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Registration No. 33-________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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IMC GLOBAL INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
2100 Sanders Road
Northbrook, Illinois 60062
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
INVESTMENT PLAN FOR
NON UNION HOURLY EMPLOYEES OF IMC-AGRICO MP, INC.
(Full Title of the Plan)
Marschall I. Smith
Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
IMC Global Inc.
2100 Sanders Road
Northbrook, Illinois 60062
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(708) 272-9200
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Amount to Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Amount of
Securities be Registered Offering Price Aggregate Offering Registration Fee
to be Per Share Price
Registered (1)
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Common Stock, 50,000 shares $44.875 (2) $2,243,750(2) $774
$1 par value
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Preferred Stock 50,000 rights (3) (3) (3)
Purchase Rights
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(1) 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) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely
for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based on the average of the
high and low prices for IMC Global Inc. Common Stock on the New York Stock
Exchange consolidated reporting system on May 25, 1995.
(3) The Company's Preferred Stock Purchase Rights initially are carried and
trade with the shares of Common Stock of the Company being registered hereunder.
Value attributable to such Preferred Stock Purchase Rights, if any, is reflected
in the market price of the Common Stock.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
by IMC Global Inc. (the "Company") are hereby incorporated herein by reference:
1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30,
1994.
2. The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended
September 30, 1994, December 31, 1994 and March 31, 1995.
3. The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated July 28, 1994, August 2,
1994, October 3, 1994, October 21, 1994, November 19, 1994 and February 17,
1995.
4. The description of the Company's Common Stock and Preferred Stock Purchase
Rights associated therewith contained in the Company's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, dated June 23, 1989, including any amendment or report filed for
the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and all documents filed by the Plan pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement
and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of
filing of such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The statements of law and legal conclusions in the paragraphs under
"Contingencies" in the Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1994, incorporated herein by reference were reviewed by
Marschall I. Smith, Esq., General Counsel to the Company and are included upon
the authority of such counsel.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Reference is made to Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware (the "Delaware GCL") which provides for indemnification of
directors and officers in certain circumstances. The Company has insurance to
indemnify its directors and officers for those liabilities in respect of which
such indemnification insurance is permitted under the laws of the State of
Delaware.
The Company's Certificate of Incorporation provides that to the fullest
extent permitted by Delaware law a director shall not be liable to the Company
or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of duty as a director.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit Description.
*4.1 Investment Plan for Non Union Hourly Employees of IMC-Agrico MP, Inc.
*4.2 Investment Trust for Non Union Hourly Employees of IMC-Agrico MP, Inc.
4.3 Restated Certificate of Incorporation of IMC Global Inc. is hereby
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current
Report on Form 8-K dated October 21, 1994.
4.4 Rights Agreement dated June 21, 1989 between the Company and The First
National Bank of Chicago, is hereby incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.35 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 1989.
4.5 Bylaws of the Company, are hereby incorporated by reference to the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 2, 1991.
*23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors.
*23.2 Consent of Marschall I. Smith.
*24 Powers of Attorney.
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* Filed Herewith
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The Company will submit or has submitted the Plan and any amendment
thereto to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in a timely manner and has made
or will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) 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:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-
effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement.
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, 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.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes
of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of
the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and each filing of the Plan's annual report
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pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the 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 Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Northbrook, Illinois, on May 26, 1995.
IMC GLOBAL INC.
By: ROBERT C. BRAUNEKER
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Robert C. Brauneker
Executive Vice President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on May 26, 1995.
Signatures Title
* Chairman of the Board, Chief
------------------- Executive Officer and Director
Wendell F. Bueche (Principal Executive Officer)
* President and Chief Operating
------------------- Officer and Director
James D. Speir
ROBERT C. BRAUNEKER Executive Vice President
------------------- (Chief Financial Officer)
Robert C. Brauneker (Principal Accounting Officer)
* Director
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Raymond F. Bentele
* Director
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Frank W. Considine
* Director
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Dr. James M. Davidson
* Director
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Richard A. Lenon
* Director
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David B. Mathis
* Director
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Thomas H. Roberts, Jr.
* Director
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Billie B. Turner
* By MARSCHALL I. SMITH
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Marschall I. Smith Attorney-in-Fact
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Investment Plan for Non Union Hourly Employees of IMC-Agrico MP, Inc. certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in
Northbrook, Illinois, on May 26, 1995.
INVESTMENT PLAN FOR NON UNION HOURLY
EMPLOYEES OF IMC-AGRICO MP, INC.
By:
JAMES D. SPEIR
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James D. Speir, Member of Employee Benefits
Committee
ROBERT C. BRAUNEKER
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Robert C. Brauneker, Member of Employee
Benefits Committee
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Description.
*4.1 Investment Plan for Non Union Hourly Employees of IMC-Agrico MP, Inc.
*4.2 Investment Trust for Non Union Hourly Employees of IMC-Agrico MP, Inc.
4.3 Restated Certificate of Incorporation of IMC Global Inc. is hereby
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current
Report on Form 8-K dated October 21, 1994.
4.4 Rights Agreement dated June 21, 1989 between the Company and The First
National Bank of Chicago, is hereby incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.35 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 1989
4.5 Bylaws of the Company, are hereby incorporated by reference to the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 2, 19914
*23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors.
*23.2 Consent of Marschall I. Smith.
*24 Powers of Attorney.
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* Filed Herewith
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INVESTMENT PLAN FOR NON-UNION HOURLY EMPLOYEES
OF
IMC-AGRICO MP, INC.
Effective July 1, 1993
INVESTMENT PLAN FOR NON-UNION HOURLY EMPLOYEES
OF
IMC-AGRICO MP, INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE SECTION
1 Title
2 Definitions
3 Participation
3.1 Eligibility Requirements
3.2 Applications
3.3 Termination of Participation
3.4 Safe-Harbor For Leased Employees
3.5 Participation and Accrual -
Leased Employees
4 Employee Contributions and
Salary Reduction Contributions
4.1 Contributions Allowed
4.2 Changes in Amount of Contributions
4.3 Automatic Suspension of Contributions
4.4 Voluntary Suspension of Contributions
4.5 Rollover Contributions
4.6 Contribution Percentage
4.7 Definitions
4.8 Special Rules
4.9 Distribution of Excess Aggregate
Contributions
4.10 Deferral Percentage
4.11 Definitions
4.12 Special Rules
4.13 Distribution of Excess Deferrals
4.14 Distribution of Excess Contributions
4.15 Aggregate Rule
5 Employer Contributions
5.1 Amount of Contributions
5.2 Statutory Limitations on Contributions
5.3 Limitation Year
6 Trust and Investment Provisions
6.1 Trustee
6.2 Investment of Contributions
6.3 Change in Investment Direction
6.4 Investment Income
6.5 Expenses of Funds
6.6 Investment Manager
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ARTICLE SECTION
7 Participants' Plan Account
7.1 Plan Account and Vesting
7.2 Dollars
7.3 Valuation of Funds
7.4 Valuation of Fund Sub-Accounts as of
a Valuation Date
7.5 Valuation of Fund Sub-Accounts on
Other Than a Valuation Date
7.6 Value of Plan Accounts
7.7 Committee to Furnish Annual Statements
of Value of Plan Accounts
7.8 Transfers from Hourly Savings and
Profit Sharing Plans
8 Withdrawals, Distribution, and Loans
8.1 Withdrawal of Employee Contributions
8.2 Hardship Withdrawal from Employer and
Employee Accounts
8.3 Withdrawal from Salary Reduction
Account
8.4 Distribution Upon Election to
Discontinue Contributions for
an Indefinite Period
8.5 Loans
8.6 Distribution Upon Termination of
Employment
8.7 Time and Manner of Distributions
8.8 Designation of Beneficiary
8.9 Distribution to Minor and Disabled
Distributees
8.10 Distributions
8.11 Conditions for Distribution to
Beneficiary, Upon Death of
a Participant
8.12 Direct Rollovers
9 Special Rules Relating to Reemployment
of Terminated Employees and Employ-
ment by Related Entities
9.1 Reemployment of a Terminated Participant
10 Administration
10.1 The Committee
10.2 Plan Administrator
10.3 Claims Procedure
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ARTICLE SECTION
10.4 Notices to Participants and
Distributees
10.5 Notices to Committee or Employers
10.6 Records
10.7 Reports of Trust Fund
11 Participation by Other Employers
11.1 Adoption of Plan
11.2 Withdrawal from Plan
11.3 Company as Agent for Employers
12 Continuance by a Successor
13 Domestic Relations Orders and Loans
13.1 "QDRO"
13.2 Indebtedness
14 Miscellaneous
14.1 Expenses
14.2 Non-Assignability
14.3 Employment Non-Contractual
14.4 Limitation of Rights
14.5 Merger or Consolidation with Another
Plan
14.6 Reversion of Employer Contributions
15 Amendment, Withdrawal and Termination
15.1 Amendment
15.2 Withdrawal
15.3 Termination
15.4 Distribution Upon Sale of Assets
15.5 Distributions Upon Sale of Subsidiary
16 Top-Heavy Plan Years
16.1 Definitions
16.2 Application of Other Sections
16.3 Determination of Top Heaviness
16.4 Contributions for Top Heavy Years
16.5 Limitations on Compensation
17 Transfer of Account Balances
17.1 Transfer of Accounts and Vesting
17.2 Investment of Accounts
17.3 Participant Accounts
17.4 Distribution from Participant's Accounts
Upon Termination of Employment
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INVESTMENT PLAN FOR NON-UNION HOURLY EMPLOYEES
OF
IMC-AGRICO MP, INC.
Effective July 1, 1993
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The Investment Plan for Non-Union Hourly Employees of IMC-Agrico MP,
Inc. (the "Plan") is adopted effective July 1, 1993.
In all cases where this Plan refers to a person, the reference
pertains to both genders.
Account balances of participants in the Savings Plan for Non-Union
Hourly Employees of IMC Fertilizer, Inc. on June 30, 1992 or the
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. Employee Capital Accumulation Program which are
transferred to this Plan pursuant to the provisions of that certain Contribution
Agreement dated as of April 5, 1993 between Freeport-McMoRan Resource Partners,
Limited Partnership and IMC Fertilizer, Inc. are fully vested and
nonforfeitable.
ARTICLE 1
TITLE
The title of this Plan is the "Investment Plan for Non-Union Hourly
Employees of IMC-Agrico MP, Inc."
ARTICLE 2
DEFINITIONS
As used herein, the following words and phrases shall have the
following respective meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) ACTIVE PARTICIPANT. A participant who is presently making
contributions to the plan pursuant to Section 4.1.
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(2) AFFILIATE. Any corporation which is a member of the same
controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of
the Code) as an Employer or an unincorporated trade or business which is
under common control with an Employer (as determined under Section 414(c)
of the Code).
(3) BENEFICIARY. The person or persons who shall be entitled under
Section 8.8 to receive benefits in the event of the death of a Participant.
(4) BREAK IN SERVICE. The period of time beginning on the first day
of the month following termination of an individual's employment and ending
on the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which an
individual is reemployed if such period is at least 12 months long,
provided that an individual shall be deemed to be employed during any
period in which he is in Military Service, provided that he returns to the
employ of an Employer within the period prescribed by law relating to the
reemployment rights of persons in Military Service, during any period for
which he is entitled to receive compensation even though he performs no
services during such period (such as vacation, leave of absence, sick leave
or disability leave), and during any period for which he is laid off or is
on an uncompensated leave of absence duly granted by his Employer or is on
a maternity or paternity leave of absence which has been approved by the
Administrator for purposes of eligibility service under this Plan,
determined under uniform rules adopted by the Committee in accordance with
Regulations.
(5) CODE. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the
regulations issued thereunder.
(6) COMMITTEE. The Committee appointed by the Board of Directors of
the Company pursuant to Section 10.1.
(7) COMPANY. IMC-Agrico MP, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any
organization which shall succeed to the business of such corporation and
adopt the plan pursuant to Article 12.
(8) COMPENSATION. Regular straight time hourly earnings for all
straight time hours actually worked, and vacation pay. Except as otherwise
specifically provided herein, Compensation considered under the plan shall
not be in excess of $150,000 annually, as adjusted by the Secretary in
accordance with Section 401(a)(17) of the Code, taking into account for
purposes of such limitation any proration required in situations where
"family members" (as defined in Sections 401(a)(17) and 414(g)(6) of the
Code and their Compensation must be aggregated or where Compensation is
computed with respect to a period less than a full year (other than on
account of mid-year commencement or cessation of active participation in
the Plan). For purposes of Article 4 the term "Compensation" shall have
the meaning prescribed in Section 414(s) of the Code and for purposes of
Article 5, the term "Compensation" shall have the meaning prescribed by
Section 415 of the Code.
(9) ADMINISTRATOR. The Plan Administrator appointed by the Company
pursuant to Section 10.2. and as defined in ERISA.
(10) DISTRIBUTEE. A person entitled to receive a distribution from
the trust under Article 8. A Distributee includes an Employee or former
Employee. In addition, the
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Employee's or former Employee's surviving spouse or former Employee's
spouse or former spouse who is the alternate payee under a qualified
domestic relations order, as defined in Article 13 and Section 414(p) of
the Code, are Distributees with regard to the interest of the spouse or
former spouse.
(11) EMPLOYEE. An individual who is employed by an Employer and
shall include leased employees within the meaning of 414(n)(2) of the Code.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such leased employees constitute less
than 20% of an Employer's non-highly compensated work force within the
meaning of Section 414(n)(5)(C)(ii) of the Code, the term Employee shall
not include those leased employees covered by a plan described in Section
414(n)(5) of the Code. Any person employed by a foreign corporation shall
be deemed to be an Employee of an Employer during his period of employment
by such foreign corporation if (i) not less than 20% of the voting stock of
such foreign corporation is owned by an employer; (ii) the employer has
entered into an agreement under Section 3121(1) of the Code which applies
to such foreign corporation; (iii) the employee is a citizen or permanent
resident of the United States; and (iv) contributions under a funded plan
of deferred compensation are not provided by any other person with respect
to the remuneration paid to such person by such foreign corporation.
(12) EMPLOYER. The Company and any other corporation which shall,
with the consent of the Company, elect to participate in the Plan in the
manner described in Section 11.1 and any successor corporation which shall
adopt the Plan pursuant to Article 12. If any such corporation shall
withdraw from participation in the Plan pursuant to Section 11.2, or shall
terminate its participation in the Plan pursuant to Section 15.3, such
corporation shall thereupon cease to be an Employer.
(13) EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS. The contributions made by an Employer
pursuant to Section 5.1.
(14) INVESTMENT MANAGER. The investment manager who may be appointed
pursuant to Section 6.6.
(15) MATERNITY OR PATERNITY LEAVE. A leave of absence taken by an
Employee for any period by reason of such Employee's pregnancy, birth of
the Employee's child, placement of a child with the Employee in connection
with the adoption of such child or any absence for the purpose of caring
for such child for a period immediately following such birth or placement.
Leaves of absence taken in accordance with this subsection shall not
include any leave of absence which is deemed to be a short term disability
under the Short Term Disability Plan for Salaried Employees of IMC-Agrico
MP, Inc.
(16) MILITARY SERVICE. (a) Service in active duty in the armed
forces of the United States or any State thereof; (b) service in the armed
forces of the United States or of any State thereof under any compulsory
service law; or (c) service in the armed forces of the United States or any
of its allies in time of war in which the United States is engaged.
(17) PARTICIPANT. An Employee who has satisfied the requirements set
forth in Section 3.1, has elected to participate in the Plan pursuant to
Section 3.2, and whose participation has not terminated pursuant to Section
3.3.
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(18) PLAN. The Plan herein set forth, as from time to time amended.
(19) PLAN ACCOUNT. The sum of a participant's Employer Account,
Employee Account, Salary Reduction Account and Rollover Account.
(20) PLAN YEAR. The accounting period of the Company for federal
income tax purposes.
(21) PRIOR PLANS. Investment Plan for Non-Union Hourly Employees of
IMC Fertilizer, Inc., and Freeport-McMoRan Inc. Employee Capital
Accumulation Program, each as in effect immediately prior to the Effective
Date.
(22) SALARY REDUCTION CONTRIBUTIONS. Contributions to the trust
pursuant to Section 4.1 by an Employer on behalf of an Active Participant
in lieu of current compensation.
(23) SERVICE. Any period of time beginning on the first day of the
month in which an individual's employment commences and ending on the last
day of the month in which his employment terminates; provided, however,
that Service for each Transferred Employee for purposes of eligibility to
participate and vesting in his benefits under the Plan, respectively, shall
include his service as calculated for such purposes under the terms of the
Prior Plan in which he participated immediately prior to the date on which
he became a Transferred Employee.
(24) TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEE. Each person who becomes an Employee
between July 1, 1993 and June 30, 1994 and who was an employee of IMC
Fertilizer, Inc. or Freeport-McMoRan Inc. immediately prior to the date on
which he first becomes an Employee.
(25) TRUST. The trust created by agreement between the employers and
the trustee, as from time to time amended.
(26) TRUSTEE. The trustee provided for in Section 6.1, or any
successor trustee or, if there shall be more than one trustee acting at any
time, all of such trustees collectively.
(27) TRUST FUND. All money and property of every kind held by the
trustee under the trust agreement.
(28) VALUATION DATE. The last day of each calendar month.
(29) HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE. A participant or former
participant who is a highly compensated employee as defined in Code Section
414(q), the requirements of which are herein incorporated into this Plan by
specific reference.
(30) FAMILY MEMBEr. An individual described in Section 414(q)(6)(B)
of the Code.
(31) NON-HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE. An Employee of the Employer
who is neither a Highly Compensated Employee nor a Family Member.
(32) ELIGIBLE ROLLOVER DISTRIBUTION. An Eligible Rollover
Distribution is any distribution of all or any portion of the balance to
the credit of the Distributee, except that an eligible rollover
distribution does not include: any distribution that is one of a series of
substantially equal
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periodic payments (not less frequently than annually) made for the life (or
life expectancy) of the distributee or the joint lives (or joint life
expectancies) of the Distributee and the Distributee's designated
beneficiary, or for a specified period of ten years or more; any
distribution to the extent such distribution is required under Section
401(a)(9) of the Code; and the portion of any distribution that is not
includible in gross income (determined without regard to the exclusion for
net unrealized appreciation with respect to Employer securities).
(33) ELIGIBLE RETIREMENT PLAN. An Eligible Retirement Plan is an
individual retirement account described in Section 408(a) of the Code, an
individual retirement annuity described in Section 408(b) of the Code, an
annuity plan described in Section 403(a) of the Code, or a qualified trust
described in Section 401(a) of the Code, that accepts the Distributee's
eligible rollover distribution. However, in the case of an Eligible
Rollover Distribution to the surviving spouse, an Eligible Retirement Plan
is an individual retirement account or individual retirement annuity.
