Summary Plan Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

as adopted by:

Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines

 

January 1, 2011

 

This booklet contains a summary of your plan rights and benefits under the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines Plan. If you have difficulty understanding any part of this booklet, contact your Human Resources Officer at his/her office: 515 ###-###-####.

 

 

Este folleto contiene un resumen de los derechos y beneficios bajo el Plan de Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines. Si tiene dificultad para entender cualquier parte de este folleto, comuniquese con el Oficial De Recursos Humanos en su oficina: 515 ###-###-####.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are pleased to present your Summary Plan Description. This Summary has been prepared to help you understand the retirement plan which is provided by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines through its participation in the Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan for Financial Institutions (formerly known as the Financial Institutions Retirement Fund) (the "Pentegra DB Plan").

 

The Pentegra DB Plan is a large, non-profit, tax-exempt pension trust which was created in 1943. It is administered by a professional staff under the direction of a Board of Directors comprised of presidents of Federal Home Loan Banks and officers of various participating employers.

 

The Pentegra DB Plan enables financial institutions and other organizations serving them to provide for the security of their employees. It invests the contributions made to it and, under its Comprehensive Retirement Program (a defined benefit pension Plan), it pays out retirement, disability and death benefits.

 

This Summary highlights the main benefit features of your retirement plan. The Pentegra DB Plan Regulations contain the governing provisions and should be consulted as official text in all cases. If there is any conflict between this Summary Plan Description and the Pentegra DB Plan=s Regulations, the Pentegra DB Plan=s Regulations will control. Either your employer or the Pentegra DB Plan will provide you with a copy of the Regulations at your request.

 

Finally, please note that wherever the masculine pronoun is used in this Summary, it is intended to include the feminine pronoun.

 

 

 

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You must become a Member when eligible and will be enrolled by your employer at that time. An employee will be eligible for membership in the Comprehensive Retirement Program on the first day of the month following satisfaction of your employer's waiting period, if any. Your employer's current waiting period for new employees is:

    

 

If you are expected to complete 1,000 hours of service in the 12 consecutive months following your enrollment date, you will be enrolled as an active Member and, as such, will be entitled to all the benefits described in this Summary. If you are not expected to complete 1,000 hours of service in this 12 consecutive month period, you will be enrolled as an inactive Member and, as such, will not accrue or be entitled to any retirement or death benefits (see Article X, Section 3 of the Regulations). Subsequently, you will be active or inactive depending on whether or not you complete 1,000 hours of service in each calendar year.

 

In counting hours, you will be credited with an hour of service for every hour for which you have a right to be paid. This includes vacation, sick leave, jury duty, etc., and any hours for which back pay may be due.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your benefits are based on your Benefit Service and Salary. The period of Benefit Service is the number of years and months of employment upon which benefits are determined under the Plan.

 

Benefit Service includes:

 

Prior Service - any or all employment prior to the date your employer joined the Pentegra DB Plan for which your employer has purchased credit.

 

 

Membership Service (or future service) - period of employment as an active Member (see Page 1) from enrollment to retirement, death or other termination.

 

For example, suppose a person joined his employer at age 35. Then 10 years later, when he was 45, his employer joined the Pentegra DB Plan and purchased credit for his 10 years of prior service. After 20 years of membership service he will reach the Plan's normal retirement age (65) and will then have 30 years of Benefit Service:

 

The easy way to approximate how much Benefit Service you would have upon retirement at age 65 is to subtract from 65 whatever age you were when your Benefit Service began.

 

Vesting Service is the period used to determine whether or not an employee is vested and eligible for early retirement. It is your period of employment measured from the first day of the month in which you were hired (but not before the earliest date your employer provided credit under any pension plan) to the last day of the month in which you terminate employment. (Refer to Page 3 describing Vesting.)

 

Salary is your total taxable compensation as reported on your Internal Revenue Service Form W-2 (exclusive of any compensation deferred from a prior year). Salary includes any pre-tax contributions to a Section 401(k) plan and, unless the employer elects otherwise, pre-tax contributions to a Section 125 cafeteria plan as well as Qualified Transportation Fringe benefits as defined under Section 132(f) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

For the 2011 calendar year, only Salary earned up to $245,000 can be considered in determining your accrued benefit under this Plan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

"Vested" means that you have a nonforfeitable right to a retirement benefit which you will not lose if you terminate your employment. You will become vested in accordance with the following schedule:

 

You are automatically 100% fully vested upon reaching age 65, regardless of the number of years of employment you have completed.

