Examples of Excess Pension Benefit in a sentence
The obligation of the Employer and of the Corporation to provide a Participant or the Participant’s Beneficiary with an Excess Pension Benefit under the Plan merely constitutes the unsecured promise of the Employer and the Corporation to make payments as provided herein and no person shall have any interest in, or a lien or prior claim on any property of the Employer or Corporation.
Nothing in the Plan shall be construed to confer any right or claim upon any person, firm, or corporation other than the Participant and the Participant’s Beneficiary who may become entitled to an Excess Pension Benefit under the Plan.
In the event of a Participant’s death after the Participant has commenced distribution of his or her Excess Pension Benefit, there shall be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary only those survivor benefits provided under the form of benefit payment elected by the Participant.
A Participant’s entitlement to this Opening Account Balance shall be governed by the eligibility provisions of Section 3.1 of this Plan, and the value of the Opening Account Balance shall be added to and become a part of such Participant’s Excess Pension Benefit, if any, which shall be payable in accordance with the terms of this Plan.
Such Excess Pension Benefit shall be paid in the form of a lump sum cash payment.
Notwithstanding any of the forgoing provisions of this Section 3.1, however, a Participant’s eligibility for an Excess Pension Benefit shall be subject to the requirements of Article V of the Plan.
In the event that a Participant has received a distribution of his or her Excess Pension Benefit, and the Participant engages in any Harmful Activity prior to or within twelve months of his or her Termination or Retirement, then in such event the Participant shall repay to the Corporation the full amount of such distributed Plan benefits within 60 days following the Participant’s receipt of the Corporation’s notice of such Harmful Activity.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, if the Participant is in a benefits designator 85 or below, then only that Compensation which is in excess of the compensation limits mandated under Section 401(a)(17) of the Code up to a Plan Compensation maximum of $500,000 shall be utilized in determining the Participant’s Excess Pension Benefit under the provisions of Section 3.2 hereof.
For Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2006, only that Compensation which is in excess of the compensation limits mandated under Section 401(a)(17) of the Code shall be utilized in determining the Participant’s Excess Pension Benefit under the provisions of Section 3.2 of the Plan.
The Excess Pension Benefit payable to a Participant in a form other than a lump sum payment shall be the actuarial equivalent to such lump sum cash payment.