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EXHIBIT 4(a)
THE STANDARD PRODUCTS COMPANY
COLLECTIVELY BARGAINED SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN
BASIC PLAN DOCUMENT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 Accrued Benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.3 Beneficiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.4 Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.5 Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.6 Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.7 Company Common Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.8 Compensation Deferral Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.9 Credited Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.10 Credited Service (Vesting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.11 Depositing Participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.12 Disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.13 Effective Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.14 Employee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.15 Employer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.16 Employer Matching Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.17 Entry Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.18 Forfeiture Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.19 Gender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.20 Highly Compensated Employee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.21 Hour of Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.22 Normal Retirement Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.23 One Year Break in Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.24 Participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.25 Participant Elected Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.26 Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.27 Plan Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.28 Separation from Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.29 Transfer Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.30 Trust Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.31 Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.32 Valuation Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.33 Year of Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
ARTICLE 2 ADOPTION OF PLAN AND TRUST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.1 Instrument of Adoption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
ARTICLE 3 ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.1 Conditions of Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.2 Application for Depositing Participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
ARTICLE 4 DEPOSITS AND CONTRIBUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.1 Participant Elected Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.2 Employer Matching Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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4.3 Time of Payment of Deposits and Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.4 Separate Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.5 Transfer Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.6 Return of Employer Contributions Due to a Mistake of Fact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.7 Refunds and Distributions of Participant Elected
Contributions and Employer Matching Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
ARTICLE 5 MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5.1 Limitation on Participant Elected Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5.2 Limitation on Employer Matching Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5.3 Combination and Adjustment Procedure for Limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5.4 Internal Revenue Code Section 415 Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
ARTICLE 6 INVESTMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
6.1 Investment of Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
6.2 Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
6.3 Investment of Participant and Transfer Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6.4 Investment of Employer Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6.5 Change of Investment Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6.6 Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
6.7 Valuation of Investment Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
6.8 Registration and Voting of Company Common Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
ARTICLE 7 SUSPENSION OF CONTRIBUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
7.1 Suspension at Participant's Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
7.2 Automatic Suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
ARTICLE 8 PAYMENT OF BENEFITS AND WITHDRAWALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
8.1 Rights to Payment upon Retirement, Death, Disability or Other Separation from Service . . . . . . . 27
8.2 Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
8.3 Withdrawal of Benefits by Active Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
8.4 Time of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
8.5 Direct Rollovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
ARTICLE 9 ADMINISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
9.1 Establishment of Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
9.2 Plan Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
9.3 Statement of Participant's Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
9.4 Delivery of Notices, Reports and Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
9.5 Claims Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
9.6 Claims Review Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
9.7 Payment of Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
9.8 Employment Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
9.9 Recognition of Participant's Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
9.10 Legal Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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ARTICLE 10 BENEFICIARIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
10.1 Designation of Beneficiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
ARTICLE 11 AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
11.1 Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
11.2 Merger, Consolidation or Transfer of Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
11.3 Termination of the Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
ARTICLE 12 NONASSIGNABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
12.1 Spendthrift Clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
ARTICLE 13 MISCELLANEOUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
13.1 Construction of Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
13.2 Payments Due Infants or Incompetents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
13.3 Source of Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
13.4 Text to Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
13.5 Delegation of Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
13.6 Unclaimed Interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
13.7 Controlled Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
ARTICLE 14 TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
14.1 Applicability of Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
14.2 Required Changes in Plan Provisions for Plan Years During Which the Plan Is Top-Heavy . . . . . . . 43
14.3 Definitions of Terms as Used in Article 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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ARTICLE 1
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DEFINITIONS
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Unless otherwise required by the context, the following definitions shall
control:
1.1 Account
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"Account" means all the accounts established for a Participant under the Plan,
as described in Section 6.2.
1.2 Accrued Benefit
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"Accrued Benefit" is the balance in a Participant's Account.
1.3 Beneficiary
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"Beneficiary" means any individual, legal representative, estate or other
entity whether natural or legal, including the plural where appropriate,
entitled to receive any distribution hereunder upon the death of a Participant.
1.4 Code
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"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
1.5 Committee
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"Committee" means the Plan Committee described in Section 9.2 hereof.
1.6 Company
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"Company" means The Standard Products Company ("Standard"), an Ohio
corporation.
1.7 Company Common Shares
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"Company Common Shares" means the Common Shares of The Standard Products
Company.
1.8 Compensation Deferral Agreement
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"Compensation Deferral Agreement" means an arrangement pursuant to which the
Employee agrees to forgo receipt, pursuant to Section 4.l hereof, of a
stipulated percentage of his Compensation and the Employer agrees to contribute
to the Plan the amount so foregone as a Participant Elected Contribution.
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1.9 Credited Compensation
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"Credited Compensation" means an Employee's compensation for the Plan Year, as
further defined in Section 414(s) of the Code, for any Employee who has
commenced participation in the Plan (whether or not he has become a Depositing
Participant). Credited Compensation shall specifically include compensation
deferred under a Compensation Deferral Agreement, as permitted by Section
414(s) of the Code. Credited Compensation shall also specifically include
overtime pay and shift differential. Credited Compensation shall specifically
exclude Employer Matching Contributions and any forms of non-cash compensation.
Credited Compensation of any Employee which is in excess of (a) $200,000 (as
such amount may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Code Sections
401(a)(17) and 415(d)) shall be disregarded for all Plan purposes, for any Plan
Year commencing after December 31, 1988; and (b) $150,000 (as such amount may
be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Code Section 401(a)(17)) shall be
disregarded for all Plan purposes, for any Plan Year commencing after December
31, 1993. If the Plan determines Compensation on a period of time that
contains fewer than twelve calendar months, then the annual limit on
compensation is an amount equal to the annual limit on compensation for the
calendar year in which the compensation period begins multiplied by the ratio
obtained by dividing the number of full months in the period by twelve.
In determining the Credited Compensation of a Participant for purposes of
the annual compensation limit, the rules of Code Section 414(q)(6) will apply,
except that the term "family" will include only the spouse of the Participant
and any lineal descendants of the Participant who have not attained age 19
before the close of the Plan Year. If, as a result of the application of the
rules of Code Section 414(q)(6), the adjusted annual compensation limit is
exceeded, then the annual compensation limit shall be prorated among the
affected individuals in proportion to each such individual's Credited
Compensation, as determined above prior to the application of the annual
compensation limit.
1.10 Credited Service (Vesting)
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"Credited Service (Vesting)" means service as an employee of the Employer which
is recognized for purposes of determining whether a Participant has satisfied
the requirements for a Deferred Vested Benefit under Article 8, Section 8.1(d)
hereof. Credited Service (Vesting) shall be computed in whole years. A
Participant shall be credited with one year of Credited Service (Vesting) for
each Plan Year during which he has at least 1,000 Hours with the Employer; and
no Credited Service (Vesting) shall be granted for any Plan Year in which the
Participant has less than 1,000 Hours of Service. In computing years of
Credited Service (Vesting) for those Participants who were employees of the
Employer on the Effective Date, there shall be Credited
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Service (Vesting) granted for service completed prior to the Effective Date
calculated under the terms of this Section.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 1.10 to the contrary, if a Participant
shall have five (5) consecutive One Year Breaks in Service, the following rules
shall be applicable with respect to Credited Service (Vesting) otherwise
granted such Participant under this Section 1.10:
(a) If the Participant has not satisfied the eligibility requirements for
benefits under Section 8.1(a), (b) or (c) of Article 8 at the time he incurs
the fifth (5th) of five (5) consecutive One Year Breaks in Service, Credited
Service (Vesting) previously accrued by such Participant shall be cancelled
and shall not be thereafter be taken into account for any purpose under this
Plan if the number of consecutive One Year Breaks in Service equals or
exceeds the aggregate number of years of Credited Service (Vesting), whether
or not consecutive, accrued prior to the first of such consecutive One Year
Breaks in Service (determined in accordance with, and disregarding any years
of Credited Service (Vesting) which previously were cancelled because of, the
provisions of this Section 1.10). If the number of such consecutive One Year
Breaks in Service does not equal or exceed the number of Years of Credited
Service (Vesting) accrued prior to the first of such consecutive five (5) One
Year Breaks in Service (determined in accordance with this Section 1.10),
then such Credited Service (Vesting) shall not be taken into account for any
purposes under this Plan until such time as the Participant has accrued one
(1) year of Credited Service (Vesting) in a Plan Year subsequent to the Plan
Year in which occurred in the last of such consecutive five (5) One Year
Breaks in Service, at which time such Credited Service (Vesting) shall not be
so disregarded under this paragraph (a).
(b) Any Credited Service (Vesting) accrued by a Participant after five (5)
consecutive One Year Breaks in Service shall not be taken into account in
determining his entitlement under Article 8 hereof, to any amounts credited
to his Account prior to such five (5) consecutive One Year Breaks in Service.
1.11 Depositing Participant
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"Depositing Participant" means any Participant who elects to have Participant
Elected Contributions made on his behalf under the Plan.
1.12 Disability
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"Disability" means an actual and continuous physical or mental incapacity which
prevents the Participant from performing the duties required of him in his
customary and usual position with the Employer and which will presumably
continue for the remainder
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of his natural life, all as conclusively determined by the Committee.
1.13 Effective Date
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"Effective Date" means the effective date of the Plan, as specified in the
Instrument of Adoption.
1.14 Employee
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"Employee" means any person employed by the Employer who is represented by a
collective bargaining agent, who is covered by a collective bargaining
agreement making this Plan applicable to such person, and who satisfies the
eligibility and qualification requirements set forth in the Instrument of
Adoption that is applicable to such person. For purposes of the discrimination
tests contained in Article 5, Employee shall include only those Employees who
are eligible to enter into a Compensation Deferral Agreement.
1.15 Employer
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"Employer" means The Standard Products Company ("Standard"), an Ohio
corporation and any incorporated subsidiary of Standard or affiliate controlled
by Standard which is specifically authorized to participate in this Plan by the
Board of Directors of Standard and also by the Board of Directors of such
incorporated subsidiary or affiliate.
1.16 Employer Matching Contributions
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"Employer Matching Contributions" means those amounts contributed, pursuant to
Section 4.2 hereof, by the Employer which are expressed as a percentage of
Participant Elected Contributions.
1.17 Entry Date
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"Entry Date" means the Effective Date of the Plan and the first day of each
subsequent calendar month.
1.18 Forfeiture Account
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"Forfeiture Account" is the segregated account which shall exist, to the extent
necessary, for the purpose of accumulating forfeitures which may arise under
the Plan prior to allocation to Accounts of Participants in reduction of the
required Employer Matching Contributions or as a reinstatement of a
Participant's Employer Matching Contributions Account under Article 8, Section
8.1(d). The amount credited to the Forfeiture Account shall represent the
actual amount forfeited, without adjustment for subsequent gains and losses of
the Trust Fund.
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1.19 Gender
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Masculine pronouns refer to both males and females.
1.20 Highly Compensated Employee
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"Highly Compensated Employee" means for a given Plan Year, any Employee of the
Employer who is a highly compensated employee within the meaning of Section
414(q) of the Code and Section 1.414(q)-1T of the Treasury Regulations.
Generally, the term Highly Compensated Employee will include any Employee who
during such Plan Year (or the Plan Year preceding such Plan Year) either:
(a) received compensation from employment with the Employer of more than
$50,000 (or such larger amount as may be designated by the Secretary of the
Treasury) and is among the top 20% of all employees of the Employer when
ranked by compensation;
(b) received compensation from such employment of more than $75,000 (or such
larger amount as may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury);
(c) at any time directly or indirectly owned more than 5% of the value of
issued and outstanding shares of the Employer, or shares issued by (or
interest held in respect of) any Employer, as further described in Section
416(i) of the Code; or
(d) received compensation of more than 50% of the amount in effect for such
Plan Year under Section 415(b)(1)(A) of the Code and was at any time an
officer of the Employer.
For purposes of this Section 1.20, the term "compensation" shall be defined as
all remuneration paid for services as an employee for such Plan Year as would
be reported on such employee's Federal Form W-2, as further defined in Section
415(c)(3) of the Code and related regulations. In determining an individual's
compensation under this Section, compensation from each employer required to be
aggregated with the Employer under Code Sections 414(b), (c), (m) and (o) will
be taken into account. Also, at least one officer (i.e., the highest paid
officer) shall be treated as an officer in any event, and no more than 50
employees (or if less, the greater of three (3) or 10% of all such employees)
shall be treated as officers. Family members, former employees and officers
all shall be included to the extent required by Section 414(q)(6) of the Code.
Part-time, newly hired, seasonal and union employees shall be excluded for such
purposes, as permitted or required by Section 414(q)(8) of the Code and any
related regulations. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Section 1.20 to
the contrary, an Employee who is a Highly Compensated Employee only on account
of being described in paragraph (a), (b) or (d) hereof for the current Plan
Year shall be considered a Highly Compensated Employee only if he is one of
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the one hundred (100) employees of the Employer with the highest compensation
for the Plan Year.
A former Employee will be treated as a Highly Compensated Employee if such
Employee separated from service (or was deemed to have separated) prior to the
Plan Year, performs no service for the Employer during the Plan Year, and was a
Highly Compensated Employee for either the separation year or any Plan Year
ending on or after the Employee's 55th birthday.
If, during the Plan Year or the preceding Plan Year, an Employee is a family
member of either [1] a five percent owner who is an Employee or former
Employee; or [2] a Highly Compensated Employee who is one of the ten most
Highly Compensated Employees ranked on the basis of compensation paid by the
Employer during such year, then the family member and the five percent owner or
top-ten Highly Compensated Employee will be treated as one Employee receiving
compensation and Plan contributions equal to the sum of such compensation and
contributions of both individuals. For purposes of this Section, a family
member includes the spouse, lineal ascendants and descendants of the Employee
or former Employee, and the spouses of such lineal ascendants and descendants.
