AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 25, 1997
FILE NO. 333-________
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CENTURY BANCORP, INC
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
MASSACHUSETTS 04-2498617
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation (I.R.S. Employer
or Organization) Identification No.)
400 MYSTIC AVENUE, MEDFORD, MA 02155
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
CENTURY BANCORP 401(K) PLAN (THE "PLAN")
(Full Title of the Plan)
MARSHALL M. SLOANE
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
CENTURY BANCORP, INC.
400 Mystic Avenue
Medford, Massachusetts 02155
(Name and address of Agent for Service)
(617) 391-4000
Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service
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Copy to:
NEAL J. CURTIN, ESQ.
BINGHAM, DANA & GOULD LLP
150 Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110-1726
(617) 951-8000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED PROPOSED
AMOUNT MAXIMUM MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF
TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF TO BE OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE REGISTRATION
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Class A Common Stock,
$1.00 par value.......... 100,000 13.50 1,350,000 409.10
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(1) Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of shares as may be
required to cover possible adjustments under the Plan by reason of any stock
dividend, stock split, share combination, exchange of shares, merger
consolidation, separation, reorganization recapitalization, liquidation, or the
like, of or by the Registrant. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the
Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an
indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the
employee benefit plan described herein.
(2) Calculated in accordance with the provisions of Rule 457(h) based on
the average of the bid and asked prices reported on the June 23, 1997. It is
not known how many shares, if any, will be purchased upon exercise of the
election granted under the Plan or at what price such shares will be purchased.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents filed by Century Bancorp, Inc. (the "Registrant")
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") are hereby incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement: (a) the Registrant's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996; (b) all reports
previously filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since the end
of the Registrant's 1995 fiscal year; and (c) the description of the Common
Stock contained in the Registrant's registration statement filed with the SEC
under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicate that all securities offered hereby
have been sold or which deregister all of such securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS OR COUNSEL Not applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section 67 of Chapter 156B of the Massachusetts General Laws provides a
statutory framework covering indemnification of directors and officers against
liabilities and expenses arising out of legal proceedings brought against them
by reason of their status or service as directors or officers. In addition, the
Registrant's Articles of Organization provides for indemnification of officers
and directors, subject to certain limitations.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
4.1 Century Bancorp 401(k) Plan Prototype Cash or Deferred
Profit-Sharing Plan and Trust/Custodial Account Basic Plan
Document #04, effective as of October 1, 1996.
4.2 Century Bancorp 401(k) Plan Prototype Cash or Deferred
Profit-Sharing Plan and Trust/Custodial Account Adoption
Agreement, effective as of October 1, 1996.
23 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.
24 Power of Attorney (included in signature page to Registration
Statement).
The Plan, and any amendments thereto, has been submitted to the Internal
Revenue Service ("IRS") in a timely manner and all changes requred by the IRS
in order to qualify the Plan have been made.
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ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement, to
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in this Registration Statement;
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof;
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
the termination of the offering;
(4) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that
is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and
(5) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense
of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by
the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
THE REGISTRANT, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing Form S-8 and has duly
caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Medford, Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, on this 10th day of June, 1997.
CENTURY BANCORP, INC.
By: /s/Marshall M. Sloane
___________________________________________
Marshall M. Sloane, Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned Officers and Directors of Century Bancorp, Inc.,
hereby severally constitute and appoint Marshall M. Sloane, George F. Swansburg
and Paul V. Cusick, Jr. and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys
with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our
names in the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8
filed herewith and any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to
said Registration Statement, and generally to do all such things in our names
and on our behalf in our capacities as Officers and Directors to enable Century
Bancorp, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, and
all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying
and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys or
any of them, to said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature Title Date
/s/George R. Baldwin
______________________ Director June 10, 1997
GEORGE R. BALDWIN
/s/Roger S. Berkowitz
______________________ Director June 10, 1997
ROGER S. BERKOWITZ
/s/Karl E. Case, Ph.D.
______________________ Director June 10, 1997
KARL E. CASE, PH.D.
______________________ Director June , 1997
HENRY L. FOSTER, D.V.M.
/s/Marshall T. Goldman
______________________ Director June 10, 1997
MARSHALL I. GOLDMAN
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/s/Russell B. Higley
______________________ Director June 10, 1997
RUSSELL B. HIGLEY, ESQ.
/s/Jonathan B. Kay
______________________ Director June 10, 1997
JONATHAN B. KAY.
/s/Fraser Lemley
______________________ Director June 10, 1997
FRASER LEMLEY
/S/Joseph P Mercurio
______________________ Director June 10, 1997
JOSEPH P. MERCURIO
/s/Joseph J. Senna, Esq.
______________________ Director June 10, 1997
JOSEPH J. SENNA, ESQ.
/s/Barry R. Sloane
______________________ Director June 10, 1997
BARRY R. SLOANE
/s/Jonathan G. Sloane
______________________ Director June 10, 1997
JONATHAN G. SLOANE
/s/Marshall M. Sloane
______________________ Chairman, President and June 10, 1997
MARSHALL M. SLOANE Chief Executive Officer
/s/Stephanie Sonnabend
______________________ Director June 10, 1997
STEPHANIE SONNABEND
/s/George F. Swansburg
______________________ Director and Executive June 10, 1997
GEORGE F. SWANSBURG Vice President
/s/Jon Westling
______________________ Director June 10, 1997
JON WESTLING
/s/Paul V. Cusick, Jr.
______________________ Vice President and Treasurer June 10, 1997
PAUL V. CUSICK, JR.
/s/Kenneth A. Samuelian
______________________ Vice President and Controller June 10, 1997
KENNETH A. SAMUELIAN Century Bank and Trust
Principal Accounting Officer
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SIGNATURES
THE PLAN. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Plan has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on
its behalf of the undersigned. Thereunto, duly authorized, in the City of
Medford, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the 10th day of June, 1997.
CENTURY BANCORP 401(K) PLAN
(THE "PLAN")
By:/s/Paul V. Cusick
__________________________________
Name:Paul V. Cusick, Jr.
Title: Management Committee Member
Pursuant to the Requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated:
Signature Title Date
/s/Marshall M. Sloane
______________________ Management Committee Member June 18, 1997
MARSHALL M. SLOANE
/s/George F. Swansburg
______________________ Management Committee Member June 10, 1997
GEORGE F. SWANSBURG
/s/Jonathan G. Sloane
______________________ Management Committee Member June 10, 1997
JONATHAN G. SLOANE
/s/William L. Sloboda
______________________ Management Committee Member June 12, 1997
WILLIAM L. SLOBODA
/s/Donld H. Lang
______________________ Management Committee Member June 12, 1997
DONALD H. LANG
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION
4.1 Century Bancorp 401(k) Plan Prototype
Cash or Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan and
Trust/Custodial Account Basic Plan
Document #04, effective as of October 1,
1996.
4.2 Century Bank 401(k) Plan Prototype Cash
or Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan and
Trust/Custodial Account Adoption
Agreement. Agreement effective October
1, 1996.
23 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.
24 Power of Attorney (included in signature
page to Registration Statement).
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EXHIBIT 23
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
Century Bancorp, Inc.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement to
be filed on Form S-8 by Century Bancorp, Inc. of our report dated January 10,
1997, relating ato the consolidated balance sheets of Century Bancorp, Inc. and
subsidiary as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and he related consolidated
statements of income, changes in stockholders' equity and cash flows for each
of the years in the three-year period then ended.
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
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Boston, Massachusetts
June 25, 1997
EXHIBIT 4.1
PROTOTYPE CASH OR DEFERRED PROFIT-SHARING PLAN
AND TRUST/CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT
SPONSORED BY
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON
CANTON, MASSACHUSETTS
BASIC PLAN DOCUMENT #04
DECEMBER 1995
COPYRIGHT 1993 MCKAY HOCHMAN CO., INC.
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THIS DOCUMENT IS COPYRIGHTED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. USE,
DUPLICATION OR REPRODUCTION, INCLUDING THE USE OF ELECTRONIC MEANS, IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW WITHOUT THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PARAGRAPH PAGE
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Actual Deferral Percentage 1
1.2 Adoption Agreement 1
1.3 Aggregate Limit 1
1.4 Annual Additions 2
1.5 Annuity Starting Date 2
1.6 Applicable Calendar Year 2
1.7 Applicable Life Expectancy 2
1.8 Average Contribution Percentage (ACP) 3
1.9 Average Deferral Percentage (ADP) 3
1.10 Break In Service 3
1.11 Code 3
1.12 Compensation 3
1.13 Contribution Percentage 5
1.14 Custodian 6
1.15 Defined Benefit Plan 6
1.16 Defined Benefit (Plan) Fraction 6
1.17 Defined Contribution Dollar Limitation 6
1.18 Defined Contribution Plan 6
1.19 Defined Contribution (Plan) Fraction 6
1.20 Designated Beneficiary 7
1.21 Disability 7
1.22 Distribution Calendar Year 7
1.23 Early Retirement Age 7
1.24 Earned Income 7
1.25 Effective Date 7
1.26 Election Period 8
1.27 Elective Deferral 8
1.28 Eligible Participant 8
1.29 Employee 8
1.30 Employer 8
1.31 Entry Date 8
1.32 Excess Aggregate Contributions 9
1.33 Excess Amount 9
1.34 Excess Contribution 9
1.35 Excess Elective Deferrals 9
1.36 Family Member 9
1.37 First Distribution Calendar Year 9
1.38 Fund 9
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1.39 Hardship 9
1.40 Highest Average Compensation 10
1.41 Highly Compensated Employee 10
1.42 Hour Of Service 10
1.43 Key Employee 11
1.44 Leased Employee 12
1.45 Limitation Year 12
1.46 Master Or Prototype Plan 12
1.47 Matching Contribution 12
1.48 Maximum Permissible Amount 12
1.49 Net Profit 12
1.50 Normal Retirement Age 12
1.51 Owner-Employee 13
1.52 Paired Plans 13
1.53 Participant 13
1.54 Participant's Benefit 13
1.55 Permissive Aggregation Group 13
1.56 Plan 13
1.57 Plan Administrator 13
1.58 Plan Year 13
1.59 Present Value 13
1.60 Projected Annual Benefit 13
1.61 Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan 14
1.62 Qualified Domestic Relations Order 14
1.63 Qualified Early Retirement Age 14
1.64 Qualified Joint And Survivor Annuity 14
1.65 Qualified Matching Contribution 14
1.66 Qualified Non-Elective Contributions 14
1.67 Qualified Voluntary Contribution 15
1.68 Required Aggregation Group 15
1.69 Required Beginning Date 15
1.70 Rollover Contribution 15
1.71 Salary Savings Agreement 15
1.72 Self-Employed Individual 15
1.73 Service 15
1.74 Shareholder Employee 16
1.75 Simplified Employee Pension Plan 16
1.76 Sponsor 16
1.77 Spouse (Surviving Spouse) 16
1.78 Super Top-Heavy Plan 16
1.79 Taxable Wage Base 16
1.80 Top-Heavy Determination Date 16
1.81 Top-Heavy Plan 16
1.82 Top-Heavy Ratio 16
1.83 Top-Paid Group 18
1.84 Transfer Contribution 18
1.85 Trustee 18
1.86 Valuation Date 18
1.87 Vested Account Balance 18
1.88 Voluntary Contribution 19
1.89 Welfare Benefit Fund 19
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1.90 Year Of Service 19
ARTICLE II
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
2.1 Participation 20
2.2 Change In Classification Of Employment 20
2.3 Computation Period 20
2.4 Employment Rights 20
2.5 Service With Controlled Groups 20
2.6 Owner-Employees 20
2.7 Leased Employees 21
2.8 Thrift Plans 22
ARTICLE III
EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
3.1 Amount 23
3.2 Expenses And Fees 23
3.3 Responsibility For Contributions 23
3.4 Return Of Contributions 23
ARTICLE IV
EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS
4.1 Voluntary Contributions 24
4.2 Qualified Voluntary Contributions 24
4.3 Rollover Contribution 24
4.4 Transfer Contribution 25
4.5 Employer Approval Of Transfer Contributions 25
4.6 Elective Deferrals 25
4.7 Required Voluntary Contributions 26
4.8 Direct Rollover Of Benefits 26
ARTICLE V
PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS
5.1 Separate Accounts 27
5.2 Adjustments To Participant Accounts 27
5.3 Allocating Employer Contributions 28
5.4 Allocating Investment Earnings And Losses 28
5.5 Participant Statements 28
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ARTICLE VI
RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
6.1 Normal Retirement Benefits 30
6.2 Early Retirement Benefits 30
6.3 Benefits On Termination Of Employment 30
6.4 Restrictions On Immediate Distributions 31
6.5 Normal Form Of Payment 33
6.6 Commencement Of Benefits 33
6.7 Claims Procedures 33
6.8 In-Service Withdrawals 34
6.9 Hardship Withdrawal 35
ARTICLE VII
DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS
7.1 Joint And Survivor Annuity Requirements 38
7.2 Minimum Distribution Requirements 38
7.3 Limits On Distribution Periods 38
7.4 Required Distributions On Or After The
Required Beginning Date 38
7.5 Required Beginning Date 39
7.6 Transitional Rule 40
7.7 Designation Of Beneficiary For Death Benefit 41
7.8 Nonexistence Of Beneficiary 42
7.9 Distribution Beginning Before Death 42
7.10 Distribution Beginning After Death 42
7.11 Distribution Of Excess Elective Deferrals 43
7.12 Distributions Of Excess Contributions 44
7.13 Distribution Of Excess Aggregate Contributions 44
ARTICLE VIII
JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY REQUIREMENTS
8.1 Applicability Of Provisions 46
8.2 Payment Of Qualified Joint And Survivor
Annuity 46
8.3 Payment Of Qualified Pre-Retirement
Survivor Annuity 46
8.4 Qualified Election 46
8.5 Notice Requirements For Qualified Joint
And Survivor Annuity 47
8.6 Notice Requirements For Qualified Pre-
Retirement Survivor Annuity 47
8.7 Special Safe-Harbor Exception For
Certain Profit-Sharing Plans 48
8.8 Transitional Joint And Survivor
Annuity Rules 48
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8.9 Automatic Joint And Survivor Annuity
And Early Survivor Annuity 49
8.10 Annuity Contracts 50
ARTICLE IX
VESTING
9.1 Employee Contributions 51
9.2 Employer Contributions 51
9.3 Computation Period 51
9.4 Requalification Prior To Five Consecutive
One-Year Breaks In Service 51
9.5 Requalification After Five Consecutive
One-Year Breaks In Service 51
9.6 Calculating Vested Interest 51
9.7 Forfeitures 52
9.8 Amendment Of Vesting Schedule 52
9.9 Service With Controlled Groups 52
ARTICLE X
LIMITATIONS ON ALLOCATIONS AND
ANTIDISCRIMINATION TESTING
10.1 Participation In This Plan Only 53
10.2 Disposition Of Excess Annual Additions 53
10.3 Participation In This Plan And Another
Prototype Defined Contribution Plan,
Welfare Benefit Fund, Or Other Medical
Account Maintained By The Employer 54
10.4 Disposition Of Excess Annual Additions
Under Two Plans 55
10.5 Participation In This Plan And Another
Defined Contribution Plan Which Is Not
A Master Or Prototype Plan 55
10.6 Participation In This Plan And A Defined
Benefit Plan 55
10.7 Average Deferral Percentage (ADP) Test 56
10.8 Special Rules Relating To Application
Of ADP Test 56
10.9 Recharacterization 57
10.10 Average Contribution Percentage (ACP) Test 57
10.11 Special Rules Relating To Application
Of ACP Test 58
ARTICLE XI
ADMINISTRATION
11.1 Plan Administrator 60
11.2 Trustee/Custodian 60
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11.3 Administrative Fees And Expenses 61
11.4 Division Of Duties And Indemnification 61
ARTICLE XII
TRUST FUND/CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT
12.1 The Fund 63
12.2 Control Of Plan Assets 63
12.3 Exclusive Benefit Rules 63
12.4 Assignment And Alienation Of Benefits 63
12.5 Determination Of Qualified Domestic
Relations Order (QDRO) 63
ARTICLE XIII
INVESTMENTS
13.1 Fiduciary Standards 65
13.2 Funding Arrangement 65
13.3 Investment Alternatives Of The Trustee 65
13.4 Duties Of The Custodian 66
13.5 Participant Loans 67
13.6 Reserved 69
13.7 Employer Investment Direction 69
13.8 Employee Investment Direction 69
ARTICLE XIV
TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS
14.1 Applicability Of Rules 71
14.2 Minimum Contribution 71
14.3 Minimum Vesting 71
14.4 Limitations On Allocations 72
ARTICLE XV
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
15.1 Amendment By Sponsor 73
15.2 Amendment By Employer 73
15.3 Termination 73
15.4 Qualification Of Employer's Plan 73
15.5 Mergers And Consolidations 74
15.6 Resignation And Removal 74
15.7 Qualification Of Prototype 74
ARTICLE XVI
GOVERNING LAW 75
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PROTOTYPE CASH OR DEFERRED PROFIT-SHARING PLAN AND TRUST/CUSTODIAL
ACCOUNT
SPONSORED BY
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON
The Sponsor hereby establishes the following Prototype Retirement Plan and
Trust/Custodial Account for use by those of its customers who qualify and wish
to adopt a qualified retirement program. Any Plan and Trust/Custodial Account
established hereunder shall be administered for the exclusive benefit of
Participants and their beneficiaries under the following terms and conditions:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE The ratio (expressed as a percentage and
calculated separately for each Participant) of:
(a) the amount of Employer contributions [as defined at (c) and (d)]
actually paid over to the Fund on behalf of such Participant for the
Plan Year to
(b) the Participant's Compensation for such Plan Year. Compensation will
only include amounts for the period during which the Employee was
eligible to participate.
Employer contributions on behalf of any Participant shall include:
(c) any Elective Deferrals made pursuant to the Participant's deferral
election, including Excess Elective Deferrals, but excluding
Elective Deferrals that are either taken into account in the
Contribution Percentage test (provided the ADP test is satisfied
both with and without exclusion of these Elective Deferrals) or are
returned as excess Annual Additions; and
(d) at the election of the Employer, Qualified Non-Elective
Contributions and Qualified Matching Contributions.
For purposes of computing Actual Deferral Percentages, an Employee who would be
a Participant but for the failure to make Elective Deferrals shall be treated
as a Participant on whose behalf no Elective Deferrals are made.
1.2 ADOPTION AGREEMENT The document attached to this Plan by which an
Employer elects to establish a qualified retirement plan and trust/custodial
account under the terms of this Prototype Plan and Trust/Custodial Account.
1.3 AGGREGATE LIMIT The sum of:
(a) 125 percent of the greater of the ADP of the non-Highly Compensated
Employees for the Plan Year or the ACP of non-Highly Compensated
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Employees under the Plan subject to Code Section 401(m) for the Plan
Year beginning with or within the Plan Year of the cash or deferred
arrangement as described in Code Section 401(k) or Code Section
402(h)(1)(B), and
(b) the lesser of 200% or two percent plus the lesser of such ADP or
ACP.
Alternatively, the aggregate limit can be determined by substituting "the
lesser of 200% or 2 percent plus" for "125% of" in (a) above, and substituting
"125% of" for "the lesser of 200% or 2 percent plus" in (b) above.
1.4 ANNUAL ADDITIONS The sum of the following amounts credited to a
Participant's account for the Limitation Year:
(a) Employer Contributions,
(b) Employee Contributions (under Article IV),
(c) forfeitures,
(d) amounts allocated after March 31, 1984 to an individual medical
account, as defined in Code Section 415(l)(2), which is part of a
pension or annuity plan maintained by the Employer (these amounts
are treated as Annual Additions to a Defined Contribution Plan
though they arise under a Defined Benefit Plan), and
(e) amounts derived from contributions paid or accrued after 1985, in
taxable years ending after 1985, which are either attributable to
post-retirement medical benefits allocated to the account of a Key
Employee, or to a Welfare Benefit Fund maintained by the Employer,
are also treated as Annual Additions to a Defined Contribution Plan.
For purposes of this paragraph, an Employee is a Key Employee if he
or she meets the requirements of paragraph 1.43 at any time during
the Plan Year or any preceding Plan Year. Welfare Benefit Fund is
defined at paragraph 1.89.
Excess amounts applied in a Limitation Year to reduce Employer contributions
will be considered Annual Additions for such Limitation Year, pursuant to the
provisions of Article X.
1.5 ANNUITY STARTING DATE The first day of the first period for which an
amount is paid as an annuity or in any other form.
1.6 APPLICABLE CALENDAR YEAR The First Distribution Calendar Year, and in the
event of the recalculation of life expectancy, such succeeding calendar year.
If payments commence in accordance with paragraph 7.4(e) before the Required
Beginning Date, the Applicable Calendar Year is the year such payments
commence. If distribution is in the form of an immediate annuity purchased
after the Participant's death with the Participant's remaining interest, the
Applicable Calendar Year is the year of purchase.
1.7 APPLICABLE LIFE EXPECTANCY Used in determining the required minimum
distribution. The life expectancy (or joint and last survivor expectancy)
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calculated using the attained age of the Participant (or Designated
Beneficiary) as of the Participant's (or Designated Beneficiary's) birthday in
the Applicable Calendar Year reduced by one for each calendar year which has
elapsed since the date life expectancy was first calculated. If life expectancy
is being recalculated, the Applicable Life Expectancy shall be the life
expectancy as so recalculated. The life expectancy of a non-Spouse Beneficiary
may not be recalculated.
1.8 AVERAGE CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE (ACP) The average of the Contribution
Percentages for each Highly Compensated Employee and for each non-Highly
Compensated Employee.
1.9 AVERAGE DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE (ADP) The average of the Actual Deferral
Percentages for each Highly Compensated Employee and for each non-Highly
Compensated Employee.
1.10 BREAK IN SERVICE A 12-consecutive month period during which an Employee
fails to complete more than 500 Hours of Service.
1.11 CODE The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including any amendments.
1.12 COMPENSATION The Employer may select one of the following three
safe-harbor definitions of Compensation in the Adoption Agreement. Compensation
shall only include amounts earned while a Participant if Plan Year is chosen as
the applicable computation period.
(a) CODE SECTION 3401(A) WAGES. Compensation is defined as wages within
the meaning of Code Section 3401(a) for the purposes of Federal
income tax withholding at the source but determined without regard
to any rules that limit the remuneration included in wages based on
the nature or location of the employment or the services performed
[such as the exception for agricultural labor in Code Section
3401(a)(2)].
(b) CODE SECTION 6041 AND 6051 WAGES. Compensation is defined as wages
as defined in Code Section 3401(a) and all other payments of
compensation to an Employee by the Employer (in the course of the
Employer's trade or business) for which the Employer is required to
furnish the employee a written statement under Code Section 6041(d)
and 6051(a)(3). Compensation must be determined without regard
to any rules under Code Section 3401(a) that limit the remuneration
included in wages based on the nature or location of the employment
or the services performed [such as the exception for agricultural
labor in Code Section 3401(a)(2)].
(c) CODE SECTION 415 COMPENSATION. For purposes of applying the
limitations of Article X and Top-Heavy Minimums, the definition of
Compensation shall be Code Section 415 Compensation defined as
follows: a Participant's Earned Income, wages, salaries, and fees
for professional services and other amounts received (without regard
to whether or not an amount is paid in cash) for personal services
actually rendered in the course of employment with the Employer
maintaining the Plan to the extent that the amounts are includible
in gross income [including, but not limited to, commissions paid
salesmen, Compensation for services on the basis of a percentage of
profits, commissions on insurance premiums, tips, bonuses, fringe
benefits and reimbursements or other expense allowances under a
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nonaccountable plan (as described in Regulation 1.62-2(c)], and
excluding the following:
1. Employer contributions to a plan of deferred compensation which
are not includible in the Employee's gross income for the
taxable year in which contributed, or Employer contributions
under a Simplified Employee Pension Plan or any distributions
from a plan of deferred compensation,
2. Amounts realized from the exercise of a non-qualified stock
option, or when restricted stock (or property) held by the
Employee either becomes freely transferable or is no longer
subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture,
3. Amounts realized from the sale, exchange or other disposition
of stock acquired under a qualified stock option; and
4. other amounts which received special tax benefits, or
contributions made by the Employer (whether or not under a
salary reduction agreement) towards the purchase of an annuity
contract described in Code Section 403(b) (whether or not the
contributions are actually excludible from the gross income of
the Employee).
For purposes of applying the limitations of Article X and Top-Heavy Minimums,
the definition of Compensation shall be Code Section 415 Compensation described
in this paragraph 1.12(c). Also, for purposes of applying the limitations of
Article X, Compensation for a Limitation Year is the Compensation actually paid
or made available during such Limitation Year. Notwithstanding the preceding
sentence, Compensation for a Participant in a defined contribution plan who is
permanently and totally disabled [as defined in Code Section 22(e)(3)] is the
Compensation such Participant would have received for the Limitation Year if
the Participant had been paid at the rate of Compensation paid immediately
before becoming permanently and totally disabled. Such imputed Compensation for
the disabled Participant may be taken into account only if the participant is
not a Highly Compensated Employee [as defined in Code Section 414(q)] and
contributions made on behalf of such Participant are nonforfeitable when made.
If the Employer fails to pick the applicable period in the Adoption Agreement,
the Plan Year shall be used. Unless otherwise specified by the Employer in the
Adoption Agreement, Compensation shall be determined as provided in Code
Section 3401(a) [as defined in this paragraph 1.12(a)]. In nonstandardized
Adoption Agreement 002, the Employer may choose to eliminate or exclude
categories of Compensation which do not violate the provisions of Code Sections
401(a)(4), 414(s) the regulations thereunder and Revenue Procedure 89-65.
Beginning with 1989 Plan Years, the annual Compensation of each Participant
which may be taken into account for determining all benefits provided under the
Plan (including benefits under Article XIV) for any year shall not exceed
$200,000, as adjusted under Code Section 415(d). In determining the
Compensation of a Participant for purposes of this limitation, the rules of
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Code Section 414(q)(6) shall apply, except in applying such rules, the term
"family" shall include only the Spouse of the Participant and any lineal
descendants of the Participant who have not attained age 19 before the end of
the Plan year. If, as a result of the application of such rules the adjusted
$200,000 limitation is exceeded, then (except for purposes of determining the
portion of Compensation up to the integration level if this Plan provides for
permitted disparity), the limitation shall be prorated among the affected
individuals in proportion to each such individual's Compensation as determined
under this section prior to the application of this limitation.
If a Plan has a Plan Year that contains fewer than 12 calendar months, then the
annual Compensation limit for that period is an amount equal to the $200,000 as
adjusted for the calendar year in which the Compensation period begins,
multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of full months in
the Short Plan Year and the denominator of which is 12. If Compensation for any
prior Plan Year is taken into account in determining an Employee's
contributions or benefits for the current year, the Compensation for such prior
year is subject to the applicable annual Compensation limit in effect for that
prior year. For this purpose, for years beginning before January 1, 1990, the
applicable annual Compensation limit is $200,000. For Plan Years beginning on
or after January 1, 1994, the annual Compensation of each Participant taken
into account for determining all benefits provided under the Plan for any Plan
Year shall not exceed $150,000, as adjusted for increases in the cost-of-living
in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(17). The cost-of-living adjustment in
effect for a calendar year applies to any determination period beginning in
such calendar year.
Compensation shall not include deferred Compensation other than contributions
through a salary reduction agreement to a cash or deferred plan under Code
Section 401(k), a Simplified Employee Pension Plan under Code Section
402(h)(1)(B), a cafeteria plan under Code Section 125 or a tax-deferred annuity
under Code Section 403(b). Unless elected otherwise by the Employer in the
Adoption Agreement, these deferred amounts will be considered as Compensation
for Plan purposes. These deferred amounts are not counted as Compensation for
purposes of Articles X and XIV. When applicable to a Self-Employed Individual,
Compensation shall mean Earned Income.
1.13 CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE The ratio (expressed as a percentage and
calculated separately for each Participant) of:
(a) the Participant's Contribution Percentage Amounts [as defined at
(c)-(f)] for the Plan Year, to
(b) the Participant's Compensation for the Plan Year. Compensation will
only include amounts for the period during which the Employee was
eligible to participate.
