Exhibit 10.13(a)

 

ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST AIRLINES, INC.
INVESTMENT SAVINGS PLAN

 

THIS INDENTURE is made on February 26, 2002, by ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST
AIRLINES, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Georgia (hereinafter called the “Primary Sponsor”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Primary Sponsor originally established the Atlantic Southeast
Airlines, Inc. Investment Savings Plan, effective October 1, 1984 (the “Plan”),
and last amended and restated the Plan by indenture effective January 1, 1989;
and

 

WHEREAS, the Primary Sponsor now wishes to amend and restate the Plan primarily
to comply with and make changes permitted by the provisions of the General
Agreement on Trade and Tariffs, the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996,
the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of
2000; and

 

WHEREAS, the Plan is intended to be a profit sharing plan within the meaning of
Treasury Regulations Section 1.401-1(b)(1)(ii) and also contains a cash or
deferred arrangement as described in Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986; and

 

WHEREAS, the provisions of the Plan, as amended and restated herein, shall apply
to Plan Years beginning after January 1, 1997, except to the extent the
provisions are required to apply at an earlier date or to any other members to
comply with applicable law;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Primary Sponsor does hereby amend and restate the Plan in
its entirety, generally effective as of January 1, 1997, except as otherwise
provided herein, to read as follows:

 

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ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST AIRLINES, INC.
INVESTMENT SAVINGS PLAN

 

 

 

PAGE

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

1

 

 

 

ARTICLE 2

ELIGIBILITY

11

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3

CONTRIBUTIONS

11

 

 

 

ARTICE 4

ALLOCATIONS

13

 

 

 

ARTICLE 5

INDIVIDUAL FUNDS AND INVESTMENTS OF TRUST ASSETS

14

 

 

 

ARTICLE 6

PLAN LOANS

15

 

 

 

ARTICLE 7

WITHDRAWALS DURING EMPLOYMENT

18

 

 

 

ARTICLE 8

PAYMENT OF BENEFITS ON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

20

 

 

 

ARTICLE 9

PAYMENT OF BENEFITS OF RETIREMENT OR DISABILITY

22

 

 

 

ARTICLE 10

DEATH BENEFITS

22

 

 

 

ARTICLE 11

GENERAL RULES ON DISTRIBUTIONS

23

 

 

 

ARTICLE 12

ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

26

 

 

 

ARTICLE 13

CLAIM REVIEW PROCEDURE

29

 

 

 

ARTICLE 14

INCOMPETENT DISTRIBUTEE AND UNCLAIMED PAYMENTS

31

 

 

 

ARTICLE 15

PROHIBITION AGAINST DIVERSION

32

 

 

 

ARTICLE 16

LIMITATION OF RIGHTS

32

 

 

 

ARTICLE 17

AMENDMENT TO OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN AND THE TRUST

33

 

 

 

ARTICLE 18

ADOPTION OF PLAN BY AFFILIATES

34

 

 

 

ARTICLE 19

QUALIFICATION AND RETURN OF CONTRIBUTIONS

35

 

 

 

ARTICLE 20

INCORPORATION OF SPECIAL LIMITATIONS

35

 

 

 

APPENDIX A

LIMITATION ON ALLOCATIONS

A-37

 

 

 

APPENDIX B

TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS

B-1

 

 

 

APPENDIX C

SPECIAL NONDISCRIMINATION RULES

C-1

 

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ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

 

Wherever used herein, the masculine pronoun shall be deemed to include the
feminine, and the singular to include the plural, unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise and the following words and phrases shall, when used herein,
have the meanings set forth below:

 

1.1           “Account” means a Participant’s aggregate balance in the following
accounts, as adjusted pursuant to the Plan as of any given date:

 

(a)           “Deferred Account” which shall reflect a Participant’s interest in
contributions made by a Plan Sponsor under Section 3. 1.

 

(b)           “Matching Account” which shall reflect a Participant’s interest in
matching contributions made by a Plan Sponsor under Section 3.2.

 

(c)           “Rollover Account” which shall reflect a Participant’s interest in
contributions made by a Plan Sponsor under Section 3.4.

 

In addition, the Plan Administrator shall allocate the interest of a Participant
in any funds transferred to the Plan in a trust-to-trust transfer (other than
Rollover Amounts) or pursuant to the merger of another tax-qualified retirement
plan with the Plan among the above accounts as the Plan Administrator determines
best reflects the interest of the Participant.

 

1.2           “Affiliate” means

 

(a)           any corporation which is a member of the same controlled group of
corporations (within the meaning of Code Section 414(b)) as is a Plan Sponsor;

 

(b)           any other trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under
common control (within the meaning of Code Section 414(c)) with a Plan Sponsor;

 

(c)           any other corporation, partnership or other organization which is
a member of an affiliated service group (within the meaning of Code
Section 414(m)) with a Plan Sponsor; and

 

(d)           any other entity required to be aggregated with a Plan Sponsor
pursuant to regulations under Code Section 414(o). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, for purposes of applying the limitations set forth in Appendix A and
for purposes of determining Annual Compensation under Appendix A, the references
to Code Sections 414(b) and (c) above shall be as modified by Code
Section 415(h).

 

1.3           “Annual Compensation” means wages within the meaning of Code
Section 3401(a) (for purposes of income tax withholding at the source) and all
other compensation paid to an Employee by a Plan Sponsor and Affiliates during a
Plan Year for which the Plan Sponsor

 

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or an Affiliate, to the extent applicable, is required to furnish the Employee a
written statement under Code Sections 6041(d), 6051(a)(3) and 6052, to the
extent not in excess of the Annual Compensation Limit for all purposes under the
Plan except for purposes of determining who are Highly Compensated Employees.
Notwithstanding the above, Annual Compensation shall be determined as follows:

 

(a)           for purposes of determining, with respect to each Plan Sponsor,
the amount of contributions made by or on behalf of an Employee under
Section 3.1 and allocations under Section 4.1(a), Annual Compensation shall only
include amounts received for the portion of the Plan Year during which the
Employee was a Participant;

 

(b)           for purposes of determining with respect to each Plan Sponsor, the
amount of contributions made by or on behalf of an Employee under Section 3.2
and allocations under Section 4.1(b), and for purposes of applying the
provisions of Appendix C hereto for such Plan Years as the Secretary of the
Treasury may allow, Annual Compensation shall not be limited to amounts received
for the portion of the Plan Year during which the Employee was a Participant;

 

(c)           for purposes of determining the amount of contributions under Plan
Section 3 and allocations under Plan Section 4 made by or on behalf of an
Employee, Annual Compensation shall not include reimbursements of pilot flight
training expenses;

 

(d)           for all purposes under the Plan, except as provided in
Subsection (e) of this Section, Annual Compensation shall include any amount
which would have been paid during a Plan Year, but was contributed by a Plan
Sponsor on behalf of an Employee pursuant to a salary reduction agreement which
is not includable in the gross income of the Employee under Code Sections 125,
402(g)(3), 457 and, effective on January 1, 2001, Section 132(f)(4); and

 

(e)           effective until December 31, 1997, for purposes of applying the
annual addition limits in Appendix A, Annual Compensation shall not include the
amounts described in Subsection (d).

 

1.4           “Annual Compensation Limit” means $150,000, which amount may be
adjusted in subsequent Plan Years based on changes in the cost of living as
announced by the Secretary of the Treasury.

 

1.5           “Beneficiary”

 

(a)           A Participant’s Beneficiary is the person or trust that a
Participant designated most recently in writing to the Plan Administrator on
such form and in such manner as is reasonably required by the Plan
Administrator. Except as outlined in Subsection (c) below, a Participant
may change his Beneficiary at any time by providing a new written election to
the Plan Administrator on such form and in such manner as is reasonably required
by the Plan Administrator.

 

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(b)           If the Participant has failed to make a designation, no person
designated is alive, no trust has been established, or no Beneficiary or
successor Beneficiary has been designated who is alive, the term “Beneficiary”
means:

 

(1)           the Participant’s spouse; or

 

(2)           if no spouse is alive, the Participant’s estate.

 

(c)           Nonspouse Beneficiaries

 

(1)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, the spouse of a married Participant
shall be his Beneficiary unless that spouse has consented in writing to the
designation by the Participant of some other person or trust and the spouse’s
consent acknowledges the effect of the designation and is witnessed by a notary
public or a Plan representative.

 

(2)           A Participant may change his designation of a nonspouse
beneficiary at any time. However, a Participant may not change his designation
without further consent of his spouse unless the spouse’s consent permits
designation of another person or trust without further spousal consent and
acknowledges that the spouse has the right to limit consent to a specific
beneficiary and that the spouse voluntarily relinquishes this right.

 

(3)           The spouse’s consent shall not be required if the Participant
establishes to the satisfaction of the Plan Administrator that

 

(A)          the spouse cannot be located,

 

(B)           the Participant has a court order indicating that he is legally
separated or has been abandoned (within the meaning of local law) unless a
“qualified domestic relations order” (as defined in Code Section 414(p))
provides otherwise, or

 

(C)           there are other circumstances as the Secretary of the Treasury
prescribes.

 

If the spouse is legally incompetent to give consent, consent by the spouse’s
legal guardian shall be deemed to be consent by the spouse.