1.21 Hour of Service
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An "Hour of Service" means (i) each hour an Employee is paid, or entitled to
payment, by the Employer for the performance of duties during the applicable
computation period, with such Hours of Service being credited for the Plan Year
in which the duties were performed; (ii) each hour for which back pay,
irrespective of mitigation of damages, has been either awarded or agreed to by
the Employer on behalf of an Employee, with such Hours of Service being
credited for the Plan Year or Plan Years to which the award pertains; and (iii)
each hour for which an Employee is paid, or entitled to payment, by the
Employer on account of a period of time during which no duties are performed
due to vacation, holiday, illness, incapacity (including disability), layoff,
jury duty, military duty or leave of absence, but excluding payments for
medical or medically related expenses and payments under a plan maintained
solely for the purpose of complying with applicable workmen's compensation or
unemployment compensation and disability insurance laws; provided, however,
that not more than 501 Hours of Service shall be credited to an Employee under
this Section 1.21 (iii) on account of any single continuous period during which
the Employee performs no duties for the Employer (whether or not such period
occurs in a single Plan Year). At the option of the Committee, an Employee who
is not compensated on an hourly basis may be credited with 45 Hours of Service
for each week in which such Employee would be credited with Hours of Service if
hourly paid.
Employment with any affiliate of the Employer under Code Sections 414(b), (c),
(m) and (o) will be treated as employment with the Employer for purposes of
eligibility to participate and vesting
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under the Plan; provided, however, that any individual receiving credit for
Hours of Service under this provision shall not be eligible to participate in
the Plan or eligible to receive an allocation of contributions under the Plan
unless the Employer so elects.
For purposes of eligibility to participate and vesting under the Plan, Hours of
Service will be credited for any individual considered a "leased employee"
under Code Section 414(n); provided, however, that any individual receiving
credit for Hours of Service under this provision shall not be eligible to
participate in the Plan or eligible to receive an allocation of contributions
under the Plan unless the Employer so elects.
1.22 Normal Retirement Date
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"Normal Retirement Date" of a Participant is the Participant's sixty-fifth
(65th) birthday.
1.23 One Year Break in Service
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A Participant shall be deemed to have incurred a "One Year Break in Service"
with respect to any Plan Year in which he has less than five hundred and one
(501) Hours of Service, regardless of whether his employment with the Employer
has terminated; provided, however, a Participant shall not be deemed to have
incurred a One Year Break in Service as a result of:
(a) a temporary leave of absence granted by the Employer provided the
Participant returns to work for Employer promptly upon the expiration of such
leave of absence; or
(b) service with the armed forces of the United States, provided that the
Participant's reemployment rights are protected under the provisions of the
Military Selective Service Act of 1967 (or any predecessor or successor
statute), and provided that the Participant reenters the employ of the
Employer within ninety (90) days following his discharge from the armed
forces or within such greater period as may be prescribed by law for the
protection of his reemployment privileges; but except as, and to the extent,
required by Section 1.21 of this Article 1, such Participant shall not be
credited with Hours of Service with respect to such period for purposes of
Section 1.10 of this Article 1.
1.24 Participant
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"Participant" means an Employee who is participating in this Plan, and any
former Employee who has had a Separation From Service but who has not received
his entire interest under the Plan.
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1.25 Participant Elected Contributions
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"Participant Elected Contributions" means those amounts that are subject to a
Compensation Deferral Agreement under which a Participant has the Employer
contribute to the Plan out of Credited Compensation pursuant to Section 4.1.
1.26 Plan
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"Plan" means The Standard Products Company Collectively Bargained Savings and
Retirement Plan Basic Plan Document embodied herein, as adopted by the Employer
with respect to a group of its employees, as amended from time to time, and as
named in the Instrument of Adoption.
1.27 Plan Year
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"Plan Year" is the twelve (12) month period commencing on any July 1 and ending
on the following June 30, except that in the case of the initial short Plan
Year, the term Plan Year shall include the period beginning on the Effective
Date for the Plan, as specified in the Instrument of Adoption, and ending on
the following June 30.
1.28 Separation from Service
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A "Separation from Service" occurs when an Employee is no longer performing
duties for the Employer for which he is entitled to receive compensation and is
not on an authorized leave of absence, layoff, vacation, sick or disability
leave, or jury duty, or working for a member of the controlled group of the
Employer as described under Section 414(b) of the Code. Any leave of absence
authorized by the Employer will be granted pursuant to uniform rules so that
all Employees under similar circumstances will be treated alike. In no event
shall an Employee on a maternity leave of absence incur a Separation from
Service until such Employee has been absent on such leave for a period equal to
the amount of time during which the Employee would otherwise have been credited
with 501 Hours of Service during the normal course of employment except for
such absence.
1.29 Transfer Contributions
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"Transfer Contributions" means those amounts transferred to the Plan on behalf
of an Employee from another plan qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code,
and/or amounts consolidated with and into the Plan with another plan qualified
under Section 401(a) of the Code, all as described in Section 4.5 and Section
11.2.
1.30 Trust Fund
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"Trust Fund" means the fund held by the Trustee in accordance with this Plan to
which deposits and contributions under this Plan will be made and out of which
benefits under this Plan will be provided.
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1.31 Trustee
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"Trustee" means the trustee of the Trust Fund, as provided for in Section 9.1.
1.32 Valuation Date
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"Valuation Date" means the last business day of each calendar month, on which
date the Trustee shall determine the value of the Trust Fund.
1.33 Year of Service
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"Year of Service" means the completion of one or more Hours of Service in the
12-consecutive-month period commencing with the first day of an Employee's
employment with the Employer (or a member of its controlled group under Code
Section 414(b)), or in any subsequent 12-consecutive-month period beginning on
an anniversary of an Employee's employment commencement date. An Employee who
completes one Hour of Service in such particular 12-consecutive-month period
shall be credited with one Year of Service on the last day of such period
irrespective of whether such Employee was employed on such date.
ARTICLE 2
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ADOPTION OF PLAN AND TRUST
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2.1 Instrument of Adoption
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(a) Subject to the approval of the Company, persons employed at a division
or plant of the Company, an incorporated subsidiary of the Company, or one of
its controlled affiliates, that are covered by a collective bargaining
agreement making this Plan applicable to such persons may become Employees
under this Plan by the Employer's executing and filing of an Instrument of
Adoption with the Company. In addition to such other terms as provided by
the relevant collective bargaining agreement, all of which must be acceptable
to the Company, the Instrument of Adoption shall contain the following:
(i) The Employer's acknowledgement of, and consent to the terms and
conditions of the Plan as adopted by executing the Instrument of
Adoption and its agreement to be bound thereby as an adopting party;
(ii) The Plan's Effective Date with respect to such covered Employees;
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(iii) The division, plant, and subsidiary or affiliate with respect to which
the Plan is being adopted;
(iv) The eligibility and qualification requirements which must be satisfied
by employees covered by the relevant collective bargaining agreement
in order to be covered Employees;
(v) The amount of Participant Elected Contributions that such Employees
may contribute to the Plan;
(vi) The amount of Employer Matching Contributions that are available to
such Employees under the Plan; and
(vii) Schedules according to which Employer Matching Contributions allocated
to a Participants Account will vest.
The Company, in its sole discretion, may either accept or reject an Instrument
of Adoption. If accepted, the Instrument of Adoption shall be approved and
confirmed in writing by the secretary of the Company; and such covered
employees thereupon shall become Employees under the Plan, as of the Plan's
Effective Date.
(b) An Instrument of Adoption may be amended with the consent and approval
of the Company.
ARTICLE 3
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ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
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3.1 Conditions of Eligibility
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(a) An Employee shall become a Participant and shall be eligible to become a
Depositing Participant as of the first Entry Date following the date the
Employee meets the eligibility requirements as provided in the Instrument of
Adoption applicable to such Employee, but in no event later than the first
Entry Date immediately following the date on which such Employee first is
credited with one thousand (1,000) Hours of Service in a twelve (12)
consecutive month period beginning on the date such Employee first performs
an Hour of Service or any anniversary thereof.
(b) In the case of any former Employee who is reemployed by an Employer (or
a member of its controlled group under Section 414(b) of the Code), he shall
become a Participant and shall be eligible to become a Depositing Participant
on the first Entry Date following his reemployment, provided he is an
Employee on such Entry Date.
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3.2 Application for Depositing Participation
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Participation in deposits and contributions under this Plan by Employees is
voluntary. In order to become a Depositing Participant, an Employee must apply
for such participation on a form prescribed by the Committee no later than
thirty (30) days prior to any Entry Date, except as may otherwise be authorized
by the Committee, and must make deposits hereunder as provided in Article 4.
ARTICLE 4
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DEPOSITS AND CONTRIBUTIONS
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4.1 Participant Elected Contributions
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Subject to the provisions of Article 5, a Depositing Participant may, pursuant
to a Compensation Deferral Agreement, have the Employer contribute to the Plan
an amount which shall be known as Participant Elected Contributions, which
amount shall be a percentage of Credited Compensation elected by each
Depositing Participant pursuant to the limitations of the Instrument of
Adoption applicable to such Depositing Participant. A Depositing Participant
may change such percentage each Entry Date provided such Depositing Participant
notifies the Committee, in writing, at least fifteen (15) days prior to such
Entry Date and may otherwise suspend or resume Participant Elected
Contributions, but not retroactively, in accordance with Section 7.1. Such
contributions shall be allocated to the Account established for the Depositing
Participant. In any event, each Depositing Participant shall be limited to a
maximum of $7,979 of Participant Elected Contributions in any calendar year, or
such higher applicable limit as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the
Treasury, from time to time, to reflect increases in the cost of living
pursuant to Section 402(g)(5) of the Code. Where a Depositing Participant has
reached his $7,979 limitation (or such higher limitation as described in the
preceding sentence) for a calendar year, his Participant Elected Contributions
shall be automatically suspended, but only until the January 1 next following
such suspension period. The Committee shall permit Depositing Participants to
adjust their Compensation Deferral Agreements, but only prospectively, where
necessary to reflect the $7,979 limitation, as adjusted. Otherwise, Depositing
Participants may only change such percentage as described earlier in this
Section 4.1.
4.2 Employer Matching Contributions
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Subject to the provisions of Article 5, the Employer shall contribute to the
Trustee an amount referred to as Employer Matching Contributions, the amount of
which shall be a percentage of each Depositing Participant's Participant
Elected Contributions (subject to any adjustment in such Participant Elected
Contributions as required under Article 5) in accordance with the formula
provided in the Instrument of Adoption applicable to such
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Depositing Participant. Such required Employer Matching Contributions are
reduced by the amount of forfeitures generated under Article 8, Section 8(d)
and contributed to the Trustee for allocation to Participants' Employer
Matching Contributions Accounts.
Such contribution on behalf of a given Depositing Participant shall be
allocated to the Account established for the Depositing Participant as soon as
practicable after the amount thereof has been determined, but in no event later
than 12 months following the end of the Plan Year to which such contributions
relate, and are subject to any adjustments required to be made to Participant
Elected Contributions pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof. Employer Matching
Contributions may be paid to the Trustee either in the form of cash or Company
Common Shares. If Employer Matching Contributions are made in the form of
Company Common Shares, the value of any Company Common Shares, for purposes of
determining the number of shares which are required to be contributed under
this Section 4.2, shall be the average of the closing prices for such shares on
the New York Stock Exchange for the twenty (20) consecutive trading days
immediately preceding the date of contribution.
4.3 Time of Payment of Deposits and Contributions
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The contributions referred to in Sections 4.1 and 4.2 with respect to any pay
period will be paid by the Employer to the Trustee with reasonable promptness
after the total of such deposits and contributions has been accurately and
finally determined; however, in no event shall any contribution under Section
4.1 be made later than thirty (30) days after the close of the Plan Year for
which it is attributable.
4.4 Separate Accounts
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The Committee shall maintain an individual Account for each Participant and for
each Beneficiary having an interest in the Trust Fund.
If any Participant incurs five (5) consecutive One Year Breaks in Service and
subsequently again becomes a Depositing Participant of the Plan and Trust, the
Trustee, which shall be notified of such facts by the Committee, shall account
separately for amounts credited to such Participant's Accounts thereafter.
Such Accounts shall similarly be increased, decreased and otherwise adjusted as
elsewhere provided in this Plan. Accounts shall be maintained in the name of
the Participant until they have been completely liquidated through distribution
and/or forfeitures and/or pursuant to the provisions of Article 5.
4.5 Transfer Contributions
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The Trustee is authorized to accept on behalf of an Employee, and hold as a
part of the Trust Fund, assets from a trustee of another plan qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code, provided
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that such other plan permits such a transfer and provided that the Committee
approves such transfer from such other plan. The Trustee shall also accept and
hold as part of the Trust Fund, assets transferred from any other plan
qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code in connection with a merger or
consolidation of such plan with or into the Plan pursuant to Section 11.2. All
amounts so transferred to the Trust Fund shall be referred to herein as
"Transfer Contributions".
4.6 Return of Employer Contributions Due to a Mistake of Fact
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If any contribution is made by an Employer due to a mistake of fact, such
contribution shall, upon the written request of the Employer, be returned to
the Employer within one year after it is made. If it is determined that the
Employer has contributed an amount for any Plan Year which is in excess of the
amount which is deductible by it under Code Section 404 for such year, such
contribution (to the extent the deduction is disallowed) shall, upon written
request of the Employer filed with the Trustee, be returned to the Employer
within one year after the deduction was disallowed. If, upon the initial
request for a favorable determination with respect to the Plan, the Internal
Revenue Service does not issue a determination which is (a) satisfactory to the
Employer, and (b) to the effect that the Plan and related Trust satisfy the
requirements of Sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the Code, respectively, with
respect to the Employer, or any corporation or business organization which has
adopted the Plan, then, notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or
Trust, all contributions made by or on behalf of the Employer, such corporation
or such business organization shall, upon request, be returned within one year
after denial of qualification or receipt of a favorable determination which is
unsatisfactory to the Employer. Such returned amount will not include any
earnings attributable to the contribution and will be reduced by net losses
attributable to the contribution. All contributions by the Employer to the
Plan are declared to be conditioned upon both the qualification of the Plan
under Code Section 401 and the deductibility of such contribution under Code
Section 404.