Contribution Percentage Amounts on behalf of any Participant shall include:
(c) the amount of Employee Voluntary Contributions, Matching
Contributions, and Qualified Matching Contributions (to the extent
not taken into account for purposes of the ADP test) made under the
Plan on behalf of the Participant for the Plan Year,
(d) forfeitures of Excess Aggregate Contributions or Matching
Contributions allocated to the Participant's account which shall be
taken into account in the year in which such forfeiture is
allocated,
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(e) at the election of the Employer, Qualified Non-Elective
Contributions, and
(f) the Employer also may elect to use Elective Deferrals in the
Contribution Percentage Amounts so long as the ADP test is met
before the Elective Deferrals are used in the ACP test and continues
to be met following the exclusion of those Elective Deferrals that
are used to meet the ACP test.
Contribution Percentage Amounts shall not include Matching Contributions,
whether or not Qualified, that are forfeited either to correct Excess Aggregate
Contributions, or because the contributions to which they relate are Excess
Deferrals, Excess Contributions, or Excess Aggregate Contributions.
1.14 CUSTODIAN The Sponsor of this Prototype, or, if applicable, an affiliate
or successor, shall serve as Custodian if a Custodian is appointed in the
Adoption Agreement.
1.15 DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN A Plan under which a Participant's benefit is
determined by a formula contained in the Plan and no individual accounts are
maintained for Participants.
1.16 DEFINED BENEFIT (PLAN) FRACTION A fraction, the numerator of which is the
sum of the Participant's Projected Annual Benefits under all the Defined
Benefit Plans (whether or not terminated) maintained by the Employer, and the
denominator of which is the lesser of 125 percent of the dollar limitation
determined for the Limitation Year under Code Sections 415(b) and (d) or 140
percent of the Highest Average Compensation, including any adjustments under
Code Section 415(b).
Notwithstanding the above, if the Participant was a Participant as of the first
day of the first Limitation Year beginning after 1986, in one or more Defined
Benefit Plans maintained by the Employer which were in existence on May 6,
1986, the denominator of this fraction will not be less than 125 percent of the
sum of the annual benefits under such plans which the Participant had accrued
as of the close of the last Limitation Year beginning before 1987, disregarding
any changes in the terms and conditions of the plan after May 5, 1986. The
preceding sentence applies only if the Defined Benefit Plans individually and
in the aggregate satisfied the requirements of Section 415 for all Limitation
Years beginning before 1987.
1.17 DEFINED CONTRIBUTION DOLLAR LIMITATION Thirty thousand dollars ($30,000)
or if greater, one-fourth of the defined benefit dollar limitation set forth in
Code Section 415(b)(1) as in effect for the Limitation Year.
1.18 DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN A Plan under which individual accounts are
maintained for each Participant to which all contributions, forfeitures,
investment income and gains or losses, and expenses are credited or deducted. A
Participant's benefit under such Plan is based solely on the fair market value
of his or her account balance.
1.19 DEFINED CONTRIBUTION (PLAN) FRACTION A Fraction, the numerator of which
is the sum of the Annual Additions to the Participant's account under all the
Defined Contribution Plans (whether or not terminated) maintained by the
Employer for the current and all prior Limitation Years (including the Annual
Additions attributable to the Participant's nondeductible Employee
contributions to all Defined Benefit Plans, whether or not terminated,
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maintained by the Employer, and the Annual Additions attributable to all
Welfare Benefit Funds, as defined in paragraph 1.89 and individual medical
accounts, as defined in Code Section 415(l)(2), maintained by the Employer),
and the denominator of which is the sum of the maximum aggregate amounts for
the current and all prior Limitation Years of service with the Employer
(regardless of whether a Defined Contribution Plan was maintained by the
Employer). The maximum aggregate amount in the Limitation Year is the lesser of
125 percent of the dollar limitation determined under Code Sections 415(b) and
(d) in effect under Code Section 415(c)(1)(A) or 35 percent of the
Participant's Compensation for such year.
If the Employee was a Participant as of the end of the first day of the first
Limitation Year beginning after 1986, in one or more Defined Contribution Plans
maintained by the Employer which were in existence on May 6, 1986, the
numerator of this fraction will be adjusted if the sum of this fraction and the
Defined Benefit Fraction would otherwise exceed 1.0 under the terms of this
Plan. Under the adjustment, an amount equal to the product of (1) the excess of
the sum of the fractions over 1.0 times (2) the denominator of this fraction
will be permanently subtracted from the numerator of this fraction. The
adjustment is calculated using the fractions as they would be computed as of
the end of the last Limitation Year beginning before 1987, and disregarding any
changes in the terms and conditions of the Plan made after May 6, 1986, but
using the Section 415 limitation applicable to the first Limitation Year
beginning on or after January 1, 1987. The Annual Addition for any Limitation
Year beginning before 1987, shall not be re-computed to treat all Employee
Contributions as Annual Additions.
1.20 DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY The individual who is designated as the
beneficiary under the Plan in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(9) and the
regulations thereunder.
1.21 DISABILITY An illness or injury of a potentially permanent nature,
expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, certified
by a physician selected by or satisfactory to the Employer, which prevents the
Employee from engaging in any occupation for wage or profit for which the
Employee is reasonably fitted by training, education or experience.
1.22 DISTRIBUTION CALENDAR YEAR A calendar year for which a minimum
distribution is required.
1.23 EARLY RETIREMENT AGE The age set by the Employer in the Adoption
Agreement (but not less than 55), which is the earliest age at which a
Participant may retire and receive his or her benefits under the Plan.
1.24 EARNED INCOME Net earnings from self-employment in the trade or business
with respect to which the Plan is established, determined without regard to
items not included in gross income and the deductions allocable to such items,
provided that personal services of the individual are a material
income-producing factor. Earned income shall be reduced by contributions made
by an Employer to a qualified plan to the extent deductible under Code Section
404. For tax years beginning after 1989, net earnings shall be determined
taking into account the deduction for one-half of self-employment taxes allowed
to the Employer under Code Section 164(f) to the extent deductible.
1.25 EFFECTIVE DATE The date on which the Employer's retirement plan or
amendment to such plan becomes effective. For amendments reflecting statutory
and regulatory changes post Tax Reform Act of 1986, the Effective Date will be
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the earlier of the date upon which such amendment is first administratively
applied or the first day of the Plan Year following the date of adoption of
such amendment.
1.26 ELECTION PERIOD The period which begins on the first day of the Plan Year
in which the Participant attains age 35 and ends on the date of the
Participant's death. If a Participant separates from service prior to the first
day of the Plan Year in which age 35 is attained, the Election Period shall
begin on the date of separation, with respect to the account balance as of the
date of separation.
1.27 ELECTIVE DEFERRAL Employer contributions made to the Plan at the election
of the Participant, in lieu of cash Compensation. Elective Deferrals shall also
include contributions made pursuant to a Salary Savings Agreement or other
deferral mechanism, such as a cash option contribution. With respect to any
taxable year, a Participant's Elective Deferral is the sum of all Employer
contributions made on behalf of such Participant pursuant to an election to
defer under any qualified cash or deferred arrangement as described in Code
Section 401(k), any simplified employee pension cash or deferred arrangement as
described in Code Section 402(h)(1)(B), any eligible deferred compensation plan
under Code Section 457, any plan as described under Code Section 501(c)(18),
and any Employer contributions made on the behalf of a Participant for the
purchase of an annuity contract under Code Section 403(b) pursuant to a Salary
Savings Agreement. Elective Deferrals shall not include any deferrals properly
distributed as Excess Annual Additions.
1.28 ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANT Any Employee who is eligible to make a Voluntary
Contribution, or an Elective Deferral (if the Employer takes such contributions
into account in the calculation of the Contribution Percentage), or to receive
a Matching Contribution (including forfeitures) or a Qualified Matching
Contribution. If a Voluntary Contribution or Elective Deferral is required as a
condition of participation in the Plan, any Employee who would be a Participant
in the Plan if such Employee made such a contribution shall be treated as an
Eligible Participant even though no Voluntary Contributions or Elective
Deferrals are made.
1.29 EMPLOYEE Any person employed by the Employer (including Self-Employed
Individuals and partners), all Employees of a member of an affiliated service
group [as defined in Code Section 414(m)], Employees of a controlled group of
corporations [as defined in Code Section 414(b)], all Employees of any
incorporated or unincorporated trade or business which is under common control
[as defined in Code Section 414(c)], Leased Employees [as defined in Code
Section 414(n)] and any Employee required to be aggregated by Code Section
414(o). All such Employees shall be treated as employed by a single Employer.
1.30 EMPLOYER The Self-Employed Individual, partnership, corporation or other
organization which adopts this Plan including any firm that succeeds the
Employer and adopts this Plan. For purposes of Article X, Limitations on
Allocations, Employer shall mean the Employer that adopts this Plan, and all
members of a controlled group of corporations [as defined in Code Section
414(b) as modified by Code Section 415(h)], all commonly controlled trades or
businesses [as defined in Code Section 414(c) as modified by Code Section
415(h)] or affiliated service groups [as defined in Code Section 414(m)] of
which the adopting Employer is a part, and any other entity required to be
aggregated with the Employer pursuant to regulations under Code Section 414(o).
1.31 ENTRY DATE The date on which an Employee commences participation in the
Plan as determined by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement.
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1.32 EXCESS AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTIONS The excess, with respect to any Plan Year,
of:
(a) The aggregate Contribution Percentage Amounts taken into account in
computing the numerator of the Contribution Percentage actually made
on behalf of Highly Compensated Employees for such Plan Year, over
(b) The maximum Contribution Percentage Amounts permitted by the ACP
test (determined by reducing contributions made on behalf of Highly
Compensated Employees in order of their Contribution Percentages
beginning with the highest of such percentages).
Such determination shall be made after first determining Excess Elective
Deferrals pursuant to paragraph 1.35 and then determining Excess Contributions
pursuant to paragraph 1.34.
1.33 EXCESS AMOUNT The excess of the Participant's Annual Additions for the
Limitation Year over the Maximum Permissible Amount.
1.34 EXCESS CONTRIBUTION With respect to any Plan Year, the excess of:
(a) The aggregate amount of Employer contributions actually taken into
account in computing the ADP of Highly Compensated Employees for
such Plan Year, over
(b) The maximum amount of such contributions permitted by the ADP test
(determined by reducing contributions made on behalf of Highly
Compensated Employees in order of the ADPs, beginning with the
highest of such percentages).
1.35 EXCESS ELECTIVE DEFERRALS Those Elective Deferrals that are includible in
a Participant's gross income under Code Section 402(g) to the extent such
Participant's Elective Deferrals for a taxable year exceed the dollar
limitation under such Code Section. Excess Elective Deferrals shall be treated
as Annual Additions under the Plan, unless such amounts are distributed no
later than the first April 15th following the close of the Participant's
taxable year.
1.36 FAMILY MEMBER The Employee's Spouse, any lineal descendants and
ascendants and the Spouse of such lineal descendants and ascendants.
1.37 FIRST DISTRIBUTION CALENDAR YEAR For distributions beginning before the
Participant's death, the First Distribution Calendar Year is the calendar year
immediately preceding the calendar year which contains the Participant's
Required Beginning Date. For distributions beginning after the Participant's
death, the First Distribution Calendar Year is the calendar year in which
distributions are required to begin pursuant to paragraph 7.10.
1.38 FUND All contributions received by the Trustee/Custodian under this Plan
and Trust/Custodial Account, investments thereof and earnings and appreciation
thereon.
1.39 HARDSHIP An immediate and heavy financial need of the Employee where such
Employee lacks other available resources.
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1.40 HIGHEST AVERAGE COMPENSATION The average Compensation for the three
consecutive Years of Service with the Employer that produces the highest
average. A Year of Service with the Employer is the 12-consecutive month period
defined in the Adoption Agreement.
1.41 HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE Any Employee who performs service for the
Employer during the determination year and who, during the immediate prior
year:
(a) received Compensation from the Employer in excess of $75,000 [as
adjusted pursuant to Code Section 415(d)]; or
(b) received Compensation from the Employer in excess of $50,000 [as
adjusted pursuant to Code Section 415(d)] and was a member of the
Top-Paid Group for such year; or
(c) was an officer of the Employer and received Compensation during such
year that is greater than 50 percent of the dollar limitation in
effect under Code Section 415(b)(1)(A).
Notwithstanding (a), (b) and (c), an Employee who was not Highly Compensated
during the preceding Plan Year shall not be treated as a Highly Compensated
Employee with respect to the current Plan Year unless such Employee is a
member of the 100 Employees paid the greatest Compensation during the year for
which such determination is being made.
(d) Employees who are five percent (5%) Owners at any time during the
immediate prior year or determination year.
Highly Compensated Employee includes Highly Compensated active
Employees and Highly Compensated former Employees.
1.42 HOUR OF SERVICE
(a) Each hour for which an Employee is paid, or entitled to payment, for
the performance of duties for the Employer. These hours shall be
credited to the Employee for the computation period in which the
duties are performed; and
(b) Each hour for which an Employee is paid, or entitled to payment, by
the Employer on account of a period of time during which no duties
are performed (irrespective of whether the employment relationship
has terminated) due to vacation, holiday, illness, incapacity
(including disability), layoff, jury duty, military duty or leave of
absence. No more than 501 Hours of Service shall be credited under
this paragraph for any single continuous period (whether or not such
period occurs in a single computation period). Hours under this
paragraph shall be calculated and credited pursuant to Section
2530.200b-2 of the Department of Labor Regulations which are
incorporated herein by this reference; and
(c) Each hour for which back pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages,
is either awarded or agreed to by the Employer. The same Hours of
Service shall not be credited both under paragraph (a) or paragraph
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(b), as the case may be, and under this paragraph (c). These hours
shall be credited to the Employee for the computation period or
periods to which the award or agreement pertains rather than the
computation period in which the award, agreement or payment is made.
(d) Hours of Service shall be credited for employment with the Employer
and with other members of an affiliated service group [as defined in
Code Section 414(m)], a controlled group of corporations [as defined
in Code Section 414(b)], or a group of trades or businesses under
common control [as defined in Code Section 414(c)] of which the
adopting Employer is a member, and any other entity required to be
aggregated with the Employer pursuant to Code Section 414(o) and the
regulations thereunder. Hours of Service shall also be credited for
any individual considered an Employee for purposes of this Plan
under Code Section 414(n) or Code Section 414(o) and the
regulations thereunder.
(e) Solely for purposes of determining whether a Break in Service, as
defined in paragraph 1.10, for participation and vesting purposes
has occurred in a computation period, an individual who is absent
from work for maternity or paternity reasons shall receive credit
for the Hours of Service which would otherwise have been credited to
such individual but for such absence, or in any case in which such
hours cannot be determined, 8 Hours of Service per day of such
absence. For purposes of this paragraph, an absence from work
for maternity or paternity reasons means an absence by reason of
the pregnancy of the individual, by reason of a birth of a child of
the individual, by reason of the placement of a child with
the individual in connection with the adoption of such child by
such individual, or for purposes of caring for such child for
a period beginning immediately following such birth or placement.
The Hours of Service credited under this paragraph shall be credited
in the computation period in which the absence begins if the
crediting is necessary to prevent a Break in Service in that period,
or in all other cases, in the following computation period. No more
than 501 hours will be credited under this paragraph.
(f) Hours of Service shall be determined on the basis of the method
selected in the Adoption Agreement.
1.43 KEY EMPLOYEE Any Employee or former Employee (and the beneficiaries of
such employee) who at any time during the determination period was an officer
of the Employer if such individual's annual compensation exceeds 50% of the
dollar limitation under Code Section 415(b)(1)(A) (the defined benefit maximum
annual benefit), an owner (or considered an owner under Code Section 318) of
one of the ten largest interests in the employer if such individual's
compensation exceeds 100% of the dollar limitation under Code Section
415(c)(1)(A), a 5% owner of the Employer, or a 1% owner of the Employer who has
an annual compensation of more than $150,000. For purposes of determining who
is a Key Employee, annual compensation shall mean Compensation as defined for
Article X, but including amounts deferred through a salary reduction agreement
to a cash or deferred plan under Code Section 401(k), a Simplified Employee
Pension Plan under Code Section 408(k), a cafeteria plan under Code Section 125
or a tax-deferred annuity under Code Section 403(b). The determination period
is the Plan Year containing the Determination Date and the four preceding Plan
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Years. The determination of who is a Key Employee will be made in accordance
with Code Section 416(i)(1) and the regulations thereunder.
1.44 LEASED EMPLOYEE Any person (other than an Employee of the recipient) who,
pursuant to an agreement between the recipient and any other person ("leasing
organization"), has performed services for the recipient [or for the recipient
and related persons determined in accordance with Code Section 414(n)(6)] on a
substantially full-time basis for a period of at least one year, and such
services are of a type historically performed by Employees in the business
field of the recipient Employer.
1.45 LIMITATION YEAR The calendar year or such other 12-consecutive month
period designated by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement for purposes of
determining the maximum Annual Addition to a Participant's account. All
qualified plans maintained by the Employer must use the same Limitation Year.
If the Limitation Year is amended to a different 12-consecutive month period,
the new Limitation Year must begin on a date within the Limitation Year in
which the amendment is made.
1.46 MASTER OR PROTOTYPE PLAN A plan, the form of which is the subject of a
favorable opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service.
1.47 MATCHING CONTRIBUTION An Employer contribution made to this or any other
defined contribution plan on behalf of a Participant on account of an Employee
Voluntary Contribution made by such Participant, or on account of a
Participant's Elective Deferral, under a Plan maintained by the Employer.
1.48 MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE AMOUNT The maximum Annual Addition that may be
contributed or allocated to a Participant's account under the plan for any
Limitation Year shall not exceed the lesser of:
(a) the Defined Contribution Dollar Limitation, or
(b) 25% of the Participant's Compensation for the Limitation Year.
The compensation limitation referred to in (b) shall not apply to any
contribution for medical benefits [within the meaning of Code Section 401(h) or
Code Section 419A(f)(2)] which is otherwise treated as an Annual Addition under
Code Section 415(l)(1) or 419(d)(2). If a short Limitation Year is created
because of an amendment changing the Limitation Year to a different
12-consecutive month period, the Maximum Permissible Amount will not exceed the
Defined Contribution Dollar Limitation multiplied by the following fraction:
Number of months in the short Limitation Year divided by 12.
1.49 NET PROFIT The current and accumulated operating earnings of the Employer
before Federal and State income taxes, excluding nonrecurring or unusual items
of income, and before contributions to this and any other qualified plan of the
Employer. Alternatively, the Employer may fix another definition in the
Adoption Agreement.
1.50 NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE The age, set by the Employer in the Adoption
Agreement, at which a Participant may retire and receive his or her benefits
under the Plan.
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1.51 OWNER-EMPLOYEE A sole proprietor, or a partner owning more than 10% of
either the capital or profits interest of the partnership.
1.52 PAIRED PLANS Two or more Plans maintained by the Sponsor designed so that
a single or any combination of Plans adopted by an Employer will meet the
antidiscrimination rules, the contribution and benefit limitations, and the
Top-Heavy provisions of the Code.
1.53 PARTICIPANT Any Employee who has met the eligibility requirements and is
participating in the Plan.
1.54 PARTICIPANT'S BENEFIT The account balance as of the last Valuation Date
in the calendar year immediately preceding the Distribution Calendar Year
(valuation calendar year) increased by the amount of any contributions or
forfeitures allocated to the account balance as of the dates in the valuation
calendar year after the Valuation Date and decreased by distributions made in
the valuation calendar year after the Valuation Date. A special exception
exists for the second distribution Calendar Year. For purposes of this
paragraph, if any portion of the minimum distribution for the First
Distribution Calendar Year is made in the second Distribution Calendar Year on
or before the Required Beginning Date, the amount of the minimum distribution
made in the second distribution calendar year shall be treated as if it had
been made in the immediately preceding Distribution Calendar Year.
1.55 PERMISSIVE AGGREGATION GROUP Used for Top-Heavy testing purposes, it is
the Required Aggregation Group of plans plus any other plan or plans of the
Employer which, when considered as a group with the Required Aggregation Group,
would continue to satisfy the requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(4) and 410.
1.56 PLAN The Employer's retirement plan as embodied herein and in the
Adoption Agreement.
1.57 PLAN ADMINISTRATOR The Employer.
1.58 PLAN YEAR The 12-consecutive month period designated by the Employer in
the Adoption Agreement.
1.59 PRESENT VALUE Used for Top-Heavy test and determination purposes, when
determining the Present Value of accrued benefits, with respect to any Defined
Benefit Plan maintained by the Employer, interest and mortality rates shall be
determined in accordance with the provisions of the respective plan. If
applicable, interest and mortality assumptions will be specified in Section 11
of the Adoption Agreement.
1.60 PROJECTED ANNUAL BENEFIT Used to test the maximum benefit which may be
obtained from a combination of retirement plans, it is the annual retirement
benefit (adjusted to an actuarial equivalent straight life annuity if such
benefit is expressed in a form other than a straight life annuity or Qualified
Joint and Survivor Annuity) to which the Participant would be entitled under
the terms of a Defined Benefit Plan or plans, assuming:
(a) the Participant will continue employment until Normal Retirement Age
under the plan (or current age, if later), and
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(b) the Participant's Compensation for the current Limitation Year and
all other relevant factors used to determine benefits under the plan
will remain constant for all future Limitation Years.
1.61 QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN Any pension, profit-sharing, stock
bonus, or other plan which meets the requirements of Code Section 401 and
includes a trust exempt from tax under Code Section 501(a) or any annuity plan
described in Code Section 403(a).
An Eligible Retirement Plan is an individual retirement account (IRA) as
described in Code Section 408(a), an individual retirement annuity (IRA) as
described in Code Section 408(b), an annuity plan as described in Code Section
403(a), or a qualified trust as described in Code Section 401(a), which accepts
Eligible Rollover Distributions. However in the case of an Eligible Rollover
Distribution to a Surviving Spouse, an Eligible Retirement Plan is an
individual retirement account or individual retirement annuity.
1.62 QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER A QDRO is a signed Domestic Relations
Order issued by a State Court which creates, recognizes or assigns to an
alternate payee(s) the right to receive all or part of a Participant's Plan
benefit and which meets the requirements of Code Section 414(p). An alternate
payee is a Spouse, former Spouse, child, or other dependent who is treated as a
beneficiary under the Plan as a result of the QDRO.
1.63 QUALIFIED EARLY RETIREMENT AGE For purposes of paragraph 8.9, Qualified
Early Retirement Age is the latest of:
(a) the earliest date, under the Plan, on which the Participant may
elect to receive retirement benefits, or
(b) the first day of the 120th month beginning before the Participant
reaches Normal Retirement Age, or
(c) the date the Participant begins participation.
1.64 QUALIFIED JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY An immediate annuity for the life of
the Participant with a survivor annuity for the life of the Participant's
Spouse which is at least one-half of but not more than the amount of the
annuity payable during the joint lives of the Participant and the Participant's
Spouse. The exact amount of the Survivor Annuity is to be specified by the
Employer in the Adoption Agreement. If not designated by the Employer, the
Survivor Annuity will be 1/2 of the amount paid to the Participant during his
or her lifetime. The Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity will be the amount of
benefit which can be provided by the Participant's Vested Account Balance.
1.65 QUALIFIED MATCHING CONTRIBUTION Matching Contributions which when made
are subject to the distribution and nonforfeitability requirements under Code
Section 401(k).
1.66 QUALIFIED NON-ELECTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS Contributions (other than Matching
Contributions or Qualified Matching Contributions) made by the Employer and
allocated to Participants' accounts that the Participants may not elect to
receive in cash until distributed from the Plan; that are nonforfeitable when
made; and that are distributable only in accordance with the distribution
provisions that are applicable to Elective Deferrals and Qualified Matching
Contributions.
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1.67 QUALIFIED VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION A tax-deductible voluntary Employee
contribution. These contributions may no longer be made to the Plan.
1.68 REQUIRED AGGREGATION GROUP Used for Top-Heavy testing purposes, it
consists of:
(a) each qualified plan of the Employer in which at least one Key
Employee participates or participated at any time during the
determination period (regardless of whether the plan has
terminated), and
(b) any other qualified plan of the Employer which enables a plan
described in (a) to meet the requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(4)
or 410.
1.69 REQUIRED BEGINNING DATE The date on which a Participant is required to
take his or her first minimum distribution under the Plan. The rules are set
forth at paragraph 7.5.
1.70 ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTION A contribution made by a Participant of an amount
distributed to such Participant from another Qualified Deferred Compensation
Plan in accordance with Code Sections 402(a)(5), (6), and (7).
An Eligible Rollover Distribution is any distribution of all or any portion of
the balance to the credit of the Participant except that an Eligible Rollover
Distribution does not include:
(a) any distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal
periodic payments (not less frequently than annually) made for the
life (or life expectancy) of the Participant or the joint lives (or
joint life expectancies) of the Participant and the Participant's
Designated Beneficiary, or for a specified period of ten years or
more;
(b) any distribution to the extent such distribution is required under
Code Section 401(a)(9); and
(c) the portion of any distribution that is not includible in gross
income (determined without regard to the exclusion for net
unrealized appreciation with respect to Employer securities).
A Direct Rollover is a payment by the plan to the Eligible Retirement Plan
specified by the Participant.
1.71 SALARY SAVINGS AGREEMENT An agreement between the Employer and a
participating Employee where the Employee authorizes the Employer to withhold a
specified percentage of his or her Compensation for deposit to the Plan on
behalf of such Employee.
1.72 SELF-EMPLOYED INDIVIDUAL An individual who has Earned Income for the
taxable year from the trade or business for which the Plan is established
including an individual who would have had Earned Income but for the fact that
the trade or business had no Net Profit for the taxable year.
1.73 SERVICE The period of current or prior employment with the Employer. If
the Employer maintains a plan of a predecessor employer, Service for such
predecessor shall be treated as Service for the Employer.
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1.74 SHAREHOLDER EMPLOYEE An Employee or Officer who owns [or is consid- ered
as owning within the meaning of Code Section 318(a)(1)], on any day during the
taxable year of an electing small business corporation (S Corporation), more
than 5% of such corporation's outstanding stock.
1.75 SIMPLIFIED EMPLOYEE PENSION PLAN An individual retirement account which
meets the requirements of Code Section 408(k), and to which the Employer makes
contributions pursuant to a written formula. These plans are considered for
contribution limitation and Top-Heavy testing purposes.
1.76 SPONSOR The First National Bank Of Boston, or any successor(s) or
assign(s).
1.77 SPOUSE (SURVIVING SPOUSE) The Spouse or Surviving Spouse of the
Participant, provided that a former Spouse will be treated as the Spouse or
Surviving Spouse and a current Spouse will not be treated as the Spouse or
Surviving Spouse to the extent provided under a Qualified Domestic Relations
Order as described in Code Section 414(p).
1.78 SUPER TOP-HEAVY PLAN A Plan described at paragraph 1.81 under which the
Top-Heavy Ratio [as defined at paragraph 1.82] exceeds 90%.
1.79 TAXABLE WAGE BASE For plans with an allocation formula which takes into
account the Employer's contribution under the Federal Insurance Contributions
Act (FICA), the maximum amount of earnings which may be considered wages for
such Plan Year under the Social Security Act [Code Section 3121(a)(1)], or the
amount elected by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement.
1.80 TOP-HEAVY DETERMINATION DATE For any Plan Year subsequent to the first
Plan Year, the last day of the preceding Plan Year. For the first Plan Year of
the Plan, the last day of that year.
1.81 TOP-HEAVY PLAN For any Plan Year beginning after 1983, the Employer's
Plan is top-heavy if any of the following conditions exist:
(a) If the Top-Heavy Ratio for the Employer's Plan exceeds 60% and this
Plan is not part of any required Aggregation Group or Permissive
Aggregation Group of Plans.
(b) If the Employer's plan is a part of a Required Aggregation Group of
plans but not part of a Permissive Aggregation Group and the
Top-Heavy Ratio for the group of plans exceeds 60%.
(c) If the Employer's plan is a part of a Required Aggregation Group and
part of a Permissive Aggregation Group of plans and the Top-Heavy
Ratio for the Permissive Aggregation Group exceeds 60%.