(34) DIRECT ROLLOVER. A Direct Rollover is a payment by the Plan to
the Eligible Retirement Plan specified by the Distributee.
ARTICLE 3
PARTICIPATION
SECTION 3.1. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
(a) TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEES. Each Transferred Employee shall have his
full account balance under the applicable Prior Plan transferred in cash to this
Plan as soon as practicable after such person becomes a Transferred Employee and
his interest in the amount so transferred (as adjusted from time to time in
accordance with the terms of the Plan) shall be fully vested and nonforfeitable
and shall be invested in the Funds described in Article 6 of this Plan.
(b) ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS. A person who --
(1) is an Employee of an Employer;
(2) is paid on a hourly basis and is not covered
by the terms of a collective bargaining
agreement;
(3) is either regularly employed in the United
States or is a citizen of the United States;
(4) has an effective application under Section
3.2 on file with the Committee; and
(5) is credited with one year of Service (as
defined in subsection (d) below);
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shall be eligible to be a Participant in the Plan and shall commence active
participation on the date specified in subsection (c). A Participant who
discontinued contributions to a Prior Plan and is ineligible to participate in
the Prior Plan pursuant to the terms of such applicable plan may not become an
active Participant under this Plan until such period of ineligibility expires.
(c) COMMENCEMENT DATE FOR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION. A person who has
satisfied the conditions of subsection (b) above shall become an Active
Participant on the next January 1 or July 1 (whichever occurs first) following
the date such conditions are first satisfied. Notwithstanding the preceding
sentence, if such January 1 or July 1 occurs more than six months after a person
is credited with his first year of Service, Active Participation shall commence
on the first date the requirements of subsection (b) are satisfied.
(d) ELIGIBILITY SERVICE. An Employee of an Employer shall satisfy
the service requirement if he completes a year of service in the 12 month period
beginning on the date of his employment, or if he completes a year of service in
any Plan Year subsequent to the date of his employment. If an Employee
terminates employment with an Employer and all affiliates, but returns to such
employment prior to incurring a Break in Service, the period prior to and
following such termination shall be credited as service. If an Employee
terminates employment with an Employer and all Affiliates prior to completing a
year of service, but returns to such employment at a later date, all periods of
his employment shall be credited as service. An Employee who has once satisfied
the eligibility requirement, terminates employment and later returns to
employment shall be eligible to participate in the Plan as of the date of his
reemployment. Service for each Transferred Employee shall include his service
as calculated for such eligibility purposes under the terms of the Prior Plan in
which he participated immediately prior to the date on which be became a
Transferred Employee.
SECTION 3.2. APPLICATIONS. An eligible Employee under Section 3.1(b)
may become an Active Participant by filing a written application with his
Employer in the form prescribed by the Committee. Such application must be
filed at least 20 days prior to the date upon which participation is
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to commence or, if participation is to commence on an effective date, such
application must be filed prior to a date to be prescribed by the Committee and
communicated to all eligible Employees. Such application shall authorize the
Employee's Employer to reduce his current Compensation in the amount elected by
the Employee pursuant to Article 4 and to contribute the amount of such
reduction to the Trust Fund and/or authorize the Employee's Employer to deduct
monthly contributions from the Employee's Compensation in the amount specified
by the Employee pursuant to Article 4. This application shall evidence the
Employee's acceptance of and agreement to all of the provisions of the Plan.
SECTION 3.3. TERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION. A Participant shall
continue as such until his termination of employment for whatever reason;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, if a Participant shall be transferred from one Employer to
another or from an Employer to a corporation which is a member of the same
controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 1563(a) of the
Code, determined without regard to Section 1563(a)(4) and (e)(3)(C)) as his
prior Employer or from an Employer to a corporation or other employing entity
which is under common control (within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code)
with his prior Employer, such transfer shall not terminate the Participant's
participation in the Plan and such Participant shall continue to participate in
the Plan until an event shall occur which would have terminated his
participation had he continued in the service of an Employer until the
occurrence of such event, but during any period during which he is not employed
by an Employer he shall not be an Active Participant and shall not be entitled
to make contributions to the Plan pursuant to Section 4.1.
SECTION 3.4. SAFE-HARBOR FOR LEASED EMPLOYEES. Notwithstanding any
other provisions of the Plan, for purposes of the pension requirements of
Section 414(n)(3) of the Code, the Employees of the Employer shall include
individuals defined as Employees in Paragraph 11 of Article 2 of the Plan.
SECTION 3.5. PARTICIPATION AND ACCRUAL - LEASED EMPLOYEES. A leased
employee within the meaning of Section 414(n)(2) of the Code shall not become a
Participant, or otherwise accrue benefits under the Plan, except as otherwise
specifically provided in the provisions of the Plan other than this Article 3.
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ARTICLE 4
EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS AND SALARY REDUCTION CONTRIBUTIONS
SECTION 4.1. CONTRIBUTIONS ALLOWED. A Participant shall elect to
participate in the Plan by a) Employee contributions effected by means of
payroll deduction and/or by b) all Employer Contributions to the Trust Fund in
an amount the Employee has agreed in writing to forego in current Compensation.
The latter contributions shall be known as Salary Reduction Contributions.
(a) EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS
(1) Each Active Participant shall make a regular contribution under
the Plan. Such contribution shall only be effected by means of payroll
deductions each pay period of a whole dollar amount. Such dollar amount
shall be in percentage points ranging from 1% to 6% of the Active
Participant's Compensation.
(2) Each Active Participant who shall elect or authorize
contributions in an amount equal to 6% of his Compensation pursuant to
paragraph (a) and/or paragraph (b) of this Section shall be entitled, but
shall not be required, to make an additional contribution by means of
payroll deductions only each pay period of a whole dollar amount. Such
dollar amount shall be in percentage points ranging from 1% to 9% of the
Active Participant's Compensation.
(3) If the aggregate dollar amount of the contribution made by an
Active Participant pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section is
not evenly divisible by five, it shall be increased to the nearest higher
amount which is so divisible. Contributions shall commence with the first
payroll period ending after participation commences. Contributions shall
be transferred by the Participant's Employer to the Trustee as of the
earliest date on which such contributions can reasonably be segregated from
the employer's general assets, but in no event more than ninety (90) days
from the date on which such amounts would otherwise have been payable to
the Participant in cash.
(b) SALARY REDUCTION CONTRIBUTIONS. An Employer shall contribute to
the Trust Fund on behalf of each Active Participant which he
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employs, an amount equal to the amount the Active Participant has agreed in
writing to forego in current Compensation. A Participant may elect an amount
equal to percentage points of Compensation. The maximum percentage by which any
Participant may elect to forego in Compensation shall be designated by the
Committee no later than 30 days prior to each January or July 1 but such
percentage shall, in no event, exceed 15%. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
contributions may be made under this paragraph, unless such contribution
complies with the provisions of Section 5.1(c) of this Plan and no contribution
under this subsection which is in excess of 6% of Compensation will be eligible
for further Employer contribution under Section 5.1(a).
If the aggregate dollar amount of the current Compensation reduction
made by an Active Participant pursuant to this paragraph is not evenly divisible
by five, it shall be increased to the nearest higher amount which is so
divisible.
An agreement to reduce current Compensation under this paragraph shall
be subject to rules and regulations governing such agreements as promulgated by
the Internal Revenue Service.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, no salary
reduction contribution percentage elected by a Participant may result in a
dollar amount which (together with amounts deferred under other cash or deferred
arrangements maintained by an Employer or Affiliate) will exceed $7313 in any
calendar year (or such larger amount for any calendar year as may be permitted
under Section 401(g) of the Code). In the event a Participant's contribution
under this Subsection exceeds the limits of Section 402(g) of the Code for any
calendar year or such contribution when combined with any other cash or deferred
arrangement contributions, such excess, if it occurs under this Subsection
4.l(b) shall be distributed to the Participant in accordance with Subsection
4.13. If such excess occurs as a result of contributions made under this
Subsection 4.l(b) when combined with any other cash or deferred arrangement
contributions made by the Participant under cash or deferred arrangement not
maintained by an Employer or an Affiliate, then any refund will be made upon
timely and proper notification by the Participant to the Plan Administrator of
the amount to be refunded to the Participant in accordance with Subsection 4.13.
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(c) LIMITATIONS ON EMPLOYEE AND SALARY REDUCTION CONTRIBUTIONS. A
Participant's overall contribution, either by payroll deduction exclusively or
by payroll deduction in combination with salary reduction may not exceed 15% of
the Participant's Compensation and are nonforfeitable when made.
SECTION 4.2. CHANGES IN AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS.
CHANGES BY THE ACTIVE PARTICIPANT. The amount of the Compensation
reduction and/or the dollar amount of payroll deduction elected by an Active
Participant as a percentage of Compensation shall continue in effect until the
Active Participant changes his reduction agreement or his deduction. An Active
Participant may change the amount of his agreement or payroll deduction within
the limitations prescribed in Section 4.1 as of January 1 or July 1 of any year
by giving written directions to his Employer in the form prescribed by the
Committee, provided such direction is given at least 30 days prior to the
effective date of the change. If at any time an Active Participant's payroll
deduction shall exceed the maximum limitation prescribed in Section 4.1(a), it
shall be automatically reduced to the highest whole dollar amount which is
evenly divisible by five and which is not more than such maximum limitation.
SECTION 4.3. AUTOMATIC SUSPENSION OF CONTRIBUTIONS. An Active
Participant's payroll deduction or by salary reduction contributions shall be
suspended automatically for the period and under the circumstances specified in
Section 8.1 and for any period during which the Active Participant is absent
without Compensation or is no longer an Active Participant.
SECTION 4.4. VOLUNTARY SUSPENSION OF CONTRIBUTIONS. Any Active
Participant may, by giving 30 days' written notice to his Employer, in the form
prescribed by the Committee, suspend his contributions (by payroll deduction or
salary reduction) effective as of the first day of the month which is at least
30 days after the date such notice has been given. Such a voluntarily suspended
Participant may, by giving 30 days' written notice to his Employer on a
prescribed form, regain active status in the Plan on the earlier of the next
January 1 or July 1 following the suspension of contributions for 12 months.
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SECTION 4.5. ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) With the consent of the
Administrator, amounts may be transferred from other qualified plans, provided
that the Trust from which such funds are transferred permits the transfer to be
made and, in the opinion of legal counsel for the Employers, the transfer will
not jeopardize the tax exempt status of the Plan or Trust or create adverse tax
consequences for the Employers. The amounts transferred shall be set up in a
separate account herein referred to as "Rollover Account". Such account shall
be fully vested at all times and shall not be subject to forfeiture for any
reason.
(b) Amounts in a Participant's Rollover Account may not be withdrawn
by, or distributed to the Participant, in whole or in part, except as provided
in Paragraph (c) of this Section 4.5. The amount shall be credited in
participating units in accordance with the Participant's investment direction to
the appropriate sub-accounts of such Rollover Account. If a rollover
contribution is made by an eligible Employee prior to his becoming a
Participant, such Employee shall until such time as he becomes a Participant be
deemed to be a Participant for all purposes of the Plan except for purposes of
making contributions to the Plan pursuant to Section 4.1.
(c) Distributions from a Participant's Rollover Account may be made
only in accordance with Sections 8.6, 8.7 and 8.10 of the Plan and such
distributions shall be valued in accordance with Sections 7.3 through 7.6 as
applicable.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.5 the term "amounts transferred
from other qualified plans" shall mean: (i) amounts transferred to this Plan
directly from another qualified plan; (ii) lump sum distributions received by an
Employee which are eligible for tax free rollover to a qualified plan and which
are transferred by the Employee to this Plan within sixty (60) days following
his receipt thereof; (iii) amounts transferred to this Plan from a conduit
individual retirement account provided that the conduit individual retirement
account has no assets other than assets which (A) were previously distributed to
the Employee by another qualified corporate (and, after December 31, 1983,
noncorporate) plan as a lump-sum distribution, (B) were eligible for tax
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free rollover to a qualified corporate or noncorporate plan and (C) were
deposited in such conduit individual retirement account within sixty (60) days
of receipt thereof and other than earnings on said assets; and (iv) amounts
distributed to the Employee from a conduit individual retirement account meeting
the requirements of clause (iii) above, and transferred by the Employee to this
Plan within sixty (60) days of his receipt thereof from such conduit individual
retirement account. Prior to accepting any transfers to which this Section
applies, the Administrator may require the Employee to establish that the
amounts to be transferred to this Plan meet the requirements of this Section and
may also require the Employee to provide an opinion of counsel satisfactory to
the Employers that the amounts to be transferred meet the requirements of this
Section.
(e) For purposes of this Section, the term "qualified plan" shall
mean any tax qualified plan under Code Section 401(a).
(f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Plan shall
not accept any direct transfers from a defined benefit plan, money purchase plan
(including a target benefit plan), stock bonus or profit sharing plan which
would otherwise have provided for a life annuity form of payment to the
Participant.
SECTION 4.6. CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE.
(a) The Average Contribution Percentage for Eligible Participants who
are Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year shall not exceed the Average
Contribution Percentage for Eligible Participants who are Non-Highly Compensated
Employees for the Plan Year multiplied by 1.25; or
(b) The Average Contribution Percentage for Eligible Participants who
are Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year shall not exceed the Average
Contribution Percentage for Eligible Participants who are Non-Highly Compensated
Employees for the Plan Year multiplied by 2, and the Average Contribution
Percentage for Eligible Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees shall
not exceed the Average Contribution Percentage for Eligible Participants who are
Non-Highly Compensated Employees by more than two (2) percentage points, or in
any event, such lesser amount as described in Section 4.15.
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SECTION 4.7. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of Section 4.6 and succeeding
subsections of this Section 4, the following definitions shall apply unless
otherwise specifically provided.
(a) "CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE" shall mean the average (expressed as
percentage) of the Contribution Percentages of the Eligible Participants in a
group.
(b) "CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE" for any Eligible Participant shall mean
the ratio (expressed as a percentage), of the sum of the Employee Contributions
and Employer Contributions under the Plan on behalf of the Eligible Participant
for the Plan Year to the Eligible Participant's Compensation while a Participant
in the Plan for the Plan Year.
(c) "ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANT" for any Plan Year shall mean any Employee
of the Employer who is otherwise authorized under the terms of the Plan to make
Employee Contributions or to have Employer Contributions allocated to his
account for the Plan Year without regard to whether such Employer elects to make
Employee Contributions or to have Employer Contributions allocated to his
account for the year without regard to whether such Employee elects to make
contributions or whether contributions are allocated to his account for the
year.
SECTION 4.8. SPECIAL RULES.
(a) For purposes of Section 4.6, the Contribution Percentage for any
Eligible Participant who is a Highly Compensated Employee for the Plan Year and
who is eligible to participate in two or more plans described in Section 401(m)
of the Code that are maintained by the Employer or an Affiliate shall be
determined as if all such contributions were made under a single plan. If the
plans have different plan years, the provisions of this paragraph (a) shall be
applied by treating all plans whose plan years end with or within the same
calendar year as a single plan.
(b) In the event that this Plan satisfies the requirements of Section
401(m), 401(a)(4) or 410(b) of the Code only if aggregated with one or more
other plans, or if one or more other plans satisfy the requirements of Section
410(b) of the Code only if aggregated with this Plan, then this Section 4 shall
be applied by determining the Contribution Percentages of Eligible Participants
as if all such plans were a single plan; provided,
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however, that such plans may be aggregated to satisfy Section 401(m) of the Code
only if they have the same plan year.
(c) For purposes of determining the Contribution Percentage of an
Eligible Participant who is a Highly Compensated Employee, the Employee
Contributions, Employer Contributions and Compensation of such Participant shall
include the Employee Contributions, Employer Contributions and Compensation of
Family Members to the extent required by Section 401(m) of the Code and the
regulations issued thereunder.
(d) 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.
SECTION 4.9. DISTRIBUTION OF EXCESS AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan,
Excess Aggregate Contributions and income allocable thereto shall be distributed
under the leveling method of Treas. Reg. Section 1.401(m)-1(e)(2) no later than
the last day of each Plan Year, to Participants to whose accounts Employee
Contributions or Employer Contributions were allocated for the preceding Plan
Year.
(b) EXCESS AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTIONS. For purposes of this Plan,
"Excess Aggregate Contributions" shall mean the amount described in Section
401(m)(6)(B) of the Code.
(c) DETERMINATION OF INCOME. The income allocable to Excess
Aggregate Contributions shall be determined by multiplying the income allocable
to the Participant's Employee Contributions and Employer Contributions for the
Plan Year by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Excess Aggregate
Contributions on behalf of the Participant for the Plan Year and the denominator
of which is the sum of the Participant's account balances attributable to
Employee Contributions and Employer Contributions as of the end of the Plan
Year, reduced by the gain allocable to such total amount for the Plan Year and
increased by the loss allocable to such total amount for the Plan Year.
(d) MAXIMUM DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. The Excess Aggregate Contributions
to be distributed to a Participant shall be adjusted for income, and, if there
is a loss allocable to the Excess Aggregate
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Contribution, shall in no event be less than the lesser of the Participant's
account under the Plan or the Participant's Employee Contributions and Employer
Contributions for the Plan Year.
(e) ACCOUNTING FOR EXCESS AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTIONS. Excess Aggregate
Contributions shall be distributed from the Participant's Employee Account, and
Employer Account, in proportion to the Participant's Employee Contributions and
Employer Contributions for the Plan Year.
SECTION 4.10. DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE.
(a) The Average Deferral Percentage for Eligible Participants who are
Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year shall not exceed the Average
Deferral Percentage for Eligible Participants who are Non-Highly Compensated
Employees for the Plan Year multiplied by 1.25; or
(b) the Average Deferral Percentage for Eligible Participants who are
Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year shall not exceed the Average
Deferral Percentage for Eligible Participants who are Non-Highly Compensated
Employees for the Plan Year multiplied by 2, provided that the Average Deferral
Percentage for Eligible Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees does
not exceed the Average Actual Deferral Percentage for Eligible Participants who
are Non-Highly Compensated Employees by more than two (2) percentage points or,
in any event, such lesser amount as described in Section 4.15.
SECTION 4.11. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of Section 4.10 and
succeeding subsections in Section 4, the following definitions shall apply,
unless otherwise specifically provided.
(a) "AVERAGE DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE" shall mean the average (expressed
as a percentage) of the Deferral Percentages of the Eligible Participants in a
group.
(b) "DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE" for any Eligible Participant shall mean the
ratio (expressed as a percentage), of Salary Reduction Contributions on behalf
of the Eligible Participant for the Plan Year to the Eligible Participant's
Compensation for the Plan Year.