4.7 Refunds and Distributions of Participant Elected
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Contributions and Employer Matching Contributions
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(a) If and when the Committee is notified by a Participant that such
Participant has excess deferrals, as that term is defined in regulations
under Section 402(g)(1) of the Code, and the Committee is notified of the
amount of such excess deferrals, the Committee shall thereupon distribute and
refund to such Participant such excess deferrals, together with any related
earnings. The amount of earnings shall be equal to the gain or loss
allocable to excess deferrals for the Participant's taxable year plus gain or
loss for the period between the end of the tax year and the date of
distribution of the excess deferrals. Income allocable to excess deferrals
for the taxable year is determined by multiplying income for the taxable year
of investments in
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the Participant's Participant Elected Contributions Account by a fraction,
the numerator of which is the amount of excess deferrals for the taxable year
and the denominator of which is the balance in the Participant's Participant
Elected Contributions Account as of the end of the taxable year, ignoring any
gain or loss for the taxable year. Income for the period between the end of
the taxable year and the date of distribution shall be equal to income for
the taxable year multiplied by ten per cent (10%) for each month between the
end of the taxable year and the actual distribution. A month will be counted
only if distribution is made after the fifteenth (15th) day of such month.
Such distributions shall, in any event, be made no later than the April 15
next following the close of such prior calendar year.
(b) Regardless of the application of Section 4.7(a) hereof, the Committee
shall independently determine for each Plan Year whether the requirements of
Sections 5.1 and 5.2 have been satisfied with respect to such Plan Year. If
and when the Committee determines, pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof, that
Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees have made excess
Participant Elected Contributions and/or were allocated excess Employer
Matching Contributions, the Committee shall first distribute and refund to
such Highly Compensated Employees, in the manner described in Section 5.3,
any excess Participant Elected Contributions, together with any related
earnings. The amount of earnings shall be equal to the gain or loss
allocable to excess Participant Elected Contributions for the Plan Year plus
any gain or loss allocable to excess Participant Elected Contributions for
the period between the end of the Plan Year and the date of distribution of
the excess Participant Elected Contributions. Income allocable to excess
Participant Elected Contributions for the Plan Year is determined by
multiplying income for the Plan Year on investments in the Participant's
Participant Elected Contributions Account, times a fraction, the numerator of
which is the Participant's excess Participant Elected Contributions
(determined in accordance with Sections 5.1 and 5.2 hereof), and the
denominator of which is the balance in the Participant's Participant Elected
Contributions Account at the end of the Plan Year, ignoring any gain or loss
for the Plan Year. Income for the period between the end of the Plan Year
and the date of distribution of the excess Participant Elected Contributions
shall be equal to the income determined in the preceding sentence multiplied
by ten percent (10%) for each month between the end of the Plan Year and the
distribution of excess Participant Elected Contributions. For purposes of
the preceding sentence, a month is counted only if distribution of excess
Participant Elected Contributions is made after the fifteenth (15th) day of
such month. To the extent the Committee also determines, pursuant to Section
5.3 hereof, that there are excess Employer Matching Contributions, the
Committee shall cause
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such excess Employer Matching Contributions (and any earnings thereon,
computed in a manner comparable to that prescribed above) to be distributed
and refunded to the extent such Employer Matching Contributions are vested,
and to be forfeited to the extent such Employer Matching Contributions are
forfeitable. Distributions and refunds required by this Section 4.7(b) for a
given Plan Year shall, in any event, occur no later than two and one-half
(2-1/2) months following the close of such Plan Year.
(c) The Committee shall furnish the Employer with all relevant information
concerning distributions and refunds which are made under this Section 4.7,
which may be needed by the Employer to adjust the Employees' employment tax
and withholding records. Where necessary to comply with relevant federal
law, the Committee shall act as the Employer's agent for purposes of
withholding and depositing all or a portion of such funds as federal income
or employment taxes.
ARTICLE 5
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MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTIONS
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5.1 Limitation on Participant Elected Contributions
--- -----------------------------------------------
Contributions by the Employer designated as Participant Elected Contributions
and any Employer Matching Contributions (included to the extent the Committee
so elects, and then, only to the extent permitted under Section 401(k)(3) of
the Code and Section 1.401(k)-1(b) of the Treasury Regulations) shall, for
purposes of determining the maximum Participant Elected Contributions, be
expressed as a percentage of Credited Compensation for each Depositing
Participant and each Employee who is eligible to be, but who is not, a
Depositing Participant. Such percentage, as described above, shall hereafter
be referred to as the Actual Deferral Percentage.
The Actual Deferral Percentage for Highly Compensated Employees for any Plan
Year shall not exceed the greater of (a) or (b) below:
(a) 125% of the Actual Deferral Percentage of Employees who are not Highly
Compensated Employees; or
(b) 200% of the Actual Deferral Percentage of Employees who are not Highly
Compensated Employees, provided that the Actual Deferral Percentage for
Highly Compensated Employees shall in no event exceed the Actual Deferral
Percentage for non-Highly Compensated Employees by more than two (2)
percentage points.
The Actual Deferral Percentage for a specified group of Employees for a Plan
Year shall be the average of the ratios (calculated
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separately) ("Actual Deferral Ratios") for each eligible Employee in such group
of:
(i) the amount of Participant Elected Contributions (determined before
application of Section 4.8) and any Employer Matching Contributions
included by the Committee pursuant to Section 5.3 (to the extent that
the Committee so elects, and then only to the extent permitted under
Section 401(k)(3) of the Code and Section 1.401(k)-1(b)(4) of the
Treasury Regulations) and actually paid to the Plan on behalf of each
such eligible Employee for such Plan Year, to
(ii) the Credited Compensation of each such eligible Employee for such
Plan Year.
The Actual Deferral Percentage for the Plan Year for any Highly Compensated
Employee who is eligible to have Participant Elected Contributions (and
Employer Matching Contributions, if such contributions are treated as
Participant Elected Contributions for purposes of the Actual Deferral
Percentage test) allocated to his or her Account under two or more arrangements
described in Code Section 401(k) that are maintained by the Employer will be
determined as if such Participant Elected Contributions (and, if applicable,
such Employer Matching Contributions) were made under a single arrangement. If
a Highly Compensated Employee participates in two or more cash or deferred
arrangements that have different Plan Years, all cash or deferred arrangements
ending with or within the same calendar year will be treated as a single
arrangement. For purposes of determining the Actual Deferral Percentage of a
Participant who is a five percent owner or one of the ten most Highly
Compensated Employees, the Participant Elected Contributions (and Employer
Matching Contributions, if treated as Participant Elected Contributions for
purposes of the Actual Deferral Percentage test) and Credited Compensation of
such Participant will include the Participant Elected Contributions (and, if
applicable, Employer Matching Contributions) and Credited Compensation for the
Plan Year of any family members, as defined in Code Section 414(q)(6). Family
members of such Highly Compensated Employees will be disregarded as separate
Employees in determining the Actual Deferral Percentage of any Employee.
5.2 Limitation on Employer Matching Contributions
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Contributions designated as Employer Matching Contributions (to the extent the
Committee does not, or cannot elect to consolidate such contributions with
Participant Elected Contributions for the limitation purposes of Section 5.1,
but is required, or is allowed and elects, pursuant to Section 401(m) of the
Code, to apply the limitations of such Section to such contributions) shall,
for purposes of determining the maximum permissible contributions, be expressed
as a percentage of Credited Compensation for each Participant entitled to a
portion of such contributions. Such percentage, as described above, shall
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hereinafter be referred to as the Actual Contribution Percentage.
The Actual Contribution Percentage for Highly Compensated Employees for any
Plan Year shall not exceed the greater of (a) or (b) below:
(a) 125% of the Actual Contribution Percentage of Employees who are not
Highly Compensated Employees; or
(b) 200% of the Actual Contribution Percentage of Employees who are not
Highly Compensated Employees, provided that the Actual Contribution
Percentage for Highly Compensated Employees shall in no event exceed the
Actual Contribution Percentage of non-Highly Compensated Employees by more
than two (2) percentage points. The Actual Contribution Percentage for a
specified group of Employees for a Plan Year shall be the average of the
ratios (calculated separately) ("Actual Contribution Ratios") for each
eligible Employee in such group of:
(i) the sum of Employer Matching Contributions, to the extent not included
under Section 5.1 for such Plan Year, but actually paid to the Plan on
behalf of each such eligible Employee for such Plan Year and required
(or opted) to be taken into Account for purposes of this Section 5.2, to
(ii) the Credited Compensation of each such eligible Employee for such
Plan Year.
The Average Contribution Percentage for the Plan Year for any Highly
Compensated Employee who is eligible to have contribution percentage amounts
allocated to his or her Account under two or more arrangements described in
Code Section 401(k) that are maintained by the Employer will be determined as
if such contribution percentage amounts were made under a single arrangement.
If a Highly Compensated Employee participates in two or more cash or deferred
arrangements that have different Plan Years, all cash or deferred arrangements
ending with or within the same calendar year will be treated as a single
arrangement. For purposes of determining the contribution percentage of a
Participant who is a five percent owner or one of the ten most Highly
Compensated Employees, the contribution percentage amounts and Credited
Compensation of such Participant will include the contribution percentage
amounts and Compensation for the Plan Year of any family members, as defined in
Code Section 414(q)(6). Family members of such Highly Compensated Employees
will be disregarded as separate Employees in determining the Actual Deferral
Percentage of any Employee.
5.3 Combination and Adjustment Procedure for Limitation
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(a) The Committee shall first determine, on or about the end of each Plan
Year, whether there is a reasonable expectation that either (or both) the
Actual Deferral
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Percentage and/or the Actual Contribution Percentage will fail to satisfy the
tests contained in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 hereof. Upon making such
determination, the Committee shall be entitled to elect, to the extent
permitted by Section 401(k)(3)(C) and Section 401(m)(3) of the Code and the
regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 401(m)(3) of the Code, to combine
the requirements of Sections 5.1 and 5.2 hereof (in whole or in part) and to
determine on the basis of such recombined information whether certain Highly
Compensated Employees have excess Participant Elected Contributions and/or
have been allocated excess Employer Matching Contributions, which must be
distributed and/or refunded in accordance with Section 4.8 hereof.
(b)(i) Where the Committee may not or does not elect to combine the
requirements of Sections 5.1 and 5.2, or elects to combine such requirements
only in part (thereby leaving, unaggregated, certain contributions which
remain subject to the requirements of Section 5.2 hereof), the Committee
shall thereupon determine under Section 5.1 whether there exist excess
Participant Elected Contributions and/or excess Employer Matching
Contributions (to the extent not used for Section 5.1 purposes). For this
purpose, the excess contributions with respect to each Highly Compensated
Employee shall consist of the excess (if any) of:
(I) the aggregate amount of all Participant Elected Contributions (and
any other contributions taken into account) actually paid over to
the Trustee on behalf of such Highly Compensated Employee for such
Plan Year and any Employer Matching Contributions taken into
account, over
(II) the maximum Actual Deferral Ratio for such Highly Compensated
Employee permitted under Section 5.1 (as adjusted by other
contributions added by this Section, and taking into account any
adjustments made under paragraphs (ii) and (iii) below)
multiplied by his Credited Compensation.
(ii) If, under the tests described in Section 5.1, the Committee
determines under paragraph (i) hereof, that there are such excess
contributions with respect to a given Plan Year, the Committee
shall immediately suspend any Participant Elected Contributions and
other applicable contributions then payable (but not yet paid) to
the Trustee, and shall order the excess contributions for such Plan
Year to be distributed and refunded, along with related earnings,
to (or in respect of) Depositing Participants who are Highly
Compensated Employees, on the basis of the respective portions of
the excess contributions attributable to each
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such Employee, according to the "leveling method" as provided in
regulations promulgated under Sections 401(k) and 401(m) of the
Code.
(iii) When making adjustments under paragraphs (i) and (ii), above, for
excess contributions, the Committee shall distribute and refund to
(or in respect of) Depositing Participants who are Highly
Compensated Employees, in a manner described in Section 4.7(b), any
excess Participant Elected Contributions together with any related
earnings. Such excess Participant Elected Contributions and
related earnings shall first be distributed and refunded to the
Highly Compensated Employee with the highest Actual Deferral Ratio
until the Actual Deferral Ratio of such Highly Compensated Employee
is reduced (by reducing his Participant Elected Contributions) to
the Actual Deferral Ratio of the Highly Compensated Employee with
the next highest Actual Deferral Ratio or until the excess
determined pursuant to Section 5.1 has been completely refunded and
distributed. If after applying the preceding sentence, Section 5.1
is still not satisfied, then the excess Participant Elected
Contributions and related earnings of both such Highly Compensated
Employees shall be refunded and distributed until the Actual
Deferral Ratios of both such Highly Compensated Employees has been
reduced (by reducing Participant Elected Contributions) to the
Actual Deferral Ratio of the Highly Compensated Employee with the
next highest Actual Deferral Percentage, and so on until the Actual
Deferral Percentage of the group of all Highly Compensated
Employees satisfies the requirements of Section 4.7.
(iv) Following the completion of the tests required by Section 5.1, and
the making of the adjustments described in Section 4.7 and
paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of this Section 5.3, the Committee
shall then test for compliance with Section 5.2 hereof, using any
previously unused Employer Matching Contributions for such purpose.
The Committee shall also use, for this test, any Participant
Elected Contributions not required to be considered in order to
satisfy the requirements of Section 5.1.
(v) If, under the tests described in Section 5.2, the Committee
determines under paragraph (i) hereof that there are such
excess Contributions with respect to a given Plan Year, the
procedures described in paragraphs (ii) and (iii) for suspending
and adjusting Participant Elected Contributions under Section 5.1
shall be repeated
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with respect to such other contributions as are taken into
account under paragraph (iv) above, until the tests in Section 5.2
have been satisfied.
(c) In combining the tests required by Sections 5.1 and 5.2, the sum of the
Actual Deferral Percentage and the Actual Contribution Percentage for Highly
Compensated Employees may not exceed 125% of the greater of the Actual
Deferral Percentage or the Actual Contribution Percentage for Eligible
Employees who satisfy requirements of Article 3 hereof and who are not Highly
Compensated Employees, plus two percentage points more than the lesser of the
Actual Deferral Percentage or Actual Contribution Percentage for such
Eligible Employees who are not Highly Compensated Employees (limited to 200%
of such Actual Deferral Percentage or Actual Contributions Percentage). If
this test is not satisfied for any Plan Year, the Committee shall reduce
Participant Elected Contributions of Highly Compensated Employees, as
provided in paragraph (iii) hereof, until such test is satisfied; provided,
to the extent Revenue Procedure 89-65 (or subsequent regulatory guidance)
permits, alternative tests may be satisfied in lieu of the test provided
under this subparagraph.