1.82 TOP-HEAVY RATIO
(a) If the Employer maintains one or more Defined Contribution plans
(including any Simplified Employee Pension Plan) and the Employer
has not maintained any Defined Benefit Plan which during the 5-year
period ending on the Determination Date(s) has or has had accrued
benefits, the Top-Heavy Ratio for this Plan alone, or for the
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Required or Permissive Aggregation Group as appropriate, is a
fraction,
(1) the numerator of which is the sum of the account balances of
all Key Employees as of the Determination Date(s) [including
any part of any account balance distributed in the 5-year
period ending on the Determination Date(s)], and
(2) the denominator of which is the sum of all account balances
[including any part of any account balance distributed in the
5-year period ending on the Determination Date(s)], both
computed in accordance with Code Section 416 and the
regulations thereunder.
Both the numerator and denominator of the Top-Heavy Ratio are
increased to reflect any contribution not actually made as of the
Determination Date, but which is required to be taken into account
on that date under Code Section 416 and the regulations thereunder.
(b) If the Employer maintains one or more Defined Contribution
Plans (including any Simplified Employee Pension Plan) and
the Employer maintains or has maintained one or more Defined
Benefit Plans which during the 5-year period ending on the
Determination Date(s) has or has had any accrued benefits, the
Top-Heavy Ratio for any Required or Permissive Aggregation Group
as appropriate is a fraction, the numerator of which is the
sum of account balances under the aggregated Defined
Contribution Plan or Plans for all Key Employees, determined in
accordance with (a) above, and the Present Value of accrued
benefits under the aggregated Defined Benefit Plan or Plans for
all Key Employees as of the Determination Date(s), and the
denominator of which is the sum of the account balances under the
aggregated Defined Contribution Plan or Plans for all Participants,
determined in accordance with (a) above, and the Present Value of
accrued benefits under the Defined Benefit Plan or Plans for all
Participants as of the Determination Date(s), all determined in
accordance with Code Section 416 and the regulations thereunder.
The accrued benefits under a Defined Benefit Plan in both the
numerator and denominator of the Top-Heavy Ratio are increased for
any distribution of an accrued benefit made in the 5-year period
ending on the Determination Date.
(c) For purposes of (a) and (b) above, the value of account balances and
the Present Value of accrued benefits will be determined as of the
most recent Valuation Date that falls within or ends with the
12-month period ending on the Determination Date, except as provided
in Code Section 416 and the regulations thereunder for the first and
second plan years of a Defined Benefit Plan. The account balances
and accrued benefits of a participant (1) who is not a Key Employee
but who was a Key Employee in a prior year, or (2) who has not been
credited with at least one hour of service with any Employer
maintaining the Plan at any time during the 5-year period ending on
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the Determination Date, will be disregarded. The calculation of
the Top-Heavy Ratio, and the extent to which distributions,
rollovers, and transfers are taken into account will be made in
accordance with Code Section 416 and the regulations thereunder.
Qualified Voluntary Employee Contributions will not be taken into
account for purposes of computing the Top-Heavy Ratio. When
aggregating plans the value of account balances and accrued
benefits will be calculated with reference to the Determination
Dates that fall within the same calendar year. The accrued
benefit of a Participant other than a Key Employee shall be
determined under (1) the method, if any, that uniformly applies
for accrual purposes under all Defined Benefit Plans maintained
by the Employer, or (2) if there is no such method, as if such
benefit accrued not more rapidly than the slowest accrual rate
permitted under the fractional rule of Code Section 411(b)(1)(C).
1.83 TOP-PAID GROUP The group consisting of the top 20% of Employees when
ranked on the basis of Compensation paid during such year. For purposes of
determining the number of Employees in the group (but not who is in it), the
following Employees shall be excluded:
(a) Employees who have not completed 6 months of Service.
(b) Employees who normally work less than 17-1/2 hours per week.
(c) Employees who normally do not work more than 6 months during any
year.
(d) Employees who have not attained age 21.
(e) Employees included in a collective bargaining unit, covered by an
agreement between employee representatives and the Employer, where
retirement benefits were the subject of good faith bargaining and
provided that 90% or more of the Employer's Employees are covered by
the agreement.
(f) Employees who are nonresident aliens and who receive no earned
income which constitutes income from sources within the United
States.
1.84 TRANSFER CONTRIBUTION A non-taxable transfer of a Participant's benefit
directly from a Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan to this Plan.
1.85 TRUSTEE The Sponsor of this Prototype or the individual(s) appointed by
the Employer in the Adoption Agreement.
1.86 VALUATION DATE The last day of the Plan Year or such other date as agreed
to by the Employer and the Trustee/Custodian on which Participant accounts are
revalued in accordance with Article V hereof. For Top-Heavy purposes, the date
selected by the Employer as of which the Top-Heavy Ratio is calculated.
1.87 VESTED ACCOUNT BALANCE The aggregate value of the Participant's Vested
Account Balances derived from Employer and Employee contributions (including
Rollovers), whether vested before or upon death, including the proceeds of
insurance contracts, if any, on the Participant's life. The provisions of
Article VIII shall apply to a Participant who is vested in amounts attributable
to Employer contributions, Employee contributions (or both) at the time of
death or distribution.
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1.88 VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION An Employee contribution made to the Plan by or on
behalf of a Participant that is included in the Participant's gross income in
the year in which made and that is maintained under a separate account to which
earnings and losses are allocated.
1.89 WELFARE BENEFIT FUND Any fund that is part of a plan of the Employer, or
has the effect of a plan, through which the Employer provides welfare benefits
to Employees or their beneficiaries. For these purposes, Welfare Benefits means
any benefit other than those with respect to which Code Section 83(h) (relating
to transfers of property in connection with the performance of services), Code
Section 404 (relating to deductions for contributions to an Employee's trust or
annuity and Compensation under a deferred payment plan), Code Section 404A
(relating to certain foreign deferred compensation plans) apply. A "Fund" is
any social club, voluntary employee benefit association, supplemental
unemployment benefit trust or qualified group legal service organization
described in Code Section 501(c)(7), (9), (17) or (20); any trust, corporation,
or other organization not exempt from income tax, or to the extent provided in
regulations, any account held for an Employer by any person.
1.90 YEAR OF SERVICE A 12-consecutive month period during which an Employee is
credited with not less than 1,000 (or such lesser number as specified by the
Employer in the Adoption Agreement) Hours of Service.
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ARTICLE II
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
2.1 PARTICIPATION Employees who meet the eligibility requirements in the
Adoption Agreement on the Effective Date of the Plan shall become Participants
as of the Effective Date of the Plan. If so elected in the Adoption Agreement,
all Employees employed on the Effective Date of the Plan may participate, even
if they have not satisfied the Plan's specified eligibility requirements. Other
Employees shall become Participants on the Entry Date coinciding with or
immediately following the date on which they meet the eligibility requirements.
The Employee must satisfy the eligibility requirements specified in the
Adoption Agreement and be employed on the Entry Date to become a Participant in
the Plan. In the event an Employee who is not a member of the eligible class of
Employees becomes a member of the eligible class, such Employee shall
participate immediately if such Employee has satisfied the minimum age and
service requirements and would have previously become a Participant had he or
she been in the eligible class. A former Participant shall again become a
Participant upon returning to the employ of the Employer at the next Entry Date
or if earlier, the next Valuation Date. For this purpose, Participant's
Compensation and Service shall be considered from date of rehire.
2.2 CHANGE IN CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYMENT In the event a Participant becomes
ineligible to participate because he or she is no longer a member of an
eligible class of Employees, such Employee shall participate upon his or her
return to an eligible class of Employees.
2.3 COMPUTATION PERIOD To determine Years of Service and Breaks in Service
for purposes of eligibility, the 12-consecutive month period shall commence on
the date on which an Employee first performs an Hour of Service for the
Employer and each anniversary thereof, such that the succeeding 12-consecutive
month period commences with the employee's first anniversary of employment and
so on. If, however, the period so specified is one year or less, the succeeding
12-consecutive month period shall commence on the first day of the Plan Year
prior to the anniversary of the date they first performed an Hour of Service
regardless of whether the Employee is entitled to be credited with 1,000 (or
such lesser number as specified by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement)
Hours of Service during their first employment year.
2.4 EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS Participation in the Plan shall not confer upon a
Participant any employment rights, nor shall it interfere with the Employer's
right to terminate the employment of any Employee at any time.
2.5 SERVICE WITH CONTROLLED GROUPS All Years of Service with other members of
a controlled group of corporations [as defined in Code Section 414(b)], trades
or businesses under common control [as defined in Code Section 414(c)], or
members of an affiliated service group [as defined in Code Section 414(m)]
shall be credited for purposes of determining an Employee's eligibility to
participate.
2.6 OWNER-EMPLOYEES If this Plan provides contributions or benefits for one
or more Owner-Employees who control both the business for which this Plan is
established and one or more other trades or businesses, this Plan and the Plan
established for other trades or businesses must, when looked at as a single
Plan, satisfy Code Sections 401(a) and (d) for the Employees of this and all
other trades or businesses.
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If the Plan provides contributions or benefits for one or more Owner-Employees
who control one or more other trades or businesses, the Employees of the other
trades or businesses must be included in a Plan which satisfies Code Sections
401(a) and (d) and which provides contributions and benefits not less favorable
than provided for Owner-Employees under this Plan.
If an individual is covered as an Owner-Employee under the plans of two or more
trades or businesses which are not controlled, and the individual controls a
trade or business, then the contributions or benefits of the Employees under
the plan of the trades or businesses which are controlled must be as favorable
as those provided for him or her under the most favorable plan of the trade or
business which is not controlled.
For purposes of the preceding sentences, an Owner-Employee, or two or more
Owner-Employees, will be considered to control a trade or business if the
Owner-Employee, or two or more Owner-Employees together:
(a) own the entire interest in an unincorporated trade or business, or
(b) in the case of a partnership, own more than 50% of either the
capital interest or the profits interest in the partnership.
For purposes of the preceding sentence, an Owner-Employee, or two or more
Owner-Employees shall be treated as owning any interest in a partnership which
is owned, directly or indirectly, by a partnership which such Owner-Employee,
or such two or more Owner-Employees, are considered to control within the
meaning of the preceding sentence.
2.7 LEASED EMPLOYEES Any Leased Employee shall be treated as an Employee of
the recipient Employer; however, contributions or benefits provided by the
leasing organization which are attributable to services performed for the
recipient Employer shall be treated as provided by the recipient Employer. A
Leased Employee shall not be considered an Employee of the recipient if such
Employee is covered by a money purchase pension plan providing:
(a) a non-integrated Employer contribution rate of at least 10% of
Compensation, [as defined in Code Section 415(c)(3) but including
amounts contributed by the Employer pursuant to a salary reduction
agreement, which are excludable from the Employee's gross income
under a cafeteria plan covered by Code Section 125, a cash or
deferred profit-sharing plan under Section 401(k) of the Code, a
Simplified Employee Pension Plan under Code Section 402(h)(1)(B ) and
a tax-sheltered annuity under Code Section 403(b)],
(b) immediate participation, and
(c) full and immediate vesting.
This exclusion is only available if Leased Employees do not constitute more
than twenty percent (20%) of the recipient's non-highly compensated work force.
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2.8 THRIFT PLANS If the Employer makes an election in the Adoption Agreement
to require Voluntary Contributions to participate in this Plan, the Employer
shall notify each eligible Employee in writing of his or her eligibility for
participation at least 30 days prior to the appropriate Entry Date. The
Employee shall indicate his or her intention to join the Plan by authorizing
the Employer to withhold a percentage of his or her Compensation as provided in
the Plan. Such authorization shall be returned to the Employer at least 10 days
prior to the Employee's Entry Date. The Employee may decline participation by
so indicating on the enrollment form or by failure to return the enrollment
form to the Employer prior to the Employee's Entry Date. If the Employee
declines to participate, such Employee shall be given the opportunity to join
the Plan on the next Entry Date. The taking of a Hardship Withdrawal under the
provisions of paragraph 6.9 will impact the Participant's ability to make these
contributions.
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ARTICLE III
EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
3.1 AMOUNT The Employer intends to make periodic contributions to the Plan in
accordance with the formula or formulas selected in the Adoption Agreement.
However, the Employer's contribution for any Plan Year shall be subject to the
limitations on allocations contained in Article X.
3.2 EXPENSES AND FEES The Employer shall also be authorized to reimburse the
Fund for all expenses and fees incurred in the administration of the Plan or
Trust/Custodial Account and paid out of the assets of the Fund. Such expenses
shall include, but shall not be limited to, fees for professional services,
printing and postage. Brokerage commissions may not be reimbursed.
3.3 RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONTRIBUTIONS Neither the Trustee/Custodian nor the
Sponsor shall be required to determine if the Employer has made a contribution
or if the amount contributed is in accordance with the Adoption Agreement or
the Code. The Employer shall have sole responsibility in this regard. The
Trustee/Custodian shall be accountable solely for contributions actually
received by it, within the limits of Article XI.
3.4 RETURN OF CONTRIBUTIONS Contributions made to the Fund by the Employer
shall be irrevocable except as provided below:
(a) Any contribution forwarded to the Trustee/Custodian because of a
mistake of fact, provided that the contribution is returned to the
Employer within one year of the contribution.
(b) In the event that the Commissioner of Internal Revenue determines
that the Plan is not initially qualified under the Internal Revenue
Code, any contribution made incident to that initial qualification
by the Employer must be returned to the Employer within one year
after the date the initial qualification is denied, but only if the
application for the qualification is made by the time prescribed by
law for filing the Employer's return for the taxable year in which
the Plan is adopted, or such later date as the Secretary of the
Treasury may prescribe.
(c) Contributions forwarded to the Trustee/Custodian are presumed to be
deductible and are conditioned on their deductibility. Contributions
which are determined to not be deductible will be returned to the
Employer.
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ARTICLE IV
EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS
4.1 VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS An Employee may make Voluntary Contributions to
the Plan established hereunder if so authorized by the Employer in a uniform
and nondiscriminatory manner. Such contributions are subject to the limitations
on Annual Additions and are subject to antidiscrimination testing.
4.2 QUALIFIED VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS A Participant may no longer make
Qualified Voluntary Contributions to the Plan. Amounts already contributed may
remain in the Trust Fund/Custodial Account until distributed to the
Participant. Such amounts will be maintained in a separate account which will
be nonforfeitable at all times. The account will share in the gains and losses
of the Trust in the same manner as described at paragraph 5.4 of the Plan. No
part of the Qualified Voluntary Contribution account will be used to purchase
life insurance. Subject to Article VIII, Joint and Survivor Annuity
Requirements (if applicable), the Participant may withdraw any part of the
Qualified Voluntary Contribution account by making a written application to the
Plan Administrator.
4.3 ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTION Unless provided otherwise in the Adoption
Agreement, a Participant may make a Rollover Contribution to any Defined
Contribution Plan established hereunder of all or any part of an amount
distributed or distributable to him or her from a Qualified Deferred
Compensation Plan provided:
(a) the amount distributed to the Participant is deposited to the Plan
no later than the sixtieth day after such distribution was received
by the Participant,
(b) the amount distributed is not one of a series of substantially equal
periodic payments made for the life (or life expectancy) of the
Participant or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of the
Participant and the Participant's Designated Beneficiary, or for a
specified period of ten years or more;
(c) the amount distributed is not required under Code Section
401(a)(9);
(d) if the amount distributed included property such property is rolled
over, or if sold the proceeds of such property may be rolled over,
(e) the amount distributed is not includible in gross income (determined
without regard to the exclusion for net unrealized appreciation with
respect to employer securities).
In addition, if the Adoption Agreement allows Rollover Contributions, the Plan
will also accept any Eligible Rollover Distribution (as defined at paragraph
1.70) directly to the Plan.
Rollover Contributions, which relate to distributions prior to January 1, 1993,
must be made in accordance with paragraphs (a) through (e) and additionally
meet the requirements of paragraph (f):
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(f) The distribution from the Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan
constituted the Participant's entire interest in such Plan and was
distributed within one taxable year to the Participant:
(1) on account of separation from Service, a Plan termination, or
in the case of a profit-sharing or stock bonus plan, a complete
discontinuance of contributions under such plan within the
meaning of Code Section 402(a)(6)(A), or
(2) in one or more distributions which constitute a qualified lump
sum distribution within the meaning of Code Section
402(e)(4)(A), determined without reference to subparagraphs (B)
and (H).
Such Rollover Contribution may also be made through an individual retirement
account qualified under Code Section 408 where the IRA was used as a conduit
from the Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan, the Rollover Contribution is
made in accordance with the rules provided under paragraphs (a) through (e) and
the Rollover Contribution does not include any regular IRA contributions, or
earnings thereon, which the Participant may have made to the IRA. Rollover
Contributions, which relate to distributions prior to January 1, 1993, may be
made through an IRA in accordance with paragraphs (a) through (f) and
additional requirements as provided in the previous sentence. The
Trustee/Custodian shall not be held responsible for determining the tax-free
status of any Rollover Contribution made under this Plan.
4.4 TRANSFER CONTRIBUTION Unless provided otherwise in the Adoption Agreement
a Participant may, subject to the provisions of paragraph 4.5, also arrange for
the direct transfer of his or her benefit from a Qualified Deferred
Compensation Plan to this Plan. For accounting and record keeping purposes,
Transfer Contributions shall be treated in the same manner as Rollover
Contributions.
In the event the Employer accepts a Transfer Contribution from a Plan in which
the Employee was directing the investments of his or her account, the Employer
may continue to permit the Employee to direct his or her investments in
accordance with paragraph 13.7 with respect only to such Transfer Contribution.
Notwithstanding the above, the Employer may refuse to accept such Transfer
Contributions.
4.5 EMPLOYER APPROVAL OF TRANSFER CONTRIBUTIONS The Employer maintaining a
Safe-Harbor Profit-Sharing Plan in accordance with the provisions of paragraph
8.7, acting in a nondiscriminatory manner, may in its sole discretion refuse to
allow Transfer Contributions to its profit-sharing plan, if such contributions
are directly or indirectly being transferred from a defined benefit plan, a
money purchase pension plan (including a target benefit plan), a stock bonus
plan, or another profit-sharing plan which would otherwise provide for a life
annuity form of payment to the Participant.
4.6 ELECTIVE DEFERRALS A Participant may enter into a Salary Savings
Agreement with the Employer authorizing the Employer to withhold a portion of
such Participant's Compensation not to exceed $7,000 per calendar year as
adjusted under Code Section 415(d) or, if lesser, the percentage of
Compensation specified in the Adoption Agreement and to deposit such amount to
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the Plan. No Participant shall be permitted to have Elective Deferrals made
under this Plan or any other qualified plan maintained by the Employer, during
any taxable year, in excess of the dollar limitation contained in Code Section
402(g) in effect at the beginning of such taxable year. Thus, the $7,000 limit
may be reduced if a Participant contributes pre-tax contributions to qualified
plans of this or other Employers. Any such contribution shall be credited to
the Employee's Salary Savings Account. Unless otherwise specified in the
Adoption Agreement, a Participant may amend his or her Salary Savings Agreement
to increase, decrease or terminate the percentage upon 30 days written notice
to the Employer. If a Participant terminates his or her agreement, such
Participant shall not be permitted to put a new Salary Savings Agreement into
effect until the first pay period in the next Plan Year, unless otherwise
stated in the Adoption Agreement. The Employer may also amend or terminate said
agreement on written notice to the Participant. If a Participant has not
authorized the Employer to withhold at the maximum rate and desires to increase
the total withheld for a Plan Year, such Participant may authorize the Employer
upon 30 days notice to withhold a supplemental amount up to 100% of his or her
Compensation for one or more pay periods. In no event may the sum of the
amounts withheld under the Salary Savings Agreement plus the supplemental
withholding exceed 25% of a Participant's Compensation for a Plan Year. The
Employer may also recharacterize as after-tax Voluntary Contributions all or
any portion of amounts previously withheld under any Salary Savings Agreement
within the Plan Year as provided for at paragraph 10.9. This may be done to
insure that the Plan will meet one of the antidiscrimination tests under Code
Section 401(k). Elective Deferrals shall be deposited in the Trust within 30
days after being withheld from the Participant's pay.
4.7 REQUIRED VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS If the Employer makes a thrift election
in the Adoption Agreement, each eligible Participant shall be required to make
Voluntary Contributions to the Plan for credit to his or her account as
provided in the Adoption Agreement. Such Voluntary Contributions shall be
withheld from the Employee's Compensation and shall be transmitted by the
Employer to the Trustee/Custodian as agreed between the Employer and
Trustee/Custodian. A Participant may discontinue participation or change his or
her Voluntary Contribution percentage by so advising the Employer at least 10
days prior to the date on which such discontinuance or change is to be
effective. If a Participant discontinues his or her Voluntary Contributions,
such Participant may not again authorize Voluntary Contributions for a period
of one year from the date of discontinuance. A Participant may voluntarily
change his or her Voluntary Contribution percentage once during any Plan Year
and may also agree to have a reduction in his or her contribution, if required
to satisfy the requirements of the ACP test.
4.8 DIRECT ROLLOVER OF BENEFITS Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to
the contrary that would otherwise limit a Participant's election under this
paragraph, for distributions made on or after January 1, 1993, a Participant
may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Plan Administrator,
to have any portion of an Eligible Rollover Distribution paid directly to an
Eligible Retirement Plan specified by the Participant in a Direct Rollover. Any
portion of a distribution which is not paid directly to an Eligible Retirement
Plan shall be distributed to the Participant. For purposes of this paragraph, a
Surviving Spouse or a Spouse or former Spouse who is an alternate payee under a
Qualified Domestic Relations Order as defined in Code Section 414(p), will be
permitted to elect to have any Eligible Rollover Distribution paid directly to
an individual retirement account (IRA) or an individual retirement annuity
(IRA).
The plan provisions otherwise applicable to distributions continue to apply to
Rollover and Transfer Contributions.
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ARTICLE V
PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS
5.1 SEPARATE ACCOUNTS The Employer shall establish a separate bookkeeping
account for each Participant showing the total value of his or her interest in
the Fund. Each Participant's account shall be separated for bookkeeping
purposes into the following sub-accounts:
(a) Employer contributions.
(1) Matching Contributions.
(2) Qualified Matching Contributions.
(3) Qualified Non-Elective Contributions.
(4) Discretionary Contributions.
(5) Elective Deferrals.
(b) Voluntary Contributions (and additional amounts including required
contributions and, if applicable, either repayments of loans
previously defaulted on and treated as "deemed distributions" on
which a tax report has been issued, and amounts paid out upon a
separation from service which have been included in income and which
are repaid after being re-hired by the Employer).
(c) Qualified Voluntary Contributions (if the Plan previously accepted
these).
(d) Rollover Contributions and Transfer Contributions.
5.2 ADJUSTMENTS TO PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS As of each Valuation Date of the
Plan, the Employer shall add to each account:
(a) the Participant's share of the Employer's contribution and
forfeitures as determined in the Adoption Agreement,
(b) any Elective Deferrals, Voluntary, Rollover or Transfer
Contributions made by the Participant,
(c) any repayment of amounts previously paid out to a Participant upon a
separation from Service and repaid by the Participant since the last
Valuation Date, and
(d) the Participant's proportionate share of any investment earnings and
increase in the fair market value of the Fund since the last
Valuation Date, as determined at paragraph 5.4.
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The Employer shall deduct from each account:
(e) any withdrawals or payments made from the Participant's account
since the last Valuation Date, and
(f) the Participant's proportionate share of any decrease in the fair
market value of the Fund since the last Valuation Date, as
determined at paragraph 5.4.
5.3 ALLOCATING EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS The Employer's contribution shall be
allocated to Participants in accordance with the allocation formula selected by
the Employer in the Adoption Agreement, and the minimum contribution and
allocation requirements for Top-Heavy Plans. Beginning with the 1990 Plan Year
and thereafter, for plans on Standardized Adoption Agreement 001, Participants
who are credited with more than 500 Hours of Service or are employed on the
last day of the Plan Year must receive a full allocation of Employer
contributions. In Nonstandardized Adoption Agreement 002, Employer
contributions shall be allocated to the accounts of Participants employed by
the Employer on the last day of the Plan Year unless indicated otherwise in the
Adoption Agreement. In the case of a non-Top-Heavy, Nonstandardized Plan,
Participants must also have completed a Year of Service unless otherwise
specified in the Adoption Agreement. For Nonstandardized Adoption Agreement
002, the Employer may only apply the last day of the Plan Year and Year of
Service requirements if the Plan satisfies the requirements of Code Sections
401(a)(26) and 410(b) and the regulations thereunder including the exception
for 401(k) plans. If, when applying the last day and Year of Service
requirements, the Plan fails to satisfy the aforementioned requirements,
additional Participants will be eligible to receive an allocation of Employer
Contributions until the requirements are satisfied. Participants who are
credited with a Year of Service, but not employed at Plan Year end, are the
first category of additional Participants eligible to receive an allocation. If
the requirements are still not satisfied, Participants credited with more than
500 Hours of Service and employed at Plan Year end are the next category of
Participants eligible to receive an allocation. Finally, if necessary to
satisfy the said requirements, any Participant credited with more than 500
Hours of Service will be eligible for an allocation of Employer Contributions.
The Service requirement is not applicable with respect to any Plan Year during
which the Employer's Plan is Top-Heavy.
5.4 ALLOCATING INVESTMENT EARNINGS AND LOSSES A Participant's share of
investment earnings and any increase or decrease in the fair market value of
the Fund shall be based on the proportionate value of all active accounts
(other than accounts with segregated investments) as of the last Valuation Date
less withdrawals since the last Valuation Date. If Employer and/or Employee
contributions are made monthly, quarterly, or on some other systematic basis,
the adjusted value of such accounts for allocation of investment income and
gains or losses shall include one-half the contributions for such period. If
Employer and/or Employee contributions are not made on a systematic basis, it
is assumed that they are made at the end of the valuation period and therefore
will not receive an allocation of investment earnings and gains or losses for
such period. Account balances not yet forfeited shall receive an allocation of
earnings and/or losses. Accounts with segregated investments shall receive only
the income or loss on such segregated investments.
5.5 PARTICIPANT STATEMENTS Upon completing the allocations described above
for the Valuation Date coinciding with the end of the Plan Year, the Employer
shall prepare a statement for each Participant showing the additions to and
subtractions from his or her account since the last such statement and the fair
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market value of his or her account as of the current Valuation Date. Employers
so choosing may prepare Participant statements for each Valuation Date.
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ARTICLE VI
RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
6.1 NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS A Participant shall be entitled to receive the
balance held in his or her account from Employer contributions upon attaining
Normal Retirement Age or at such earlier dates as the provisions of this
Article VI may allow. If the Participant elects to continue working past his or
her Normal Retirement Age, he or she will continue as an active Plan
Participant and no distribution shall be made to such Participant until his or
her actual retirement date unless the employer elects otherwise in the Adoption
Agreement, or a minimum distribution is required by law. Settlement shall be
made in the normal form, or if elected, in one of the optional forms of payment
provided below.
6.2 EARLY RETIREMENT BENEFITS If the Employer so provides in the Adoption
Agreement, an Early Retirement Benefit will be available to individuals who
meet the age and Service requirements. An individual who meets the Early
Retirement Age requirements and separates from Service, will become fully
vested, regardless of any vesting schedule which otherwise might apply. If a
Participant separates from Service before satisfying the age requirements, but
after having satisfied the Service requirement, the Participant will be
entitled to elect an Early Retirement benefit upon satisfaction of the age
requirement.
6.3 BENEFITS ON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
(a) If a Participant terminates employment prior to Normal Retirement
Age, such Participant shall be entitled to receive the vested
balance held in his or her account payable at Normal Retirement Age
in the normal form, or if elected, in one of the optional forms of
payment provided hereunder. If applicable, the Early Retirement
Benefit provisions may be elected. Notwithstanding the preceding
sentence, a former Participant may, if allowed in the Adoption
Agreement, make application to the Employer requesting early payment
of any deferred vested and nonforfeitable benefit due.
(b) If a Participant terminates employment, and the value of that
Participant's Vested Account Balance derived from Employer and
Employee contributions is not greater than $3,500, the Participant
may receive a lump sum distribution of the value of the entire
vested portion of such account balance and the non-vested portion
will be treated as a forfeiture. The Employer shall continue to
follow their consistent policy, as may be established, regarding
immediate cash-outs of Vested Account Balances of $3,500 or less.