(c) "ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANT" for any Plan Year shall mean any Employee
of the Employer who is otherwise authorized under the terms of the Plan to have
Salary Reduction Contributions allocated to his account for the
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Plan Year without regard to whether such Employee elects to have such
contributions allocated to his account for the year.
SECTION 4.12. SPECIAL RULES.
(a) For purposes of Section 4.10 and succeeding subsections in
Section 4, the Deferral Percentage for any Eligible Participant who is a Highly
Compensated Employee for the Plan Year and who is eligible to participate in two
or more plans or arrangements described in Section 401(k) of the Code that are
maintained by the Employer or an Affiliate shall be determined as if all such
contributions were made under a single plan. If the plans have different plan
years, the provisions of this paragraph (a) shall be applied by treating all
plans whose plan years end with or within the same calendar year as a single
plan.
(b) For purposes of determining the Actual Deferral Percentage of a
Participant who is a Highly Compensated Employee, the Salary Reduction
Contributions and Compensation of such Participant shall include the Salary
Reduction Contributions and Compensation of Family Members to the extent
required by Section 401(k) of the Code and the regulations thereunder.
(c) The determination and treatment of the Salary Reduction
Contributions and Actual Deferral Percentage of any Participant shall satisfy
such other requirements as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
SECTION 4.13. DISTRIBUTION OF EXCESS DEFERRALS.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, in the event a
Participant has Excess Deferral Amounts under the Plan for any calendar year,
such Excess Deferral Amounts and income allocable thereto in accordance with
Treas. Reg. Section 1.402(g)-1(d)(5) shall be distributed to the Participant no
later than the April next following the year in which such Excess Deferral
Amounts arose in accordance with the following provisions of this Subsection
4.13 who claim such Allocable Excess Deferral Amounts for the preceding calendar
year.
(b) For purposes of this Section "Excess Deferral Amount" for any
calendar year shall mean (i) the amount of Salary Reduction Contributions for
that calendar year which exceed the limits of Section 402(g) of the Code when
combined with any contributions made pursuant to any
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other cash or deferred arrangements maintained by an Employer or an Affiliate,
and (ii) the amount of Excess Deferrals that the Participant allocates to this
Plan pursuant to the claim procedure set forth in (c) below.
(c) The Participant's claim with respect to Excess Deferral Amounts
for any calendar year shall be in writing, shall be submitted to the Plan
Administrator no later than March 1 of the year following the year in which such
excess arose; shall specify the Participant's Excess Deferral Amount for the
preceding calendar year; and shall be accompanied by the Participant's written
statement that if such amounts are not distributed, such Excess Deferral Amount,
when added to amounts deferred under other plans or arrangements described in
Sections 401(k), 408(k) or 403(b) of the Code which are not maintained by an
Employer or an Affiliate, exceeds the limit imposed on the Participant by
Section 402(g) of the Code for the year in which the deferral occurred.
(d) MAXIMUM DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. The Excess Deferral Amount
distributed to a Participant with respect to a calendar year shall be adjusted
for income and, if there is a loss allocable to the Excess Deferral, shall in no
event be less than the lesser of the Participant's account under the Plan or the
Participant's Salary Reduction Contributions for the Plan Year.
SECTION 4.14. DISTRIBUTION OF EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan,
Excess Contributions and income allocable thereto shall be distributed under the
leveling method of Treas. Reg. Section 1.401(k)-1(f)(12) no later than the last
day of each Plan Year to Participants on whose behalf such Excess Contributions
were made for the preceding Plan Year.
(b) EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS. For purposes of this amendment, "Excess
Contributions" shall mean the amount described in Section 401(k)(8)(B) of the
Code.
(c) DETERMINATION OF INCOME. The income allocable to Excess
Contributions shall be determined by multiplying income allocable to the
Participant's Salary Reduction Contributions for the Plan Year by a fraction,
the numerator of which is the Excess Contribution on behalf of the
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Participant for the Plan Year and the denominator of which is the sum of the
Participant's account balances attributable to Salary Reduction Contributions on
the last day of the preceding Plan Year.
(d) MAXIMUM DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. The Excess Contributions which
would otherwise be distributed to the Participant shall be adjusted for income;
shall be reduced, in accordance with regulations, by the amount of Excess
Deferrals previously distributed to the Participant; and, if there is a loss
allocable to the Excess Contributions, shall in no event be less than the lesser
of the Participant's account under the Plan or the Participant's Salary
Reduction Contributions for the Plan Year.
(e) ACCOUNTING FOR EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS. Amounts distributed under
this Section 4 shall, solely for accounting purposes under the Plan, first be
treated as distributions from the Participant's Salary Reduction Account.
SECTION 4.15. AGGREGATE RULE. The tests referenced in Section 4.6
and 4.10 shall each be applied independently.
If the tests specified in Section 4.6(b) and 4.10(a) are used, then
the sum of the Average Contribution Percentages and Average Deferral Percentages
of Highly Compensated Employees may not exceed the greater of:
(a) the sum of:
(1) the sum of 1.25 times the greater of the Average
Contribution Percentage or the Average Deferral Percentage of
Non-Highly Compensated Employees, and
(2) two percentage points plus the lesser of the Average
Deferral Percentage and the Average Contribution Percentage of the
Non-Highly Compensated Employees, but in no event more than two times
the lesser of the Average Deferral Percentage and the Average
Contribution Percentage of the Non-Highly Compensated Employees; or
(b) the sum of:
(1) the sum of 1.25 times the lesser of the Average Contribution
Percentage or the Average Deferral Percentage of Non-Highly
Compensated Employees, and
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(2) two percentage points plus the greater of the Average
Deferral Percentage and the Average Contribution Percentage of the
Non-Highly Compensated Employees, but in no event more than two times
the greater of the Average Deferral Percentage and the Average
Contribution Percentage of the Non-Highly Compensated Employees.
If the limitation described immediately above is exceeded, then the
tests described in Section 4.6 and 4.10 must be applied by using only the test
of Section 4.6(a) or Section 4.10(b). If such test cannot be met then the
reduction methods described in Section 4 shall be applied.
ARTICLE 5
EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
SECTION 5.1. AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) Subject to the
limitations set forth in subsection (c) and Section 5.2, each Employer shall
contribute on the last day of each calendar month or as shortly thereafter as
possible, for and on account of each Active Participant employed by such
Employer on the last day of each calendar month, an amount which shall be
determined by the Board of Directors of the Company and which shall, in no
event, be less than 20% of the amount contributed during the month by such
Active Participant pursuant to Sections 4.1(a) and/or 4.1(b) up to 6% of the
Active Participant's compensation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, contributions
by an Employer shall be delivered no later than the due date, including
extensions, for the Employer's federal income tax return for such fiscal year.
Employer contributions made pursuant to this paragraph (a) shall be allocated to
the Employer account of each Active Participant.
(b) Subject to the limitations set forth in subsection (c) and
Section 5.2, each Employer may make an additional contribution at the end of
each fiscal year of the Employer in an amount equal to a percentage, determined
by the Board of Directors of the Company, of each Active Participant's
contributions made to the Plan during the Employer's fiscal year pursuant to
Sections 4.1(a) and/or 4.1(b) up to 6% of each Active Participant's
Compensation. Contributions made pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall be
allocated to the Employer account of each Active Participant who
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was employed by an Employer on the last day of the Employer's fiscal year.
Employer contributions made pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the
Trustee no later than the due date, including extensions thereof, for the
Employer's federal income tax return for such fiscal year. (c) (1) No
contribution shall be made pursuant to subsection (a) with respect to any month
unless the total of all contributions by Employers to be made pursuant to said
subsection (a) with respect to that month plus the total of the contributions by
Employers pursuant to such subsection (a) for the preceding months shall not
exceed the current or accumulated profits (retained earnings) of the Company.
(2) No contribution shall be made pursuant to subsection (b) on
account of a fiscal year which would cause a total amount of all contributions
by Employers for that fiscal year to exceed the current or accumulated profits
(retained earnings) of the Company.
(3) No contribution shall be made by an Employer pursuant to
subsection (a) or subsection (b) of this Section or Section 4.1(b) which exceeds
the current profits or accumulated profits (retained earnings) of such Employer
at the time such contribution is made; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if any Employer
other than the Company shall be prevented from making a contribution on behalf
of its Employees under the Plan because its current and accumulated profits
(retained earnings) are insufficient to make the required contribution, the
Company shall make from its current profits or accumulated profits (retained
earnings) the contribution which such Employer is so prevented from making
provided both such corporations are at the time such contribution is made
members of an affiliated group of corporations which shall file a consolidated
federal income tax return for the taxable period for which such contribution is
made. For purposes of this paragraph (3), current profits and accumulated
profits (retained earnings) of an Employer shall be determined in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles.
(4) For the purposes of this Section, current or accumulated profits
(retained earnings) shall be determined in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles.
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(5) An Employer may decline to make a contribution on behalf of a
Participant if it or the Company determines that such contribution may result in
an excess contribution under Section 5.2 or may be discriminatory within the
meaning of Section 401(a)(4) of the Code.
(6) All Employer contributions are nonforfeitable when made.
SECTION 5.2. STATUTORY LIMITATIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS.
(a) DEFINITION OF ANNUAL ADDITIONS. For purposes of the Plan,
"Annual Addition" shall mean the amount allocated to a Participant's
account during the Limitation Year which constitutes:
(i) Employer Contributions.
(ii) Employee Contributions.
(iii) Forfeitures, and
(iv) Amounts described in Sections 415(1)(1) and
419(A)(d)(2) of the Code.
(b) MAXIMUM ANNUAL ADDITION. 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:
(i) the Defined Contribution Dollar Limitation, or
(ii) 25 percent of the Participant's Compensation,
within the meaning of Section 415(c)(3) of the
Code for the Limitation Year, determined without
regard to the limitation under Section 401(a)(17)
of the Code;
and if the Participant also participates in a defined benefit plan maintained by
his Employer the sum of (c) and (d) below shall not exceed 1.0.
(c) The aggregate Annual Additions as of the close of such Plan Year
to the Participant's Plan Account and in all other defined contribution plans
maintained by his Employer divided by the lesser of
(I) 125% of the aggregate maximum dollar amount which under
Section 415(c)(1)(A) of the Code (as adjusted for increases in
the cost of living in accordance with Treasury Regulations) could
have been contributed on behalf of the Participant to a defined
contribution plan for all of the Participant's years of Service,
and
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(II) 140% of the amount that may be taken into account under
Section 415(c)(1)(B) of the Code for all of Participant's years
of Service.
(d) The aggregate projected annual benefit of the Participant under
all defined benefit plans maintained by his Employer (determined as of the close
of such Plan Year) divided by the lesser of
(I) 125% of the maximum dollar limitation contained in Section
415(b)(1)(A) of the Code (as adjusted for increases in the cost
of living in accordance with Treasury Regulations), and
(II) 140% of the average of the Participant's Compensation for
the three consecutive calendar years of his participation in such
defined benefit plans during which his Compensation was the
highest.
(e) SPECIAL RULES. The Compensation limitation referred to in this
Section 5.2 shall not apply to:
(i) Any contribution for medical benefits (within the meaning of
Section 419A(f)(2) of the Code) after separation from Service
which is otherwise treated as an Annual Addition, or
(ii) Any amount otherwise treated as an Annual Addition under Section
415(1)(1) of the Code.
(f) DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Section 5.2, "Defined
Contribution Dollar Limitation" shall mean $30,000 or, if greater, one-fourth of
the defined benefit dollar limitation set forth in Section 415(b)(1) of the Code
as in effect for the Limitation Year.
The term "his Employer" shall include all corporations and
unincorporated businesses which are members of the same controlled group of
corporations under Section 414(b) of the Code or under common control under
Section 414(c) of the Code, as the case may be, with the Participant's Employer
and for this purpose more than 50% control as referenced in Section 415(h) of
the Code shall apply. The terms "defined contribution plan" and "defined
benefit plan" shall have the
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meanings set forth in Section 415 of the Code. Salary Reduction Contributions
shall be treated as Employer Contributions.
(g) If the limitations set forth in the first clause of Section
5.2(b) above would be exceeded by an Employer's contributions on behalf of a
Participant, first Employee contributions which are included in the Annual
Additions described in 5.2(a) above will be refunded to the extent of such
excess. If, after application of the foregoing rule, as a result of the
allocation of forfeitures, a reasonable error in estimating a Participant's
annual Compensation, or under other facts and circumstances, the Annual
Additions to a Participant's Account in fact exceed either of the limitations
described in 5.2(b) for a Plan Year, the excess amount shall be deposited in a
suspense account for such Plan Year. Such suspense account shall remain
invested in the Money Market Fund and shall be allocated during succeeding Plan
Years among the Participant's Account until the amount in such suspense account
is exhausted. If, during a Plan Year more than one suspense account created
pursuant to this Section shall exist, allocation of the amounts contained in
such accounts shall be allocated in the order of the Plan Years to which such
accounts relate. Such excess amount or amounts shall be used to reduce Employer
Contributions under Article 5 for the next Limitation Year (and succeeding
Limitation Years, if necessary) for all of the remaining Participants in the
Plan.
If the limitation in the second clause of Section 5.2(b) is exceeded,
the benefit under the defined benefit plans shall be reduced until the
requirements of the second clause are satisfied.
SECTION 5.3. LIMITATION YEAR. For purposes of Section 5.2,
"Limitation Year" shall mean the Plan Year.
ARTICLE 6
TRUST AND INVESTMENT PROVISIONS
SECTION 6.1. TRUSTEE. A Trust shall be created by the execution of a
trust agreement between the Employers and the Trustee. All Employer and
Employee contributions under the Plan shall be paid to the Trustee, and the
Trustee shall have responsibility for the custody and investment thereof in
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accordance with the provisions of the Trust agreement. The Trustee shall make
distributions from the Trust Fund at such time or times, to such person or
persons and in such amounts as the manager shall direct in writing.
The Company shall have the sole right to determine the form and terms
of the Trust agreement, to amend such agreement at any time and from time to
time, and to remove any Trustee or Trustees and select their successors.
Trust assets shall be valued at least annually at the close of each
Plan Year.
SECTION 6.2. INVESTMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS. Each Participant shall, by
written direction to the Administrator, direct that his contributions together
with all Employer Contributions made on his behalf be invested by the Trustee
either entirely in one of the following funds or in increments of no less than
25% to any combination of four of the following funds:
(a) An Equity Fund which shall be invested in the Fidelity Equity
Income Fund, Inc.
(b) A Bond Fund which shall be invested in the Bond Fund of America.
(c) A Fixed Income Fund under which the funds shall be entrusted to
one or more insurance companies or banks, and/or to a portfolio of guaranteed
insurance contracts or other capital preservation investments of different
maturities and interest rates in which a group of retirement or savings plans
may participate, to be chosen at the sole discretion of the Committee, which
companies and/or banks, as applicable, pursuant to a contract or contracts or
other arrangement to be approved by the Committee, will invest the funds
according to its sole discretion at fixed or floating rate of interest on the
invested funds.
(d) A Money Market Fund under which the funds shall be entrusted to
an insurance company or an investment company to be chosen at the sole
discretion of the Committee, which company, pursuant to a contract or in
accordance with a prospectus approved by the Committee, will invest the funds in
short-term United States government and agency obligations, bank
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certificates of deposit and bankers' acceptances, and high quality corporate
obligations.
Any amounts transferred to the Plan on behalf of any Participant who is a
Transferred Employee shall initially be invested in the funds in the same
proportion that the Account to which such transferred amounts are allocated (as
determined in accordance with Section 7.1) is invested. Thereafter, investment
of such transferred amounts shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as
other amounts credited to the Participant's Account.
SECTION 6.3. CHANGE IN INVESTMENT DIRECTION. Once given, an
investment direction may not be withdrawn or rescinded except as provided in
this Section, and any such investment direction shall continue in effect until
changed pursuant to this Section. A Participant may elect to change his
investment direction and/or transfer as of January 1, April 1, July 1 and
October 1, his existing account balances in any fund or funds to any other fund
or in increments of no less than 25% of such account balances and/or
contributions to any combination up to four funds so long as the aggregate
amount so transferred or directed is transferred to or directed to no more than
one fund or in increments of 25% to any combination up to four funds.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 6.3 or the Plan to
the contrary no transfer of existing account balances shall be permitted by a
Participant between the Fixed Income Fund and the Bond Fund or the Money Market
Fund or between the Bond Fund or the Money Market Fund and the Fixed Income Fund
on any January 1, April 1, July 1, or October 1.
Written notice of any change in investment direction shall be given at
least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of any such change to the
Administrator in the form prescribed by the Administrator.
SECTION 6.4. INVESTMENT INCOME. The income of each fund shall be
added to such fund and the fund shall be invested and reinvested without
distinction between principal and income.
SECTION 6.5. EXPENSES OF FUNDS. All charges and expenses incurred in
connection with the purchase and sale of investments for a fund shall be charged
to such fund.
SECTION 6.6. INVESTMENT MANAGER. The Company may appoint an
individual, or individuals, firm or corporation, which shall be known as the
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Investment Manager or Investment Managers, and which may be responsible, within
the limitations set forth in the trust agreement, for selecting the investments
to be made for one or more of the Stock Fund, the Bond Fund, the Fixed Income
Fund, and the Money Market Fund. The Investment Manager for a fund may either
direct the Trustee to make sales or investments or make sales and investments
with respect to such funds and direct the Trustee to take all necessary action
to complete such sales and investments.
Upon appointment or as soon as practicable after appointment, the
Company and each Investment Manager it has appointed shall enter into a written
agreement, which agreement shall include the following terms and conditions:
(a) The Company shall have the right, at any time, with or without
cause, to remove the Investment Manager. The Investment Manager may resign and
such resignation shall be effective upon delivery of a written resignation to
the Company. Upon the resignation, removal or failure or inability for any
reason of the Investment Manager to act hereunder, the Company may appoint a
successor. All successor Investment Managers shall have all of the rights and
privileges and all of the duties of their predecessors, but shall not be held
accountable for the acts of their predecessors.
(b) An Investment Manager shall discharge his duties (i) solely in
the interest of Participants and Beneficiaries, (ii) for the exclusive purpose
of providing benefits to Participants and their Beneficiaries and of defraying
reasonable expenses of administering the Plan, and (iii) with the care, skill,
prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent
man acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the
conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims.
(c) The Investment Manager shall maintain accurate and detailed
records of all investment directions given to the Trustee, and of sales and
investments made by the Investment Manager with regard to the funds, which shall
be available at all reasonable times for inspection by any person designated by
the Committee or the Company. The Investment Manager, at the direction of the
Committee or the Company, shall submit to the Committee, to
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the Company, to the Company's auditors and to others designated by the
Committee, such reports or other information as they may reasonably require.