(d) Amounts payable (but not yet paid) to the Trustee as Participant Elected
Contributions, in the event of a suspension ordered by the Committee, shall
instead be paid by the Employer to the Depositing Participant as regular
remuneration and treated as such. Amounts resulting from a reduction in a
Depositing Participant's Participant Elected Contributions and vested
Employer Matching Contributions shall be refunded as provided in Section 4.7
hereof. Amounts resulting from a reduction in forfeitable Employer Matching
Contributions shall be forfeited as provided in Section 4.7 hereof.
5.4 Internal Revenue Code Section 415 Limitations
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(a) In no event shall the Annual Additions for a Participant under this
Plan, plus the Annual Additions for a Participant under all other defined
contribution plans maintained by the Employer, exceed the lesser of 25% of
the Participant's annual compensation as reported on his Federal Form W-2 (as
further defined in Section 415(c)(3) of the Code and related regulations), or
$30,000 (or, if greater, twenty-five percent (25%) of the dollar limitation
in effect under Section 415(b)(1)(A) of the Code). The limitation year shall
be the Plan Year. For purposes of this paragraph 5.4(a), "Annual Additions"
shall mean the total for the Plan Year of:
(i) Contributions by the Employer (including contributions described
in Section 402(e)(3) of the Code);
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(ii) Employee contributions (other than rollover contributions and
contributions to a simplified employee pension excludable from
gross income under Section 408(k)(6) of the Code);
(iii) Forfeitures (including forfeitures applied to reduce contributions
of the Employer);
(iv) Amounts allocated to an individual medical account, as defined in
Section 415(1)(2) of the Code, which is part of a pension or
annuity plan maintained by the Employer; and
(v) Amounts attributable to medical benefits allocated to an account
established under Section 419A(d) of the Code.
If due to reasonable error in estimating a Participant's annual compensation,
an excess Annual Addition exists with respect to a Participant, such excess
will be disposed of in accordance with the following provisions of this
paragraph (a). A Participant's Annual Addition shall be reduced to the
extent necessary by (i) refunding Participant contributions (if any), and
(ii) if and to the extent necessary, refunding Participant Elected
Contributions.
(b) If a Participant also is, or was, covered under a defined benefit plan
maintained, or contributed to, by the Employer and affiliates, the sum of the
amounts determined under (i) and (ii) may not exceed 1.0 in any limitation
year:
(i) The Participant's "defined benefit plan fraction", which is a
fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the Participant's
projected annual benefits under all defined benefit plans (whether or
not terminated) maintained, or contributed to, by the Employer, and
the denominator of which is the lesser of (A) 1.25 times the dollar
limitation of Section 415(b)(1)(A) of the Code for the limitation
year, or (B) 1.4 times the Participant's average compensation for the
three consecutive years that produces the highest average; and
(ii) The Participant's "defined contribution plan fraction," which is a
fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the annual additions
(within the meaning of Section 415(c)(2) of the Code) to the
Participant's account under all defined contribution plans (whether
or not terminated) maintained, or contributed to, by the Employer
and affiliates for the current and all prior limitation years
(minus the amount, if any, determined under Treasury Regulations
issued
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pursuant to Section 235(g) of the Tax Equity and Fiscal
Responsibility Act of 1982), and the denominator of which is
the lesser of the following amounts determined for such year and
for each prior year of service with the Employer and affiliates:
(A) 1.25 times the dollar limitation in effect under Section
415(c)(1)(A) of the Code for such year, or
(B) 1.4 times the amount which may be taken into account under
Section 415(c)(1)(B) of the Code;
provided, however, that at the option of the Committee, the
amount taken into account as the denominator of the fraction for
any year ended after December 31, 1982 may be determined under
the special transition rule set forth in Section 415(e)(6) and,
if applicable, Section 416(h)(4) of the Code.
For purposes of (i) above, "projected annual benefits" means the annual
benefit to which the Participant would be entitled under the terms of the
defined benefit plan, if the Participant continued employment until normal
retirement age (or current age, if later) and the Participant's compensation
for the limitation year and all other relevant factors used to determine such
benefit remained constant until normal retirement age (or current age, if
later). If, in any limitation year, the sum of the defined benefit plan
fraction and the defined contribution plan fraction will exceed 1.0, the rate
of benefit accruals under the defined benefit plan will be reduced so that
the sum of such fractions equals 1.0.
ARTICLE 6
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INVESTMENTS
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6.1 Investment of Funds
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(a) The Trust Fund shall be divided into Investment Funds which shall
include the following Investment Funds managed by Vanguard Fiduciary
Trust Company: (i) the Equity Fund; (ii) the Fixed Income Fund; (iii)
the Balanced Fund; (iv) the Company Common Stock Fund; and (v) the
Short-Term Investment Fund. In addition, the Committee may select or
establish any other Investment Fund for investment of any portion of
the Trust Fund which it deems shall be for the benefit of Participants
and their Beneficiaries and which shall comply with applicable law,
including ERISA. Each Investment Fund (other than the Company Common
Stock Fund) may be invested in any common or collective fund, whether
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established or maintained by the Trustee or any other person, for the
collective investment and reinvestment of assets of pension and profit
sharing trusts which are exempt from Federal income taxation under the
Code. Income on, and proceeds of sales of, investments of each Fund
shall be reinvested by the Trustee in the same Fund.
(b) Participant Elected Contributions, Employer Matching
Contributions, and Transfer Contributions shall be allocated to such
Investment Funds as hereinafter set forth. The Trustee (or Investment
Manager) shall hold, manage, administer, invest, reinvest, account for
and otherwise deal with the Trust Fund and each separate Investment
Fund as provided in the Trust Agreement.
(c) Anything in the Plan or Trust Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Trustee shall not sell, alienate, encumber,
pledge, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or tender or withdraw, any
Company Common Shares held by it under the Trust Agreement, except (i)
as specifically provided for in the Plan or (ii) in the case of a
tender offer (as hereinafter defined) as directed in writing by a
Participant on a form provided or approved by the Committee and
delivered to the Trustee. For the purposes hereof, the term "tender
offer" shall mean (i) any offer for, or request for or invitation for
tenders of, or offer to purchase or acquire, any Company Common Shares
that is directed generally to shareholders of the Company or (ii) any
transaction which may be defined as a "tender offer" under rules or
regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(d) The Trustee may, in its own discretion, maintain in cash, without
obligation to credit interest thereon, such part of the assets of each
Investment Fund as it shall deem necessary or desirable for the proper
administration of such Fund. Any cash in any of the Funds may,
pending the disposition or investment of such cash for the purposes of
such Fund, be temporarily invested in government securities or other
short-term money market instruments. From time to time the Trustee
shall determine the income on all such temporary investments for a
period to be determined by the Trustee, and such income shall be
allocated to the respective Funds in such manner as the Trustee shall
determine. Such temporary investments may from time to time be sold
by the Trustee to provide cash for the purposes of such Funds.
Purchases and sales of investments for a Fund shall be made by the
Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Trust.
6.2 Account
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Each Participant shall have established for him Accounts to reflect his (1)
Participant Elected Contributions, if any (hereinafter referred to as the
"Participant Elected Contribu-
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tions Account"), (2) Employer Matching Contributions, if any (hereinafter
referred to as the "Employer Matching Contributions Account"), and (3) Transfer
Contributions, if any (hereinafter referred to as the "Transfer Contributions
Account"). The Participant Elected Contributions Account and Transfer
Contributions Account shall each be further subdivided and separate records
maintained showing the portion of each such Account invested in each Investment
Fund. Separate records also shall be maintained with respect to each such
Account showing the amount of contributions thereto, withdrawals therefrom and
the amount of income, expenses, gains and losses attributable thereto. All
such Accounts are referred to herein as a Participant's "Account" and the
interest of each Participant hereunder at any time shall consist of the amount
standing to his Account (as determined in Section 6.7 below) as of the last
preceding Valuation Date plus credits and minus debits to such Account
since that Date.
6.3 Investment of Participant and Transfer Contributions
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Each Participant shall, by written direction to the Committee, direct that his
Participant Elected Contributions and Transfer Contributions (subject to any
restrictions which the Committee may impose on the investment of Transfer
Contributions), if any, allocated to his Account be invested in any one or more
of the Investment Funds. Such election shall designate the portion to be
invested in each such Fund in terms of the percentage to be so invested and
each such percentage shall be a multiple of ten percent (10%) thereof.
6.4 Investment of Employer Contributions
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All Employer Matching Contributions shall be invested in the Company Common
Stock Fund.
6.5 Change of Investment Option
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No more than four times in any Plan Year, a Participant may, by written
direction to the Committee, prospectively change his investment option under
Section 6.3 with respect to Participant Elected Contributions that become
payable for future payroll periods, effective with respect to those Participant
Elected Contributions received after the date when the Committee receives new
investment instructions from the Participant. In addition, no more than four
times in any Plan Year, a Participant may, by written direction to the
Committee, prospectively change his investment option with respect to his
Participant Elected Contributions Account and/or Transfer Contributions Account
by directing transfer(s) among the Investment Funds then available under the
Plan, subject in all cases to the provisions of Section 6.3, and further
subject to such restrictions on transfers between Investment Funds as may from
time to time be imposed by the Committee and/or the Trustee.
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6.6 Reports
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The Committee shall cause reports to be made at least annually to each
Participant as to the value of his Account. In addition, the Committee shall
cause such a report to be made to each Participant following his Separation
from Service.
6.7 Valuation of Investment Funds
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(a) As of each Valuation Date, the Trustee shall determine the value
of each Investment Fund in accordance with subsection (d) of this
Section 6.7. The Trustee shall determine, from the change in value of
each Investment Fund between the current Valuation Date and the last
preceding Valuation Date, the net gain or loss of such Investment Fund
during such period resulting from expenses paid (including the fees
and expenses of the Trustee and Investment Manager, if any, which are
to be charged to such Fund in accordance with the terms of the Plan or
Trust Agreement) and realized and unrealized earnings, profits and
losses of such Investment Fund during such period. The transfer of
funds to or from an Investment Fund pursuant to Section 6.5,
contributions allocated to an Investment Fund and payments,
distributions and withdrawals from an Investment Fund to provide
benefits under the Plan for Participants or Beneficiaries shall not be
deemed to be earnings, profits, expenses or losses of the Investment
Fund.
(b) As of each Valuation Date, the net gain or loss of each
Investment Fund determined pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section
6.7 shall be allocated as of such Valuation Date by the Trustee to the
Accounts of Participants in such Investment Fund in proportion to the
amounts (before adjusting for credits or debits to be made as of such
Valuation Date) of each such Participant's Account invested in such
Investment Fund to all such Participant Accounts invested in such
Investment Fund on such Valuation Date.
(c) Except as may otherwise be provided by the Committee, Participant
Elected Contributions and Transfer Contributions shall be credited to
each Participant's Account and allocated in accordance with the
investment option chosen by such Participant to one or more of the
Investment Funds as of the first Valuation Date after the Trustee has
received such Contributions and appropriate instructions as to the
allocation of such Contributions between the Investment Funds.
Employer Matching Contributions shall be allocated to the Company
Common Stock Fund and credited to Participants' Accounts in accordance
with Section 4.2 as of the first Valuation Date after the Trustee has
received such Contributions.
(d) The Trustee shall determine the value of each Investment Fund as
of each Valuation Date in the following manner:
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(i) All securities and other property held in each such
Fund shall be valued at fair market value, or if the
market value is not readily ascertainable, at such
amount as shall be deemed by the Trustee to represent
the fair value thereof;
(ii) To the value thus determined there shall be added (1)
interest accrued but not collected on any
interest-bearing obligation and dividends declared
but not collected on any stock, which, if sold, would
be sold ex-dividend and (2) the uninvested cash
balance of such Fund; and
(iii) From the aggregate value so obtained there shall be
deducted any reserve for contingencies or
unliquidated liabilities which the Trustee concludes
are appropriate under sound accounting principles.
(e) The reasonable and equitable decision of the Trustee as to the
value of each Investment Fund as of each Valuation Date shall be
conclusive and binding upon all persons having any interest, direct or
indirect, in such Investment Fund.
6.8 Registration and Voting of Company Common Shares
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All Company Common Shares acquired by the Trustee shall be held in the
possession of the Trustee until disposed of pursuant to the provisions of the
Plan or the Trust Agreement. Such shares may be registered in the name of the
Trustee or its nominee. Before each annual or special meeting of the Company's
shareholders, the Trustee shall send to each Participant a copy of the proxy
solicitation material therefor, together with a form requesting confidential
instructions to the Trustee on how to vote the Company Common Shares credited
to his Account. Upon receipt of such instructions the Trustee shall vote the
shares as instructed. The Trustee shall vote all Company Common Shares in its
possession pro rata in accordance with the instructions it has received from
Participants.
ARTICLE 7
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SUSPENSION OF CONTRIBUTIONS
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7.1 Suspension at Participant's Request
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Upon fifteen (15) days' prior written notice to the Committee and in accordance
with regulations prescribed by the Committee, a Participant's Participant
Elected Contributions from time to time may be suspended, effective with the
start of the next payroll period after said fifteen (15) days or such earlier
time as may be fixed by the Committee, for a period of not less than six (6)
months following the effective date of the suspension. A Participant who has
suspended Participant Elected Contributions may resume such contributions
effective as of any Entry Date follow-
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ing the end of the suspension period, upon filing written notice with the
Committee at least fifteen (15) days prior to such Entry Date.
7.2 Automatic Suspension
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A Participant's Participant Elected Contributions will be automatically
suspended during any unpaid leave of absence (including military leave other
than a training period not exceeding fifteen (15) days) or temporary layoff.
Contributions suspended pursuant to this Section 7.2 by reason of such unpaid
leave of absence or layoff, shall be automatically resumed, without the
necessity of any action by the Participant, upon his return to employment at
the expiration of such suspension period.