 

(d)           If, subsequent to the death of a Participant, the Participant’s
Beneficiary dies while entitled to receive benefits under the Plan, the
successor Beneficiary, if any, or the Beneficiary listed under
Subsection (b)(1) or, if no spouse is alive, Subsection (b)(2) shall be the
Beneficiary.

 

1.6           “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Primary
Sponsor.

 

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1.7           “Break in Service” means the failure of an Employee, in connection
with a Termination of Employment other than by reason of death, Disability, or
attainment of a Retirement Date, to complete more than 500 Hours of Service in
any Plan Year.

 

1.8           “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

1.9           “Deferral Amount” means a contribution of a Plan Sponsor on behalf
of a Participant pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

1.10         “Delta Stock” means the common stock, par value $1.50 per share, of
Delta Airlines, Inc.

 

1.11         “Delta Stock Fund” means the Individual Fund under the Plan created
to hold shares of Delta Stock.

 

1.12         “Direct Rollover” means a payment by the Plan to the Eligible
Retirement Plan specified by the Distributee.

 

1.13         “Disability” means a disability of a Participant within the meaning
of Code Section 72(m)(7), to the extent that the Participant is, or would be,
entitled to disability retirement benefits under the federal Social Security Act
or to the extent that the Participant is entitled to recover benefits under any
long term disability plan or policy maintained by the Plan Sponsor. The
determination of whether or not a Disability exists shall be determined by the
Plan Administrator and shall be substantiated by competent medical evidence.

 

1.14         “Distributee” means 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.

 

1.15         “Elective Deferrals” means, with respect to any taxable year of the
Participant, the sum of

 

(a)           any Deferral Amounts;

 

(b)           any contributions made by or on behalf of a Participant under any
other qualified cash or deferred arrangement as defined in Code Section 401(k),
whether or not maintained by a Plan Sponsor, to the extent such contributions
are not or would not, but for Code Section 402(g)(1) be included in the
Participant’s gross income for the taxable year; and

 

(c)           any other contributions made by or on behalf of a Participant
pursuant to Code Section 402(g)(3).

 

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1.16         “Eligibility Service” means

 

(a)           for the period beginning January 1, 1997 and ending September 30,
2000, a twelve-consecutive-month period during which the Employee completes no
less than 1,000 Hours of Service beginning on the date on which the Employee
first performs an Hour of Service upon his employment or reemployment with the
Plan Sponsor or, in the event the Employee fails to complete 1,000 Hours of
Service in that twelve-consecutive-month period, any Plan Year thereafter during
which the Employee completes no less than 1,000 Hours of Service, including the
Plan Year which includes the first anniversary of the date the Employee first
performed an Hour of Service upon his employment or reemployment; and

 

(b)           for the period beginning October 1, 2000, the completion of a
ninety-consecutive-day period beginning on the date on which the Employee first
performs an Hour of Service upon his employment or reemployment with the Plan
Sponsor.

 

1.17         “Eligible Employee” means any Employee of a Plan Sponsor
compensated by a Plan Sponsor on a salaried basis other than an Employee who is

 

(a)           covered by a collective bargaining agreement between a union and a
Plan Sponsor, provided that retirement benefits were the subject of good faith
bargaining, unless the collective bargaining agreement provides for
participation in the Plan;

 

(b)           a leased employee within the meaning of Code Section 414(n)(2);

 

(c)           deemed to be an Employee of a Plan Sponsor pursuant to regulations
under Code Section 414(o);

 

(d)           a non-resident alien (within the meaning of Code
Section 7701(b)(1)(B)) who received no earned income (within the meaning of Code
Section 911(d)(2)) from a Plan Sponsor which constitutes income from sources
within the United States (within the meaning of Code Section 861(a)(d)(3)); or

 

(e)           initially classified by a Plan Sponsor as an independent
contractor for federal income tax purposes for the period of such
classification, regardless of any subsequent determination that any such person
should have been characterized as a common law employee of the Plan Sponsor for
such period.

 

1.18         “Eligible Retirement Plan” means an individual retirement account
described in Code Section 408(a), an individual retirement annuity described in
Code Section 408(b), an 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.

 

1.19         “Eligible Rollover Distribution” means any distribution of all or
any portion of the Distributee’s Account, except that an Eligible Rollover
Distribution does not include: any

 

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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 years or more; any distribution to the extent such distribution is
required under Code Section 401(a)(9); the portion of any distribution that is
not includable in gross income (determined without regard to the exclusion for
net unrealized appreciation with respect to employer securities); and, effective
for distributions made after December 31, 1999, any hardship distributions of
Deferral Amounts pursuant to Section 7.1.

 

1.20         “Employee” means any person who is

 

(a)           a common law employee of a Plan Sponsor or an Affiliate;

 

(b)           a leased employee within the meaning of Code
Section 414(n)(2) with respect to a Plan Sponsor; or

 

(c)           deemed to be an employee of a Plan Sponsor pursuant to regulations
under Code Section 414(o).

 

For purposes of this Section, an Employee shall be deemed to be a leased
employee within the meaning of Code Section 414(n)(2) if the individual is a
person (other than an Employee of the recipient) who, pursuant to an agreement
between the recipient and any other person, has performed services for the
recipient (or for the recipient and related persons determined in accordance
with Code Section 414(n)(6)), on a substantially full-time basis for a period of
at least one (1) year, and such services are performed under the primary
direction and control of the service recipient.

 

1.21         “Entry Date” means (a) for the period beginning January 1, 1997 and
ending on September 30, 2000, January 1 and July 1 of each Plan Year; and
(b) for the period beginning October 1, 2000, “Entry Date” means January 1,
April 1, July 1, and October 1.

 

1.22         “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended.

 

1.23         “Fiduciary” means each Named Fiduciary and any other person who
exercises or has any discretionary authority or control regarding management or
administration of the Plan, any other person who renders investment advice for a
fee or has any authority or responsibility to do so with respect to any assets
of the Plan, or any other person who exercises or has any authority or control
respecting management or disposition of assets of the Plan.

 

1.24         “Fund” means the amount at any given time of cash and other
property held by the Trustee pursuant to the Plan.

 

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1.25         “Highly Compensated Employee” means, with respect to a Plan Year,
each Employee who:

 

(a)           was at any time during the Plan Year or the immediately preceding
Plan Year an owner of more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding stock of a
Plan Sponsor or Affiliate or more than five percent (5%) of the total combined
voting power of all stock of a Plan Sponsor or Affiliate;

 

(b)           received Annual Compensation in excess of $80,000 during the
immediately preceding Plan Year ($85,000 during the immediately preceding Plan
Year for Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 2000), which amount shall
be adjusted for changes in the cost of living as provided in regulations issued
by the Secretary of the Treasury; or

 

(c)           is a former Employee who met the requirements of Subsection (a) or
(b) at the time the former Employee separated from service with the Plan Sponsor
or an Affiliate or at any time after the former Employee attained age 55.

 

1.26         “Hour of Service” means:

 

(a)           Each hour for which an Employee is paid, or entitled to payment,
for the performance of duties for a Plan Sponsor or any Affiliate during the
applicable computation period, and such hours shall be credited to the
computation period in which the duties are performed;

 

(b)           Each hour for which an Employee is paid, or entitled to payment,
by a Plan Sponsor or any Affiliate on account of a period of time during which
no duties are performed (irrespective of whether the employment relationship has
terminated) due to vacation, holiday, illness, incapacity (including
disability), layoff, jury duty, military duty or leave of absence;

 

(c)           Each hour for which back pay, irrespective of mitigation of
damages, is either awarded or agreed to by a Plan Sponsor or any Affiliate, and
such hours shall be credited to the computation period or periods to which the
award or agreement for back pay pertains rather than to the computation period
in which the award, agreement or payment is made; provided, that the crediting
of Hours of Service for back pay awarded or agreed to with respect to periods
described in Subsection (b) of this Section shall be subject to the limitations
set forth in Subsection (f);

 

(d)           Solely for purposes of determining whether a Break in Service has
occurred, each hour during any period that the Employee is absent from work
(1) by reason of the pregnancy of the Employee, (2) by reason of the birth of a
child of the Employee, (3) by reason of the placement of a child with the
Employee in connection with the adoption of the child by the Employee, or
(4) for purposes of caring for such child for a period immediately following its
birth or placement shall be credited (A) only in the computation period in which
the absence from work begins, if the Employee would be prevented from incurring
a Break in Service in that year solely because of that credit, or (B), in any
other case, in the next following computation period;

 

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(e)           Without duplication of the Hours of Service counted pursuant to
Subsection (d) hereof and solely for such purposes as required pursuant to the
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and the regulations thereunder (the
“FMLA”), each hour (as determined pursuant to the FMLA) for which an Employee is
granted leave under the FMLA (1) for the birth of a child, (2) for placement
with the Employee of a child for adoption or foster care, (3) to care for the
Employee’s spouse, child or parent with a serious health condition, or (4) for a
serious health condition that makes the Employee unable to perform the functions
of the Employee’s job;

 

(f)            The Plan Administrator shall credit Hours of Service in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2530.200b-2(b) and (c) of the U.S.
Department of Labor Regulations or such other federal regulations as may from
time to time be applicable and determine Hours of Service from the employment
records of a Plan Sponsor or in any other manner consistent with regulations
promulgated by the Secretary of Labor, and shall construe any ambiguities in
favor of crediting Employees with Hours of Service. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Section, in no event shall an Employee be credited with more
than 501 Hours of Service during any single continuous period during which he
performs no duties for the Plan Sponsor or Affiliate; and

 

(g)           In the event that a Plan Sponsor or an Affiliate acquires
substantially all of the assets of another corporation or entity or a
controlling interest of the stock of another corporation or merges with another
corporation or entity and is the surviving entity, then service of an Employee
who was employed by the prior corporation or entity and who is employed by the
Plan Sponsor or an Affiliate at the time of the acquisition or merger shall be
counted in the manner provided, with the consent of the Primary Sponsor, in
resolutions adopted by the Plan Sponsor which authorizes the counting of such
service.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely for purposes of determining Hours of
Service for Eligible Employees who are designated as “flight crew employees,”
each hour for which such an Employee is paid, or entitled to payment, pursuant
to this Section while designated as a “flight crew employee” shall be multiplied
by 2.2857.