For purposes of this Article, if the value of a Participant's Vested
Account Balance is zero, the Participant shall be deemed to have
received a distribution of such Vested Account Balance immediately
following termination. Likewise, if the Participant is reemployed
prior to incurring 5 consecutive 1-year Breaks in Service they will
be deemed to have immediately repaid such distribution. For Plan
Years beginning prior to 1989, a Participant's Vested Account
Balance shall not include Qualified Voluntary Contributions.
Notwithstanding the above, if the Employer maintains or has
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maintained a policy of not distributing any amounts until the
Participant's Normal Retirement Age, the Employer can continue to
uniformly apply such policy.
(c) If a Participant terminates employment with a Vested Account Balance
derived from Employer and Employee contributions in excess of
$3,500, and elects (with his or her Spouse's consent, if required)
to receive 100% of the value of his or her Vested Account Balance in
a lump sum, the non-vested portion will be treated as a forfeiture.
The Participant (and his or her Spouse, if required) must consent to
any distribution, when the Vested Account Balance described above
exceeds $3,500 or if at the time of any prior distribution it
exceeded $3,500. For purposes of this paragraph, for Plan Years
beginning prior to 1989, a Participant's Vested Account Balance
shall not include Qualified Voluntary Contributions.
(d) Distribution of less than 100% of the Participant's Vested Account
Balance shall only be permitted if the Participant is fully vested
upon
termination of employment.
(e) If a Participant who is not 100% vested receives or is deemed to
receive a distribution pursuant to this paragraph and resumes
employment covered under this Plan, the Participant shall have the
right to repay to the Plan the full amount of the distribution
attributable to Employer contributions on or before the earlier of
the date that the Participant incurs 5 consecutive 1-year Breaks in
Service following the date of distribution or five years after the
first date on which the Participant is subsequently reemployed. In
such event, the Participant's account shall be restored to the value
thereof at the time the distribution was made and may further be
increased by the Plan's income and investment gains and/or losses on
the undistributed amount from the date of distribution to the date
of repayment.
(f) A Participant shall also have the option, to postpone payment of his
or her Plan benefits until the first day of April following the
calendar year in which he or she attains age 70-1/2. Any balance of
a Participant's account resulting from his or her Employee
contributions not previously withdrawn, if any, may be withdrawn by
the Participant immediately following separation from Service.
(g) If a Participant ceases to be an active Employee as a result of a
Disability as defined at paragraph 1.21, such Participant shall be
able to make an application for a disability retirement benefit
payment. The Participant's account balance will be deemed
"immediately distributable" as set forth in paragraph 6.4, and will
be fully vested pursuant to paragraph 9.2.
6.4 RESTRICTIONS ON IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTIONS
(a) An account balance is immediately distributable if any part of the
account balance could be distributed to the Participant (or
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Surviving Spouse) before the Participant attains (or would have
attained if not deceased) the later of the Normal Retirement Age or
age 62.
(b) If the value of a Participant's Vested Account Balance derived from
Employer and Employee Contributions exceeds (or at the time of any
prior distribution exceeded) $3,500, and the account balance is
immediately distributable, the Participant and his or her Spouse (or
where either the Participant or the Spouse has died, the survivor)
must consent to any distribution of such account balance. The
consent of the Participant and the Spouse shall be obtained in
writing within the 90-day period ending on the annuity starting
date, which is the first day of the first period for which an amount
is paid as an annuity or any other form. The Plan Administrator
shall notify the Participant and the Participant's Spouse of the
right to defer any distribution until the Participant's account
balance is no longer immediately distributable. Such notification
shall include a general description of the material features, and an
explanation of the relative values of, the optional forms of benefit
available under the plan in a manner that would satisfy the notice
requirements of Code Section 417(a)(3), and shall be provided no
less than 30 days and no more than 90 days prior to the annuity
starting date.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, only the Participant need consent to
the commencement of a distribution in the form of a qualified Joint
and Survivor Annuity while the account balance is immediately
distributable. Furthermore, if payment in the form of a Qualified
Joint and Survivor Annuity is not required with respect to the
Participant pursuant to paragraph 8.7 of the Plan, only the
Participant need consent to the distribution of an account balance
that is immediately distributable. Neither the consent of the
Participant nor the Participant's Spouse shall be required to the
extent that a distribution is required to satisfy Code Section
401(a)(9) or Code Section 415. In addition, upon termination of this
Plan if the Plan does not offer an annuity option (purchased from a
commercial provider), the Participant's account balance may, without
the Participant's consent, be distributed to the Participant or
transferred to another Defined Contribution Plan [other than an
employee stock ownership plan as defined in Code Section 4975(e)(7)]
within the same controlled group.
(d) For purposes of determining the applicability of the foregoing
consent requirements to distributions made before the first day of
the first Plan Year beginning after 1988, the Participant's Vested
Account Balance shall not include amounts attributable to Qualified
Voluntary Contributions.
(e) If a distribution is one to which Code Sections 401(a)(11) and 417
do not apply, such distribution may commence less than 30 days after
the notice required under Regulations Section 1.411(a)-11(c) is
given, provided that:
(1) the Participant is clearly informed of his or her right to a
period of at least 30 days after receiving the notice to
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consider the decision of whether or not to elect a distribution
(and, if applicable, a particular distribution option), and
(2) the Participant, after receiving the notice, affirmatively
elects to receive a distribution.
6.5 NORMAL FORM OF PAYMENT The normal form of payment for a profit- sharing
plan satisfying the requirements of paragraph 8.7 hereof shall be a lump sum
with no option for annuity payments. For all other plans, the normal form of
payment hereunder shall be a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity as provided
under Article VIII. A Participant whose Vested Account Balance derived from
Employer and Employee contributions exceeds $3,500, or if at the time of any
prior distribution it exceeded $3,500, shall (with the consent of his or her
Spouse) have the right to receive his or her benefit in a lump sum or in
monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual payments from the Fund over any
period not extending beyond the life expectancy of the Participant and his or
her Beneficiary. For purposes of this paragraph, for Plan Years prior to 1989,
a Participant's Vested Account Balance shall not include Qualified Voluntary
Contributions. The normal form of payment shall be automatic, unless the
Participant files a written request with the Employer prior to the date on
which the benefit is automatically payable, electing a lump sum or installment
payment option. No amendment to the Plan may eliminate one of the optional
distribution forms listed above.
6.6 COMMENCEMENT OF BENEFITS
(a) Unless the Participant elects otherwise, distribution of benefits
will begin no later than the 60th day after the close of the Plan
Year in which the latest of the following events occurs:
(1) the Participant attains age 65 (or normal retirement age if
earlier),
(2) the 10th anniversary of the year in which the Participant
commenced participation in the Plan, or
(3) the Participant terminates Service with the Employer.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of a Participant and
Spouse (if necessary) to consent to a distribution while a benefit
is immediately distributable, within the meaning of paragraph 6.4
hereof, shall be deemed an election to defer commencement of payment
of any benefit sufficient to satisfy this paragraph.
6.7 CLAIMS PROCEDURES Upon retirement, death, or other severance of
employment, the Participant or his or her representative may make application
to the Employer requesting payment of benefits due and the manner of payment.
If no application for benefits is made, the Employer shall automatically pay
any vested benefit due hereunder in the normal form at the time prescribed at
paragraph 6.4. If an application for benefits is made, the Employer shall
accept, reject, or modify such request and shall notify the Participant in
writing setting forth the response of the Employer and in the case of a denial
or modification the Employer shall:
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(a) state the specific reason or reasons for the denial,
(b) provide specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions on which the
denial is based,
(c) provide a description of any additional material or information
necessary for the Participant or his representative to perfect the
claim and an explanation of why such material or information is
necessary, and
(d) explain the Plan's claim review procedure as contained in this Plan.
In the event the request is rejected or modified, the Participant or his or
her representative may within 60 days following receipt by the Participant or
representative of such rejection or modification, submit a written request for
review by the Employer of its initial decision. Within 60 days following such
request for review, the Employer shall render its final decision in writing to
the Participant or representative stating specific reasons for such decision.
If the Participant or representative is not satisfied with the Employer's
final decision, the Participant or representative can institute an action in a
federal court of competent jurisdiction; for this purpose, process would be
served on the Employer.
6.8 IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS An Employee may withdraw all or any part of the
fair market value of his or her Mandatory Contributions, Voluntary
Contributions, Qualified Voluntary Contributions or Rollover Contributions,
upon written request to the Employer. Transfer Contributions, which originate
from a Plan meeting the safe-harbor provisions of paragraph 8.7, may also be
withdrawn by an Employee upon written request to the Employer. Transfer
Contributions not meeting the safe-harbor provisions may only be withdrawn upon
retirement, death, Disability, termination or termination of the Plan, and will
be subject to Spousal consent requirements contained in Code Sections
411(a)(11) and 417. No such withdrawals are permitted from a money purchase
plan until the participant reaches Normal Retirement Age. Such request shall
include the Participant's address, social security number, birthdate, and
amount of the withdrawal. If at the time a distribution of Qualified Voluntary
Contributions is received the Participant has not attained age 59-1/2 and is
not disabled, as defined at Code Section 22(e)(3), the Participant will be
subject to a federal income tax penalty, unless the distribution is rolled over
to a qualified plan or individual retirement plan within 60 days of the date of
distribution. A Participant may withdraw all or any part of the fair market
value of his or her pre-1987 Voluntary Contributions with or without
withdrawing the earnings attributable thereto. Post-1986 Voluntary
Contributions may only be withdrawn along with a portion of the earnings
thereon. The amount of the earnings to be withdrawn is determined by using the
formula: DA[1-(V / V + E)], where DA is the distribution amount, V is the
amount of Voluntary Contributions and V + E is the amount of Voluntary
Contributions plus the earnings attributable thereto. A Participant withdrawing
his or her other contributions prior to attaining age 59-1/2, will be subject
to a federal tax penalty to the extent that the withdrawn amounts are
includible in income. Unless the Employer provides otherwise in the Adoption
Agreement, any Participant in a profit-sharing plan who is 100% fully vested in
his or her Employer contributions may withdraw all or any part of the fair
market value of any of such contributions that have been in the account at
least two years, plus the investment earnings thereon, after attaining age
59-1/2 without separation from Service. Such distributions shall not be
eligible for redeposit to the Fund. A withdrawal under this paragraph shall not
prohibit such Participant from sharing in any future Employer Contribution he
or she would otherwise be eligible to share in. A request to withdraw amounts
pursuant to this paragraph must if applicable, be consented to by the
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Participant's Spouse. The consent shall comply with the requirements of
paragraph 6.4 relating to immediate distributions.
Elective Deferrals, Qualified Non-elective Contributions, and Qualified
Matching Contributions, and income allocable to each are not distributable to a
Participant or his or her Beneficiary or Beneficiaries, in accordance with such
Participant's or Beneficiary's or Beneficiaries' election, earlier than upon
separation from Service, death, or Disability. Such amounts may also be
distributed upon:
(a) Termination of the Plan without the establishment of another Defined
Contribution Plan.
(b) The disposition by a corporation to an unrelated corporation of
substantially all of the assets [within the meaning of Code Section
409(d)(2)] used in a trade or business of such corporation if such
corporation continues to maintain this Plan after the disposition,
but only with respect to Employees who continue employment with the
corporation acquiring such assets.
(c) The disposition by a corporation to an unrelated entity of such
corporation's interest in a subsidiary [within the meaning of Code
Section 409(d)(3)] if such corporation continues to maintain this
plan, but only with respect to Employees who continue employment
with such subsidiary.
(d) The attainment of age 59-1/2.
(e) The Hardship of the Participant as described in paragraph 6.9.
All distributions that may be made pursuant to one or more of the foregoing
distributable events are subject to the Spousal and Participant consent
requirements, if applicable, contained in Code Sections 401(a)(11) and 417.
6.9 HARDSHIP WITHDRAWAL If permitted by the Trustee/Custodian and the Employer
in the Adoption Agreement, a Participant may request a Hardship withdrawal
prior to attaining age 59-1/2. If the Participant has not attained age 59-1/2,
the Participant may be subject to a federal income tax penalty. Such request
shall be in writing to the Employer who shall have sole authority to authorize
a Hardship withdrawal, pursuant to the rules below. Hardship withdrawals may
include Elective Deferrals regardless of when contributed and any earnings
accrued and credited thereon as of the last day of the Plan Year ending before
July 1, 1989 and Employer related contributions, including but not limited to
Employer Matching Contributions, plus the investment earnings thereon to the
extent vested. Qualified Matching Contributions, Qualified Non-Elective
Contributions and Elective Deferrals reclassified as Voluntary Contributions
plus the investment earnings thereon are only available for Hardship withdrawal
prior to age 59-1/2 to the extent that they were credited to the Participant's
Account as of the last day of the Plan Year ending prior to July 1, 1989. The
Plan Administrator may limit withdrawals to Elective Deferrals and the earnings
thereon as stipulated above. Hardship withdrawals are subject to the Spousal
consent requirements contained in Code Sections 401(a)(11) and 417. Only the
following reasons are valid to obtain Hardship withdrawal:
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(a) medical expenses [within the meaning of Code Section 213(d)],
incurred or necessary for the medical care of the Participant, his
or her Spouse, children and other dependents,
(b) the purchase (excluding mortgage payments) of the principal
residence for the Participant,
(c) payment of tuition and related educational expenses for the next
twelve (12) months of post-secondary education for the Participant,
his or her Spouse, children or other dependents, or
(d) the need to prevent eviction of the Employee from or a foreclosure
on the mortgage of, the Employee's principal residence.
Furthermore, the following conditions must be met in order for a withdrawal to
be authorized:
(e) the Participant has obtained all distributions, other than hardship
distributions, and all nontaxable loans under all plans maintained
by the Employer,
(f) all plans maintained by the Employer, other than flexible benefit
plans under Code Section 125 providing for current benefits, provide
that the Employee's Elective Deferrals and Voluntary Contributions
will be suspended for twelve months after the receipt of the
Hardship distribution,
(g) the distribution is not in excess of the amount of the immediate and
heavy financial need [(a) through (d) above], including amounts
necessary to pay any federal, state or local income tax or penalties
reasonably anticipated to result from the distribution, and
(h) all plans maintained by the Employer provide that an Employee may
not make Elective Deferrals for the Employee's taxable year
immediately following the taxable year of the Hardship distribution
in excess of the applicable limit under Code Section 402(g) for such
taxable year, less the amount of such Employee's pre-tax
contributions for the taxable year of the Hardship distribution.
If a distribution is made at a time when a Participant has a nonforfeitable
right to less than 100% of the account balance derived from Employer
contributions and the Participant may increase the nonforfeitable percentage
in the account:
(a) A separate account will be established for the Participant's
interest in the Plan as of the time of the distribution, and
(b) At any relevant time the Participant's nonforfeitable portion of the
separate account will be equal to an amount ("X") determined by the
formula:
X = P [AB + D] - D
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For purposes of applying the formula: "P" is the nonforfeitable percentage at
the relevant time, "AB" is the account balance at the relevant time and "D" is
the amount of the distribution.
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ARTICLE VII
DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS
7.1 JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY REQUIREMENTS All distributions made under the
terms of this Plan must comply with the provisions of Article VIII including,
if applicable, the safe harbor provisions thereunder.
7.2 MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS All distributions required under this
Article shall be determined and made in accordance with the minimum
distribution requirements of Code Section 401(a)(9) and the regulations
thereunder, including the minimum distribution incidental benefit rules found
at Regulations Section 1.401(a)(9)-2. The entire interest of a Participant must
be distributed or begin to be distributed no later than the Participant's
Required Beginning Date. Life expectancy and joint and last survivor life
expectancy are computed by using the expected return multiples found in Tables
V and VI of Regulations Section 1.72-9.
7.3 LIMITS ON DISTRIBUTION PERIODS As of the First Distribution Calendar
Year, distributions if not made in a single-sum, may only be made over one of
the following periods (or a combination thereof):
(a) the life of the Participant,
(b) the life of the Participant and a Designated Beneficiary,
(c) a period certain not extending beyond the life expectancy of the
participant, or
(d) a period certain not extending beyond the joint and last survivor
expectancy of the Participant and a designated beneficiary.
7.4 REQUIRED DISTRIBUTIONS ON OR AFTER THE REQUIRED BEGINNING DATE
(a) If a participant's benefit is to be distributed over (1) a period
not extending beyond the life expectancy of the Participant or the
joint life and last survivor expectancy of the Participant and the
Participant's Designated Beneficiary or (2) a period not extending
beyond the life expectancy of the Designated Beneficiary, the amount
required to be distributed for each calendar year, beginning with
distributions for the First Distribution Calendar Year, must at
least equal the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant's
benefit by the Applicable Life Expectancy.
(b) For calendar years beginning before 1989, if the Participant's
Spouse is not the Designated Beneficiary, the method of distribution
selected must have assured that at least 50% of the Present Value of
the amount available for distribution was to be paid within the life
expectancy of the Participant.
(c) For calendar years beginning after 1988, the amount to be
distributed each year, beginning with distributions for the First
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Distribution Calendar Year shall not be less than the quotient
obtained by dividing the Participant's benefit by the lesser of (1)
the Applicable Life Expectancy or (2) if the Participant's Spouse is
not the Designated Beneficiary, the applicable divisor determined
from the table set forth in Q&A-4 of Regulations Section
1.401(a)(9)-2. Distributions after the death of the Participant
shall be distributed using the Applicable Life Expectancy as the
relevant divisor without regard to Regulations Section
1.401(a)(9)-2.
(d) The minimum distribution required for the Participant's First
Distribution Calendar Year must be made on or before the
Participant's Required Beginning Date. The minimum distribution for
other calendar years, including the minimum distribution for the
Distribution Calendar Year in which the Participant's Required
Beginning Date occurs, must be made on or before December 31 of that
Distribution Calendar Year.
(e) If the Participant's benefit is distributed in the form of an
annuity purchased from an insurance company, distributions
thereunder shall be made in accordance with the requirements of Code
Section 401(a)(9) and the Regulations thereunder.
(f) For purposes of determining the amount of the required distribution
for each Distribution Calendar Year, the account balance to be used
is the account balance determined as of the last valuation preceding
the Distribution Calendar Year. This balance will be increased by
the amount of any contributions or forfeitures allocated to the
account balance after the valuation date in such preceding calendar
year. Such balance will also be decreased by distributions made
after the Valuation Date in such preceding Calendar Year.
(g) For purposes of subparagraph 7.4(f), if any portion of the minimum
distribution for the First Distribution Calendar Year is made in the
second Distribution Calendar Year on or before the Required
Beginning Date, the amount of the minimum distribution made in the
second Distribution Calendar Year shall be treated as if it had been
made in the immediately preceding Distribution Calendar Year.
7.5 REQUIRED BEGINNING DATE
(a) General Rule. The Required Beginning Date of a Participant is the
first day of April of the calendar year following the calendar year
in which the Participant attains age 70-1/2.
(b) Transitional Rules. The Required Beginning Date of a Participant who
attains age 70-1/2 before 1988, shall be determined in accordance
with (1) or (2) below:
(1) Non-5-percent owners. The Required Beginning Date of a
Participant who is not a 5-percent owner is the first day of
April of the calendar year following the calendar year in which
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the later of retirement or attainment of age 70-1/2 occurs. In
the case of a Participant who is not a 5-percent owner who
attains age 70-1/2 during 1988 and who has not retired as of
January 1, 1989, the Required Beginning Date is April 1, 1990.
(2) 5-percent owners. The Required Beginning Date of a Participant
who is a 5-percent owner during any year beginning after 1979,
is the first day of April following the later of:
(i) the calendar year in which the Participant attains age
70-1/2, or
(ii) the earlier of the calendar year with or within which ends
the plan year in which the Participant becomes a 5-percent
owner, or the calendar year in which the Participant
retires.
(c) A Participant is treated as a 5-percent owner for purposes of this
Paragraph if such Participant is a 5-percent owner as defined in
Code Section 416(i) (determined in accordance with Code Section 416
but without regard to whether the Plan is Top-Heavy) at any time
during the Plan Year ending with or within the calendar year in
which such Owner attains age 66-1/2 or any subsequent Plan Year.
(d) Once distributions have begun to a 5-percent owner under this
paragraph, they must continue to be distributed, even if the
Participant ceases to be a 5-percent owner in a subsequent year.
7.6 TRANSITIONAL RULE
(a) Notwithstanding the other requirements of this Article and subject
to the requirements of Article VIII, Joint and Survivor Annuity
Requirements, distribution on behalf of any Employee, including a
5-percent owner, may be made in accordance with all of the following
requirements (regardless of when such distribution commences):
(1) The distribution by the Trust is one which would not have
disqualified such Trust under Code Section 401(a)(9) as in
effect prior to amendment by the Deficit
Reduction Act of 1984.
(2) The distribution is in accordance with a method of distribution
designated by the Employee whose interest in the Trust is being
distributed or, if the Employee is deceased, by a beneficiary
of such Employee.
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(3) Such designation was in writing, was signed by the Employee or
the beneficiary, and was made before 1984.
(4) The Employee had accrued a benefit under the Plan as of
December 31, 1983.
(5) The method of distribution designated by the Employee or the
beneficiary specifies the time at which distribution will
commence, the period over which distributions will be made, and
in the case of any distribution upon the Employee's death, the
beneficiaries of the Employee listed in order of priority.
(b) A distribution upon death will not be covered by this transitional
rule unless the information in the designation contains the required
information described above with respect to the distributions to be
made upon the death of the Employee.
(c) For any distribution which commences before 1984, but continues
after 1983, the Employee or the beneficiary, to whom such
distribution is being made, will be presumed to have designated the
method of distribution under which the distribution is being made if
the method of distribution was specified in writing and the
distribution satisfies the requirements in subparagraphs (a)(1) and
(5) above.
(d) If a designation is revoked, any subsequent distribution must
satisfy the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(9) and the
regulations thereunder. If a designation is revoked subsequent to
the date distributions are required to begin, the Trust must the
distribute by end of the calendar year following the calendar year
in which the revocation occurs the total amount not yet distributed
which would have been required to have been distributed to satisfy
Code Section 401(a)(9) and the regulations thereunder, but for the
section 242(b)(2) election of the Tax Equity and Fiscal
Responsibility Act of 1982. For calendar years beginning after 1988,
such distributions must meet the minimum distribution incidental
benefit requirements in section 1.401(a)(9)-2 of the Income Tax
Regulations. Any changes in the designation will be considered to be
a revocation of the designation. However, the mere substitution or
addition of another beneficiary (one not named in the designation)
under the designation will not be considered to be a revocation of
the designation, so long as such substitution or addition does not
alter the period over which distributions are to be made under the
designation, directly or indirectly (for example, by altering the
relevant measuring life). In the case in which an amount is
transferred or rolled over from one plan to another plan, the rules
in Q&A J-2 and Q&A J-3 of the regulations shall apply.
7.7 DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY FOR DEATH BENEFIT Each Participant shall file a
written designation of beneficiary with the Employer upon qualifying for
participation in this Plan. Such designation shall remain in force until
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revoked by the Participant by filing a new beneficiary form with the Employer.
The Participant may elect to have a portion of his or her account balance
invested in an insurance contract. If an insurance contract is purchased under
the Plan, the Trustee must be named as Beneficiary under the terms of the
contract. However, the Participant shall designate a Beneficiary to receive the
proceeds of the contract after settlement is received by the Trustee. Under a
profit-sharing plan satisfying the requirements of paragraph 8.7, the
Designated Beneficiary shall be the Participant's Surviving Spouse, if any,
unless such Spouse properly consents otherwise.
7.8 NONEXISTENCE OF BENEFICIARY Any portion of the amount payable hereunder
which is not disposed of because of the Participant's or former Participant's
failure to designate a beneficiary, or because all of the Designated
Beneficiaries predeceased the Participant, shall be paid to his or her Spouse.
If the Participant had no Spouse at the time of death, payment shall be made to
the personal representative of his or her estate in a lump sum.
7.9 DISTRIBUTION BEGINNING BEFORE DEATH If the Participant dies after
distribution of his or her interest has begun, the remaining portion of such
interest will continue to be distributed at least as rapidly as under the
method of distribution being used prior to the Participant's death.
7.10 DISTRIBUTION BEGINNING AFTER DEATH If the Participant dies before
distribution of his or her interest begins, distribution of the Participant's
entire interest shall be completed by December 31 of the calendar year
containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant's death except to the
extent that an election is made to receive distributions in accordance with (a)
or (b) below:
(a) If any portion of the Participant's interest is payable to a
Designated Beneficiary, distributions may be made over the life or
over a period certain not greater than the life expectancy of the
Designated Beneficiary commencing on or before December 31 of the
calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the
Participant died;
(b) If the Designated Beneficiary is the Participant's surviving Spouse,
the date distributions are required to begin in accordance with (a)
above shall not be earlier than the later of (1) December 31 of the
calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the
participant died or (2) December 31 of the calendar year in which
the Participant would have attained age 70-1/2.
If the Participant has not made an election pursuant to this paragraph 7.10 by
the time of his or her death, the Participant's Designated Beneficiary must
elect the method of distribution no later than the earlier of (1) December 31
of the calendar year in which distributions would be required to begin under
this section, or (2) December 31 of the calendar year which contains the fifth
anniversary of the date of death of the participant. If the Participant has no
Designated Beneficiary, or if the Designated Beneficiary does not elect a
method of distribution, then distribution of the Participant's entire interest
must be completed by December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth
anniversary of the Participant's death.
For purposes of this paragraph if the Surviving Spouse dies after the
Participant, but before payments to such Spouse begin, the provisions of this
paragraph with the exception of paragraph (b) therein, shall be applied as if
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the Surviving Spouse were the Participant. For the purposes of this paragraph
and paragraph 7.9, distribution of a Participant's interest is considered to
begin on the Participant's Required Beginning Date (or, if the preceding
sentence is applicable, the date distribution is required to begin to the
Surviving Spouse). If distribution in the form of an annuity described in
paragraph 7.4(e) irrevocably commences to the Participant before the Required
Beginning Date, the date distribution is considered to begin is the date
distribution actually commences.
For purposes of paragraph 7.9 and this paragraph, if an amount is payable to
either a minor or an individual who has been declared incompetent, the benefits
shall be paid to the legally appointed guardian for the benefit of said minor
or incompetent individual, unless the court which appointed the guardian has
ordered otherwise.
7.11 DISTRIBUTION OF EXCESS ELECTIVE DEFERRALS
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, Excess Elective
Deferrals plus any income and minus any loss allocable thereto,
shall be distributed no later than April 15, 1988, and each April 15
thereafter, to Participants to whose accounts Excess Elective
Deferrals were allocated for the preceding taxable year, and who
claim Excess Elective Deferrals for such taxable year. Excess
Elective Deferrals shall be treated as Annual Additions under the
Plan, unless such amounts are distributed no later than the first
April 15th following the close of the Participant's taxable year. A
Participant is deemed to notify the Plan Administrator of any Excess
Elective Deferrals that arise by taking into account only those
Elective Deferrals made to this Plan and any other plans of this
Employer.
(b) Furthermore, a Participant who participates in another plan allowing
Elective Deferrals may assign to this Plan any Excess Elective
Deferrals made during a taxable year of the Participant, by
notifying the Plan Administrator of the amount of the Excess
Elective Deferrals to be assigned. The Participant's claim shall be
in writing; shall be submitted to the Plan Administrator not later
than March 1 of each year; shall specify the amount of the
Participant's Excess Elective Deferrals for the preceding taxable
year; and shall be accompanied by the Participant's written
statement that if such amounts are not distributed, such Excess
Elective Deferrals, when added to amounts deferred under other plans
or arrangements described in Code Sections 401(k), 408(k)
[Simplified Employee Pensions], or 403(b) [annuity programs for
public schools and charitable organizations] will exceed the $7,000
limit as adjusted under Code Section 415(d) imposed on the
Participant by Code Section 402(g) for the year in which the
deferral occurred.
(c) Excess Elective Deferrals shall be adjusted for any income or loss
up to the end of the taxable year, during which such excess was
deferred. Income or loss will be calculated under the method used to
calculate investment earnings and losses elsewhere in the Plan.
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(d) If the Participant receives a return of his or her Elective
Deferrals, the amount of such contributions which are returned must
be brought into the Employee's taxable income.
