Teleflex 401(k) Savings Plan Amended and Restated as of January 1, 2004
This document is the amended and restated 401(k) Savings Plan for Teleflex, effective January 1, 2004. It outlines the terms under which eligible employees can participate in the company's retirement savings plan, including eligibility, contributions, vesting, withdrawals, and distributions. The plan details the responsibilities of both the employer and employees, the types of contributions allowed, and the rules for managing and accessing retirement funds. It also covers administrative provisions, investment options, and procedures for handling special situations such as hardship withdrawals and loans.
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS | 3 | |||
Section 1.01 Account | 3 | |||
Section 1.02 Accounting Date | 3 | |||
Section 1.03 Additional Matching Contributions | 3 | |||
Section 1.04 Additional Matching Contribution Account | 3 | |||
Section 1.05 After-Tax Contributions | 3 | |||
Section 1.06 After-Tax Contributions Account | 3 | |||
Section 1.07 Beneficiary | 3 | |||
Section 1.08 Board | 4 | |||
Section 1.09 Catch-Up Contributions | 4 | |||
Section 1.10 Catch-Up Contribution Account | 4 | |||
Section 1.11 Code | 4 | |||
Section 1.12 Committee | 4 | |||
Section 1.13 Company | 5 | |||
Section 1.14 Compensation | 5 | |||
Section 1.15 Covered Participant | 7 | |||
Section 1.16 Disability | 7 | |||
Section 1.17 Effective Date | 7 | |||
Section 1.18 Elective Deferral Contributions | 7 | |||
Section 1.19 Elective Deferral Contribution Account | 7 | |||
Section 1.20 Eligible Employee | 7 | |||
Section 1.21 Employee | 8 | |||
Section 1.22 Employer | 9 | |||
Section 1.23 ERISA | 9 | |||
Section 1.24 ESOP Loan | 9 | |||
Section 1.25 ESOP Stock | 9 | |||
Section 1.26 ESOP Stock Fund | 9 | |||
Section 1.27 Five-Percent Owner | 9 | |||
Section 1.28 Former Participant | 10 | |||
Section 1.29 Full-Time Employee | 10 | |||
Section 1.30 Highly Compensated Employee | 10 | |||
Section 1.31 Income | 10 | |||
Section 1.32 Investment Manager | 10 | |||
Section 1.33 Leased Employee | 11 | |||
Section 1.34 Limitation Year | 11 | |||
Section 1.35 Matching Contributions | 11 | |||
Section 1.36 Matching Contribution Account | 11 | |||
Section 1.37 Net Profit | 11 | |||
Section 1.38 Nonforfeitable | 11 | |||
Section 1.39 Nonforfeitable Account Balance | 11 | |||
Section 1.40 Non-highly Compensated Employee | 11 | |||
Section 1.41 Non-Safe Harbor Matching Contributions | 11 | |||
Section 1.42 Non-Safe Harbor Matching Contribution Account | 12 | |||
Section 1.43 Normal Retirement Date | 12 | |||
Section 1.44 Part-Time Employee | 12 | |||
Section 1.45 Participant | 12 | |||
Section 1.46 Participating Employer | 12 |
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Section 1.47 Plan | 12 | |||
Section 1.48 Plan Administrator | 12 | |||
Section 1.49 Plan Year | 12 | |||
Section 1.50 Profit Sharing Contributions | 12 | |||
Section 1.51 Profit Sharing Contribution Account | 12 | |||
Section 1.52 Qualified Matching Contributions | 12 | |||
Section 1.53 Qualified Matching Contribution Account | 13 | |||
Section 1.54 Qualified Non-elective Contributions | 13 | |||
Section 1.55 Qualified Non-elective Contribution Account | 13 | |||
Section 1.56 Related Employers | 13 | |||
Section 1.57 Required Beginning Date | 13 | |||
Section 1.58 Rollover Contributions | 13 | |||
Section 1.59 Rollover Contribution Account | 13 | |||
Section 1.60 Roth Elective Deferral Contributions | 13 | |||
Section 1.61 Roth Elective Deferral Contribution Account | 14 | |||
Section 1.62 Safe Harbor Matching Contributions | 14 | |||
Section 1.63 Safe Harbor Matching Contribution Account | 14 | |||
Section 1.64 Service and Break-in-Service Definitions | 14 | |||
Section 1.65 Spouse | 18 | |||
Section 1.66 Stock | 19 | |||
Section 1.67 Transfer Contributions | 19 | |||
Section 1.68 Transfer Contribution Account | 19 | |||
Section 1.69 Treasury Regulations | 19 | |||
Section 1.70 Trust | 19 | |||
Section 1.71 Trust Fund | 19 | |||
Section 1.72 Trustee | 19 | |||
Section 1.73 Unallocated Stock Account | 19 | |||
Section 1.74 Valuation Date | 19 | |||
Section 1.75 Terms Defined Elsewhere | 19 | |||
ARTICLE II ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION | 21 | |||
Section 2.01 ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION | 21 | |||
Section 2.02 ENROLLMENT | 21 | |||
Section 2.03 PARTICIPATION UPON RE-EMPLOYMENT | 22 | |||
Section 2.04 TRANSFERS BETWEEN PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS | 23 | |||
Section 2.05 TIME OF PARTICIPATION EXCLUDED EMPLOYEES | 23 | |||
Section 2.06 CHANGES IN PARTICIPANTS JOB CLASSIFICATION | 23 | |||
ARTICLE III CONTRIBUTIONS | 24 | |||
Section 3.01 INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS | 24 | |||
Section 3.02 PARTICIPANT CONTRIBUTIONS | 24 | |||
Section 3.03 CHANGES AND SUSPENSIONS OF ELECTIVE DEFERRAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND CATCH-UP CONTRIBUTIONS AND/OR ROTH ELECTIVE DEFERRAL CONTRIBUTIONS | 28 | |||
Section 3.04 WITHDRAWAL OF AUTOMATIC ELECTIVE DEFERRAL CONTRIBUTIONS | 29 |
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Section 3.05 MATCHING AND QUALIFIED MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS | 29 | |||
Section 3.06 MATCHING CONTRIBUTION ALLOCATION AND ACCRUAL OF BENEFIT | 32 | |||
Section 3.07 PROFIT SHARING CONTRIBUTIONS | 32 | |||
Section 3.08 PROFIT SHARING CONTRIBUTION ALLOCATION AND ACCRUAL OF BENEFIT | 32 | |||
Section 3.09 AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS | 33 | |||
Section 3.10 QUALIFIED NON-ELECTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS | 33 | |||
Section 3.11 TIME OF PAYMENT OF CONTRIBUTION | 36 | |||
Section 3.12 FORM OF PAYMENT OF EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS | 36 | |||
Section 3.13 ALLOCATION OF FORFEITURES | 37 | |||
Section 3.14 ROLLOVER AND TRANSFER CONTRIBUTIONS | 37 | |||
Section 3.15 RETURN OF CONTRIBUTIONS | 38 | |||
Section 3.16 RELEASE OF ESOP STOCK FOR ALLOCATION | 38 | |||
Section 3.17 MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS-ESOP STOCK ALLOCATIONS | 39 | |||
Section 3.18 ALLOCATION OF EXCESS MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS | 39 | |||
Section 3.19 UNALLOCATED ESOP STOCK ACCOUNT | 39 | |||
Section 3.20 FURTHER REDUCTIONS OF CONTRIBUTIONS | 40 | |||
ARTICLE IV TERMINATION OF SERVICE; PARTICIPANT VESTING | 41 | |||
Section 4.01 VESTING | 41 | |||
Section 4.02 INCLUDED YEARS OF SERVICE VESTING | 43 | |||
Section 4.03 FORFEITURE OCCURS | 43 | |||
Section 4.04 RESTORATION OF FORFEITED PORTION OF ACCOUNT | 44 | |||
Section 4.05 TRANSFERS BETWEEN PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS | 45 | |||
ARTICLE V TIME AND METHOD OF PAYMENT OF BENEFITS | 46 | |||
Section 5.01 RETIREMENT | 46 | |||
Section 5.02 DISTRIBUTION UPON SEVERANCE FROM EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO NORMAL RETIREMENT DATE | 46 | |||
Section 5.03 DISTRIBUTIONS UPON DEATH | 48 | |||
Section 5.04 DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY | 49 | |||
Section 5.05 FAILURE OF BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION | 50 | |||
Section 5.06 OTHER RULES GOVERNING THE TIME OF PAYMENT OF BENEFITS | 50 | |||
Section 5.07 FORM OF BENEFIT PAYMENTS | 50 | |||
Section 5.08 OPTION TO HAVE SPONSOR PURCHASE ESOP STOCK | 51 | |||
Section 5.09 MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS | 52 | |||
Section 5.10 DISTRIBUTION OF AMOUNTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO TRUSTEE- TO-TRUSTEE TRANSFER FROM THE INMED CORPORATION EMPLOYEE SAVINGS/RETIREMENT INCOME PLAN | 58 | |||
Section 5.11 DISTRIBUTION OF AMOUNTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO TRUSTEE- TO-TRUSTEE TRANSFER FROM THE MATTATUCK MANUFACTURING CO. & UAW LOCAL #1251 MONEY PURCHASE PLAN | 58 | |||
Section 5.12 DISTRIBUTIONS UNDER DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDERS | 58 | |||
Section 5.13 LOST PARTICIPANT OR BENEFICIARY | 59 |
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Section 5.14 FACILITY OF PAYMENT | 59 | |||
Section 5.15 NO DISTRIBUTION PRIOR TO SEVERANCE FROM EMPLOYMENT, DEATH OR DISABILITY | 60 | |||
Section 5.16 WRITTEN INSTRUCTION NOT REQUIRED | 60 | |||
ARTICLE VI WITHDRAWALS, DIRECT ROLLOVERS AND WITHHOLDING, LOANS | 61 | |||
Section 6.01 HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS | 61 | |||
Section 6.02 SPECIAL WITHDRAWAL RULES APPLICABLE TO AFTER-TAX AND ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS | 63 | |||
Section 6.03 WITHDRAWALS UPON ATTAINMENT OF AGE 59 1/2 | 63 | |||
Section 6.04 DISTRIBUTION/REINVESTMENT ELECTIONS | 63 | |||
Section 6.05 DIRECT ROLLOVER AND WITHHOLDING RULES | 64 | |||
Section 6.06 LOANS TO PARTICIPANTS | 66 | |||
Section 6.07 WITHDRAWALS CONSTITUTING QUALIFIED HURRICANE DISTRIBUTIONS | 70 | |||
Section 6.08 SPECIAL WITHDRAWALS RULES APPLICABLE TO TRANSFER ACCOUNTS | 70 | |||
Section 6.09 QUALIFIED RESERVIST DISTRIBUTIONS | 70 | |||
ARTICLE VII VOTING AND TENDER OF STOCK AND ESOP STOCK | 72 | |||
Section 7.01 VOTING OF STOCK AND ESOP STOCK | 72 | |||
Section 7.02 TENDER OF STOCK AND ESOP STOCK | 72 | |||
Section 7.03 PROCEDURES FOR VOTING AND TENDER | 72 | |||
Section 7.04 FAILURE BY PARTICIPANT TO VOTE OR DETERMINE TENDER | 72 | |||
ARTICLE VIII EMPLOYER ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS | 73 | |||
Section 8.01 ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST | 73 | |||
Section 8.02 INFORMATION TO PLAN ADMINISTRATOR AND BENEFITS GROUP | 73 | |||
Section 8.03 NO LIABILITY | 73 | |||
Section 8.04 INDEMNITY OF COMMITTEE, PLAN ADMINISTRATOR AND BENEFITS GROUP | 73 | |||
Section 8.05 INVESTMENT FUNDS | 73 | |||
Section 8.06 EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN | 75 | |||
ARTICLE IX PARTICIPANT ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS | 76 | |||
Section 9.01 PERSONAL DATA TO PLAN ADMINISTRATOR AND BENEFITS GROUP | 76 | |||
Section 9.02 ADDRESS FOR NOTIFICATION | 76 | |||
Section 9.03 ASSIGNMENT OR ALIENATION | 76 | |||
Section 9.04 NOTICE OF CHANGE IN TERMS | 76 | |||
Section 9.05 PARTICIPANT DIRECTION OF INVESTMENT | 76 | |||
Section 9.06 CHANGE OF INVESTMENT DESIGNATIONS | 77 |
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Section 9.07 TRANSFERS AMONG INVESTMENTS | 78 | |||
Section 9.08 INVESTMENT OF PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS | 78 | |||
Section 9.09 QUALIFIED MATCHING AND QUALIFIED NON-ELECTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS | 79 | |||
Section 9.10 ESOP DIVERSIFICATION ELECTION | 79 | |||
Section 9.11 LITIGATION AGAINST THE TRUST | 80 | |||
Section 9.12 INFORMATION AVAILABLE | 80 | |||
Section 9.13 PRESENTING CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS | 80 | |||
Section 9.14 APPEAL PROCEDURE FOR DENIAL OF BENEFITS | 81 | |||
Section 9.15 CLAIMS INVOLVING BENEFITS RELATED TO DISABILITY | 82 | |||
Section 9.16 USE OF ALTERNATIVE MEDIA | 82 | |||
Section 9.17 STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CIVIL ACTIONS | 83 | |||
ARTICLE X ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN | 84 | |||
Section 10.01 ALLOCATION OF RESPONSIBILITY AMONG FIDUCIARIES FOR PLAN AND TRUST ADMINISTRATION | 84 | |||
Section 10.02 APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF COMMITTEE | 84 | |||
Section 10.03 COMMITTEE PROCEDURES | 85 | |||
Section 10.04 RECORDS AND REPORTS | 85 | |||
Section 10.05 OTHER COMMITTEE POWERS AND DUTIES | 85 | |||
Section 10.06 RULES AND DECISIONS | 86 | |||
Section 10.07 APPLICATION AND FORMS FOR BENEFITS | 86 | |||
Section 10.08 APPOINTMENT OF PLAN ADMINISTRATOR | 86 | |||
Section 10.09 PLAN ADMINISTRATOR | 86 | |||
Section 10.10 FUNDING POLICY | 87 | |||
Section 10.11 FIDUCIARY DUTIES | 87 | |||
Section 10.12 ALLOCATION OR DELEGATION OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES | 88 | |||
Section 10.13 PROCEDURE FOR THE ALLOCATION OR DELEGATION OF FIDUCIARY DUTIES | 88 | |||
Section 10.14 SEPARATE ACCOUNTING | 89 | |||
Section 10.15 VALUE OF PARTICIPANTS ACCOUNT | 89 | |||
Section 10.16 REGISTRATION AND VOTING OF EMPLOYER COMMON STOCK | 89 | |||
Section 10.17 INDIVIDUAL STATEMENT | 89 | |||
Section 10.18 AUTOMATIC CONTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENT NOTICE | 90 | |||
Section 10.19 FEES AND EXPENSES FROM FUND | 90 | |||
ARTICLE XI TOP HEAVY RULES | 91 | |||
Section 11.01 MINIMUM EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION | 91 | |||
Section 11.02 ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION | 91 | |||
Section 11.03 DETERMINATION OF TOP HEAVY STATUS | 92 | |||
Section 11.04 TOP HEAVY VESTING SCHEDULE | 92 | |||
Section 11.05 DEFINITIONS | 93 | |||
ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS | 95 | |||
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Section 12.01 EVIDENCE | 95 | |||
Section 12.02 NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYER ACTION | 95 | |||
Section 12.03 FIDUCIARIES NOT INSURERS | 95 | |||
Section 12.04 WAIVER OF NOTICE | 95 | |||
Section 12.05 SUCCESSORS | 95 | |||
Section 12.06 WORD USAGE | 95 | |||
Section 12.07 HEADINGS | 95 | |||
Section 12.08 STATE LAW | 95 | |||
Section 12.09 EMPLOYMENT NOT GUARANTEED | 96 | |||
Section 12.10 RIGHT TO TRUST ASSETS | 96 | |||
Section 12.11 UNCLAIMED BENEFIT CHECKS | 96 | |||
ARTICLE XIII EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT, AMENDMENT, TERMINATION | 97 | |||
Section 13.01 EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT | 97 | |||
Section 13.02 AMENDMENT BY EMPLOYER | 97 | |||
Section 13.03 AMENDMENT TO VESTING PROVISIONS | 97 | |||
Section 13.04 DISCONTINUANCE | 98 | |||
Section 13.05 FULL VESTING ON TERMINATION | 98 | |||
Section 13.06 MERGER, DIRECT TRANSFER AND ELECTIVE TRANSFER | 98 | |||
Section 13.07 LIQUIDATION OF THE TRUST FUND | 99 | |||
Section 13.08 TERMINATION | 100 | |||
APPENDIX A DISTRIBUTION OF AMOUNTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO TRANSFER FROM THE INMED CORPORATION EMPLOYEE SAVINGS/RETIREMENT INCOME PLAN | A-1 | |||
APPENDIX B DISTRIBUTION OF AMOUNTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO TRANSFER FROM THE MATTATUCK MANUFACTURING CO. & UAW LOCAL #1251 MONEY PURCHASE PLAN | B-1 | |||
APPENDIX C INVESTMENT FUNDS | C-1 | |||
APPENDIX D PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS: ELIGIBILITY, CONTRIBUTION AND VESTING PROVISIONS BY LOCATION | D-1 | |||
APPENDIX E SPECIAL RULES REGARDING PARTICIPANTS IN THE ARROW INTERNATIONAL, INC. 401(K) PLAN | E-1 | |||
APPENDIX F LIMITATIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS | F-1 |
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DEFINITIONS
A. | The Participants Spouse; | ||
B. | The person, persons or trust designated by the Participant, with the consent of the Participants Spouse if the Participant is married, as direct or contingent beneficiary in a manner prescribed by the Plan Administrator; or | ||
C. | If the Participant has no Spouse and has made no effective Beneficiary designation, the Participants estate. |
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A. | Compensation. The total cash remuneration paid to a Participant by the Employer, as defined in Code Section 3401(a), for purposes of income tax withholding at the source, for personal services rendered during the period considered as Service, including overtime payments, plus Elective Contributions made by the Employer on the Employees behalf. Elective Contributions are amounts excludable from the Employees gross income under Code Section 402(e)(3) (relating to a Code Section 401(k) arrangement), Code Section 402(h) (relating to a Simplified Employee Pension), Code Section 125 (relating to a cafeteria plan), Code Section 403(b) (relating to a tax-sheltered annuity) or, effective January 1, 2001, Code Section 132(f)(4) (relating to a qualified transportation fringe benefit). Compensation includes compensation paid by the Employer to an Employee through another person under the common paymaster provisions of Code Sections 3121(s) and 3306(p). Compensation does not include contributions by the Employer to this or any other plan or plans for the benefits of its employees, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Section 1.14, or amounts identified by the Employer as expense allowances or reimbursements regardless of whether such amounts are treated as wages under the Code. Any reference in this Plan to Compensation is a reference to the definition in this Section 1.14, unless the Plan reference specifies a modification to this definition. Except as provided herein, the Plan Administrator shall take into account only Compensation actually paid by the Employer during the Plan Year to which reference is made. | ||
For Plan Years and Limitation Years beginning on and after January 1, 2002, amounts referenced under Code Section 125 include any amounts not available to a Participant in cash in lieu of group health coverage because the Participant is unable to certify that he has other health coverage. An amount will be treated as an amount under Code Section 125 only if the Employer does not request or collect information regarding the Participants other health coverage as part of the enrollment process for the health plan. | |||
For Limitation Years beginning in 2005, Compensation shall include Post-Severance Compensation paid by the later of: (i) two and one-half (21/2) months (or such other period as extended by subsequent regulations or other published guidance) after Severance from Employment with the Employer; or (ii) the end of the Limitation Year that includes the date of the Employees Severance from Employment with the Employer. Post-Severance Compensation means payments that would have been included in the definition of Compensation if they were paid prior to the Employees Severance from Employment and the payments are regular Compensation for Services during the Participants regular working hours, Compensation for Services outside the Participants regular working hours (such as overtime or shift differential), commissions, bonuses, or other similar compensation, if the payments would have been paid to the Employee if the Employee had continued in employment with the Employer. Any payments not described in the preceding sentence are not considered Post-Severance Compensation if paid after Severance from Employment, except for payments (i) to an individual who does not |
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currently perform services for the Employer by reason of qualified military service (within the meaning of Code Section 414(u)(1)) to the extent these payments do not exceed the amounts the individual would have received if the individual had continued to perform services for the Employer; or (ii) to any Participant who is permanently and totally disabled for a fixed or determinable period, as determined by the Committee. For purposes of this Section 1.14.A., permanently and totally disabled means that the individual is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months. | |||
Back pay, within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.415(c)-2(g)(8), shall be treated as Compensation for the Limitation Year to which the back pay relates to the extent the back pay represents an amount that would otherwise be Compensation. | |||
Compensation shall also include any differential wage payments (as defined in Code Section 3401(h)(2)) made by the Employer after December 31, 2008, as required by Code Section 414(u)(12), as amended by the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 (the HEART Act). | |||
B. | Compensation Limit. In addition to other applicable limitations set forth in the Plan, and notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan to the contrary, the annual Compensation of each Employee taken into account under the Plan shall not exceed the Compensation Limitation under Code Section 401(a)(17) in effect for the applicable Determination Period as defined herein. Effective January 1, 2004, the Compensation Limitation is $205,000 ($245,000, effective January 1, 2009), and is subject to cost of living adjustments in future years in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(17)(B) and applicable statutory changes. Any such cost of living adjustment or statutory change in effect for a calendar year applies to any period, not exceeding 12 months, over which Compensation is determined (the Determination Period) beginning in such calendar year. If a Determination Period consists of fewer than 12 months, the Compensation Limitation will be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months in the Determination Period, and the denominator of which is 12. Any reference in this Plan to the limitation under Section 401(a)(17) of the Code shall mean the Compensation Limitation set forth in this provision. | ||
C. | Compensation Special Rules. For purposes of determining whether the Plan discriminates in favor of Highly Compensated Employees, the Employer may elect to use an alternate nondiscriminatory definition of Compensation, in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 414(s) and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. In determining Compensation (for purposes of determining whether the Plan discriminates in favor of Highly Compensated Employees), the Employer may elect to include as Compensation all Elective Contributions made by the Employer on behalf of Employees. The Employers election to include Elective Contributions must be consistent and uniform with respect to |