 

1.27         “Individual Fund” means individual subfunds of the Fund as may be
established by the Plan Administrator from time to time for the investment of
the Fund.

 

1.28         “Investment Committee” means a committee, which may be established
to direct the Trustee with respect to investments of the Fund.

 

1.29         “Investment Manager” means a Fiduciary, other than the Trustee, the
Plan Administrator, or a Plan Sponsor, who may be appointed by the Primary
Sponsor:

 

(a)           who has the power to manage, acquire, or dispose of any assets of
the Fund or a portion thereof; and

 

(b)           who

 

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(1)           is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940;

 

(2)           is a bank as defined in the Investment Advisers Act of 1940; or

 

(3)           is an insurance company qualified to perform services described in
Subsection (a) above under the laws of more than one state; and

 

(c)           who has acknowledged in writing that he is a Fiduciary with
respect to the Plan.

 

1.30         “Named Fiduciary” means only the following:

 

(a)           the Plan Administrator;

 

(b)           the Trustee;

 

(c)           the Investment Committee; and

 

(d)           the Investment Manager.

 

1.31         “Normal Retirement Age” means (a) age 65 for all Participants other
than those described in Subsection (b) of this Section, and (b) age 60 for
Participants designated as flight crew employees operating aircraft under FAR
Part 121.

 

1.32         “Participant” means any Employee or former Employee who has become
a participant in the Plan for so long as his vested Account has not been fully
distributed pursuant to the Plan.

 

1.33         “Plan Administrator” means the organization or person designated to
administer the Plan by the Primary Sponsor and, in lieu of any such designation,
means the Primary Sponsor.

 

1.34         “Plan Sponsor” means individually the Primary Sponsor and any
Affiliate or other entity which has adopted the Plan and Trust.

 

1.35         “Plan Year” means the calendar year.

 

1.36         “Retirement Date” means the date on which the Participant
terminates employment on or after reaching Normal Retirement Age.

 

1.37         “Rollover Amount” means any amount transferred to the Fund by a
Participant, which amount qualifies as an Eligible Rollover Distribution under
Code Section 402(c)(4), or for rollover treatment under Code Sections
403(a)(4) or 408(d)(3)(A)(ii), and any regulations issued thereunder.

 

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1.38         “Termination Completion Date” means the last day of the fifth
consecutive Break in Service computation period, determined under the Plan
Section which defines Break in Service, in which a Participant completes a Break
in Service.

 

1.39         “Termination of Employment” means the termination of employment of
an Employee from all Plan Sponsors and Affiliates for any reason other than
death or attainment of a Retirement Date. Any absence from active employment of
the Plan Sponsor and Affiliates by reason of an approved leave of absence shall
not be deemed for any purpose under the Plan to be a Termination of Employment.
Transfer of an Employee from one Plan Sponsor to another Plan Sponsor or to an
Affiliate shall not be deemed for any purpose under the Plan to be a Termination
of Employment. In addition, transfer of an Employee to another employer in
connection with a corporate transaction involving a sale of assets, merger or
sale of stock, shall not be deemed to be a Termination of Employment, for
purposes of the timing of distributions under Plan Section 8.1, if the employer
to which such Employee is transferred agrees with the Plan Sponsor to accept a
transfer of assets from the Plan to its tax-qualified plan in a trust-to-trust
transfer meeting the requirements of Code Section 414(l). If the employer to
which such Employee is transferred does not agree to accept a transfer of assets
from the Plan to its tax-qualified Plan, Plan Section 8.6 is applicable in the
event that such Termination of Employment is not a distributable event under
Code Section 401(k)(10)(A).

 

1.40         “Trust” means the trust established under an agreement between the
Primary Sponsor and the Trustee to hold the Fund or any successor agreement.

 

1.41         “Trustee” means the trustee under the Trust.

 

1.42         “Valuation Date” means each day on which the New York Stock
Exchange is open for business or any other day which the Plan Administrator
declares to be a Valuation Date.

 

1.43         “Year of Vesting Service” means each Plan Year during which an
Employee completes no less than 1,000 Hours of Service. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, Vesting Service shall not include:

 

(a)           In the case of an Employee who completes five consecutive Breaks
in Service for purposes of determining the vested portion of his Account derived
from Plan Sponsor contributions which accrued before his Termination Completion
Date, all service in Plan Years after his Termination Completion Date.

 

(b)           In the case of an Employee who completes five consecutive Breaks
in Service and at that time does not have any vested right in Plan Sponsor
contributions, all service before those Breaks in Service commenced.

 

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ARTICLE 2

ELIGIBILITY

 

2.1           New Hires. Each Eligible Employee shall become a Participant as of
the Entry Date coinciding with or next following the date he completes his
Eligibility Service.

 

2.2           Existing Participants. Each individual who was a Participant on
December 31, 1996 shall continue to be a Participant as of January 1, 1997.

 

2.3           Former Participants Rehired. Each former Participant who is
reemployed by a Plan Sponsor shall become a Participant as of the date of his
reemployment as an Eligible Employee.

 

2.4           Former Employees Rehired. Each former Employee who completes his
Eligibility Service but terminates employment with a Plan Sponsor before
becoming a Participant shall become a Participant as of the latest of the date
he:

 

(a)           is reemployed;

 

(b)           would have become a Participant if he had not incurred a
Termination of Employment; or

 

(c)           becomes an Eligible Employee.

 

ARTICLE 3

CONTRIBUTIONS

 

3.1           (a)           Deferral Amounts. The Plan Sponsor shall make a
contribution to the Fund on behalf of each Participant who is an Eligible
Employee and has elected to defer a portion of Annual Compensation otherwise
payable to him for the Plan Year and to have such portion contributed to the
Fund. The election must be made before the Annual Compensation is payable and
may only be made pursuant to an agreement between the Participant and the Plan
Sponsor which shall be in such form and subject to such rules and limitations as
the Plan Administrator may prescribe and shall specify the percentage of Annual
Compensation that the Participant desires to defer and to have contributed to
the Fund. Once a Participant has made an election for a Plan Year, the
Participant may revoke or modify his election to increase or reduce the rate of
future deferrals, as provided in accordance with the administrative procedures
provided by the Plan Administrator. Any increase or reduction in deferrals will
be effective on the first day of the calendar quarter following the Plan
Administrator’s receipt of the Participant’s request. A Participant may revoke
his election and discontinue his deferrals at any time in accordance with the
administrative procedures provided by the Plan Administrator. The revocation
will be effective for the first payroll period following the Plan
Administrator’s receipt of the Participant’s request. The contribution made by a
Plan Sponsor on behalf of a Participant under this Section 3.1 shall be in one
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increments in an amount equal to the amount specified in the Participant’s
deferral agreement, but not in excess of twenty percent (20%) of the
Participant’s Annual Compensation. Pursuant to Section 4 of Appendix C, the Plan
Administrator may restrict the amount which Highly Compensated Employees
may defer under this Section 3.1.

 

(b)           Limits on Deferral Amounts. Elective Deferrals shall in no event
exceed $9,500 (for 1997) in any one taxable year of the Participant, which
amount shall be adjusted for changes in the cost of living as provided by the
Secretary of the Treasury. In the event the amount of Elective Deferrals exceeds
$9,500 (for 1997) as adjusted, in any one taxable year then, (1) not later than
the immediately following March 1, the Participant may designate to the Plan the
portion of the Participant’s Deferral Amounts which consist of excess Elective
Deferrals, and (2) not later than the immediately following April 15, the Plan
may distribute the amount designated to it under Paragraph (1) above, as
adjusted to reflect income, gain, or loss attributable to it through the end of
the Plan Year, and reduced by any “Excess Deferral Amounts,” as defined in
Appendix C hereto, previously distributed or recharacterized with respect to the
Participant for the Plan Year beginning with or within that taxable year. The
payment of the excess Elective Deferrals, as adjusted and reduced, from the Plan
shall be made to the Participant without regard to any other provision in the
Plan. In the event that a Participant’s Elective Deferrals exceed $9,500, as
adjusted, in any one taxable year under the Plan and other plans of the Plan
Sponsor and its Affiliates, the Participant shall be deemed to have designated
for distribution under the Plan the amount of excess Elective Deferrals, as
adjusted and reduced, by taking into account only Elective Deferral amounts
under the Plan and other plans of the Plan Sponsor and its Affiliates.

