternate Payee" shall mean any spouse,
former spouse, child or other dependent of a
Participant who is recognized by a domestic relations
order as having a right to receive all, or a portion
of, the benefits hereunder attributable to such
Participant.
(b) The words "Domestic Relations Order" shall mean, with
respect to any Participant, any judgment, decree or
order (including approval of a property settlement
agreement) which both
(1) relates to the provision of child support,
alimony payments or marital property rights
to a spouse, former spouse, child or other
dependent of the Participant; and
(2) is made pursuant to a State domestic
relations law (including a community
property law).
(c) The words "Qualified Domestic Relations Order" shall
mean a Domestic Relations Order which satisfies the
requirements of Section 414(p)(1)(A) of the Code.
17.2 GENERAL PROHIBITION ON ALIENATION.
Neither any property nor any interest in any property held for
the benefit of any Participant, former Participant, or Beneficiary shall be
alienated, disposed of or in any manner encumbered, voluntarily, involuntarily
or by operation of law, while in the possession or control of the Trustee except
by an act of the Trustee or the Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary
specifically authorized hereunder. If by reason of any act of any Participant,
former Participant or Beneficiary, or by operation of law or by the happening of
any event, or for any reason, except by an act of the Trustee or such person
specifically authorized hereunder, such property or any interest therein would,
except for this provision, cease to be enjoyed by such
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person, or if by reason of an attempt of such person to alienate, charge or
encumber such property or any interest therein, or by reason of the bankruptcy
or insolvency of such person, or by reason of any attachment, garnishment or
other proceedings, or by reason of any order, finding or judgment of court,
either at law or in equity, such property or any interest therein would, except
for this provision, vest in or be enjoyed by some person, firm or corporation
otherwise than as provided in this Plan, in any of such events, the trusts
herein expressed concerning all of such property so payable to or held for the
benefit of such person shall cease and terminate as to him. Thereafter during
his life such property, subject to such interests or rights, if any, as any
other person may have in or to such property as provided in this Plan, shall be
held by the Trustee according to its absolute discretion, but the Trustee
meanwhile may pay to or expend for the support, comfort, and maintenance of such
Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary, may pay to or expend for the
support, comfort and maintenance of his spouse and/or may pay to or expend for
the support, comfort and maintenance of his child or children, such sums and
such sums only, as directed by the Plan Administrator, in writing, retaining any
undistributed part of such property until such Participant's, former
Participant's or Beneficiary's death.
17.3 DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS ON DEATH.
If any person who shall be subject to the provisions of
Section 17.2 hereof shall die before receiving all of such property which he
would have received except for the operation of the provisions of said Section
17.2, then, upon or after his death, such undistributed property shall be
disposed of as follows:
(a) if such person was a Participant, such undistributed
property shall be disposed of as provided in such
Participant's designation of Beneficiary on file with
the Plan Administrator at the time of his death, or
as provided in Section 14.4 in the event that such
designation shall not provide for complete
distribution of such
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undistributed property or no designation of
Beneficiary shall be on file with the Trustee; or
(b) if such person shall be a Beneficiary of a
Participant, such undistributed property shall be
distributed to the person or persons who upon such
Beneficiary's death would be entitled to inherit such
undistributed property under the laws of Ohio then in
force if such undistributed property had then
belonged to such Beneficiary and he had then died
intestate domiciled in Ohio.
17.4 EXCEPTIONS TO PROHIBITIONS ON ALIENATION.
Notwithstanding Sections 17.2 and 17.3 hereof to the contrary,
the following shall not be treated as an assignment or alienation prohibited by
said Sections 17.2 and 17.3:
(a) the creation, assignment or recognition of a right to
any amounts payable with respect to a Participant or
former Participant under this Plan pursuant to a
Qualified Domestic Relations Order; or
(b) the offset of a Participant's or former Participant's
benefit under this Plan against an amount that such
Participant or former Participant is ordered or
required to pay to this Plan where:
(1) the order or requirement to pay arises under
a judgment for a crime involving this Plan,
a civil judgment, consent order or decree
for violation or alleged violation of
fiduciary duties as stated in part 4 of
subtitle B of title I of ERISA, or pursuant
to a settlement agreement between the
Secretary of Labor or the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation and the Participant or
former Participant for violation or alleged
violation of fiduciary duties as stated in
part 4 of subtitle B of title I of ERISA by
a fiduciary or any other person; and
(2) the judgment, order, decree, or settlement
agreement expressly provides for the offset
of all or part of the amount ordered or
required to be paid to this Plan against the
Participant's or former Participant's
benefits provided by this Plan; and
(3) to the extent, if any, that survivor annuity
requirements apply to distributions to the
Participant or former Participant under Code
Section 401(a)(11), the rights of such
Participant's or former Participant's spouse
are
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preserved in accordance with Code Section
401(a)(13)(C)(iii); or
(c) any other arrangement, transfer or transaction which
is not treated as a prohibited assignment or
alienation under Code Section 401(a)(13) and the
regulations thereunder or other applicable law.