7.12 DISTRIBUTIONS OF EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, Excess
Contributions, plus any income and minus any loss allocable thereto,
shall be distributed no later than the last day of each Plan Year to
Participants to whose accounts such Excess Contributions were
allocated for the preceding Plan Year. If such excess amounts are
distributed more than 2-1/2 months after the last day of the Plan
Year in which such excess amounts arose, a ten (10) percent excise
tax will be imposed on the Employer maintaining the Plan with
respect to such amounts. Such distributions shall be made to Highly
Compensated Employees on the basis of the respective portions of the
Excess Contributions attributable to each of such Employees. Excess
Contributions of Participants who are subject to the Family Member
aggregation rules of Code Section 414(q)(6) shall be allocated among
the Family Members in proportion to the Elective Deferrals (and
amounts treated as Elective Deferrals) of each Family Member that is
combined to determine the Average Deferral Percentage.
(b) Excess Contributions (including the amounts recharacterized) shall
be treated as Annual Additions under the Plan.
(c) Excess Contributions shall be adjusted for any income or loss up to
the end of the Plan Year. Income or loss will be calculated under
the method used to calculate investment earnings and losses
elsewhere in the Plan.
(d) Excess Contributions shall be distributed from the Participant's
Elective Deferral account and Qualified Matching Contribution
account (if applicable) in proportion to the Participant's Elective
Deferrals and Qualified Matching Contributions (to the extent used
in the ADP test) for the Plan Year. Excess Contributions shall be
distributed from the Participant's Qualified Non-Elective
Contribution accountonly to the extent that such Excess
Contributions exceed the balancein the Participant's Elective
Deferral account and Qualified Matching Contribution account.
7.13 DISTRIBUTION OF EXCESS AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTIONS
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, Excess Aggregate
Contributions, plus any income and minus any loss allocable thereto,
shall be forfeited, if forfeitable, or if not forfeitable,
distributed no later than the last day of each Plan Year to
Participants to whose accounts such Excess Aggregate Contributions
were allocated for the preceding Plan Year. Excess Aggregate
Contributions shall be allocated to Participants who are subject to
the Family Member aggregation rules of Code Section 414(q)(6) in the
manner prescribed by the regulations. If such Excess Aggregate
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Contributions are distributed more than 2-1/2 months after the last
day of the Plan Year in which such excess amounts arose, a ten (10)
percent excise tax will be imposed on the Employer maintaining the
Plan with respect to those amounts. Excess Aggregate Contributions
shall be treated as Annual Additions under the plan.
(b) Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be adjusted for any income or
loss up to the end of the Plan Year. The income or loss allocable to
Excess Aggregate Contributions is the sum of income or loss for the
Plan Year allocable to the Participant's Voluntary Contribution
account, Matching Contribution account (if any, and if all amounts
therein are not used in the ADP test) and, if applicable, Qualified
Non-Elective Contribution account and Elective Deferral account.
Income or loss will be calculated under the method used to calculate
investment earnings and losses elsewhere in the Plan.
(c) Forfeitures of Excess Aggregate Contributions may either be
reallocated to the accounts of non-Highly Compensated Employees or
applied to reduce Employer contributions, as elected by the employer
in the Adoption Agreement.
(d) Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be forfeited if such amount is
not vested. If vested, such excess shall be distributed on a
pro-rata basis from the Participant's Voluntary Contribution account
(and, if applicable, the Participant's Qualified Non-Elective
Contribution account, Matching Contribution account, Qualified
Matching Contribution account, or Elective Deferral account, or
both).
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ARTICLE VIII
JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY REQUIREMENTS
8.1 APPLICABILITY OF PROVISIONS The provisions of this Article shall apply to
any Participant who is credited with at least one Hour of Service with the
Employer on or after August 23, 1984 and such other Participants as provided in
paragraph 8.8.
8.2 PAYMENT OF QUALIFIED JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY Unless an optional form of
benefit is selected pursuant to a Qualified Election within the 90-day period
ending on the Annuity Starting Date, a married Participant's Vested Account
Balance will be paid in the form of a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity and
an unmarried Participant's Vested Account Balance will be paid in the form of a
life annuity. The Participant may elect to have such annuity distributed upon
attainment of the Early Retirement Age under the Plan.
8.3 PAYMENT OF QUALIFIED PRE-RETIREMENT SURVIVOR ANNUITY Unless an optional
form of benefit has been selected within the Election Period pursuant to a
Qualified Election, if a Participant dies before benefits have commenced then
the Participant's Vested Account Balance shall be paid in the form of an
annuity for the life of the Surviving Spouse. The Surviving Spouse may elect to
have such annuity distributed within a reasonable period after the
Participant's death.
A Participant who does not meet the age 35 requirement set forth in the
Election Period as of the end of any current Plan Year may make a special
qualified election to waive the qualified Pre-retirement Survivor Annuity for
the period beginning on the date of such election and ending on the first day
of the Plan Year in which the Participant will attain age 35. Such election
shall not be valid unless the Participant receives a written explanation of the
Qualified Pre-retirement Survivor Annuity in such terms as are comparable to
the explanation required under paragraph 8.5. Qualified Pre-retirement Survivor
Annuity coverage will be automatically reinstated as of the first day of the
Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 35. Any new waiver on or after
such date shall be subject to the full requirements of this Article.
8.4 QUALIFIED ELECTION A Qualified Election is an election to either waive a
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity or a qualified pre-retirement survivor
annuity. Any such election shall not be effective unless:
(a) the Participant's Spouse consents in writing to the election;
(b) the election designates a specific beneficiary, including any class
of beneficiaries or any contingent beneficiaries, which may not be
changed without spousal consent (or the Spouse expressly permits
designations by the Participant without any further spousal
consent);
(c) the Spouse's consent acknowledges the effect of the election; and
(d) the Spouse's consent is witnessed by a Plan representative or notary
public.
Additionally, a Participant's waiver of the Qualified Joint and Survivor
Annuity shall not be effective unless the election designates a form of benefit
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payment which may not be changed without spousal consent (or the Spouse
expressly permits designations by the Participant without any further spousal
consent). If it is established to the satisfaction of the Plan Administrator
that there is no Spouse or that the Spouse cannot be located, a waiver will be
deemed a Qualified Election. Any consent by a Spouse obtained under this
provision (or establishment that the consent of a Spouse may not be obtained)
shall be effective only with respect to such Spouse. A consent that permits
designations by the Participant without any requirement of further consent by
such Spouse must acknowledge that the Spouse has the right to limit consent to
a specific beneficiary, and a specific form of benefit where applicable, and
that the Spouse voluntarily elects to relinquish either or both of such rights.
A revocation of a prior waiver may be made by a Participant without the consent
of the Spouse at any time before the commencement of benefits. The number of
revocations shall not be limited. No consent obtained under this provision
shall be valid unless the Participant has received notice as provided in
paragraphs 8.5 and 8.6 below.
8.5 NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFIED JOINT AND SURVIVOR Annuity In the case
of a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity, the Plan Administrator shall, no
less than 30 days and no more than 90 days prior to the Annuity Starting date,
provide each Participant a written explanation of:
(a) the terms and conditions of a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity;
(b) the Participant's right to make and the effect of an election to
waive the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity form of benefit;
(c) the rights of a Participant's Spouse; and
(d) the right to make, and the effect of, a revocation of a previous
election to waive the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity.
8.6 NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFIED PRE-RETIREMENT SURVIVOR ANNUITY In the
case of a qualified pre-retirement survivor annuity as described in paragraph
8.3, the Plan Administrator shall provide each Participant within the
applicable period for such Participant a written explanation of the qualified
pre-retirement survivor annuity in such terms and in such manner as would be
comparable to the explanation provided for meeting the requirements of
paragraph 8.5 applicable to a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity. The
applicable period for a Participant is whichever of the following periods ends
last:
(a) the period beginning with the first day of the Plan Year in which
the Participant attains age 32 and ending with the close of the Plan
Year preceding the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age
35;
(b) a reasonable period ending after the individual becomes a
Participant;
(c) a reasonable period ending after this Article first applies to the
Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, notice must be provided
within a reasonable period ending after separation from Service in
the case of a Participant who separates from Service before
attaining age 35.
For purposes of applying the preceding paragraph, a reasonable period ending
after the events described in (b) and (c) is the end of the two-year period
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beginning one-year prior to the date the applicable event occurs, and ending
one-year after that date. In the case of a Participant who separates from
Service before the Plan Year in which age 35 is attained, notice shall be
provided within the two-year period beginning one year prior to separation and
ending one year after separation. If such a Participant subsequently returns to
employment with the Employer, the applicable period for such Participant shall
be re-determined.
8.7 SPECIAL SAFE-HARBOR EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN PROFIT-SHARING PLANS
(a) This paragraph shall apply to a Participant in a profit-sharing
plan, and to any distribution, made on or after the first day of the
first plan year beginning after 1988, from or under a separate
account attributable solely to Qualified Voluntary contributions, as
maintained on behalf of a Participant in a money purchase pension
plan, (including a target benefit plan) if the following conditions
are satisfied:
(1) the Participant does not or cannot elect payments in the form
of a life annuity; and
(2) on the death of a Participant, the Participant's Vested Account
Balance will be paid to the Participant's Surviving Spouse, but
if there is no Surviving Spouse, or if the Surviving Spouse has
consented in a manner conforming to a Qualified Election, then
to the Participant's Designated Beneficiary.
The Surviving Spouse may elect to have distribution of the Vested
Account Balance commence within the 90-day period following the date
of the Participant's death. The account balance shall be adjusted
for gains or losses occurring after the Participant's death in
accordance with the provisions of the Plan governing the adjustment
of account balances for other types of distributions. These
safe-harbor rules shall not be operative with respect to a
Participant in a profit-sharing plan if that plan is a direct or
indirect transferee of a Defined Benefit Plan, money purchase plan,
a target benefit plan, stock bonus plan, or profit-sharing plan
which is subject to the survivor annuity requirements of Code
Section 401(a)(11) and Code Section 417, and would therefore have a
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity as its normal form of benefit.
(b) The Participant may waive the spousal death benefit described in
this paragraph at any time provided that no such waiver shall be
effective unless it satisfies the conditions (described in paragraph
8.4) that would apply to the Participant's waiver of the Qualified
Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity.
(c) If this paragraph 8.7 is operative, then all other provisions of
this Article other than paragraph 8.8 are inoperative.
8.8 TRANSITIONAL JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY RULES Special transition rules
apply to Participants who were not receiving benefits on August 23, 1984.
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(a) Any living Participant not receiving benefits on August 23, 1984,
who would otherwise not receive the benefits prescribed by the
previous paragraphs of this Article, must be given the opportunity
to elect to have the prior paragraphs of this Article apply if such
Participant is credited with at least one Hour of Service under this
Plan or a predecessor Plan in a Plan Year beginning on or after
January 1, 1976 and such Participant had at least 10 Years of S
ervice for vesting purposes when he or she separated from Service.
(b) Any living Participant not receiving benefits on August 23, 1984,
who was credited with at least one Hour of Service under this Plan
or a predecessor Plan on or after September 2, 1974, and who is not
otherwise credited with any Service in a Plan Year beginning on or
after January 1, 1976, must be given the opportunity to have his or
her benefits paid in accordance with paragraph 8.9.
(c) The respective opportunities to elect [as described in (a) and (b)
above] must be afforded to the appropriate Participants during the
period commencing on August 23, 1984 and ending on the date benefits
would otherwise commence to said Participants.
8.9 AUTOMATIC JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY AND EARLY SURVIVOR ANNUITY Any
Participant who has elected pursuant to paragraph 8.8(b) and any Participant
who does not elect under paragraph 8.8(a) or who meets the requirements of
paragraph 8.8(a), except that such Participant does not have at least 10 years
of vesting Service when he or she separates from Service, shall have his or her
benefits distributed in accordance with all of the following requirements if
benefits would have been payable in the form of a life annuity.
(a) Automatic Joint and Survivor Annuity. If benefits in the form of a
life annuity become payable to a married Participant who:
(1) begins to receive payments under the Plan on or after Normal
Retirement Age, or
(2) dies on or after Normal Retirement Age while still working for
the Employer, or
(3) begins to receive payments on or after the Qualified Early
Retirement Age, or
(4) separates from Service on or after attaining Normal Retirement
(or the Qualified Early Retirement Age) and after satisfying
the eligibility requirements for the payment of benefits under
the Plan and thereafter dies before beginning to receive such
benefits, then such benefits will be received under this Plan
in the form of a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity, unless
the Participant has elected otherwise during the Election
Period. The Election Period must begin at least 6 months before
the Participant attains Qualified Early Retirement Age and end
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not more than 90 days before the commencement of benefits. Any
election will be in writing and may be changed by the
Participant at any time.
(b) Election of Early Survivor Annuity. A Participant who is employed
after attaining the Qualified Early Retirement Age will be given the
opportunity to elect, during the Election Period, to have a survivor
annuity payable on death. If the Participant elects the survivor
annuity, payments under such annuity must not be less than the
payments which would have been made to the Spouse under the
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity if the Participant had retired
on the day before his or her death. Any election under this
provision will be in writing and may be changed by the Participant
at any time. The Election Period begins on the later of:
(1) the 90th day before the Participant attains the Qualified Early
Retirement Age, or
(2) the date on which participation begins,
and ends on the date the Participant terminates employment.
8.10 ANNUITY CONTRACTS Any annuity contract distributed under this Plan must
be nontransferable. The terms of any annuity contract purchased and distributed
by the Plan to a Participant or Spouse shall comply with the requirements of
this Plan.
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ARTICLE IX
VESTING
9.1 EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS A Participant shall always have a 100% vested and
nonforfeitable interest in his or her Elective Deferrals, Voluntary
Contributions, Qualified Voluntary Contributions, Rollover Contributions, and
Transfer Contributions plus the earnings thereon. No forfeiture of Employer
related contributions (including any minimum contributions made under paragraph
14.2) will occur solely as a result of an Employee's withdrawal of any Employee
contributions.
9.2 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS A Participant shall acquire a vested and
nonforfeitable interest in his or her account attributable to Employer
contributions in accordance with the table selected in the Adoption Agreement,
provided that if a Participant is not already fully vested, he or she shall
become so upon attaining Normal Retirement Age, Early Retirement Age, on death
prior to normal retirement, on retirement due to Disability, or on termination
of the Plan.
9.3 COMPUTATION PERIOD The computation period for purposes of determining
Years of Service and Breaks in Service for purposes of computing a
Participant's nonforfeitable right to his or her account balance derived from
Employer contributions shall be determined by the Employer in the Adoption
Agreement. In the event a former Participant with no vested interest in his or
her Employer contribution account requalifies for participation in the Plan
after incurring a Break in Service, such Participant shall be credited for
vesting with all pre-break and post-break Service.
9.4 REQUALIFICATION PRIOR TO FIVE CONSECUTIVE ONE-YEAR BREAKS IN SERVICE The
account balance of such Participant shall consist of any undistributed amount
in his or her account as of the date of re-employment plus any future
contributions added to such account plus the investment earnings on the
account. The Vested Account Balance of such Participant shall be determined by
multiplying the Participant's account balance (adjusted to include any
distribution or redeposit made under paragraph 6.3) by such Participant's
vested percentage. All Service of the Participant, both prior to and following
the break, shall be counted when computing the Participant's vested percentage.
9.5 REQUALIFICATION AFTER FIVE CONSECUTIVE ONE-YEAR BREAKS IN SERVICE If such
Participant is not fully vested upon re-employment, a new account shall be
established for such Participant to separate his or her deferred vested and
nonforfeitable account, if any, from the account to which new allocations will
be made. The Participant's deferred account to the extent remaining shall be
fully vested and shall continue to share in earnings and losses of the Fund.
When computing the Participant's vested portion of the new account, all
pre-break and post-break Service shall be counted. However, notwithstanding
this provision, no such former Participant who has had five consecutive
one-year Breaks in Service shall acquire a larger vested and nonforfeitable
interest in his or her prior account balance as a result of requalification
hereunder.
9.6 CALCULATING VESTED INTEREST A Participant's vested and nonforfeitable
interest shall be calculated by multiplying the fair market value of his or her
account attributable to Employer contributions on the Valuation Date preceding
distribution by the decimal equivalent of the vested percentage as of his or
her termination date. The amount attributable to Employer contributions for
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purposes of the calculation includes amounts previously paid out pursuant to
paragraph 6.3 and not repaid. The Participant's vested and nonforfeitable
interest, once calculated above, shall be reduced to reflect those amounts
previously paid out to the Participant and not repaid by the Participant. The
Participant's vested and nonforfeitable interest so determined shall continue
to share in the investment earnings and any increase or decrease in the fair
market value of the Fund up to the Valuation Date preceding or coinciding with
payment.
9.7 FORFEITURES Any balance in the account of a Participant who has separated
from Service to which he or she is not entitled under the foregoing provisions,
shall be forfeited and applied as provided in the Adoption Agreement. A
forfeiture may only occur if the Participant has received a distribution from
the Plan or if the Participant has incurred five consecutive 1-year Breaks in
Service. Furthermore, a Highly Compensated Employee's Matching Contributions
may be forfeited, even if vested, if the contributions to which they relate are
Excess Deferrals, Excess Contributions or Excess Aggregate Contributions.
9.8 AMENDMENT OF VESTING SCHEDULE No amendment to the Plan shall have the
effect of decreasing a Participant's vested interest determined without regard
to such amendment as of the later of the date such amendment is adopted or the
date it becomes effective. Further, if the vesting schedule of the Plan is
amended, or the Plan is amended in any way that directly or indirectly affects
the computation of any Participant's nonforfeitable percentage or if the Plan
is deemed amended by an automatic change to or from a Top-Heavy vesting
schedule, each Participant with at least three Years of Service with the
Employer may elect, within a reasonable period after the adoption of the
amendment, to have his or her nonforfeitable percentage computed under the Plan
without regard to such amendment. For Participants who do not have at least one
Hour of Service in any Plan Year beginning after 1988, the preceding sentence
shall be applied by substituting "Five Years of Service" for "Three Years of
Service" where such language appears. The period during which the election may
be made shall commence with the date the amendment is adopted and shall end on
the later of:
(a) 60 days after the amendment is adopted;
(b) 60 days after the amendment becomes effective; or
(c) 60 days after the Participant is issued written notice of the
amendment by the Employer or the Trustee/Custodian. If the
Trustee/Custodian is asked to so notify, the Fund will be charged
for the costs thereof.
No amendment to the Plan shall be effective to the extent that it has the
effect of decreasing a Participant's accrued benefit. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, a Participant's account balance may be reduced to the
extent permitted under section 412(c)(8) of the Code (relating to financial
hardships). For purposes of this paragraph, a Plan amendment which has the
effect of decreasing a Participant's account balance or eliminating an optional
form of benefit, with respect to benefits attributable to service before the
amendment, shall be treated as reducing an accrued benefit.
9.9 SERVICE WITH CONTROLLED GROUPS All Years of Service with other members of
a controlled group of corporations [as defined in Code Section 414(b)], trades
or businesses under common control [as defined in Code Section 414(c)], or
members of an affiliated service group [as defined in Code Section 414(m)]
shall be considered for purposes of determining a Participant's nonforfeitable
percentage.
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ARTICLE X
LIMITATIONS ON ALLOCATIONS
AND ANTIDISCRIMINATION TESTING
10.1 PARTICIPATION IN THIS PLAN ONLY If the Participant does not participate in
and has never participated in another qualified plan, a Welfare Benefit Fund
(as defined in paragraph 1.89) or an individual medical account, as defined in
Code Section 415(l)(2), maintained by the adopting Employer, which provides an
Annual Addition as defined in paragraph 1.4, the amount of Annual Additions
which may be credited to the Participant's account for any Limitation Year will
not exceed the lesser of the Maximum Permissible Amount or any other limitation
contained in this Plan. If the Employer contribution that would otherwise be
contributed or allocated to the Participant's account would cause the Annual
Additions for the Limitation Year to exceed the Maximum Permissible Amount, the
amount contributed or allocated will be reduced so that the Annual Additions
for the Limitation Year will equal the Maximum Permissible Amount. Prior to
determining the Participant's actual Compensation for the Limitation Year, the
Employer may determine the Maximum Permissible Amount for a Participant on the
basis of a reasonable estimate of the Participant's Compensation for the
Limitation Year, uniformly determined for all Participants similarly situated.
As soon as is administratively feasible after the end of the Limitation Year,
the Maximum Permissible Amount for the Limitation Year will be determined on
the basis of the Participant's actual Compensation for the Limitation Year.
10.2 DISPOSITION OF EXCESS ANNUAL ADDITIONS If, pursuant to paragraph 10.1 or
as a result of the allocation of forfeitures, there is an Excess Amount, the
excess will be disposed of under one of the following methods as determined in
the Adoption Agreement. If no election is made in the Adoption Agreement then
method "(a)" below shall apply.
(a) Suspense Account Method
(1) Any nondeductible Employee Voluntary, Required Voluntary
Contributions and unmatched Elective Deferrals to the extent
they would reduce the Excess Amount will be returned to the
Participant. To the extent necessary to reduce the Excess
Amount, non-Highly Compensated Employees will have all Elective
Deferrals returned whether or not there was a corresponding
match.
(2) If after the application of paragraph (1) an Excess Amount
still exists, and the Participant is covered by the Plan at the
end of the Limitation Year, the Excess Amount in the
Participant's account will be used to reduce Employer
contributions (including any allocation of forfeitures) for
such Participant in the next Limitation Year, and each
succeeding Limitation Year if necessary.
(3) If after the application of paragraph (1) an Excess Amount
still exists, and the Participant is not covered by the Plan at
the end of the Limitation Year, the Excess Amount will be held
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unallocated in a suspense account. The suspense account will be
applied to reduce future Employer contributions (including
allocation of any forfeitures) for all remaining Participants
in the next Limitation Year, and each succeeding Limitation
Year if necessary.
(4) If a suspense account is in existence at any time during the
Limitation Year pursuant to this paragraph, it will not
participate in the allocation of investment gains and losses.
If a suspense account is in existence at any time during a
particular Limitation Year, all amounts in the suspense account
must be allocated and reallocated to Participants' accounts
before any Employer contributions or any Employee Contributions
may be made to the Plan for that Limitation Year. Excess
amounts may not be distributed to Participants or former
Participants.
(b) Spillover Method
(1) Any nondeductible Employee Voluntary, Required Voluntary
Contributions and unmatched Elective Deferrals to the extent
they would reduce the Excess Amount will be returned to the
Participant. To the extent necessary to reduce the Excess
Amount, non-Highly Compensated Employees will have all Elective
Deferrals returned whether or not there was a corresponding
match.
(2) Any Excess Amount which would be allocated to the account of an
individual Participant under the Plan's allocation formula will
be reallocated to other Participants in the same manner as
other Employer contributions. No such reallocation shall be
made to the extent that it will result in an Excess Amount
being created in such Participant's own account.
(3) To the extent that amounts cannot be reallocated under (1)
above, the suspense account provisions of (a) above will apply.
10.3 PARTICIPATION IN THIS PLAN AND ANOTHER MASTER AND PROTOTYPE DEFINED
CONTRIBUTION PLAN, WELFARE BENEFIT FUND OR INDIVIDUAL MEDICAL ACCOUNT
MAINTAINED BY THE EMPLOYER The Annual Additions which may be credited to a
Participant's account under this Plan for any Limitation Year will not exceed
the Maximum Permissible Amount reduced by the Annual Additions credited to a
Participant's account under the other Master or Prototype Defined Contribution
Plans, Welfare Benefit Funds, and individual medical accounts as defined in
Code Section 415(l)(2), maintained by the Employer, which provide an Annual
Addition as defined in paragraph 1.4 for the same Limitation Year. If the
Annual Additions, with respect to the Participant under other Defined
Contribution Plans and Welfare Benefit Funds maintained by the Employer, are
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less than the Maximum Permissible Amount and the Employer contribution that
would otherwise be contributed or allocated to the Participant's account under
this Plan would cause the Annual Additions for the Limitation Year to exceed
this limitation, the amount contributed or allocated will be reduced so that
the Annual Additions under all such plans and funds for the Limitation Year
will equal the Maximum Permissible Amount. If the Annual Additions with respect
to the Participant under such other Defined Contribution Plans and Welfare
Benefit Funds in the aggregate are equal to or greater than the Maximum
Permissible Amount, no amount will be contributed or allocated to the
Participant's account under this Plan for the Limitation Year. Prior to
determining the Participant's actual Compensation for the Limitation Year, the
Employer may determine the Maximum Permissible Amount for a Participant in the
manner described in paragraph 10.1. As soon as administratively feasible after
the end of the Limitation Year, the Maximum Permissible Amount for the
Limitation Year will be determined on the basis of the Participant's actual
Compensation for the Limitation Year.
10.4 DISPOSITION OF EXCESS ANNUAL ADDITIONS UNDER TWO PLANS If, pursuant to
paragraph 10.3 or as a result of forfeitures, a Participant's Annual Additions
under this Plan and such other plans would result in an Excess Amount for a
Limitation Year, the Excess Amount will be deemed to consist of the Annual
Additions last allocated except that Annual Additions attributable to a Welfare
Benefit Fund or Individual Medical Account as defined in Code Section 415(l)(2)
will be deemed to have been allocated first regardless of the actual allocation
date. If an Excess Amount was allocated to a Participant on an allocation date
of this Plan which coincides with an allocation date of another plan, the
Excess Amount attributed to this Plan will be the product of:
(a) the total Excess Amount allocated as of such date, times
(b) the ratio of:
(1) the Annual Additions allocated to the Participant for the
Limitation Year as of such date under the Plan, to
(2) the total Annual Additions allocated to the Participant for the
Limitation Year as of such date under this and all the other
qualified Master or Prototype Defined Contribution Plans.
Any Excess Amount attributed to this Plan will be disposed of in the manner
described in paragraph 10.2.
10.5 PARTICIPATION IN THIS PLAN AND ANOTHER DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN WHICH IS
NOT A MASTER OR PROTOTYPE PLAN If the Participant is covered under another
qualified Defined Contribution Plan maintained by the Employer which is not a
Master or Prototype Plan, Annual Additions which may be credited to the
Participant's account under this Plan for any Limitation Year will be limited
in accordance with paragraphs 10.3 and 10.4 as though the other plan were a
Master or Prototype Plan, unless the Employer provides other limitations in the
Adoption Agreement.
10.6 PARTICIPATION IN THIS PLAN AND A DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN If the Employer
maintains, or at any time maintained, a qualified Defined Benefit Plan covering
any Participant in this Plan, the sum of the Participant's Defined Benefit Plan
Fraction and Defined Contribution Plan Fraction will not exceed 1.0 in any
Limitation Year. For any Plan Year during which the Plan is Top-Heavy, the
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Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Plan Fractions shall be calculated in
accordance with Code Section 416(h). The Annual Additions which may be credited
to the Participant's account under this Plan for any Limitation Year will be
limited in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Adoption Agreement.
10.7 AVERAGE DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE (ADP) TEST With respect to any Plan Year, the
Average Deferral Percentage for Participants who are Highly Compensated
Employees and the Average Deferral Percentage for Participants who are
non-Highly Compensated Employees must satisfy one of the following tests:
(a) BASIC TEST - The Average Deferral Percentage for Participants who
are Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year is not more than
1.25 times the Average Deferral Percentage for Participants who are
non-Highly Compensated Employees for the same Plan Year, or
(b) ALTERNATIVE TEST - The Average Deferral Percentage for Participants
who are Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year does not
exceed the Average Deferral Percentage for Participants who are
non-Highly Compensated Employees for the same Plan Year by more than
2 percentage points provided that the Average Deferral Percentage
for Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees is not more
than 2.0 times the Average Deferral Percentage for Participants who
are non-Highly Compensated Employees.
10.8 SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO APPLICATION OF ADP TEST
(a) The Actual Deferral Percentage for any Participant who is a Highly
Compensated Employee for the Plan Year and who is eligible to have
Elective Deferrals (and Qualified Non-Elective Contributions or
Qualified Matching Contributions, or both, if treated as Elective
Deferrals for purposes of the ADP test) allocated to his or her
accounts under two or more arrangements described in Code Section
401(k), that are maintained by the Employer, shall be determined as
if such Elective Deferrals (and, if applicable, such Qualified
Non-Elective Contributions or Qualified Matching Contributions, or
both) were made under a single arrangement. If a Highly Compensated
Employee participates in two or more cash or deferred arrangements
that have different Plan Years, all cash or deferred arrangements
ending with or within the same calendar year shall be treated as a
single arrangement.