 

3.2           Matching Contributions. The Plan Sponsor proposes to make
contributions to the Fund with respect to each Plan Year on behalf of each
Participant who is an Eligible Employee entitled to an allocation under Plan
Section 4.1(b) in an amount equal to a percentage, as determined by the Plan
Sponsor, of the Participant’s Annual Compensation deferred by the Participant
pursuant to Section 3.1, to the extent the contribution under Plan Section 3.1
does not exceed six percent (6%) of his Annual Compensation.

 

3.3           Forfeitures. Forfeitures shall be used to reduce Plan Sponsor
contributions made for the Plan Year in which the forfeitures arose or the
following Plan Year and not to increase benefits.

 

3.4           Rollover Contributions. Any Eligible Employee may, with the
consent of the Plan Administrator and subject to such rules and conditions as
the Plan Administrator may prescribe, transfer a Rollover Amount to the Fund;
provided, however, that the Plan Administrator shall not administer this
provision in a manner which is discriminatory in favor of Highly Compensated
Employees.

 

3.5           Form of Contributions. Contributions may be made only in cash or
other property which is acceptable to the Trustee. In no event will the sum of
contributions under Plan Sections 3.1 and 3.2 exceed the deductible limits under
Code Section 404.

 

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3.6           Military Service. Effective December 12, 1994, notwithstanding any
provision of the Plan to the contrary, contributions, benefits and service
credit with respect to qualified military service will be provided in accordance
with Section 414(u) of the Code.

 

3.7           Corrective Actions. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to
the contrary, the Plan Sponsor may make corrective distributions, contributions,
allocations or other remedial actions as required or permitted to comply with
any program promulgated by the Internal Revenue Service or the U.S. Department
of Labor.

 

ARTICLE 4

ALLOCATIONS

 

4.1           (a)           Allocation of Deferral Amounts. As soon as
reasonably practicable following the date of withholding by the Plan Sponsor, if
applicable, and receipt by the Trustee, Plan Sponsor contributions made on
behalf of each Participant under Plan Section 3.1 and Rollover Amounts
contributed by the Participant, shall be allocated to the Deferred Account and
Rollover Account, respectively, of the Participant on behalf of whom the
contributions were made.

 

(b)           Allocation of Matching Contributions. As of the last day of the
Plan Year, Plan Sponsor contributions made under Section 3.2 and forfeitures
used to reduce Plan Sponsor matching contributions, if any, for a Plan Year
shall be allocated to the Matching Account of each Participant who is employed
by a Plan Sponsor on the last day of the Plan Year who has completed at least
1,000 Hours of Service during the Plan Year. The matching contribution for each
Plan Year, if any, shall be allocated to each eligible Participant based on his
Completed Years of Service. The matching contribution for each eligible
Participant shall be determined by multiplying the aggregate matching
contribution made by the Plan Sponsor by the ratio of the weighted amount of
Deferral Amounts of the Participant for the Plan Year to the weighted amount of
Deferral Amounts of all Participants for the Plan Year. The weighted amount of
Deferral Amounts is determined by multiplying the Participant’s Deferral
Amounts, excluding Deferral Amounts in excess of six percent (6%) of Annual
Compensation, by the appropriate percentage as provided in the following
schedules, as applicable:

 

(i)            for the period beginning January 1, 1997 and ending July 31,
1998:

 

Completed
Years of Service

 

Percentage

 

Less than 1

 

0

%

1

 

40

%

2

 

60

%

3

 

80

%

4 or more

 

100

%

 

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(ii)           for the period beginning August 1, 1998,

 

Completed
Years of Service

 

Percentage

 

Less than 1

 

20

%

2

 

30

%

3

 

40

%

4 or more but less than 7

 

50

%

7 or more

 

75

%

 

For purposes of the Section, “Completed Years of Service” means the number of
full years from the Employee’s date of hire to the date on which his vested
percentage is being determined.

 

4.2           Allocation of Earnings. As of each Valuation Date, the Trustee
shall allocate the net income or net loss of each Individual Fund to each
Account in the proportion that the value of the Account as of the Valuation Date
bears to the value of all Accounts invested in that Individual Fund as of the
Valuation Date.

 

ARTICLE 5

INDIVIDUAL FUNDS AND INVESTMENTS OF TRUST ASSETS

 

5.1           Participant Direction of Contributions. Until such time as the
Plan Administrator may direct otherwise, each Participant may direct the Plan
Administrator to invest contributions to his Account in one or more Individual
Funds, including the Delta Stock Fund, as the Participant shall designate by
providing notice to the Plan Administrator according to the procedures
established by the Plan Administrator for that purpose.

 

(a)           All investment directions, or changes in investment directions, of
contributions shall be made in multiples of one percent (1%) in accordance with
the procedures established by the Plan Administrator. New investment directions
shall be effective as of the date that such directions are process by the Plan
Administrator in accordance with the procedures established for such purpose.

 

(b)           An investment direction, once given, shall be deemed to be a
continuing direction until changed as otherwise provided herein. If no direction
is effective for the date a contribution is to be made, all contributions which
are to be made for such date shall be invested in such Individual Fund as the
Plan Administrator, the Investment Manager, the Investment Committee, or the
Trustee, as applicable, may determine. To the extent permissible by law, no
Fiduciary shall be liable for any loss, which results from a Participant’s
exercise or failure to exercise his investment election.

 

5.2           Participant Directions to Transfer Among Individual Funds. A
Participant may elect according to the procedures established by the Plan
Administrator to transfer, in multiples of one percent (1%), his Account among
Individual Funds. An election under this Section 5.2

 

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shall be effective as of the date that such directions are processed by the Plan
Administrator in accordance with the procedures established for such purpose.

 

5.3           A Participant who makes an election pursuant to Section 5.1 or
Section 5.2 may apply the new investment direction to his current Account, all
future contributions, or both his current Account and all future contributions.

 

5.4           Loan Fund. A Loan Fund shall be established by the Trustee on
behalf of each Participant for whom a loan is made pursuant to Article 6. The
Loan Fund shall be credited with the amount of any loan made by the Plan to the
Participant and shall be debited with all principal and interest repayments of
any such loans. Under rules established by the Plan Administrator, a
Participant’s interest in the Individual Funds shall be debited by the amount
credited to the Participant’s Loan Fund. All principal and interest repayments
debited to the Loan Fund shall be invested as contributions to the Participant’s
Account pursuant to Section 5.1. Each Loan Fund shall be invested in a note or
notes made by the Participant evidencing the promised repayment of monies loaned
to the Participant from the Fund.

 

5.5           Employer Securities. The Trustee may acquire and hold shares of
Delta Stock and other “qualifying employer securities” (within the meaning of
Code Section 4975(e)(8)) which are (a) shares of common stock issued by the
Primary Sponsor or a corporation which is a member of a controlled group of
corporations which includes the Primary Sponsor (within the meaning of Code
Section 1563(a), determined without regard to Code Sections 1563(a)(4) and
(e)(3)(C)), which are readily tradeable on an established securities market or,
if there is no such common stock, shares of common stock issued by the Primary
Sponsor or a corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations
which includes the Primary Sponsor (within the meaning of Code Section 1563(a),
determined without regard to Code Sections 1563(a)(4) and (e)(3)(C)), which have
voting power and dividend rights no less favorable than the voting power and
dividend rights of any other common stock issued by the Primary Sponsor or the
corporation, or (b) shares of noncallable preferred stock issued by the Primary
Sponsor, which are at all times immediately convertible into stock described in
(a) above at a reasonable conversion price.

 

5.6           404(c) Protection. Each Member’s investment direction to the Plan
Administrator with respect to his Account shall be in a manner compliant with
the requirements of ERISA Section 404(c) and the regulations issued thereunder.

 

ARTICLE 6

PLAN LOANS

 

6.1           Eligible Individuals. Subject to the provisions of the Plan and
the Trust, each Participant who is an Employee shall have the right, subject to
prior approval by the Plan Administrator, to borrow from the Fund. In addition,
each “party in interest,” as defined in ERISA Section 3(14), who is (a) a
Participant but no longer an Employee, (b) the Beneficiary of a deceased
Participant, or (c) an alternate payee of a Participant pursuant to the
provisions of a “qualified domestic relations order,” as defined in Code
Section 414(p), shall also have the right,

 

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subject to prior approval by the Plan Administrator, to borrow from the Fund;
provided, however, that loans to such parties in interest may not discriminate
in favor of Highly Compensated Employees.

 

6.2           Application. In order to apply for a loan, a borrower must
complete and submit to the Plan Administrator documents or information required
by the Plan Administrator for this purpose.

 

6.3           Equivalent Basis. Loans shall be available to all eligible
borrowers on a reasonably equivalent basis which may take into account the
borrower’s creditworthiness, ability to repay, and ability to provide adequate
security. Loans shall not be made available to Highly Compensated Employees,
officers or shareholders of a Plan Sponsor in an amount greater than the amount
made available to other borrowers. This provision shall be deemed to be
satisfied if all borrowers have the right to borrow the same percentage of their
interest in the Participant’s vested Account, notwithstanding that the dollar
amount of such loans may differ as a result of differing values of Participants’
vested Accounts.

