AMENDMENT 2014-1 TO THE PEP BOYS SAVINGS PLAN

EX-10.7 2 a2224157zex-10_7.htm EX-10.7

Exhibit 10.7

 

AMENDMENT 2014-1

TO

THE PEP BOYS SAVINGS PLAN

 

Pursuant to the authority previously delegated to it by the Board of Directors of The Pep Boys — Manny, Moe & Jack (the “Company”), the Benefits Plan Committee of the Company (the “Committee”) hereby amends The Pep Boys Savings Plan (the “Plan”) as follows:

 

1.                                      Effective June 26, 2013, the definition of “Spouse (surviving spouse)” under Section 2.1 of the Plan, as amended by Amendment 2013-2, is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

‘Spouse (surviving spouse)’ means, effective June 26, 2013, the individual to whom a Participant is married, including a marriage of same-sex spouses that was validly entered into in a domestic or foreign jurisdiction whose laws authorize the marriage of two individuals of the same sex even if the married couple resides in a domestic or foreign jurisdiction that does not recognize the validity of same-sex marriages.  To the extent provided under a qualified domestic relations order, the ‘Spouse’ means a former Spouse of the Participant.”

 

2.                                      Section 8.5 of the Plan is hereby amended to add the following new subsection (e) to the end thereof to read as follows:

 

“(e)                            Exhaustion of Claims and Appeals Procedures.  A claim or action (i) to recover benefits allegedly due under the Plan or by reason of any law; (ii) to enforce rights under the Plan; (iii) to clarify rights to future benefits under the Plan; or (iv) that relates to the Plan and seeks a remedy, ruling or judgment of any kind against the Plan or a Plan fiduciary or party in interest (collectively, a “Judicial Claim”), may not be commenced in any court or forum until after the Claimant has exhausted the Plan’s claims and appeals procedures (an “Administrative Claim”).  A Claimant must raise all arguments and produce all evidence the Claimant believes supports the claim or action in the Administrative Claim and shall be deemed to have waived every argument and the right to produce any evidence not submitted to the Committee as part of the Administrative Claim.  Any Judicial Claim must be commenced in the appropriate court or forum no later than 24 months from the earliest of (A) the date the first benefit payment was made or allegedly due; (B) the date the Committee or its delegate first denied the Claimant’s request; or (C) the first date the Claimant knew or should have known the principal facts on which such claim or action is based; provided, however, that, if the Claimant commences an Administrative Claim before the expiration of such 24-month period, the period for commencing a Judicial Claim shall expire on the later of the end of the 24-month period and the date that is 3 months after the final denial of the Claimant’s Administrative Claim, such that the Claimant has exhausted the Plan’s claims and appeals

 



 

procedures.  Any claim or action that is commenced, filed or raised, whether a Judicial Claim or an Administrative Claim, after expiration of such 24-month limitations period (or, if applicable, expiration of the 3-month limitations period following exhaustion of the Plan’s claims and appeals procedures) shall be time-barred.  Filing or commencing a Judicial Claim before the Claimant exhausts the Administrative Claim requirements shall not toll the 24-month limitations period (or, if applicable, the 3 month limitations period).”

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and as evidence of the adoption of this Amendment 2014-1 to the Plan set forth herein, the Committee has caused this instrument to be executed this 15th day of November, 2014.

 

 

/s/attest

/s/Benefits Plan Committee for

 

The Pep Boys Savings Plan

 

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