(b) In the event that this Plan satisfies the requirements of Code
Sections 401(k), 401(a)(4), or 410(b), only if aggregated with one
or more other plans, or if one or more other plans satisfy the
requirements of such Code Sections only if aggregated with this
Plan, then this Section shall be applied by determining the Actual
Deferral Percentage of Employees as if all such plans were a single
plan. For Plan Years beginning after 1989, plans may be aggregated
in order to satisfy Code Section 401(k) only if they have the same
Plan Year.
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(c) For purposes of determining the Actual Deferral Percentage of a
Participant who is a 5-percent owner or one of the ten most
highly-paid Highly Compensated Employees, the Elective Deferrals
(and Qualified Non-Elective Contributions or Qualified Matching
Contributions, or both, if treated as Elective Deferrals for
purposes of the ADP test) and Compensation of such Participant shall
include the Elective Deferrals (and, if applicable, Qualified
Non-Elective Contributions and Qualified Matching Contributions, or
both) for the Plan Year of Family Members as defined in paragraph
1.36 of this Plan. Family Members, with respect to such Highly
Compensated Employees, shall be disregarded as separate Employees in
determining the ADP both for Participants who are non-Highly
Compensated Employees and for Participants who are Highly
Compensated Employees. In the event of repeal of the family
aggregation rules under Code Section 414(q)(6), all applications of
such rules under this Plan will cease as of the effective date of
such repeal.
(d) For purposes of determining the ADP test, Elective Deferrals,
Qualified Non-Elective Contributions and Qualified Matching
Contributions must be made before the last day of the twelve-month
period immediately following the Plan Year to which
contributions relate.
(e) The Employer shall maintain records sufficient to demonstrate
satisfaction of the ADP test and the amount of Qualified
Non-Elective Contributions or Qualified Matching Contributions, or
both, used in
such test.
(f) The determination and treatment of the Actual Deferral Percentage
amounts of any Participant shall satisfy such other requirements as
may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
10.9 RECHARACTERIZATION If the Employer allows for Voluntary Contributions in
the Adoption Agreement, a Participant may treat his or her Excess Contributions
as an amount distributed to the Participant and then contributed by the
Participant to the Plan. Recharacterized amounts will remain nonforfeitable and
subject to the same distribution requirements as Elective Deferrals. Amounts
may not be recharacterized by a Highly Compensated Employee to the extent that
such amount in combination with other Employee Contributions made by that
Employee would exceed any stated limit under the Plan on Voluntary
Contributions. Recharacterization must occur no later than two and one-half
months after the last day of the Plan Year in which such Excess Contributions
arose and is deemed to occur no earlier than the date the last Highly
Compensated Employee is informed in writing of the amount recharacterized and
the consequences thereof. Recharacterized amounts will be taxable to the
Participant for the Participant's tax year in which the Participant would have
received them in cash.
10.10 AVERAGE CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE (ACP) TEST If the Employer makes Matching
Contributions or if the Plan allows Employees to make Voluntary Contributions
the Plan must meet additional nondiscrimination requirements provided under
Code Section 401(m). If Employee Contributions (including any Elective
Deferrals recharacterized as Voluntary Contributions) are made pursuant to this
Plan, then in addition to the ADP test referenced in paragraph 10.7, the
Average Contribution Percentage test is also applicable. The Average
Contribution Percentage for Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees
for each Plan Year and the Average Contribution Percentage for Participants who
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are Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the same Plan Year must satisfy one of
the following tests:
(a) BASIC TEST - The Average Contribution Percentage for Participants
who are Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year shall not
exceed the Average Contribution Percentage for Participants who are
non-Highly Compensated Employees for the same Plan Year multiplied
by 1.25; or
(b) ALTERNATIVE TEST - The ACP for Participants who are Highly
Compensated Employees for the Plan Year shall not exceed the Average
Contribution Percentage for Participants who are non-Highly
Compensated Employees for the same Plan Year multiplied by two (2),
provided that the Average Contribution Percentage for Participants
who are Highly Compensated Employees does not exceed the Average
Contribution Percentage for Participants who are non-Highly
Compensated Employees by more than two (2) percentage points.
10.11 SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO APPLICATION OF ACP TEST
(a) If one or more Highly Compensated Employees participate in both a
cash or deferred arrangement and a plan subject to the ACP test
maintained by the Employer and the sum of the ADP and ACP of those
Highly Compensated Employees subject to either or both tests exceeds
the Aggregate Limit, then the ADP or ACP of those Highly Compensated
Employees who also participate in a cash or deferred arrangement
will be reduced (beginning with such Highly Compensated Employee
whose ADP or ACP is the highest) as set forth in the Adoption
Agreement so that the limit is not exceeded. The amount by which
each Highly Compensated Employee's Contribution Percentage Amounts
is reduced shall be treated as an Excess Aggregate Contribution. The
ADP and ACP of the Highly Compensated Employees are determined after
any corrections required to meet the ADP and ACP tests. Multiple use
does not occur if both the ADP and ACP of the Highly Compensated
Employees does not exceed 1.25 multiplied by the ADP and ACP of the
non-Highly Compensated Employees.
(b) For purposes of this Article, the Contribution Percentage for any
Participant who is a Highly Compensated Employee and who is eligible
to have Contribution Percentage Amounts allocated to his or her
account under two or more plans described in Code Section 401(a), or
arrangements described in Code Section 401(k) that are maintained by
the Employer, shall be determined as if the total of such
Contribution Percentage Amounts was made under each Plan. If a
Highly Compensated Employee participates in two or more cash or
deferred arrangements that have different plan years, all cash or
deferred arrangements ending with or within the same calendar year
shall be treated as a single arrangement.
(c) In the event that this Plan satisfies the requirements of Code
Sections 401(a)(4), 401(m), or 410(b) only if aggregated with one or
more other plans, or if one or more other plans satisfy the
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requirements of such Code Sections only if aggregated with this
Plan, then this Section shall be applied by determining the
Contribution Percentage of Employees as if all such plans were a
single plan. For plan years beginning after 1989, plans may be
aggregated in order to satisfy Code Section 401(m) only if the
aggregated plans have the same Plan Year.
(d) For purposes of determining the Contribution percentage of a
Participant who is a five-percent owner or one of the ten most
highly-paid, Highly Compensated Employees, the Contribution
Percentage Amounts and Compensation of such Participant shall
include the Contribution Percentage Amounts and Compensation for the
Plan Year of Family Members as defined in Paragraph 1.36 of this
Plan. Family Members, with respect to Highly Compensated Employees,
shall be disregarded as separate Employees in determining the
Contribution Percentage both for Participants who are non-Highly
Compensated Employees and for Participants who are Highly
Compensated Employees. In the event of repeal of the family
aggregation rules under Code Section 414(q)(6), all applications of
such rules under this Planwill cease as of the effective date of
such repeal.
(e) For purposes of determining the Contribution Percentage test,
Employee Contributions are considered to have been made in the Plan
Year in which contributed to the trust. Matching Contributions and
Qualified Non-Elective Contributions will be considered made for a
Plan Year if made no later than the end of the twelve-month period
beginning on the day after the close of the Plan Year.
(f) The Employer shall maintain records sufficient to demonstrate
satisfaction of the ACP test and the amount of Qualified
Non-Elective Contributions or Qualified Matching Contributions, or
both, used in
such test.
(g) The determination and treatment of the Contribution Percentage of
any Participant shall satisfy such other requirements as may be
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
(h) Qualified Matching Contributions and Qualified Non-Elective
Contributions used to satisfy the ADP test may not be used to
satisfy the ACP test.
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ARTICLE XI
ADMINISTRATION
11.1 PLAN ADMINISTRATOR The Employer shall be the named fiduciary and Plan
Administrator. These duties shall include:
(a) appointing the Plan's attorney, accountant, actuary, or any other
party needed to administer the Plan,
(b) directing the Trustee/Custodian with respect to payments from the
Fund,
(c) communicating with Employees regarding their participation and
benefits under the Plan, including the administration of all claims
procedures,
(d) filing any returns and reports with the Internal Revenue Service,
Department of Labor, or any other governmental agency,
(e) reviewing and approving any financial reports, investment reviews,
or other reports prepared by any party appointed by the Employer
under paragraph (a),
(f) establishing a funding policy and investment objectives consistent
with the purposes of the Plan and the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, and
(g) construing and resolving any question of Plan interpretation. The
Plan Administrator's interpretation of Plan provisions including
eligibility and benefits under the Plan is final, and unless it can
be shown to be arbitrary and capricious will not be subject to "de
novo" review.
11.2 TRUSTEE/CUSTODIAN The Trustee/Custodian shall be responsible for the
administration of investments held in the Fund. These duties shall include:
(a) receiving contributions under the terms of the Plan, but not
determining the amount or enforcing the payment thereof.
(b) making distributions from the Fund in accordance with written
instructions received from an authorized representative of the
Employer,
(c) keeping accurate records reflecting its administration of the Fund
and making such records available to the Employer for review and
audit. Within 90 days after each Plan Year, and within 90 days after
its removal or resignation, the Trustee/Custodian shall file with
the Employer an accounting of its administration of the Fund during
such year or from the end of the preceding Plan Year to the date of
removal or resignation. Such accounting shall include a statement of
cash receipts and disbursements since the date of its last
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accounting and shall contain an asset list showing the fair market
value of investments held in the Fund as of the end of the Plan
Year. The value of marketable investments shall be determined using
the most recent price quoted on a national securities exchange or
over the counter market. The value of non-marketable investments
shall be determined in the sole judgement of the Trustee/Custodian
which determination shall be binding and conclusive. The value of
investments in securities or obligations of the Employer in which
there is no market shall be determined in the sole judgement of the
Employer and the Trustee/Custodian shall have no responsibility with
respect to the valuation of such assets. The Employer shall review
the Trustee/Custodian's accounting and notify the Trustee/Custodian
in the event of its disapproval of the report within 90 days,
providing the Trustee/Custodian with a written description of the
items in question. The Trustee/Custodian shall have 60 days to
provide the Employer with a written explanation of the items in
question. If the Employer again disapproves, the Trustee/Custodian
shall file its accounting in a court of competent jurisdiction for
audit and adjudication. If the Employer fails to provide such
written disapproval, the Trustee/Custodian shall be forever released
and discharged from all liability and accountability with respect to
the actions and transactions shown in such report.
(d) employing such agents, attorney's or other professionals as the
Trustee may deem necessary or advisable in the performance of its
duties.
The Trustee's/Custodian's duties shall be limited to those described above. The
Employer shall be responsible for any other administrative duties required
under the Plan or by applicable law.
11.3 DMINISTRATIVE FEES AND EXPENSES All reasonable costs, charges and
expenses incurred by the Trustee/Custodian in connection with the
administration of the Fund and all reasonable costs, charges and expenses
incurred by the Plan Administrator in connection with the administration of the
Plan (including fees for legal services rendered to the Trustee/Custodian or
Plan Administrator) may be paid by the Employer, but if not paid by the
Employer when due, shall be paid from the Fund. Such reasonable compensation to
the Trustee/Custodian as may be agreed upon from time to time between the
Employer and the Trustee/Custodian and such reasonable compensation to the Plan
Administrator as may be agreed upon from time to time between the Employer and
Plan Administrator may be paid by the Employer, but if not paid by the Employer
when due shall be paid by the Fund. The Trustee shall have the right to
liquidate trust assets to cover its fees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
compensation other than reimbursement for expenses shall be paid to a Plan
Administrator who is the Employer or a full-time Employee of the Employer. In
the event any part of the Trust/Custodial Account becomes subject to tax, all
taxes incurred will be paid from the Fund unless the Plan Administrator advises
the Trustee/Custodian not to pay such tax.
11.4 DIVISION OF DUTIES AND INDEMNIFICATION
(a) The Trustee/Custodian shall have the authority and discretion to
manage and govern the Fund to the extent provided in this
instrument, but does not guarantee the Fund in any manner against
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investment loss or depreciation in asset value, or guarantee the
adequacy of the Fund to meet and discharge all or any liabilities of
the Plan.
(b) The Trustee/Custodian shall not be liable for the making, retention
or sale of any investment or reinvestment made by it, as herein
provided, or for any loss to, or diminution of the Fund, or for any
other loss or damage which may result from the discharge of its
duties hereunder except to the extent it is judicially determined
that the Trustee/Custodian has failed to exercise the care, skill,
prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that
a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such
matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like
character with like aims.
(c) The Employer warrants that all directions issued to the
Trustee/Custodian by it or the Plan Administrator will be in
accordance with the terms of the Plan and not contrary to the
provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
and regulations issued thereunder.
(d) The Trustee/Custodian shall not be answerable for any action taken
pursuant to any direction, consent, certificate, or other paper or
document on the belief that the same is genuine and signed by the
proper person. All directions by the Employer, Participant or the
Plan Administrator shall be in writing. The Employer shall deliver
to the Trustee/Custodian certificates evidencing the individual or
individuals authorized to act as set forth in the Adoption Agreement
or as the Employer may subsequently inform the Trustee/Custodian in
writing and shall deliver to the Trustee/Custodian specimens of
their signatures.
(e) The duties and obligations of the Trustee/Custodian shall be limited
to those expressly imposed upon it by this instrument or
subsequently agreed upon by the parties. Responsibility for
administrative duties required under the Plan or applicable law not
expressly imposed upon or agreed to by the Trustee/Custodian, shall
rest solely with the Employer.
(f) The Trustee shall be indemnified and saved harmless by the Employer
from and against any and all liability to which the
Trustee/Custodian may be subjected, including all expenses
reasonably incurred in its defense, for any action or failure to act
resulting from compliance with the instructions of the Employer, the
employees or agents of the Employer, the Plan Administrator, or any
other fiduciary to the Plan, and for any liability arising from the
actions or non-actions of any predecessor Trustee/Custodian or
fiduciary or other fiduciaries of the Plan.
(g) The Trustee/Custodian shall not be responsible in any way for the
application of any payments it is directed to make or for the
adequacy of the Fund to meet and discharge any and all liabilities
under the Plan.
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ARTICLE XII
TRUST FUND/CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT
12.1 THE FUND The Fund shall consist of all contributions made under Article
III and Article IV of the Plan and the investment thereof and earnings thereon.
All contributions and the earnings thereon less payments made under the terms
of the Plan, shall constitute the Fund. The Fund shall be administered as
provided in this document.
12.2 CONTROL OF PLAN ASSETS The assets of the Fund or evidence of ownership
shall be held by the Trustee/Custodian under the terms of the Plan and
Trust/Custodial Account. If the assets represent amounts transferred from
another trustee/custodian under a former plan, the Trustee/Custodian named
hereunder shall not be responsible for the propriety of any investment under
the former plan.
12.3 EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT RULES No part of the Fund shall be used for, or diverted
to, purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of Participants, former
Participants with a vested interest, and the beneficiary or beneficiaries of
deceased Participants having a vested interest in the Fund at death.
12.4 ASSIGNMENT AND ALIENATION OF BENEFITS No right or claim to, or interest
in, any part of the Fund, or any payment from the Fund, shall be assignable,
transferable, or subject to sale, mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, commutation,
anticipation, garnishment, attachment, execution, or levy of any kind. The
Trustee/Custodian shall not recognize any attempt to assign, transfer, sell,
mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, commute, or anticipate the same, except to the
extent required by law. The preceding sentences shall also apply to the
creation, assignment, or recognition of a right to any benefit payable with
respect to a Participant pursuant to a domestic relations order, unless such
order is determined to be a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in
Code Section 414(p), or any domestic relations order entered before January 1,
1985 which the Plan attorney and Plan Administrator deem to be qualified.
12.5 DETERMINATION OF QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER (QDRO) A Domestic
Relations Order shall specifically state all of the following in order to be
deemed a Qualified Domestic Relations Order ("QDRO"):
(a) The name and last known mailing address (if any) of the Participant
and of each alternate payee covered by the QDRO. However, if the
QDRO does not specify the current mailing address of the alternate
payee, but the Plan Administrator has independent knowledge of that
address, the QDRO will still be valid.
(b) The dollar amount or percentage of the Participant's benefit to be
paid by the Plan to each alternate payee, or the manner in which the
amount or percentage will be determined.
(c) The number of payments or period for which the order applies.
(d) The specific plan (by name) to which the Domestic Relations Order
applies.
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The Domestic Relations Order shall not be deemed a QDRO if it requires the Plan
to provide:
(e) any type or form of benefit, or any option not already provided for
in the Plan;
(f) increased benefits, or benefits in excess of the Participant's
vested rights;
(g) payment of a benefit earlier than allowed by the Plan's earliest
retirement provisions or in the case of a profit-sharing plan, prior
to the allowability of in-service withdrawals, or
(h) payment of benefits to an alternate payee which are required to be
paid to another alternate payee under another QDRO.
Promptly, upon receipt of a Domestic Relations Order ("Order") which may or may
not be "Qualified", the Plan Administrator shall notify the Participant and any
alternate payee(s) named in the Order of such receipt, and include a copy of
this paragraph 12.5. The Plan Administrator shall then forward the Order to the
Plan's legal counsel for an opinion as to whether or not the Order is in fact
"Qualified" as defined in Code Section 414(p). Within a reasonable time after
receipt of the Order, not to exceed 60 days, the Plan's legal counsel shall
make a determination as to its "Qualified" status and the Participant and any
alternate payee(s) shall be promptly notified in writing of the determination.
If the "Qualified" status of the Order is in question, there will be a delay in
any payout to any payee including the Participant, until the status is
resolved. In such event, the Plan Administrator shall segregate the amount that
would have been payable to the alternate payee(s) if the Order had been deemed
a QDRO. If the Order is not Qualified, or the status is not resolved (for
example, it has been sent back to the Court for clarification or modification)
within 18 months beginning with the date the first payment would have to be
made under the Order, the Plan Administrator shall pay the segregated amounts
plus interest to the person(s) who would have been entitled to the benefits had
there been no Order. If a determination as to the Qualified status of the Order
is made after the 18-month period described above, then the Order shall only be
applied on a prospective basis. If the Order is determined to be a QDRO, the
Participant and alternate payee(s) shall again be notified promptly after such
determination. Once an Order is deemed a QDRO, the Plan Administrator shall pay
to the alternate payee(s) all the amounts due under the QDRO, including
segregated amounts plus interest which may have accrued during a dispute as to
the Order's qualification.
Unless specified otherwise in the Adoption Agreement, the earliest retirement
age with regard to the Participant against whom the order is entered shall be
the date the order is determined to be qualified. This will only allow payouts
to alternate payee(s) and not the Participant.
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ARTICLE XIII
INVESTMENTS
13.1 FIDUCIARY STANDARDS The Trustee/Custodian shall invest and reinvest
principal and income in the same Fund in accordance with the investment
objectives established by the Employer, provided that:
(a) such investments are prudent under the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 and the regulations thereunder,
(b) such investments are sufficiently diversified or otherwise insured or
guaranteed to minimize the risk of large losses, and
(c) such investments are similar to those which would be purchased by
another professional money manager for a like plan with similar
investment objectives.
13.2 FUNDING ARRANGEMENT The Employer shall appoint the Sponsor or an
individual or individuals as Trustee under the Employer's Plan. Such
appointment shall be made in the Adoption Agreement. If the Sponsor is not
named Trustee it will serve as Custodian under the Plan as provided at
paragraph 13.4.
13.3 INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES OF THE TRUSTEE As Trustee, the Sponsor shall
implement an investment program based on the Employer's investment objectives
and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In addition to powers
given by law, the Trustee may:
(a) invest the Fund in any form of property, including common and
preferred stocks, exchange traded put and call options, bonds, money
market instruments, mutual funds (including funds for which the
Trustee or its affiliates serve as investment advisor), savings
accounts, certificates of deposit, Treasury bills, insurance policies
and contracts, or in any other property, real or personal, having a
ready market. The Trustee may invest in time deposits (including, if
applicable, its own or those of affiliates) which bear a reasonable
interest rate. No portion of any Qualified Voluntary Contribution, or
the earnings thereon, may be invested in life insurance contracts or,
as with any Participant-directed investment, in tangible personal
property characterized by the IRS as a collectible,
(b) invest any assets of the Fund in a group or collective trust
established to permit the pooling of funds of separate pension and
profit-sharing trusts, provided the Internal Revenue Service has
ruled such group or collective trust to be qualified under Code
Section 401(a) and exempt under Code Section 501(a) (or the
applicable corresponding provision of any other Revenue Act) or to
any other common, collective, or commingled trust fund which has been
or may hereafter be established and maintained by the Trustee and/or
affiliates of the Trustee. Such commingling of assets of the Fund
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with assets of other qualified trusts is specifically authorized, and
to the extent of the investment of the Fund in such a group or
collective trust, the terms of the instrument establishing the group
or collective trust shall be a part hereof as though set forth
herein, The Employer expressly understands and agrees that any such
collective fund may provide for the lending of its securities by the
collective fund trustee and that such collective fund's trustee will
receive compensation from such collective fund for the lending of
securities that is separate from any compensation of the Trustee
hereunder, or any compensation of the collective fund trustee for the
management of such collective fund;
(c) invest up to 100% of the Fund in the common stock, debt obligations,
or any other security issued by the Employer or by an affiliate of
the Employer within the limitations provided under Sections 406, 407,
and 408 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and
further provided that such investment does not constitute a
prohibited transaction under Code Section 4975. Any such investment
in Employer securities shall only be made upon written direction of
the Employer who shall be solely responsible for propriety of such
investment,
(d) hold cash uninvested and deposit same with any banking or savings
institution, including its own banking department,
(e) hold uninvested cash awaiting investment or distribution, and such
additional cash balances as it shall deem reasonable or necessary,
without incurring any liability for the payment of interest thereon,
notwithstanding the Trustee's receipt of "float" from such uninvested
cash,
(f) join in or oppose the reorganization, recapitalization,
consolidation, sale or merger of corporations or properties,
including those in which it is interested as Trustee, upon such terms
as it deems wise,
(g) hold investments in nominee or bearer form; hold securities
unregistered, or register them in its own name or in the names of
nominees. The Trustee may hold securities or other property in the
name of any one or more nominees, domestic or foreign, and may
appoint domestic or foreign custodians to hold investments in the
United States of America or abroad. The Trustee may deposit
securities with stock clearing corporations or depositories or
similar organizations,
(h) vote proxies and, if appropriate, pass them on to any investment
manager which may have directed the investment in the equity giving
rise to the proxy. See paragraph 13.8 for Participant-directed voting
of Employer Stock,
(i) exercise all ownership rights with respect to assets held in the
Fund, except as delegated in accordance with paragraph 13.8 hereof.
13.4 DUTIES OF THE CUSTODIAN As Custodian, the Sponsor shall be depository of
all or part of the Fund and shall, at the direction of the Trustee hold any
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assets received from the Trustee or its agents. The Custodian shall receive and
deliver assets as instructed by the Trustee or its agents. To the extent that
the Custodian holds title to Plan assets and such ownership requires action on
the part of the registered owner, such action will be taken by the Custodian
only upon receipt of specific instructions from the Trustee or its agents.
Proxies shall be voted by or pursuant to the express direction of the Trustee
or authorized agent of the Trustee. As Custodian, the Sponsor shall not give
any investment advice, including any opinion on the prudence of directed
investments. The Employer and Trustee and the agents thereof assume all
responsibility for adherence to fiduciary standards under the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and all amendments thereof, and
regulations thereunder.
13.5 PARTICIPANT LOANS If agreed upon by the Trustee and permitted by the
Employer in the Adoption Agreement, a Plan Participant may make application to
the Employer requesting a loan from the Fund. The Employer shall have the sole
right to approve or disapprove a Participant's application provided that loans
shall be made available to all Participants on a reasonably equivalent basis.
Loans shall not be made available to Highly Compensated Employees [as defined
in Code Section 414(q)] in an amount greater than the amount made available to
other Employees. Any loan granted under the Plan shall be made subject to the
following rules:
(a) No loan, when aggregated with any outstanding Participant loan(s),
shall exceed the lesser of (i) $50,000 reduced by the excess, if any,
of the highest outstanding balance of loans during the one year
period ending on the day before the loan is made, over the
outstanding balance of loans from the Plan on the date the loan is
made or (ii) one-half of the fair market value of a Participant's
Vested Account Balance built up from Employer Contributions,
Voluntary Contributions, and Rollover Contributions. If the
Participant's Vested Account Balance is $20,000 or less, the maximum
loan shall not exceed the lesser of $10,000 or 100% of the
Participant's Vested Account Balance. For the purpose of the above
limitation, all loans from all plans of the Employer and other
members of a group of employers described in Code Sections 414(b),
414(c), and 414(m) are aggregated. An assignment or pledge of any
portion of the Participant's interest in the Plan and a loan, pledge,
or assignment with respect to any insurance contract purchased under
the Plan, will be treated as a loan under this paragraph.
(b) All applications must be made on forms provided by the Employer and
must be signed by the Participant.
(c) Any loan shall bear interest at a rate reasonable at the time of
application, considering the purpose of the loan and the rate being
charged by representative commercial banks in the local area for a
similar loan unless the Employer sets forth a different method for
determining loan interest rates in its loan procedures. The loan
agreement shall also provide that the payment of principal and
interest be amortized in level payments not less than quarterly.
(d) The term of such loan shall not exceed five years except in the case
of a loan for the purpose of acquiring any house, apartment,
condominium, or mobile home (not used on a transient basis) which is
used or is to be used within a reasonable time as the principal
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residence of the Participant. The term of such loan shall be
determined by the Employer considering the maturity dates quoted by
representative commercial banks in the local area for a similar loan.
(e) The principal and interest paid by a Participant on his or her loan
shall be credited to the Fund in the same manner as for any other
Plan investment. If elected in the Adoption Agreement, loans may be
treated as segregated investments of the individual Participants.
This provision is not available if its election will result in
discrimination in operation of the Plan.
(f) If a Participant's loan application is approved by the Employer, such
Participant shall be required to sign a note, loan agreement, and
assignment of 50% of his or her interest in the Fund as collateral
for the loan. The Participant, except in the case of a profit-sharing
plan satisfying the requirements of paragraph 8.7 must obtain the
consent of his or her Spouse, if any, within the 90 day period before
the time his or her account balance is used as security for the loan.
A new consent is required if the account balance is used for any
renegotiation, extension, renewal or other revision of the loan,
including an increase in the amount thereof. The consent must be
written, must acknowledge the effect of the loan, and must be
witnessed by a plan representative or notary public. Such consent
shall subsequently be binding with respect to the consenting Spouse
or any subsequent Spouse.
(g) If a valid Spousal consent has been obtained, then, notwithstanding
any other provision of this Plan, the portion of the Par-ticipant's
Vested Account Balance used as a security interest held by the Plan
by reason of a loan outstanding to the Participant shall be taken
into account for purposes of determining the amount of the account
balance payable at the time of death or distribution, but only if the
reduction is used as repayment of the loan. If less than 100% of the
Participant's Vested Account Balance (determined without regard to
the preceding sentence) is payable to the Surviving Spouse, then the
account balance shall be adjusted by first reducing the Vested
Account Balance by the amount of the security used as repayment of
the loan, and then determining the benefit payable to the Surviving
Spouse.
(h) The Employer may also require additional collateral in order to
adequately secure the loan.
(i) A Participant's loan shall immediately become due and payable if such
Participant terminates employment for any reason or fails to make a
principal and/or interest payment as provided in the loan agreement.
If such Participant terminates employment, the Employer shall
immediately request payment of principal and interest on the loan. If
the Participant refuses payment following termination, the Employer
shall reduce the Participant's Vested Account Balance by the
remaining principal and interest on his or her loan. If the
Participant's Vested Account Balance is less than the amount due, the
Employer shall take whatever steps are necessary to collect the
balance due directly from the Participant. However, no foreclosure on
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the Participant's note or attachment of the Participant's account
balance will occur until a distributable event occurs in the Plan.
(j) No loans will be made to Owner-Employees (as defined in paragraph
1.51) or Shareholder-Employees (as defined in paragraph 1.74), unless
the Employer obtains a prohibited transaction exemption from the
Department of Labor.