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Employees and all plans of the Employer for any particular Plan Year. The Employer may make this election to include Elective Contributions for nondiscrimination testing purposes, irrespective of whether Elective Contributions are included in the general definition of Compensation applicable to the Plan. Elective Contributions are amounts excludible from the Employees gross income under Code Sections 402(e)(3), 402(h), 125, 132(f)(4), or 403(b). |
A. | An Employee who is employed by an employer that is not a Participating Employer; | ||
B. | An Employee of a Participating Employer who is not assigned to a location listed in Appendix D; | ||
C. | An Employee who is not compensated on a salaried basis, unless such Employee is employed and compensated on an hourly-paid basis by a Participating Employer that has adopted the Plan for the benefit of any or all of its hourly-paid Employees, and the Employee is such an hourly-paid Employee; |
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D. | An Employee who is a member of a unit of Employees as to which there is evidence that retirement benefits were the subject of good faith collective bargaining, unless a collective bargaining agreement covering those Employees provides for their participation in the Plan; | ||
E. | An Employee who is a Leased Employee; | ||
F. | An Employee who is a non-resident alien and who has no income from sources within the United States; | ||
G. | An individual who has been classified by a Participating Employer as an independent contractor, notwithstanding a later contrary determination by any court or governmental agency; | ||
H. | An individual who has been classified by a Participating Employer as a per diem employee, intern or special project employee; | ||
I. | Effective January 1, 2006, an Employee who has made a one time irrevocable election to waive participation in the Plan; such an election must be made no later than the date that the Employee first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan or any other plan or arrangement of the Employer that is described in Code Section 219(g)(5)(A); | ||
J. | An Employee who has agreed in writing that he is not entitled to participate in the Plan; | ||
K. | An Employee who is a member of a class of Employees who are excluded from participation in the Plan, as specified in Appendix D; and | ||
L. | Any other Employee whose terms and conditions of employment do not provide for participation in or entitlement to benefits under the Plan. |
A. | An individual who is employed by the Employer and whose earnings are reported on a Form W-2; | ||
B. | An individual who is not employed by the Employer but is required to be treated as a Leased Employee (as defined in Section 1.33); provided that if the total number of Leased Employees constitutes 20% or less of the Employers non-highly compensated work force, within the meaning of Section 414(a)(5)(c)(ii) of the Code, the term Employee shall not include those Leased Employees covered by a safe harbor plan described in Section 414(n)(5)(i) of the Code; and | ||
C. | When required by context under Section 1.41 for purposes of crediting Hours of Service, a former Employee. |
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A. | Was a Five-Percent Owner at any time during the Plan Year or the preceding Plan Year; or | ||
B. | For the preceding Plan Year: |
1. | Received more than $90,000 ($105,000 for the Plan Year beginning January 1, 2009) in annual Compensation from the Employer (or such higher amount as adjusted pursuant to Section 414(q)(1) of the Code); and | ||
2. | If the Employer elects, was in the top 20% of Employees when ranked on the basis of Compensation for the prior Plan Year. |
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A. | The calendar year in which the Participant reaches age 701/2; or | ||
B. | The calendar year in which the Participant has a Severance from Employment; provided, that this Section 1.57.B. shall not apply in the case of a Participant who is a Five-Percent Owner with respect to the Plan Year ending with the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 701/2. |
A. | Absence from Service. A severance or absence from service for any reason other than a quit, discharge, retirement or death, such as |
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vacation, holiday, sickness, or layoff. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an absence due to an Authorized Leave of Absence, or Qualified Military Service (as defined in Code Section 414(u)) in accordance with Code Section 414(u) shall not constitute an Absence from Service. | |||
B. | Authorized Leave of Absence. An Authorized Leave of Absence shall mean: |
1. | A leave of absence, with or without pay, granted by the Employer in writing under a uniform, nondiscriminatory policy applicable to all Employees; however, such absence shall constitute an Authorized Leave of Absence only to the extent that applicable federal laws and regulations permit Service credit to be given for such leave of absence; | ||
2. | A leave of absence due to service in the Armed Forces of the United States to the extent required by Code Section 414(u); or | ||
3. | A leave of absence authorized under the Family and Medical Leave Act, but only to the extent that such Act requires that service credit be given for such period. |
C. | Break-in-Service. Each 12 consecutive months in the period commencing on the earlier of (i) the date on which the Employee quits, is discharged, retires or dies, or (ii) the first anniversary of the first day of any Absence from Service, within which the Employee is not credited with more than 500 Hours of Service, and ending on the date the Employee is again credited with an Hour of Service for the performance of duties for the Employer. If an Employee is on maternity or paternity leave, and the absence continues beyond the first anniversary of such absence, the Employees Break-in-Service will commence no earlier than the second anniversary of such absence. The period between the first and second anniversaries of the first date of a maternity or paternity leave is not part of either a Period of Service or a Break-in-Service. The Plan Administrator shall consider an Employee on maternity or paternity leave if the Employees absence is due to the Employees pregnancy, the birth of the Employees child, the placement with the Employee of an adopted child, or the care of the Employees child immediately following the childs birth or placement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such maternity or paternity leave constitutes an Authorized Leave of Absence, such leave shall not be considered part of a Break-in-Service. | ||
D. | Employment Commencement Date. The date upon which an Employee first performs an Hour of Service for the Employer. | ||
E. | Hour of Service. Hour of Service shall mean: |
1. | Each hour for which the Employer, either directly or indirectly, pays an Employee, or for which the Employee is entitled to payment, for the performance of duties during the Plan Year. The Plan Administrator shall credit Hours of Service under this subparagraph 1. to the Employee for the Plan Year in which the Employee performs the duties, irrespective of when paid; | ||
2. | Each hour for which the Employer, either directly or indirectly, pays an Employee, or for which the Employee is entitled to |
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payment (irrespectively of whether the employment relationship is terminated), for reasons other than the performance of duties during a computation period, such as leaves of absence, vacation, holiday, sick leave, illness, incapacity (including disability), layoff, jury duty or military duty. There shall be excluded from the foregoing those periods during which payments are made or due under a plan maintained solely for the purpose of complying with applicable workers compensation, unemployment compensation, or disability insurance laws. An Hour of Service shall not be credited where an employee is being reimbursed solely for medical or medically related expenses. The Plan Administrator shall not credit more than 501 Hours of Service under this Section 1.64.E.2. to an Employee on account of any single continuous period during which the Employee does not perform any duties (whether or not such period occurs during a single computation period). The Plan Administrator shall credit Hours of Service under this Section 1.64.E.2. in accordance with the rules of paragraphs (b) and (c) of Department of Labor Regulations Section 2530.200b-2, which the Plan, by this reference, specifically incorporates in full within this Section 1.64.E.2.; and | |||
3. | Each hour for back pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages, to which the Employer has agreed or for which the Employee has received an award. The Plan Administrator shall credit Hours of Service under this Section 1.64.E.3. to the Employee for the computation period(s) to which the award or the agreement pertains rather than for the computation period in which the award, agreement or payment is made. |
The Plan Administrator shall not credit an Hour of Service under more than one of the above paragraphs. Furthermore, if the Plan Administrator is to credit Hours of Service to an Employee for the 12-month period beginning with the Employees Employment Commencement Date or with an anniversary of such date, then the 12-month period shall be substituted for the term Plan Year wherever the latter term appears in this Section. A computation period for purposes of this Section 1.64 is the Plan Year, Break-in-Service period or other period, as determined under the Plan provision for which the Plan Administrator is measuring an Employees Hours of Service. The Plan Administrator will resolve any ambiguity with respect to the crediting of an Hour of Service in favor of the Employee. | |||
The Plan Administrator shall credit every Employee with Hours of Service on the basis of the actual method; provided that with respect to an Employee for whom hours of employment are not normally recorded, the Plan Administrator may, in accordance with rules applied in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner, elect to credit Hours of Service using one or more of the following equivalencies: |
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Basis upon Which Records | Credit Granted to Individual | |
Are Maintained | For Period | |
Shift | actual hours for full shift | |
Day | 10 Hours of Service | |
Week | 45 Hours of Service | |
Semi-monthly period | 95 Hours of Service | |
Month | 190 Hours of Service |
For purposes of this Plan, the actual method means the determination of Hours of Service from records of hours worked and hours for which the Employer makes payment or for which payment is due from the Employer. | |||
Hours of Service will be credited for employment with other members of a group of Related Employers of which the Employer is a member. Hours of Service will also be credited for any individual considered an Employee for purposes of this Plan to the extent required under Code Sections 414(n) or 414(o) and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. | |||
Solely for purposes of determining whether the Employee incurs a Break-in-Service under any provision of this Plan, the Plan Administrator shall credit Hours of Service during an Employees unpaid absence period due to maternity or paternity leave. The Plan Administrator shall consider an Employee on maternity or paternity leave if the Employees absence is due to the Employees pregnancy, the birth of the Employees child, the placement with the Employee of an adopted child, or the care of the Employees child immediately following the childs birth or placement. The Plan Administrator shall credit only the number (up to 501 Hours of Service) necessary to prevent an Employees Break-in-Service. The Plan Administrator shall credit all Hours of Service described in this paragraph to the computation period in which the absence period begins or, if the Employee does not need these Hours of Service to prevent a Break-in-Service in the computation period in which his absence period begins, the Plan Administrator shall credit these Hours of Service to the immediately following computation period. Further, if required by the Family and Medical Leave Act, time on a leave of absence, whether or not paid, shall count in determining Service and Hours of Service. | |||
F. | Period of Service. The period of Service commencing on an Employees Employment Commencement Date or Re-employment Commencement Date, whichever is applicable, and ending on the Employees Severance from Service Date. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary, a Period of Service will include (i) any Period of Severance resulting from a quit, discharge, or retirement if within 12 months of his Severance from Service Date, the Employee is credited with an Hour of Service for the performance of duties for the Employer, (ii) any Period of Severance if the Employee quits, is discharged, or retires during an Absence from Service of less than 12 months and is then credited with an Hour of Service within 12 months of the date on which the Absence from Service began, and (iii) any other period of Service as defined in subsection J. below. |
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G. | Period of Severance. The period commencing on any Severance from Service Date and ending on the date an Employee is again credited with an Hour of Service for the performance of duties for the Employer. | ||
H. | Re-employment Commencement Date. The date upon which an Employee first performs an Hour of Service for the Employer following a Break-in-Service. | ||
I. | Severance from Employment. A separation from Service with the Employer maintaining this Plan and any Related Employers such that the Employee no longer has an employment relationship with the Employer or any Related Employers that maintain the Plan. In addition, a Severance from Employment shall be deemed to occur with respect to the Employees of a Related Employer effective as of the date such Related Employer ceases to qualify as a Related Employer to the Employer, unless such employer continues to maintain the Plan with the consent of the Company. | ||
J. | Service. Any period of time the Employee is in the employ of the Employer, whether before or after adoption of the Plan, determined in accordance with reasonable and uniform standards and policies adopted by the Plan Administrator, which standards and policies shall be consistently observed. For purposes of counting an Employees Service, the Plan shall treat an Employees Service with employers who are part of a group of Related Employers of which the Employer is a member as Service with the Employer for the period during which the employers are Related Employers. Service for purposes of determining eligibility to participate and vesting may also be granted for an Employees Period of Service prior to the date his employer became a Related Employer if such Service is granted in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(4) and the regulations thereunder. For all Plan purposes, the Plan shall treat the following periods as Service: |
1. | Any Authorized Leave of Absence, subject to the service crediting limitations set forth in Section 1.64.B; | ||
2. | Any qualified military service in accordance with Section 414(u) of the Code; and | ||
3. | Any other absence during which the Participant continues to receive his regular Compensation. |
Effective January 1, 2009, as required by Code Section 414(u), as amended by the HEART Act, any individual in Qualified Military Service (as defined in Code Section 414(u)) who is receiving differential wage payments (as defined in Code Section 3401(h)(2)) from the Employer shall be treated as an Employee of the Employer solely for purposes of providing contributions, benefits and Service credit with respect to such Qualified Military Service in accordance with Code Section 414(u). | |||
K. | Severance from Service Date. The earlier of (i) the date on which an Employee quits, is discharged, retires, or dies, or (ii) the first anniversary of the first date of any Absence from Service. | ||
L. | Year of Service. Except as otherwise provided in Appendix D to the Plan: |
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1. | For purposes of Article II relating to eligibility to participate, a 12 consecutive month period beginning on the date an Employee performs his first Hour of Service (or his Re-employment Commencement Date following a Break-in-Service) and each anniversary thereof during which such Employee is credited with at least 1,000 Hours of Service with the Employer; and | ||
2. | For all other purposes under the Plan, a 12 consecutive month period beginning on the date an Employee performs his first Hour of Service (or his Re-employment Commencement Date following a Break-in-Service) and each anniversary thereof, without regard to any number of Hours of Service. | ||
3. | Subject to the requirements of the Code and at the discretion of the Committee, a continuous period of service as an employee of an entity before such entity becomes an Employer shall be counted for purpose of eligibility to participate under Article II of vesting under Article IV. The amount of any such service, as approved by the Committee, shall be specified in the declaration by which such entity joins the Plan. |
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Actual Contribution Percentage | Appendix F | |
Actual Deferral Percentage | Appendix F | |
Annual Additions | Appendix F | |
Cash-out Distribution | Section 5.02.A. | |
Contribution Percentage Amounts | Appendix F | |
Determination Date | Section 11.05.G. | |
Direct Rollover | Section 6.05.B.4. | |
Distributee | Section 6.05.B.3. | |
Elective Deferrals | Appendix F | |
Eligible Retirement Plan | Section 6.05.B.2. | |
Eligible Rollover Distribution | Section 6.05.B.1. | |
Employer Common Stock Fund | Section 8.05 | |
Excess Aggregate Contributions | Appendix F | |
Excess Compensation Deferrals | Appendix F | |
Excess Elective Deferrals | Appendix F | |
Forfeiture Break-in-Service | Section 4.02 | |
Gap Period | Appendix F | |
Investment Funds | Section 8.05 | |
Key Employee | Section 11.05A. | |
Limitation Year | Appendix F | |
Maximum Permissible Amount | Appendix F | |
Non-Key Employee | Section 11.05.B. | |
Permissive Aggregation Group | Section 11.05.E. | |
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity | Appendix A and Appendix B | |
Required Aggregation Group | Section 11.05.D. | |
Tender Offer | Section 8.05 | |
Top Heavy | Section 11.03 |
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ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
A. | Each Eligible Employee who was a Participant in the Plan on the day before the Effective Date of this restated Plan shall continue as a Participant in this Plan as restated. | ||
B. | Effective January 1, 2009, except as otherwise provided in Appendix D, an Eligible Employee shall be eligible to become a Participant as follows: |
1. | An Eligible Employee who is a Full-time Employee shall be eligible to become a Participant on his date of hire by the Employer. | ||
2. | An Eligible Employee who is a Part-time Employee shall be eligible to become a Participant on the day he completes a Year of Service with the Employer. |
C. | Prior to January 1, 2009, an Eligible Employee shall be eligible to become a Participant upon completing a period of Service established by the Employer and set forth in Appendix D, which shall not exceed one Year of Service. | ||
D. | Each person who was an active employee of Arrow International, Inc. (Arrow) or any of its Subsidiaries (as set forth in Section 3.01(b) of the Disclosure Letter to the Agreement and Plan of Merger among Teleflex Incorporated, AM Sub Inc. and Arrow International, Inc.) immediately prior to October 1, 2007 shall receive full credit for purposes of eligibility to participate in the Plan for his most recent continuous period of service with Arrow or any of its Subsidiaries to the same extent recognized by Arrow or any of its Subsidiaries immediately prior to October 1, 2007, except to the extent such credit would result in duplication of benefits for the same period of service. |
A. | An Eligible Employee who has satisfied the conditions for eligibility under Section 2.01 shall become a Participant by filing a written election with the Plan Administrator (or complying with such other reasonable enrollment procedures as the Plan Administrator may implement). An election that complies with the Plan Administrators procedures shall be effective on the first day of the first payroll period immediately following the Plan Administrators receipt of the election or at such other time as designated by the Employer. The election shall authorize the Employer to withhold a specified percentage of the Participants Compensation to be paid into his Elective Deferral Contribution Account and provide such additional information as the Plan Administrator may reasonably require. The Plan Administrator may establish additional rules and procedures governing the time and manner in which Elective Deferral Contribution elections shall be processed. | ||