17.5 NOTIFICATION OF PARTIES AND DETERMINATION WHETHER QUALIFIED.
In the event the Plan is served with a Domestic Relations
Order, the Plan Administrator shall promptly notify the concerned Participant
and any concerned Alternate Payee of the receipt of such Domestic Relations
Order and the Plan's procedures for determining whether such Domestic Relations
Order is a Qualified Domestic Relations Order. Within a reasonable time after
receipt of such Domestic Relations Order, the Plan Administrator shall determine
whether such Domestic Relations Order is a Qualified Domestic Relations Order
and shall notify the Participant and any concerned Alternate Payee of its
determination.
17.6 INTERIM PROCEDURES.
During any period in which the issue of whether a Domestic
Relations Order is a Qualified Domestic Relations Order is being determined
(whether by the Plan Administrator, a court of competent jurisdiction, or
otherwise), the affected Participant shall not be permitted to take any loan,
hardship withdrawal, in-service withdrawal or other distribution from his
Accounts. If, within eighteen (18) months after the Plan is served with such
Domestic Relations Order, the Domestic Relations Order (or a modification
thereof) is determined to be a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, the Plan
Administrator shall hold and dispose of the amounts subject to such Domestic
Relations Order in accordance with the terms of the Qualified Domestic Relations
Order. If within eighteen (18) months after the Plan is served with such
Domestic Relations Order, it is determined that the Domestic Relations Order is
not a Qualified Domestic Relations Order or the
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issue with respect to whether the Domestic Relations Order is a Qualified
Domestic Relations Order is not resolved, the Plan Administrator shall release
the restrictions set forth above with respect to the Accounts maintained for the
benefit of the person who would have been entitled to such amounts as though the
Plan had never been served with such Domestic Relations Order. Any determination
that a Domestic Relations Order is a Qualified Domestic Relations Order which is
made after the close of the eighteen (18) month period after the Plan was served
with such Domestic Relations Order shall be applied prospectively only.
17.7 REVIEW PROCEDURES.
Any Participant or Alternate Payee who is affected by a
Domestic Relations Order served upon the Plan may request a review by such
Committee of the Plan Administrator's determination with respect to the
qualification or lack of qualification of such Domestic Relations Order upon
written notice to the Committee appointed pursuant to Article 16 hereof. Any
such review by the Committee shall be subject to the rules and procedures set
forth in Article 16 hereof.
17.8 IMMEDIATE LUMP SUM PAYMENTS PURSUANT TO QUALIFIED DOMESTIC
RELATIONS ORDERS.
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan to the
contrary, an immediate lump sum distribution shall be made to an Alternate Payee
if such distribution is authorized by a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, even
if the affected Participant has not reached his "earliest retirement age," as
defined in Section 414(p) of the Code.
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ARTICLE 18
TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS
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18.1 RESTRICTIONS.
During any Plan Year that this Plan is top-heavy as determined
in accordance with Section 18.2 hereof, the special restrictions contained in
Sections 18.3, 18.4 and 18.5 hereof shall apply.
18.2 DETERMINATION OF TOP-HEAVY STATUS.
This Plan shall be considered to be top-heavy in any Plan Year
if, as of the Determination Date for such Plan Year, all the aggregation groups
of which this Plan is a member are top-heavy groups. In the event that in any
Plan Year this Plan is a member of an aggregation group which is not a top-heavy
group, this Plan shall not be considered to be top-heavy for such Plan Year.
Unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms
used herein shall have the following meanings whenever used in this Article:
(a) "Determination Date" shall mean, for the
first Plan Year, the last day thereof, and
thereafter shall mean, for any other Plan
Year, the last day of the preceding Plan
Year;
(b) "Key Employee" shall mean a "key employee"
as described in Section 416(i) of the Code
which is hereby incorporated by reference
and which is described for informational
purposes herein as any Employee or former
Employee of a Participating Company or an
Affiliate who at any time during the Plan
Year, or the four (4) preceding Plan Years
is:
(1) an officer of a Participating
Company or an Affiliate having
Testing Compensation from the
Participating Company and all
Affiliates for the Plan Year of
determination greater than Sixty
Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) or,
if greater, fifty percent (50%) of
the amount specified in Section
415(b)(1)(A) of the Code as
adjusted pursuant to Section 415(d)
of the Code;
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(2) a one-half of one percent (.5%)
actual or constructive owner of a
Participating Company or an
Affiliate who owns one of the ten
(10) largest interests in a
Participating Company or an
Affiliate and who is an Employee of
a Participating Company or an
Affiliate having Testing
Compensation from a Participating
Company and all Affiliates for the
Plan Year of determination greater
than Thirty Thousand Dollars
($30,000.00), or, if greater, the
amount specified in Section
415(c)(1)(A) of the Code as
adjusted pursuant to Section 415(d)
of the Code;
(3) a five percent (5%) actual or
constructive owner of a
Participating Company or an
Affiliate; or
(4) a one percent (1%) actual or
constructive owner of a
Participating Company or an
Affiliate having Testing
Compensation from a Participating
Company and all Affiliates for the
Plan Year of determination greater
than One Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($150,000.00);
provided that any such Employee also
performed services for a Participating
Company or an Affiliate during the five (5)
Plan Year period ending on the Determination
Date; and provided that an amount held for
the Beneficiary of a Key Employee who is
deceased shall be deemed to be an amount
held for a Key Employee;
(c) "non-Key Employee" shall mean any Employee
of a Participating Company or an Affiliate
who is not a Key Employee including any
Employee who was formerly a Key Employee;
(d) "Permissive Aggregation Group" shall mean
the Required Aggregation Group plus each
pension, profit sharing and stock bonus plan
of a Participating Company or any Affiliate,
including each such plan terminated during
the five (5) year period ending on the
Determination Date, which, when considered
as a group with the Required Aggregation
Group, would continue to comply with
Sections 401(a)(4) and 410 of the Code;
(e) "Required Aggregation Group" shall mean each
pension, profit sharing and stock bonus plan
of a Participating Company or any Affiliate,
including each such plan terminated during
the five (5) year period ending on the
Determination Date, in which a Key Employee
is a Participant and each other pension,
profit sharing and stock bonus plan which
enables such plans to meet the requirements
of Section 401(a)(4) or 410 of the Code;
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(f) "Top Heavy Group" shall mean any aggregation
group if the sum, as of the Determination
Date, of:
(1) the present value of the cumulative
accrued benefits for Key Employees
under all defined benefit plans
included in such group; and
(2) the aggregate of the account
balances of Key Employees under all
defined contribution plans included
in such group;
exceeds sixty percent (60%) of a similar sum
determined for all Participants, former
Participants and Beneficiaries permitted to
be taken into account pursuant to Section
416(g) of the Code, with such values being
determined for each plan as of the most
recent valuation date occurring within the
twelve (12) month period ending on the
Determination Date and subject to
appropriate adjustments under said Section
416(g) and lawful regulations issued
thereunder, including the requirement that
benefits and accounts of an Employee be
increased by the aggregate distributions
with respect to such Employee during the
five (5) year period ending on the
Determination Date; and
(g) "valuation date" means:
(1) in the case of a defined
contribution plan, a date as of
which account balances are valued,
(2) in the case of a defined benefit
plan, a date as of which
liabilities and assets are valued
for computing plan costs for
purposes of determining the plan's
minimum funding requirements under
Section 412 of the Code.
In making any of the aforementioned determinations, contributions due
but unpaid as of the Determination Date shall be included in determining the
value of Account balances, if any. In addition, the actuarial factors and
assumptions set forth in the defined benefit plans included in the aggregation
groups shall be utilized in determining the present value of cumulative accrued
benefits. Furthermore, for purposes of making the aforementioned calculations
with respect to defined benefit plans, proportional subsidies, and benefits not
relating to retirement benefits such as pre-retirement death and disability
benefits and post
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retirement medical benefits, are to be disregarded but nonproportional subsidies
are to be taken into account.
18.3 TOP-HEAVY MINIMUM CONTRIBUTIONS.
During any Plan Year that this Plan is top-heavy, a
Participating Company shall make a contribution on behalf of each non-Key
Employee employed by such Participating Company who is a Participant on the
Allocation Date coinciding with the last day of such year, or was a Participant
whose employment terminated on or as of said Allocation Date which is at least
equal to the greater of (a) or (b) below where:
(a) equals the lesser of (1) or (2) below where:
(1) equals three percent (3%) of the non-Key
Employee's Testing Compensation from the
Participating Company and all Affiliates
during the Plan Year; and
(2) equals the largest percentage of Testing
Compensation from the Participating Company
and all Affiliates (disregarding any such
Testing Compensation in excess of the
compensation limit in effect under Section
401(a)(17) of the Code as described in
Section 2.13 hereof (plus such adjustments
for increases in the cost of living as shall
be prescribed by the Secretary of the
Treasury pursuant to Section 401(a)(17) of
the Code) per Plan Year per Key Employee)
provided to any Key Employee by the
contributions of the Participating
Companies; and
(b) equals such other percent of the non-Key Employee's
Testing Compensation from the Participating Company
and all Affiliates as may be necessary to satisfy the
requirements of Section 401 and 416 of the Code as
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury in lawful
regulations.