 

6.4           Interest Rate. Each loan shall bear a “reasonable rate of
interest” and provide that the loan be amortized in substantially level
payments, made no less frequently than quarterly, over a specified period of
time. A “reasonable rate of interest” shall be that rate that provides the Plan
with a return commensurate with the interest rates charged by persons in the
business of lending money for loans which would be made under similar
circumstances. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any loan
interest rate is subject to the provisions of the Soldiers and Sailors Relief
Act of 1940, it shall not exceed six percent (6%) per annum.

 

6.5           Security. Each loan shall be adequately secured, with the security
for the outstanding balance of all loans to the borrower to consist of one-half
(½) of the borrower’s interest in the Participant’s vested Account, or such
other security as the Plan Administrator deems acceptable.

 

6.6           Loan Limit. Each loan, when added to the outstanding balance of
all other loans to the borrower from all retirement plans of the Plan Sponsor
and its Affiliates which are qualified under Section 401 of the Code, shall not
exceed the least of:

 

(a)           $25,000, reduced by the excess, if any, of

 

(1)           the highest outstanding balance of loans made to the borrower from
all retirement plans qualified under Code Section 401 of the Plan Sponsor and
its Affiliates during the one (1) year period immediately preceding the day
prior to the date on which such loan was made, over

 

(2)           the outstanding balance of loans made to the borrower from all
retirement plans qualified under Code Section 401 of the Plan Sponsor and its
Affiliates on the date on which such loan was made;

 

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(b)           one-half (½) of the value of the borrower’s interest in the
Account attributable to the Participant’s Deferred Account and Rollover Account
(excluding any amounts made subject to a qualified domestic relations order as
defined in Code Section 414(p)); or

 

(c)           the amount that produces a monthly repayment of principal and
interest that equals twenty-five percent (25%) of the Participant’s monthly
salary at the time the loan is taken.

 

For purposes of this Section, the value of the Participant’s Account
attributable to a Participant’s Deferred Account and Rollover Account shall be
established as of the latest preceding Valuation Date, or any later date on
which an available valuation was made, and shall be adjusted for any
distributions or contributions made through the date of the origination of the
loan.

 

6.7           Loan Term. Each loan, by its terms, shall be repaid within five
(5) years;

 

6.8           Minimum Amount. Each loan shall be made in an amount of no less
than $1,000.

 

6.9           Limit on Number of Loans. A borrower is permitted to have only one
loan existing under this Plan at any one time and only one loan will be
permitted for a borrower in a twelve-consecutive-month period.

 

6.10         Certain Leaves of Absence. If a borrower incurs an unpaid leave of
absence for a period of one (1) year or less, the Plan Administrator may freeze
the borrower’s loan status and the loan will be reamortized upon the borrower’s
return to work. In this event, the limitation provided in Section 6.6(c) with
respect to twenty-five percent (25%) of the borrower’s monthly salary will be
waived for purposes of reamortization.

 

6.11         Default. The loan shall be in default if:  (a) a borrower fails to
make any loan payment when due; (b) a Participant ceases to be an Employee and
is not otherwise a “party in interest” as defined in ERISA Section 3(14);
(c) the vested Account held as security under the Plan for the borrower will, as
a result of an impending distribution or withdrawal, be reduced to an amount
less than the amount of all unpaid principal and accrued interest then
outstanding under the loan; (d) a borrower makes any untrue representations or
warranties in connection with the obtaining of the loan; or (e) a Participant
becomes subject to a bankruptcy proceeding or the appointment of a receiver. In
that event, the Plan Administrator may take such steps as it deems necessary to
preserve the assets of the Plan (in the case of Subsection (a), after any cure
period allowed by the Plan Administrator, if applicable, not to continue beyond
the last day of the calendar quarter following the calendar quarter in which the
required installment payment was due), including, but not limited to, directing
the Trustee to make a distribution to the borrower of an offset amount (i.e., a
deduction of the unpaid principal sum, accrued interest, and any other
applicable charge under the note evidencing the loan from the Participant’s
Account). To the extent that such distribution of an offset amount in the case
of Subsection (a) would violate the requirements of Section 401(a) or 401(k)
(because for example, the deduction would have to be made from the Participant’s
Deferred Account while the Participant is an Employee), the entire outstanding
balance of the loan (including accrued interest) shall be a deemed distribution
as

 

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provided in Treasury Regulations under Code Section 72(p), and thereafter a
distribution of an offset amount may be made at the earliest date legally
permissible or deferred, at the Plan Administrator’s discretion applied on a
basis not discriminating in favor of Highly Compensated Employees, until the
borrower receives another distribution from the Plan. If any part of the
indebtedness under the note evidencing the loan is collected by law or through
an attorney, the borrower shall be liable for attorneys’ fees in an amount equal
to ten percent (10%) of the amount then due and all costs of collection.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a loan may be satisfied upon a Participant’s
Termination of Employment arising from the Participant’s transfer to another
employer (other than a Plan Sponsor or Affiliate) in connection with a corporate
transaction involving a sale of assets, merger, or sale of stock, by
distributing the note evidencing the debt as part of an Eligible Rollover
Distribution if the trustee, custodian, or administrator for the Eligible
Retirement Plan indicates its willingness to accept such property.

 

6.11         Regulation. Each loan shall be made only in accordance with
regulations and rulings of the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of
Labor and any supplemental loan procedures established by the Plan
Administrator. The Plan Administrator shall be authorized to administer the loan
program of this Section and shall act in his sole discretion to ascertain
whether the requirements of such regulations and rulings and this Section have
been met.

 

ARTICLE 7

WITHDRAWALS DURING EMPLOYMENT

 

7.1           Hardship Withdrawal. The Trustee shall, upon the direction of the
Plan Administrator, withdraw all or a portion of a Participant’s Deferred
Account consisting of Deferral Amounts (but not earnings thereon) prior to the
time such account is otherwise distributable in accordance with the other
provisions of the Plan; provided, however, that any such withdrawal shall be
made only if the Participant is an Employee and demonstrates that he is
suffering from “hardship” as determined herein. For purposes of this Section, a
withdrawal will be deemed to be an account of hardship if the withdrawal is on
account of:

 

(a)           expenses for medical care described in Code
Section 213(d) incurred by the Participant, his spouse, or any dependents of the
Participant (as defined in Code Section 152) or necessary for these persons to
obtain medical care described in Code Section 213(d);

 

(b)           purchase (excluding mortgage payments) of a principal residence
for the Participant;

 

(d)           payment of tuition and related educational fees for the next
twelve (12) months of post-secondary education for the Participant, his spouse,
children, or dependents;

 

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(e)           the need to prevent the eviction of the Participant from his
principal residence or foreclosure on the mortgage of the Participant’s
principal residence; or

 

(f)            any other contingency determined by the Internal Revenue Service
to constitute an “immediate and heavy financial need” within the meaning of
Treasury Regulations Section 1.401(k)-l(d).

 

7.2           Additional Hardship Withdrawal Requirements. In addition to the
requirements set forth in Section 7.1, any withdrawal pursuant to Section 7.1
shall not be in excess of the amount necessary to satisfy the need determined
under Section 7.1 and shall also be subject to the requirements of either
7.2(a) or 7.2(b).

 

(a)           (1)           The Participant shall first obtain all withdrawals,
other than hardship withdrawals, and all nontaxable loans currently available
under all plans maintained by the Plan Sponsor;

 

(2)           the Plan Sponsor shall not permit Elective Deferrals or after-tax
employee contributions to be made to the Plan or any other plan maintained by
the Plan Sponsor, for a period of twelve (12) months after the Participant
receives the withdrawal pursuant to this Section; and

 

(3)           the Plan Sponsor shall not permit Elective Deferrals to be made to
the Plan or any other plan maintained by the Plan Sponsor for the Participant’s
taxable year immediately following the taxable year of the hardship withdrawal
in excess of the limit under Plan Section 3.1(b) for the taxable year, less the
amount of the Elective Deferrals made to the Plan or any other plan maintained
by the Plan Sponsor for the taxable year in which the withdrawal under this
Section occurs.

 

(b)           A hardship withdrawal shall be permitted only pursuant to the
suspension method in Section 7.2(a) and not pursuant to the certification method
in this Section 7.2(b), unless the Plan Administrator permits a hardship
withdrawal pursuant to either Section 7.2(a) or 7.2(b). Under the certification
method, a hardship withdrawal is permitted if the Plan Administrator relies on
the Participant’s certification by execution of a form provided by the Plan
Administrator, unless the Plan Administrator has actual knowledge to the
contrary, that the need determined under Plan Section 6.1 cannot be relieved

 

(1)           through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise,

 

(2)           by reasonable liquidation of the assets of the Participant, his
spouse and minor children, to the extent that the liquidation would not itself
cause an immediate and heavy financial need and to the extent that the assets of
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(3)           by cessation of Elective Deferrals, or

 

(4)           by other distributions or nontaxable (at the time of the
distribution) loans from plans maintained by the Plan Sponsor or any other
employer, or by borrowing from commercial sources on reasonable commercial
terms.