B. | Effective January 1, 2009, if a Participant who is a Covered Participant |
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does not elect to make Elective Deferral Contributions to the Plan or affirmatively elect not to make Elective Deferral Contributions to the Plan, the Covered Participant shall automatically be deemed to have elected to make Elective Deferral Contributions to the Plan in accordance with Section 3.02.C and shall become a Participant on the effective date of such automatic election. Unless and until the Covered Participant makes an election otherwise, the Participant shall be deemed to have authorized the Employer to withhold the percentage of his Compensation set forth in Section 3.02.C. to be paid into his Elective Deferral Contribution Account. |
A. | An Eligible Employee who experiences a Severance from Employment after satisfying the conditions for eligibility under Section 2.01 but before becoming a Participant shall be eligible to participate in the Plan: |
1. | As though his employment had been uninterrupted if he is reemployed as an Eligible Employee before incurring a Break-in Service; or | ||
2. | As of the first day of the payroll period immediately following his date of reemployment as an Eligible Employee if he has incurred a Break-in-Service. |
B. | An Eligible Employee who experiences a Severance from Employment after becoming a Participant shall again become a Participant on the date he is re-employed as an Eligible Employee by the Employer. Any Eligible Employee who experiences a Severance from Employment prior to satisfying the conditions for eligibility may become a Participant upon satisfying the conditions for eligibility under Section 2.01. |
1. | Effective January 1, 2010, if a rehired Eligible Employee had not previously made an affirmative election with respect to Elective Deferral Contributions and is rehired more than twenty-four months (24) following the date of his Severance from Employment, he shall be treated as a new Eligible Employee for purposes of Section 3.02.C. | ||
2. | Effective January 1, 2010, if a rehired Eligible Employee had not previously made an affirmative election with respect to Elective Deferral Contributions and is rehired within twenty-four months (24) following the date of his Severance from Employment, he shall not be treated as a new Eligible Employee for purposes of Section 3.02.C. Such Eligible Employees default Elective Deferral Contribution percentage will be the default Elective Deferral Contribution percentage applicable at the time of his Severance from Employment, plus any increase in the default Elective Deferral Contribution percentage that would have occurred if he had not experienced a Severance from Employment. |
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CONTRIBUTIONS
A. | Elective Deferral Contributions. |
1. | Contribution Limits. For any Plan Year, each Participant may have allocated to his Account an amount of his Compensation for such Plan Year, which amount shall be a whole percentage, rounded to the nearest dollar, of not less than two percent (2%) but not more than the lesser of $13,000 ($16,500 in 2009) (or such larger dollar amount as the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue may prescribe in accordance with Code Section 402(g)(4)) or fifty percent (50%) of his Compensation for such Plan Year (as may be adjusted from time to time by the Committee). Such amount shall be known as the Participants Elective Deferral Contributions. Effective January 1, 2006, except for occasional, bona fide administrative considerations, Elective Deferral Contributions cannot be made before the earlier of (1) the performance of Services with respect to which the contributions are made; or (2) the date that the Compensation, which is subject to the Elective Deferral Contribution election, would be currently available to the Participant in the absence of the election. Notwithstanding any other provision hereunder, effective January 1, 2008, Elective Deferral Contributions may not be made from any element of Compensation that does not meet the requirements set forth in Section 1.14 and Code Section 415 and the Treasury Regulations issued thereunder. | ||
2. | Amount of Elective Deferral Contribution. Effective January 1, |
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2009, a Participants Compensation for a Plan Year shall be reduced by: (i) the amount of the Elective Deferral Contributions affirmatively elected by the Participant for such Plan Year; or (ii) the amount of Elective Deferral Contributions made pursuant to Section 3.02.C. |
B. | Catch-Up Contributions. Effective for contributions made on or after January 1, 2002, each Participant who is eligible to make Elective Deferral Contributions under this Plan and who has or will attain at least age 50 before the close of the Plan Year shall be eligible to defer an additional amount of his Compensation for such Plan Year (known as Catch-up Contributions), which such amount shall not exceed the dollar amount prescribed in Code Section 414(v) (e.g., $3,000 in 2004 and $5,500 in 2009). Such Catch-up Contributions shall be made in accordance with, and subject to the limitations of, Code Section 414(v) for that Plan Year. Such Catch-up Contributions shall not be taken into account for purposes of the provisions of the Plan implementing the required limitations of Code Sections 402(g) and 415. The Plan shall not be treated as failing to satisfy the provisions of the Plan implementing the requirements of Code Sections 401(k)(3), 401(k)(11), 401(k)(12), 401(k)(13), 410(b), or 416, as applicable, by permitting the making of such Catch-up Contributions. | ||
C. | Automatic Elective Deferral Contributions. |
1. | Effective January 1, 2009, a Covered Participant who has not affirmatively elected to make Elective Deferral Contributions under the Plan or affirmatively elected to make no Elective Deferral Contributions under the Plan shall automatically begin making Elective Deferral Contributions to the Plan at the qualified percentage (described below) of Compensation on the later of January 1, 2009 or as soon as administratively practicable after the date he becomes a Covered Participant (but no later than the earlier of (a) the pay date for the second payroll period that begins after the date the notice described in Section 3.02.C.4 is provided; and (b) the first pay period that occurs at least 30 days after the notice is provided). Subject to the limits set forth in Section 3.02.A.1. and Appendix F, such Covered Participants will be deemed to have elected to defer 3% (referred to herein as the qualified percentage) of their Compensation under the Plan on a pre-tax basis for each payroll period during the 2009 Plan Year or the first Plan Year in which they become Covered Participants, if later, unless and until they affirmative elect otherwise by filing a written election with the Plan Administrator (or complying with such other reasonable election procedures as the Plan Administrator may implement) or cease to be Eligible Employees. The qualified percentage for Covered Participants who have been automatically enrolled in the Plan and have not otherwise made an affirmative election with respect to their Elective Deferral Contribution percentage (including an election not to make Elective Deferral Contributions) shall increase by 1% for each of the next three Plan Years (i.e., up to 6%). The increase for a Plan Year will be effective as of the first pay period in the March of the Plan Year. Except as provided in Section 3.02.C.3. below or to |
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the extent of the increasing qualified percentage described in the preceding sentence, the same qualified percentage will be withheld as automatic Elective Deferral Contributions from all Covered Participants subject to the qualified percentage. The Elective Deferral Contributions made pursuant to Article III, along with the Safe Harbor Matching Contributions made pursuant to Section 3.05.B., are intended to satisfy the requirements to be a qualified automatic contribution arrangement within the meaning of Code Sections 401(k)(13) and 401(m)(12) and the Treasury Regulations and other guidance issued thereunder. The Elective Deferral Contributions made pursuant to Article III are also intended to satisfy the requirements to be an eligible automatic contribution arrangement within the meaning of Code Section 414(w) and the Treasury Regulations and other guidance issued thereunder. Notwithstanding any other provision hereunder, effective January 1, 2010, Compensation for purposes of automatic Elective Deferral Contributions shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.14, modified to the extent necessary to be safe harbor compensation within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.401(k)-3(b)(2). | |||
2. | Automatic Elective Deferral Contributions described in Section 3.02.C.1. will be reduced or stopped to the extent necessary to satisfy the limitations under Code Sections 401(a)(17), 402(g), and 415 and to satisfy any suspension period required after a hardship distribution. | ||
3. | A Covered Participant will have a reasonable period of time after receipt of the notice described in Section 3.02.C.4. below to make an affirmative election regarding Elective Deferral Contributions (either to make no Elective Deferral Contributions or to make Elective Deferral Contributions in a percentage other than the qualified percentage) before Elective Deferral Contributions are automatically made to the Plan on his behalf pursuant to this Section 3.02.C.; provided, however, that automatic Elective Deferral Contributions will begin to be made to the Plan on behalf of a Covered Participant no later than the earlier of (a) the pay date for the second payroll period that begins after the date the notice is provided; and (b) the first pay period that occurs at least 30 days after the notice is provided. Automatic Elective Deferral Contributions being made to the Plan on a Covered Participants behalf will cease as soon as administratively feasible after the Covered Participant makes such an affirmative election regarding Elective Deferral Contributions. | ||
4. | At least 30 days, but not more than 90 days, before the beginning of the Plan Year, the Plan Administrator will provide each Covered Participant a comprehensive notice of the Covered Participants rights and obligations under the qualified automatic contribution arrangement and eligible automatic contribution arrangement described in this Section 3.02.C., written in a manner calculated to be understood by the average Covered Participant. If an Eligible Employee becomes a Covered Participant after the 90th day before the beginning of the Plan Year and does not receive the notice for that reason, the notice will be provided no more than 90 |
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days before the Eligible Employee becomes a Covered Participant but not later than the pay date for the payroll period that includes the date the Eligible Employee becomes a Covered Participant. The notice will accurately describe: |
(a) | The amount of automatic Elective Deferral Contributions that will be made to the Plan on the Covered Participants behalf in the absence of an affirmative election; | ||
(b) | The Covered Participants right to elect to have no Elective Deferral Contributions made to the Plan on his behalf or to have a different amount of Elective Deferral Contributions made; | ||
(c) | How automatic Elective Deferral Contributions will be invested in the absence of the Covered Participants investment instructions; and | ||
(d) | The Covered Participants right to make a withdrawal of automatic Elective Deferral Contributions pursuant to Section 3.04 and the procedures for making such a withdrawal. |
D. | Roth Elective Deferral Contributions. |
1. | General Application. Effective as of January 1, 2006, the Plan will accept Roth Elective Deferral Contributions made on behalf of the Participants. A Participants Roth Elective Deferral Contributions shall be allocated to a separate account maintained for such contributions as described in Section 3.02.D.2. Unless specifically stated otherwise, Roth Elective Deferral Contributions shall be treated Elective Deferral Contributions for all purposes under the Plan. | ||
2. | Separate Accounting. Contributions and withdrawals of Roth Elective Deferral Contributions shall be credited and debited to the Roth Elective Deferral Contribution Account maintained for each Participant. The Plan shall maintain a record of the amount of Roth Elective Deferral Contributions in each Participants Account. Gains, losses and other credits or charges must be separately allocated on a reasonable and consistent basis to each Participants Roth Elective Deferral Contribution Account and the Participants other Accounts under the Plan. No contributions other than Roth Elective Deferral Contributions and properly attributable earnings will be credited to each Participants Roth Elective Deferral Contribution Account. | ||
3. | Direct Rollovers. Notwithstanding Section 6.05 of the Plan, a direct rollover of a distribution from a Participants Roth Elective Deferral Contribution Account under the Plan will only be made to another Roth elective deferral contribution account under an applicable retirement plan described in Code Section 402A(e)(1) or to a Roth IRA described in Code Section 408A, and only to the |
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extent the rollover is permitted under the rules of Code Section 402(c). Notwithstanding Section 3.14 of the Plan, the Plan shall accept a Rollover Contribution to a Participants Roth Elective Deferral Contribution Account only if it is a direct rollover from another Roth elective deferral contribution account under an applicable retirement plan described in Code Section 402A(e)(1) and only to the extent the rollover is permitted under the rules of Code Section 402(c). Eligible rollover distributions from a Participants Roth Elective Deferral Contribution Account shall be taken into account in determining whether the Participants vested Account under the Plan exceeds $1,000 for purposes of Section 5.02 of the Plan. | |||
4. | Correction of Excess Compensation Deferrals and Excess Elective Deferrals. In the case of a distribution of Excess Compensation Deferrals and Excess Elective Deferral, a Highly Compensated Employee may designate the extent to which the excess amount is composed of pre-tax Elective Deferral Contributions and Roth Elective Deferral Contributions but only to the extent such types of contributions were made for the Plan Year. If the Highly Compensated Employee does not designate which type of Elective Deferral Contributions are to be distributed, the Plan will distribute pre-tax Elective Deferral Contributions first. |
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A. | Non-Safe Harbor Matching Contributions. For Plan Years beginning prior to January 1, 2009, and for Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2009 with respect to any Employer that is designated by the Committee as a separate line of business and authorized by the Committee to make a Matching Contribution that is different than the Matching Contribution set forth in Section 3.05.B., the Employer may contribute to the Account of each eligible Participant employed by it Non-Safe Harbor Matching Contributions in an amount determined by the Employer from time to time in its discretion, subject to the approval of the Committee. The Non-Safe Harbor Matching Contributions shall be made from the Employers Net Profit in accordance with Appendix D, in an amount (when added to forfeitures of Matching Contributions that are reallocated pursuant to Appendix F.05) that does not exceed: |
1. | A percentage, elected by each Employer, of such Participants Elective Deferral Contributions made under Section 3.02 (as set forth in Appendix D), minus | ||
2. | The fair market value of ESOP Stock allocated to the Accounts of such Participants under Section 3.17 (Matching Contributions-ESOP Stock Allocation). |
The discretionary Non-Safe Harbor Matching Contribution amounts or rates of contribution in any year may vary, in the Employers discretion and among Employers or divisions, subject to the approval of the Committee, and the discretionary amounts so contributed shall be allocated among the eligible Participants of such Employers or divisions. However, the rate of the Non-Safe Harbor Matching Contribution shall not increase as the rate of a Participants Elective Deferral Contributions increase. Further, the Non-Safe Harbor Matching Contributions made for |
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any eligible Highly Compensated Employee at any rate of Elective Deferral Contributions cannot be greater than that for any eligible Non-highly Compensated Employee who makes Elective Deferral Contributions at the same rate. Whenever different levels of Non-Safe Harbor Matching Contributions are provided for the Plan Year on behalf of different Employers or divisions, the Plan Administrator shall notify the Trustee, in writing, of the amount of the contribution allocable to each group for allocation to the eligible Participants employed within each such group. Each level of Non-Safe Harbor Matching Contribution for a Plan Year is also required to satisfy Code Section 401(a)(4). | |||
B. | Safe Harbor Matching Contributions. For Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2009, except any Employer that is designated by the Committee as a separate line of business and authorized by the Committee to make a different Matching Contribution, the Employer will contribute Safe Harbor Matching Contributions to the Account of each Participant employed by it in an amount equal to 100% of a Participants Elective Deferral Contributions up to 5% of the Participants Compensation. The Safe Harbor Matching Contributions made pursuant to this Section 3.05.B. are intended to satisfy the matching contribution requirement in Code Section 401(k)(13)(D) for the Plan to be a qualified automatic contribution arrangement. | ||
C. | Additional Matching Contributions. With the prior approval of the Committee, for any Plan Year the Employer may elect to make Matching Contributions in addition to those described in Sections 3.05.A. or B. Matching Contributions made pursuant to this Section 3.05.C. are referred to as Additional Matching Contributions. In addition to any other limitations on Matching Contributions under the Plan, Employers making Safe Harbor Matching Contributions under Section 3.05.B. shall not make Additional Matching Contributions under this Section 3.05.C. in an amount which would cause the Plan to fail to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 401(m)(12). Pursuant to applicable Treasury Regulations, the limitation on a Matching Contribution made at such Employers discretion on behalf of a Participant is an amount which, in the aggregate, does not exceed 4% of the Participants Compensation. This limitation shall be observed only to the extent required by law to meet the requirements for the safe harbor under Code Section 401(m)(12). | ||
D. | Except where the context indicates otherwise, Non-Safe Harbor Matching Contributions, Safe Harbor Matching Contributions, and Additional Matching Contributions shall be referred to in the Plan collectively as Matching Contributions. | ||
E. | Qualified Matching Contributions. To the extent the Actual Deferral Percentage test and Actual Contribution Percentage test apply to the Employer, if the Employer so elects (at the direction of the Committee prior to January 1, 2008), the Employer may also make Matching Contributions to the Plan that are Qualified Matching Contributions. Qualified Matching Contributions shall mean Matching Contributions that are at all times Nonforfeitable and subject to the distribution requirements of Section 401(k) of the Code when made to the Plan. Additional contributions subject to these rules may be made by the Employer, or |
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some of all of the existing Matching Contributions can be designated as fully vested and subject to the distribution restrictions in order to satisfy these rules. Furthermore, the election to make any Qualified Matching Contributions may also vary among the Employers or divisions of the Employer. | |||
The Employer may make a Qualified Matching Contribution that is taken into account for purposes of the Actual Deferral Percentage test only to the extent the Qualified Matching Contribution is a Matching Contribution that is not precluded from being taken into account under the Actual Contribution Percentage test for the Plan Year under the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.401(m)-2(a)(5)(ii). Further, Qualified Matching Contributions cannot be taken into account for purposes of the Actual Deferral Percentage test to the extent such contributions are taken into account for purposes of satisfying any other actual deferral percentage test, any actual contribution percentage test, or the requirements of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.401(k)-3, 1.401(m)-3 or 1.401(k)-4. | |||