For purposes of determining the percentage set forth in subparagraph (a)(2)
above, a Participating Company's contribution made pursuant to Section 4.1
hereof in accordance with a Participant's election under said Section shall be
taken into account, but the Participating Company's contribution made pursuant
to Section 4.1 hereof in accordance with a non-Key
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Employee's election under said Section shall not be taken into account in
determining compliance with this Section.
If this Plan is top-heavy for a Plan Year and if a Participant who is a
non-Key Employee is also a Participant in any other defined contribution plan
maintained by a Participating Company or Affiliate, the minimum provided
hereunder shall be provided before any minimum under such other plan and shall
reduce the amount of the top-heavy minimum, if any, required thereunder.
Furthermore, if this Plan is top-heavy for a Plan Year and if a Participant who
is a non-Key Employee is also a Participant in any defined benefit plan
maintained by a Participating Company or Affiliate, the minimum provided under
this Plan shall be provided before any minimum under such defined benefit plan
and the benefit provided under such defined benefit plan shall be offset by the
actuarial equivalent of the amounts, if any, allocated to the Participant's
Accounts under this Plan and any other defined contribution plan maintained by a
Participating Company or Affiliate.
18.4 DETERMINATION OF SUPER TOP-HEAVY PLAN.
This Plan shall be considered to be super top-heavy in any
Plan Year if, as of the Determination Date for such Plan Year, all the
aggregation groups of which this Plan is a member are super top-heavy groups.
The foregoing determination shall be made as provided in Section 18.2 above for
the calculation of top-heavy status, except that for purposes of this Section,
subparagraph (f) of said Section 18.2 shall be modified by the substitution of
the words "super top-heavy group" for the words "top-heavy group" in said
subparagraph (f) and by the substitution of the percentage "ninety percent
(90%)" for the percentage "sixty percent (60%)" in said subparagraph (f).
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18.5 LIMITATIONS ON ANNUAL ADDITIONS UNDER TOP-HEAVY PLAN.
During any Plan Year that this Plan is top-heavy or super
top-heavy, the limitations on Annual Additions and annual benefits under Section
415 of the Code as described in Article 19 hereof shall be modified as required
by Section 416(h) of the Code. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the
modifications set forth in this Section shall not apply for a Plan Year if the
Plan is top-heavy but not super top-heavy for such Plan Year and if the amount
contributed for each Participant who is a non-Key Employee is computed by
substituting the percentage "4%" for "3%" in Section 18.3(a) above or if each
Participant who is a non-Key Employee accrues a benefit or is allocated a
contribution which, in the aggregate, satisfies the requirements of Section
416(h)(2) of the Code under another one or more pension, profit sharing or stock
bonus plans which are maintained by one or more Participating Companies or any
Affiliate. In the event that the Annual Additions or annual benefits of a Key
Employee shall be in excess of the limitations on Annual Additions or annual
benefits, as described in Article 19 hereof as modified herein, no contributions
shall be allocated to a Participant's Accounts under this Plan until he is
brought into compliance or this Plan ceases to be top-heavy or super top-heavy,
as the case may be.
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ARTICLE 19
LIMITATION ON ANNUAL ADDITIONS
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19.1 MAXIMUM ANNUAL ADDITIONS.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Plan to the
contrary, in no event shall a Participant's Annual Additions and annual amount
of retirement benefits, under this Plan and under the plans of any Related
Company, individually or in the aggregate, be greater than the maximum allowable
amounts determined in accordance with Section 415 of the Code.
19.2 REDUCTION OF EXCESS BENEFITS.
On or after the Restatement Date but prior to January 1, 2000,
in the event that a Participant, who would otherwise be credited with excess
Annual Additions or benefits, is also a participant under any other defined
contribution plan of a Participating Company or Related Company and/or any
defined benefit pension plan of a Participating Company or Related Company,
adjustment under Section 415 of the Code shall be made in the following order:
(a) first, pre-tax contributions made pursuant to a
Participant's election under Section 4.1 hereof and
any related matching contributions shall be reduced;
(b) second, matching contributions made pursuant to
Section 6.3 hereof shall be reduced;
(c) third, profit sharing contributions made pursuant to
Section 6.1 hereof shall be reduced;
(d) fourth, the contributions made under any defined
contribution plan of any Related Company shall be
reduced; and
(e) fifth, the accrued benefit of such Participant under
any defined benefit pension plan maintained by a
Related Company shall be reduced.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event a Participant's
excess annual benefits would only result in a violation under Section 415 (b) of
the Code, his benefits under a defined benefit pension plan of a Participating
Company or a Related Company shall be reduced under
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subsection (d) above. Furthermore, in the event a Participant's excess Annual
Additions would only result in a violation under Section 415(c) of the Code, his
Annual Additions shall be reduced under the Company's defined contributions
plans, including the Plan, in the order set forth in subsections (a), (b) and
(c) above.