ARTICLE 8
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PAYMENT OF BENEFITS AND WITHDRAWALS
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8.1 Rights to Payment upon Retirement, Death, Disability
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or Other Separation from Service
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(a) RETIREMENT. The Accrued Benefit of a Participant shall be
nonforfeitable if he is in the employment of the Employer on or after
his Normal Retirement Date. Each Participant who ceases to be
employed by the Employer for any reason, other than death, on or after
his Normal Retirement Date shall be entitled to receive a Normal
Retirement Benefit. The Normal Retirement Benefit shall be equal to
the full amount of a Participant's Accrued Benefit determined as of
the Valuation Date immediately following the date he ceases to be
employed by the Employer, adjusted for any gains or losses which may
thereafter arise prior to the complete distribution of such amount. A
Normal Retirement Benefit shall be distributed in accordance with the
provisions of this Article 8, Section 8.2 hereof. In the event that a
Participant fails to retire from the employ of the Employer on his
Normal Retirement Date, he shall retain all rights and privileges of
participation in this Plan until his actual retirement.
(b) DEATH. In the event of the death of a Participant, his
Beneficiary, as determined in accordance with Article 10 hereof, shall
be entitled to receive a Death Benefit. In the event that a
Beneficiary who becomes entitled to receive a Death Benefit should die
prior to the complete distribution of such Benefit, the undistributed
portion thereof shall be distributed to such living secondary
Beneficiary as the deceased Participant may have designated or, in
absence of same, to such living person who then is deemed to be the
Beneficiary of such deceased Participant pursuant to the provisions of
Article 10 hereof. The Death Benefit shall be equal to the
Participant's Accrued Benefit determined as of the Valuation Date
immediately following
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the date of his death (or, in the case of a distribution following the
death of Beneficiary, the amount credited to the deceased
Participant's Account determined as of the Valuation Date immediately
following date of such Beneficiary's death), adjusted for any gains or
losses which may thereafter arise prior to the complete distribution
of such amount. A Death Benefit shall be distributed in accordance
with the provisions of this Article 8, Section 8.2. Anything in this
paragraph (b) to the contrary notwithstanding, until such time as the
Committee is notified or otherwise learns of the death of a
Participant, his Beneficiary shall not be entitled to receive a Death
Benefit under this Plan. Similarly, until such time as the Committee
is notified or otherwise learns of the death of a Beneficiary, a
secondary Beneficiary shall not be entitled to receive any residual
portion of such Death Benefit. In no event shall any Beneficiary be
entitled to receive a Death Benefit in excess of the Participant's
Accrued Benefit determined as of the Valuation Date immediately
following the date the Committee is notified or otherwise learns of
the death of such Participant (or, in the case of a distribution
following the death of a Beneficiary, the amount credited to the
deceased Participant's Account determined as of the Valuation Date
immediately following the date the Committee is notified or otherwise
learns of the death of such Beneficiary), adjusted for any gains or
losses which may thereafter arise prior to the complete distribution
of such amount.
(c) DISABILITY. Each Participant who ceases to be employed by the
Employer prior to his Normal Retirement Date on account of a permanent
and total disability shall be entitled to receive a Disability
Benefit. The Disability Benefit shall be equal to the Participant's
Accrued Benefit determined as of the Valuation Date immediately
following the date he ceases to be employed by the Employer, adjusted
for any gains or losses which may thereafter arise prior to the
complete distribution of such amount. A Disability Benefit shall be
distributed in accordance with the provisions of this Article 8,
Section 8.2. As used herein, "permanent and total disability" shall
mean an actual and continuous physical or mental incapacity which in
the judgment of the Committee, based on medical opinion, prevents the
Participant from performing the duties required of him in the
customary and usual position in which he is employed by the Employer
and which will presumably continue for the remainder of his natural
life. In order to be entitled to a Disability Benefit, a Participant,
if requested by the Committee, shall, within thirty (30) days (or such
greater period as may be approved by the Committee), following the
later of his cessation of employment or the request by the Committee,
furnish the Committee with the written opinion of a physician selected
or approved by the Committee establishing that said
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Participant is permanently and totally disabled, as defined herein.
(d) OTHER TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. Each Participant who ceases
to be employed by the Employer under circumstances which do not
qualify him to receive benefits under any other provision of the Plan
shall be entitled to receive a Deferred Vested Benefit. The Deferred
Vested Benefit of such a Participant shall be an amount equal to the
sum of the balance in the Participant's Participant Elected
Contributions Account, the balance of his Transfer Contributions
Account, and the vested portion of the balance in his Employer
Matching Contributions Account, determined as specified in the
Instrument of Adoption applicable to such Participant, as of the
Valuation Date immediately following termination, and adjusted for any
gains or losses which may thereafter arise prior to the complete
distribution of such amount. The Deferred Vested Benefit of such a
Participant shall be distributed in such manner as the Committee may
determine in accordance with the provisions of this Article 8, Section
8.2. The non-vested portion of his Employer Matching Contributions
Account shall be forfeited as of the last day of the Plan Year in
which the Participant incurs a One Year Break in Service. The
Deferred Vested Benefit under this paragraph (d) of a Participant who
has had a Separation from Service who again becomes a Participant in
the Plan following five (5) consecutive One Year Breaks in Service
shall not be increased on account of any Employer contributions or
forfeitures allocated to his Account subsequent to his previous five
(5) consecutive One Year Breaks in Service; but rather, upon his
subsequent Separation from Service (i) to the extent not previously
paid to him in connection with his previous termination of employment,
his entitlement to, and the amount of, any benefits under this Plan
consisting of amounts credited to his Account prior to the last of his
five (5) consecutive One Year Breaks in Service (which amounts are to
be separately accounted for under the provisions of Article 4, Section
4.4 hereof) shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of
this Article, based on his years of Credited Service (Vesting) accrued
prior to such five (5) consecutive One Year Breaks in Service; and
(ii) his entitlement to, and the amount of, any benefits under this
Plan consisting of amounts credited to his Account subsequent to his
five (5) consecutive One Year Breaks in Service shall be determined in
accordance with the provisions of this Article, based on his age
and/or total years of Credited Service (Vesting) at the time of his
subsequent termination of employment. If a Participant whose
employment terminates and whose eligibility for benefits, and the
amount thereof, has been determined under this paragraph (d) again
becomes reemployed by the Employer and accrues one year of Credited
Service (Vesting) prior to incurring five (5) consecutive One Year
Breaks in Service and if such reemployed Participant had received a
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distribution of the entire vested portion of his Employer Matching
Contributions Account, his Employer Matching Contributions Account
shall be reinstated in full only if he repays the full amount of the
Deferred Vested Benefit allocable to his Employer Matching
Contributions Account distributed to him, before he incurs five (5)
consecutive One Year Breaks in Service. The restoration of the
forfeited portion of such Employer Matching Contributions Account
shall be made through a transfer from the applicable Forfeiture
Account or, if the applicable Forfeiture Account is not sufficient,
through an additional contribution by the Employer. Upon his
subsequent termination of employment with the Employer, his
eligibility for benefits, and the amount thereof, shall be determined
under this Article on the basis of his age and/or total years of
Credited Service (Vesting) and his total Accrued Benefit at that time;
provided, however, that if upon such subsequent termination of
employment the Participant's eligibility for Benefits, and the amount
thereof is to be determined under this paragraph (d), his Deferred
Vested Benefit with respect to his Employer Matching Contributions
Account shall be determined by (i) multiplying his "Vested Percentage"
as determined under the terms of the Instrument of Adoption by his
actual Employer Matching Contributions Account balance plus the amount
of Deferred Vested Benefit previously distributed to him with respect
to such Employer Matching Contributions Account, and (iii) then
subtracting from the amount so determined the amount of Deferred
Vested Benefit previously distributed to him. The Deferred Vested
Benefit provided under this paragraph (d) shall be distributed in
accordance with the provisions of this Article 8, Section 8.2.
8.2 Distribution
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A Participant or Beneficiary entitled to a payment of a benefit pursuant to the
provisions of Section 8.1 shall be paid at the time and in the manner
hereinafter provided:
(a) a Participant who is entitled to payment of a benefit under
the provisions of Section 8.1 upon a Separation from Service occurring
for any reason other than death shall, at his option, have payment of
the Normal Retirement, Disability, or Deferred Vested Benefit commence
at the time and in the manner hereinafter provided, but in no event
later than April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in
which he attains age 70-1/2, under one of the following methods:
(i) in a lump sum within sixty (60) days after the close
of the Plan Year in which the Participant had a
Separation from Service. This distribution in lump
sum shall be in cash, except that the Committee in
its discretion may distribute as the
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part of Participant's lump sum distribution
attributable to his Employer Matching Contributions
Account all or any number of the Company Common
Shares (excluding any fractional shares interests
which shall be paid in cash) allocable to his
Employer Matching Contributions Account, and the
Participant eligible for and electing a lump sum
distribution may elect to receive, as the part of his
lump sum distribution attributable to his Employer
Matching Contributions Account, the Company Common
Shares allocable to his Employer Matching
Contribution Account; or
(ii) in equal, or nearly equal, quarterly installments
over a fixed period which shall not exceed the joint
life expectancy of the Participant and his spouse.
The life expectancy of a Participant and his spouse
shall be determined in accordance with a standard
mortality table in general use. All installment
distributions shall be made on a PRO RATA basis from
the Participant's total Account balance as held in
the various Funds described in Section 6.1. Such
installments shall be paid beginning with the first
calendar quarter immediately following the
Participant's Separation from Service with
appropriate adjustments at the end of each calendar
quarter for the income and changing values of the
Account.
In the event of the death of a Participant prior to the distribution
to him of all accrued benefits in his total Account, the undistributed
portion of such Account shall be paid to his beneficiary in accordance
with one of the alternative forms of payment specified in subsection
(b) of this Section 8.2. Moreover, notwithstanding the preceding
provisions of this Section 8.2, if a Participant dies before his
entire interest in the Plan has been paid to him, then the remaining
portion of such interest shall be distributed at least as rapidly as
the method of distribution being used as of the date of his death.
(b) where a Beneficiary is entitled to a distribution under the
provisions of Section 8.1 by reason of a Participant's death, the
accrued benefit in the Participant's total Account shall be paid to
his Beneficiary either in a single lump sum payment in cash (or in
cash and those Company Common Shares allocable to the Participant's
Employer Matching Contributions Account, at the Beneficiary's option)
or in equal or nearly equal quarterly installments over a fixed period
not exceeding:
(i) if the Beneficiary is the deceased Participant's
surviving spouse, the Beneficiary's remaining life
expectancy at the time installment payments begin,
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(ii) if the Beneficiary is other than the deceased
Participant's surviving spouse, five (5) years from
the Participant's death, or
(iii) such shorter fixed period as the Beneficiary may
request. Distributions of a Participant's accrued
benefit in his total Account under this subsection
(b) shall not commence later than sixty (60) days
after the end of the Plan Year in which a
Participant's death occurs.
8.3 Withdrawal of Benefits by Active Employees
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Upon 30 days prior written notice to the Committee, but not more often than
once in any twenty-four (24) month period, an Employee may apply to withdraw in
cash, based upon the establishment of a Hardship, a portion of the balance in
his Participant Elected Contributions Account, but in no event shall
distribution of a sum less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) be permitted.
The portion of a Participant's Participant Elected Contributions Account that
may be distributed on account of a Hardship shall be limited to amounts
actually contributed to the Plan pursuant to a Compensation Deferral Agreement.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the amount of a Hardship Distribution
shall be limited to the amount reasonably necessary to satisfy an Immediate and
Heavy Financial Need. Following a Hardship Distribution to a Participant, no
Participant Elected Contributions shall be permitted with respect to such
Participant until the first Entry Date at least 12 months following the date of
such Hardship Distribution.
(a) For purposes of this Section 8.3 a Hardship shall be any
situation in which a Participant requires a distribution from
the Plan to satisfy an Immediate and Heavy Financial Need. A
distribution shall be considered necessary to satisfy an
Immediate and Heavy Financial Need if the need cannot be
relieved:
(i) through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or
otherwise;
(ii) by reasonable liquidation of the Participant's assets
to the extent such liquidation would not itself
result in an Immediate and Heavy Financial Need;
(iii) by cessation of Participant Elected Contributions
under the Plan; or
(iv) by other distributions or nontaxable loans from plans
maintained by the Employer or by any other employer,
or by borrowing from commercial sources on reasonable
commercial terms.
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(b) For purposes of this Section 8.3, an Immediate and Heavy
Financial Need is any immediate and heavy financial need of a
Participant, as that phrase is defined in Section
1.401(k)-1(d)(2) of the Treasury Regulations and revenue
rulings published or to be published by the Internal Revenue
Service, and specifically includes any financial need
occasioned by the following:
(i) medical expenses incurred by the Participant, the
Participant's spouse, or any dependent of the
Participant;
(ii) the purchase of a principal residence (excluding
mortgage payments) for the Participant;
(iii) payment of tuition for the next semester or quarter
of post-secondary education for the Participant, his
or her spouse, children or dependents; and
(iv) the need to prevent the eviction of the Participant
from his principal residence or foreclosure on the
mortgage of the Participant's principal residence.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 4.1 hereof, if a Participant receives
a Hardship Distribution pursuant to this Section 8.3 in any
calendar year, then the maximum amount such Participant may
have the Employer contribute to the Plan pursuant to a
Compensation Deferral Agreement in the following calendar year
shall be Seven Thousand Dollars ($7,000) (as adjusted pursuant
to Section 4.1), reduced by the total amount of Participant
Elected Contributions contributed to the Plan on behalf of
such Participant during the calendar year in which such
Participant received a Hardship Distribution.
8.4 Time of Payment
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Any payment called for under Article 8 hereof shall be made or commenced at the
time prescribed in the Plan, except that where a Participant has died and the
Committee has not determined the Beneficiary or legal representative entitled
to payment, the Committee shall make payment as soon as possible after such
person has been determined. Unless otherwise elected by the Participant in
writing, payment of his benefits must commence not later than the sixtieth
(60th) day after the close of the Plan Year in which occurs his attainment of
age 65 or his Separation from Service, whichever is later; provided, under all
circumstances, payment of Plan benefits shall commence in accordance with (and
the method of payments shall satisfy) the required distribution rules of
Section 401(a)(9) of the Code and Treasury Regulations thereunder.