F. | Additional Provisions Regarding Matching Contributions. |
1. | An Employer may make a Matching Contribution on behalf of another Employer in any case where the latter is prevented from making such contribution because its Net Profit is insufficient to allow it to make such contribution. In addition, the Employers shall contribute for each Plan Year an amount sufficient to discharge all indebtedness due during such Plan Year with respect to all ESOP Loans. The Employer shall designate the ESOP Loan to which a contribution is to be applied, and the Trustee shall apply such contribution to the ESOP Loan so designated. | ||
2. | Except for forfeitures, released ESOP shares and occasional bona fide administrative considerations, an Employer contribution is not a Matching Contribution made on account of a Elective Deferral Contribution if it is contributed before the Elective Deferral Contribution election is made or before the performance of Services with respect to which the Elective Deferral Contribution is made (or when the cash that is subject to the Elective Deferral Contribution election would be currently available, if earlier). | ||
3. | The Employer shall not make a Matching Contribution to the Trust for any Participant to the extent that the contribution would exceed the Participants Maximum Permissible Amount as described in Appendix F. |
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A. | Method of Allocation. An Employers Profit Sharing Contributions, if any, for a Plan Year (plus amounts forfeited from Participants Profit Sharing Contribution Accounts under Section 3.13) shall be allocated to each eligible Participant who is employed by that Employer in accordance with Appendix D; provided, however, that the allocation to each eligible Participant shall be in the proportion that each such eligible Participants Compensation bears to the total Compensation of all eligible Participants who are employed by that Employer. | ||
B. | Accrual of Benefit. The Plan Administrator shall determine the accrual of a Participants benefit on the basis of the Plan Year. In allocating any Profit Sharing Contributions to a Participants Account, the Plan Administrator, subject to Section 11.01, shall take into account only Compensation paid to the Employee during the portion of the Plan Year during which the Employee was a Participant. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, a Profit Sharing Contribution shall not be allocated to a Participants Account to the extent the contribution would exceed the Participants Maximum Permissible Amount under Appendix F, Section F.07. of the Plan. If Participants must satisfy allocation requirements in order to receive an allocation of any Profit Sharing Contributions, such allocation requirements shall not apply to Participants who |
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experience a Severance from Employment during the applicable Plan Year after their Normal Retirement Date or due to death or Disability. If, in any given Plan Year, the Plan fails to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 410(b)(1), any Hours of Service requirement to receive an allocation of Profit Sharing Contributions shall be disregarded for that Plan Year with respect to the Participant(s) with the next highest number of Hours of Service and continuing with each Participant, one by one, until the Plan satisfies the requirements of Code Section 410(b)(1). If, after eliminating any Hours of Service allocation requirement for all Participants, the Plan still fails to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 410(b)(1), a last day of the Plan Year allocation requirement, if any, shall be eliminated with respect to the Participant(s) who incurred a Severance from Employment with the Employer latest in the Plan Year, and continuing with each Participant, one by one, until the Plan satisfies the requirements of Code Section 410(b)(1). | |||
A Participant who dies on or after January 1, 2010, while performing Qualified Military Service (as defined in Code Section 414(u)) shall be treated as if he resumed employment with the Employer immediately prior to his death and then experienced a Severance from Employment on account of his death. A Participant who dies or becomes Disabled on or after January 1, 2010, while performing Qualified Military Service (as defined in Code Section 414(u)) and does not return to active employment with the Employer as a result of the Disability shall be treated as if he resumed employment with the Employer immediately prior to becoming Disabled and then experienced a Severance from Employment due to his Disability. |
A. | Plan Years beginning prior to January 1, 2006. If the limitation on Elective Deferral Contributions in Section F.01 of Appendix F or the limitation on Matching Contributions in Section F.04 of Appendix F is exceeded, at the direction of the Committee, the Employer shall make Qualified Non-elective Contributions under the Plan on behalf of all Participants who are Non-highly Compensated Employees in order to satisfy the Actual Deferral Percentage test, the Actual Contribution Percentage test, or both. Qualified Non-elective Contributions shall be treated as Elective Deferral Contributions or Matching Contributions as determined by the Committee for all purposes of Plan. Such contributions are to be allocated in the proportion that each eligible Non-Highly Compensated Employees Compensation bears to the total Compensation of all such Eligible Employees. | ||
B. | Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2006. |
1. | Purpose. If the limitation on Elective Deferral Contributions in Section F.01 of Appendix F or the limitation on Matching Contributions in Section F.04 of Appendix F is exceeded, the Employer may (prior to January 1, 2008, the Employer shall, at the direction of the Committee) make Qualified Non-elective Contributions to a Participants Qualified Non-elective Contribution Account under the Plan on behalf of (i) all Participants who are Non-highly Compensated Employees, or (ii) the number of Non-highly Compensated Employees, beginning with the least |
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highly Compensated Employee, necessary to satisfy the Actual Deferral Percentage test, the Actual Contribution Percentage test, or both, or the coverage requirements of Code Section 410(b). For purposes of this Article III, Qualified Non-elective Contributions shall mean contributions (other than Matching Contributions, Profit Sharing Contributions or Qualified Matching Contributions) made by the Employer and allocated to Participants Accounts that the Participants may not elect to receive in cash until distributed from the Plan; that are Nonforfeitable when made; and that are distributable only in accordance with the distribution provisions that are applicable to Elective Deferral Contributions and Qualified Matching Contributions. | |||
2. | Limitations. |
(a) | A Qualified Non-elective Contribution made on behalf of a Non-highly Compensated Employee cannot be taken into account for purposes of the Actual Deferral Percentage test or the Actual Contribution Percentage test for a Plan Year to the extent the Qualified Non-elective Contribution exceeds the product of the Non-highly Compensated Employees Compensation and the greater of (i) 5% (up to 10% if the Qualified Non-elective Contribution is made in connection with a Participating Employers obligation to pay a prevailing wage under the Davis-Bacon Act (46 Stat. 1494), Public Law 71-798, Service Contract Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 1965), Public Law 89-286, or similar legislation); or (ii) 2 times the Plans Representative Contribution Rate. | ||
(b) | Qualified Non-elective Contributions cannot be taken into account for purposes of the Actual Deferral Percentage test to the extent such contributions are taken into account for purposes of satisfying any other actual deferral percentage test, any actual contribution percentage test, or the requirements of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.401(k)-3, 1.401(m)-3 or 1.401(k)-4. Similarly, if this Plan switches from the current Plan Year testing method to the prior Plan Year testing method pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.401(k)-2(c), Qualified Non-elective Contributions that are taken into account under the current Plan Year testing method for a Plan Year may not be taken into account under the prior Plan Year testing method for the next Plan Year. | ||
(c) | Qualified Non-elective Contributions cannot be taken into account for purposes of the Actual Contribution Percentage test to the extent such contributions are taken into account for purposes of satisfying any other actual contribution percentage test, any actual deferral percentage test, or the requirements of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.401(k)-3, 1.401(m)-3 or 1.401(k)-4. Similarly, if this Plan switches from the current Plan Year testing method to the prior Plan Year testing method pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.401(m)-2(c)(1), Qualified Non-elective Contributions that are taken into account under the current Plan Year testing method for a Plan Year may not be taken into account under the prior Plan Year testing method for the next Plan Year. |
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3. | Allocation. Qualified Non-elective Contributions shall be allocated to Participants Accounts either (i) in the same proportion that each Participants Compensation for the Plan Year for which the Employer makes the contribution bears to the total Compensation of all Non-highly Compensated Participants, or (ii) in a flat dollar amount, as determined by the Employer. Qualified Non-elective Contributions may be made only with respect to eligible Participants within one or more Employers or divisions or with respect to all eligible Participants, as determined by the Administrator. | ||
4. | Definitions. |
(a) | The Representative Contribution Rate is the greater of (i) the lowest Applicable Contribution Rate of any eligible Non-highly Compensated Employee among a group of eligible Non-highly Compensated Employees that consists of half of all eligible Non-highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year, or (ii) the lowest Applicable Contribution Rate of any eligible Non-highly Compensated Employee in the group of all eligible Non-highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year and who is employed by a Participating Employer on the last day of the Plan Year. |
(1) | Any Qualified Non-elective Contribution taken into account under the Actual Deferral Percentage test pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.401(k)-2(a)(6) (including the determination of the Representative Contribution Rate for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.401(k)-2(a)(6)(iv)(B)) is not permitted to be taken into account for purposes of the Actual Contribution Percentage test (including the determination of the Representative Contribution Rate). | ||
(2) | Any Qualified Non-elective Contribution taken into account under the Actual Contribution Percentage test pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.401(m)-2(a)(6) (including the determination of the Representative Contribution Rate for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.401(m)-2(a)(6)(v)(B)) is not permitted to be taken into account for purposes of the Actual Deferral Percentage test (including the determination of the Representative Contribution Rate). |
(b) | The Applicable Contribution Rate for an eligible Non-highly Compensated Employee is: |
(1) | Actual Deferral Percentage Test. The sum of the Qualified Matching Contributions taken into account for purposes of the Actual Deferral Percentage test for the eligible Non-highly Compensated Employee for the Plan Year and the Qualified Non-elective Contributions made for the eligible Non-highly Compensated Employee for the Plan Year divided by the Non-highly Compensated Employees Compensation for the Plan Year. |
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(2) | Actual Contribution Percentage Test. The sum of the Matching Contributions taken into account for purposes of the Actual Contribution Percentage test for the Non-Highly Compensated Employee for the Plan Year and the Qualified Non-elective Contributions made for the eligible Non-highly Compensated Employee for the Plan Year divided by the Non-highly Compensated Employees Compensation for the Plan Year. |
A. | In General. Matching Contributions, Qualified Matching Contributions, Qualified Non-elective Contributions, and Profit Sharing Contributions made under the Plan shall be made in ESOP Stock, cash, or both; provided that contributions intended to satisfy an ESOP Loan shall not be made in ESOP Stock. Matching Contributions, Qualified Matching Contributions, Qualified Non-elective Contributions, and/or Profit Sharing Contributions not intended to satisfy an ESOP Loan shall promptly be invested in ESOP Stock. The value of each share contributed shall be the Stocks closing price per share on the New York Stock Exchange for the last trading day immediately preceding the date the ESOP Stock is contributed to the Plan. | ||
B. | Disposition of Contributions. ESOP Stock purchased under Section 5.08 shall be held in Trust, and when allocated in accordance with Section 3.16 shall remain so allocated to Participants Accounts until distributed in accordance with Article V or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the Plan and Trust. |
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A. | The Employer made the contribution by mistake of fact; or | ||
B. | The disallowance of the contribution as a deduction, and then, only to the extent of the disallowance. |
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A. | If: |
1. | The ESOP Loan provides for payments of principal and interest at a cumulative rate that is not less rapid at any time than level annual payments of such amounts for 10 years; and | ||
2. | Interest included in any payment is disregarded (in determining the portion of such payment constituting principal) only to the extent that it would be determined to be interest under standard loan amortization tables, then the number of shares released from the Unallocated Stock Account shall bear the same ratio to the number of shares attributable to the ESOP Loan that are then in the Unallocated Stock Account (prior to the release) as (1) the principal payments made on the ESOP Loan in the calendar quarter ending with such Valuation Date bear to (2) the quarters principal payments described in (1), plus the total remaining principal payments required (or projected to be required on the basis of the interest rate in effect at the end of such calendar quarter) to satisfy the ESOP Loan. If the ESOP Loan does not meet the requirements of the preceding sentence, or if, at any time, by reason of a renewal, extension or refinancing, the sum of the expired duration of the ESOP Loan, the renewal period, the extension period, and the duration of the new ESOP Loan exceeds 10 years, then the number of shares released shall be determined in accordance with Section 3.16.B. |
B. | Unless Section 3.16.A.1. applies, the number of shares released from the Unallocated Stock Account shall bear the same ratio to the number of shares attributable to the ESOP Loan that are then in the Unallocated Stock Account (prior to the release) as (1) the principal and interest payments made on the ESOP Loan in the calendar quarter ending with such Valuation Date bear to (2) the quarters payments described in (1), plus the total remaining principal and interest payments required (or projected to be required on the basis of the interest rate in effect at the end of such calendar) to satisfy the ESOP Loan. | ||
C. | For purposes of this section, each ESOP Loan, the ESOP Stock purchased in connection with it, and any stock dividends on such ESOP Stock, shall be considered separately. |
A. | The ESOP Stock released from the Unallocated Stock Account for the |
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calendar quarter ending on that Valuation Date, as determined in accordance with Section 3.16; plus | |||
B. | Any Matching Contributions, and any earnings, gains or losses thereon, for the then current Plan Year not designated to be applied against the ESOP Loan and not previously allocated, shall be allocated among the Accounts of eligible Participants in an amount not to exceed the percentage of Elective Deferral Contributions made under Section 3.02. |
A. | As a bonus Matching Contribution allocated as provided in Section 3.17 ratably to the Accounts of all Employees eligible to receive Matching Contributions, subject to the limitations on Additional Matching Contributions set forth in Section 3.05.C.; or | ||
B. | As a Profit Sharing Contribution allocated as provided in Section 3.07 to the Accounts of the class of Employees selected in the same manner as indicated in Section 3.05 for Qualified Matching Contributions. |
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TERMINATION OF SERVICE; PARTICIPANT VESTING
A. | Vesting In General. A Participants interest in his Elective Deferral Contribution Account, Catch-Up Contribution Account, Roth Elective Deferral Contribution Account, After-Tax Contribution Account, Rollover Contribution Account, Transfer Contribution Account, Qualified Matching Contribution Account, and Qualified Non-elective Contribution Account, if any, and dividends paid on the Stock held in the portion of his Account that is invested in the ESOP Stock Fund, if any, shall at all times be fully vested and Nonforfeitable. | ||
Unless otherwise provided below, a Participants interest in his Non-Safe Harbor Matching Contribution Account, Additional Matching Contribution Account, and Profit Sharing Contribution Account, shall vest as provided in Appendix D. A Participants interest in his Safe Harbor Matching Contribution Account shall be fully vested and Nonforfeitable after two (2) Years of Service. A Participants interest in his Non-Safe Harbor Matching Contribution Account, Safe Harbor Matching Contribution Account, Additional Matching Contribution Account, and Profit Sharing Contribution Account shall be fully vested if, while employed by the Employer, he reaches his Normal Retirement Date, dies or sustains a Disability. | |||
A Participant who dies on or after January 1, 2007, while performing Qualified Military Service (as defined in Code Section 414(u)) shall be treated as if he resumed employment with the Employer immediately prior to his death and then experienced a Severance from Employment on account of his death. A Participant who becomes Disabled on or after January 1, 2010, while performing Qualified Military Service (as defined in Code Section 414(u)) and does not return to active employment with the Employer as a result of the Disability shall be treated as if he resumed employment with the Employer immediately prior to becoming Disabled and then experienced a Severance from Employment due to his Disability. | |||
The Committee or its delegate shall have the authority to accelerate the vesting of a Participant, except for a Participant who is a Section 16 Officer, as defined in Rule 16a-1 issued under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, so long as such acceleration satisfies the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(4) and the Treasury Regulations thereunder. Further, to the extent a divestiture agreement that has been approved by the Board or its delegate provides for the acceleration of vesting for certain Participants, the Plan shall be treated as being amended pursuant to the terms of such divestiture agreement with respect to such Participants. | |||
B. | Vesting Special Rule with Respect to Techsonic Industries, Inc. Notwithstanding Section 4.01.A. above, any Participant who was actively employed by Techsonic Industries on May 5, 2004, shall have a 100% vested interest in his Matching Contributions; provided that such Participant shall have no vested interest in Matching Contributions that |
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are attributable to Elective Deferral Contributions that are Excess Elective Deferrals or Excess Compensation Deferrals. | |||
C. | Vesting Special Rule with Respect to the Sermatech Coatings Business. Notwithstanding Section 4.01.A. above, any Participant whose employment was transferred from the Employer to the buyer as a result of the sale of the Business on February 28, 2005, shall have a 100% vested interest in his Matching Contributions; provided that such Participant shall have no vested interest in Matching Contributions that are attributable to Elective Deferral Contributions that are Excess Elective Deferrals or Excess Compensation Deferrals. The Business for purposes of this Section 4.01.C. shall mean the provision and sale of engineered coating services for the aerospace, power generation, offshore oil and gas, process and general industrial markets, each as conducted by the Sermatech Coatings division of the Company and its Related Employers as of February 28, 2005. | ||