 

If you terminate employment after becoming fully vested, you are entitled to receive a retirement benefit (see the “Retirement Benefits” section). If, for example, you are 100% vested upon termination of employment, you would be entitled to a retirement allowance at age 65 equal to 100% of the allowance accrued to your termination date. If you are not vested at termination, you will not be entitled to any retirement benefit.

 

 

 

 

 

The regular form of all retirement benefits provides a retirement allowance (see normal, early and disability retirement formulas) plus a retirement death benefit (explained later). Instead of choosing the regular form, you may select one of the optional forms as described in the "Optional Forms of Retirement Benefit section of this Summary.

 

All retirement allowances are in addition to Social Security, and are payable in monthly installments for life. In addition, all retirement allowances must begin as of the April 1st of the calendar year following the later of (i) the calendar year in which you reach age 70, or (ii) the calendar year in which you retire (Required Beginning Date). However, if you are a 5% owner, your Required Beginning Date is the April 1st of the calendar year following the calendar year in which you reach age 70, even if you are still working.

 

 

Upon termination of employment at or after age 65, you will be entitled to a normal retirement benefit. The formula for determining your normal retirement allowance is:

 

 

Example: You had 30 years of vesting and Benefit Service at termination of employment and your average annual Salary for the three (3) consecutive years of highest Salary during Benefit Service ("High-3 Average Salary") was $40,000. Your annual retirement allowance would be determined as follows:

 

 

If you do not continue in your employer's service after age 65, you may begin your normal retirement allowance as described above or you may defer commencement of your allowance until any time up to your Required Beginning Date, in which case your normal retirement allowance will be increased actuarially.

 

 

If you continue in employment beyond the Plan's normal retirement age (65), you will receive a benefit determined under the employer's benefit formula based on Salary and Benefit Service earned beyond age 65 until actual termination of employment (regardless of age) without any increase for delayed payment. However, the benefit will not be less than the benefit you would have had at age (65) actuarially increased.

 

 

 

 

 

If you leave your employer prior to age 65, after having become fully vested (see Page 3), you will be entitled to an early retirement benefit. The retirement allowance payable at age 65 is equal to the vested amount of the normal retirement allowance accrued to your termination date. Payment may be commenced as early as age 45, in which case the allowance otherwise payable at age 65 is reduced by applying an early retirement factor based on your age when payments begin (see below). Payment may also be deferred to any time up to your Required Beginning Date, in which case the retirement allowance payable at age 65 will be increased actuarially.

 

Example: You terminate employment at age 54 after 12 years of benefit service (rather than at age 65 after 30 years), and your High-3 Average Salary over such a period is $40,000. Your annual retirement allowance commencing at age 65 would be:

 

 

If, on the other hand, the member elected to have his retirement allowance commence immediately, the allowance payable at age 65 would be reduced as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you leave your employer prior to age 65, after having become fully vested (see Page 3), you will be entitled to an early retirement benefit. The retirement allowance payable at age 65 is equal to the vested amount of the normal retirement allowance accrued to your termination date. Payment may be commenced as early as age 55, in which case the allowance otherwise payable at age 65 is reduced by applying an early retirement factor based on your age when payments begin (see below). Payment may also be deferred to any time up to your Required Beginning Date, in which case the retirement allowance payable at age 65 will be increased actuarially.

 

Example: You terminate employment at age 61 after 20 years of benefit service your High-3 Average Salary over such a period is $40,000. Your annual retirement allowance commencing at age 65 would be:

 

 

If, on the other hand, the member elected to have his retirement allowance commence immediately, the allowance payable at age 65 would be reduced as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If, after completing one year of membership service or having been credited with five (5) years of Benefit Service (not counting service during a leave of absence) but before reaching age 65, you have to stop working because of a disability, you may be entitled to a disability retirement benefit. First, you must file an application with the Pentegra DB Plan within 13 months after the date you had to stop working. Second, you must satisfy either Test A or B below:

 

Test A Certification by doctors designated by the Pentegra DB Plan that your disability (i) prevents you from doing the kind of work for which you are fitted or trained, and (ii) is expected to last at least 12 months from the date you had to stop working or to result in death.