In the event that an Investment Manager has not been appointed for any
one or more of the Stock Fund, the Bond Fund, the Guaranteed Income Fund, or the
Money Market Fund, the Committee shall direct the Trustee with respect to
investments for any such fund until an Investment Manager has been appointed for
such fund.
ARTICLE 7
PARTICIPANTS' PLAN ACCOUNT
SECTION 7.1. PLAN ACCOUNT AND VESTING. Participants' Plan Accounts
are measured in dollars as follows:
(a) PLAN ACCOUNT. The Committee shall establish and maintain, or
shall cause to be established and maintained by such agent or agents as it shall
select for this purpose, the following accounts on behalf of each Participant:
(1) EMPLOYER ACCOUNT. This account shall reflect the value (in
dollars) of all Employer Contributions made pursuant to Section 5.1,
of contributions described in Section 7.8 and, if the Participant is a
Transferred Employee, amounts which are attributable to employer
contributions which are transferred on behalf of the Participant to
this Plan from the applicable Prior Plan; all investment earnings,
gains, expenses and losses (realized and unrealized), and the amount
of any withdrawals and distributions from the account.
(2) EMPLOYEE ACCOUNT. This account shall reflect the value (in
dollars) of contributions made pursuant to Section 4.1(a) of the Plan
and, if the Participant is a Transferred Employee, amounts which are
attributable to employer contributions which are transferred on behalf
of the Participant to this Plan from the applicable Prior Plan, the
investment earnings, gains, expenses and losses (realized and
unrealized), and the amount of withdrawals and distributions from
this account.
(3) SALARY REDUCTION ACCOUNT. This account shall reflect the
value (in dollars) of amounts contributed under Section
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4.1(b) and, if the Participant is a Transferred Employee, amounts
which are attributable to salary reduction contributions which are
transferred on behalf of the Participant to this Plan from the
applicable Prior Plan, investment earnings, gains, expenses and losses
(realized and unrealized), and the amount of any withdrawals and
distributions from the account.
(4) ROLLOVER ACCOUNT. This account shall reflect the value (in
dollars) of amounts contributed under Section 4.5 and, if the
Participant is a Transferred Employee, amounts which are attributable
to rollover contributions which are transferred on behalf of the
Participant to this Plan from the applicable Prior Plan, investment
earnings, gains, expenses and losses (realized and unrealized), and
the amount of any withdrawals or distributions from the account.
Each of the foregoing accounts shall be composed of a Stock Fund
Sub-Account, a Bond Fund Sub-Account, a Fixed Income Fund Sub-Account, and a
Money Market Fund Sub-Account. Such Accounts and Sub-Accounts shall be solely
for accounting purposes, and there shall be no segregation of assets of the
funds among separate accounts. The books of account, form and accounting
methods used in the administration of Participants' accounts shall be the sole
responsibility of, and shall be subject to the supervision and control of, the
Committee.
(b) VESTING. Participants shall have a full and immediate
nonforfeitable interest in the value of their accounts.
SECTION 7.2. DOLLARS.
(a) The interest of Participants in the funds shall be measured by
dollars in the particular fund, with gain or loss determined as of each
Valuation Date as provided in the succeeding subsections. Each dollar shall
have an equal beneficial interest in the fund, and none shall have priority or
preference over any other.
(b) One dollar is allocated to the Employer Account maintained for
each Participant for each dollar paid to the trust on behalf of such Participant
by an Employer prior to the first Valuation Date, one dollar is allocated to the
Employee Account maintained for each Participant for each
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dollar paid to the trust by such Participant by means of payroll deductions
pursuant to Article 4 prior to such date and one dollar is allocated to each of
the applicable Accounts of each Participant for each dollar that is transferred
to the trust from the applicable Prior Plan on behalf of the Participant prior
to such date. Dollars so allocated to Accounts are allocated to the appropriate
sub-accounts comprising such Accounts in accordance with the Participants'
directions made pursuant to Section 6.2. As soon as practicable after the first
Valuation Date, the Trustee shall determine the value of each fund as of such
Valuation Date in the manner prescribed in Section 7.4, and the gain or loss so
determined is divided by the total number of dollars allocated to the accounts
and sub-accounts of such fund maintained for Participants in accordance with the
preceding sentence. The resulting quotient is the value of a dollar in such
fund as of such Valuation Date and constitutes the initial gain or loss of a
dollar in such fund. Fractional dollars shall be calculated to six decimal
places. Employer Contributions due but not received by the Trustee on a
Valuation Date shall not be taken into account for purposes of determining the
gain or loss of dollars under this subsection.
(c) If a Participant's interest in a fund or any part thereof is
distributed, withdrawn or transferred to an interest account pursuant to Article
8 of the Plan, the number of dollars representing such interest or portion
thereof as of the applicable Valuation Date shall be cancelled for purposes of
any subsequent determination of the gain or loss of dollars in such fund.
SECTION 7.3. VALUATION OF FUNDS. The value of a fund as of any
Valuation Date shall be the fair market value of all assets (including any
uninvested cash) held by the fund as determined by the Trustee on the basis of
such evidence and information as it may deem pertinent and reliable, reduced by
the amount of any accrued liabilities of the fund on such Valuation Date. The
Trustee's determination of fair market value shall be binding and conclusive
upon all parties. Employer Contributions due but not received by the Trustee on
a Valuation Date shall not be taken into account in valuing the fund. Salary
reduction contributions pursuant to Section 4.1(b) which have been withheld from
Active Participants' Compensation which
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have not been received by the Trustee on a Valuation Date and which, when
received, would be part of the assets of the fund, shall be taken into account
in valuing the fund.
SECTION 7.4. VALUATION OF FUND SUB-ACCOUNTS AS OF A VALUATION DATE.
The value of a Participant's fund sub-accounts as of any Valuation Date shall be
the dollars allocated or allocable to each such sub-account as of such Valuation
Date plus any Employer Contribution payable on his behalf with respect to a
period ending on or prior to the Valuation Date but not yet paid to the Trustee
on such Valuation Date, and which, when paid, would be allocable to such fund
sub-accounts.
SECTION 7.5. VALUATION OF FUND SUB-ACCOUNTS ON OTHER THAN A VALUATION
DATE. The value of a Participant's fund sub-accounts as of any given date other
than a Valuation Date shall be the value determined pursuant to Section 7.2 of
said accounts on the next occurring Valuation Date.
SECTION 7.6. VALUE OF PLAN ACCOUNTS. The value of a Participant's
Plan Account as of any Valuation Date shall be the sum of the values of the
sub-accounts comprising the Participant's Account as described in Section
7.1(a).
SECTION 7.7. COMMITTEE TO FURNISH ANNUAL STATEMENTS OF VALUE OF PLAN
ACCOUNTS. The Committee shall, not less frequently than annually, deliver to
each Participant a statement setting forth the Account balances of such
Participant.
SECTION 7.8. TRANSFERS FROM HOURLY SAVINGS AND PROFIT SHARING PLANS.
If a person who is a Participant in any savings or profit sharing plan for
hourly or salaried employees of the Company ("Other Plans") shall cease to be an
eligible employee under any such plan, as defined in such plan, but pursuant to
the terms of such plan such person is not entitled to receive a distribution
from such plan, he becomes eligible to and elects to become a Participant in
this Plan and elects pursuant to the provisions of such Other Plan to have his
interest in such plan transferred on or after July 1, 1993, to the Trustee to be
held, invested and reinvested and distributed pursuant to the terms of this Plan
and the Trust, then, as of the date of the transfer of any such Participant's
interest in such Other Plan, there shall be credited to the Employee Account of
such Participant that
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portion of his interest in such Other Plan which is transferred to the Trustee
and which represents his contributions to such plan and there shall be credited
to the Employer Account of such Participant that portion of his interest in such
Other Plan which is transferred to the Trustee and which represents
contributions made by his Employer, if any, on his behalf to such plan, there
shall be credited to the Salary Reduction Account of such Participant that
portion of his interest in such Other Plan which is transferred to the Trustee
and which represents salary reduction contributions, if any, to such plan and
there shall be credited to the Rollover Account of such Participant that portion
of his interest in such Other Plan which is transferred to the Trustee and which
represents rollover contributions, if any, to such plan. Any amounts credited
to a Participant's Employee Account, Employer Account, Salary Reduction Account
or Rollover Account shall be applied by crediting dollars to such account, the
dollars credited to the Employee Account to be credited in accordance with the
investment direction made by the Participant upon his election to participate in
this Plan to the appropriate sub-accounts of such account. Notwithstanding any
provision of any Other Plan to the contrary, upon a Participant's termination of
employment, his total interest in this Plan, including any amount transferred
from the Other Plan, shall be distributed pursuant to the provisions of Article
8 of this Plan.
ARTICLE 8
WITHDRAWALS, DISTRIBUTION, AND LOANS
SECTION 8.1. WITHDRAWAL OF EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS. As of any given
date, a Participant may elect to withdraw not less than 50% of the value as of
such date of the value of his Employee Account. Such an election shall be made
by giving written notice, specifying the requested date of withdrawal and the
portion of the amount withdrawn to be paid from each of the fund sub-accounts
comprising the Participant's Employee Account, to the Plan Administrator in the
form prescribed by the Plan Administrator at least 30 days prior to such date.
The value of the Participant's Employee Account as of the requested date of
withdrawal shall be determined pursuant to Section 7.4 or Section 7.5, whichever
is applicable. A Participant who makes such a withdrawal shall be ineligible to
make further contributions under the
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Plan either by payroll deduction or by salary reduction until the Valuation Date
which is at least one year subsequent to the date of such withdrawal.
SECTION 8.2. (a) HARDSHIP WITHDRAWAL FROM EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE
ACCOUNTS. As of any given date a Participant may make a request to withdraw a
portion of the combined value of his Employer and Employee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that if the amount of such withdrawal is less than such combined value, such
amount shall be applied first to reduce the value of his Employee Account and
then his Employer Account. Such request shall be made in writing, specifying
the requested date of withdrawal (which shall be not less than 30 days nor more
than 60 days after the date of such request) and the portion of such requested
amount to be paid from each of the fund sub-accounts comprising the
Participant's Employee and Employer Accounts, to the Administrator on a form
prescribed by him. The value of a Participant's Employee and Employer Accounts
and of the sub-accounts comprising such Accounts shall be determined pursuant to
Sections 7.4, 7.5 and 7.6 as applicable. The Committee shall not approve any
such application unless it is satisfied based on the application and supporting
documentation that to grant the application is on account of a hardship for the
Participant. For purposes of this Section 8.2(a) only, hardship shall be
limited to the following situations:
(1) heavy and immediate financial obligations incurred by the
Participant on account of sickness, accident or death of his spouse or
dependents, or on account of the Participant's sickness or accident,
which the Participant is unable to pay for from any other source
reasonably available to him;
(2) inability to purchase or finance out of any other source
reasonably available to the Participant a principal residence for the
Participant;
(3) inability to pay for or finance out of any other source
reasonably available to the Participant the cost of post-secondary
education for the Participant, his spouse or dependents;
(4) prevention of eviction from or mortgage foreclosure on the
principal residence of the Participant.
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The Participant's application for withdrawal of funds due to hardship
must be accompanied or supplemented by such evidence of hardship as the
Administrator or the Committee shall reasonably request.
A withdrawal pursuant to this Section shall not operate to suspend a
Participant's contributions for any period of time or to subject the Participant
to any other penalties under this Plan.
The amount of any withdrawal under this Section shall be limited to
that amount which is required to meet the immediate financial needs created by
the hardship.
(b) HARDSHIP WITHDRAWAL FROM SALARY REDUCTION ACCOUNT. A Participant
may request in writing, specifying the requested date of withdrawal (which shall
not be less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days after the date
of such request) that a hardship withdrawal be made from his Salary Reduction
Account. The value of his Salary Reduction Account shall be determined pursuant
to Sections 7.4, 7.5 and 7.6 as applicable.
No hardship withdrawal under this Section 8.2(b) shall exceed the sum
of a Participant's Salary Reduction contributions made after December 31, 1988
and the amount of his Salary Reduction contributions and income allocable
thereto as of December 31, 1988.
Approval of any application for hardship withdrawal from a
Participant's Salary Reduction Account shall only be given by the Committee
where the Participant has shown that withdrawal is requested for one of the
following reasons:
i. Medical expenses of the Participant, the Participant's spouse, or
dependents, or necessary to obtain medical treatment of the
Participant, Participant's spouse or dependents,
ii. Expenses directly related to the purchase (excluding mortgage
payments) of the principal residence of the Participant,
iii. Tuition and related expenses for the next twelve month period of
post-secondary education of the Participant, the Participant's spouse,
children or dependents, (contingent upon receipt of a favorable
determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service, "related
expenses" shall mean books and properly documented boarding expenses
connected with post-secondary education); and
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iv. Expenses necessary to prevent the eviction from, or foreclosure on the
mortgage on, the principal residence of the Participant.
In addition the Participant must further show that the amount
requested for hardship withdrawal is not in excess of the amount needed to
satisfy expenses described in (i) through (iv) above of Section 8.2(b).
Hardship withdrawals under this Section 8.2(b)(i) through (iv) may
include amounts necessary to pay any federal, state or local income taxes or
penalties reasonably anticipated to result from the distribution.
To be eligible for hardship withdrawal the Participant must have first
obtained all distributions (other than hardship withdrawals) and nontaxable
loans available to him under this Plan and any other qualified plan maintained
by the Employers and Affiliates.
A Participant who receives a hardship withdrawal under this Section
8.2(b) will be suspended from participation in the Plan and all other qualified
and non-qualified deferred compensation plans of the Employers and Affiliates
until the January or July 1st which next succeeds twelve months from the date on
which he received his hardship withdrawal.
Salary Reduction contributions made by such Participant in the taxable
year following the year of hardship distribution will be limited to the annual
dollar limitation under Section 402(g) of the Code in effect for that year, as
denoted in Section 4.1(c), minus the Participant's Salary Reduction
Contributions for the taxable year in which he received his hardship withdrawal.
SECTION 8.3. WITHDRAWAL FROM SALARY REDUCTION ACCOUNT. Withdrawals
from the Salary Reduction Account are also permitted under the following
circumstances and such withdrawals will not subject the Participants to any
penalty under the Plan:
(a) DISABILITY WITHDRAWAL. A Participant may make a cash withdrawal
from his Salary Reduction Account at any time if the withdrawal is on account of
a disability. The Committee shall not approve any such application for
disability withdrawal unless it is satisfied that the Participant is disabled.
For the purposes of this subsection, a Participant shall be considered disabled
if (i) he is disabled within the meaning of the Company's Long-Term Disability
Plan, or (ii) he is unable to engage in any
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substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or
mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or to be of
long-continued and indefinite duration, or (iii) he is disabled within the
meaning of uniform, nondiscriminatory rules which the Committee may adopt. The
Committee may require that the Participant submit whatever evidence it deems
necessary to establish whether the Participant is disabled. The value of the
Participant's account as of the requested withdrawal date shall be determined
pursuant to Sections 7.4, 7.5 or 7.6 as applicable.
(b) Withdrawals from the Salary Reduction Account will also be
permitted for a Participant who has attained the age of 59-1/2 years upon
application made by him to the Administrator.
SECTION 8.4. DISTRIBUTION UPON ELECTION TO DISCONTINUE CONTRIBUTIONS
FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD. As of any given date, an Active Participant may elect
to discontinue his contributions for an indefinite period by giving written
notice specifying the requested date of discontinuance to the Administrator in
the form prescribed by the Administrator at least 30 days prior to such date.
Upon such a discontinuance by a Participant, the Administrator shall upon
request of the Participant, direct the Trustee to distribute to the Participant
an amount equal to the aggregate value as of such date of all Accounts except
the Salary Reduction Account.
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph to the contrary, contributions
may not be withdrawn from the Employer Account prior to the expiration of
twenty-four months from the date of contribution to the Employer Account or
unless the Participant making the withdrawal request has been a Participant in
the Plan for a minimum of sixty months. For purposes of this Section 8.4
participation in a Prior Plan is deemed to be participation in this Plan.
The value of the Participant's Accounts (excluding the Salary
Reduction Account) shall be determined pursuant to Section 7.4 or Section 7.5,
whichever is applicable. A Participant who elects to discontinue his
contributions pursuant to this Section shall be ineligible to again elect to
make contributions to the Plan until the earlier of the January 1 or
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July 1 which succeeds by at least twelve months the date of the election to
discontinue contributions.
SECTION 8.5. (a) LOANS. Upon application of an Active or Inactive
Participant or Beneficiary, the Committee shall direct the Trustee to make a
cash loan to a Participant. The terms of a loan shall be determined at the sole
discretion of the Committee subject to the following conditions:
(1) The term of a loan shall not exceed five years except that
where the Participant has designated that the purpose of the loan is
to purchase a principal residence for the Participant, the term of the
loan shall not exceed ten years.
(2) A general purpose loan may not be used to purchase
securities.
(3) A loan shall bear interest at the prevailing rate in the
surrounding community for loans of similar risk, date of maturity, and
date of grant, determined from time to time by the Committee.
(4) The amount of a loan shall not exceed the lesser of 50% of
the value of the Participant's or Beneficiary's accounts or $50,000,
and the loan shall be secured by the Participant's or Beneficiary's
Plan Account value. The Committee may require the posting of other or
additional security at any time during the term of the loan. The
amount of a loan secured by a Plan Account shall be equal to a maximum
of the lesser of 50% of the Plan Account or $50,000, minus the highest
outstanding loan balance within the past year.
(a)For purposes of the above paragraph the value of the
Participant's or Beneficiary's Plan Account shall be determined
as at the Valuation Date which next succeeds the date on which
the request for the loan is received.
(5) A loan shall be evidenced by a promissory note.
(6) Payments of principal and interest shall be made by
approximately equal payments on a basis that would permit the loan to
be fully amortized over its term. Prepayments of
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principal and interest of the full remaining balance of the loan only,
may be made without penalty. Loan payments by active Employees shall
be made by monthly payroll deductions except for prepayments or where
otherwise permitted by the Committee, but in no event may loan
payments be made on less than a quarterly basis. Loan payments by
inactive Employees, former Employees or Beneficiaries shall be made
monthly to the Plan Administrator or his designee on the date and in
the manner prescribed by him.
(7) Loans shall be granted on a reasonably equivalent basis and
highly compensated employees, officers, or shareholders of an Employer
shall not be granted preferential loan terms.