13.6 RESERVED
13.7 EMPLOYER INVESTMENT DIRECTION If agreed upon by the Trustee and approved
by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement, the Employer shall have the right to
direct the Trustee with respect to investments of the Fund, may appoint an
investment manager (registered as an investment advisor under the Investment
Advisors Act of 1940) to direct investments, or may give the Trustee sole
investment management responsibility. The Employer may purchase and sell
interests in a registered investment company (i.e., mutual funds) for which the
Sponsor, its parent, affiliates, or successors, may serve as investment advisor
and receive compensation from the registered investment company for its
services as investment advisor. The Employer shall advise the Trustee in
writing regarding the retention of investment powers, the appointment of an
investment manager, or the delegation of investment powers to the Trustee. Any
investment directive under this Plan shall be made in writing by the Employer
or investment manager, as the case may be. In the absence of such written
directive, the Trustee shall automatically invest the available cash in its
discretion in an appropriate interim investment until specific investment
directions are received. Such instructions regarding the delegation of
investment responsibility shall remain in force until revoked or amended in
writing. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the propriety of any directed
investment made and shall not be required to consult with or advise the
Employer regarding the investment quality of any directed investment held
hereunder. If the Employer fails to designate an investment manager, the
Trustee shall have full investment authority. If the Employer does not issue
investment directions, the Trustee shall have authority to invest the Fund in
its sole discretion. While the Employer may direct the Trustee with respect to
Plan investments, the Employer may not:
(a) borrow from the Fund or pledge any of the assets of the Fund as
security for a loan,
(b) buy property or assets from or sell property or assets to the Fund,
(c) charge any fee for services rendered to the Fund, or
(d) receive any services from the Fund on a preferential basis.
13.8 EMPLOYEE INVESTMENT DIRECTION If agreed to by the Trustee and approved by
the Employer in the Adoption Agreement, Participants shall be given the option
to direct the investment of their personal contributions and their share of the
Employer's contribution among alternative investment funds established as part
of the overall Fund. Unless otherwise specified by the Employer in the Adoption
Agreement, such investment funds shall be restricted to funds offered by the
Trustee. In this connection, Participants shall direct the Trustee as to the
manner in which to vote all shares of Employer stock [as described in paragraph
13.3(c)], including fractional shares, which are allocated to that
Participant's account. In the event any person or entity makes a tender offer
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for, or a request or invitation for tenders of Employer stock, the Trustee
shall tender or not tender all of the shares of Employer stock, including
fractional shares, allocated to a Participant's account in the manner directed
by the Participant to whose account those shares are allocated. The following
rules shall apply to the administration of such funds.
(a) At the time an Employee becomes eligible for the Plan, he or she
shall complete an investment designation form stating the percentage
of his or her contributions to be invested in the available funds.
(b) A Participant may change his or her election with respect to future
contributions by filing a new investment designation form with the
Employer in accordance with the procedures established by the Plan
Administrator.
(c) A Participant may elect to transfer all or part of his or her
balance from one investment fund to another by filing an investment
designation form with the Employer in accordance with the procedures
established by the Plan Administrator.
(d) The Employer shall be responsible when transmitting Employee and
Employer contributions to show the dollar amount to be credited to
each investment fund for each Employee.
(e) The Plan Administrator shall establish and maintain procedures by
which Participants shall be (i) timely notified of their right to
direct the voting and tender of Employer stock allocated to their
accounts and the manner in which any such directions are to be
conveyed to the Trustee, and (ii) given information relevant to
making such decisions.
(f) If a Participant fails to direct the voting of shares of Employer
stock allocated to his or her account, the Trustee shall vote such
shares of stock at the direction of the Plan Administrator. If a
Participant fails to direct the Trustee as to whether or not to
tender shares of Employer stock allocated to the Participant's
account, the Trustee shall tender or not tender such stock at the
direction of the Plan Administrator.
(g) Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, neither the Trustee, nor
the Employer, nor any fiduciary of the Plan shall be liable to the
Participant or any of his or her beneficiaries for any loss
resulting from action taken at the direction of the Participant.
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ARTICLE XIV
TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS
14.1 APPLICABILITY OF RULES If the Plan is or becomes Top-Heavy in any Plan
Year beginning after 1983, the provisions of this Article will supersede any
conflicting provisions in the Plan or Adoption Agreement.
14.2 MINIMUM CONTRIBUTION Notwithstanding any other provision in the Employer's
Plan, for any Plan Year in which the Plan is Top-Heavy or Super Top-Heavy, the
aggregate Employer contributions and forfeitures allocated on behalf of any
Participant (without regard to any Social Security contribution) under this
Plan and any other Defined Contribution Plan of the Employer shall be lesser of
3% of such Participant's Compensation or the largest percentage of Employer
contributions and forfeitures, as a percentage of the first $200,000, as
adjusted under Code Section 415(d), of the Key Employee's Compensation,
allocated on behalf of any Key Employee for that year.
Each Participant who is employed by the Employer on the last day of the Plan
Year shall be entitled to receive an allocation of the Employer's minimum
contribution for such Plan Year. The minimum allocation applies even though
under other Plan provisions the Participant would not otherwise be entitled to
receive an allocation, or would have received a lesser allocation for the year
because the Participant fails to make Mandatory Contributions to the Plan, the
Participant's Compensation is less than a stated amount, or the Participant
fails to complete 1,000 Hours of Service (or such lesser number designated by
the Employer in the Adoption Agreement) during the Plan Year. A Paired
profit-sharing plan designated to provide the minimum Top-Heavy contribution
must do so regardless of profits. An Employer may make the minimum Top-Heavy
contribution available to all Participants or just non-Key Employees.
For purposes of computing the minimum allocation, Compensation shall mean
Compensation as defined in paragraph 1.12(c) of the Plan.
The Top-Heavy minimum contribution does not apply to any Participant to the
extent the Participant is covered under any other plan(s) of the Employer and
the Employer has provided in Section 11 of the Adoption Agreement that the
minimum allocation or benefit requirements applicable to Top-Heavy Plans will
be met in the other plan(s).
If a Key Employee makes an Elective Deferral or has an allocation of Matching
Contributions made to his or her account, a Top-Heavy minimum will be required
for non-Key Employees who are Participants, however, neither Elective Deferrals
by nor Matching Contributions to non-Key Employees may be taken into account
for purposes of satisfying the top-heavy Minimum Contribution requirement.
14.3 MINIMUM VESTING For any Plan Year in which this Plan is Top-Heavy, the
minimum vesting schedule elected by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement will
automatically apply to the Plan. If the vesting schedule selected by the
Employer in the Adoption Agreement is less liberal than the allowable schedule,
the schedule will automatically be modified. If the vesting schedule under the
Employer's Plan shifts in or out of the Top-Heavy schedule for any Plan Year,
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such shift is an amendment to the vesting schedule and the election in
paragraph 9.8 of the Plan applies. The minimum vesting schedule applies to all
accrued benefits within the meaning of Code Section 411(a)(7) except those
attributable to Employee contributions, including benefits accrued before the
effective date of Code Section 416 and benefits accrued before the Plan became
Top-Heavy. Further, no reduction in vested benefits may occur in the event the
Plan's status as Top-Heavy changes for any Plan Year. However, this paragraph
does not apply to the account balances of any Employee who does not have an
Hour of Service after the Plan initially becomes Top-Heavy and such Employee's
account balance attributable to Employer contributions and forfeitures will be
determined without regard to this paragraph.
14.4 LIMITATIONS ON ALLOCATIONS In any Plan Year in which the Top-Heavy Ratio
exceeds 90% (i.e., the Plan becomes Super Top-Heavy), the denominators of the
Defined Benefit Fraction (as defined in paragraph 1.16) and Defined
Contribution Fraction (as defined in paragraph 1.19) shall be computed using
100% of the dollar limitation instead of 125%.
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ARTICLE XV
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
15.1 AMENDMENT BY SPONSOR The Sponsor may amend any or all provisions of this
Plan and Trust/Custodial Account at any time without obtaining the approval or
consent of any Employer which has adopted this Plan and Trust/Custodial Account
provided that no amendment shall authorize or permit any part of the corpus or
income of the Fund to be used for or diverted to purposes other than for the
exclusive benefit of Participants and their beneficiaries, or eliminate an
optional form of distribution. In the case of a mass-submitted plan, the
mass-submitter shall amend the Plan on behalf of the Sponsor.
15.2 AMENDMENT BY EMPLOYER The Employer may amend any option in the Adoption
Agreement, and may include language as permitted in the Adoption Agreement,
(a) to satisfy Code Section 415, or
(b) to avoid duplication of minimums under Code Section 416
because of the required aggregation of multiple plans.
The Employer may add certain model amendments published by the Internal Revenue
Service which specifically provide that their adoption will not cause the Plan
to be treated as an individually designed plan for which the Employer must
obtain a separate determination letter.
If the Employer amends the Plan and Trust/Custodial Account other than as
provided above, the Employer's Plan shall no longer participate in this
Prototype Plan and will be considered an individually designed plan.
15.3 TERMINATION Employers shall have the right to terminate their Plans upon
60 days notice in writing to the Trustee/Custodian. If the Plan is terminated,
partially terminated, or if there is a complete discontinuance of contributions
under a profit-sharing plan maintained by the Employer, all amounts credited to
the accounts of Participants shall vest and become nonforfeitable. In the event
of a partial termination, only those who are affected by such partial
termination shall be fully vested. In the event of termination, the Employer
shall direct the Trustee/Custodian with respect to the distribution of accounts
to or for the exclusive benefit of Participants or their beneficiaries. The
Trustee/Custodian shall dispose of the Fund in accordance with the written
directions of the Plan Administrator, provided that no liquidation of assets
and payment of benefits, (or provision therefor), shall actually be made by the
Trustee/Custodian until after it is established by the Employer in a manner
satisfactory to the Trustee/Custodian, that the applicable requirements, if
any, of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal
Revenue Code governing the termination of employee benefit plans, have been or
are being, complied with, or that appropriate authorizations, waivers,
exemptions, or variances have been, or are being obtained.
15.4 QUALIFICATION OF EMPLOYER'S PLAN If the adopting Employer fails to attain
or retain Internal Revenue Service qualification, such Employer's Plan shall no
longer participate in this Prototype Plan and will be considered an
individually designed plan.
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15.5 MERGERS AND CONSOLIDATIONS
(a) In the case of any merger or consolidation of the Employer's Plan
with, or transfer of assets or liabilities of the Employer's Plan to,
any other plan, Participants in the Employer's Plan shall be entitled
to receive benefits immediately after the merger, consolidation, or
transfer which are equal to or greater than the benefits they would
have been entitled to receive immediately before the merger,
consolidation, or transfer if the Plan had then terminated.
(b) Any corporation into which the Trustee/Custodian or any successor
trustee/custodian may be merged or with which it may be consolidated,
or any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to
which the Trustee/Custodian or any successor trustee/custodian may be
a party, or any corporation to which all or substantially all the
trust business of the Trustee/Custodian or any successor
trustee/custodian may be transferred, shall be the successor of such
Trustee/Custodian without the filing of any instrument or performance
of any further act, before any court.
15.6 RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL The Trustee/Custodian may resign by written
notice to the Employer which shall be effective 60 days after delivery. The
Employer may discontinue its participation in this Prototype Plan and
Trust/Custodial Account effective upon 60 days written notice to the Sponsor.
In such event the Employer shall, prior to the effective date thereof, amend
the Plan to eliminate any reference to this Prototype Plan and Trust/Custodial
Account and appoint a successor trustee or custodian or arrange for another
funding agent. The Trustee/Custodian shall deliver the Fund to its successor on
the effective date of the resignation or removal, or as soon thereafter as
practicable, provided that this shall not waive any lien the Trustee/Custodian
may have upon the Fund for its compensation or expenses. If the Employer fails
to amend the Plan and appoint a successor trustee, custodian, or other funding
agent within the said 60 days, or such longer period as the Trustee/Custodian
may specify in writing, the Plan shall be deemed individually designed and the
Employer shall be deemed the successor trustee/custodian. The Employer must
then obtain its own determination letter.
15.7 QUALIFICATION OF PROTOTYPE The Sponsor intends that this Prototype Plan
will meet the requirements of the Code as a qualified Prototype Retirement Plan
and Trust/Custodial Account. Should the Commissioner of Internal Revenue or any
delegate of the Commissioner at any time determine that the Plan and
Trust/Custodial Account fails to meet the requirements of the Code, the Sponsor
will amend the Plan and Trust/Custodial Account to maintain its qualified
status.
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ARTICLE XVI
GOVERNING LAW
Construction, validity and administration of the Prototype Plan and
Trust/Custodial Account, and any Employer Plan and Trust/Custodial Account as
embodied in the Prototype document and accompanying Adoption Agreement, shall
be governed by Federal law to the extent applicable and to the extent not
applicable by the laws of the State/Commonwealth in which the principal office
of the Sponsor is located.
EXHIBIT 4.2
Plan #001
STANDARDIZED
ADOPTION AGREEMENT
PROTOTYPE CASH OR DEFERRED PROFIT-SHARING
PLAN AND TRUST/CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT
SPONSORED BY
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON
The Employer named below hereby establishes a Cash or Deferred Profit-Sharing
Plan for eligible Employees as provided in this Adoption Agreement and the
accompanying Basic Prototype Plan and Trust/Custodial Account Basic Plan
Document #04.
1. EMPLOYER INFORMATION
NOTE: If multiple Employers are adopting the Plan, complete this
section based on the lead Employer. Additional Employers may
adopt this Plan by attaching executed signature pages to the
back of the Employer's Adoption Agreement.
(a) NAME AND ADDRESS:
CENTURY BANCORP, INC.
400 MYSTIC AVENUE
MEDFORD, MA 02155
(b) TELEPHONE NUMBER: (617)391-4000
(c) TAX ID NUMBER: 04-2498617
(d) FORM OF BUSINESS:
[ ] (i) Sole Proprietor
[ ] (ii) Partnership
[X] (iii) Corporation
[ ] (iv) "S" Corporation (formerly known as Subchapter S)
[ ] (v) Other:
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PROTOTYPE CASH OR
DEFERRED PROFIT-
SHARING PLAN #001
(e) NAME OF INDIVIDUAL AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE TRUSTEE/CUSTODIAN:
PAUL V. CUSICK
(f) NAME OF PLAN: CENTURY BANCORP 401(K) PLAN
(g) THREE DIGIT PLAN NUMBER
FOR ANNUAL RETURN/REPORT: 002
2. EFFECTIVE DATE
(a) This is a new Plan having an effective date of OCTOBER 1, 1996.
(b) This is an amended Plan.
The effective date of the original Plan was _______________.
The effective date of the amended Plan is _______________.
(c) If different from above, the Effective Date for the Plan's Elective
Deferral provisions shall be _______________.
3. DEFINITIONS
(a) "Collective or Commingled Funds" (Applicable to Institutional
Trustees only.) Investment in collective or commingled funds as
permitted at paragraph 13.3(b) of the Basic Plan Document #04 shall
only be made to the following specifically named fund(s):
Funds made available after the execution of this Adoption Agreement
will be listed on schedules attached to the end of this Adoption
Agreement.
(b) "Compensation" Compensation shall be determined on the basis of
the:
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PROTOTYPE CASH OR
DEFERRED PROFIT-
SHARING PLAN #001
[X] (i) Plan Year.
[ ] (ii) Employer's Taxable Year.
[ ] (iii) Calendar Year.
Compensation shall be determined on the basis of the following
safe-harbor definition of Compensation in IRS Regulation Section
1.414(s)-1(c):
[ ] (iv) Code Section 6041 and 6051 Compensation,
[X] (v) Code Section 3401(a) Compensation, or
[ ] (vi) Code Section 415 Compensation.
Compensation [X] shall [ ] shall not include Employer contributions
made pursuant to a Salary Savings Agreement which are not includable
in the gross income of the Employee for the reasons indicated in the
definition of Compensation at 1.12 of the Basic Plan Document #04.
For purposes of the Plan, Compensation shall be limited to $______ ,
the maximum amount which will be considered for Plan purposes. [If
an amount is specified, it will limit the amount of contributions
allowed on behalf of higher compensated Employees. Completion of
this section is not intended to coordinate with the $200,000 of Code
Section 415(d), thus the amount should be less than $200,000 as
adjusted for cost-of-living increases.]
(c) "Entry Date"
[ ] (i) The first day of the Plan Year nearest the date on
which an Employee meets the eligibility requirements.
[X] (ii) The earlier of the first day of the Plan Year or the
first day of the seventh month of the Plan Year
coinciding with or following the date on which an
Employee meets the eligibility requirements.
[ ] (iii) The first day of the Plan Year following the date on
which the Employee meets the eligibility requirements. If
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this election is made, the Service requirement at
4(a)(ii) may not exceed 1/2 year and the age requirement
at 4(b)(ii) may not exceed 20-1/2.
[ ] (iv) The first day of the month coinciding with or following
the date on which an Employee meets the eligibility
requirements.
[ ] (v) The first day of the Plan Year, or the first day of
the fourth month, or the first day of the seventh month
or the first day of the tenth month, ofthe Plan Year
coinciding with or following the date on which an
Employee meets the eligibility requirements.
(d) "Hours of Service" Shall be determined on the basis of the method
selected below. Only one method may be selected. The method selected
shall be applied to all Employees covered under the Plan as follows:
[ ] (i) On the basis of actual hours for which an Employee is
paid or entitled to payment.
[ ] (ii) On the basis of days worked. An Employee shall be
credited with ten (10) Hours of Service if under
paragraph 1.42 of the Basic Plan Document #04 such
Employee would be credited with at least one (1) Hour of
Service during the day.
[ ] (iii) On the basis of weeks worked. An Employee shall be
credited with forty-five (45) Hours of Service if under
paragraph 1.42 of the Basic Plan Document #04 such
Employee would be credited with at least one (1) Hour of
Service during the week.
[ ] (iv) On the basis of semi-monthly payroll periods.
An Employee shall be credited with ninety-five (95) Hours
of Service if under paragraph 1.42 of the Basic Plan
Document #04 such Employee would be credited with at
least one (1) Hour of Service during the semi-monthly
payroll period.
[X] (v) On the basis of months worked.
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An Employee shall be credited with one-hundred-ninety
(190) Hours of Service if under paragraph 1.42 of the
Basic Plan Document #04 such Employee would be credited
with at least one (1) Hour of Service during the month.
(e) "Limitation Year" The 12-consecutive month period commencing on
JANUARY 1 and ending on DECEMBER 31.
If applicable, the Limitation Year will be a short Limitation Year
commencing on OCTOBER 1, 1996 and ending on DECEMBER 31, 1996 .
Thereafter, the Limitation Year shall end on the date last specified
above.
(f) "Net Profit"
[X] (i) Not applicable (profits will not be required for any
contributions to the Plan).
[ ] (ii) As defined in paragraph 1.49 of the Basic Plan
Document #04.
[ ] (iii) Shall be defined as:
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(Only use if definition in paragraph 1.49 of the Basic
Plan Document #04 is to be superseded.)
(g) "Plan Year" The 12-consecutive month period commencing on JANUARY 1
and ending on DECEMBER 31.
If applicable, the Plan Year will be a short Plan Year commencing on
OCTOBER 1, 1996 and ending on DECEMBER 31, 1996. Thereafter, the
Plan Year shall end on the date last specified above.
(h) "Qualified Early Retirement Age" For purposes of making
distributions under the provisions of a Qualified Domestic Relations
Order, the Plan's Qualified Early Retirement Age with regard to the
Participant against whom the order is entered [X] shall [ ] shall
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not be the date the order is determined to be qualified. If "shall"
is elected, this will only allow payout to the alternate payee(s).
(i) "Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity" The safe-harbor provisions of
paragraph 8.7 of the Basic Plan Document #04 [X] are [ ] are not
applicable. If not applicable, the survivor annuity shall be ____%
(50%, 66-2/3%, 75% or 100%) of the annuity payable during the lives
of the Participant and Spouse. If no answer is specified, 50%
will be used.
(j) "Taxable Wage Base" [paragraph 1.79]
[X] (i) Not Applicable - Plan is not integrated with Social
Security.
[ ] (ii) The maximum earnings considered wages for such Plan Year
under Code Section 3121(a).
[ ] (iii) % (not more than 100%) of the amount considered wages for
such Plan Year under Code Section 3121(a).
[ ] (iv) $_________, provided that such amount is not in excess of
the amount determined under paragraph 3(j)(ii) above.
[ ] (v) For the 1989 Plan Year $10,000. For all subsequent Plan
Years, 20% of the maximum earnings considered wages for
such Plan Year under Code Section 3121(a).
NOTE: Using less than the maximum at (ii) may result in a change in
the allocation formula in Section 7.
(k) "Valuation Date(s)" Allocations to Participant Accounts will be done
in accordance with Article V of the Basic Plan Document #04:
(i) Daily (v) Quarterly
(ii) Weekly (vi) Semi-Annually
(iii) Monthly (vii) Annually
(iv) Bi-Monthly
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Indicate Valuation Date(s) to be used by specifying option from list
above:
Type of Contribution(s) Valuation Date(s)
After-Tax Voluntary Contributions [Section 6] ------
Elective Deferrals [Section 7(b)] i
------
Matching Contributions [Section 7(c)] ------
Qualified Non-Elective Contributions
[Section 7(d)] i
------
Non-Elective Contributions [Section 7(e), (f)
and (g)] ------
Minimum Top-Heavy Contributions
[Section 7(i)] i
------
(l) "Year of Service"
(i) For Eligibility Purposes: The 12-consecutive month period
during which an Employee is credited with 1000 (not more than
1,000) Hours of Service.
(ii) For Allocation Accrual Purposes: The 12-consecutive month
period during which an Employee is credited with 501 (not more
than 1,000) Hours of Service. (For Plan Years beginning in
1990 and thereafter, if a number greater than 501 is
specified, it will be deemed to be 501.)
(iii) For Vesting Purposes: The 12-consecutive month period during
which an Employee is credited with 1000 (not more than 1,000)
Hours of Service.
4. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
(a) Service:
[ ] (i) The Plan shall have no service requirement.
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[X] (ii) The Plan shall cover only Employees having completed at
least 1 [not more than three (3)] Years of Service. If
more than one (1) is specified, for Plan Years beginning
in 1989 and later, the answer will be deemed to be one
(1).
NOTE: If the eligibility period selected is less than one year,
an Employee will not be required to complete any
specified number of Hours of Service to receive credit
for such period.
(b) Age:
[ ] (i) The Plan shall have no minimum age requirement.
[X] (ii) The Plan shall cover only Employees having attained age
21 (not more than age 21).
(c) Classification:
The Plan shall cover all Employees who have met the age and service
requirements with the following exceptions:
[X] (i) No exceptions.
[ ] (ii) The Plan shall exclude Employees included in a unit of
Employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement
between the Employer and Employee Representatives, if
retirement benefits were the subject of good faith
bargaining. For this purpose, the term "Employee
Representative" does not include any organization more
than half of whosemembers are Employees who are owners,
officers, or executives of the Employer.
[ ] (iii) The Plan shall exclude Employees who are nonresident
aliens and who receive no earned income from the Employer
which constitutes income from sources within the United
States.
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(d) Employees on Effective Date:
[X] (i) Not Applicable. All Employees will be required to
satisfy both the age and Service requirements specified
above.
[ ] (ii) Employees employed on the Plan's Effective Date do
not have to satisfy the Service requirements specified
above.
[ ] (iii) Employees employed on the Plan's Effective Date do not
have to satisfy the age requirements specified above.
5. RETIREMENT AGES
(a) Normal Retirement Age:
If the Employer imposes a requirement that Employees retire upon
reaching a specified age, the Normal Retirement Age selected below
may not exceed the Employer imposed mandatory retirement age.
[X] (i) Normal Retirement Age shall be 65 (not to exceed age
65).
[ ] (ii) Normal Retirement Age shall be the later of attaining
age (not to exceed age 65) or the (not to exceed the
5th) anniversary of the first day of the first Plan
Year in which the Participant commenced participation in
the Plan.
(b) Early Retirement Age:
[X] (i) Not Applicable.
[ ] (ii) The Plan shall have an Early Retirement Age of (not less
than 55) and completion of Years of Service.
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6. EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS
[X] (a) Participants shall be permitted to make Elective Deferrals in any
amount from 2 % up to 15 % of their Compensation.
If (a) is applicable, Participants shall be permitted to amend
their Salary Savings Agreements to change the contribution
percentage as provided below:
[ ] (i) On the Anniversary Date of the Plan,
[ ] (ii) On the Anniversary Date of the Plan and on the
first day of the seventh month of the Plan Year,
[ ] (iii) On the Anniversary Date of the Plan and on the first
day following any Valuation Date, or
[X] (iv) Upon 30 days notice to the Employer.
[ ] (b) Participants shall be permitted to make after tax Voluntary
Contributions.
[ ] (c) Participants shall be required to make after tax Voluntary
Contributions as follows (Thrift Savings Plan):
[ ] (i) ____% of Compensation.
[ ] (ii) A percentage determined by the Employee on his or her
enrollment form.
[X] (d) If necessary to pass the Average Deferral Percentage Test,
Participants [ ] may [X] may not have Elective Deferrals
recharacterized as Voluntary Contributions.
NOTE: The Average Deferral Percentage Test will apply to
contributions under (a) above. The Average Contribution
Percentage Test will apply to contributions under (b) and
(c) above, and may apply to (a).
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7. EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATION THEREOF
NOTE: The Employer shall make contributions to the Plan in accordance
with the formula or formulas selected below. The Employer's
contribution shall be subject to the limitations contained in
Articles III and X. For this purpose, a contribution for a
Plan Year shall be limited for the Limitation Year which ends
with or within such Plan Year. Also, the integrated allocation
formulas beloware for Plan Years beginning in 1989 and later.
The Employer's allocation for earlier years shall be as
specified in its Plan prior to amendment for the Tax Reform Act
of 1986.
(a) Profits Requirement:
(i) Current or Accumulated Net Profits are required for:
[ ] (A) Matching Contributions.
[ ] (B) Qualified Non-Elective Contributions.
[ ] (C) discretionary contributions.
(ii) No Net Profits are required for:
[ ] (A) Matching Contributions.
[X] (B) Qualified Non-Elective Contributions.
[ ] (C) discretionary contributions.
NOTE: Elective Deferrals can always be contributed regardless of
profits.
[X] (b) Salary Savings Agreement:
The Employer shall contribute and allocate to each
Participant's account an amount equal to the amount withheld
from the Compensation of such Participant pursuant to his or
her Salary Savings Agreement. If applicable, the maximum
percentage is specified in Section 6 above.
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An Employee who has terminated his or her election under the
Salary Savings Agreement other than for hardship reasons may
not make another Elective Deferral:
[ ] (i) until the first day of the next Plan Year.
[ ] (ii) until the first day of the next valuation period.
[X] (iii) for a period of 1 month(s) (not to exceed 12
months).
[ ] (c) Matching Employer Contribution [See paragraphs (h) and (i)]:
[ ] (i) PERCENTAGE MATCH: The Employer shall contribute and allocate
to each eligible Participant's account an amount equal to
_____% of the amount contributed and allocated in accordance
with paragraph 7(b) above and (if checked) % of [ ] the amount
of Voluntary Contributions made in accordance with paragraph
4.1 of the Basic Plan Document #04. The Employer shall not
match Participant Elective Deferrals as provided above in
excess of $ or in excess of % of the Participant's Compensation
or if applicable, Voluntary Contributions in excess of $ or in
excess of % of the Participant's Compensation. In no event will
the match on both Elective Deferrals and Voluntary
Contributions exceed a combined amount of $ or %.
[ ] (ii) DISCRETIONARY MATCH: The Employer shall contribute and
allocate to each eligible Participant's account a percentage of
the Participant's Elective Deferral contributed and allocated
in accordance with paragraph 7(b) above. The Employer shall
set such percentage prior to the end of the Plan Year. The
Employer shall not match Participant Elective Deferrals in
excess of $________ or in excess of ____% of the Participant's
Compensation.
[ ] (iii) TIERED MATCH: The Employer shall contribute and allocate to
each Participant's account an amount equal to % of the first
____% of the Participant's Compensation, to the extent
deferred.