 

Such withdrawals shall be made only in accordance with such other rules,
policies, procedures, restrictions, and conditions as the Plan Administrator
may from time to time adopt. Any determination of the existence of hardship and
the amount to be withdrawn on account thereof shall be made by the Plan
Administrator (or such other person as may be required to make such decisions)
in accordance with the foregoing rules as applied in a uniform and
nondiscriminatory manner; provided that, unless the Participant requests
otherwise, any such withdrawal shall include the amount necessary to pay any
federal, state and local income taxes and penalties reasonably anticipated to
result from the withdrawal. A withdrawal under this Section shall be made in a
lump sum to the Participant.

 

7.3           Account Transfers to Plans Sponsored by Affiliates. In the event
that a Participant terminates his employment with the Primary Sponsor and is no
longer eligible to receive an allocation under Section 4 hereof and becomes an
employee of an Affiliate, such Participant may elect to transfer the value of
his Account under the Plan to the qualified plan sponsored by such Affiliate.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant’s Account may not be transferred to
the plan of an Affiliate without the Participant’s voluntary and informed
election as described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.411(d)-4, Q&A-3(b)(1)(i).
Alternatively, the Participant must be provided the opportunity to retain the
benefits, rights, and features protected under Section 411(d)(6) of the Code
with respect to any transferred amounts. The transferred amount shall be paid in
the form of a cash lump-sum payment plus a direct transfer in kind of any
outstanding Participant loans. Such transfer shall be made pursuant to the
procedures established by the Plan Administrator, and may only be made with the
consent of the plan administrator of the plan into which the transfer is being
made.

 

ARTICLE 8

PAYMENT OF BENEFITS ON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

 

8.1           Eligibility for Payment. A Participant who has a Termination of
Employment shall be eligible to receive payment of his vested Account as soon as
administratively practicable after the Participant’s Termination of Employment.

 

8.2           Vesting. That portion of a Participant’s Account in which he is
vested at any given time shall be:

 

(a)           his Deferred Account and Rollover Account, which shall be fully
vested and nonforfeitable at all times; and

 

(b)           his Matching Account computed according to the following vesting
schedule:

 

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Years of
Vesting Service

 

Percentage
Vested

 

Less than 1

 

0

%

1

 

10

%

2

 

20

%

3

 

30

%

4

 

40

%

5

 

60

%

6

 

80

%

7 or more

 

100

%

 

If a Participant receives a distribution from these accounts at any time when
the Participant is less than one hundred percent (100%) vested then until the
earlier of the date the Participant forfeits his nonvested Account or the
Participant’s Termination Completion Date, the vested portion of these accounts
of the Participant at any time shall be equal to “X” computed according to the
formula X=P(AB+D)-D. For purposes of the formula, “P” is the vested percentage
at the relevant time, “AB” is the Account balance at the relevant time, and “D”
is the amount of the distribution(s).

 

8.3           Cash-out/Buyback.

 

(a)           The nonvested portion of the Account of a Participant who has had
a Termination of Employment shall be forfeited as of the earlier of the date the
Participant receives a distribution of the vested portion of his Account or the
Participant’s Termination Completion Date. For such purposes, a Participant who
has had a Termination of Employment and who is not vested in any portion of his
Account, the Participant shall be deemed to have received a distribution of his
Account.

 

(b)           If a Participant who has received (or has been deemed to have
received) a distribution of the vested portion of his Account is reemployed by a
Plan Sponsor or an Affiliate prior to his Termination Completion Date and (1) if
the Participant’s Account was partially vested, and the Participant repays to
the Fund no later than the fifth anniversary of the Participant’s reemployment
by the Plan Sponsor or an Affiliate all of that portion of his vested Account
which was paid to him or (2) if the Participant’s Account was not vested upon
his Termination of Employment, then any portion of his Account which was
forfeited shall be restored effective on the Valuation Date coinciding with or
next following the repayment or the Participant’s reemployment, respectively.
The restoration on any Valuation Date of the forfeited portion of the Account of
a Participant pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be made first from
forfeitures available for allocation on that Valuation Date, to the extent
available, and secondly from contributions by the Plan Sponsor. Only after
restorations have been made shall the remaining net income be available for
allocation under Section 4.

 

8.4           Changes to Vesting Schedule. If a Plan amendment directly or
indirectly changes the vesting schedule, the vesting percentage for each
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the date when the amendment is adopted shall not be reduced as a result of the
amendment. In addition, any Participant with at least three (3) years of Vesting
Service may irrevocably elect to remain under the pre-amendment vesting
schedule with respect to all of his benefits accrued both before and after the
amendment.

 

8.5           Suspension for Rehires. If a Participant has a Termination of
Employment and is subsequently reemployed by a Plan Sponsor or an Affiliate
prior to receiving a distribution of his Account under the Plan, such
Participant shall not be entitled to a distribution under this Section while he
is an Employee.

 

8.6           Suspension for Nondistributable Events. If a Participant has a
Termination of Employment which is not a distributable event as provided under
Code Section 401(k)(10)(A), the Plan Sponsor is not required to distribute such
Participant’s Account to the Participant prior to the time for distribution as
otherwise provided under the Plan.

 

ARTICLE 9

PAYMENT OF BENEFITS ON RETIREMENT OR DISABILITY

 

9.1           Eligibility for Payment. A Participant who has reached a
Retirement Date or incurs a Disability while an Employee shall be eligible to
receive payment of his Account as soon as administratively practicable
thereafter.

 

9.2           Vesting. The Account of a Participant who has reached a Retirement
Date, has attained Normal Retirement Age while employed, or has incurred a
Disability while employed shall be fully vested and nonforfeitable.

 

ARTICLE 10

DEATH BENEFITS

 

10.1         Eligibility for Payment. If a Participant dies before receiving a
distribution of his vested Account, his Beneficiary shall be eligible to receive
payment for the Participant’s vested Account in a cash lump sum payment as soon
as administratively practicable following the death of the Participant. If a
Participant dies after beginning to receive a distribution of his vested
Account, his Beneficiary shall continue to receive the undistributed portion of
his vested Account in the form selected by the Participant before his death.

 

10.2         Vesting. Accounts of deceased Participants shall be vested to the
extent provided pursuant to Article 8 or 9, as applicable. In addition, the
Account of a Participant who dies while an Employee shall be fully vested.

 

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ARTICLE 11

GENERAL RULES ON DISTRIBUTIONS

 

11.1         Timing and Form.

 

(a)           If the vested Account balance of a Participant or a Beneficiary of
a deceased Participant (in the case of a deceased Participant who did not begin
to receive payment of his vested Account balance before his death) is $3,500 or
less ($5,000 effective March 27, 1998), it shall be distributed in one lump sum
as soon as administratively practicable after the Participant or Beneficiary is
eligible for a distribution pursuant to Article 8, 9, or 10, as applicable.

 

(b)           If the vested Account balance of a Participant or a Beneficiary of
a deceased Participant (in the case of a deceased Participant who did not begin
to receive payment of his vested Account balance before his death) exceeds
$3,500 ($5,000 effective March 27, 1998) and the Participant or Beneficiary is
eligible for a distribution pursuant to Article 8, 9, or 10 as applicable, the
Participant or Beneficiary will receive payment in the form of a lump sum,
unless the Participant elects to receive payment of the Account in one of the
forms listed below as soon as administratively practicable after the
Participant’s or Beneficiary’s written request to the Plan Administrator for
payment of the vested Account balance.

 

(1)           a lump-sum payment;

 

(2)           payment in five (5) annual installments; or

 

(3)           payment in ten (10) annual installments, provided that this
form of payment shall not be available if payment would extend over a period
exceeding the life expectancy of the Participant or the joint lives of the
Participant and his Beneficiary.

 

No distribution of the vested Account balance of such a Participant will be made
without his request before he reaches Normal Retirement Age.

 

(c)           Payment of a Participant’s vested Account to the Participant will
commence not later than sixty (60) days after the last day of the Plan Year in
which falls the later of (1) the Participant reaching the earlier of Normal
Retirement Age, or (2) the Participant reaching a Retirement Date or becoming
subject to a Disability while an Employee; provided, however, that the
distribution will be made at a later date specified by the Participant (subject
to Section 11.4) if the Participant requests to delay the distribution. If the
amount of the payment required to commence on the date determined under this
Subsection cannot be ascertained by such date, or if it is not possible to make
such payment on such date because the Plan Administrator has been unable to
locate the Participant after making reasonable efforts to do so, a payment
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may be made no later than sixty (60) days after the earliest date in which the
amount of such payment can be ascertained for the date on which the Participant
is located.

 

11.2         Adjustments for Income. Except for installment distributions,
Accounts shall not be adjusted for earnings or losses incurred after the
Valuation Date with respect to which the Account is valued for imminent payout
purposes coinciding with or preceding the date of distribution of the Account.
Except as provided in Section 6.11, prior to distribution of an Account, the
Account shall be reduced by the amount necessary to satisfy the unpaid
principal, accrued interest, and penalties on any loan made to the Participant.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a plan-to-plan transfer described
in Section 7.3 above, the Account shall not be reduced by the outstanding loan,
but the Account (with the loan intact) shall be transferred to the recipient
plan.