D. | Vesting Special Rule with Respect to Automotive Pedals Business.Notwithstanding Section 4.01.A. above, any Participant who was actively employed by the Business on August 12, 2005, shall have a 100% vested interest in his Matching Contributions; provided that such Participant shall have no vested interest in Matching Contributions that are attributable to Elective Deferral Contributions that are Excess Elective Deferrals or Excess Compensation Deferrals. The Business for purposes of this Section 4.01.D. shall mean the development, manufacture and sale of accelerator, brake and clutch pedals (including, fixed and adjustable pedals and electronic throttle control systems) to the light-duty over-the-highway automotive market, as conducted by the Automotive Group Pedal Products Business as of August 12, 2005. | ||
E. | Vesting Special Rule with Respect to Teleflex Aerospace Manufacturing Group. Notwithstanding Section 4.01.A. above, any Participant who was actively employed by the Business on June 29, 2007, shall have a 100% vested interest in his Matching Contributions; provided that such Participant shall have no vested interest in Matching Contributions that are attributable to Elective Deferral Contributions that are Excess Elective Deferrals or Excess Compensation Deferrals. The Business for purposes of this Section 4.01.E. shall mean the design and, manufacture and sale of fan blades, blisks, compressor airfoils, outer guide vanes and turbine airfoils for aircraft turbine engines by the Acquired Companies (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) and the UK Seller (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) to original equipment manufacturers of aircraft engines. | ||
F. | Vesting Special Rule with Respect to Arrow International, Inc. Each person who was an active employee of Arrow or any of its Subsidiaries (as set forth in Section 3.01(b) of the Disclosure Letter to the Agreement and the Plan of Merger among Teleflex Incorporated, AM Sub Inc. and Arrow International, Inc.) immediately prior to October 1, 2007 shall receive full credit for purposes of vesting under the Plan for his most recent continuous period of service with Arrow or any of its subsidiaries, to the same extent recognized by Arrow or any of its Subsidiaries immediately prior to October 1, 2007, except to the extent such credit |
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would result in duplication of benefits for the same period of service. | |||
G. | Vesting Special Rule with Respect to Automotive and Industrial. Notwithstanding Section 4.01.A. above, any Participant who was actively employed by the Business on December 31, 2007, shall have a 100% vested interest in his Matching Contributions; provided that such Participant shall have no vested interest in Matching Contributions that are attributable to Elective Deferral Contributions that are Excess Elective Deferrals or Excess Compensation Deferrals. The Business for purposes of this Section 4.01.G. shall mean the development, manufacture and sale of (i) shift towers, shifters, shift knobs, lumbar products, head restraints and other seat modules, seat actuators and other electro-mechanical devices and cables to original equipment manufacturers and Tier 1 suppliers in automotive markets, (ii) steering systems, shifters, heavy duty cables, light duty cables, fixed and adjustable foot pedals, displays and electronics to manufacturers in vehicular (but not marine vessel) and related industrial markets, and (iii) nylon and nylon assemblies, convoluted hose, smooth bore PTFE hose, fittings and connectors and fluid delivery systems to the customers, and in the markets, described in (i) and (ii) above. |
A. | As of the Accounting Date of the Plan Year in which the Participant first incurs a Break-in-Service, if the Participants Accounts are distributed at the time provided in Section 5.02 because he has not elected to defer receipt of his benefits or his benefits have been distributed pursuant to Section 5.02; | ||
B. | As of the Accounting Date of the Plan Year in which the Participant first incurs a Forfeiture Break-in-Service, if the Participant elects to defer receipt of the Nonforfeiteable portion of his Non-Safe Harbor Matching Contribution Account, Safe Harbor Matching Contribution Account, Additional Matching Contribution Account, and Profit Sharing Contribution Account pursuant to Section 5.02.D.; and |
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C. | As of the Accounting Date of the Plan Year in which the Participant first incurs a Break-in-Service, if the Participant does not have any vested interest in his Non-Safe Harbor Matching Contribution Account, Safe Harbor Matching Contribution Account, Additional Matching Contribution Account, and/or Profit Sharing Contribution Account, if any, when he has a Severance from Employment. |
A. | First, the amount, if any, of Participant forfeitures the Plan Administrator would otherwise allocate under Section 3.13; and | ||
B. | Second, the Profit Sharing Contribution and/or Matching Contribution, if any, for the Plan Year to the extent made under a discretionary formula. |
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TIME AND METHOD OF PAYMENT OF BENEFITS
A. | Cash-out Distribution. A Cash-out Distribution is a lump sum distribution of the Participants Nonforfeitable Account balance. | ||
B. | Consent. The Participant must consent in writing to a distribution (including the form of the distribution) if: (i) the Participants Nonforfeitable Account balance on the date the distribution commences exceeds $1,000 ($5,000 prior to March 28, 2005), and (ii) the Plan Administrator directs the Trustee to make a distribution to the Participant prior to the later of his Normal Retirement Date or his attaining age 62. Furthermore, the Participants Spouse must consent in writing to the distribution if the Participants Nonforfeitable Account Balance on the date the distribution commences exceeds $5,000. | ||
The consent of the Participant, and the Participants Spouse, if applicable, shall be obtained in writing within the 180-day (90-day prior to January 1, 2007) period ending on the Annuity Starting Date. The Annuity Starting Date is the first day of the first period for which an amount is paid as an annuity or in any other form. The Plan Administrator shall notify the Participant and the Participants Spouse of the right to defer distribution until the Participants Nonforfeitable Account Balance is no longer immediately distributable. Such notice shall include a general description of the material features, and an explanation of the relative values of, the optional forms of benefit, if any, available under the Plan in a manner that would satisfy the notice requirements of Code Section 411(a)(11) and its applicable Treasury Regulations (including, effective January 1, 2007 a description of the consequences of failing to defer receipt of a distribution). Further, such notice shall be provided no less than 30 days and no more than 180 days (90 days prior to January 1, 2007) prior to the date of distribution. However, distribution may commence less than 30 days after the notice is provided if the Plan Administrator clearly informs the Participant that the Participant has a period of at least 30 days after receiving the notice to consider whether or not to elect a distribution, and the Participant and the Participants Spouse, if applicable, after receiving the notice, affirmatively elect a distribution. |
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C. | Time of Distribution of Account Balance. Upon a Participants Severance from Employment, other than for death, before his Normal Retirement Date, the Participants Account balance shall be distributed as follows: |
1. | If the Participants Nonforfeitable Account balance on the date the distribution commences is $1,000 or less ($5,000 or less prior to March 28, 2005), and the Participant does not elect to have such Account paid to an eligible retirement plan, the Trustee shall pay such Nonforfeitable Account balance to the Participant in the form of a single, lump sum Cash-out Distribution as soon as administratively practicable after the Participants Severance from Employment. With respect to distributions on or after March 28, 2005, for purposes of determining whether such payment may be made, the value of the Account shall be determined by including that portion of the Account that is attributable to Rollover Contributions. With respect to distributions made prior to March 28, 2005, for purposes of determining whether such payment may be made, the value of the Account shall be determined without regard to that portion of the Account that is attributable to Rollover Contributions. If the Participant does not have a Nonforfeitable interest in his Account, he shall be deemed to have received a distribution of his entire vested Account. | ||
2. | Effective for distributions on or after March 28, 2005, if the Participants Nonforfeitable Account balance on the date the distribution commences is greater than $1,000 and does not exceed $5,000 and the Participant does not affirmatively elect to have such Nonforfeitable Account balance paid directly to him or to an eligible retirement plan, his benefit shall be paid directly to an individual retirement account (IRA) established for the Participant pursuant to a written agreement between the Committee and the provider of the IRA that meets the requirements of Section 401(a)(31) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder as soon as administratively practicable after the Participants Severance from Employment. For purposes of determining whether such payment may be made, the value of such Account shall be determined by including that portion of the Account that is attributable to Rollover Contributions. The Plan Administrator shall establish and maintain procedures to inform each Participant to whom this section applies of the nature and operation of the IRA and the Participants investments therein, the fees and expenses associated with the operation of the IRA, and the terms of the written agreement establishing such IRA on behalf of the Participant. | ||
3. | If the value of the Participants Nonforfeitable Account balance is more than $5,000 as of the date of any distribution, payment to such Participant shall not be made unless the Participant consents in writing to the distribution. Consent to such distribution shall not be valid unless the Participant is informed of his right to defer receipt of the distribution. The Trustee shall be authorized to charge a reasonable fee for maintaining such Accounts. A Participant entitled to a benefit of more than $5,000 may elect to defer payment of all or any part of that benefit until his Normal Retirement Date, or if earlier, such time as the Participant requests payment in writing. |
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D. | Deferral of Distribution of Account Balance until Normal Retirement Date. If the Participant (and, if applicable, the Participants Spouse) does not file his written consent (if required) with the Trustee within the reasonable period of time stated in the consent form, the Trustee shall continue to hold the Participants Account in trust until the close of the Plan Year in which the Participants Normal Retirement Date occurs. At that time, the Trustee shall commence payment of the Participants Nonforfeitable value of his Account in accordance with the provisions of this Article V; provided, however, if the Participant dies after his Severance from Employment but prior to his Normal Retirement Date, the Plan Administrator, upon notice of the death, shall direct the Trustee to commence payment of the Participants Nonforfeitable value of his Account to his Beneficiary in accordance with the provisions of Sections 5.03 and 5.09. | ||
A Participant who has elected to delay receiving a distribution of his Account may elect to receive a distribution of his Nonforfeitable Account balance as soon as administratively practicable by properly completing the appropriate distribution election forms or procedures. If no such election is made, the Participants Nonforfeitable Account balance shall be paid as provided in Section 5.01. |
A. | Distribution Beginning Before Death. If the Participants death occurs after payment of the Participants Nonforfeitable Account Balance has commenced, the Plan Administrator shall complete payment of the remaining Account balance at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution used prior to the Participants death. | ||
B. | Distribution Beginning After Death of Employee. If the Participants death occurs before distribution of his Account has commenced, the distribution of the Participants entire Nonforfeitable Account Balance shall be made to the Participants Beneficiary in accordance with Section 5.07 and the method of payment selected by the Participant prior to his death. If no method of payment was selected by the Participant, the Beneficiary shall select the method of payment. | ||
Except as otherwise set forth in an Appendix hereto, the Participants Nonforfeitable Account balance shall be distributed in a lump sum distribution to the Participants Beneficiary as soon as administratively practicable after notification of the Participants death. However, if the Participants Nonforfeitable Account balance at the time of distribution exceeds $5,000, the Account shall not be distributed to the Participants Beneficiary prior to the later of the Participants Normal Retirement Date or the date the Participant would have attained age 62 without the written consent of the Beneficiary if the Beneficiary is the Participants surviving Spouse. If the Beneficiary is not the Participants surviving Spouse, the Beneficiary must elect to have distribution of the entire amount payable |
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completed on or before the last day of the calendar year that contains the fifth anniversary of the date of the Participants death. | |||
In the case of a Participant who dies on or after January 1, 2007, while performing Qualified Military Service (as defined in Code Section 414(u)), the survivors of the Participant are entitled to any additional benefits (other than benefit accruals relating to the period of Qualified Military Service as provided by Code Section 414(u)) that are provided under the Plan assuming the Participant resumed employment with the Employer and then experienced a Severance from Employment on account of death. However, the foregoing shall not provide any additional benefit accruals, and the deemed resumption of employment of the Participant shall be applied only to determine the eligibility of a Beneficiary for any pre-retirement death benefits, and only to the extent required by published guidance, as incorporated herein. | |||
C. | Nonforfeitable Account Balance. For purposes of this Section 5.03, the Participants Nonforfeitable Account balance at Severance from Employment shall include all amounts credited to the Participants Account for the Plan Year in which the Severance from Employment occurs even where such contributions are not yet allocated to an account, provided such amounts are vested. |
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A. | Minimum Legal Distribution Requirements. Unless the Participant elects otherwise in writing, distribution of a Participants Nonforfeitable Account balance shall be made not later than 60 days after the close of the Plan Year in which the later of the following events occurs: |
1. | The date the Participant reaches his Normal Retirement Date; or | ||
2. | The date the Participant dies or otherwise has a Severance from Employment with the Employer. |
In no event shall distributions commence nor shall the Participant elect to have distribution commence later than the Required Beginning Date. Furthermore, once distributions have begun to a Five-percent Owner, they must continue to be distributed, even if the Participant ceases to be a Five-percent Owner in a subsequent year. | |||
B. | In no event shall payment commence later than the time prescribed by this Article V or in a form not permitted under Article V. The Plan Administrator shall make its determinations under this Article V in a nondiscriminatory, consistent and uniform manner. If the Plan Administrator directs payment to commence to the Participant under this Article V, it shall provide the Participant (and, if applicable, the Participants Spouse) with the appropriate form to consent to the distribution direction, if required. |
A. | The portion of a Participants Account invested in an investment other than Stock or ESOP Stock shall be distributed in a single lump sum cash payment. | ||
B. | Amounts invested in Stock and ESOP Stock shall be distributed as follows: |
1. | If the value of a Participants vested Account (including amounts not invested in Stock and/or ESOP Stock) is $5,000 or less, and the Participant does not elect, pursuant to a procedure established by the Plan Administrator, to receive a distribution in Stock, such distribution shall be made in cash in accordance with Section 5.02.C.; and | ||
2. | If the value of a Participants vested Account (including amounts not invested in Stock and/or ESOP Stock) is more than $5,000, distribution shall be made in either Stock or cash, as elected by the distributee pursuant to a procedure established by the Plan Administrator. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the right to elect a distribution in the form of Stock shall not apply to the portion of the Participants Account that he has elected to diversify pursuant to Section 9.10. |
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C. | If a distribute elects to receive a distribution in cash, the Trustee shall: |
1. | Buy for the Plan the distributees shares of Stock at the fair market value on the date they are to be delivered; | ||
2. | Sell such shares on a national securities exchange, or, if the shares are not listed on such an exchange, the over-the-counter market; or | ||
3. | Provide for the liquidation of the distributees shares using a combination of Sections 5.07.C.1 and 5.07.C.2. |
D. | Before any distribution is made from a Participants Account pursuant to this Article V, any fractional share of Stock allocated to that Account shall be converted to cash on the basis of its pro rata share of the price of a whole share of Stock on the date of distribution. | ||
E. | Any shares of Stock distributed pursuant to the terms of the Plan shall be subject to such restrictions on their subsequent transfer as shall be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, to comply with applicable federal and state securities laws and may bear appropriate legends evidencing such restrictions. |
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A. | Application of Law. With respect to distributions under the Plan made in calendar years beginning before January 1, 2002, the Plan applied the minimum distributions requirements of Code Section 401(a)(9) in accordance with the Treasury Regulations under Code Section 401(a)(9) that were proposed in 1987 (to the extent those proposed Treasury Regulations were not inconsistent with the changes made by the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996) and/or the Treasury Regulations under Code Section 401(a)(9) that were proposed in January of 2001, as set forth in a prior restated document for the Plan. Effective for calendar years beginning on or after January 1, 2003, the Plan shall apply the provisions of this Section 5.09 for purposes of determining the required minimum distributions. | ||
B. | Definitions. For purposes of this Section 5.09, the following definitions shall apply: |
1. | Designated Beneficiary is the individual who is designated as the Beneficiary under Plan Section 1.07 and is the Designated Beneficiary under Code Section 401(a)(9) and Section 1.401(a)(9)-1, Q&A-4 of the Treasury Regulations. | ||
2. | Distribution Calendar Year is a calendar year for which a minimum distribution is required. For distributions beginning before the Participants death, the first Distribution Calendar Year is the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year that contains the participants Required Beginning Date. For distributions beginning after the Participants death, the first Distribution Calendar Year is the calendar year in which the distributions are required to begin under Section 5.09.B.2. The required minimum distribution for the Participants first Distribution Calendar Year will be made on or before the Participants Required Beginning Date. The required minimum distribution for other Distribution Calendar Years, including the required minimum distribution for the Distribution Calendar Year in which the Participants Required Beginning Date occurs, will be made on or before December 31 of that Distribution Calendar Year. | ||
3. | Life Expectancy is a beneficiarys life expectancy as computed by use of the Single Life Table in Section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Treasury Regulations. | ||
