Grandfather Benefit Amount definition

Grandfather Benefit Amount means the minimum benefit amount to which certain Members are entitled as described in Section 4.9.

Examples of Grandfather Benefit Amount in a sentence

  • The determination of a Member’s Grandfather Benefit Amount shall be based upon the Member’s actual Credited Service and Average Final Compensation at the time of such determination.

  • A Member who, as of the Effective Date, has satisfied the age and service requirements set forth in paragraph 4.1(c) hereof will continue to earn Credited Service for the purpose of determining the special Grandfather Benefit Amount under Section 4.9. Upon attainment of Normal Retirement Age, Company Credits, Interest Credits and Credited Service, if any, will no longer be credited to such Member’s Retirement Account and the Accrued Benefit shall be paid to him or her under the terms of Article 8.

  • Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.6, a Member who is entitled to the Grandfather Benefit Amount may elect only those optional forms of benefit which were available to the Member under the Prior Plan.

  • For purposes of determining eligibility for Members to receive the 50% Lump Sum Option, a determination shall be made using a comparison of the Actuarial Equivalent Benefit under the Retirement Account at Early Retirement Age (or current age, if later) and the Grandfather Benefit Amount payable at age fifty-five (55).

  • A “penalty” of this nature within the GIPA Act would be a more effective deterrent to this conduct by an applicant.

  • Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph 8.6(d), if an actuarial adjustment is made to the Normal Retirement Benefit of a Member due to the application of the suspension of benefit notification rules of Section 411 of the Code and Section 203 of ERISA in 1995 and 1996, such Member may elect a 50% Lump Sum Option if, absent such adjustment, the Member would not be entitled to the Grandfather Benefit Amount.

  • Subject to the vesting requirements of Section 3.04, the Participant will be entitled to receive at the time specified in Article IV a single, lump sum payment equal to the Participant’s Account Balance as of the Benefit Determination Date; provided, however, if the Participant has a Frozen Accrued Benefit or a Grandfather Benefit Amount (each as defined under the Retirement Plan), this Section shall not apply and the Participant’s benefit under this Plan will be determined under Section 3.03.

Related to Grandfather Benefit Amount

  • Maximum Benefit Amount means the maximum amount payable for coverage provided to You as shown in the Schedule of Benefits.

  • Benefit Amount shall have the meaning set forth in Section 20.12 hereof.

  • Other Benefit Obligations means all obligations, arrangements, or customary practices, whether or not legally enforceable, to provide benefits, other than salary, as compensation for services rendered, to present or former directors, employees, or agents, other than obligations, arrangements, and practices that are Plans. Other Benefit Obligations include consulting agreements under which the compensation paid does not depend upon the amount of service rendered, sabbatical policies, severance payment policies, and fringe benefits within the meaning of IRC ss. 132.

  • Accrued Benefit means the amount standing in a Participant's Account(s) as of any date derived from both Employer contributions and Employee contributions, if any.

  • Annual Benefit Limit means the maximum amount of benefits paid by the Company to the Policy Holder in a Policy Year irrespective of whether any limits of any benefit items stated in the Benefit Schedule have been reached. The Annual Benefit Limit is counted afresh in a new Policy Year.

  • Other Benefits as utilized in this Section 6(c) shall include, and the Executive shall be entitled after the Disability Effective Date to receive, disability and other benefits at least equal to the most favorable of those generally provided by the Company and the Affiliated Companies to disabled executives and/or their families in accordance with such plans, programs, practices and policies relating to disability, if any, as in effect generally with respect to other peer executives and their families at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive and/or the Executive's family, as in effect at any time thereafter generally with respect to other peer executives of the Company and the Affiliated Companies and their families.

  • Maximum Benefit means the maximum benefit amount of each of the benefits covered under this Policy as stated in the Schedule of Benefits.

  • Annual Benefit means an annual sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) multiplied by the Applicable Percentage (defined below) and then reduced to the extent required: (i) under the other provisions of this Agreement; (ii) by reason of the lawful order of any regulatory agency or body having jurisdiction over the Employer; and (iii) in order for the Employer to properly comply with any and all applicable state and federal laws, including, but not limited to, income, employment and disability income tax laws (eg., FICA, FUTA, SDI).

  • Plan Benefit means the benefit payable to a Participant as calculated in Article V.