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8.5 Direct Rollovers
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(a) This Section 8.5 applies to distributions made on or after
January 1, 1993. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to
the contrary that would otherwise limit a Distributee's
election under this part, a Distributee of an Eligible
Rollover Distribution of at least Two Hundred Dollars ($200)
may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the
Committee, to have any portion of an Eligible Rollover
Distribution paid directly to an Eligible Retirement Plan
specified by the Distributee in a Direct Rollover; provided,
however, that if any portion of an Eligible Rollover
Distribution is to be paid to the Distributee, the portion of
an Eligible Rollover Distribution paid to the Eligible
Retirement Plan must be at least Five Hundred Dollars ($500).
A Distributee who has been given a timely notice and
explanation of his rights under this Section 8.5, and who
fails to make an affirmative election to have his Eligible
Rollover Distribution paid to an Eligible Retirement Plan
shall be presumed to have elected to have his benefit paid
directly to him. The election by a Distributee with respect
to one of a series of periodic payments shall be deemed to
apply to all subsequent payments in that series. Such
election by the Distributee, however, shall be revocable at
any time. In the event this provision is not at any time in
the future required as a condition for plan qualification
under Code Section 401(a), it shall automatically be deemed
null, void, and of no force or effect.
For purposes of this Section 8.5, the following words and
phrases have the meanings ascribed to them below.
(i) Eligible Rollover Distribution: An Eligible Rollover
Distribution is any distribution of all or any portion of the
balance to the credit of the Distributee, except that an
Eligible Rollover Distribution does not include: any
distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal
periodic payments (not less frequently than annually) made for
the life (or life expectancy) of the Distributee or the joint
lives (or joint life expectancies) of the Distributee and the
Distributee's designated beneficiary, or for a specified
period of ten (10) years or more; any distribution to the
extent such distribution is required under Code Section
401(a)(9); and the portion of any distribution that is not
includible in gross income (determined without regard to the
exclusion for net unrealized appreciation with respect to
employer securities).
(ii) Eligible Retirement Plan: An Eligible Retirement Plan
is an individual retirement account described in
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Code Section 408(a), an individual retirement annuity plan
described in Code Section 403(a), or a qualified trust
described in Code Section 401(a), that accepts the
Distributee's Eligible Rollover Distribution. However, in the
case of an Eligible Rollover Distribution to the surviving
spouse, an Eligible Retirement Plan is an individual
retirement account or individual retirement annuity.
(iii) Distributee: A Distributee includes an employee or
former employee. In addition, the employee's or former
employee's surviving spouse and the employee's or former
employee's 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.
(iv) Direct Rollover: A Direct Rollover is a payment by the
Plan to the Eligible Retirement Plan specified by the
Distributee.
ARTICLE 9
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ADMINISTRATION
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9.1 Establishment of Trust
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Standard shall execute a Trust Agreement with a Trustee selected by Standard by
action of its Board of Directors, and the Trustee so selected shall serve as
Trustee until otherwise replaced or said Trust Agreement is terminated.
Standard may from time to time enter into such further agreements with the
Trustee or other parties and make such amendments to said Trust Agreement as it
may deem necessary or desirable to carry out this Plan. Any and all rights or
benefits which may accrue to a person under this Plan shall be subject to all
the terms and provisions of the Trust Agreement.
9.2 Plan Committee
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The Standard Products Collectively Bargained Savings and Retirement Plan
Committee (the "Committee") shall consist of at least three members, appointed
by the Company. The Committee shall be considered a "named fiduciary" within
the meaning of ERISA. The following provisions shall be applicable to the
Committee:
(a) Any member of the Committee may resign by delivering his
written resignation to the Board of Directors of The Standard Products
Company, and such resignation shall become effective at delivery or at
any later date specified therein. No member of the Committee shall
receive any remuneration for his services in that capacity. If
otherwise eligible, the fact that an Employee is a member of
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the Committee shall not preclude him from participating in the Plan.
No member of the Committee shall act or participate in any action of
the Committee directly affecting his own Account under the Plan that
is not of general application to all Participants. The Committee
shall elect a Chairman from their number, and a Secretary and such
other officers as the Committee may determine, who shall be members of
the Committee, and who shall serve at the will of the Committee.
(b) The Committee will operate and administer the Plan and shall
have all powers and discretionary authority necessary to accomplish
that purpose, except such as are reserved by the Plan to an Employer's
Board of Directors, will determine all questions arising under or in
connection therewith, and may from time to time prescribe and amend
regulations for such administration. Whenever directions,
designations, applications, requests or other notices are to be given
by a Participant under the Plan, they shall be on forms prescribed by
the Committee and shall be filed in such manner as shall be specified
by the Committee.
(c) Without limiting the powers set forth in Section 9.2(b), the
Committee shall have the power (i) to determine the times and places
for holding meetings of the Committee and the notice to be given of
such meetings; (ii) to employ such agents and assistants, such counsel
(who may be of counsel to Standard) and such clerical and other
services as the Committee may require in carrying out the provisions
of the Plan; and (iii) to authorize one or more of their number or any
agent to execute or deliver any instrument on behalf of the Committee,
except that all requisitions for funds from the Trustee shall be
signed by three members of the Committee.
(d) To constitute a quorum for the transaction of business there
shall be required to be present at any meeting of the Committee at
least two members. Written and approved minutes of meetings shall be
kept by the Committee. Decisions of the Committee shall be by
majority of the votes cast and shall be binding upon the Company and
any Participant or retired Participant involved.
(e) The Committee shall meet at such times and places as may be
mutually agreed upon by its members for the expeditious transaction of
necessary business. Members of the Committee who are Participants
shall be compensated by the Company to the extent of actual time lost
because of attendance at meetings when otherwise scheduled to work.
(f) Any provision of this Plan which requires the exercise of
discretionary powers by the Committee shall be administered in a
uniform manner for Participants in similar circumstances and shall not
be applied in any manner which
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discriminates in favor of any Highly Compensated Employee of the
Employer.
The members of the Committee and the Employer and its officers and directors
shall be entitled to rely upon all valuations, certificates and reports
furnished by the Trustee, upon all certificates and reports made by an
accountant and upon all opinions given by any legal counsel selected or
approved by the Committee, and the members of the Committee and the Employer
and its officers and directors shall, except as otherwise provided by law, be
fully protected in respect of any action taken or suffered by them in good
faith in reliance upon any such valuations, certificates, reports, opinions or
other advice of the Trustee or any such accountant or counsel.
9.3 Statement of Participant's Account
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The Committee shall, as soon as practicable after the end of each Plan Year,
mail to each Participant a statement setting forth the Account of such
Participant in the respective Funds as of the end of such Plan Year. Such
statement shall be deemed to have been accepted as correct unless written
notice to the contrary is received by the Committee within thirty (30) days
after the mailing of such statement to the Participant.
9.4 Delivery of Notices, Reports and Statements
--- -------------------------------------------
(a) All notices, reports and statements given, made, delivered or
transmitted to a Participant shall be deemed duly given, made,
delivered or transmitted when mailed, by such class as the sender may
deem appropriate, with postage prepaid and addressed to the
Participant at the address last appearing on the records of the
Employer with respect to this Plan.
(b) All notices, directions or other communications given, made,
delivered or transmitted by a Participant to the Trustee or Committee
shall not be deemed to have been duly given, made, delivered,
transmitted or received unless and until actually received by the
designated recipient.
9.5 Claims Procedure
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Claims for benefits under the Plan shall be filed, on forms supplied by the
Committee, with the Committee or its designee. Written notice of the
disposition of a claim shall be furnished the claimant within thirty (30) days
after the application therefor is filed. In the event the claim is denied, the
reasons for the denial shall be specifically set forth, pertinent provisions of
the Plan shall be cited and, where appropriate, an explanation as to how the
claimant can perfect the claim will be provided.
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9.6 Claims Review Procedure
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Any Employee, former Employee, or Beneficiary of either, who has been denied a
benefit, or feels aggrieved by any other action of the Committee, the Employer
or the Trustee, shall be entitled, upon request to the Committee, if he has not
already done so, to receive a written notice of such action, together with a
full and clear statement of the reasons for the action. If the claimant wishes
further consideration of his position, he may obtain a form from the Committee
on which to request a hearing. Such form, together with a written statement of
the claimant's position, shall be filed with the Committee no later than ninety
(90) days after receipt of the written notification provided for above or in
Section 9.5. The Committee shall schedule an opportunity for a full and fair
hearing of the issue within the next thirty (30) days. Its decision following
such hearing shall be made within thirty (30) days and shall be communicated in
writing to the claimant.
9.7 Payment of Expenses
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All costs and expenses incurred in administering this Plan, including the fees
and expenses of the Trustee, the fees of its counsel and other administrative
expenses, including costs of audits, shall be paid by the Trust, unless
otherwise paid by the Employer. Brokerage commissions, transfer taxes and
other charges and expenses in connection with the purchase and sale of
securities held in each Fund shall be charged to such Fund. Any income or
other taxes payable with respect to each Fund shall likewise be charged to such
Fund.
9.8 Employment Rights
--- -----------------
Nothing in the Plan shall be deemed or construed to impair or affect in any
manner whatsoever the right of the Employer, in its discretion, to hire
Employees and, with or without cause, to discharge or terminate the service of
Employees or Participants.
9.9 Recognition of Participant's Agent
--- -----------------------------------
The Trustee and the Committee shall not be bound to recognize the authority or
agency of any party for a Participant unless and until it or they shall receive
documentary evidence thereof in form and substance satisfactory to them and
thereafter from time to time, as the Trustee or Committee may require, further
documentary evidence disclosing the status of any agency.
9.10 Legal Actions
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Except as may otherwise be provided by law, in any action or application to the
courts, only the Employer, the Committee and the Trustee shall be necessary
parties and no other person, firm or corporation shall be entitled to any
notice or process. Except as may otherwise be provided by law, any final
judgment
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entered on such an action or proceeding shall be conclusive upon all persons
claiming under the Plan or the Trust Agreement referred to in Section 9.1. The
Committee shall be the person designated to receive service of legal process on
behalf of the Plan.
ARTICLE 10
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BENEFICIARIES
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10.1 Designation of Beneficiary
---- --------------------------
A Participant may file written notice with the Committee designating his
Beneficiary or Beneficiaries and secondary Beneficiary or Beneficiaries. The
Participant may change his Beneficiary designation from time to time by filing
succeeding written notices with the Committee, and, in such case, each
succeeding designation will revoke all prior designations. However, if a
Participant is legally married at the time of his death, any designation of a
Beneficiary other than the person who is his legal spouse at the time of his
death will be void, and such legal spouse will be his sole Beneficiary, unless
such legal spouse has consented to the designation of such other person as
Beneficiary in a written, signed and notarized statement. If any Participant
is not survived by a legal spouse and he shall have failed to designate a
Beneficiary or Beneficiaries as herein provided, or if the designated
Beneficiary dies before the Participant, the remaining amounts then held for
the Participant shall be distributed to either (i) any one or more or all of
the next of kin of such Participant, in such proportions as the Committee
determines, or (ii) such Participant's estate. Any designation of Beneficiary
made by a Participant hereunder shall be in such form as may be specified or
approved by the Committee. The Committee's determination regarding the
identity of a Beneficiary shall be subject to review only as provided in
Section 9.6 of Article 9. The provisions of this Section 10.1 shall be
applicable in determining the Beneficiary of a Participant who has at least one
Hour of Service, and who dies, on or after the date of enactment of the
Retirement Equity Act of 1984.
ARTICLE 11
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AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
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11.1 Amendment
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(a) The Plan may be modified, altered or amended by the Company in
its sole discretion, except that a Employer may modify its Plan as
adopted by the Instrument of Adoption with the consent of the Company.
(b) It is the intent of the Company that this Plan shall be and
remain an approved plan so as to qualify for tax exemption under the
applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. The Company shall
make any modifications, alterations or amendments to this Plan
necessary to obtain
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and retain such approval of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue as
may be necessary to establish and maintain the status of the Trust
Fund as a qualified pension trust and the deductibility for income tax
purposes of any and all Company contributions thereto under the
provisions of Sections 501(a) and 401(a) or other applicable
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or other Federal tax
legislation, as now in effect or hereafter enacted, and the
regulations issued thereunder, excepting, however, any modification,
alteration or amendment that would in any manner change the amount of
the payments made or to be made by the Employer to the Trustee. Any
modification, alteration or amendment of the Plan, made in accordance
with this Section 11.1(b), may be made retroactively, if necessary or
appropriate; provided, however, no amendment may be made which
adversely affects the value of a Participant's separate Accounts as
computed to the effective date of the amendment. No amendment shall
authorize or permit any part of the Trust Fund to be used for or
diverted to purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of the
Participants or their Beneficiaries.
11.2 Merger, Consolidation or Transfer of Assets
---- -------------------------------------------
This Plan shall not be merged or consolidated with, nor shall any assets or
liabilities be transferred to, any other plan, unless the benefits payable to
each Participant, if the plan were terminated immediately after such action,
would be equal to or greater than the benefits to which such Participant would
have been entitled if this Plan had been terminated immediately before such
action.
11.3 Termination of the Plan
---- -----------------------
The Plan may be fully or partially terminated by the Employer at any time.
Upon complete discontinuance of the Employer's contributions, or full or
partial termination of the Trust, all affected Participants' rights to benefits
shall remain fully vested, except to the extent that law or regulations may
preclude such vesting in order to prevent discrimination in favor of officers,
shareholders or highly compensated employees.
ARTICLE 12
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NONASSIGNABILITY
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12.1 Spendthrift Clause
---- ------------------
Except as otherwise specifically provided in Article 8 and this Article,
distributions and withdrawals hereunder shall be paid only to the Participant
entitled thereto or, in the event of his death, his Beneficiary. A
Participant's interest under the Plan shall not be subject to alienation, sale,
transfer, assignment, pledge, attachment, garnishment, execution or encumbrance
of any
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kind, and any attempt to accomplish the same shall be void. This limitation
shall apply to the creation, assignment or recognition of a right to any
benefit payable with respect to a Participant pursuant to any domestic
relations order, unless such order is determined by the Committee to be a
qualified domestic relations order (as defined in Section 414(p) of the Code)
or is a domestic relations order entered before January 1, 1985 which satisfies
the requirements of Internal Revenue Service Revenue Ruling 80-27. No loans to
Participants from any of the Funds shall be made under any circumstances.