(8) If an active employee defaults in the making of any payments
on a loan when due and such default continues for 60 days thereafter,
or in the event of such active employee's bankruptcy, impending
bankruptcy, insolvency or impending insolvency, the loan shall be
deemed to be in default, and the entire unpaid balance with accrued
interest shall become due and payable. If a former employee or
Beneficiary defaults in the making of any payment on a loan when due
and such default continues for 30 days thereafter, or in the event of
the borrower's bankruptcy, impending bankruptcy, insolvency or
impending insolvency, the loan shall be deemed to be in default and
the entire unpaid balance with accrued interest shall become due and
payable. The Committee or its designee may pursue collection of the
debt by any means generally available to a creditor where a promissory
note is in default, or, if the entire amount due is not paid within 60
days following the default or in the case of a former employee or
Beneficiary, within 30 days following the default, the Committee or
its designee may execute upon the collateral and apply the proceeds
from the sale or disposition of such collateral in satisfaction of the
unpaid principal and accrued interest to the extent the Participants
interest in the Plan (or portion thereof) is then
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distributable. The Participant or Beneficiary shall remain personally
liable for any remaining deficiency. If necessary to satisfy the
entire outstanding obligation, the Employer may apply the
Participant's interest in a series of actions as amounts credited to
his Account become distributable.
(9) Appropriate disclosure shall be made pursuant to the Truth
in Lending Act to the extent applicable.
(10) Amounts of principal and interest received on a loan shall
be credited to the Participant's or Beneficiary's Plan Account and the
loan shall be considered an asset of the Plan Account.
(11) The Committee shall, from time to time, establish the terms
and conditions on which loans will be made, including the frequency,
interest rate, maturity dates, loan application fees, if any, and the
selection and order of sub-accounts used in making such loans. In
making its determination with respect to eligibility for loans and
interest rates thereon, the Committee shall adopt uniform and
non-discriminatory rules and its determination shall be final and
binding.
(12) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 8.5 to
the contrary, loans may be granted only to Participants and
Beneficiaries who are "parties in interest" as defined under Section
3(14) of ERISA. Determination of who is a party in interest shall be
made by the Plan Administrator with the advice of counsel.
SECTION 8.6. DISTRIBUTION UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.
Except as provided in Section 8.10, whenever a Participant terminates
his employment with his Employer or its Affiliate then the Administrator shall
instruct the Trustee to distribute to such Participant, or, in a proper case, to
his Beneficiary, an amount equal to the value of the Participant's Plan Accounts
determined as of the Valuation Date which occurs closest to the date of
termination.
SECTION 8.7. TIME AND MANNER OF DISTRIBUTIONS.
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(a) Any distribution to which a Participant becomes entitled by
reason of a withdrawal under Section 8.1, 8.2, 8.3 or 8.4 or distribution under
Section 8.6 or which is to be made to an alternate payee pursuant to the
provisions of Article 13, shall be paid by the Trustee in a lump sum at the
instruction of the Administrator within 60 days following the close of the
calendar month in which the withdrawal request or request for receipt is
received.
(b) If full distribution of the amount to which a Distributee becomes
entitled cannot be made within 60 days following the date of termination or
request for receipt, if applicable, pursuant to Section 8.6 because the
Participant cannot be located, the undistributed balance of such amount shall,
as of the first Valuation Date after the close of such 60-day period, be
deposited in a savings account or accounts with such bank as the Committee may
from time to time select for this purpose. The Committee shall establish in the
name of the Distributee an account under the Plan (hereinafter referred to as an
"interest account") to which shall be credited any amount so deposited and any
interest paid from time to time on such savings account or accounts. All
distributions made to any Distributee shall be charged to the Distributee's
interest account.
SECTION 8.8. DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY.
(a) The Beneficiary of a Participant who is married shall be his
spouse. Should a Participant who is married desire to elect a Beneficiary other
than his spouse, he may do so only in the form prescribed by the Administrator,
which shall require the written consent of such spouse to the Participant's
election of another Beneficiary. To be effective, such written consent must be
notarized or witnessed by the Administrator or his designee.
(b) If a Participant is not married or if the Participant proves to
the satisfaction of the Administrator that his spouse cannot be located, then
the Participant shall have the right to designate any Beneficiary or
Beneficiaries.
(c) The Beneficiary of a Participant shall receive any distribution
upon the death of the Participant or, in accordance with Section 8.7, in the
case of a Participant who dies subsequent to termination
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of his employment but prior to distribution of the entire amount to which he is
entitled under the Plan, to receive any undistributed balance to which such
Participant would have been entitled subject to the provisions of Section 8.10,
if applicable.
A Participant described in Paragraph (b) of this Section 8.8 may from
time to time, without the consent of the non-spouse Beneficiary, change or
cancel any such designation. A Participant who has obtained spousal consent in
accordance with Paragraph (a) of this Section 8.8 may change or cancel a
subsequent Beneficiary designation to a person other than his spouse only upon
obtaining spousal consent, in accordance with Paragraph (a) of this Section, to
the new Beneficiary designation. Such designation and each change therein shall
be made in the form prescribed by the Administrator and shall be filed with the
Administrator or his designee.
If no Beneficiary has been named by a deceased unmarried Participant
or the spouse of a deceased Participant cannot be located or the designated
Beneficiary or spouse, as applicable, has predeceased the Participant or the
designated Beneficiary or spouse has died prior to complete disbursement of the
Participant's account balance, the balance of the deceased Participant's
accounts shall be distributed by the Trustee at the direction of the
Administrator, where applicable, (a) to the surviving spouse of such deceased
Participant, if any, or (b) if there shall be no surviving spouse, the surviving
children of such deceased Participant, if any, in equal shares, or (c) if there
shall be no surviving spouse or children, to the executors or administrators of
the estate of such deceased Participant, or (d) if no executor or administrator
shall have been appointed for the estate of such deceased Participant within six
months from the date of the Participant's death, to the person or persons who
would be entitled under the intestate succession laws of the state of the
Participant's domicile to receive the Participant's personal estate.
Nothing in this Section 8.8 shall contravene any applicable provision
(directing payment to an alternate payee) of a qualified domestic relations
order determined to be such by the Administrator or the Committee in accordance
with the procedures set forth in Article 13.
SECTION 8.9. DISTRIBUTION TO MINOR AND DISABLED DISTRIBUTEES.
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Any distribution under this Article which is payable to a Distributee who is a
minor or to a Distributee who, in the opinion of the Committee, is unable to
manage his affairs by reason of illness or mental incompetency may be made to or
for the benefit of any such Distributee in such of the following ways as the
Committee may direct: (a) directly to any such minor Distributee if, in the
opinion of the Committee, he is able to manage his affairs, (b) to the legal
representative of any such Distributee, (c) to a custodian under a Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act for any such minor Distributee, or (d) to some near relative of
such Distributee to be used for the latter's benefit. Neither the Committee nor
the Trustee shall be required to see to the application by any third party of
any distribution made to or for the benefit of a distribution pursuant to this
Section.
SECTION 8.10. DISTRIBUTIONS.
(a) Notwithstanding anything in this Article or the Plan to the
contrary, a Participant who is terminating his employment and is eligible for
early or normal retirement under any pension plan of the Company will be
permitted to elect, at any time prior to his termination, to defer either
1) receipt of distribution of his entire Plan Account, or
2) receipt of or distribution of his Plan Account exclusive of the entire
amount of his Employee Contributions as defined in Section 4.1(a) of
the Plan which were contributed prior to January 1, 1987
until no later than his 70th birthday.
A Participant electing deferral of his distribution under this
Section 8.10, shall receive his distribution by notifying the Administrator or
his designee at least sixty days prior to the date he wishes to receive it. His
Plan Account shall then be valued according to the terms of Section 7.4 or
Section 7.5 whichever is applicable. If a Participant has not notified the
Administrator by sixty days prior to his 70th birthday, his Plan Account shall
automatically be distributed to him on that birthday.
A Participant making a deferral election under this Section 8.10(a)
must also irrevocably elect to invest his Plan Account in either the Fixed
Income Fund or the Money Market Fund or 50% in either of those two
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funds and 50% in the other. His Plan Account shall remain so invested until
totally distributed.
(b) A Participant who has not attained age 70-1/2 and whose Plan
Account is valued in excess of $3500 as of the Valuation Date occurring closest
to his termination of employment must consent to any distribution that is made
and is entitled to defer distribution of his entire Plan Account until his 70th
birthday. Such a Participant may elect to receive the value of his entire Plan
Account in a lump sum at any time prior to his 70th birthday upon sixty days
written notice to the Plan Administrator or his designee. Any Participant who
has not notified the Plan Administrator within sixty days of his 70th birthday
shall automatically receive his distribution on that birthday. Such a
Participant's Plan Account will be invested in the Fixed Income Fund from the
Valuation Date closest to his termination of employment until he elects to
receive his distribution.
A Participant who makes an election to defer distribution pursuant to
this paragraph shall be considered an inactive Participant for all purposes of
the Plan including Article 5 for the period of time from termination of
employment until distribution on the applicable date of receipt.
(c) No more than ninety (90) days prior to receipt of his
distribution pursuant to this Section, a Participant must elect to receive his
distribution in: (1) a lump sum on the date of distribution, or (2) in equal
annual installments not to exceed ten which installments shall commence on the
date requested for distribution.
(d) No more than ninety (90) days prior to receipt of his
distribution pursuant to this Section, he must also make an election for the
method of distribution in the event of his death prior to total distribution.
The Participant shall elect that his Beneficiary, designated pursuant to Section
8.7, shall receive his Plan Account Distribution (a) in a lump sum within sixty
(60) days following the date of his death, or (b) in equal annual installments
not to exceed five installments commencing on the date of his death.
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(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article 8,
distribution of the Participant's Plan Account shall begin not later than the
sixtieth day after the latest of the close of the Plan Year in which --
(1) his termination of employment occurs,
(2) the tenth anniversary of the commencement
of his participation in the Plan, or
(3) the date on which the Participant attains age 65.
except to the extent that the Participant has elected to defer the distribution
pursuant to this Section 8.10.
(f) Notwithstanding subsection (e) and except as provided otherwise
in this subsection (f), distribution of a Participant's Plan Account shall begin
no later than the April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in
which the Participant attains age 70-1/2 regardless of whether he terminates
employment, unless the Participant attained age 70-1/2 prior to January 1, 1988
(during which he was not a five (5) percent or more owner, as described in
Section 416 of the Code), in which case the commencement of his distribution
will be delayed until his employment with the Employers and Affiliates
terminates.
(g) If the amount of a distribution required to commence on the date
determined under this subsection cannot be ascertained by the Committee, or if
it is not possible to make such payment on such date because the Committee has
been unable to locate the Participant after making reasonable efforts to do so,
a payment retroactive to such date may be made no later than sixty days after
the earliest date on which the amount of such payment can be ascertained and the
Participant can be located.
SECTION 8.11. CONDITIONS FOR DISTRIBUTIONS TO BENEFICIARY, UPON DEATH
OF A PARTICIPANT.
(a) Notwithstanding any other section of the Plan, if a Participant
dies after distribution of his Account has begun, the remainder of his Plan
Account, if any, shall be distributed to his Beneficiary as rapidly as the
method of distribution to the Participant prior to the Participant's death.
(b) Notwithstanding any other section of the Plan, if the Participant
dies before distribution of his Account has begun, his Plan
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Account shall be distributed in a lump sum or by the method selected by the
Participant provided that distribution shall begin not later than December 31 of
the calendar year (i) following the calendar year of the Participant's death, or
(ii) if the Beneficiary is the Participant's surviving spouse, in which the
Participant would have attained age 70-1/2; provided, however, that in no event
shall a Participant's Account be distributed over a period extending beyond the
life of such Beneficiary (or over a period extending beyond the life expectancy
of the Beneficiary).
(c) The Participant's Beneficiary shall receive the value of the
Participant's Plan Account as of the Valuation Date immediately succeeding the
date of the Participant's death.
SECTION 8.12. DIRECT ROLLOVERS. Notwithstanding any provision of the
Plan to the contrary that would otherwise limit a Distributee's election under
this Article, a Distributee may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed
by the Plan Administrator, to have any portion of an Eligible Rollover
Distribution paid directly to an Eligible Retirement Plan specified by the
Distributee in a Direct Rollover.
ARTICLE 9
SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO REEMPLOYMENT
OF TERMINATED EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYMENT
BY RELATED ENTITIES
SECTION 9.1. REEMPLOYMENT OF A TERMINATED PARTICIPANT. If a
terminated Participant who is entitled to receive payments pursuant to Sections
8.6 or 8.10 is reemployed prior to receipt of his deferred distribution pursuant
to Section 8.10 or is reemployed prior to total distribution, such payments
shall remain deferred or be suspended, as applicable, until such Participant's
subsequent termination of employment or his attainment of age 70, whichever
first occurs.
ARTICLE 10
ADMINISTRATION
SECTION 10.1. THE COMMITTEE. (a) The Board of Directors of the
Company shall appoint a Committee consisting of certain members responsible
(except for duties specifically vested in the Trustee and the Investment
Manager) for the administration of the provisions of the Plan. The Company
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and the Committee shall be "named fiduciaries" within the meaning of such term
as used in ERISA. The Board of Directors of the Company shall have the right at
any time, with or without cause, to remove any member of the Committee. A
member of the Committee may resign and his resignation shall be effective upon
delivery of his written resignation to the Company. Upon the resignation,
removal or failure or inability for any reason of any member of the Committee to
act hereunder, the Board of Directors of the Company may appoint a successor
member. All successor members of the Committee shall have all the rights,
privileges and duties of their predecessors, but shall not be held accountable
for the acts of their predecessors.
(b) Any member of the Committee may, but need not, be an employee or
director, officer or shareholder of any of the Employers, and such status shall
not disqualify him from taking any action hereunder or render him accountable
for any distribution or other material advantage received by him under the Plan,
provided that no member of the Committee who is a Participant shall take part in
any action of the Committee or any matter involving solely his rights under the
Plan.
(c) The Committee shall have the duty and authority to interpret and
construe the Plan in regard to all questions of eligibility and the status and
rights of Participants, Distributees and other persons under the Plan. Each
Employer shall, from time to time, upon request of the Committee, furnish to the
Committee such data and information as the Committee shall require in the
performance of its duties.
(d) The Committee shall supervise the collection of Participants'
contributions and the delivery of such contributions, Employer Contributions and
Salary Reduction Contributions to the Trustee from time to time.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary the Committee
has the right to lower the Salary Reduction or Employee Contributions (on a
prospective basis) of any Participant who is a Highly Compensated Employee at
any time during the Plan Year where the Committee deems such action to be
necessary to insure that the Plan complies with the rules set forth in Sections
4.6(a) and 4.10(b)(i) and (ii).
(e) The members of the Committee may allocate their responsibilities
among themselves and may designate any person, partnership
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or corporation to carry out any of their responsibilities. Any such allocation
or designation should be reduced to writing and such writing shall be kept with
the records of the meetings of the Committee.
(f) The Committee may act at a meeting, or by writing without a
meeting, by the vote or written assent of a majority of its members. The
Committee may select a chairman and shall keep the Trustee advised of the
identity of the member holding such office. The Committee shall appoint one of
its members to act as the Plan's agent for service of legal process. The
Committee shall select a secretary, who need not be a member of the Committee,
and shall keep the Trustee advised of the identity of the person holding such
office. The secretary shall keep records of all meetings of the Committee and
forward all necessary communications to the Trustee. The Committee may adopt
such rules and procedures as it deems desirable for the conduct of its affairs
and the administration of the Plan, provided that any such rules and procedures
shall be consistent with the provisions of the Plan and ERISA.
(g) The members of the Committee, and each of them, shall discharge
their duties with respect to the Plan (i) solely in the interest of the
Participants and Beneficiaries, (ii) for the exclusive purpose of providing
benefits to Employees participating in the Plan and their Beneficiaries and of
defraying reasonable expenses of administering the Plan, and (iii) with the
care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing
that a prudent man acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters
would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like
aims. The Company shall indemnify the members of the Committee, and each of
them, from the effects and consequences of their acts, omissions and conduct in
their official capacity as members of the Committee. Such indemnification shall
extend to any action, suit or proceeding to which the members shall be made or
threatened to be made a party, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, and whether or not terminated by judgment, settlement, conviction
or upon a plea of NOLO CONTENDERE or its equivalent; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, such
indemnification shall not extend to any action, suit, or proceeding in which it
shall be finally adjudicated that (1) a member did not act in good faith, and
(2) with respect
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to any criminal action or proceeding, the member did not have reasonable cause
to believe his conduct was lawful.
(h) No member of the Committee shall receive any compensation or fee
for his services, unless otherwise agreed between such member of the Committee
and the Employers, but the Employers shall reimburse the Committee members for
any necessary expenditures incurred in the discharge of their duties as
Committee members.
(i) The Committee may employ such counsel (who may be of counsel for
any Employer) and agents and may arrange for such clerical and other services as
it may require in carrying out the provisions of the Plan.
SECTION 10.2. PLAN ADMINISTRATOR.
(a) The Company shall appoint a Plan Administrator (as such term is
used in ERISA) who may but need not be a Participant or shareholder of the
Company and such status shall not disqualify him from taking any action
hereunder or render him accountable for any distribution or other material
advantage received by him under the Plan, provided that he shall not take part
in any matter involving solely his rights under the Plan.
(b) The Plan Administrator shall be responsible for the operation of
the Plan within the policies, interpretations, rules and procedures of the
Committee. The Plan Administrator shall also perform such ministerial functions
with respect to the Plan as the Committee shall from time to time designate.
SECTION 10.3. CLAIMS PROCEDURE. If any Participant or Distributee
believes he is entitled to benefits in an amount greater than those which he is
receiving or has received, he may file a claim with the Administrator. Such a
claim shall be in writing and state the nature of the claim, the facts
supporting the claim, the amount claimed, and the address of the claimant. The
Plan Administrator shall review the claim and, within 90 days after receipt of
the claim, give written notice by registered or certified mail to the claimant
of his decision with respect to the claim. If special circumstances require an
extension of time, the claimant shall be so advised in writing within the
initial 90-day period and in no event shall such an extension exceed 90 days.
Such notice shall be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the
claimant and, if the claim is wholly or
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partially denied, set forth the specific reasons for the denial, specific
references to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based, a
description of any additional material or information necessary for the claimant
to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is
necessary, and an explanation of the claim review procedure under the Plan. The
Plan Administrator shall also advise the claimant that he or his duly authorized
representative may request a review by the Committee of the denial by filing
with the Plan Administrator, within 65 days after notice of the denial has been
received by the claimant, a written request for such review. The claimant shall
be informed that he may have reasonable access to pertinent documents and submit
comments in writing to the Committee within the same 65-day period. If a
request is so filed, review of the denial shall be made by the Committee within
60 days after receipt of such request, and the claimant shall be given written
notice of the resulting final decision. Such notice shall include specific
reasons for the decision and specific references to the pertinent Plan
provisions on which the decision is based and shall be written in a manner
calculated to be understood by the claimant.