  • Grandfathered Percentage means, with respect to any Grandfathered Person, the percentage of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company that such Grandfathered Person, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Grandfathered Person, Beneficially Owns as of the Grandfathered Time, plus an additional 1/2%; provided, however, that, in the event any Grandfathered Person shall sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company after the Grandfathered Time, the Grandfathered Percentage shall, subsequent to such sale, transfer or disposition, mean, with respect to such Grandfathered Person, the lesser of (i) the Grandfathered Percentage as in effect immediately prior to such sale, transfer or disposition or (ii) the percentage of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company that such Grandfathered Person Beneficially Owns immediately following such sale, transfer or disposition, plus an additional 1/2%.

  • Severance Amount means:

  • Seller Benefit Plan means each Benefit Plan sponsored, maintained or contributed to by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries or with respect to which Seller or any of its Subsidiaries is a party and in which any Employee is or becomes eligible to participate or derive a benefit.

  • Grandfathered Amounts means, if applicable, the amounts that were deferred under the Plan and were earned and vested within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and regulations thereunder as of December 31, 2004. Grandfathered Amounts shall be subject to the terms designated in the Adoption Agreement.

  • Excess Elective Deferrals means the amount of Elective Deferrals (as defined below) for a calendar year that the Participant designates to the Plan pursuant to the following procedure. The Participant’s designation: shall be submitted to the Administrator in writing no later than March 1; shall specify the Participant’s Excess Elective Deferrals for the preceding calendar year; and shall be accompanied by the Participant’s written statement that if the Excess Elective Deferrals is not distributed, it will, when added to amounts deferred under other plans or arrangements described in Section 401(k), 408(k) or 403(b) of the Code, exceed the limit imposed on the Participant by Section 402(g) of the Code for the year in which the deferral occurred. Excess Elective Deferrals shall mean those Elective Deferrals that are includible in a Participant's gross income under Section 402(g) of the Code to the extent such Participant's Elective Deferrals for a taxable year exceed the dollar limitation under such Code section.

  • Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit means the benefit set forth in Article 6.

  • Change in Control Benefit means the benefit described in Section 2.4.

  • Accrued Benefits shall include the following amounts, payable as described herein: (i) all base salary for the time period ending with the Termination Date; (ii) reimbursement for any and all monies advanced in connection with the Executive's employment for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by the Executive on behalf of the Company and its Affiliates for the time period ending with the Termination Date; (iii) any and all other cash earned through the Termination Date and deferred at the election of the Executive or pursuant to any deferred compensation plan then in effect; (iv) notwithstanding any provision of any bonus or incentive compensation plan applicable to the Executive, a lump sum amount, in cash, equal to the sum of (A) any bonus or incentive compensation that has been allocated or awarded to the Executive for a fiscal year or other measuring period under the plan that ends prior to the Termination Date but has not yet been paid (pursuant to Section 5(f) or otherwise) and (B) a pro rata portion to the Termination Date of the aggregate value of all contingent bonus or incentive compensation awards to the Executive for all uncompleted periods under the plan calculated as to each such award as if the Goals with respect to such bonus or incentive compensation award had been attained; and (v) all other payments and benefits to which the Executive (or in the event of the Executive's death, the Executive's surviving spouse or other beneficiary) may be entitled as compensatory fringe benefits or under the terms of any benefit plan of the Employer, including severance payments under the Employer's severance policies and practices in the form most favorable to the Executive that were in effect at any time during the 180-day period prior to the Effective Date. Payment of Accrued Benefits shall be made promptly in accordance with the Employer's prevailing practice with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) or, with respect to clauses (iii), (iv) and (v), pursuant to the terms of the benefit plan or practice establishing such benefits.

  • Excess Compensation means Compensation in excess of the following Integration Level: (Choose (1) or (2))

  • Buyer Benefit Plans has the meaning set forth in Section 6.10(f).

  • Annual Deferral Amount means that portion of a Participant's Base Annual Salary and Annual Bonus that a Participant elects to have, and is deferred, in accordance with Article 3, for any one Plan Year. In the event of a Participant's Retirement, Disability (if deferrals cease in accordance with Section 8.1), death or a Termination of Employment prior to the end of a Plan Year, such year's Annual Deferral Amount shall be the actual amount withheld prior to such event.

  • Termination Benefit means the benefit set forth in Article 7.

  • Retirement Benefit means the benefit set forth in Article 5.

  • Seller Benefit Plans has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8(a).