ARTICLE 13
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MISCELLANEOUS
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13.1 Construction of Plan
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This Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of Ohio, except as said laws may otherwise be preempted by ERISA.
13.2 Payments Due Infants or Incompetents
---- ------------------------------------
If any person to whom a benefit is payable hereunder is an infant, or if the
Committee determines that any person to whom such benefit is payable is
incompetent by reason of physical or mental disability, the Committee shall
have the power to cause the payments becoming due to such person to be made to
another for his benefit without responsibility on the part of the Committee or
the Trustee to see to the application of such payments. Payments made pursuant
to such power shall operate as a complete discharge of the Trust Fund, Trustee
and the Committee.
13.3 Source of Benefits
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All benefits payable under this Plan shall be paid and provided for solely from
the Trust Fund and the Employer assumes no liability or responsibility
therefor.
13.4 Text to Control
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The headings of articles and sections hereof are included solely for
convenience of reference and, if there be any conflict between such headings
and the text of this Plan, the text shall control.
13.5 Delegation of Authority
---- -----------------------
Any action to be taken by the Employer hereunder shall be taken by its Board of
Directors, or by such officer or officers or employee or employees of the
Employer as have been delegated the right to take such action or actions by
such Board. Any action taken through the Employer's Board of Directors shall
be by a majority of the Board and a majority of the Board acting in
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matters relating to the Plan and related Trust shall be disinterested persons.
13.6 Unclaimed Interests
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If the Trustee shall at any time be unable to make distribution or payment of
benefits hereunder to a Participant or any Beneficiary of a Participant by
reason of the fact that his whereabouts is unknown, the Trustee shall so
certify to the Committee, and thereafter the Committee shall attempt to locate
such missing person. If such person continues missing for a period of three
years following such certification, the interest of such Participant in the
Fund shall, in the discretion of the Committee, be distributed to the
Beneficiary of such missing person, if any, but, if there be none, to any
person or persons that may have been dependent upon such missing person as the
Committee may determine.
13.7 Controlled Group
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Except as provided below with respect to eligible Employees and the definition
of Credited Compensation, for purposes of the Plan all employees of:
(a) all corporations which are members of any controlled group of
corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code) of
which the Employer is a member, and
(b) all trades and businesses which together with the Employer are
under common control (within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the
Code), and
(c) all members of any affiliated service group (within the
meaning of Section 414(m) of the Code), and
(d) any person or entity required to be aggregated with the
Employer under Code Section 414(o), and
shall be treated as employed by a single employer; provided, however, that the
provisions of this Section 13.7 shall not operate to cause any employee of any
such corporation, trade or business or affiliated service group member to be
considered an eligible Employee under the Plan or to cause any remuneration
paid to such employee by any such corporation, trade or business or affiliated
service group member to be considered Credited Compensation for purposes of the
Plan.
ARTICLE 14
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TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS
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14.1 Applicability of Article
---- ------------------------
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable for Plan Years in which the
Plan is top-heavy. The Plan will be top-heavy for
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any Plan Year in which either: (i) the sum of the Accounts of Key Employee
Participants under the Plan exceeds sixty percent (60%) of the sum of the
Accounts of all Participants under the Plan; or (ii) the Plan is part of a
Required Aggregation Group and the Required Aggregation Group is a Top-Heavy
Group. The Plan will not be top-heavy for any Plan Year in which it is part of
a Required or Permissive Aggregation Group that is not top-heavy. The
determination of whether the Plan is top-heavy for a Plan Year shall be made on
the Determination Date, based upon the value of Accounts under the Trust Fund
as of the last Valuation Date in the Plan Year in which the Determination Date
occurs, including any contributions made after such Valuation Date but on or
before the Determination Date and any distributions or withdrawals from
Accounts occurring during the Plan Year in which the Determination Date occurs
or in the four (4) Plan Years immediately preceding such Plan Year.
14.2 Required Changes in Plan Provisions for Plan Years During Which the
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Plan Is Top-Heavy
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, the following provisions of
this Section 14.2 shall supersede any contrary provisions of the Plan for Plan
Years during which the Plan is top-heavy:
(a) The Employer Matched Contribution and Special Employer
Contribution, if any, (hereinafter collectively referred to as
"Employer Contributions" for purposes of this Article 14) shall be
whichever of the following is applicable:
(i) If the Non-Key Employee Participant is not a
participant in a top-heavy defined benefit plan of
the Employer, three percent (3%) of the Participant's
Credited Compensation; or
(ii) If the Non-Key Employee Participant is a participant
in a top-heavy defined benefit plan of the Employer,
five percent (5%) of the Participant's Credited
Compensation;
provided, however, that if the percentage for the Key Employee
Participant for whom such percentage allocation of Employer
Contributions for the Plan Year is highest for the Plan Year of all
Key Employee Participants (as determined by dividing the Employer
Contributions of such Key Employee Participant by his Credited
Compensation) is a lesser percentage, the minimum percentage referred
to herein shall be reduced to said lesser percentage. Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this subsection (a), additional Employer
Contributions for the Plan Year shall be made only on behalf of
Non-Key Employee Participants who are Participants on the last day of
the Plan Year.
(b) Distribution of any benefits to which a Key Employee
Participant is entitled shall commence not later than the
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end of the taxable year in which such Participant attains age 70-1/2,
whether or not his employment has terminated. If a benefit
distribution under the Plan is made to an individual before he attains
age 59-1/2, and such individual is or was a Key Employee Participant,
the Participant shall be advised by the Committee that an additional
income tax may be imposed equal to 10% of the distributed benefit
attributable to contributions paid on behalf of such individual while
he was a key employee and the plan was top- heavy, unless such
distribution is made on account of the Participant's disability or
death.
(c) The number 1.00 shall be substituted for the number 1.25 in
Article 5, Section 5.4 of the Plan wherever it appears therein;
provided, however, that a Participant's benefit under any defined
benefit plan accrued during any Plan Years with respect to which this
Plan was not top-heavy shall not be reduced as a result of such
substitution.
14.3 Definitions of Terms as Used in Article 14
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(a) Determination Date means for any Plan Year the last day of the
immediately preceding Plan Year, except that for the first Plan Year
of any plan, Determination Date means the last day of such Plan Year.
(b) Key Employee means any Participant in an Employer plan who at
any time during the Plan Year, or any of the four (4) preceding Plan
Years, is (i) an officer of the Employer having compensation in excess
of 50% of the amount in effect under Section 415(b)(1)(A) of the Code;
(ii) one (1) of the ten (10) employees owning (or considered as owning
within the meaning of Section 318 of the Code) the largest interests
in the Employer; (iii) a five percent (5%) owner of the Employer; or
(iv) a one percent (1%) owner of the Employer having an annual
compensation from the Employer of more than $150,000. For purposes of
defining the term officer, no more than fifty (50) employees (or, if
lesser, the greater of three (3) or ten percent (10%) of the
employees) shall be treated as officers. In determining the top-ten
owners of the Employer, if two employees have the same interest in the
Employer, the employee having the greatest annual compensation from
the Employer shall be treated as having the largest interest. For the
purposes of determining the top-ten owners of the Employer, five
percent (5%) owners of the Employer and one percent (1%) owners of the
Employer, the aggregation rules of Code Section 414(b), (c) and (m)
shall not apply.
(c) Non-Key Employee means any employee of the Employer
participating in the Plan who is not a Key Employee. The terms Key
Employee and Non-Key Employee shall include the beneficiaries of such
individuals and inherited benefits will retain the character of the
benefits of the employee who performed the services for the Employer.
The identity
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of Key Employees and Non-Key Employees shall be made in accordance
with, and pursuant to, Code Section 416(i) and Treasury Regulations
and rules issued thereunder.
(d) Required Aggregation Group means each plan of the Employer in
which a Key Employee participates or participated at any time during
the Plan Year or any of the four preceding Plan Years (regardless of
whether the Plan has terminated) and any other plan of the Employer
which enables any plan in which a Key Employee participates to meet
the requirements of Section 401(a)(4) or 410 of the Code.
(e) Permissive Aggregation Group means any plans of the Employer
in a Required Aggregation Group, plus one or more plans that are not
part of a Required Aggregation Group, but that satisfy the
requirements of Sections 401(a)(4) and 410 of the Code when considered
together with the Required Aggregation Group.
(f) Top-Heavy Group means any aggregation group if the sum (as of
the Determination Date) of (i) the present value of the cumulative
accrued benefits for Key Employees under all defined benefit plans
included in such group and (ii) the aggregation of the accounts of Key
Employees under all defined contribution plans included in such group
(including any part of any account balance distributed in the
five-year period ending on the Determination Date), exceeds sixty
percent (60%) of a similar sum determined for all employees, all
determined in accordance with Code Section 416 and the regulations
thereunder. The accrued benefits under a defined benefit plan will be
increased for any distribution of an accrued benefit made in the five
year period ending in the determination date. For purposes of this
Section 14.3, the present value of an accrued benefit for a defined
benefit plan shall be determined as of the most recent Valuation Date
which is within a 12-month period ending on the Determination Date.
If the aggregation group that is a top-heavy group is a Required
Aggregation Group, each plan in the group will be top-heavy. If the
aggregation group that is a top- heavy group is a Permissive
Aggregation Group, only those plans that are part of the Required
Aggregation Group will be treated as top- heavy. If the aggregation
group is not a top-heavy group, no plan within such group will be
top-heavy.
(g) The account balances and accrued benefits of a Participant (i)
who is not a Key Employee but who was a Key Employee in a prior year,
or (ii) who has not been credited with at least one Hour of Service
with any Employer maintaining the Plan at any time during the
five-year period ending on the Determination Date, will be
disregarded. The calculation of the top heavy ratio, and the extent
to which distributions, rollovers, and transfers are taken into
account, will be made in accordance with Code Section 416.
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Deductible employee contributions will not be taken into account for
purposes of computing the top heavy ratio. When aggregating plans,
the value of account balances and accrued benefits will be calculated
with reference to the Determination Dates that fall within the same
calendar year.
The accrued benefit of a Participant other than a Key Employee will be
determined under (i) the method, if any, that uniformly applies for
accrual purposes under all defined benefit plans maintained by the
Employer, or (ii) if there is no such method, as if such benefit
accrued not more rapidly than the slowest accrual rate permitted under
the fractional rule of Code Section 411(b)(1)(C).
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TRUST AGREEMENT
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THIS AGREEMENT OF TRUST (the "Agreement") effective the 31st day of
July, 1995) by and between THE STANDARD PRODUCTS COMPANY, an Ohio corporation
(the "Employer"), and VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST COMPANY, a trust company
incorporated under Chapter 10 of the Pennsylvania Banking Code (the "Trustee"),
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WHEREAS, the Employer has adopted and is maintaining the STANDARD PRODUCTS
COMPANY PLAN FOR UNION EMPLOYEES (the "Plan") for the exclusive benefit of its
Employees; and
WHEREAS, Xxx Xxx (the "Plan Administrator") is the fiduciary named in
the Plan as having the authority to control and manage the operation and
administration of the Plan;
WHEREAS, the Employer and the Trustee deem it necessary and desirable to
enter into a written agreement of trust;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein,
the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree and declare as
follows:
ARTICLE I
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST
Section 1.1. The Employer and the Trustee hereby agree to the establishment
of a trust consisting of such sums as shall from time to time be paid to the
Trustee wider the Plan and such earnings, income and appreciation as may accrue
thereon, which, less payments made by the Trustee
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to carry out the purposes of the Plan, are referred to herein as the
"Fund". The Trustee shall carry out the duties and responsibilities herein
specified, but shall be under no duty to determine whether the amount of any
contribution by the Employer or any Participant is in accordance with the terms
of the Plan nor shall the Trustee be responsible for the collection of any
contributions required under the Plan.
Section 1.2. The Fund shall be held, invested, reinvested and
administered by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Plan and this
Agreement solely in the interest of Participants and their Beneficiaries and
for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to Participants and their
Beneficiaries and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the Plan.
Except as provided in Section 4.2, no assets of the Plan shall inure to the
benefit of the Employer.
Section 1.3. The Trustee shall pay benefits and expenses from the Fund
only upon the written direction of the Plan Administrator. The Trustee shall be
fully entitled to rely on such directions furnished by the Plan Administrator,
and shall be under no duty to ascertain whether the directions are in
accordance with the provisions of the Plan.
ARTICLE II
INVESTMENT OF THE FUND
Section 2.1. The Employer shall have the exclusive authority and
discretion to select the investment funds ("Investment Funds") available for
investment under the Plan. In making such selection, the Employer shall use the
care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing
that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters
would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like
aims. The available investments under the Plan shall be sufficiently
diversified so as to minimize the risk of large losses, unless under the
circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so. The Employer shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the selection of the Investment Funds currently available
for investment under the Plan, and any changes thereto.
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Section 2.2 Each Participant shall have the exclusive right, in
accordance with the provisions of the Plan, to direct the investment by the
Trustee of all amounts allocated to the separate accounts of the Participant
under the Plan among any one or more of the available Investment Funds. All
investment directions by Participants shall be timely furnished to the Trustee
by the Plan Administrator, except to the extent such directions are transmitted
telephonically or otherwise by Participants directly to the Trustee or its
delegate in accordance with rules and procedures established and approved by
the Plan Administrator and communicated to the Trustee. In making any
investment of the assets of the Fund, the Trustee shall be fully entitled to
rely on such directions furnished to it by the Plan Administrator or by
Participants in accordance with the Plan Administrator's approved rules and
procedures, and shall be under no duty to make any inquiry or investigation with
respect thereto. If the Trustee receives any contribution under the Plan that
is not accompanied by instructions directing its investment, the Trustee shall
immediately notify the Plan Administrator of that fact, and the Trustee may, in
its discretion, hold or return all or a portion of the contribution uninvested
without liability for loss of income or appreciation pending receipt of proper
investment directions. Otherwise, it is specifically intended under the Plan
and this Agreement that the Trustee shall have no discretionary authority to
determine the investment of the assets of the Fund.