SECTION 10.4. NOTICES TO PARTICIPANTS AND DISTRIBUTEES.
All notices, reports and statements given, made, delivered or transmitted to a
Participant or Distributee shall be deemed to have been duly given, made,
delivered or transmitted when mailed by first class mail with postage prepaid
and addressed to such person at the address last appearing on the records of the
Committee. A Participant or Distributee may record any change of his address
from time to time by written notice filed with the Committee.
SECTION 10.5. NOTICES TO COMMITTEE OR EMPLOYERS. Written
authorizations, directions, notices and other communications to the Employers or
the Committee shall be deemed to have been duly given, made or transmitted
either when delivered to such location as shall be specified upon the forms
prescribed by the Committee for the giving of such authorizations, directions,
notices and other communications, or when mailed by first class mail with
postage prepaid and addressed to the addressees at the address specified upon
such forms.
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SECTION 10.6. RECORDS. The Committee shall keep a record of all of
its proceedings and shall keep or cause to be kept all books of account, records
and other data as may be necessary or advisable in its judgment for the
administration of the Plan.
SECTION 10.7. REPORTS OF TRUST FUND. The Committee shall keep on
file, in such form as it shall deem convenient and proper, all reports
concerning the Trust Fund received by it from the Trustee.
ARTICLE 11
PARTICIPATION BY OTHER EMPLOYERS
SECTION 11.1. ADOPTION OF PLAN. With the consent of the Company, any
corporation may become a participating Employer under the Plan by (a) taking
such action as shall be necessary to adopt the Plan, (b) filing with the
Committee a duly certified copy of the Plan as adopted by such corporation, (c)
becoming a party to the Trust agreement establishing the Trust Fund, and (d)
executing and delivering such instruments and taking such other action as may be
necessary or desirable to put the Plan into effect with respect to such
corporation.
SECTION 11.2. WITHDRAWAL FROM PLAN. Any Employer may withdraw from
participation in the Plan at any time by filing with the Committee a duly
certified copy of a resolution of its board of directors to that effect and
giving notice of its intended withdrawal to the Committee, the other Employers
and the Trustee prior to the effective date of withdrawal.
SECTION 11.3. COMPANY AS AGENT FOR EMPLOYERS. Each corporation
which shall become a participating Employer pursuant to Section 11.1 or Article
12 by so doing shall be deemed to have appointed the Company its agent to
exercise on its behalf all of the powers and authorities hereby conferred upon
the Company by the terms of the Plan, including, but not by way of limitation,
the power to amend and terminate the Plan. The authority of the Company to act
as such agent shall continue unless and until the portion of the Trust Fund held
for the benefit of Employees of the particular Employer and their Beneficiaries
is set aside in a separate trust as provided in Section 14.2.
ARTICLE 12
CONTINUANCE BY A SUCCESSOR
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In the event that any Employer shall be reorganized by way of merger,
consolidation, transfer of assets or otherwise, so that another corporation
other than an Employer shall succeed to all or substantially all of such
Employer's business, such successor corporation may be substituted for such
Employer under the Plan by adopting the Plan and becoming a party to the Trust
agreement. Contributions by such Employer and by its employees shall be
automatically suspended from the effective date of any such reorganization until
the date upon which the substitution of such successor corporation for the
Employer under the Plan becomes effective. If, within 90 days from the
effective date of any such reorganization, such successor corporation shall not
have elected to become a party to the Plan, or if the Employer shall adopt a
plan of complete liquidation other than in connection with a reorganization, the
Plan shall be automatically terminated with respect to employees of such
Employer as of the close of business on the 90th day following the effective
date of such reorganization or as of the close of business on the date of
adoption of such plan of complete liquidation, as the case may be, and the
Committee shall direct the Trustee to distribute the portion of the Trust
applicable to such Employer in the manner provided in Section 14.3.
ARTICLE 13
DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDERS AND LOANS
SECTION 13.1. "QDRO". The restrictions imposed by Section 14.2 shall
not apply to a "qualified domestic relations order" defined in Code Section
414(p), and those other domestic relations orders permitted to be so treated by
the Administrator under the provisions of the Retirement Equity Act of 1984.
The Administrator shall establish a written procedure to determine the qualified
status of domestic relations orders and to administer distributions under such
qualified orders. Further, to the extent provided under a "qualified domestic
relations order", a former spouse of a Participant shall be treated as the
spouse or surviving spouse for all purposes under the Plan.
Notwithstanding anything else in the Plan to the contrary,
distribution from a Participant's Account may be made to an Alternate Payee
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(as defined in Code Section 414(p)), pursuant to a "qualified domestic relations
order" prior to attainment of age 50 or separation from service by the
Participant if the "qualified domestic relations order" provides that the Plan
and the Alternate Payee may agree in writing to an earlier distribution and
distribution is made pursuant to such written agreement.
SECTION 13.2. INDEBTEDNESS. The restrictions imposed by Section 14.2
shall not apply to the extent a Participant is indebted to the Plan, for any
reason, under the terms of the Plan. At the time a distribution is to be made
to a Participant or Beneficiary, such proportion of the amount distributed as
shall equal such indebtedness shall be paid by the Trustee to the Administrator,
at the direction of the Administrator or the Committee, to apply against or
discharge such indebtedness. Prior to making a payment, however, the
Participant or Beneficiary must be given written notice by the Administrator
that such indebtedness is to be paid in whole or part from the Participant's
Plan Account. If the Participant or the Beneficiary does not agree that the
indebtedness is a valid claim against his Plan Account, he shall be entitled to
a review of the validity of the claim in accordance with Section 10.3.
ARTICLE 14
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 14.1. EXPENSES. Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.4
and elsewhere in the Plan, all costs and expenses incurred in administering the
Plan and the Trust Fund, including the fees of counsel and any agents for the
Committee, the expenses of the Committee, the fees, charges and costs of, and
incurred by, the Investment Manager, the fees and expenses of the Trustee, the
fees of counsel for the Trustee and other administrative expenses, shall be
borne by the several Employers in such proportions as the Committee shall
determine to be equitable and proper.
SECTION 14.2. NON-ASSIGNABILITY. It is a condition of the Plan, and
all rights of each Participant and Distributee shall be subject thereto, that no
right or interest of any Participant or Distributee in the Plan shall be
assignable or transferable in whole or in part, either directly or by operation
of law or otherwise, including, but not by way of limitation, execution, levy,
garnishment, attachment, pledge or bankruptcy, but excluding
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devolution by death or mental incompetency, and no right or interest of any
Participant or Distributee in the Plan shall be liable for, or subject to, any
obligation or liability of such Participant or Distributee, including claims for
alimony or the support of any spouse, except as provided in Section 13.1.
SECTION 14.3. EMPLOYMENT NON-CONTRACTUAL. The Plan confers no right
upon any Employee to continue in employment.
SECTION 14.4. LIMITATION OF RIGHTS. A Participant or Distributee
shall have no right, title or claim in or to any specific asset of the Trust,
but shall have the right only to distributions from the Trust Fund on the terms
and conditions herein provided.
SECTION 14.5. MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION WITH ANOTHER PLAN. A merger or
consolidation with, or transfer of assets or liabilities to, any other plan
shall not be effected unless the terms of such merger, consolidation or transfer
are such that each Participant, Distributee, Beneficiary or other person
entitled to receive benefits from the Plan would, if the Plan were to terminate
immediately after the merger, consolidation or transfer, receive a benefit equal
to or greater than the benefit such person would be entitled to receive if the
Plan were to terminate immediately before the merger, consolidation, or
transfer.
SECTION 14.6. REVERSION OF EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS. No part of the
Trust Fund shall revert or be repaid to an Employer either directly or
indirectly or shall be used for or diverted to any purpose nor for the exclusive
benefit of Participants and their Beneficiaries. However, any portion of a
contribution made by an Employer by reason of a good faith mistake of fact, or
the portion of any contribution made by an Employer which exceeds the maximum
amount for which a deduction is allowable to the Employer for federal income tax
purposes, shall upon the request of the Employer be returned by the Trustee to
the Employer. The Employer's request and the return of any such contribution
must be made within one year after such contribution was mistakenly made or
after the deduction of such excess portion of such contribution was disallowed,
as the case may be. The amount to be returned to the Employer pursuant to this
paragraph shall be the excess of (i) the amount contributed over (ii) the amount
that would have been
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contributed had there not been a mistake of fact or a mistake in determining the
maximum allowable deduction. Earnings attributable to the amount contributed by
mistake shall not be returned to the Employer, but losses attributable thereto
shall reduce the amount so returned. If return to the Employer of the amount
contributed by mistake would cause the balance of any Participant's account as
of the date such amount is to be returned to be reduced to less than what would
have been the balance of such account as of such date had such amount not been
contributed, the amount to be returned to the Employer shall be limited so as to
avoid such reduction. Employer contributions (including Salary Reduction
Contributions) under the Plan are conditioned on the initial qualification of
the Plan under Section 401(a) of the Code and, if the Plan receives an adverse
determination with respect to its initial qualification, then the Trustee shall,
upon written request of an Employer, return to that Employer the value of the
Plan assets attributable to contributions made by that Employer under the Plan,
within one year after the date that qualification of the Plan is denied. The
preceding sentence shall apply only if the application for determination 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 may be prescribed by
the Secretary of the Treasury.
ARTICLE 15
AMENDMENT, WITHDRAWAL AND TERMINATION
SECTION 15.1. AMENDMENT. The Company may at any time and from time
to time amend or modify the Plan by written instrument duly adopted by the Board
of Directors of the Company. Any such amendment or modification shall become
effective on such date as the Company shall determine and may apply to
Participants in the Plan at the time thereof as well as to future Participants.
SECTION 15.2. WITHDRAWAL. If an Employer shall withdraw from the
Plan under Section 11.2, the Committee shall determine the portion of the Trust
Fund held by the Trustee which is applicable to the Participants and former
Participants of such Employer, and shall direct the Trustee to segregate such
portion in a separate trust. Such separate trust shall
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thereafter be held and administered as a part of the separate plan of such
Employer.
The portion of the Trust Fund applicable to the Participants and
former Participants of a particular Employer shall be the sum of:
(a) the total amount credited to all interest and special accounts
which are applicable to the Participants and former Participants of such
Employer, and
(b) an amount which bears the same ratio to the excess, if any, of
(i) the total value of the Trust Fund over
(ii) the total amount credited to all interest and special
accounts
as the total amount credited to the accounts (other than interest and special
accounts) which are applicable to the Participants and former Participants of
such Employer bears to the total amount credited to such accounts of all
Participants and former Participants.
SECTION 15.3. TERMINATION. Any Employer may at any time terminate
its participation in the Plan by resolution of its board of directors to that
effect. In the event of any such termination, the Committee shall determine the
portion of the Trust Fund held by the Trustee which is applicable to the
Participants and former Participants of such Employer and direct the Trustee to
distribute such portion as follows:
(a) The balance in any savings account shall be distributed to the
Distributee entitled to receive such account.
(b) The remaining assets of such portion of the Trust Fund shall be
distributed to Participants ratably in proportion to the balances of their
respective Accounts.
A complete discontinuance of contributions by an Employer shall be
deemed a termination of such Employer's participation in the Plan for purposes
of this Section.
SECTION 15.4. DISTRIBUTION UPON SALE OF ASSETS. All contributions
and income attributable thereto under the Plan shall be distributed to
Participants, as soon as administratively feasible after the sale, to an entity
that is not an Affiliate, of substantially all of the
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assets used by the Employer in the trade or business in which the Participant is
employed.
SECTION 15.5. DISTRIBUTIONS UPON SALE OF SUBSIDIARY. All
contributions and income attributable thereto under the Plan, shall be
distributed, as soon as administratively feasible after the sale, to an entity
that is not an Affiliate, of an incorporated Affiliated Employer's interest in a
subsidiary to Participants employed by such subsidiary.
ARTICLE 16
TOP-HEAVY PLAN YEARS
SECTION 16.1. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Article 16:
(a)(1) "Key Employee" means Employee who, at any time during the plan
year which includes the Determination Date or any of the four (4) preceding plan
years, is or was:
(i) one of the ten (10) Employees owning the largest interests in
all Employer and Affiliates considered as a unit, excluding any
ownership interest which is less than 1/2 of one percent;
(ii) an owner of more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding
stock, or of stock possessing more than five percent (5%) of
the total combined voting power, of any Employer or Affiliate;
(iii) an owner of more than one percent (1%) of the outstanding
stock or of stock possessing more than one percent (1%) of the total
combined voting power of any Employer or Affiliate, whose Section 415
Compensation from all Employers and Affiliates combined exceeds
$150,000; or
(iv) an officer of an Employer or Affiliate, as determined under
the applicable provisions of Paragraphs (2) through (4) of this
Subsection (a).
(2) No Employee shall be considered a Key Employee pursuant to
Subparagraph (1)i) if such Employee's Compensation is less than the amount
determined under Section 415(c)(1)(A) of the Code (as adjusted pursuant to
Section 415(d)(1)(B) of the Code) for the calendar year in which falls the
Determination Date.
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(3) For purposes of Subparagraphs (1)(i)-(iii), an Employee shall be
considered as owning all interests in an Employer which he owns directly or
would be considered as owning under the rules contained in Section 318 of the
Code, except that Subparagraph (C) of Section 318(a)(2) shall be applied by
substituting "5%" for "50%".
(4) No more than the greater of three (3) Employees or ten percent
(10%) of all Employees (up to a maximum of 50) of all Employers and Affiliates
considered as a unit shall be considered officers for purposes of Subparagraph
(1)(iv). Where the actual number of such officers exceeds the limits imposed by
the preceding sentence, those considered officers for purposes of Subparagraph
(1)(iv) shall be the officers having the highest annual Compensation during the
five-year period consisting of the Plan Year and the four (4) preceding Plan
Years.
(b) "Determination Date" means with respect to any plan, the last day
of the immediately preceding Plan Year or, in the case of the first plan year of
that plan, the last day of that year.
(c) "Aggregation Group" means
(1) each other retirement plan an Employer or Affiliate, each of
which --
(i) is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, and
during the plan year which includes the applicable Determination
Date or during any of the four preceding plan years, has one or
more Participants who are Key Employees, and/or enables the Plan
or any plan in which a Key Employer participates to meet the
requirements of Section 401(a)(4) or Section 410 of the Code,
plus, at the Company's election,
(2) any other plan or plans which, when considered together with
the plan or plans described in Paragraph (1) would satisfy the
requirements of Section 401(a)(4) and/or Section 410 of the Code.
(d) "Employee" and "Key Employee" include deceased employees or their
beneficiaries.
(e) "Top-Heavy Plan Year" means any Plan Year for which the Plan is a
Top-Heavy Plan described in Section 16.3, such Section 16.3 to be read
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as incorporating the definitions supplied by Section 416 of the Code and the
regulations promulgated thereunder, and those of any successor statute thereto.
(f) "Section 415 Compensation" means, for any period, an individual's
current Compensation from an Employer or an Affiliate for such period, including
those items listed in Paragraph (1) of Treas. Reg. Section 1.415-2(d), but
excluding those items listed in Paragraph (2) thereof.
SECTION 16.2. APPLICATIONS OF OTHER SECTIONS. For any Top-Heavy Plan
Year, the provisions of Section 4.1(d), 5.1 and Article 9 shall apply only to
the extent not inconsistent with Sections 16.3 through 16.7 of the Plan.
SECTION 16.3. DETERMINATION OF TOP HEAVINESS. (a) Except as
provided in Subsection (3), the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan for the Plan Year, if,
as of the Determination Date of such Plan Year --
(1) The aggregate of the accrued benefits of Key Employees under
exceeds sixty percent (60%) of the aggregate of the accrued benefits of all
Employees under the Plan unless the Plan is a member of an Aggregation
Group which is not an Aggregation Group described in Subparagraph (2)(B);
or
(2) The Plan is a member of an Aggregation Group --
(A) which is described in Section 16.1(c)(1),
and
(B) with respect to which the sum of --
(i) the present value of the cumulative accrued benefits of all
Key Employees under all defined benefit plans within the Aggregation
Group, and
(ii) the aggregate of the account balances of all Key Employees
under all defined contribution plans in the Aggregation Group --
exceeds sixty percent (60%) of the sum of --
(i) the present value of the cumulative accrued benefits of all
Employees under all defined benefit plans included in the Aggregation
Group, and
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(ii) the aggregate of the accounts of all Employees under all
defined contribution plans in the Aggregation Group.
(3) This Section 16.3 shall not apply if the Plan is a member of an
Aggregation Group other than an Aggregation Group described in Subparagraph
(2)(B) of this Subsection (a).
(b) For purposes of this Section 16.3:
(1) the accrued benefit and/or account balance of any Employee who is
not a Key Employee during the Plan Year but who was a Key Employee with
respect to such plan for any prior plan year shall be disregarded;
(2) the present value of the accrued benefit of an Employee in a
defined benefit plan or the account balance of an Employee in a defined
contribution plan includes any amount distributed with respect to the
Employee under the plan during the plan year which includes the
Determination Date (including distributions under a terminated plan which,
if it had not been terminated, would have been required to be included in
an Aggregation Group) or during any of the preceding four plan years, but
shall not include any amounts attributable to employee contributions which
are deductible under section 219 of the Code, any amounts attributable to
employee-initiated rollovers or transfers made from a plan maintained by an
unrelated employer or, in the case of a defined contribution plan, any
amounts attributable to contributions made after the Determination Date
unless such contributions are required by section 412 of the Code or are
made for the plan's first plan year and shall not include benefits
distributed or distributable with respect to any Employee who has not
performed services for an Employer or Affiliate during any of the five plan
years ending on the applicable Determination Date; provided, however, that
if an Employee performs no services for five years and then performs
services, the benefits attributable to such Participant shall be included.
(3) the account balance of a Participant under this Plan as of any
Determination Date shall equal the Participant's account balance determined
under Article 7 as of the Valuation Date coinciding with such Determination
Date.
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SECTION 16.4. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR TOP HEAVY YEARS. (a) Except as
provided in Subsection (b), the amount of the Employer Contribution made on
behalf of each Participant who is not a Key Employee for any Plan Year for which
the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan shall be at least equal to the lesser of:
(1) three percent (3%) of such Participant's Section 415
Compensation; or
(2) the percentage of Section 415 Compensation represented by the
Employer Contributions (inclusive of Salary Reduction Contributions) made
on behalf of the Key Employee for whom such percentage is the highest for
such Plan Year, determined by dividing the contribution made on behalf of
each such Key Employee by so much of his Section 415 Compensation as does
not exceed $150,000, (or such larger amount permitted under Section
401(a)(17) of the Code) provided such non-Key Employee has not separated
from service at the end of the Plan Year.