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____% of the next ____% of the Participant's Compensation, to
the extent deferred.
____% of the next ____% of the Participant's Compensation, to
the extent deferred.
NOTE: Percentages specified in (iii) above may not increase as the
percentage of Participant's contribution increases.
[ ] (iv) FLAT DOLLAR MATCH: The Employer shall contribute and allocate
to each Participant's account $ if the Participant defers at
least 1% of Compensation.
[ ] (v) PERCENTAGE OF COMPENSATION MATCH: The Employer shall
contribute and allocate to each Participant's account ____% of
Compensation if the Participant defers at least 1% of
Compensation.
[ ] (vi) PROPORTIONATE COMPENSATION MATCH: The Employer shall contribute
and allocate to each Participant who defers at least 1% of
Compensation, an amount determined by multiplying such Employer
Matching Contribution by a fraction the numerator of which is
the Participant's Compensation and the denominator of which is
the Compensation of all Participants eligible to receive such
an allocation. The Employer shall set such discretionary
contribution prior to the end of the Plan Year.
[ ] (vii) QUALIFIED MATCH: Employer Matching Contributions will be
treated as Qualified Matching Contributions to the extent
specified below:
[ ] (A) All Matching Contributions.
[ ] (B) None.
[ ] (C) ____% of the Employer's Matching Contribution.
[ ] (D) up to ____% of each Participant's Compensation.
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[ ] (E) The amount necessary to meet the [ ] Average
Deferral Percentage (ADP) test, [ ] Average
Contribution Percentage (ACP) test, [ ] Both
the ADP and ACP tests.
(viii) MATCHING CONTRIBUTION COMPUTATION PERIOD: The time period upon
which matching contributions will be based shall be
[ ] (A) weekly
[ ] (B) bi-weekly
[ ] (C) semi-monthly
[ ] (D) monthly
[ ] (E) quarterly
[ ] (F) semi-annually
[ ] (G) annually
(ix) ELIGIBILITY FOR MATCH: Employer Matching Contributions, whether
or not Qualified, will only be made on Employee Contributions
not withdrawn prior to the end of the [ ] valuation period
[ ]Plan Year.
[X] (d) Qualified Non-Elective Employer Contribution [See paragraphs (h)
and (i)] These contributions are fully vested when contributed.
The Employer shall have the right to make an additional
discretionary contribution which shall be allocated to each eligible
Employee in proportion to his or her Compensation as a percentage of
the Compensation of all eligible Employees. This part of the
Employer's contribution and the allocation thereof shall be
unrelated to any Employee contributions made hereunder. The amount
of Qualified non-Elective Contributions taken into account for
purposes of meeting the ADP or ACP test requirements is:
[ ] (i) All such Qualified non-Elective Contributions.
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[X] (ii) The amount necessary to meet [X] the ADP test,
[ ] the ACP test, [ ] Both the ADP and ACP tests.
Qualified non-Elective Contributions will be made to:
[ ] (iii) All Employees eligible to participate.
[X] (iv) Only non-Highly Compensated Employees
eligible to participate.
[ ] (e) Additional Employer Contribution Other Than Qualified Non-Elective
Contributions-Non-Integrated [See paragraphs (h) and (i)]
The Employer shall have the right to make an additional
discretionary contribution which shall be allocated to each eligible
Employee in proportion to his or her Compensation as a percentage of
the Compensation of all eligible Employees. This part of the
Employer's contribution and the allocation thereof shall be
unrelated to any Employee contributions made hereunder.
[ ] (f) Additional Employer Contribution - Integrated Allocation Formula
[See paragraphs (h) and (i)]
The Employer shall have the right to make an additional
discretionary contribution. The Employer's contribution for the Plan
Year plus any forfeitures shall be allocated to the accounts of
eligible Participants as follows:
(i) First, to the extent contributions and forfeitures are
sufficient, all Participants will receive an allocation equal
to 3% of their Compensation.
(ii) Next, any remaining Employer Contributions and forfeitures will
be allocated to Participants who have Compensation in excess of
the Taxable Wage Base (excess Compensation). Each such
Participant will receive an allocation in the ratio that his or
her excess compensation bears to the excess Compensation of all
Participants. Participants may only receive an allocation of 3%
of excess Compensation.
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(iii)Next, any remaining Employer contributions and forfeitures will
be allocated to all Participants in the ratio that their
Compensation plus excess Compensation bears to the total
Compensation plus excess Compensation of all Participants.
Participants may only receive an allocation of up to 2.7% of
their Compensation plus excess Compensation, under this
allocation method. If the Taxable Wage Base defined at Section
3(j) is less than or equal to the greater of $10,000 or 20% of
the maximum, the 2.7% need not be reduced. If the amount
specified is greater than the greater of $10,000 or 20% of the
maximum Taxable Wage Base, but not more than 80%, 2.7% must be
reduced to 1.3%. If the amount specified is greater than 80%
but less than 100% of the maximum Taxable Wage Base, the 2.7%
must be reduced to 2.4%.
NOTE: If the Plan is not Top-Heavy or if the Top-Heavy minimum
contribution or benefit is provided under another Plan
[see Section 11(c)(ii)] covering the same Employees,
sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) above may be disregarded and
5.7%, 4.3% or 5.4% may be substituted for 2.7%, 1.3% or
2.4% where it appears in (iii) above.
(iv) Next, any remaining Employer contributions and forfeitures will
be allocated to all Participants (whether or not they received
an allocation under the preceding paragraphs) in the ratio that
each Participant's Compensation bears to all Participants'
Compensation.
[ ] (g) Additional Employer Contribution-Alternative Integrated Allocation
Formula [See paragraph (h) and (i)]
The Employer shall have the right to make an additional
discretionary contribution. To the extent that such contributions
are sufficient, they shall be allocated as follows:
____% of each eligible Participant's Compensation plus ____% of
Compensation in excess of the Taxable Wage Base defined at Section
3(j) hereof. The percentage on excess compensation may not exceed
the lesser of (i) the amount first specified in this paragraph or
(ii) the greater of 5.7% or the percentage rate of tax under Code
Section 3111(a) as in effect on the first day of the Plan Year
attributable to the Old Age (OA) portion of the OASDI provisions of
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the Social Security Act. If the Employer specifies a Taxable Wage
Base in Section 3(j) which is lower than the Taxable Wage Base for
Social Security purposes (SSTWB) in effect as of the first day of
the Plan Year, the percentage contributed with respect to excess
Compensation must be adjusted. If the Plan's Taxable Wage Base is
greater than the larger of $10,000 or 20% of the SSTWB but not more
than 80% of the SSTWB, the excess percentage is 4.3%. If the Plan's
Taxable Wage Base is greater than 80% of the SSTWB but less than
100% of the SSTWB, the excess percentage is 5.4%.
NOTE: Only one plan maintained by the Employer may be integrated with
Social Security.
(h) Allocation of Excess Amounts (Annual Additions)
In the event that the allocation formula above results in an Excess
Amount, such excess shall be:
[X] (i) placed in a suspense account accruing no gains or losses
for the benefit of the Participant.
[ ] (ii) reallocated as additional Employer contributions to
all other Participants to the extent that they do not have
any Excess Amount.
(i) Minimum Employer Contribution Under Top-Heavy Plans:
For any Plan Year during which the Plan is Top-Heavy, the sum of the
contributions and forfeitures as allocated to eligible Employees
under paragraphs 7(d), 7(e), 7(f), 7(g) and 9 of this Adoption
Agreement shall not be less than the amount required under paragraph
14.2 of the Basic Plan Document #04. Top-Heavy minimums will be
allocated to:
[X] (i) all eligible Participants.
[ ] (ii) only eligible non-Key Employees who are Participants.
(j) Return of Excess Contributions and/or Excess Aggregate
Contributions:
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In the event that one or more Highly Compensated Employees is
subject to both the ADP and ACP tests and the sum of such tests
exceeds the Aggregate Limit, the limit will be satisfied by reducing
the:
[X] (i) the ADP of the affected Highly Compensated Employees.
[ ] (ii) the ACP of the affected Highly Compensated Employees.
[ ] (iii) a combination of the ADP and ACP of the affected Highly
Compensated Employees.
8. ALLOCATIONS TO TERMINATED EMPLOYEES
(a) For Plan Years beginning prior to 1990:
[ ] (i) For Plan Years beginning prior to 1990, the Employer
will not allocate Employer related contributions to any
Participant who terminates employment during the Plan
Year.
[ ] (ii) The Employer will allocate Employer related
contributions to Employees who terminate during the Plan
Year as a result of:
[ ] (1) Retirement.
[ ] (2) Disability.
[ ] (3) Death.
[ ] (4) Other termination provided that the
Participant has completed a Year of Service.
[ ] (5) Other termination.
(b) For Plan Years beginning in 1990 and thereafter, the Employer will
allocate Employer related contributions to any Participant who is
credited with more than 500 Hours of Service or is employed on the
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last day of the Plan Year without regard to the number of Hours of
Service.
The Employer will also allocate Employer related contributions to
any Participant who terminates during the Plan Year without accruing
the necessary Hours of Service if they terminate as a result of:
[ ] (i) Retirement.
[ ] (ii) Disability.
[ ] (iii) Death.
9. ALLOCATION OF FORFEITURES
NOTE: Subsections (a), (b) and (c) below apply to forfeitures of
amounts other than Excess Aggregate Contributions.
(a) Allocation Alternatives:
If forfeitures are allocated to Participants, such allocation shall
be done in the same manner as the Employer's contribution.
[X] (i) Not Applicable. All contributions are always fully vested.
[ ] (ii) Forfeitures shall be allocated to Participants in the same
manner as the Employer's contribution.
If allocation to other Participants is selected, the
allocation shall be as follows:
[1] Amount attributable to Employer discretionary
contributions and Top-Heavy minimums will be allocated to:
[ ] all eligible Participants under the Plan.
[ ] only those Participants eligible for an allocation
of matching contributions in the current year.
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[2] Amounts attributable to Employer Matching contributions
will be allocated to:
[ ] all eligible Participants.
[ ] only those Participants eligible for allocations of
matching contributions in the current year.
[ ] (iii) Forfeitures shall be applied to reduce the Employer's
contribution for such Plan Year.
[ ] (iv) Forfeitures shall be applied to offset administrative
expenses of the Plan. If forfeitures exceed these
expenses, (iii) above shall apply.
(b) Date for Reallocation:
NOTE: If no distribution has been made to a former Participant,
sub-section (i) below will apply to such Participant even if
the Employer elects (ii), (iii) or (iv) below as its normal
administrative policy.
[ ] (i) Forfeitures shall be reallocated at the end of the Plan
Year during which the former Participant incurs his or her
fifth consecutive one year Break In Service.
[ ] (ii) Forfeitures will be reallocated immediately (as of the
next Valuation Date).
[ ] (iii) Forfeitures shall be reallocated at the end of the Plan
Year during which the former Employee incurs his or her
(1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th) consecutive one year Break In
Service.
[ ] (iv) Forfeitures will be reallocated immediately (as of the
Plan Year end).
(c) Restoration of Forfeitures:
If amounts are forfeited prior to five consecutive 1-year Breaks in
Service, the Funds for restoration of account balances will be
obtained from the following resources in the order indicated (fill
in the appropriate number):
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[ ] (i) Current year's forfeitures.
[ ] (ii) Additional Employer contribution.
[ ] (iii) Income or gain to the Plan.
(d) Forfeitures of Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be:
[ ] (i) Applied to reduce Employer contributions.
[ ] (ii) Allocated, after all other forfeitures under the Plan, to
the Matching Contribution account of each non-Highly
Compensated Participant who made Elective Deferrals or
Voluntary Contributions in the ratio which each such
Participant's Compensation for the Plan Year bears to the
total Compensation of all Participants for such Plan Year.
Such forfeitures cannot be allocated to the account of any
Highly Compensated Employee.
Forfeitures of Excess Aggregate Contributions will be so applied at
the end of the Plan Year in which they occur.
10. CASH OPTION
[ ] (a) The Employer may permit a Participant to elect to defer to the
Plan, an amount not to exceed ____% of any Employer paid cash
bonus made for such Participant for any year. A Participant
must file an election to defer such contribution at least
fifteen (15) days prior to the end of the Plan Year. If the
Employee fails to make such an election, the entire Employer
paid cash bonus to which the Participant would be entitled
shall be paid as cash and not to the Plan. Amounts deferred
under this section shall be treated for all purposes as
Elective Deferrals. Notwithstanding the above, the election to
defer must be made before the bonus is made available to the
Participants.
[X] (b) Not Applicable.
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11. LIMITATIONS ON ALLOCATIONS
[ ] This is the only Plan the Employer maintains or ever maintained;
therefore, this section is not applicable.
[X] The Employer does maintain or has maintained another Plan (including
a Welfare Benefit Fund or an individual medical account [as defined
in Code Section 415(l)(2)], under which amounts are treated as
Annual Additions) and has completed the proper sections below.
Complete (a), (b) and (c) only if the Employer maintains or ever
maintained another qualified plan, including a Welfare Benefit Fund
or an individual medical account [asdefined in Code Section
415(l)(2)], in which any Participant in this Plan is (or was) a
participant or could possibly become a participant.
(a) If the Participant is covered under another qualified Defined
Contribution Plan maintained by the Employer, other than a Master or
Prototype
Plan:
[ ] (i) the provisions of Article X of the Basic Plan
Document #04 will apply, as if the other plan were a
Master or Prototype Plan.
[ ] (ii) Attach provisions stating the method under which the
plans will limit total Annual Additions to the Maximum
Permissible Amount, and will properly reduce any Excess
Amounts, in a manner that precludes Employer discretion.
(b) If a Participant is or ever has been a participant in a Defined
Benefit Plan maintained by the Employer:
Attach provisions which will satisfy the 1.0 limitation of Code
Section 415(e). Such language must preclude Employer discretion. The
Employer must also specify the interest and mortality assumptions
used in determining Present Value in the Defined Benefit Plan.
(c) The minimum contribution or benefit required under Code Section 416
relating to Top-Heavy Plans shall be satisfied by:
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[ ] (i) this Plan.
[ ] (ii) ___________________________________
Name of other qualified plan of the Employer).
[ ] (iii) Attach provisions stating the method under which the
minimum contribution and benefit provisions of Code
Section 416 will be satisfied. If a Defined Benefit
Plan is or was maintained, an attachment must be provided
showing interest and mortality assumptions used in the
Top-Heavy Ratio.
12. VESTING
Employees shall have a fully vested and nonforfeitable interest in any
Employer contribution and the investment earnings thereon made in
accordance with paragraphs (select one or more options) [ ] 7(c), [ ]
7(e), [ ] 7(f), [ ] 7(g) and [ ] 7(i) hereof. Contributions under
paragraph 7(b), 7(c)(vii) and 7(d) are always fully vested. If one or
more of the foregoing options are notselected, such Employer
contributions shall be subject to the vesting table selected by the
Employer.
Each Participant shall acquire a vested and nonforfeitable percentage in
his or her account balance attributable to Employer contributions and the
earnings thereon under the procedures selected below except with respect
to any Plan Year during which the Plan is Top-Heavy, in which case the
Two-twenty vesting schedule [Option (b)(iv)] shall automatically apply
unless the Employer has already elected a faster vesting schedule. If the
Plan is switched to option (b)(iv), because of its Top-Heavy status, that
vesting schedule will remain in effect even if the Plan later becomes
non-Top-Heavy until the Employer executes an amendment of this Adoption
Agreement indicating otherwise.
(a) Computation Period:
The computation period for purposes of determining Years of Service
and Breaks in Service for purposes of computing a Participant's
nonforfeitable right to his or her account balance derived from
Employer contributions:
[X] (i) shall not be applicable since Participants are always
fully vested,
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[ ] (ii) shall commence on the date on which an Employee first
performs an Hour of Service for the Employer and each
subsequent 12-consecutive month period shall commence on
the anniversary thereof, or
[ ] (iii) shall commence on the first day of the Plan Year during
which an Employee first performs an Hour of Service for
the Employer and each subsequent 12-consecutive month
period shall commence on the anniversary thereof.
A Participant shall receive credit for a Year of Service if he or
she completes at least 1,000 Hours of Service [or if lesser, the
number of hours specified at 3(l)(iii) of this Adoption Agreement]
at any time during the 12-consecutive month computation period.
Consequently, a Year of Service may be earned prior to the end of
the 12-consecutive month computation period and the Participant need
not be employed at the end of the 12-consecutive month computation
period to receive credit for a Year of Service.
(b) Vesting Schedules:
NOTE: The vesting schedules below only apply to a Participant who has
at least one Hour of Service during or after the 1989 Plan
Year. If applicable, Participants who separated from Service
prior to the 1989 Plan Year will remain under thevesting
schedule as in effect in the Plan prior to amendment for the
Tax Reform Act of 1986.
(i) Full and immediate vesting.
Years of Service
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
--- --- --- --- --- --- ---
(ii) ___% 100%
(iii) ___% ___% 100%
(iv) ___% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
(v) ___% ___% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
(vi) 10% 20% 30% 40% 60% 80% 100%
(vii) ___% ___% ___% ___% 100%
(viii) ___% ___% ___% ___% ___% ___% 100%
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NOTE: The percentages selected for schedule (viii) may not be less
for any year than the percentages shown at schedule (v).
[ ] All contributions other than those which are fully vested
when contributed will vest under schedule above.
[ ] Contributions other than those which are fully vested when
contributed will vest as provided below:
Vesting
Option Selected Type Of Employer Contribution
____ 7(c) Employer Match
on Salary Savings
____ 7(c) Employer Match on
Employee Voluntary
____ 7(e) Employer Discretionary
____ 7(f) & (g) Employer
Discretionary - Integrated
(c) Service disregarded for Vesting:
[X] (i) Not Applicable. All Service shall be considered.
[ ] (ii) Service prior to the Effective Date of this Plan or a
predecessor plan shall be disregarded when computing a
Participant's vested and nonforfeitable interest.
[ ] (iii) Service prior to a Participant having attained age
18 shall be disregarded when computing a Participant's
vested and nonforfeitable interest.
13. SERVICE WITH PREDECESSOR ORGANIZATION
For purposes of satisfying the Service requirements for eligibility,
Hours of Service shall include Service with the following predecessor
organization(s):
(These hours will also be used for vesting purposes.)
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14. ROLLOVER/TRANSFER CONTRIBUTIONS
(a) Rollover Contributions, as described at paragraph 4.3 of the Basic
Plan Document #04, [X] shall [ ] shall not be permitted. If
permitted, Employees [X] may [ ] may not make Rollover Contributions
prior to meeting the eligibility requirements for participation in
the Plan.
(b) Transfer Contributions, as described at paragraph 4.4 of the Basic
Plan Document #04 [X] shall [ ] shall not be permitted. If
permitted, Employees [X] may [ ] may not Transfer Contributions
prior to meeting the eligibility requirements for participation in
the Plan.
NOTE: Even if available, the Employer may refuse to accept such
contributions if its Plan meets the safe-harbor rules of
paragraph 8.7 of the Basic Plan Document #04.
15. HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS
Hardship withdrawals, as provided for in paragraph 6.9 of the Basic Plan
Document #04, [X] are [ ] are not permitted.
16. PARTICIPANT LOANS
Participant loans, as provided for in paragraph 13.5 of the Basic Plan
Document #04, [X] are [ ] are not permitted. If permitted, repayments of
principal and interest shall be repaid to [X] the Participant's
segregated account or [ ] the general Fund.
17. RESERVED
18. EMPLOYER INVESTMENT DIRECTION
The Employer investment direction provisions, as set forth in paragraph
13.7 of the Basic Plan Document #04, [ ] shall [X] shall not be
applicable.
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19. EMPLOYEE INVESTMENT DIRECTION
(a) The Employee investment direction provisions, as set forth in
paragraph 13.8 of the Basic Plan Document #04, [X] shall [ ] shall
not be applicable.
If applicable, Participants may direct their investments among funds
offered by the Trustee.
(b) Participants may direct the following kinds of contributions and the
earnings thereon (check all applicable):
[X] (i) All Contributions.
[ ] (ii) Elective Deferrals.
[ ] (iii) Employee Voluntary Contributions (after-tax).
[ ] (iv) Employee Mandatory Contributions (after-tax).
[ ] (v) Employer Qualified Matching Contributions.
[ ] (vi) Other Employer Matching Contributions.
[ ] (vii) Employer Qualified Non-Elective Contributions.
[ ] (viii) Employer Discretionary Contributions.
[ ] (ix) Rollover Contributions.
[ ] (x) Transfer Contributions.
[X] (xi) All of above which are checked, but only to the extent
that the Participant is vested in those contributions.
NOTE: To the extent Employee investment direction was previously
allowed, the Trustee shall have the right to either make the
assets part of the general Trust, or leave them as separately
invested subject to the rights of paragraph 13.8.
The Plan [x] is [ ] is not intended to constitute a plan
described in section 404(c) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act and regulations thereunder. If the Plan is
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intended to constitute an ERISA section 404(c) plan, the
fiduciaries of the plan may be relieved of liability for any
losses which are the direct and necessary result of investment
instructions given by a Participant.
20. EARLY PAYMENT OPTION
(a) A Participant who separates from Service prior to retirement, death
or Disability [X] may [ ] may not make application to the Employer
requesting an early payment of his or her vested account balance.
(b) A Participant who has attained age 59-1/2 and who has not separated
from Service [X] may [ ] may not obtain a distribution of his or her
vested Employer contributions. Distribution can only be made if the
Participant is 100% vested.
(c) A Participant who has attained the Plan's Normal Retirement Age and
who has not separated from Service [X] may [ ] may not receive a
distribution of his or her vested account balance.
NOTE: If the Participant has had the right to withdraw his or her
account balance in the past, this right may not be taken away.
Notwithstanding the above, to the contrary, required minimum
distributions will be paid. For timing of distributions, see
item 21(a) below.
21. DISTRIBUTION OPTIONS
(a) Timing of Distributions:
In cases of termination for other than death, Disability or
retirement, benefits shall be paid:
[ ] (i) As soon as administratively feasible, following the
close of the valuation period during which a distribution
is requested or is otherwise payable.
[ ] (ii) As soon as administratively feasible following the
close of the Plan Year during which a distribution is
requested or is otherwise payable.
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[X] (iii) As soon as administratively feasible, following the
date on which a distribution is requested or is otherwise
payable.
[ ] (iv) As soon as administratively feasible, after the close of
the Plan Year during which the Participant incurs
consecutive one-year Breaks in Service.
[ ] (v) Only after the Participant has achieved the Plan's Normal
Retirement Age, or Early Retirement Age, if applicable.
In cases of death, Disability or retirement, benefits shall be paid:
[ ] (vi) As soon as administratively feasible, following the
close of the valuation period during which a distribution
is requested or is otherwise payable.
[ ] (vii) As soon as administratively feasible following the close
of the Plan Year during which a distribution is requested
or is otherwise payable.
[X] (viii) As soon as administratively feasible, following the
date on which a distribution is requested or is otherwise
payable.
(b) Optional Forms of Payment:
[X] (i) Lump Sum.
[ ] (ii) Installment Payments.
[ ] (iii) Life Annuity*.
[ ] (iv) Life Annuity Term Certain*. Life Annuity with payments
guaranteed for _____________ years (not to exceed 20
years, specify all applicable).
[ ] (v) Joint and [ ] 50%, [ ] 66-2/3%, [ ] 75% or [ ] 100%
survivor annuity* (specify all applicable).
[ ] (vi) Other form(s) specified:________________
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*Not available in Plan meeting provisions of paragraph 8.7 of Basic
Plan Document #04.
(c) Recalculation of Life Expectancy:
In determining required distributions under the Plan, Participants
and/or their Spouse (Surviving Spouse) [X] shall [ ] shall not have
the right to have their life expectancy recalculated annually.
If "shall",
[ ] only the Participant shall be recalculated.
[ ] both the Participant and Spouse shall be recalculated.
[X] who is recalculated shall be determined by the Participant.
22. SPONSOR CONTACT
Employers should direct questions concerning the language contained in
and qualification of the Prototype to:
DANIEL T. NOTARTOMASO
(Job Title) SENIOR MANAGER
(Phone Number) (617) 575-2151
In the event that the Sponsor amends, discontinues or abandons this
Prototype Plan, notification will be provided to the Employer's address
provided on the first page of this Agreement.
23. SIGNATURES
DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANT TAX RAMIFICATIONS, THE SPONSOR RECOMMENDS THAT
BEFORE YOU EXECUTE THIS ADOPTION AGREEMENT, YOU CONTACT YOUR ATTORNEY OR
TAX ADVISOR, IF ANY.
(a) EMPLOYER:
Name and address of Employer if different than specified in Section
1 above.
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This agreement and the corresponding provisions of the Plan and
Trust/Custodial Account Basic Plan Document #04 were adopted by the
Employer the 15th
day of October, 1996.
Signed for the Employer by: Paul V. Cusick
Title: Vice President
Signature: /s/ Paul V. Cusick
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THE EMPLOYER UNDERSTANDS THAT ITS FAILURE TO PROPERLY COMPLETE THE
ADOPTION AGREEMENT MAY RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION OF ITS PLAN.
Employer's Reliance: An Employer who maintains or has ever
maintained or who later adopts any Plan [including, after December
31, 1985, a Welfare Benefit Fund, as defined in Section 419(e) of
the Code, which provides post-retirement medical benefits allocated
to separate accounts for Key Employees, as defined in Section
419A(d)(3)] or an individual medical account, as defined in Code
Section 415(l)(2) in addition to this Plan may not rely on the
opinion letter issued by the National Office of the Internal Revenue
Service as evidence that this Plan is qualified under Section 401 of
the Code. If the Employer who adopts or maintains multiple Plans
wishes to obtain reliance that such Plan(s) are qualified,
application for a determination letter should be made to the
appropriate Key District Director of Internal Revenue. The Employer
understands that its failure to properly complete the Adoption
Agreement may result in disqualification of its plan.
This Adoption Agreement may only be used in conjunction with Basic
Plan Document #04.
The Employer may not rely on the opinion letter issued by the
National Office of the Internal Revenue Service as evidence that
this Plan is qualified under Section 401 of the Code unless the
terms of the Plan, as herein adopted or amended, that pertain to the
requirements of Sections 401(a)(4), 401(a)(17), 401(l), 401(a)(5),
410(b) and 414(s) of the Code, as amended by the Tax Reform Act of
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1986, or later laws, (a) are made effective retroactively to the
first day of the first Plan Year beginning after December 31, 1988
(or such later date on which these requirements first become
effective with respect to this Plan); or (b) are made effective no
later than the first day on which the Employer is no longer
entitled, under regulations, to rely on a reasonable, good faith
interpretation of these requirements, and the prior provisions of
the Plan constitute such an interpretation.
[X] (b) TRUSTEE:
Name of Trustee:
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON
The assets of the Fund shall be invested in accordance with
paragraph 13.3 of the Basic Plan Document #04 as a Trust. As
such, the Employer's Plan as contained herein was accepted by
the Trustee the 22nd day of November, 1996.
Signed for the Trustee by: Daniel T. Notartomaso
Title: Senior Manager
Signature: /s/ Daniel T. Notartomaso
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[ ] (c) CUSTODIAN:
Name of Custodian:
The assets of the Fund shall be invested in accordance with
paragraph 13.4 of the Basic Plan Document #04 as a Custodial
Account. As such, the Employer's Plan as contained herein was
accepted by the Custodian the day of ____________, 19___.
Signed for the Custodian by:
Title:
Signature: ____________________ ____________________
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(d) SPONSOR:
The Employer's Agreement and the corresponding provisions of
the Plan and Trust/Custodial Account Basic Plan Document #04
were accepted by the Sponsor the 22nd day of November, 1996.
Signed for the Sponsor by: Daniel T. Notartomaso
Title: Senior Manager
Signature: /s/ Daniel T. Notartomaso
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Century Bancorp, Inc.
400 Mystic Avenue
Medford, MA 02155
Standardized Adoption Agreement
Prototype Cash or Deferred Profit Sharing Plan and Trust/Custodial
Agreement
Item 11(b)
The Defined Benefit Retirement Plan will be tested for Code Section 415(e)
limitation. Any problems with the 415(e) limitation will be corrected by
reducing the Defined Benefit Plan benefit.