 

Generally, the annual disability retirement allowance payable immediately, and for as long as you are disabled, is the higher of (i) an amount equal to the normal retirement allowance accrued to your termination date, or (ii) 30% of average annual Salary for the five (5) highest paid consecutive years of Benefit Service ("High-5 Average Salary"). However, it cannot be more than what your normal retirement allowance would have been if you had stayed in service to age 65.

 

You may be required to provide evidence as often as annually that you continue to be disabled.

 

 

 

If you retire after age 55 (whether normal, early or disability retirement), you will be entitled to a one-time Retirement Adjustment Payment. Please note that under the provisions of the plan, you are deemed to be retired upon your termination of employment with a deferred vested benefit. The Retirement Adjustment Payment is a single lump sum equal to three months' regular retirement allowance payable when your allowance begins.

 

To illustrate, the annual allowance upon normal retirement would be calculated as shown on Page 3. Assume the annual retirement allowance was $9,300, then in addition to such allowance, the Member would receive a Retirement Adjustment Payment as follows:

 

 

 

Effective June 1, 2004, as a retiree, other than a disability retiree, who is receiving allowance payments you will be entitled to a payment of 2% of your annual retirement allowance at the end of the calendar year in which you attain age 66. This is a cumulative increment so that the following year, when you are 67, the payment will be 4%, then 6%, then 8%, etc. Such increasing payments will continue to be made as long as you live. For example:

 

If you terminated prior to June 1, 2004, the Post-Retirement Increment is 1% of your annual retirement allowance at the end of the calendar year in which you attain age 66. Accordingly, the following year when you are 67, the payment will be 2%, then 3%, then 4%, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

FOR EMPLOYEES HIRED PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 2004: If you are an active member of the Pentegra DB Plan as adopted by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines on or after June 1, 2004 and you retire upon the attainment of your early retirement age (age 45) you will receive a 1% Post-Retirement Increment commencing at the end of the calendar year following the later of the calendar year in which you attain age 46 or the calendar year in which you commence receipt of your benefit. The increment will be increased to 2% for each year following the calendar year in which you attain age 65. For example, suppose you begin to receive your benefit at age 45, your increment would increase as follows:

 

 

Suppose you begin to receive your benefit at age 50, your increment would increase as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOR EMPLOYEES HIRED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2004: If you are an active member of the Pentegra DB Plan as adopted by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines on or after June 1, 2004 and you retire upon the attainment of your early retirement age (age 55) you will receive a 1% Post-Retirement Increment commencing at the end of the calendar year following the later of the calendar year in which you attain age 56 or the calendar year in which you commence receipt of your benefit. The increment will be increased to 2% for each year following the calendar year in which you attain age 65. For example, suppose you begin to receive your benefit at age 55, your increment would increase as follows:

 

 

Suppose you begin to receive your benefit at age 60, your increment would increase as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

If you are vested and die while in active service, your beneficiary would be entitled to a lump sum death benefit equal to 100% of your last 12 months' Salary, plus an additional 10% of such Salary for each year of Benefit Service until a maximum of 300% of such Salary is reached for 20 or more years, plus a refund of your own contributions, if any, with interest.

 

Example: You die after 15 years of Benefit Service and your last 12 months' Salary is $32,000. Your beneficiary would get:

 

Either you or your beneficiary may elect to have your benefit or the retirement death benefit described below paid in the form of installments over a period of up to 10 years or a lifetime annuity. (See the Regulations for further explanation.)

 

If you die after becoming eligible for early retirement, your beneficiary would receive the higher of (i) the active service death benefit described above, or (ii) the retirement death benefit described below (as if you had retired on the first day of the month in which you died).

 

 

The regular form of all retirement benefits (normal, early or disability) includes not only a retirement allowance, but also a lump sum retirement death benefit which is 12 times the annual retirement allowance less the sum of such allowance payments made before death. Please note that this death benefit does not apply in the event you elect to receive your benefit under one of the “Optional Forms of Retirement Benefit” (see Page 8) in lieu of the regular form.

 

Example: You die two (2) years after retirement and your regular annual retirement allowance was $10,000. Your death benefit is illustrated below:

 

All retirement allowances continue for life, even though under the regular form there would be no death benefit payable after 12 years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At any time before your retirement allowance begins, you may elect to convert your regular retirement allowance and death benefit (described previously) to an optional form of benefit. The amount of each Option in which you are interested will be determined and communicated to you at retirement.