4. | RMD Account Balance is the account balance as of the last valuation date in the calendar year immediately preceding the Distribution Calendar Year (the Valuation Calendar Year) increased by the amount of any contributions made and allocated or forfeitures allocated to the account balance as of dates in the Valuation Calendar Year after the valuation date and decreased by distributions made in the Valuation Calendar Year after the valuation date. The account balance for the Valuation Calendar Year includes any amounts rolled over or transferred to the Plan |
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either in the Valuation Calendar Year or in the Distribution Calendar Year if distributed or transferred in the Valuation Calendar Year. | |||
5. | Special Election is a provision of the Plan included in this Section which supersedes the general presumptions set forth in Code Section 401(a)(9) and the Treasury Regulations thereunder. To the extent that this Section does not include any provisions for Special Elections, the default provisions of Code Section 401(a)(9), as set forth below shall apply. |
C. | Time and Manner of Distribution. Subject to any Special Election set forth in this Section 5.09, the following rules shall apply: |
1. | Required Beginning Date. The Participants entire interest will be distributed, or begin to be distributed, to the Participant no later than the Participants Required Beginning Date. | ||
2. | Death of Participant Before Distributions Begin. If the Participant dies before distributions begin, the Participants entire interest will be distributed, or begin to be distributed, no later than as follows: |
(a) | If the Participants surviving Spouse is the Participants sole Designated Beneficiary, then, except as provided herein, distributions to the surviving Spouse will begin by December 31 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the Participant died, or by December 31 of the calendar year in which the Participant would have attained age 701/2, if later. | ||
(b) | If the Participants surviving Spouse is not the Participants sole Designated Beneficiary, then, except as provided herein, distributions to the Designated Beneficiary will begin by December 31 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the Participant died. | ||
(c) | If there is no Designated Beneficiary as of September 30 of the year following the year of the Participants death, the Participants entire interest will be distributed by December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the Participants death. | ||
(d) | If the Participants surviving Spouse is the Participants sole Designated Beneficiary and the surviving Spouse dies after the Participant but before distributions to the surviving Spouse begin, this Section 5.09.C, other than Section 5.09.C.2.(a), will apply as if the surviving Spouse were the Participant. |
For purposes of this Section 5.09.C.2. and Sections 5.09.E., unless subsection (d) above applies, distributions are considered to begin on the Participants Required Beginning Date. If subsection (d) applies, distributions are considered to begin on the date distributions are required to begin to the surviving Spouse under subsection (a), above. If distributions under an annuity |
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purchased from an insurance company irrevocably commence to the Participant before the Participants Required Beginning Date (or to the Participants surviving Spouse before the date distributions are required to begin to the surviving Spouse under subsection (a)), the date distributions are considered to begin is the date distributions actually commence. | |||
3. | Forms of Distribution. Unless the Participants interest is distributed in the form of an annuity purchased from an insurance company or in a single sum on or before the Required Beginning Date, as of the first Distribution Calendar Year distributions will be made in accordance with Sections 5.09.D. and 5.09.E. If the Participants interest is distributed in the form of an annuity purchased from an insurance company, distributions thereunder will be made in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(9) and the Treasury Regulations. |
D. | Required Minimum Distributions During Participants Lifetime. Subject to any Special Election set forth in this Section 5.09, the following rules shall apply: |
1. | Amount of Required Minimum Distributions for Each Distribution Calendar Year. During the Participants lifetime, the minimum amount that will be distributed for each Distribution Calendar Year is the lesser of: |
(a) | The quotient obtained by dividing the RMD Account Balance by the distribution period in the Uniform Lifetime Table set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.401(a)(9)-9, using the Participants age as of the Participants birthday in the Distribution Calendar Year; or | ||
(b) | If the Participants sole Designated Beneficiary for the Distribution Calendar Year is the Participants Spouse, the quotient obtained by dividing the RMD Account Balance by the number in the Joint and Last Survivor Table set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.401(a)(9)-9, using the Participants and the Spouses attained ages as of the Participants and Spouses birthdays in the Distribution Calendar Year. |
2. | Lifetime Required Minimum Distributions Continue Through Year of Participants Death. Required minimum distributions will be determined under this Section beginning with the first Distribution Calendar Year and up to and including the Distribution Calendar Year that includes the Participants date of death. |
E. | Required Minimum Distributions After Participants Death. Subject to any Special Election set forth in this Section 5.09, the following rules shall apply: |
1. | Death On or After Date Distributions Begin. |
(a) | Participant Survived by Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant dies on or after the date distributions begin and there is a Designated Beneficiary, the minimum amount |
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that will be distributed for each Distribution Calendar Year after the year of the Participants death is the quotient obtained by dividing the RMD Account Balance by the longer of the remaining Life Expectancy of the Participant or the remaining Life Expectancy of the Participants Designated Beneficiary, determined as follows: |
(1) | The Participants remaining Life Expectancy is calculated using the age of the Participant in the year of death, reduced by one for each subsequent year. | ||
(2) | If the Participants surviving Spouse is the Participants sole Designated Beneficiary, the remaining Life Expectancy of the surviving Spouse is calculated for each Distribution Calendar Year after the year of the Participants death using the surviving Spouses age as of the Spouses birthday in that year. For Distribution Calendar Years after the year of the surviving Spouses death, the remaining Life Expectancy of the surviving Spouse is calculated using the age of the surviving Spouse as of the Spouses birthday in the calendar year of the Spouses death, reduced by one for each subsequent calendar year. | ||
(3) | If the Participants surviving Spouse is not the Participants sole Designated Beneficiary, the Designated Beneficiarys remaining Life Expectancy is calculated using the age of the Beneficiary in the year following the year of the Participants death, reduced by one for each subsequent year. |
(b) | No Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant dies on or after the date distributions begin and there is no Designated Beneficiary as of September 30 of the year after the year of the Participants death, the minimum amount that will be distributed for each Distribution Calendar Year after the year of the Participants death is the quotient obtained by dividing the RMD Account Balance by the Participants remaining Life Expectancy calculated using the age of the Participant in the year of death, reduced by one for each subsequent year. |
2. | Death Before Date Distributions Begin. |
(a) | Participant Survived by Designated Beneficiary. Except as provided herein, if the Participant dies before the date distributions begin and there is a Designated Beneficiary, |
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the minimum amount that will be distributed for each Distribution Calendar Year after the year of the Participants death is the quotient obtained by dividing the Participants RMD Account Balance by the remaining Life Expectancy of the Participants Designated Beneficiary, determined as provided in Subsection 5.09.E.1. | |||
(b) | No Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant dies before the date distributions begin and there is no Designated Beneficiary as of September 30 of the year following the year of the Participants death, distribution of the Participants entire interest will be completed by December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the Participants death. | ||
(c) | Death of Surviving Spouse Before Distributions to Surviving Spouse are Required to Begin. If the Participant dies before the date distributions begin, the Participants surviving Spouse is the Participants sole Designated Beneficiary, and the surviving Spouse dies before distributions are required to begin to the surviving Spouse under Section 5.09.C.2.(a), this Section will apply as if the surviving Spouse were the Participant. |
F. | General Rules. |
1. | Precedence. If any payment under the terms of the Plan would violate the requirements of this Section 5.09, this Section 5.09 will supersede such contrary provisions of the Plan. | ||
2. | Requirements of Treasury Regulations Incorporated. All distributions required under this Section 5.09 will be determined and made in accordance with the Treasury Regulations under Code Section 401(a)(9). | ||
3. | TEFRA Section 242(b)(2) Elections. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 5.09, distributions may be made under a designation made before January 1, 1984, in accordance with Section 242(b)(2) of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA) and the provisions of the Plan that relate to TEFRA Section 242(b)(2). |
G. | Special Election: Application of the 5-Year Rule to Distributions to Designated Beneficiaries. If the Participant dies before distributions begin and there is a Designated Beneficiary, distribution to the Designated Beneficiary is not required to begin by the date specified in Plan Section 6.09.C.2., but the Participants entire interest will be distributed to the Designated Beneficiary by December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the Participants death. If the Participants surviving Spouse is the Participants sole Designated Beneficiary and the surviving Spouse dies after the Participant but before distributions to either the Participant or the surviving Spouse begin, this paragraph will apply as if the surviving Spouse were the Participant. This paragraph shall apply to all distributions. |
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H. | Special Rules for 2009 Required Minimum Distributions. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.09 of the Plan to the contrary, a Participant or Beneficiary who had reached his Required Beginning Date on or before December 31, 2008 and who would have been required to receive required minimum distributions for 2009 but for the enactment of section 401(a)(9)(H) of the Code (2009 RMDs), and who would have satisfied that requirement by receiving distributions that are (1) equal to the 2009 RMDs or (2) one or more payments in a series of substantially equal distributions (that include the 2009 RMDs) made at least annually and expected to last for the life (or life expectancy) of the Participant, the joint lives (or joint life expectancy) of the Participant and the Participants designated Beneficiary, or for a period of at least 10 years, will receive those distributions for 2009 unless the Participant or Beneficiary elects not to receive such distributions. Participants and Beneficiaries described in the preceding sentence will be given the opportunity to elect to stop receiving the distributions described in the preceding sentence. | ||
A Participant or Beneficiary who reached his Required Beginning Date on or between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009 and who would have been required to receive 2009 RMDs, and who would have satisfied that requirement by receiving distributions that are (1) equal to the 2009 RMDs or (2) one or more payments in a series of substantially equal distributions (that include the 2009 RMDs) made at least annually and expected to last for the life (or life expectancy) of the Participant, the joint lives (or joint life expectancy) of the Participant and the Participants designated Beneficiary, or for a period of at least 10 years, will not receive those distributions for 2009 unless the Participant or Beneficiary chooses to receive such distributions. Participants and Beneficiaries described in the preceding sentence will be given the opportunity to elect to receive the distributions described in the preceding sentence. |
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A. | Apply such amount directly for the comfort, support and maintenance of such person; | ||
B. | Reimburse any person for any such support theretofore supplied to the person entitled to receive any such payment; and | ||
C. | Pay such amount to any person selected by the Plan Administrator to disburse it for such comfort, support and maintenance, including without limitation, any relative who has undertaken, wholly or partially, the expense of such persons comfort, care and maintenance, or any institution in whose care or custody the person entitled to the amount may be. The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, deposit any amount due to a minor to his credit in any savings or commercial bank of the Plan Administrators choice. |
A. | Prior to January 1, 2006, the occurrence of an event described in Section 401(k)(10)(A) of the Code. | ||
B. | Effective January 1, 2006, the occurrence of an event described in Section 401(k)(10)(A)(i) of the Code. | ||
C. | The hardship of the Participant, as described in Section 6.01 herein. | ||
D. | The attainment by the Participant of age 591/2, as described in Section 6.03 herein. | ||
E. | A Participants Severance from Employment, death, or Disability. |
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WITHDRAWALS, DIRECT ROLLOVERS AND WITHHOLDING, LOANS
A. | Only distributions made pursuant to conditions arising under the following circumstances shall be conclusively considered to be made on account of immediate and heavy financial need: |
1. | Alleviating extraordinary financial hardship arising from deductible medical expenses (within the meaning of Code Section 213(d) determined without regard to whether the expenses exceed 7.5% of adjusted gross income) previously incurred by the Participant or his Spouse, children or other dependents (as defined in Code Section 152, and for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2005, without regard to Code Sections 152(b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(B)) or, effective January 1, 2007, the Participants designated Beneficiary, necessary for those persons to obtain medical care described in Code Section 213(d) and not reimbursed or reimbursable by insurance; | ||
2. | Purchasing real property (excluding mortgage payments) that is to serve as the principal residence of the Participant; | ||
3. | Expenditures necessary to prevent eviction from the Participants principal residence or foreclosure of a mortgage on the same; | ||
4. | Financing the tuition and related educational fees for up to the next twelve (12) months of post-secondary education for the Participant, his Spouse, his children or dependents (as defined in Code Section 152, and for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2005, without regard to Code Sections 152(b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(B)) or, effective January 1, 2007, the Participants designated Beneficiary; | ||
5. | For Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 2006, paying funeral or burial expenses incurred due to the death of the Participants parent, Spouse, children or dependents (as defined in Code Section 152 without regard to Code Sections 152(b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(B)), or, effective January 1, 2007, the Participants designated Beneficiary; | ||
6. | For Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 2006, repairing the damage to a Participants principal residence where such expenses would qualify for the casualty deduction under Code Section 165 (without regard to the 10% adjusted gross income limitation); or | ||
7. | Any other reason deemed to be an immediate and heavy financial need by the Secretary of the Treasury. |
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B. | A distribution will be considered to be necessary to satisfy an immediate and heavy financial need of the Participant only if: |
1. | The Participant has obtained all distributions other than hardship distributions (including distribution of ESOP dividends under Code Section 414(k)), and all nontaxable loans, currently available under all plans maintained by the Employer (effective January 1, 2006, including all qualified and nonqualified plans of deferred compensation and a cash or deferred arrangement that is part of a cafeteria plan under Code Section 125, but excluding mandatory employee contribution portions of a defined benefit plan or health and welfare plan); | ||
2. | A Participant who receives a hardship distribution shall be prohibited from making Elective Deferral Contributions, Catch-up Contributions or other Participant contributions, if applicable, under this and all other plans of the Employer (effective January 1, 2006, including any stock option, stock purchase or similar plan or arrangement) for six months after receipt of the distribution (which this Plan hereby so provides); | ||
3. | The distribution is not in excess of the amount necessary to satisfy the immediate and heavy financial need, including any amounts necessary to pay any federal, state, or local income taxes or penalties reasonably anticipated to result from the distribution; and | ||
4. | The need cannot be satisfied through reimbursement, compensation by insurance, liquidation of the Participants assets, or the cessation of Elective Deferral Contributions. |
If a Participants Elective Deferral Contributions are suspended pursuant to Section 6.01.B.2., at the end of the six month suspension period the Plan Administrator must either reinstate the Participants Elective Deferral Contribution election that was in effect immediately prior to the Participants receipt of the hardship distribution, if applicable, or begin to make automatic Elective Deferral Contributions to the Plan on behalf of the Participant in accordance with Section 3.02.C. of the Plan. | |||
C. | A Participant making an application under this Section 6.01 shall have the burden of presenting to the Plan Administrator evidence of such need, and the Plan Administrator shall not permit withdrawal under this Section without first receiving such evidence. If a Participants application for a hardship withdrawal is approved, the Trustee shall make payment of the approved amount of the hardship withdrawal to the Participant. | ||
D. | Payment of a withdrawal requested under this Section 6.01 shall be made within an administratively reasonable period of time after the Plan Administrator determines that the withdrawal request satisfies the requirements of this Section 6.01. Withdrawals shall be made on a pro-rata basis if a Participant elects to make a withdrawal from more than one sub-account in his Account. A Participant may specify the Investment Fund or Funds from which the withdrawal shall be made. If the Participant does not make an Investment Fund election under this Section 6.02, the withdrawal shall be made on a pro-rata basis from all of the applicable Investment Funds. |
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E. | If a Participant is a qualified individual pursuant to Section 101 of the Katrina Emergency Relief Act of 2005, as amended and extended by Internal Revenue Service Notices 2005-92 and, 2005-84, and Announcement 2005-70, the Plan may make a hardship distribution that is intended to constitute a qualified hurricane distribution as defined in Code Section 1400Q(a)(4)(A) to such Participant in accordance with the Plans standard hardship distribution procedures and without regard to the post-distribution contribution restriction enumerated in Section 6.01.B.2. above. The maximum amount of distributions pursuant to this Section 6.01.E. with respect to a qualified individual shall not exceed $100,000. |
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A. | Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary that would otherwise limit a Distributees election under this Section, 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. The Plan Administrator may establish rules and procedures governing the processing of Direct Rollovers and limiting the amount or number of such Direct Rollovers in accordance with applicable Treasury Regulations. Distributions not transferred to an Eligible Retirement Plan in a Direct Rollover shall be subject to income tax withholding as provided under the Code and applicable state and local laws, if any. | ||
B. | Definitions. |