On or after January 1, 2000, in the event that a Participant, who would
otherwise be credited with excess Annual additions is also a participant under
any other defined contribution plan of a Participating Company or Related
Company, adjustment under Section 415 of the Code shall be made in the following
order:
(1) first, pre-tax contributions made pursuant to a
Participant's election under Section 4.1 hereof and
any related matching contributions shall be reduced;
(2) second, matching contributions made pursuant to
Section 6.3 hereof shall be reduced;
(3) third, profit sharing contributions made pursuant to
Section 6.1 hereof shall be reduced; and
(4) fourth, the contributions made under any defined
contribution plan of any Related Company shall be
reduced.
19.3 DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of calculating the maximum allowable amounts
under Section 19.1 hereof, a Participant's "Limitation Year" shall have the same
meaning as that set forth in Article 2 hereof and his Compensation shall mean
his "Testing Compensation" as defined in Article 2 of this Plan and paid and
includible in gross income during the Limitation Year.
19.4 SUSPENSE ACCOUNT.
In the event that, after the application of Section 19.2
above, there still remain Participating Company contributions which, if
allocated to a Participant, would be in
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excess of the limits on Annual Additions set forth in Section 19.1 hereof, and
which arise as a result of the allocation of forfeitures, a reasonable error in
estimating a Participant's Compensation or Testing Compensation or other limited
facts and circumstances which the Commissioner of Internal Revenue finds justify
the availability of the rules set forth in this Section, such excess amounts
shall be used in the next Limitation Year and any succeeding Limitation Years,
as necessary, to reduce Participating Company contributions which would
otherwise be made for such Participant in such Limitation Year or years. In the
event such a Participant terminates employment at a time when excess amounts
still remain on his behalf, such excess amounts shall be used as follows:
(a) excess amounts which represent matching contributions
by the Participating Company shall be used to reduce
the matching contributions for all Participants
employed by the Participating Company who are then
eligible; and
(b) excess amounts which represent pre-tax contributions
shall be paid directly to him by the Participating
Company.
Until any excess amounts described above are used to reduce
Participating Company contributions, they shall be held in a suspense account.
Such suspense account shall not be subject to the periodic valuation procedure
described in Article 9 hereof and will in no event be adjusted to take account
of the income and/or gains or losses of the investment funds of the Trust Fund.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Plan to the contrary (and
specifically Section 23.4 hereof), in the event this Plan is terminated at a
time when there are amounts credited to a suspense account pursuant to this
Section, such amounts shall be returned to the Participating Companies. In the
event that amounts representing pre-tax contributions are returned to
Participating Companies hereunder, such Participating Companies shall make
payments to the Participants on whose behalf such contributions were made equal
to the total of said refunded amounts.
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ARTICLE 20
ROLLOVERS AND TRANSFERS INVOLVING OTHER
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QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS
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20.1 ROLLOVERS AND TRANSFERS FROM OTHER TAX QUALIFIED PLANS.
In the event that:
(a) any Covered Employee shall have been, prior to his
becoming a Covered Employee of a Participating
Company, a participant under another qualified
retirement plan which met the requirements of Section
401(a) of the Code; and
(b) either:
(1) the custodian or trustee of the assets held
pursuant to said plan on behalf of said
Covered Employee; or
(2) the custodian or trustee of the assets of an
individual retirement account established
pursuant to Section 408 of the Code to hold
the assets distributed to said Covered
Employee from said plan; or
(3) the Covered Employee who holds cash assets
distributed to him during the preceding
sixty (60) days from such plan or from an
individual retirement account described in
paragraph (2) above;
shall agree to transfer said assets to the Trustee hereunder;
and
(c) the assets to be so transferred shall not be made
available to said Covered Employee in the course of
the transfer except to the extent permitted by
paragraph (b)(3) above; and
(d) the Plan Administrator consents to the transfer;
the Trustee hereunder shall accept such transferred assets and hold and
administer them pursuant to the terms and provisions of this Plan and this
Article.
Upon the receipt of said assets, the Trustee shall
appropriately credit such amount to a Rollover Account established for the
Covered Employee on whose behalf the assets were so transferred.
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ARTICLE 21
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
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21.1 POWER TO AMEND AND TERMINATE PLAN.
This Plan may be modified, altered, amended, changed or
terminated by the Company by action of its Board of Directors and/or by a
writing executed by the Company with respect to all or any one of the
Participating Companies by its proper officer or officers without the consent of
any Participating Company or Affiliate, but no rights of Participants, former
Participants or Beneficiaries receiving benefits under this Plan and no other
vested rights or optional forms of benefit under this Plan shall in any way be
modified except as permitted by law and that such rights may be modified if such
a modification is necessary to establish or to continue the qualified status of
this Plan under the terms of Section 401 of the Code. This Plan may be modified
and amended retroactively, if necessary or desirable. After an amendment is
adopted, a copy shall be furnished to the Trustee.