 

These Options are:

 

1     A higher allowance payable for life and no further benefit upon death.

 

2     A joint and survivor allowance which would continue at the rate of 100% to your contingent annuitant if he or she survives you. If both you and your contingent annuitant die before 120 monthly installments have been paid, the commuted value of such unpaid installments would be paid in a lump sum to your beneficiary.

 

3     A joint and survivor allowance which would continue at the rate of 75% to your contingent annuitant if he or she survives you.

 

4     A joint and survivor allowance which would continue at the rate of 50% to your contingent annuitant if he or she survives you.

 

5     A revised retirement allowance during your life with some other benefit payable upon your death, subject to certain limitations and approval of the Pentegra DB Plan.

 

6     A single lump sum settlement in lieu of any monthly allowance and death benefit. This Option may be elected if you retire after reaching age 45, or if you are an early retiree and defer commencement of your benefit until such age. The election of this Option requires the written consent of your spouse, if any. Please note that benefits accrued on or after January 1, 2004 shall not be available in the form of a single lump sum.

 

7     A partial lump sum settlement equal to 25%, 50% or 75% of the total benefit and a monthly allowance for the remainder of the benefit which must commence at the time of the partial lump sum settlement. This Option may be elected if you retire after reaching age 45 or if you are an early retiree and defer commencement of your benefit until such age. The election of this Option requires written consent of your spouse, if any. Please note that benefits accrued on or after January 1, 2004 shall not be available in the form of a single lump sum.

 

 

 

 

If you select payment option numbers 6 or 7 above, you may request that a direct rollover of all or a portion of the distribution be made to either an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) or another qualified plan, which is willing to accept the transfer of assets and is permissible under the Pentegra DB Plan. A direct rollover will result in no tax being due until you withdraw the funds from the IRA or other qualified plan. Under certain circumstances, all or a portion of the amount to be distributed may not qualify for a direct rollover. For example, a distribution of less than $200 will not be eligible for a direct rollover. If you elect to receive the distribution, rather than request a direct rollover, then 20% of the distribution amount will be withheld for federal income tax purposes.

 

All contributions made to the Plan on your behalf are actuarially determined. Your employer has elected to pay the full cost of your benefits. You, as an employee, do not contribute while on the "non-contributory basis."

 

 

If you made personal contributions to the Pentegra DB Plan while your present or previous employer was on the contributory basis and if those contributions have not been refunded to you, you are fully vested in the value of such contributions plus interest ("accumulated contributions"). This means that if you terminate employment, you may request a refund of such accumulated contributions. If you terminate before becoming fully vested in a retirement benefit, the refund will be in lieu of all other benefits. If you terminate after becoming fully vested in an early or normal retirement benefit (refer to Page 3 describing Vesting), the refund will be in lieu of that portion of your retirement benefit which is attributable to your accumulated contributions. The remaining portion, attributable to your employer's contributions, will be payable as a reduced retirement benefit.

 

 

Your accumulated contributions will be shown on your Personal Annual Statement (see below).

 

Every year the Pentegra DB Plan prepares a Personal Annual Statement for each Member. This statement shows as of each January 1^st your periods of accrued Vesting Service and Benefit Service, and the status of your retirement and death benefits. These statements are sent to your employer for distribution in or about the following month of March.

 

 

 

If you leave employment before becoming vested (see Page 3), but become reemployed by the same or another employer participating in this Program, you will be reenrolled immediately.

 

If the period of your break in service (i.e., the period between your termination and reemployment) was not longer than 60 months, your previous Vesting Service will be reinstated upon your reemployment. If your break in service was not longer than 12 consecutive months, your previous Vesting Service will be reinstated upon your reemployment. In addition, you will also receive Vesting Service credit for the period of your break. If the period of your break in service exceeded 60 months but was not longer than the period of your Vesting Service before becoming vested, your previous Vesting Service will be reinstated upon your reemployment. If the period of your break in service was equal to or exceeded the greater of 60 consecutive months or your previous Vesting Service, upon reemployment you will be treated as a new employee upon reemployment. In other words, no prior Vesting Service will be credited to you.

 

The following chart should assist you in understanding your options:

 

 

Upon reinstatement of your Vesting Service, your previous Benefit Service will also be reinstated if you repay within five years of your reemployment or the date you incurred a break in service of at least 60 months, any accumulated contributions which were refunded to you with interest to the date of such repayment.