1. | 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: (a) any distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal periodic payments (not less frequently than annually) made for life (or life expectancy) of the Distributee or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of the Distributee and the Distributees designated beneficiary, or for a specified period of ten years of more; (b) any distribution to the extent such distribution is required under Code Section 401(a)(9); (c) any hardship distribution received after December 31, 1998; (d) effective January 1, 2006, any loan that is treated as a distribution under Code Section 72(p) and not excepted by Code Section 72(p)(2), or a loan in default that is a deemed distribution; and (e) effective January 1, 2006, any corrective distribution under Appendix F of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any portion of a distribution that consists of After-Tax Contributions which are not includible in gross income may be transferred only to: (1) an individual retirement account or annuity described in Code Sections 408(a) or (b); or (2) a qualified defined contribution plan described in Code Sections 401(a) or 403(a) (through a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer) that agrees to separately account for amounts so transferred (and any related earnings), including separately accounting for the portion of such distribution that is includible in gross income and the portion of such distribution which is not so includible. In addition, the portion of any distribution on and after January 1, 2007 that consists of After-Tax Contributions which are not includible in gross income may be transferred (in a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer) to a qualified defined benefit plan or a Code Section 403(b) tax-sheltered annuity that agrees to separately account for amounts so transferred (and the earnings thereon), including separately accounting for the portion of such distribution that is includible in gross income and the portion of such distribution which is not so includible. | ||
2. | Eligible Retirement Plan. An Eligible Retirement Plan is an individual retirement account described in Code Section 408(a), an individual retirement annuity described in Code Section 408(b), |
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an annuity plan described in Code Section 403(a), a qualified trust described in Code Section 401(a) and, effective January 1, 2002, an annuity contract described in Code Section 403(b) and an eligible plan under Code Section 457(b) which is maintained by a state, political subdivision of a state, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or political subdivision of a state and which agrees to separately account for amounts transferred into such plan from this Plan, and which accepts the Distributees Eligible Rollover Distribution. This definition of Eligible Retirement Plan shall also apply in the case of a distribution to a surviving Spouse, or to a Spouse or former Spouse who is the alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in Code Section 414(p). Effective January 1, 2008, an Eligible Retirement Plan also includes a Roth individual retirement arrangement within the meaning of Code Section 408A which accepts the Distributees Eligible Rollover Distribution. | |||
3. | Distributee. A Distributee includes an Employee or former Employee. In addition, the Employees or former Employees surviving Spouse and the Employees or former Employees Spouse or former Spouse who is the alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in Code Section 414(p), are Distributees with regard to the interest of the Spouse or former Spouse. Effective for distributions on and after January 1, 2007, a Distributee includes the Participants non-Spouse Beneficiary. | ||
4. | Direct Rollover. A Direct Rollover is a payment by the Plan to the Eligible Retirement Plan specified by the Distributee. In the case of a non-Spouse Beneficiary, a Direct Rollover may be made only to an individual retirement account or annuity described in Code Sections 408(a) or 408(b) (IRA) that is established on behalf of the designated Beneficiary and that will be treated as an inherited IRA pursuant to the provisions of Code Section 402(c)(1). Also, in this case, the determination of any minimum required distribution under Code Section 401(a)(9) that is ineligible for rollover shall be made in accordance with Notice 2007-7, Q&A-17 and 18. |
C. | In Kind Rollovers of Loans. If a Participant has a Severance from Employment as a result of a divestiture of his Employer from the Company and the Participants Employer no longer maintains the Plan, the Participant shall be eligible to elect a distribution of his Nonforfeitable |
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Account Balance. Provided that such Participant elects to make a direct rollover of the full amount of his Nonforfeitable Account Balance to another tax-qualified retirement plan that permits participant loans, any outstanding loans of the Participant may be rolled over in kind to any other tax-qualified retirement plan that will accept such rollover of loans in kind. |
A. | General Rules. The Plan Administrator shall establish the procedures a Participant must follow to request a loan from his Nonforfeitable Account Balance under the Plan. Loans shall be made available to all Participants on a reasonably equivalent basis. | ||
In no event will the total of any outstanding loan balances made to any Participant, including any interest accrued thereon, when aggregated with corresponding loan balances of the Participant under any other plans of the Employer or any affiliate, exceed the lesser of 1. or 2., below: |
1. | $50,000, reduced by the excess (if any) of the highest outstanding balance of such loans during the one-year period ending on the day before the date any such loan is made over the outstanding balance of such loans on the date any such loan is made; or | ||
2. | One-half of the value of the vested portion of the Participants Account. For purposes of this Section, the value of a Participants Account shall be determined as of the Valuation Date coinciding with or next preceding the date on which a properly completed loan request is received by the Plan Administrator (or its delegate) or the Trustee, as applicable. |
The minimum amount of any loan shall be $1,000 and an amount equal to the principal amount of the loan shall be security for such loan and shall remain in the individuals Account. | |||
B. | Term of Loan. The term of any loan shall be determined by mutual agreement between the Plan Administrator or Trustee and the Participant. Every Participant who is granted a loan shall receive a statement of the charges and interest rates involved in each loan transaction and periodic statements reflecting the current loan balance and all transactions with respect to that loan to date. Except for loans used to acquire any dwelling unit that within a reasonable time (determined at the time the loan is made) is to be used as the principal residence of the Participant, the term of any loan shall not exceed five years. The term of any loan that within a reasonable time (determined at the time the loan is made) is to be used as the principal residence of the Participant, shall be determined by the Plan Administrator. All loans shall be amortized in level payments made not less frequently than quarterly over the term of the loan, or in accordance with other procedures established by the Plan Administrator. | ||
C. | Security. Each loan made hereunder shall be evidenced by a credit agreement with, or a note payable to the order of, the Trustee and shall |
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be secured by adequate collateral. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, no more than one-half of the vested portion of the Participants Nonforfeitable Account Balance (determined as of the Valuation Date coinciding with or next preceding the date on which the loan is made) shall be used to secure any loan. | |||
D. | Interest. Each Participant loan shall be considered an investment of the Trust, and interest shall be charged thereon at a reasonable rate established by, or in accordance with procedures approved by, the Plan Administrator commensurate with the interest rates then being charged by persons in the business of lending money under similar circumstances. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if necessary, the Plan Administrator will reduce the interest rate of an outstanding Participant loan to 6% during a period of qualified military leave as defined in Code Section 414(u)(5), to the extent required by the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940. Participant loans under this Section will be considered the directed investment of the Participant requesting such loan, and interest paid on such loan will be allocated to the Account of the Participant-borrower. | ||
E. | Repayment Terms. |
1. | Generally. The terms and conditions of each loan shall be determined by mutual agreement between the Plan Administrator or Trustee and the Participant. The Plan Administrator shall take all necessary actions to ensure that each loan is repaid on schedule by its maturity date, including requiring repayment of the loan by payroll deduction whenever possible. A former Employee may not continue to make loan payments after his Severance from Employment with the Employer. In the event a Participant has a Severance from Employment at a time when there is an unpaid balance of a loan against such Participants Account, if the Participant does not repay the entire unpaid balance of the loan, plus interest accrued to the date of repayment, within 90 days of the date of his Severance from Employment, the Trustee shall deduct the unpaid balance of the principal of such loan or any portion thereof, and any interest accrued to the date of such deduction, from any payment or distribution from the Trust Fund to which such Participant or his Beneficiary or Spouse may be entitled. If the amount of such payment or distribution is not sufficient to repay the outstanding balance of such loan and any interest accrued thereon, the Participant (or his estate, if applicable) shall be liable for and shall pay any balance still due from him. | ||
2. | Suspension of Loan Payments during Leave of Absence. A Participant with an outstanding loan whose active service is temporarily interrupted due to a leave of absence, either without pay from the Employer of at a rate of pay (after income and employment tax withholdings) that is less than the amount of the installment payments, may suspend loan payments for a period of not longer than one year, provided the loan is repaid by the latest |
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date permitted under Section 72(p)(2)(B) of the Code and the installments due after the leave ends (or, if earlier, after the first year of the leave) must not be less than those required under the terms of the loan when payments were suspended. | |||
3. | Suspension of Loan Payments during Qualified Military Leave. Loan payments shall be suspended during a period of qualified military service, as defined in Code Section 414(u)(5). The duration of such period of service shall not be taken into account in determining the maximum permissible term of the loan under Code Section 72(p) and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Following the Participants timely reemployment after a period of qualified military service, loan payments shall resume at an amount no less than required by the terms of the original loan, and at a frequency such that the loan will be repaid in full during a period that is no longer than the latest permissible term of the loan (defined as latest date permitted under Code Section 72(p)(2)(B) plus the period of suspension due to such military service). | ||
4. | The loan amount shall be debited against the individuals Account and the Investment Funds on a pro-rata basis, so that repayments of principal and interest shall be credited to such Account and not to the Account of any other Participant. Amounts credited under the preceding sentence shall be allocated to the appropriate Investment Funds in accordance with the Participants current investment directions. | ||
5. | The individual shall agree at the time the loan is made that the outstanding principal and interest on the loan at the time the individual or his Beneficiary receives a distribution shall be deducted from the amount otherwise distributable to such individual or Beneficiary. |
F. | Direct Rollovers of Outstanding Loans. In the event of a corporate transaction, the Plan Administrator shall have the authority to cause the Plan to accept the transfer of outstanding loans. | ||
G. | Spousal Consent. Participants are not required to obtain spousal consent at the time the loan is made, except as follows: a married Participant whose Account is subject to the provisions of Appendix A (an Inmed Participant) or Appendix B (a Mattatuck Participant) of the Plan must obtain his Spouses consent at the time the loan is made. Such consent must be in writing, must acknowledge the effect of the loan, and must be witnessed by a Plan representative or notary public. A new consent is required if the Account balance is used for any increase in the amount of security. Effective April 11, 2005, an Inmed Participant shall no longer be required to obtain spousal consent to obtain a loan from the Plan. | ||
H. | Restrictions on Loans. Prior to January 1, 2002, loans were not permitted to be made to Shareholder-Employees or Owner-Employees. For purposes of this requirement, a Shareholder-Employee means an Employee or officer of an electing small business corporation (S Corporation) who owns (or is considered as owning within the meaning of Code Section 318(a)(1)), on any day during the taxable year of such |
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corporation, more than five percent of the outstanding stock of the corporation and an Owner-Employee means an Employee who either (i) owns the entire interest in an unincorporated trade or business; or (ii) in the case of a partnership, is a partner who owns more than 10% of either the capital interest or the profits interest in such partnership. Effective on and after January 1, 2002, loans may be made to Shareholder-Employees and Owner-Employees. |
No Participant shall have more than two loans under this Section 6.06 outstanding at the same time. All loans will be paid by payroll deduction while the Participant is an Employee and a loan will be approved only if the Participant has sufficient income to support the required payroll withholdings. |
I. | Nondiscrimination. Loans will not be made available to Highly Compensated Employees in an amount greater than the amount made available to other Employees. |
J. | Default. The entire unpaid balance on any loan made under this Section 6.06 and all interest due thereon shall immediately become due and payable without further notice or demand if one of the following events of default occurs: |
1. | The Participant fails to make any installment payment due under the loan by the last day of the calendar quarter following the calendar quarter in which the required installment payment was originally due; | ||
2. | With respect to a Participant on an unpaid leave of absence, any payments of principal or accrued interest on the loan remain due and unpaid for a period of one year; or | ||
3. | A Participant incurs a Severance from Employment with the Employer. |
If the unpaid balance of principal and interest on any loan is not paid at the expiration of its term, or upon acceleration in accordance with this Section 6.06.J., a default shall occur and the vested portion of the Participants Account shall be applied in satisfaction of such loan obligation, but only to the extent that such vested interest is then distributable. The Plan Administrator may establish additional rules and procedures for handling loan defaults, including, but not limited to, restrictions on future borrowing. |
K. | Procedure. The Plan Administrator will establish nondiscriminatory policies and procedures to administer Participant loans. |
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A. | A distribution of Elective Deferral Contributions; | ||
B. | Made to a Participant who is a Qualified Reservist who (by reason of being a member of a reserve component (as defined in Section 101 of Title 37 of the United States Code) was ordered or called to active duty for a period in excess of 179 days or for an indefinite period; and | ||
C. | Made during the period beginning on the date of such order or call and ending at the close of the active duty period. |
D. | Exception from the 10% Excise Tax for Early Withdrawals. A Qualified Reservist Distribution shall be exempt from the 10% excise tax under Code Section 72(t) for early withdrawals. |
E. | Qualified Reservist Distributions May Be Contributed to an IRA. The Participant who receives a Qualified Reservist Distribution may, at any time during the two-year period beginning on the day after the end of the active duty period, make one or more contributions to an individual retirement account of such individual in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of such Qualified Reservist Distribution. The dollar limitations otherwise applicable to contributions to individual retirement accounts shall not apply to any contribution made pursuant to the preceding sentence; provided, however, that no deduction shall be allowed for any such contribution. In any event, the two-year period referred to above for making re-contributions of Qualified Reservist |
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Distributions shall not end before the date which is two years after August 17, 2006, the date of the enactment of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (i.e., shall not end prior to August 17, 2008). In no event shall the Participant be permitted to re-contribute a Qualified Reservist Distribution to this Plan. |
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VOTING AND TENDER OF STOCK AND ESOP STOCK
A. | Failure by Participant to Vote. If a Participant fails to direct the voting or shares of Stock or ESOP Stock allocated to his Account, the Trustee shall vote such shares of Stock or ESOP Stock pro rata in proportion to the shares for which the Trustee has received Participant direction. |
B. | Failure by Participant to Determine Tender. If a Participant fails to direct the Trustee as to whether or not to tender shares of Stock or ESOP Stock allocated to such Participants Account the Trustee shall not tender such Stock and ESOP Stock allocated to such Participants Account. |
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EMPLOYER ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
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A. | Participants, Former Participants and Beneficiaries must shall be given a reasonable opportunity in which to make the election before the dividends are paid or distributed to them; |
B. | Participants, Former Participants and Beneficiaries shall be given a reasonable opportunity to change their elections at least annually; and |
C. | If there is a change in the Plan terms governing the manner in which the dividends are paid or distributed, Participants, Former Participants and Beneficiaries shall be given a reasonable opportunity to make elections under the new Plan terms before the first dividends subject to such new Plan terms are paid or distributed. |
PARTICIPANT ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
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A. | Matching Contributions. All Matching Contributions shall be invested in Stock, and subject to the rules of Section 9.07, in the case of a Participant who has experienced a Severance from Employment, shall not be transferred to any other Investment Fund available under the Plan until such time as a Participant becomes eligible to make a diversification election with respect to such contributions. |
B. | Profit Sharing Contributions. |
1. | Contributions Made On or Before September 30, 2004. Profit Sharing Contributions made on or before September 30,2004 shall initially be invested at the discretion of the Plan Administrator in one or more Investment Funds described in Appendix C. Thereafter (subject to the diversification limitations in Section 9.10, if contributions are invested in Stock), a Participant may transfer amounts from an Investment Fund subject to the rules of Section 9.07. Furthermore, subject to the rules of Section 9.07, in the case of a Participant who has experienced a Severance from Employment, Profit Sharing Contributions shall not be transferred to any other Investment Fund available under the Plan. | ||
2. | Contributions Made On or After October 1, 2004. Effective October 1, 2004, all Profit Sharing Contributions shall be invested in Stock. Thereafter, subject to the rules of Section 9.07, in the case of a Participant who has experienced a Severance from Employment, such contributions shall not be transferred to any other Investment Fund available under the Plan until such time as a Participant becomes eligible to make a diversification election with respect to such Contributions pursuant to Section 9.10. |