21.2 TERMINATION OF PLAN.
Upon termination of this Plan, all assets of the Trust held on
behalf of Participants employed by a Participating Company, after deduction
therefrom of any accrued expenses and fees of the Trustee and any expenses and
fees relating to such termination incurred or to be incurred by the Trustee,
shall be allocated among the then existing Accounts of Participants employed by
such Participating Company. Each such Account shall be allocated that portion of
such assets of the Trust which bears the same relationship to the total of such
assets as the amount then standing credited to such Account bears to the total
amounts then standing credited to all Accounts of Participants employed by such
Participating Company. All amounts allocated to the Accounts of Participants
employed by such Participating Company at the time of termination of this Plan
shall be fully vested and nonforfeitable. The amounts thus
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allocated shall be forthwith distributed to the Participant for whose benefit
the Accounts were established if he is living on the date of termination, or if
he shall have died before distribution, to his designated Beneficiary, or in the
event that his designation of Beneficiary shall not provide for complete
distribution of such amounts or no designation of Beneficiary shall be on file
with the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.4.
21.3 PARTIAL TERMINATION OF PLAN OR COMPLETE DISCONTINUANCE OF
CONTRIBUTIONS.
Upon the partial termination of this Plan or upon complete
discontinuance of contributions to this Plan by any Participating Company, all
amounts allocated at the time of such partial termination or complete
discontinuance to the Accounts of Participants affected by such partial
termination of complete discontinuance shall be fully vested and nonforfeitable.
However, after any such partial termination or complete discontinuance of
contributions the Trustee shall continue to administer this Plan in the manner
in which this Plan was administered before any such partial termination and a
Participant shall only be entitled to receive benefits upon the occurrence of an
event which under the terms of this Plan would entitle him to receive such
benefits. For purposes of this Section, the Trustee shall not treat an event as
a "partial termination" unless: (i) the Company has so designated such event in
writing delivered to the Trustee; or (ii) such event has been finally and
expressly determined to be a partial termination within the meaning of Section
411(d) of the Code in an administrative or judicial proceeding to which both the
Company and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue or his delegate were parties.
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ARTICLE 22
PARTICIPATING COMPANIES
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22.1 DESIGNATION OF PARTICIPATING COMPANIES.
An Affiliate of the Company shall become a Participating
Company under this Plan with the approval of the Company. In such event, such
Participating Company and its adoption date shall be added to this Section.
The Participating Companies and their respective Adoption
Dates are as follows:
PARTICIPATING COMPANIES ADOPTION DATE
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Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Inc. April 1, 1972
Pioneer-Standard Illinois, Inc. September 30, 1996
Pioneer-Standard Minnesota, Inc. September 30, 1996
Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Ltd. September 30, 1996
Pioneer-Standard of Maryland, Inc. January 1, 1998
Dickens Data Systems, Inc. July 1, 2000
22.2 ADOPTION OF SUPPLEMENTS.
The Company may determine that special provisions shall be
applicable to some or all of the Employees of a Participating Company, either in
addition to or in lieu of the generally applicable provisions of this Plan, or
may determine that certain Employees otherwise eligible to participate in this
Plan shall not be eligible to participate in this Plan. In such event, the
Company may adopt a Supplement with respect to the Participating Company which
employs such individuals which Supplement may specify the Employees of the
Participating Company covered thereby and the special provisions applicable to
such Employees. Any Supplement shall be deemed to be a part of this Plan solely
with respect to the Employees specified therein.
22.3 AMENDMENT OF SUPPLEMENTS.
The Company, from time to time, may amend, modify or terminate
any Supplement pursuant to the procedures described in Article 21 hereof for the
amendment of the
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Plan. No such action shall operate so as to deprive any Employee who was covered
by such Supplement of any vested rights to which he is entitled under this Plan
or the Supplement except as provided in Article 21 hereof.
22.4 TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEES.
In the event that any group of Covered Employees employed by a
Participating Company is transferred to another U.S. Affiliate which is not
otherwise a Participating Company hereunder or is a Participating Company only
with respect to certain Employees, then, unless the Company otherwise directs,
such Affiliate shall constitute a Participating Company with respect to such
group and such group shall continue to constitute Covered Employees hereunder.
In the event that a Participant is transferred from one Participating
Company to another Participating Company which Participating Companies have
created different rights in the Accounts maintained or that will be maintained
for such transferred Participant, then such Accounts shall remain separate and
shall be maintained and administered as if such transferred Participant was an
Employee of each such Participating Company; provided, however, that if such
transferred Participant has identical rights with respect to the Accounts
maintained or that would have been maintained for him, then upon the consent of
the Company said Accounts may be merged and maintained as one Account for said
transferred Participant.