 

For example, if you terminated service and had completed one year (i.e., 12 months) of Vesting Service, you would not be vested in a retirement benefit and would be entitled only to a refund of your own contributions, if any, plus interest. However, if you returned to service with any participating employer within 60 months, your previous Vesting Service would be reinstated and your previous Benefit Service would also be reinstated if you repaid with interest any contributions that had been refunded to you.

 

If you leave employment with a vested benefit, commence receiving benefits, and then are reemployed as an active Member by a participating employer, you will be reenrolled immediately and given the option, within six months following reemployment as an active Member, to make an irrevocable election to continue to receive the payment of your Retirement Allowance or to suspend the payment until subsequent termination of service. If no election is made, the payment of your Retirement Allowance will continue in the form of payment previously chosen. Upon your subsequent retirement, your retirement benefit will be based upon your Benefit Service before and after your prior retirement and your Salary during that service, but will be actuarially reduced for any such benefit already paid.

 

 

 

There are four types of approved leaves of absence which may be granted on a uniform basis by your employer while you are a Plan Member.

 

Type 1     Non-military leave granted to a Plan Member for up to one year during which all contributions continue. Both Vesting Service and Benefit Service continue to accrue during this leave.

 

Type 1-A    Military leave granted to a Plan Member who is subject to qualified military service pursuant to an involuntary military call-up in the Reserves of the U.S. Armed Services. During this leave, contributions continue to be made. In addition, Vesting Service and Benefit Service continue to accrue. To qualify for benefits under Type 1-A, a Member must return to the service of his employer within 90 days of his discharge from military service.

 

Type 2    Non-military granted to a Plan Member for up to one year during which all contributions are discontinued. During this leave, Vesting Service continues to accrue, but Benefit Service does not. The accrual of Benefit Service will resume when your leave terminates and your contributions resume.

 

Type 3    Military leave to a Plan Member during which all contributions are discontinued. During this leave, Vesting Service continues to accrue, but Benefit Service generally does not. The accrual of Benefit Service will resume when your leave terminates and your contributions resume.

 

The following Table will assist you in understanding the Plan's Leave of Absence provisions as described above.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

Benefits under the Plan are insured by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) if the Pentegra DB Plan terminates. Generally, the PBGC guarantees most vested normal retirement age benefits, early retirement benefits, and certain disability and survivor pensions. However, the PBGC does not guarantee all types of benefits under covered plans, and the amount of benefit protection is subject to certain limitations.

 

The PBGC guarantees vested benefits at the level in effect on the date of Plan termination. However, if prior to the termination of a plan, the employer has been participating for less than five (5) years, or if benefits have been increased within the past five years, the whole amount of the vested benefits or the vested increase may not be guaranteed. In addition, there is a ceiling on the amount of monthly benefit the PBGC guarantees, which is adjusted periodically. A withdrawal of your employer from participation in the Pentegra DB Plan is not a plan termination under this paragraph, and only those benefits provided under Article XII of the Pentegra DB Plan Regulations are payable in the event of such a withdrawal.

 

For more information on the PBGC insurance protection and its limitations, ask the Plan Administrator or the PBGC. Inquiries to the PBGC should be addressed to the PBGCs Technical Assistance Division, 1200 K Street N.W., Suite 930, Washington, D.C. 20005 - 4026 or call ###-###-#### (not a toll free number). TTY/TTD users may call the federal relay service toll free at ###-###-#### and ask to be connected to ###-###-####. Additional information about the PBGCs pension insurance program is available through the PBGCs website on the Internet at http://www.pbgc.gov.

 

 

If you disagree with the Pentegra DB Plan with respect to any benefit to which you feel you are entitled, you should make a written claim to the President of the Pentegra DB Plan. If your claim is denied, you will receive written notice from him explaining the reason for the denial within 90 days after the claim is filed.

 

The President's decision will be final unless you appeal such decision in writing to the Retirement Committee of the Board of Directors of the Pentegra DB Plan at 108 Corporate Park Drive, White Plains, New York 10604, within 60 days after receiving the notice of denial. The written appeal should contain all information you wish to be considered. The Retirement Committee will review the claim within 60 days after the appeal is made. Its decision will be in writing, and will include the reason for such decision. The Committees decision will be final.

 

 

 

A QDRO is a judgment, decree or order which has been determined by the Pentegra DB Plan, in accordance with the procedures established under the Pentegra DB Plans Regulations, to constitute a QDRO under the Internal Revenue Code.