 

11.3         Direct Rollovers. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan to the
contrary that would otherwise limit a Distributee’s election under this
Article 11, a Distributee may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by
the Plan Administrator, to have any portion of a distribution pursuant to this
Section which is an Eligible Rollover Distribution paid directly to an Eligible
Retirement Plan specified by the Distributee in a Direct Rollover so long as all
Eligible Rollover Distributions to a Distributee for a calendar year total or
are expected to total at least $200 and, in the case of a Distributee who elects
to directly receive a portion of an Eligible Rollover Distribution and directly
roll the balance over to an Eligible Retirement Plan, the portion that is to be
directly rolled over totals at least $500. If the Eligible Rollover Distribution
is one to which Code Sections 401(a)(11) and 417 do not apply, such Eligible
Rollover Distribution may commence less than thirty (30) days after the notice
required under Treasury Regulations Section 1.411(a)-11(c) is given, provided
that:

 

(a)           the Plan Administrator clearly informs the Distributee that the
Distributee has a right to a period of at least thirty (30) days after receiving
the notice to consider the decision of whether or not to elect a distribution
(and, if applicable, a particular distribution option), and

 

(b)           the Distributee, after receiving the notice, affirmatively elects
a distribution.

 

11.4         Required Minimum Distributions. Notwithstanding any other
provisions of the Plan,

 

(a)           Prior to the death of a Participant, all retirement payments
hereunder shall

 

(1)           be distributed to the Participant not later than the required
beginning date (as defined below) or,

 

(2)           be distributed, commencing not later than the required beginning
date (as defined below) –

 

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(A)          in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the
Treasury, over the life of the Participant or over the lives of the Participant
and his designated individual Beneficiary, if any, or

 

(B)           in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the
Treasury, over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of the
Participant or the joint life and last survivor expectancy of the Participant
and his designated individual Beneficiary, if any.

 

(b)           (1)           If –

 

(A)          the distribution of a Participant’s retirement payments have begun
in accordance with Subsection (a)(2) of this Section, and

 

(B)           the Participant dies before his entire vested Account has been
distributed to him,

 

then the remaining portion of his vested Account shall be distributed at least
as rapidly as under the method of distribution being used under
Subsection (a)(2) of this Section as of the date of his death.

 

(2)           If a Participant dies before the commencement of retirement
payments hereunder, the entire interest of the Participant shall be distributed
within five (5) years after his death.

 

(3)           If –

 

(A)          any portion of a Participant’s vested Account is payable to or for
the benefit of the Participant’s designated individual Beneficiary, if any,

 

(B)           that portion is to be distributed, in accordance with regulations
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, over the life of the designated
individual Beneficiary or over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy
of the designated individual Beneficiary, and

 

(C)           the distributions begin not later than one (1) year after the date
of the Participant’s death or such later date as the Secretary of the Treasury
may by regulations prescribe,

 

then, for purposes of Paragraph (2) of this Subsection (b), the portion referred
to in Subparagraph (A) of this Paragraph (3) shall be treated as distributed on
the date on which the distributions to the designated individual Beneficiary
begin.

 

(4)           If the designated individual Beneficiary referred to in Paragraph
(3)(A) of this Subsection (b) is the surviving spouse of the Participant, then –

 

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(A)          the date on which the distributions are required to begin under
Paragraph (3)(C) of this Subsection (b) shall not be earlier than the date on
which the Participant would have attained age 70½, and

 

(B)           if the surviving spouse dies before the distributions to such
spouse begin, this Subsection (b) shall be applied as if the surviving spouse
were the Participant.

 

(c)           For purposes of this Section, the term “required beginning date”
means April 1 of the calendar year following the later of the calendar year in
which the Participant attains age 70½ or the calendar year in which the
Participant retires, except that in the case of a person described in
Section l(b)(3) of Appendix B the “required beginning date” shall be April 1 of
the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Participant attains
age 70½.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to a Participant who
attains age 70½ prior to January 1, 2003, such Participant may elect to receive
minimum required distributions in accordance with Section 401(a)(9) as in effect
prior to January 1, 1997, or, in the alternative, such Participant may elect to
defer distribution, in which event benefits will be paid in accordance with the
remaining provisions of the Plan.

 

(d)           Distributions will be made in accordance with the regulations
under Code Section 401(a)(9), including the minimum distribution incidental
benefit requirement of Treas. Reg. Section 1.401(a)(9)-2.

 

(e)           Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, for
calendar years beginning on or after January 1, 2002, distributions will be made
in accordance with the minimum distribution requirements provided in the
proposed regulations under Code Section 401(a)(9) which were issued on
January 17, 2001.  This Subsection (e) shall continue in effect until the end of
the last calendar year beginning before the effective date of final regulations
issued under Code Section 401(a)(9) or such other date as may be specified in
guidance published by the Internal Revenue Service.

 

ARTICLE 12

ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

 

12.1         Trust Agreement.  The Primary Sponsor shall enter into a trust
agreement to establish a Trust with the Trustee designated by the Board of
Directors for the management of the Fund, which trust agreement shall form a
part of the Plan and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

12.2         Operation of the Plan Administrator.  The Primary Sponsor shall
appoint a Plan Administrator.  If an organization is appointed to serve as the
Plan Administrator, then the Plan Administrator may designate in writing one or
more persons who may act on behalf of the Plan Administrator.  If more than one
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function, a majority of such persons shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business and shall have the full power to act on behalf of the
Plan Administrator.  The Primary Sponsor shall have the right to remove the Plan
Administrator at any time by notice in writing.  The Plan Administrator may
resign at any time by written notice of resignation to the Trustee and the
Primary Sponsor.  Upon removal or resignation of the plan Administrator, or in
the event of the dissolution of the Plan Administrator, the Primary Sponsor
shall appoint a successor.

 

12.3         Fiduciary Responsibility.

 

(a)           The Plan Administrator, as a Named Fiduciary, may allocate its
fiduciary responsibilities among Fiduciaries other than the Trustee, designated
in writing by the Plan Administrator and may designate in writing persons other
than the Trustee to carry out its fiduciary responsibilities under the Plan. 
The Plan Administrator may remove any person designated to carry out its
fiduciary responsibilities under the Plan by notice in writing to such person.

 

(b)           The Plan Administrator and each other Fiduciary may employ persons
to perform services and to render advice with regard to any of the Fiduciary’s
responsibilities under the Plan.  Charges for all such services performed and
advice rendered may be paid by the Fund to the extent permitted by ERISA.

 

(c)           Each Plan Sponsor shall indemnify and hold harmless each person
constituting the Plan Administrator or the Investment Committee, except those
individuals who are not a Plan Sponsor or an employee of a Plan Sponsor, from
and against any and all claims, losses, costs, expenses (including, without
limitation, attorney’s fees and court costs), damages, actions or causes of
action arising from, on account of or in connection with the performance by such
person of his duties in such capacity, other than such of the foregoing arising
from, on account of or in connection with the willful neglect or willful
misconduct of such person.

 

12.4         Duties of the Plan Administrator.

 

(a)           The Plan Administrator shall advise the Trustee with respect to
all payments under the terms of the Plan and shall direct the Trustee in writing
to make such payments from the Fund; provided, however, in no event shall the
Trustee be required to make such payments if the Trustee has actual knowledge
that such payments are contrary to the terms of the Plan and the Trust.

 

(b)           The Plan Administrator shall from time to time establish rules,
not contrary to the provisions of the Plan and the Trust, for the administration
of the Plan and the transaction of its business.  All elections and designations
under the Plan by a Participant or Beneficiary shall be made on forms prescribed
by the Plan Administrator.  The Plan Administrator shall have discretionary
authority to construe the terms of the Plan and shall determine all questions
arising in the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan,
including, but not limited to, those concerning eligibility for benefits and it
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determinations of the Plan Administrator shall be conclusive and binding on all
Employees, Participants, Beneficiaries and Fiduciaries, subject to the
provisions of the Plan and the Trust and subject to applicable law.

 

(c)           The Plan Administrator shall furnish Participants and
Beneficiaries with all disclosures now or hereafter required by ERISA or the
Code.  The Plan Administrator shall file, as required, the various reports and
disclosures concerning the Plan and its operations as required by ERISA and by
the Code, and shall be solely responsible for establishing and maintaining all
records of the Plan and the Trust.

 

(d)           The statement of specific duties for a Plan Administrator in this
Section is not in derogation of any other duties which a Plan Administrator has
under the provisions of the Plan or the Trust or under applicable law.

 

12.5         Investment Manager.  The Primary Sponsor may, by action in writing
certified by notice to the Trustee, appoint an Investment Manager.  Any
Investment Manager may be removed in the same manner in which appointed, and in
the event of any removal, the Investment Manager shall, as soon as possible, but
in no event more than thirty (30) days after notice of removal, turn over all
assets managed by it to the Trustee or to any successor Investment Manager
appointed, and shall make a full accounting to the Primary Sponsor with respect
to all assets managed by it since its appointment as an Investment Manager.

 

12.6         Investment Committee.  The Primary Sponsor may, by action in
writing certified by notice to the Trustee, appoint an Investment Committee. 
The Primary Sponsor shall have the right to remove any person on the Investment
Committee at any time by notice in writing to such person.  A person on the
Investment Committee may resign at any time by written notice of resignation to
the Primary Sponsor.  Upon such removal or resignation, or in the event of the
death of a person on the Investment Committee, the Primary Sponsor may appoint a
successor.  Until a successor has been appointed, the remaining persons on the
Investment Committee may continue to act as the Investment Committee.