22.5 TERMINATION OF PARTICIPATING COMPANIES.
A Participating Company's status as a Participating Company
shall cease as of such time as it ceases to be an Affiliate. In addition, the
Company may at any time, in its sole discretion, terminate a Participating
Company's status as a Participating Company by an amendment adopted pursuant to
Article 21 hereof.
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22.6 DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.
The Company is hereby fully empowered to act on behalf of
itself and the other Participating Companies as it may deem appropriate in
maintaining the Plan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such
actions include obtaining and retaining tax qualified status for such Plan and
the Trust and appointing attorneys-in-fact in pursuit thereof. Furthermore, the
adoption by the Company of any amendment to the Plan or the Trust or the
termination thereof, will constitute and represent, without any further action
on the part of any Participating Company, the approval, adoption, ratification
or confirmation by each Participating Company of any such amendment or
termination. In addition, the appointment of or removal by the Company of any
Committee member, any Plan Administrator, Trustee, Investment Manager or other
person under the Plan or Trust shall constitute and represent, without any
further action on the part of any Participating Company, the appointment or
removal by each Participating Company of such person.
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ARTICLE 23
MISCELLANEOUS
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23.1 BANKRUPTCY OR INSOLVENCY.
In the event that a Participating Company shall at any time be
judicially declared bankrupt or insolvent, or in the event of its dissolution,
merger or consolidation without any provisions being made for the continuation
of this Plan, the Plan created hereunder shall terminate as to Participants
employed by such Participating Company and the Trustee shall make distributions
as provided in Section 21.2 hereof.
23.2 MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS AND TRANSFERS OF ASSETS.
In the event the Plan shall merge or consolidate with, or
transfer any of its assets or liabilities to any other plan, each Participant
shall be entitled to receive, if the Plan were terminated immediately
thereafter, a benefit which is equal to or greater than the benefit he would
have been entitled to receive immediately before the merger, consolidation or
transfer if the Plan had then terminated, in accordance with Section 414(1) of
the Code and Section 208 of ERISA.
23.3 NO EMPLOYMENT, LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RIGHT CREATED.
Neither anything contained herein, nor any contribution made
hereunder, nor any other acts done in pursuance of this Plan, shall be construed
as entitling any Participant to be continued in the employ of a Participating
Company or any Affiliate for any period of time nor as obliging a Participating
Company or any Affiliate to keep any Participant in its employ for any period of
time, nor shall any Employee of a Participating Company or any Affiliate nor
anyone else have any rights whatsoever, legal or equitable, against a
Participating Company or the Trustee as a result of this Plan except those
expressly granted to him hereunder.
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23.4 PROHIBITION ON REVERSIONS.
No contribution or payment by a Participating Company to the
Trustee of this Plan, nor any income of the Trust Fund, shall in any event
revert or be credited to or be used for the benefit of a Participating Company,
and all such contributions, payments and income shall be used solely and
exclusively for the benefit of the Participants and their Beneficiaries under
this Plan, except that the Trustee shall return to a Participating Company upon
written request of the Company:
(a) any contributions made by the Participating Company
by a mistake of fact, provided such contributions are
returned to the Participating Company within one (1)
year after the date such contributions were made;
(b) any contributions made for Plan Years during which
this Plan does not initially qualify under Section
401(a) of the Code, provided such contributions are
returned to the Participating Company within one (1)
year after the date of denial of qualification; and
(c) any contributions, to the extent that their deduction
is disallowed under Section 404 of the Code, provided
that such disallowed contributions are returned to
the Participating Company within one (1) year after
the disallowance of the deduction.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any contributions or part
thereof described in (a), (b) or (c) above that are made to the Plan by a
Participating Company pursuant to a Participant's election under Section 4.1
hereof shall not be returned to a Participating Company, but shall instead be
returned to the Participant at whose election such contributions were made.
23.5 PROCEDURES FOR SPOUSAL CONSENT.
If any provision of this Plan shall require the consent of the
spouse of a Participant, such consent shall be in writing with the signature of
the spouse notarized or witnessed by the Plan Administrator. Notwithstanding any
provision hereof to the contrary, the consent of the spouse shall not be
necessary if it is established to the satisfaction of the Plan
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Administrator that the signature of the spouse cannot be obtained either because
the spouse cannot be located or because of such other circumstances as the
Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe by lawful regulations. Any consent given
by a spouse pursuant to this Section shall be effective only with respect to
such spouse and shall not be effective with respect to any other spouse of such
Participant.
23.6 SPOUSAL CONSENT.
Spousal consent is required pursuant to Sections 14.5 and 15.6
hereof, where a nonspouse Beneficiary is designated by a married Participant and
where a Participant who has elected an annuity method of distribution later
desires to revoke or change the election, respectively. Notwithstanding these or
any other provisions of this Plan to the contrary, the Plan Administrator, where
it deems appropriate and pursuant to reasonable and uniform rules it may
establish, may require spousal consent for actions taken, elections made, or the
exercise of any rights by a married Participant under this Plan. Any consent by
a spouse pursuant to this Section shall be made in accordance with Section 23.5
hereof.