Such contributions remain fully nonforfeitable under any circumstances.
(b) Where the inclusion of this Plan in an Aggregation Group pursuant
to Section 16.1(c)(1) enables a defined benefit plan described in Section
16.1(c)(1) to meet the requirements of Section 401(a)(4) or Section 410 of the
Code, the minimum Employer Contribution required under this Section 16.4 shall
be the amount specified in Paragraph (a)(1) hereof.
(c) For purposes of this Section 16.4, the amount of Employer
Contributions deemed made on behalf of any Participant shall be equal to the
total Employer Contributions made pursuant to Section 5.1 and allocated to his
Account for the Plan Year; provided, however, that contributions made pursuant
to Section 5.1 on behalf of any Participant who is not a Key Employee shall not
be taken into consideration for purposes of determining whether the requirements
of paragraph (a) are satisfied with respect to that Participant.
SECTION 16.5. LIMITATIONS ON COMPENSATION. (a) Except as provided
in Subsection (b), the Compensation of a Key Employee which is taken into
account for purposes of Section 5.1 and 4.6 of the Plan for any Top-Heavy Plan
Year shall not exceed $150,000.
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(b) The amount specified in Subsection (a) shall be adjusted in
accordance with applicable cost-of-living adjustments prescribed by the
Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to Section 416(d)(2) of the Code.
ARTICLE 17
TRANSFER OF ACCOUNT BALANCES
This Article applies to Participants who are Transferred Employees,
whose account balances were transferred to the Plan from the Investment Plan for
Non-Union Hourly Employees of IMC Fertilizer, Inc. (the "IMC Plan") and whose
balances under the IMC Plan were attributable in whole or in part, to amounts
transferred to the IMC Plan from the Freeport-McMoRan Employee Capital
Accumulation Program ("ECAP"). The terms of this Plan shall apply in this
Article 17 except as otherwise noted herein.
SECTION 17.1. DISTRIBUTION FROM PARTICIPANT'S ACCOUNTS UPON
TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.
(a) LUMP SUM DISTRIBUTIONS. In the event of the termination of
employment of a Participant, and unless the Participant has otherwise elected in
accordance with the Plan, the Participant or his designated beneficiary shall be
entitled to receive the value of his Plan Account as of the Valuation Date
coincident with or next following his termination of employment in a lump sum.
(b) DISTRIBUTION AS AN ANNUITY. If a Participant is entitled to a
distribution under the Plan, if he has previously so elected, his Plan Account
as of the Valuation Date on or immediately preceding the date as of which the
distribution is to be made (the "Distribution Starting Date") if the Participant
then has a spouse, shall be applied to the purchase of a nontransferable annuity
providing monthly payments, commencing as soon as of the Distribution Starting
Date to the Participant for his life and, thereafter, monthly payments of 50% of
the monthly payment made to the Participant to such spouse, if surviving, for
the life of such spouse. The annuity certificate shall be issued by an
insurance company selected by the Committee, and the amount of the monthly
payments shall be as determined by such insurance company in accordance with its
then applicable policies
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(including policies as to minimum monthly annuities) and actuarial tables and
the requirement of the Act.
(c) DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE EVENT OF DEATH WHILE A PARTICIPANT. Upon
the death of a Participant prior to the Distribution Starting Date, if the
Participant has elected an annuity pursuant to Paragraph (b), his Plan Account
as of the Valuation Date on or immediately after the date of death, if the
Participant is then married, shall be applied to the purchase of a
nontransferable annuity providing monthly payments, commencing as soon as
practicable, to the surviving spouse of such Participant for the life of such
spouse and, upon the death of such spouse, in a single sum payment to the
beneficiary of such spouse specified in the annuity certificate equal to the
excess, if any, of the cost of such annuity over the sum of the payments made to
such spouse. The annuity certificate shall be issued by the insurance company
selected by the Committee, and the amount of the monthly payments shall be as
determined by such insurance company in accordance with its then applicable
policies (including policies as to minimum monthly annuities) and actuarial
tables and the requirements of the Act.
(d) MONTHLY PAYMENTS. A Participant may elect to have his Plan
Account applied to the purchase of a nontransferable annuity providing equal
monthly payments for 60, 120, 180, 240, 300 or 360 months commencing the first
day of the month immediately following the month of the termination of his
status as an Employee. The annuity certificate will be issued by an insurance
company selected by the Committee and the amount of such monthly payments shall
be as determined by such insurance company in accordance with its then
applicable policies (including policies as to minimum monthly annuities) and
actuarial tables.
In the event of the death of the Participant prior to the payment of
the last annuity payment, such payments will be continued to the beneficiary of
such Participant specified in the annuity certificate until the completion of
such installments.
(e) MANNER OF ELECTION OF PAYMENTS. Any Participant electing any
optional form of distribution of his Plan Account under this Article 17 shall
make such election by delivering an election form as directed by the Plan
Administrator.
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(f) ELECTION OF BENEFITS; APPLICATION.
(i) The administrator shall make available to each Participant
such time as to reasonably assure that such Participant will receive
the same not later than 90 days prior to the Distribution Starting
Date the following information, to the extent applicable: a general
description of the retirement benefits specified in subsections (b)
and (c) of this Section 17.1, the circumstances in which such
respective benefits will be provided unless the Participant or former
Participant elects not to have benefits provided in such respective
forms, a general description of this benefits specified in subsections
(a) and (d) of this Section 17.1, the circumstances under which they
will be paid if elected, the availability of such elections and of
additional information with respect thereto and a general explanation
of the relative financial effect on the benefit payable with respect
to a Participant of such elections.
(ii) The period within which any election of benefits may be
made under this Section 17.1 shall begin not later than the 90th day
prior to the dispatch of the information specified in subsection (i)
and (iii) of this subsection (f). Any election made hereunder may be
revoked until the expiration of such right of election under this
Section 17.1.
(iii) Upon timely written request, the Administrator will
provide, within 30 days after such written request, by personal
delivery or first class mail, a written explanation in nontechnical
language of the terms and conditions of the retirement benefit
specified in subsection (b) and the financial effect, in term of
dollars per annuity payment, upon the particular Participant's benefit
hereunder of making any election under this Section 17.1.
(iv) If the information specified in subsection (i) is mailed or
personally delivered to such Participant, the written request
specified in subsection (iii), to be timely, must be
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made within sixty (60) days from the date of such mailing or delivery.
(v) The Administrator will establish procedures for effective
notification to Participants of other options provided by the Plan at
an adequate time at which such benefits may be elected.
(vi) No benefits under the Plan need be paid to a Participant
until the Participant has applied therefor in writing, specifying the
payment option elected (if not previously specified) and giving such
other information as the Administrator may reasonably specify to
enable him to calculate the annuity payable. If an application for
benefits is received which is complete except that no payment option
is specified, benefits shall be paid in the applicable form specified
in subsection (a), unless the Participant has previously specified,
and not revoked, another form.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, IMC-Agrico MP, Inc. has caused its corporate seal to be
hereunto affixed by its officers thereunto duly authorized this ____ day of
___________, 1993.
IMC-AGRICO MP, INC.
By _______________________________
(corporate seal)
ATTEST:
By ________________________
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INVESTMENT TRUST FOR NON-UNION HOURLY EMPLOYEES
OF
IMC-AGRICO MP, INC.
As a result of a transfer of assets from the Investment Trust for Non-Union
Hourly Employees of IMC Fertilizer, Inc. and the Trust for the Freeport-McMoRan,
Inc. Employee Capital Accumulation Program (Predecessor Trusts) consisting of
the account balances of participants in the respective plans related to those
Trusts, IMC-Agrico MP, Inc. hereby establishes the Investment Trust for
Non-Union Hourly Employees of IMC-Agrico MP, Inc. to implement the provisions of
the Investment Plan for Non-Union Hourly Employees of IMC-Agrico MP, Inc. as of
July 1, 1993.
For purposes of this Trust the term "Company", when used herein, shall mean
IMC-Agrico MP, Inc.
ARTICLE I
TRUST, TRUSTEES AND TRUST FUND
SECTION 1.1. TRUST. This instrument and the trust evidenced hereby, as
amended from time to time, shall be known as the Investment Trust for Non-Union
Hourly Employees of IMC-Agrico MP, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the
"Trust").
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SECTION 1.2. TRUSTEE. The Northern Trust Company (hereinafter referred to
as the "Trustee") is hereby designated as Trustee, to receive, hold, invest,
administer and distribute the Fund in accordance with the provisions of the
Trust.
SECTION 1.3. TRUST FUND. The principal and income assets held under the
Trust by the Trustee, collectively, are herein referred to as the "Fund".
Except as herein otherwise provided, title to assets of the Fund shall at all
times be vested in the Trustee, subject to the right of the Trustee to hold
title in bearer form or in the name of a nominee, and the interest of others in
the assets of the Fund shall be only the right to have such assets received,
held, invested, administered and distributed in accordance with the provisions
of the Trust.
SECTION 1.4. INVESTMENT MANAGER. The Investment Manager appointed
pursuant to Section 7.6.
ARTICLE 2
PLAN AND PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS
SECTION 2.1. PLAN DEFINITION. The term "Plan" wherever used herein shall
mean the Investment Plan for Non-Union Hourly Employees of IMC-Agrico MP, Inc.,
as amended from time to time.
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SECTION 2.2. DELIVERY OF PLAN TO TRUSTEE. The Company shall deliver to
the Trustee a copy of the Plan and of each amendment thereto, for convenience of
reference, but the rights, powers, titles, duties, discretions and immunities of
the Trustee shall be governed solely by the Trust without reference to the Plan.
SECTION 2.3. PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS. The term "Participating Employers"
wherever used herein shall mean the Company and any other corporation which is
or may in the future become an Employer under the Plan, and which shall join the
Trust pursuant to Section 12.1.
ARTICLE 3
AUTHORIZED EMPLOYER REPRESENTATIVES
The Company, on its own behalf and as agent for each Participating
Employer, shall furnish the Trustees the name and specimen signatures of the
members of the Employee Benefits Committee ("Committee") appointed from time to
time and as defined and described under Section 10.1 of the Plan and of each
other person upon whose statement of the decision or direction of the Company or
the Participating Employers the Trustee is authorized to rely. Until notified
of a change in the identity of such person or persons the Trustee shall act upon
the assumption that there has been no change.
ARTICLE 4
CONTRIBUTIONS
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All contributions made under the Plan shall be delivered to the Trustee.
The Trustee shall be accountable for contributions made to the Plan and included
among the assets of the Fund but shall have no responsibility to determine
whether the contributions comply with the provisions of the Plan or of ERISA.
ARTICLE 5
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM TRUST FUND
SECTION 5.1. COMMITTEE TO DIRECT DISTRIBUTIONS. Distributions in cash or
in kind shall be made from the Fund by the Trustee to such persons or other
entities, in such manner, at such times, in such amounts and for such purposes
as the Committee, or such person designated by the Committee, shall direct. The
Trustee shall also discontinue distributions from the Fund in accordance with
the directions of the Committee, or such person designated by the Committee.
The Trustee shall have no responsibility as Trustee to see to the application of
distributions so made or to ascertain whether the directions of the Committee,
or such person designated by the Committee, comply with the Plan. If any
distribution to be made from the Fund is not claimed, the Trustee shall promptly
notify the Committee of that fact. Except to the extent that such information
may exist in the Trustee's records, the Trustee shall have no obligation to
search for or ascertain the whereabouts of any distributee of benefits from the
Fund.
SECTION 5.2. WITHHOLDING OF TAXES. The Trustee may withhold, or require
the withholding, from any distribution which it is
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directed to make such sum as the Trustee may reasonably estimate is necessary to
cover any taxes for which the Trustee may be liable, which are, or may be,
assessed with regard to such distribution. Upon discharge or settlement of such
tax liability the Trustee shall distribute the balance of such sum, if any, to
the distributee from whose distribution it was withheld, or if such distributee
is then deceased, to such beneficiary of the participant from whose share it was
withheld as the Committee, or such person designated by the Committee, shall
direct. Prior to making any distribution hereunder the Trustee may require such
releases or other documents from any taxing authority, or may require such
indemnity and surety bond, as the Trustee shall reasonably deem necessary for
its protection.
SECTION 5.3. INTERESTS NON-ASSIGNABLE. No right or interest of any
participant, suspended participant or distributee to receive distributions from
the Fund shall be assignable or transferable in whole or in part, either
directly or by operation of law or otherwise, including, but not by way of
limitation, execution, levy, garnishment, attachment, pledge or bankruptcy, but
excluding devolution by death or mental incompetency, and no right or interest
of any participant or distributee to receive distributions from the Fund shall
be liable for, or subject to, any obligation or liability of such participant,
suspended participant or distributee, including claims for alimony or the
support of any spouse other than claims made pursuant to any "qualified domestic
relations order" as defined in Section 414(p) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1954, as amended, and directed to be paid to an alternate payee by the Plan
Administrator.
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SECTION 5.4. LOANS TO PARTICIPANTS. Loans to Participants shall be
granted and administered by the Committee. The Trustee shall distribute cash to
such Participants who are granted loans in such amount and at such times as the
Committee shall from time to time direct in writing. Loan payments collected by
the Committee shall be forwarded to the Trustee. The amount of such loans shall
be carried by the Trustee as an asset of the Trust equal to the combined unpaid
principal balance. The Trustee shall have no responsibility to ascertain
whether a loan complies with the provisions of a plan, for the decision to grant
a loan or for the collection and repayment of a loan.
ARTICLE 6
INVESTMENTS
SECTION 6.1. INVESTMENT FUNDS. The Trustee shall maintain four investment
funds exclusively for the collective investments and reinvestment of monies
directed by the Committee, or such person designated by the Committee, to be
invested in such funds as follows:
(a) A fund to be known as the "Equity Fund" which shall be invested and
reinvested in shares of the Fidelity Equity Income Fund, Inc.
(b) A fund to be known as the "Bond Fund" which shall be invested and
re-invested in shares of the Bond Fund of America.
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(c) A fund to be known as the "Fixed Income Fund" under which the funds
shall be entrusted to one or more insurance companies or banks, and/or to a
portfolio of guaranteed insurance contracts or other capital preservation
investments of different maturities and interest rates in which a group of
retirement or savings plans may participate, to be chosen at the sole discretion
of the Committee, which companies and, or banks, as applicable, pursuant to a
contract or contracts or other arrangement to be approved by the Committee, will
invest the funds according to their sole discretion at a fixed or floating
minimum rate of interest on the invested funds. The Trustee shall only turn
over funds to one or more insurance companies or banks, when it receives
specific instructions from the Committee to do so. The Trustee shall only act
or be required to act with regard to any such insurance or bank contract or
other arrangement where and to the extent it receives specific directions from
the Committee.
(d) A fund to be known as the "Money Market Fund" under which the funds
shall be entrusted to an insurance company or an investment company to be chosen
at the sole discretion of the Committee, which company, pursuant to a contract
or in accordance with a prospectus approved by the Committee, will invest funds
in short term U.S. Government and agency obligations, bank certificates of
deposits and banker's acceptances, and high quality corporate obligations. The
Trustee shall only turn over funds to an insurance or investment company when it
receives specific instructions from the Committee to do so. The Trustee shall
only act or be required to act with regard to any such contract where and to the
extent it receives specific directions from the Committee.
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SECTION 6.2. INVESTMENT OF CASH IN INVESTMENT FUNDS. Subject to contrary
instructions from the Committee, any cash held from time to time in any
investment fund may be invested in collective short term investment funds
maintained by the Trustee.
ARTICLE 7
POWERS AND DUTIES OF TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.1. TRUSTEE'S POWERS. Except as otherwise provided in this
Trust, the Trustee shall have the following powers, rights and duties in
addition to those vested in it elsewhere in the Trust or by law:
A. to retain, manage, improve, repair, operate and control any asset of
the Fund;
B. to sell, convey, transfer, exchange, grant options with respect to,
pledge, or otherwise deal with or dispose of any asset of the Fund in such
manner, for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as the
Trustee, in its discretion, shall determine;
C. to employ such agents and counsel as may be reasonably necessary in
collecting, managing, administering, investing, distributing and protecting the
Fund or the assets thereof and to pay them reasonable compensation;
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D. to settle, compromise or abandon all claims and demands in favor of or
against the Fund;
E. to vote any corporate stock either in person or by proxy for any
purposes; to exercise any conversion privilege, subscription right or any other
right or option given to the Trustee as the owner of any security owned by the
Fund and to make any payments incidental thereto; to consent to, take any action
in connection with, and receive and retain any securities resulting from any
reorganization, consolidation, merger, readjustment of the financial structure,
sale, lease or other disposition of the assets of any corporation or other
organization, the securities of which may be an asset of the Fund;
F. to organize and incorporate (or participate in the organization or
incorporation of), under the laws of any state, a corporation for the purpose of
acquiring and holding title to any property which the Trustee is authorized to
acquire for the Fund and to exercise with respect thereto any of the powers,
rights and duties it has with respect to other assets of the Fund;
G. to cause any asset of the Fund to be issued, held or registered in the
name of its nominee, or in such form that title will pass by delivery, provided
the records of the Trustee shall indicate the true ownership of such asset;
H. to exercise any of the powers and rights of an individual owner with
respect to any property of the Fund and to do all other acts in its judgment
necessary or desirable for the proper
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administration of the Fund, although such powers, rights and acts are not
specifically enumerated in the Trust;
I. to deposit any part or all of the assets with the Trustee or its
affiliate as trustee, or another person or entity acting as trustee of any
collective or group trust fund which is now or hereafter maintained as a medium
for the collective investment of funds of pension, profit sharing or other
employee benefit plans, and which is qualified under Section 401(a) and exempt
from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code, and to withdraw any part or all
of the assets so deposited; any assets deposited with the trustee of a
collective or group trust fund shall be held and invested by the trustee
thereunder pursuant to all the terms and conditions of the trust agreement or
declaration of trust establishing the fund, which are hereby incorporated herein
by reference and shall prevail over any contrary provision of this Agreement.
J. to make loans to Participants at the direction of the Committee.
SECTION 7.2 ADVICE OF COUNSEL. The Trustee may consult with legal
counsel, who may be counsel for any Participating Employer, in respect of any of
its rights, duties or obligations hereunder.