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A. | On or before September 30, 2004, each Participant who has reached age 55 and completed at least 10 years of participation in the ESOP component of the Plan shall be eligible to direct the Trustee, in accordance with a procedure established by the Committee, as to the investment of up to 100% of the value of the Participants Account that is attributable to Matching, Qualified Matching, Qualified Non-elective and Profit Sharing Contributions and invested in the ESOP Stock Fund (and that was contributed to the Plan after December 31, 1986), reduced by the amount previously diversified in accordance with this Section. A Participants election shall be in writing and shall be made within 90 days after the close of each Plan Year in the Participants qualified election period (as defined in Section 401(a)(28) of the Code). The Committee shall adopt a procedure that is uniformly applicable to all eligible Participants and under which each eligible Participant may direct the Trustee to transfer the applicable portion of the Participants Stock Account to at least three available investment options. In lieu of providing such investment options, the Plan shall permit the Participant (with his Spouses consent, if applicable) to receive a distribution of that portion of the Participants Account that is subject to the above election within 90 days after the last day of the period during which the election can be made. In lieu of providing such investment options, the Plan shall permit the Participant (with his Spouses consent, if applicable) to receive a distribution of that portion of the Participants Account that is subject to the above election within 90 days after the last day of the period during which the election is made. | ||
B. | Effective October 1, 2004, on the earlier to occur of a Participants (i) attainment of age 50 or (ii) becoming 100% vested in the portion of his Account that is attributable to Matching, Qualified Matching, Qualified Non-elective and/or Profit Sharing Contributions, as applicable, such Participant shall be eligible to direct the Trustee, in accordance with a procedure established by the Committee, as to the investment of up to 100% of the value of the portion of the Participants vested Account that is attributable to such Matching, Qualified Matching, Qualified Non-elective and Profit Sharing Contributions and invested in the ESOP Stock Fund (and that was contributed to the Plan after December 31, 1986), reduced by the amount previously diversified in accordance with this Section. The Committee shall adopt a procedure that is uniformly applicable to all eligible Participants and under which each Participant may direct the Trustee to transfer the applicable portion of the Participants Stock Account to at least three available investment options. | ||
C. | Effective January 1, 2007, a Participant who is not otherwise eligible to direct the Trustee, in accordance with a procedure established by the Committee, as to the investment of up to 100% of the value of the portion of the Participants vested Account that is attributable to such Matching, Qualified Matching, Qualified Non-elective and Profit Sharing Contributions and invested in the ESOP Stock Fund in accordance with Section 9.10.B., but that has completed three (3) Years of Service shall be eligible to direct the Trustee, in accordance with a procedure established by the Committee, as to the investment of up to 100% of the value of the portion of the Participants Account that is attributable to Matching, Qualified Matching, Qualified Non-elective and Profit Sharing |
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Contributions and invested in the ESOP Stock Fund. With respect to the portion of such a Participants Account that is attributable to Matching, Qualified Matching, Qualified Non-elective and Profit Sharing Contributions that were invested in the ESOP Stock Fund before January 1, 2007, except with respect to a Participant who has attained age 55 and completed at least three (3) Years of Service before January 1, 2006, the preceding sentence shall only apply to the applicable percentage of the ESOP Stock Fund. The applicable percentage is: (i) for the Plan Year beginning January 1, 2007, 33%, (ii) for the Plan Year beginning January 1, 2008, 66%, and (iii) for the Plan Year beginning January 1, 2009, 100%. The Committee shall adopt a procedure that is uniformly applicable to all eligible Participants and under which each Participant may direct the Trustee to transfer the applicable portion of the Participants Stock Account to at least three available investment options. |
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A. | Filing of Appeal. Within 60 days after receipt of a denial of a claim for benefits, the claimant or his duly authorized representative may file a written appeal with the Plan Administrator. The claimant or his duly authorized representative may review and receive copies of Plan documents, records and other information relevant to his claims. | ||
B. | Hearing. The claimant may request that a hearing be held either in person or by conference call. The Plan Administrator, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine whether to grant the request for a hearing. If a hearing is held, the claimant and/or his duly authorized representative, shall be entitled to present to the Plan Administrator all facts, evidence, witnesses and/or legal arguments which the claimant feels are necessary for a full and fair review of his claim. The Plan Administrator may have counsel present at said hearing and shall be entitled to call such individuals as witnesses, including the claimant, as it feels are necessary to fully present all of the facts of the matter. The terms and conditions pursuant to which any such hearing may be conducted, and any evidentiary matters, shall be determined by the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion. | ||
C. | Ruling. The Plan Administrator shall issue a written ruling with regard to the appeal and, if the appeal is denied in whole or in part, the ruling shall be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant and shall set forth: (i) the specific reason or reasons for the denial; (ii) specific reference to pertinent plan provisions on which the denial is based; (iii) a statement that the claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to and copies of, all documents, records and other information relevant to the claimants claim for benefits, and (iv) a statement of the claimants right to bring action under ERISA, if applicable. Such written opinion shall be mailed to the claimant as set forth in Section 9.13. If no hearing is held, the written decision of the Plan Administrator shall be made within 60 days (or 120 days if, as provided by regulation, special circumstances require an extension of time for processing) after receipt of the written appeal and, if a hearing is held, within 120 days after receipt of the written appeal. | ||
D. | Designation of Plan Administrator. Any appeal of a claim denial may be determined by the Plan Administrator as a whole or may be determined by a committee of one or more members of the Plan Administrator designated by the Plan Administrator to determine such claim. A decision by a majority of the members of the Plan Administrator or designated committee shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties involved. |
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A. | The Benefits Group shall advise a claimant of the Plans adverse benefit determination within a reasonable period of time, but not later than 45 days after receipt of the claim by the Plan. If the Benefits Group determines that due to matters beyond control of the Plan, such decision cannot be reached within 45 days, an additional 30 days may be provided and the Benefits Group shall notify the claimant of the extension prior to the end of the original 45-day period. The 30-day extension may be extended for a second 30-day period, if before the end of the original extension, the Benefits Group determines that due to circumstances beyond the control of the Plan, a decision cannot be rendered within the extension period. | ||
B. | Claimants shall be provided at least 180 days following receipt of benefit denial in which to appeal such adverse determination. | ||
C. | The Plan Administrator shall review the claimants appeal and notify the claimant of its determination within a reasonable period of time, but not later than 45 days after receipt of the claimants request for review. Should the Plan Administrator determine that special circumstances (such as the need to hold a hearing) require an extension of time for processing the appeal, the Plan Administrator shall notify the claimant of the extension before the end of the initial 45 day period. Such an extension, if required, shall not exceed 45 days. | ||
D. | All claims for benefits under the Plan or other claims related thereto must be made within one year of the date the claimant became entitled thereto or, if later, knew or should have known that such claim existed. |
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ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
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A. | To determine the rights of eligibility of an Employee to participate in the Plan, the value of a Participants Account, and the Nonforfeitable percentage of each Participants Account; | ||
B. | To adopt rules of procedure and regulations necessary for the proper and efficient administration of the Plan, provided the rules are not inconsistent with the terms of this Plan and the Trust; | ||
C. | To construe and enforce the terms of the Plan and the rules and regulations it adopts, including the discretionary authority to interpret the Plan documents, documents related to the Plans operation, and findings of fact; | ||
D. | To direct the Trustee with respect to the crediting and distribution of the Trust; | ||
E. | To review and render decisions respecting a claim for (or denial of a claim for) a benefit under the Plan; | ||
F. | To furnish the Employer with information that the Employer may require for tax or other purposes; | ||
G. | To engage the service of agents whom it may deem advisable to assist it with the performance of its duties; | ||
H. | To engage the services of an Investment Manager or Investment Managers (as defined in ERISA Section 3(38)), each of whom shall have full power and authority to manage, acquire or dispose (or direct the |
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Trustee with respect to acquisition or disposition) of any Plan asset under its control; and |
I. | As permitted by the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), as in effect from time to time, (i) to voluntarily correct any Plan qualification failure, including, but not limited to, failures involving Plan operation, impermissible discrimination in favor of highly compensated employees, the specific terms of the Plan document, or demographic failures; (ii) implement any correction methodology permitted under EPCRS; and (iii) negotiate the terms of a compliance statement or a closing agreement proposed by the IRS with respect to correction of a plan qualification failure. | ||
J. | To delegate such of its duties, authority and obligations hereunder to the Plan Administrator, corporate staff, existing committees of Company or its Board, subcommittees it may form, or third party providers as it may, in its discretion, determine necessary, advisable or useful. |
A. | Reporting and Disclosure. Comply with the reporting and disclosure requirements of the Code and ERISA, as applicable, including the preparation and dissemination of disclosure material to the Plan Participants and Beneficiaries and the filing of such necessary forms and reports with governmental agencies as may be required; |
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B. | Testing. Prepare, or cause to be prepared, all tests necessary to ensure compliance with the Code and, except as expressly provided to the contrary herein, ERISA, including, but not limited to, the participation and discrimination standards, and the limitations of Section 415 of the Code; |
C. | Procedures and Forms. Establish such administrative procedures and prepare, or cause to be prepared, such forms, as may be necessary or desirable for the proper administration of the Plan; |
D. | Advisors. Subject to the approval of the Committee, retain the services of such consultants and advisors as may be appropriate to the administration of the Plan; |
E. | Claims. Have the discretionary authority to determine all claims filed pursuant to Section 9.13, 9.14, and 9.15 of this Plan and shall have the authority to determine issues of fact relating to such claims; |
F. | Payment of Benefits. Direct, or establish procedures for, the payment of benefits from the Plan; |
G. | Qualified Domestic Relations Orders. Establish such procedures as may be necessary for the determination of whether proposed qualified domestic relations orders comply with the provisions of the Code and ERISA, as applicable; and |
H. | Plan Records. Maintain, or cause to be maintained, all documents and records necessary or appropriate to the maintenance of the Plan. |
A. | For the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to the Participants and their Beneficiaries; | ||
B. | With the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent man acting in like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of like character and with like aims; | ||
C. | To the extent a fiduciary possesses and exercises investment responsibilities, by diversifying the investments of the Trust Fund so as to minimize the risk of large losses, unless under the circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so; and |
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D. | In accordance with the documents and instruments governing the Plan insofar as such documents and instruments are consistent with the provisions of Title I of ERISA. |
A. | Employ agents to carry out nonfiduciary responsibilities; |
B. | Employ agents to carry out fiduciary responsibilities (other than trustee responsibilities as defined in Section 405(c)(3) of ERISA); |
C. | Consult with counsel, who may be of counsel to the Company; and |
D. | Provide for the allocation of fiduciary responsibilities (other than trustee responsibilities as defined in Section 405(c)(3) of ERISA) between the members of the Board, in the case of the Board, and among the members of any Committee, in the case of any Committee. |
A. | Such action shall be taken by a majority of the Committee or by the Board, as the case may be, in a resolution approved by a majority of such Committee or by a majority of the Board. |
B. | The vote cast by each member of the Committee or the Board for or against the adoption of such resolution shall be recorded and made a part of the written record of the Committees or the Boards proceedings. |
C. | Any delegation of fiduciary responsibilities or any allocation of fiduciary responsibilities among members of the Committee or the Board may be modified or rescinded by the Committee or the Board according to the procedure set forth in subsections A and B of this Section 10.13. |
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Years of Service | Percent Nonforfeitable | |||
Less than three (3) | 0 | % | ||
At least three (3) or more | 100 | % |
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A. | Key Employee means any Employee or former Employee (including any deceased Employee) who at any time during the Plan Year that includes the Determination Date was an officer of the Employer having annual Compensation greater than $130,000 (as adjusted under Code Section 416(i)(1) for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 2002), a five-percent owner of the Employer, or a one-percent owner of the Employer having annual Compensation of more than $150,000. The constructive ownership rules of Code Section 318 (or the principles of that section, in the case of an unincorporated Employer) will apply to determine ownership in the Employer. The determination of who is a Key Employee shall be made in accordance with Code Section 416(i)(1) and the Treasury Regulations under that Code Section. |
B. | Non-Key Employee is an Employee who does not meet the definition of Key Employee. |
C. | Compensation shall mean the first $200,000 (or such larger amount as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may prescribe in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(17)) ($245,000 for 2009) of Compensation as defined in Code Section 415(c)(3), but including amounts contributed by the Employer pursuant to a salary reduction agreement that are excludible from the Employees gross income under Section 125, deemed compensation under Code Section 125 pursuant to Revenue Ruling 2002-27, Section 132(f)(4), Section 402(a)(8), Section 402(h) or Section 403(b) of the Code. |
D. | Required Aggregation Group means: |
(i) | Each qualified plan of the Employer in which at least one Key Employee participates at any time during the five Plan Year period ending on the Determination Date; and | ||
(ii) | Any other qualified plan of the Employer that enables a plan described in (i) to meet the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(4) or Code Section 410. |
E. | Permissive Aggregation Group is the Required Aggregation Group plus any other qualified plans maintained by the Employer, but only if such group would satisfy in the aggregate the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(4) and Code Section 410. The Committee shall determine which plans to take into account in determining the Permissive Aggregation Group. |
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F. | Employer shall mean all the members of a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Code Section 414(b)), of a commonly controlled group of trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) (as defined in Code Section 414(c)), or an affiliated service group (as defined in Code Section 414(m)), of which the Employer is a part. However, ownership interests in more than one member of a related group shall not be aggregated to determine whether an individual is a Key Employee because of his ownership interest in the Employer. | ||
G. | Determination Date for any Plan Year is the Accounting Date of the preceding Plan Year or, in the case of the first Plan Year of the Plan, the Accounting Date of that Plan Year. |
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EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT, AMENDMENT, TERMINATION
A. | To amend this Plan in any manner it deems necessary or advisable in order to qualify (or maintain qualification of) this Plan and the Trust created under it under the appropriate provisions of the Code; and | ||
B. | To amend this Plan in any other manner. |
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A. | The date terminated by action of the Company | ||
B. | The date the Employer shall be judicially declared bankrupt or insolvent. | ||
C. | The dissolution, merger, consolidation or reorganization of the Employer or the sale by the Employer of all or substantially all of its assets, unless the successor or purchaser makes provision to continue the Plan, in which event the successor or purchaser shall substitute itself as the Employer under this Plan. |
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A. | If the present value of the Participants Nonforfeitable Account does not exceed $1,000 ($5,000 prior to March 28, 2005), the Plan Administrator |
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will direct the Trustee to distribute to the Participant the Participants Nonforfeitable Account to him in a lump sum as soon as administratively practicable after the Plan terminates; and |
B. | If the present value of the Participants Nonforfeitable Account is greater than $1,000 ($5,000 prior to March 28, 2005) but does not exceed $5,000, and the Participant does not affirmatively elect to have such Nonforfeitable Account Balance paid directly to him or to an eligible retirement plan, his benefit shall be paid directly to an IRA established for the Participant pursuant to a written agreement between the Committee and the IRA provider that meets the requirements of Section 401(a)(31) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder pursuant to the provisions in Section 5.02.C.2. as soon as administratively practicable after the Plan terminates. |
C. | If the value of the Participants Nonforfeitable Account Balance is more than $5,000 as of the date of any distribution, payment to such Participant shall not be made unless the Participant consents in writing to the distribution. Consent to such distribution shall not be valid unless the Participant is informed of his right to defer receipt of the distribution. The Trustee shall be authorized to charge a reasonable fee for maintaining such Accounts. |
This Plan has been executed on December 29, 2009. |
TELEFLEX INCORPORATED | ||||
By: | /s/ Douglas R. Carl | |||
Title: Director of Benefits | ||||
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