Section 2.3. Subject to the provisions of Sections 2.1 and 2.2, the
Trustee shall have the authority, in addition to any authority given by law, to
exercise the following powers in the administration of the Trust:
(a) to invest and reinvest all or a part of the Fund in accordance with
Participants' investment directions in any available Investment Fund
selected by the Employer without restriction to investments authorized
for fiduciaries, including, without limitation on the amount that may
be invested therein, any common, collective or commingled trust fund
maintained by the Trustee. Any investment in, and any terms and
conditions of, any common, collective or commingled trust fund
available only to employee trusts which meets the requirements of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or
corresponding provisions of subsequent income tax laws of the United
States, shall constitute an integral part of this Agreement and the
Plan;
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(b) to dispose of all or any part of the investments,
securities, or other property which may from time to time or
at any time constitute the Fund in accordance with the
investment directions by Participants furnished to it
pursuant to Section 2.2 or the written directions by the Plan
Administrator furnished to it pursuant to Section 1.3, and to
make, execute and deliver to the purchasers thereof good and
sufficient deeds of conveyance therefor, and all assignments,
transfers and other legal instruments, either necessary or
convenient for passing the title and ownership thereto, free
and discharged of all trusts and without liability on the
part of such purchasers to see to the application of the
purchase mone
(c) to hold cash uninvested to the extent necessary to pay
benefits or expenses of the Plan;
(d) to cause any investment of the Fund to be registered
in the name of the Trustee or the name of its nominee or
nominees or to retain such investment unregistered or In a
form permitting transfer by delivery; provided that the books
and records of the Trustee shall at all times show that all
such investments are part of the Fund;
(e) to vote in person or by proxy with respect to all of
the mutual funds offered by The Vanguard Group, Inc. (the
"Vanguard Funds") which are held by the Plan solely in
accordance with directions furnished to it by the Employer,
and to vote in person or by proxy with respect to all other
securities credited to a Participant's separate accounts
under the Plan solely In accordance with directions furnished
to it by the Participant;
(f) upon the written direction of the Plan Administrator,
to apply for, purchase, hold or transfer any life insurance,
retirement income, endowment or annuity contract;
(g) to consult and employ any suitable agent to act on
behalf of the Trustee and to contract for legal, accounting,
clerical and other services deemed necessary by the Trustee
to manage and administer the Fund according to the terms of
the Plan and this Agreement;
(h) upon the written direction of the Plan Administrator,
to make loans from the Fund to Participants in amounts and on
terms approved by the Plan Administrator in accordance with
the provisions of the Plan; provided that the Plan
Administrator shall have the
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responsibility for collecting all loan repayments required to be made
under the Plan and for furnishing the Trustee with copies of all
promissory notes evidencing such loans; and
(i) to pay from the Fund all taxes imposed or levied with respect to the
Fund or any part thereof under existing or future laws, and to contest the
validity or amount of any tax, assessment, claim or demand respecting the
Fund or any part thereof.
Section 2.4. Except as may be authorized by regulations promulgated by the
Secretary of Labor, the Trustee shall not maintain the indicia of ownership in
any assets of the Fund outside of the jurisdiction of the district courts of
the United States.
ARTICLE III
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Section 3.1. The Trustee, the Employer and the Plan Administrator shall
each discharge their assigned duties and responsibilities under this Agreement
and the Plan solely in the interest of Participants and their Beneficiaries in
the following manner:
(a) for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to Participants and
their Beneficiaries and defraying reasonable expenses of administering
the Plan;
(b) with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances
then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and
familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a
like character and with like aims;
(C) by diversifying the available investments under the Plan so as to
minimize the risk of large losses, unless under the circumstances it is
clearly prudent not to do so; and
(d) in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and this Trust
Agreement insofar as they are consistent with the provisions or the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA").
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Section 3.2. The Trustee shall keep full and accurate accounts of all
receipts, investments, disbursements and other transactions hereunder,
including such specific records as may be agreed upon in writing between the
Employer and the Trustee. All such accounts, books and records shall be open
to inspection and audit at all reasonable times by any authorized
representative of the Employer or the Plan Administrator. A Participant may
examine only those individual account records pertaining directly to him.
Section 3.3. Within 120 days after the end of each Plan Year or within
120 days after its removal or resignation, the Trustee shall file with the Plan
Administrator a written account of the administration of the Fund showing all
transactions effected by the Trustee subsequent to the period covered by the
last preceding account to the end of such Plan Year or date of removal or
resignation and all property held at its fair market value at the end of the
accounting period. Upon approval of such accounting by the Plan Administrator,
neither the Employer nor the Plan Administrator shall be entitled to any
further accounting by the Trustee. The Plan Administrator may approve such
accounting by written notice of approval delivered to the Trustee or by failure
to express objection to such accounting in writing delivered to the Trustee
within 90 days from the date on which the accounting is delivered to the Plan
Administrator.
Section 3.4. In accordance with the terms of the Plan, the Trustee
shall open and maintain separate accounts in the name of each participant in
order to record all contributions by or on behalf of the Participant under the
Plan and any earnings, losses and expenses attributable thereto. The Plan
Administrator shall furnish the Trustee with written instructions enabling the
Trustee to allocate properly all contributions and other amounts under the Plan
to the separate accounts of Participants. In making such allocation, the
Trustee shall be fully entitled to rely on the instructions furnished by the
Plan Administrator and shall be under no duty to make any inquiry or
investigation with respect thereto.
Section 3.5. The Trustee shall furnish each Participant with
statements at least annually, or more frequently as may be agreed upon with the
Employer, reflecting the current fair market value of the Participant's
separate Accounts under the Plan.
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Section 3.6. The Trustee shall not be required to determine the facts
concerning the eligibility of any Participant to participate in the Plan, the
amount of benefits payable to any Participant or Beneficiary under the Plan, or
the date or method of payment or disbursement. The Trustee shall be fully
entitled to rely solely upon the written advice and directions of the Plan
Administrator as to any such question of fact.
Section 3.7. Unless resulting from the Trustee's negligence, willful
misconduct, lack of good faith, or breach of its fiduciary duties under this
Agreement or ERISA, the Employer shall indemnify and save harmless the Trustee
from, against, for and in respect of any and all damages, losses, obligations,
liabilities, liens, deficiencies, costs and expenses, including without
limitation, reasonable attorney's fees incident to any suit, action,
investigation, claim or proceedings suffered, sustained, incurred or required
to be paid by the Trustee in connection with the Plan or this Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
PROHIBITION OF DIVERSION
Section 4.1. Except as provided in Section 4.2 of this Article, at no
time prior to the satisfaction of all liabilities with respect to Participants
and their Beneficiaries under the Plan shall any part of the corpus or income
of the Fund be used for, or diverted to, purposes other than for the exclusive
benefit of Participants or their Beneficiaries, or for defraying reasonable
expenses of administering the Plan.
Section 4.2. The provision of Section 4.1 notwithstanding,
contributions made by the Employer under the Plan may be returned to the
Employer under the following conditions:
(a) If a contribution is made by mistake of fact, such contribution
may be returned to the Employer within one year of the payment of such
contribution;
(b) Contributions to the Plan are specifically conditioned upon their
deductibility under the Code. To the extent a deduction is disallowed
for any such contribution, it may be returned to the Employer within
one year after the disallowance of the deduction.
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Contributions which are not deductible in the taxable year in which
made but are deductible in subsequent taxable years shall not be
considered to be disallowed for purposes of this subsection; and
(c) Contributions to the Plan are specifically conditioned on initial
qualification of the Plan under the Code. If the Plan is determined to
be disqualified, contributions made in respect of any period subsequent
to the effective date of such disqualification may be returned to the
Employer within one year after the date of denial of qualification.
ARTICLE V
COMMUNICATION WITH PLAN ADMINISTRATOR AND EMPLOYER
Section 5.1. Whenever the Trustee is permitted or required to act upon
the directions or instructions of the Plan Administrator, the Trustee shall be
entitled to act upon any written communication signed by any person or agent
designated to act as or on behalf of the Plan Administrator. Such person or
agent shall be so designated either under the provisions of the Plan or in
writing by the Employer and their authority shall continue until revoked in
writing. The Trustee shall incur no liability for failure to act on such
person's or agent's instructions or orders without written communication, and
the Trustee shall be fully protected in all actions taken in good faith in
reliance upon any instructions, directions, certifications and communications
believed to be genuine and to have been signed or communicated by the proper
person.
Section 5.2. The Employer shall notify the Trustee in writing as to
the appointment, removal or resignation of any person designated to act as or
on behalf of the Plan Administrator. After such notification, the Trustee
shall be fully protected in acting upon the directions of, or dealing with, any
person designated to act as or on behalf of the Plan Administrator until it
receives notice to the contrary. The Trustee shall have no duty to inquire
into the qualifications of any person designated to act as or on behalf of the
Plan Administrator.
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ARTICLE VI
TRUSTEE'S COMPENSATION
Section 6.1. The Trustee shall be entitled to reasonable compensation
for its services as is agreed upon with the Employer. If approved by the Plan
Administrator, the Trustee shall also be entitled to reimbursement for all
direct expenses properly and actually incurrred on behalf of the Plan. Such
compensation or reimbursement shall be paid to the Trustee out of the Fund
unless paid directly by the Employer.
ARTICLE VII
RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE
Section 7.1. The Trustee may resign at any time by written notice to
the Employer which shall be effective 30 days after deliivery unless prior
thereto a successor Trustee shall have been appointed.
Section 7.2. The Trustee may be removed by the Employer at any time
upon 30 days written notice to the Trustee; such notice, however, may be waived
by the Trustee.
Section 7.3. The appointment of a successor Trustee hereunder shall be
accomplished by and shall take effect upon the delivery to the resigning or
removed Trustee, as the case may be, of written notice of the Employer
appointing such successor Trustee, and an acceptance in writing of the office
of successor Trustee hereunder excuted by the successor so appointed. Any
successor Trustee may be either a corporation authorized and empowered to
exercise trust powers or one or more individuals. All of the provisions set
forth herein with respect to the Trustee shall relate to each successor Trustee
so appointed with the same force and effect as if such successor Trustee had
been originally named herein as the Trustee hereunder. If within 30 days
after notice of resignation shall have been given under the provisions of this
article a successor Trustee shall not have been appointed, the resigning
Trustee or the Employer may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor Trustee.
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Section 7.4. Upon the appointment of a successor Trustee, the
resigning or removed Trustee shall transfer and deliver the Fund to such
successor Trustee, after reserving such reasonable amount as it shall deem
necessary to provide for its expenses in the settlement of its account, the
amount of any compensation due to it and any sums chargeable against the Fund
for which it may be liable. If the sums so reserved are not sufficent for
such pruposes, the resigning or removed Trustee shall be entitled to
reimmbursement for any deficiency from the successor Trustee and the Employer
who shall be jointly and severally liable therefor.
ARTICLE VIII
INSURANCE COMPANIES
Section 8.1. If any contract issued by an insurance company shall form
a part of the Trust assets, the insurance company shall not be deemed a party
to this Agreement. A certification in writing by the Trustee as to the
occurrence of any event contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan shall be
conclusive evidence thereof and the insurance company shall be protected in
relying upon such certification and shall incur no liability for so doing.
With respect to any action under any such contract, the insurance company may
deal with the Trustee as the sole owner thereof and need not see that any
action of the Trustee is authorized by this Agreement or the Plan. Any change
made or action taken by an insurance company upon the direction of the Trustee
shall fully discharge the insurance company from all liability with respect
thereto, and it need not see to the distribution or further application
of any moneys paid by it to the Trustee or paid in accordance with the
direction of the Trustee.
ARTICAL IX
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE TRUST AND PLAN
Section 9.1. The Employer may, by delivery to the Trustee of an
instrument in writing, amend, terminate or partially terminate this Agreement
at any time; provided, however, that no amendment shall increase the duties or
liabilites of the Trustee without the Trustee's consent; and, provided further,
that no amendment shall divert any part of the Fund to any purpose other than
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providing benefits to Participants and thier Beneficiaries or defraying
reasonable expenses of administering the Plan.
Section 9.2. If the Plan is terminated in whole or in part, or if the
Employer permanetly discontinues its contributions to the Plan, the Trustee
shall distribute the Fund or any part thereof in such manner and at such times
as the Plan Administrator shall direct in writing. In the absence of receipt
of such written direction within 90 days after the effective date of such
termination, the Trustee shall distribute the Fund in accordance with the
provisions of the Plan.
ARTICAL X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.1. Unless the context of this Agreement clearly indicates
otherwise, the terms defined in the Plan shall, when used herein, have the
same meaning as in the Plan.
Section 10.2. Except as otherwise required in the case of any
qualified domestic relations order within the meaning of Section 414(p) of the
Code, the benefits or proceeds of any allocated or unallocated portion of the
assets of the Fund and any interest of any Participant or Beneficiary arising
out of or created by the Plan either before or after the Participant's
retirement shall not be subjecct to execution, attachment, garnishment or other
legal or judicial process whatsoever by any person, whether creditor or
otherwise, claiming against such Participant or Beneficiary. No Participant or
Beneficiary shall have the right to alienate, encumber or assign any of the
payments or proceeds or any other interest arising out of or created by the Plan
and any action purporting to do so shall be void. The provisions of this
Section shall apply to all Participants and Beneficiaries, regardless of their
citizenship or place of residence.
Section 10.3. Nothing contained in this Agreement or in the Plan shall
require the Employer to retain any Employee in its service.
Section 10.4. Any person dealing with the Trustee may rely upon a copy
of this Agreement and any amendments thereto certified to be true and correct
by the Trustee.
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Section 10.5. The Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the
Plan. The Employer will cause a copy of any amendment to the Plan to be
delivered to the Trustee.
Section 10.6 The construction, validity an administration of this
Agreement and the Plan shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, except to the extent that such laws have been specifically
superseded by ERISA.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as
of the day and year first above written.
Attest: THE STANDARD PRODUCTS COMPANY
/s/ Xxxxx XxXxxxx By /s/ X. X. Xxx
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Attest: VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO.
/s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx By /s/ R. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Vice President
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