23.7 INDEMNIFICATION.
The Participating Companies shall jointly and severally
indemnify, defend and hold harmless any officers, Employees or directors or
former officers, Employees or directors of any Participating Company or
Affiliate for all acts taken or omitted in carrying out the responsibilities of
the Company, Participating Companies, Plan Administrator, Committee or Trustee
under the terms of this Plan or other responsibilities imposed upon such
individuals by ERISA. This indemnification for all acts or omissions is
intentionally broad, but shall not provide indemnification for embezzlement or
diversion of funds for the benefit of any such individuals, nor shall it provide
indemnification for excise taxes imposed under Section 4975 of the Code nor for
civil penalties imposed under Section 502(1) of ERISA. The Participating
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Companies shall indemnify such individuals for expenses of defending an action
by a Participant, Beneficiary, government entity or other person, including all
legal fees and other costs of such defense. The Participating Companies will
also reimburse such an individual for any monetary recovery in a successful
action against any such person in any federal or state court or arbitration. In
addition, if the claim is settled out of court with the concurrence of the
Company, the Participating Companies shall indemnify such person for any
monetary liability under said settlement. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this Section, no indemnification shall be provided with respect to
any person who is not an individual officer, Employee or director or former
officer, Employee or director of a Participating Company or Affiliate nor with
respect to any claim by a Participating Company or Affiliate against such
individual.
23.8 GENDER.
Whenever any pronoun is used herein, it shall be construed to
include the masculine pronoun, the feminine pronoun or the neuter pronoun as
shall be appropriate.
23.9 NUMBER.
The singular shall include the plural, or vice versa, whenever
the context so requires.
23.10 APPLICABLE LAW.
This Plan shall be construed under and in accordance with the
law and laws of the State of Ohio and of the United States of America.
23.11 NO EFFECT ON ACCOUNT BALANCE.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Amendment and
Restatement to the contrary, this Amendment and Restatement shall not affect the
balances credited to the Accounts of any Participant as of the Restatement Date,
which balances shall remain credited to his
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Accounts until such date subsequent to the Restatement Date as of which his
Accounts shall be credited, debited or adjusted as provided in this Plan, and
shall not affect the amount or method of distribution of the Vested Interests of
Participants who died, became Disabled, retired or terminated employment prior
to the Restatement Date.
23.12 INVESTMENT MANAGER.
Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of this Plan, the
Company hereby retains the right to appoint, from time to time, one or more:
(a) banks, as defined in the Investment Advisers Act of
1940;
(b) persons registered as investment advisers under said
Act; or
(c) insurance companies qualified to perform investment
advisory services under the laws of more than one
state;
to act as the Investment Manager or Managers of all or such portions of the
Trust Fund as the Company in its sole discretion shall direct. In order to serve
as Investment Manager, any such bank, person or insurance company must state in
writing to the Company and the Trustee that it meets the requirements set forth
in this Section to be an Investment Manager and that it acknowledges that it
shall be a fiduciary with respect to this Plan during all periods that it shall
serve as such. During any period that an Investment Manager has been appointed
with respect to the Trust Fund or a portion thereof, it shall have all powers
normally given to a Trustee under ERISA with respect to the management,
acquisition or disposition of any asset of the Trust Fund, or such portion
thereof and the Trustee shall have no powers, duties or obligations with respect
to the investment, management, acquisition or disposition of such assets. The
Company may remove any Investment Manager or change the portion of the Trust
Fund at any time subject to its management by written notice to the Trustee and
the Investment Manager. Any Investment Manager may resign by written notice to
the Company and the Trustee. Unless the Company
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appoints a successor to an Investment Manager which has resigned or been removed
or which is no longer managing a portion of the Trust Fund, the powers, duties
and obligations of the Trustee with respect to the portion of the Trust Fund
formerly managed by the Investment Manager shall be automatically restored.
23.13 CORRECTION OF ERRORS.
In the event that, through oversight or mistake of fact or law
or otherwise, errors have been made in the administration of the Plan, the Plan
Administrator shall take such action, as it deems necessary, to correct said
administrative errors.
23.14 PAPERLESS ADMINISTRATION.
If this Plan requires that an action shall be in writing,
then, to the extent permitted and effective pursuant to law, and approved by the
Plan Administrator on a nondiscriminatory basis, such action may be taken in
person, telephonically or electronically in lieu of such written action.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, PIONEER-STANDARD ELECTRONICS, INC., the Company, by
its appropriate officers duly authorized, has caused this Amendment and
Restatement to be executed as of the 28th day of June, 2000.
PIONEER-STANDARD ELECTRONICS, INC.
("Company")
By /s/ James L. Bayman
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And /s/ Arthur Rhein
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