SECTION 7.3. RESPONSIBILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION OF TRUSTEE. The Trustee
shall discharge its duties (i) solely in the interest of participants and
beneficiaries, (ii) for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to
participants and their beneficiaries and of defraying reasonable expenses of
administering the Plan and (iii)
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with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then
prevailing that a prudent man acting in a like capacity and familiar with such
matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with
like aims. The Trustee shall be indemnified and saved harmless by the
Participating Employers from and against all personal liability to which the
Trustee shall be subjected by reason of carrying out any directions of the
Company, the Committee or other authorized person made in accordance with the
Trust or by reason of failing to take any action with respect to an investment
for which the Committee has investment responsibility in the absence of such a
direction, including all expenses reasonably incurred in its defense in case the
Participating Employers fail to provide such defense.
SECTION 7.4. COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES. The Trustee is authorized and
directed to pay from the Trust Fund all Trustee's expenses, taxes and charges
(including fees of its attorneys and agents) incurred in connection with the
collection, administration, management, investment, protection and distribution
of the Fund to the extent they are not paid by the Participating Employers,
PROVIDED THAT, all charges and expenses incurred in connection with the purchase
and sale of investments for either the Equity Fund, the Bond Fund, the Fixed
Income Fund, or the Money Market Fund shall be charged to the appropriate Fund.
The Participating Employers may pay the Trustee such reasonable compensation as
may be agreed upon from time to time by the Participating Employers and the
Trustee.
SECTION 7.5. INVESTMENT MANAGER. The Company may appoint, in its sole
discretion, an individual or individuals, firm or
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corporation as "Investment Manager" which shall be responsible, within the
limitations set forth in the Trust for directing the investment and reinvestment
of one or more of the Equity Fund, the Bond Fund, the Fixed Income Fund or the
Money Market Fund (each referred to below as a "fund"). In such case, the
Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any such appointment of
an Investment Manager. With respect to each fund subject to his direction, the
Investment Manager may either direct the Trustee to make sales or purchases or
the Investment Manager may make sales or purchases and direct the Trustee to
take all necessary action to complete such sales or investments and the Trustee
shall make every sale or investment as directed in writing by the Investment
Manager. It shall be the duty of the Trustee to act strictly in accordance with
each direction. The Trustee shall be under no duty to question any such
direction of the Investment Manager, to review any securities or other property
held in a fund pursuant to such directions or to make any recommendations to the
Investment Manager with respect to such securities or other property.
To the extent permitted by the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974,
the Trustee shall be under no liability for any loss of any kind which may
result by reason of any action taken by it pursuant to any direction of the
Investment Manager or by reason of its failure to take any action with respect
to any investment which was acquired pursuant to any such direction in the
absence of further directions by the Investment Manager. The Trustee shall be
indemnified and saved harmless by the Participating Employers from and against
any and all personal liability to which the Trustee may be subjected by carrying
out any directions of the Investment
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Manager issued pursuant hereto or for failure to act in the absence of
directions of the Investment Manager, including all expenses reasonably
incurred in its defense in the event the Participating Employers fail to
provide such defense.
The Trustee may rely upon any order, certificate, notice or direction or
other documentary confirmation purporting to have been issued on behalf of the
Investment Manager which the Trustee believes to be genuine and to have been
issued by the Investment Manager.
The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the termination of the
appointment of the Investment Manager until it receives written notice of such
termination by the Company. In the event an Investment Manager has not been
appointed for any one or more of the Equity Fund, the Bond Fund, the Fixed
Income Fund or the Money Market Fund, the Committee shall direct the Trustee
with respect to investments for any such fund until an Investment Manager has
been appointed for such fund.
The Trustee shall not make any investment review of, consider the propriety
of holding or selling, or vote other than as directed by the Investment Manager,
any assets of the Fund allocated to a fund in accordance with this Section,
except that if the Trustee shall not have received contrary instructions from
the Investment Manager thereof the Trustee shall invest for short term purposes
any cash of a fund in its custody in bonds, notes and other evidences of
indebtedness having a maturity date not beyond five years from the date of
purchase, United States Treasury bills, commercial paper,
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bankers' acceptances and certificates of deposit, and undivided interests or
participations therein and (if subject to withdrawal on a daily or weekly basis)
participation in common or collective funds composed thereof.
SECTION 7.6. INSURANCE CONTRACTS. Notwithstanding anything in this
instrument to the contrary, the Company shall have the right from time to time
to deal directly with any insurance carrier or carriers whose policies or
contracts are being held as assets of the Trust Fund, including, but not by way
of limitation, the right to make contributions directly to such carrier or
carriers and to require that payments of benefits under the Plan be made
directly by such carrier or carriers. Written notice that the Company is
dealing directly with an insurance carrier shall be given to the Trustee, and
upon and after receipt of such written notice, the Trustee shall have no duty or
obligation to review the insurance policy or contract or its implementation, to
make any recommendations with respect to such policy or contract, to enforce the
terms of such policy or contract, nor to determine whether any contribution or
direction from the Company to any such insurance carrier is proper or within the
terms of this Agreement, the Plan, or the policy or contract.
The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility to the Company or any
beneficiary of the Trust for relying without question on the written notice
described above, and the Trustee may assume that the Company will continue to
deal directly with such insurance carrier until receipt of written notice to the
contrary from the Company.
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ARTICLE 8
ACCOUNTS AND REPORTS OF THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.1. RECORDS AND ACCOUNTS OF THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall
maintain accurate and detailed records and accounts of all transactions of the
Trust, which shall be available at all reasonable times for inspection or audit
by any person designated by the Committee or the Company. The Trustee, at the
direction of the Committee or the Company, shall submit to the auditors for the
Company and to others designated by the Committee or the Company such
valuations, reports or other information as they may reasonably require.
SECTION 8.2. CASH BASIS FOR ACCOUNTS. All accounts of the Trustee shall
be kept on a cash basis.
SECTION 8.3. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the Trust shall be the same
as that of the Company, and if the Company notifies the Trustee that the Company
has changed its fiscal year, the Trustee shall take the necessary steps to
change the fiscal year of the Trust to correspond therewith.
SECTION 8.4. ANNUAL REPORTS. As soon as practicable following the close
of each fiscal year of the Trust and following the effective date of the removal
or resignation of any Trustee, the Trustee shall file with the Committee and
with the Company a written report setting forth all transactions with respect to
the Fund during such fiscal year or during the period from the close of the
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last fiscal year to the date of such removal or resignation and listing the
assets of the Fund and the market value thereof as of the close of the period
covered by such report.
SECTION 8.5. APPROVAL OF REPORTS. Upon the receipt by the Trustee of the
Company's written approval of any such report, or upon the expiration of six
months after delivery of any such report to the Company, such report (as
originally stated if no objection has been theretofore filed by the Company, or
as theretofore adjusted pursuant to agreement between the Company and the
Trustee) shall be deemed to be approved by the Company except as to matters, if
any, covered by written objections theretofore delivered to the Trustee by the
Company regarding which the Trustee has not given an explanation, or made
adjustments, satisfactory to the Company, and the Trustee shall be released and
discharged as to all items, matters and things set forth in such report which
are not covered by such written objections as if such report had been settled
and allowed by a decree of a court having jurisdiction regarding such report and
of the Trustee, the Committee and the Participating Employers. The Trustee,
nevertheless, shall have the right to have its accounts and reports settled by
judicial proceedings if it so elects, in which event it shall be necessary to
join as parties thereto only the Trustee, the Committee and the Participating
Employers (although the Trustee may also join such other parties as it may deem
appropriate).
ARTICLE 9
REMOVAL, RESIGNATION AND SUCCESSION OF THE TRUSTEE
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SECTION 9.1. REMOVAL. The Company, by resolution of its Board of
Directors, may remove the Trustee at any time, such removal to take effect upon
the effective date of the appointment of a successor Trustee as hereinafter
provided.
SECTION 9.2. RESIGNATION. Any Trustee may resign by delivering to the
Company a written resignation to take effect upon the 60th day after the
delivery thereof to the Company or upon such earlier date as may be acceptable
to the Company.
SECTION 9.3. APPOINTMENT, QUALIFICATIONS AND POWERS OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE.
The Company may appoint additional or successor Trustees at any time by
resolution of its Board of Directors, such appointment to become effective upon
the delivery to any Trustee then in office and to any removed or resigning
Trustee of a copy of such resolution certified by an officer of the Company and
upon written acceptance of the Trust by the additional or successor Trustee so
appointed. Each additional or successor Trustee shall have all the rights,
powers, title, discretions, duties and immunities given to, or acquired by, the
original Trustee. The legal title to the assets of the Fund shall be and remain
vested in the Trustees from time to time acting hereunder without any transfer
or conveyance to, by, or from any succeeding or retiring Trustee. No successor
Trustee shall be liable for the acts or omissions of any prior Trustee or be
obliged to examine the accounts, words, acts or omissions of any prior Trustee.
If there shall at any time be more than one Trustee acting hereunder, such
Trustees may act at a meeting, or by writing without a meeting, by the vote or
written assent of the majority of such Trustees and references herein to the
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Trustee shall be references to the several Trustees collectively.
SECTION 9.4. CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION OF CORPORATE TRUSTEE. In the event
that any corporate Trustee hereunder shall be converted into, shall merge or
consolidate with, or shall sell or transfer substantially all of its assets and
business to, another corporation, state or federal, the corporation resulting
from such conversion, merger or consolidation, or the corporation to which such
sale or transfer shall be made, shall thereupon become and be a Trustee of the
Trust with the same effect as though specifically so named.
ARTICLE 10
AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION
SECTION 10.1. AUTHORITY TO AMEND OR TERMINATE. Subject to the provisions
of Section 10.4, the Company shall have the right at any time and from time to
time to amend the Trust in any manner, in whole or in part, or to terminate the
Trust, provided that no amendment which changes the duties or liabilities of the
Trustee shall be made without its written consent.
SECTION 10.2. METHOD OF MAKING AMENDMENT. Each amendment of the Trust
shall be made by delivery to the Trustee of a written instrument setting forth
such amendment duly executed by the Company, together with a certified copy of a
resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing the execution of
such written instrument. Such written instrument (with the consent of
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the Trustee endorsed thereon, if its duties or liabilities are changed thereby)
shall constitute the instrument of amendment.
SECTION 10.3. TERMINATION OF TRUST. Termination of the Trust shall be
effected by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company. Written notice
of such termination, together with a certified copy of such resolution, shall be
delivered to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall dispose of the Fund in the
manner directed in writing by the Committee, or such person designated by the
Committee, or, in the absence of any such directions, in such manner as may be
directed by a judgment or decree or a court of competent jurisdiction. The
powers of the Trustee hereunder shall continue as long as any assets of the Fund
remain in its hands.
SECTION 10.4. DIVERSION OF FUND PROHIBITED. Subject only to the
provisions of the second paragraph of Section 14.3 of the Plan, at no time
(either by operation, amendment or termination of the Plan or Trust, or
otherwise) shall any part of the Fund (other than such part as is required to
pay taxes and administration expenses) be used for, or diverted to, purposes
other than for the exclusive benefit of employees of the Participating Employers
or their beneficiaries.
ARTICLE 11
CONTINUANCE BY A SUCCESSOR
In the event that the Company, or any corporation which becomes a
Participating Employer under Section 12.1, shall be reorganized by
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way of merger, consolidation, transfer of assets or otherwise, so that another
corporation shall succeed to all or substantially all of the business of the
Company or of such Participating Employer, such successor corporation may be
substituted for the Company or the Participating Employer as a party to the
Trust by executing an appropriate supplemental agreement with the Trustee.
ARTICLE 12
PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS
SECTION 12.1. PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS MAY JOIN IN AGREEMENT. Any
corporation which shall adopt the Plan pursuant to Section 11.1 of the Plan
thereof shall become a party to the Trust by filing with the Company and the
Trustee a duly executed instrument. Moneys thereafter remitted to the Trustee
by or on behalf of such Participating Employer and its employees and the income
therefrom shall be held by the Trustee as a part of the Fund.
SECTION 12.2. COMPANY APPOINTED AGENT BY PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS. Each
Participating Employer which shall become a party to this Trust pursuant to
Article 11 or Section 12.1 by so doing shall be deemed to have appointed the
Company its agent to exercise on its behalf all of the powers and authorities
hereby conferred upon the Company by the terms of this Agreement, including, but
not by way of limitation, the power to amend this Agreement and to terminate the
Trust created hereunder. The authority of the Company to act as such agent
shall continue unless and until the portion of the Trust Fund held for the
benefit of employees of the particular
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Participating Employer and their beneficiaries is set aside in a separate Trust
as provided in Section 12.3.
SECTION 12.3. SEPARATION OF FUND. The Company and each other
Participating Employer reserve the right to cause the Trustee to set aside from
the Fund such portion of the Fund as the Committee shall determine to be held
for the benefit of the employees of the corporation (i.e., the Company or the
other Participating Employer, as the case may be) which shall have elected to
exercise such right (such corporation being hereinafter referred to as the
"withdrawing Employer") and their beneficiaries under the Plan. Any portion
which is so segregated shall thereafter constitute a separate trust fund and
shall be held upon a separate trust identical to that hereby established, except
that with respect thereto this Agreement shall be construed as if the
withdrawing Employer were the only employer named herein. Thereafter, with
respect to such separate trust fund all powers and authority herein conferred
upon the Company shall devolve upon the withdrawing Employer and all power and
authority herein conferred upon the Committee shall devolve upon a Committee
appointed by the withdrawing Employer. Upon the request of a withdrawing
Employer, the Committee, or such person designated by the Committee, shall given
written directions to the Trustee with respect to such segregation, a copy of
which shall be given to each Participating Employer which shall then be a party
to this Trust. Such directions shall specify not only the amount to be
segregated, but the particular assets of the Fund which shall be used to
constitute such separate trust fund. The Trustee shall follow such directions
of the Committee which shall constitute a conclusive determination that the
amount and the assets so segregated represent
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the share which should be held upon a separate trust for the benefit of the
employees of the withdrawing Employer and their beneficiaries under the Plan,
unless one or more of the Participating Employers shall file with the Trustee
and the Committee a written protest within 30 days after such directions are
given to the Trustee.
ARTICLE 13
CONTROLLING LAW AND LEGAL ACTIONS
SECTION 13.1. CONTROLLING LAW. To the extent not preempted by the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Trust shall be construed,
enforced and administered according to Illinois law.
SECTION 13.2. LEGAL ACTIONS. The Company shall have the authority to
enforce the Trust on behalf of any and all persons having or claiming any
interest in the Fund.
ARTICLE 14
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 14.1. PROTECTION OF PERSONS DEALING WITH TRUSTEE. No person
dealing with the Trustee shall be required or entitled to see to the application
of any money paid or property delivered to the Trustee, or to determine whether
or not the Trustee is acting pursuant to authorities granted to it hereunder or
to authorizations or directions herein required.
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SECTION 14.2. TAX EXEMPTION OF TRUST. The Trust is hereby designated as
constituting a part of a plan intended to qualify and to be tax exempt under
Section 401(a) and Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as
amended from time to time. Until advised otherwise, the Trustee may
conclusively assume that the Trustee is so qualified and tax exempt.
SECTION 14.3. NO INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER GIVEN BY TRUST.
Neither the creation of the Trust nor anything contained in the Trust shall be
construed as giving any person or employee of any Participating Employer any
equity or interest in the assets, business, or affairs of any Participating
Employer or any right to continue in the employ of any Participating Employer.
SECTION 14.4. GENDER AND PLURALS. In the Trust, words in the masculine
gender shall include masculine or feminine gender, and, unless the context
otherwise requires, words in the singular shall include the plural, and words in
the plural shall include the singular.
ARTICLE 15
EXECUTION
The Trust may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be considered an original and no other counterpart need be produced.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Trustee, to evidence
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the establishment of the Trust, have caused the Trust to be signed and their
corporate seals to be hereunto affixed by their authorized officers, all on this
_____ day of _______________, 1993.
IMC-AGRICO MP, INC.
By _______________________________
(Corporate Seal) Vice President
ATTEST:
______________________________
Secretary
THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY,
Trustee
By _______________________________
(Corporate Seal)
ATTEST:
______________________________
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Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(Form S-8) pertaining to the Investment Plan for Non Union Hourly Employees
of IMC-Agrico MP, Inc. of our report dated July 28, 1994, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements and schedules of IMC Global Inc. (formerly
IMC Fertilizer Group, Inc.) included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the
year ended June 30, 1994, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Chicago, Illinois
May 26, 1995
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Exhibit 23.2
IMC GLOBAL INC.
2100 Sanders Road
Northbrook, Illinois 60062
May 26, 1995
IMC Global Inc.
2100 Sanders Road
Northbrook, Illinois 60062
Dear Sirs:
I consent to the use of my name under the caption "Interests of Named
Experts and Counsel" in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 being filed by
IMC Global Inc. (the "Company") and the Investment Plan for Non Union Hourly
Employees of IMC-Agrico MP, Inc. (the "Plan") with respect to the registration
of 50,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company and the associated Preferred
Stock Purchase Rights of the Company to be offered in accordance with the terms
of the Plan.
Very truly yours,
MARSCHALL I. SMITH
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Marschall I. Smith
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
All of the undersigned, each being a Director and/or Officer of IMC
Global Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitute and
appoint Marschall I. Smith and Allen C. Miller his or her true and lawful
attorneys and agents, each with full power and authority (acting alone and
without the other) to execute in the name and on behalf of each of all of the
undersigned as such Director and/or Officer, a Registration Statement on
Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the
registration of up to 50,000 shares of the common stock, par value $1.00, of
the Company, and the associated Preferred Stock Purchase Rights of the Company,
to be offered in connection with the Investment Plan for Non Union Hourly
Employees of IMC-Agrico MP, Inc., to execute any and all amendments to such
Registration Statement, and to deliver on behalf of each or all of the
undersigned such Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto, as
each thereof is so executed, for filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission; and in connection with the foregoing, to do any and all acts and
things and execute any and all instruments which such attorneys and agents may
deem necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with the securities
laws of the United States and of any state or other political subdivision
thereof. The undersigned hereby grants onto such attorney and agents, and each
of them, full power of substitution and revocation in the premises and hereby
ratifies and confirms all that such attorneys and agents may do or cause to be
done by virtue of these presents.
Dated this 20th day of April, 1995.
WENDELL F. BUECHE DAVID B. MATHIS
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Wendell F. Bueche David B. Mathis
RAYMOND F. BENTELE THOMAS H. ROBERTS, JR.
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Raymond F. Bentele Thomas H. Roberts, Jr.
FRANK W. CONSIDINE JAMES D. SPEIR
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Frank W. Considine James D. Speir
JAMES M. DAVIDSON BILLIE B. TURNER
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James M. Davidson Billie B. Turner
RICHARD A. LENON
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Richard A. Lenon