 

To obtain copies of the Pentegra DB Plans Model QDRO and QDRO Procedures free of charge, please contact the Plan Administrator. (Please refer to the Other Plan Information section of this Summary to obtain the Plan Administrators address and telephone number).

As a Member in the Comprehensive Retirement Program, you are entitled to certain rights and protections under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). ERISA provides that all Members will be entitled to:

            

X Examine, without charge, at the Plan Administrator's office or at other specified locations all plan documents, and copies of all documents filed by the Plan Administrator with the U.S. Department of Labor such as detailed annual reports and plan descriptions.

        

X Obtain copies of all plan documents and other plan information upon written request to the Plan Administrator. The Administrator may make a reasonable charge for the copies.

   

X Receive a Summary of the Plan's annual financial report. The Plan Administrator is required by law to furnish each Member with a copy of this summary annual report.

        

X Obtain, without charge, a statement telling you whether you have a vested right to receive a pension at normal retirement (age 65) and if so, what your benefits would be at that time if you stop working under the Plan now. If you do not have a vested right to a pension, the statement will tell you how many more years you have to work to get such a right. This type of statement is provided automatically to each Member once a year (see Your Personal Annual Statement as described earlier).

           

In addition to creating rights for Plan Members, ERISA imposes duties upon the people who are responsible for the operation of the Plan. The people who operate your Plan, called "fiduciaries," have a duty to do so prudently and in the interest of you and other Plan Members, retirees and beneficiaries. No one, including your employer, may fire you or otherwise discriminate against you in any way to prevent you from obtaining a pension benefit or exercising your rights under ERISA. If your claim for a pension benefit is denied in whole or in part you will receive a written explanation of the reason for the denial. As already explained, you also have the right to have your claim reconsidered.

      

Under ERISA, there are steps you can take to enforce the above rights. For instance, if you request materials from the Plan Administrator and do not receive them within 30 days, you may file suit in a federal court. In such a case, the court may require the Plan Administrator to provide the materials and pay you up to $110 a day until you receive them, unless such materials were not sent for reasons beyond the Administrator's control. If you have a claim for benefits which is denied or ignored, in whole or in part, you may file suit in a state or federal court.

           

In addition, if you disagree with the Plan Administrators decision (or lack thereof) concerning the qualified status of a domestic relations order subsequent to the 18 month period prescribed in Section 414(p) of the Code, after you have complied with the remedies prescribed in the Pentegra DB Plans QDRO Procedures and the Disputed Claims Procedure outlined in this Summary Plan Description, you may file suit in federal court.

     

If it should happen that Plan fiduciaries misuse the Plan's money, or if you are discriminated against for asserting your rights, you may seek assistance from the U. S. Department of Labor or, after you have complied with the Disputed Claims Procedure outlined in this Summary Plan Description, you may file suit in a federal court. The court will decide who should pay court costs and legal fees. If you are successful, the court may order the person you have sued to pay these costs and fees. If you lose, the court may order you to pay these costs and fees (for example, if it finds your claim is frivolous).

      

If you have any questions about your Plan, you should contact the Plan Administrator. If you have any questions about this statement or your rights under ERISA, you should contact the nearest office of the Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, listed in your telephone directory or the Division of Technical Assistance and Inquiries; Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N. W. Washington, D.C. 20210.

     

This Statement of ERISA Rights is required by federal law and regulation.

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines

801 Walnut Street, Ste 200

Skywalk Level

Des Moines, IA 50309-3501

 

Telephone Number: 515 ###-###-####

 

 

 

The Comprehensive Retirement Program is sponsored by the

 

Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan for Financial Institutions

108 Corporate Park Drive

White Plains, New York 10604

Telephone Number: 914 ###-###-####

 

Employer Identification Number ###-###-####

Plan Number 001

Plan Year End June 30

 

 

 

The Plan Administrator is the President of the Pentegra DB Plan, whose place of business is the office of the Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan for Financial Institutions. The President is also the person designated as agent for service of legal process. Service of legal process may also be made upon a Plan Trustee.

 

 

 

The composition of the Board changes from year to year, but you may refer to the most recent Annual Report (which is furnished to your employer) for a current listing of Directors and their places of business.

 

 

 

Upon receipt of a written request for information regarding whether a particular employer is a Member of this multiple employer arrangement, we will provide you with a statement as to whether such employer is a Member and, if so, the employer's address.