 

12.7         Action by a Plan Sponsor.  Any action to be taken by a Plan Sponsor
shall be taken by persons duly authorized by the Plan Sponsor, except, subject
to Section 17.1, amendments to, termination of, or termination of a Plan
Sponsor’s participation in the Plan or the Trust or the determination of the
basis of any Plan Sponsor contributions, may be made only to the extent
authorized by written resolution or written direction of the Board of Directors
or appropriate governing body.  Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit
the Board of Directors or appropriate governing body from delegating to any
officer or other appropriate person of a Plan Sponsor the authority to take any
such actions as may be specified in such resolution or written direction.

 

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ARTICLE 13

CLAIM REVIEW PROCEDURE

 

13.1         Notice of Denial.  If a Participant or Beneficiary is denied a
claim for benefits under a Plan, the Plan Administrator shall provide to the
claimant written notice of the denial within ninety (90) days after the Plan
Administrator receives the claim, unless special circumstances require an
extension of time for processing the claim.  If such an extension of time for
processing is required, written notice of the extension shall be furnished to
the claimant prior to the termination of the initial 90-day period.  In no event
shall the extension exceed a period of ninety (90) days from the end of such
initial period.  The extension notice shall indicate the special circumstances
requiring an extension of time and the date by which the Plan Administrator
expects to render the final decision.

 

13.2         Contents of Notice of Denial.  If a Participant or Beneficiary is
denied a claim for benefits under a Plan, the Plan Administrator shall provide
to such claimant written notice of the denial which shall set forth:

 

(a)           the specific reasons for the denial;

 

(b)           specific references to the pertinent provisions of the Plan on
which the denial is based;

 

(c)           a description of any additional material or information necessary
for the claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or
information is necessary; and

 

(d)           an explanation of the Plan’s claim review procedures, and the time
limits applicable to such procedures, including a statement of the claimant’s
right to bring a civil action under Sections 502(a) of ERISA following an
adverse benefit determination on review.

 

13.3         Right to Review.  After receiving written notice of the denial of a
claim or that a domestic relations order is a qualified domestic relations
order, a claimant or his representative shall be entitled to:

 

(a)           request a full and fair review of the denial of the claim or
determination that a domestic relations order is a qualified domestic relations
order by written application to the Plan Administrator;

 

(b)           request, free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all
documents, records, and other information relevant to the claim;

 

(c)           submit written comments, documents, records, and other information
relating to the denied claim to the Plan Administrator; and

 

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(d)           a review that takes into account all comments, documents, records,
and other information submitted by the claimant relating to the claim, without
regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial
benefit determination.

 

13.4         Application for Review.  If the claimant wishes such a review of
the decision denying his claim to benefits under the Plan or if a claimant
wishes to appeal a decision that a domestic relations order is a qualified
domestic relations order, the claimant must deliver such written application to
the Plan Administrator within sixty (60) days after receiving written notice of
the denial or notice that the domestic relations order is a qualified domestic
relations order.  Delivery shall be considered effective only upon actual
receipt by the Plan Administrator.

 

13.5         Hearing.  Upon receiving such written application for review, the
Plan Administrator may schedule a hearing for purposes of reviewing the
claimant’s claim, which hearing shall take place not more than thirty (30) days
from the date on which the Plan Administrator received such written application
for review.

 

13.6         Notice of Hearing.  At least ten (10) days prior to the scheduled
hearing, the claimant and his representative designated in writing by him, if
any, shall receive written notice of the date, time, and place of such scheduled
hearing.  The claimant or his representative, if any, may request that the
hearing be rescheduled, for his convenience, on another reasonable date or at
another reasonable time or place.

 

13.7         Counsel.  All claimants requesting a review of the decision denying
their claim for benefits may employ counsel for purposes of the hearing.

 

13.8         Decision on Review.  No later than sixty (60) days following the
receipt of the written application for review, the Plan Administrator shall
submit its decision on the review in writing to the claimant and to his
representative, if any, unless the Plan Administrator determines that special
circumstances (such as the need to hold a hearing) require an extension of time,
to a day no later than one-hundred twenty (120) days after the date of receipt
of the written application for review.  If the Plan Administrator determines
that the extension of time is required, the Plan Administrator shall furnish to
the claimant written notice of the extension before the expiration of the
initial sixty (60) day period.  The extension notice shall indicate the special
circumstances requiring an extension of time and the date by which the Plan
Administrator expects to render its decision on the review.  In the case of a
decision adverse to the claimant, the decision shall include:

 

(a)           specific reasons for the decision;

 

(b)           specific references to the pertinent provisions of the Plan on
which the decision is based;

 

(c)           a statement that the claimant is entitled to receive, upon request
and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records,
and other information relevant to the claimant’s claim for benefits; and

 

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(d)           a statement of the claimant’s right to bring an action under
Section 502(a) of ERISA.

 

ARTICLE 14

INCOMPETENT DISTRIBUTEE AND UNCLAIMED PAYMENTS

 

14.1         No benefit which shall be payable under the Plan to any person
shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer,
assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge, and any attempt to anticipate,
alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber or charge the same shall be
void; and no such benefit shall in any manner be liable for, or subject to, the
debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements or torts of any person, nor shall it
be subject to attachment or legal process for, or against, such person, and the
same shall not be recognized under the Plan, except to such extent as may be
required by law.  Notwithstanding the above, this Section shall not apply to a
“qualified domestic relations order” (as defined in Code Section 414(p)), and
benefits may be paid pursuant to the provisions of such an order.  The Plan
Administrator shall develop procedures (in accordance with applicable federal
regulations) to determine whether a domestic relations order is qualified, and,
if so, the method and the procedures for complying therewith.  In addition, a
distribution to an “alternate payee” (as defined in Code Section 414(p)) shall
be permitted if such distribution is authorized by a qualified domestic
relations order, even if the affected Participant has not yet separated from
service and has not yet reached the “earliest retirement age” (as defined in
Code Section 414(p)).  Unless the terms of the qualified domestic relations
order require otherwise, a distribution shall be paid to the Alternate Payee,
without the Alternate Payee’s consent, as soon as administratively practicable
after the Plan Administrator determines that the domestic relations order is
qualified and nonappealable pursuant to Article 13.

 

14.2         Exceptions to Anti-Alienation.  Notwithstanding any other provision
of the Plan, effective August 5, 1997, the benefit of a Participant shall be
subject to legal process and may be assigned, alienated or attached pursuant to
a court judgment or settlement provided:

 

(a)           such Participant is ordered or required to pay the Plan in
accordance with the following:

 

(1)           a judgment or conviction for a crime involving the Plan;

 

(2)           a civil judgment entered by a court in an action brought in
connection with a violation of part 4 of subtitle B of Title I of ERISA; or

 

(3)           a settlement agreement between such Participant and the Secretary
of Labor, in connection with a violation (or alleged violation) of part 4 of
subtitle B of Title I of ERISA by a fiduciary or any other person; and

 

(b)           the judgment, order, decree, or settlement agreement shall
expressly provide for the offset of all or part of the amount ordered or
required to be paid to the Plan against such Participant’s benefits under the
Plan.

 

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14.3         Minors and Incompetents.  Whenever any benefit which shall be
payable under the Plan is to be paid to or for the benefit of any person who is
then a minor or determined to be incompetent by qualified medical advice, the
Plan Administrator need not require the appointment of a guardian or custodian,
but shall be authorized to cause the same to be paid over to the person having
custody of such minor or incompetent, or to cause the same to be paid to such
minor or incompetent without the intervention of a guardian or custodian, or to
cause the same to be paid to a legal guardian or custodian of such minor or
incompetent if one has been appointed or to cause the same to be used for the
benefit of such minor or incompetent.

 

14.4         Missing Participants.  If the Plan Administrator cannot ascertain
the whereabouts of any Participant to whom a payment is due under the Plan, the
Plan Administrator may direct that the payment and all remaining payments
otherwise due to the Participant be cancelled on the records of the Plan and the
amount thereof applied as a forfeiture in accordance with Plan provisions except
that, in the event the Participant later notifies the Plan Administrator of his
whereabouts and requests the payments due to him under the Plan, the forfeited
amount shall be restored either from Trust income or by a special contribution
by the Plan Sponsor to the Plan, as determined by the Plan Administrator, in an
amount equal to the payment to be paid to the Participants.

 

ARTICLE 15

PROHIBITION AGAINST DIVERSION

 

At no time shall any part of the Fund be used for or diverted to purposes other
than the exclusive benefit of the Participants or their Beneficiaries, subject,
however, to the payment of all taxes and administrative expenses and subject to
the provisions of the Plan with respect to returns of contributions.  Expenses
incurred in the administration of the Plan shall be paid from the Trust, to the
extent permitted by ERISA, unless such expenses are paid by the Plan Sponsor;
provided, further, that the Plan Sponsor may be reimbursed by the Fund, to the
extent permitted by ERISA, for Plan expenses originally paid by the Plan
Sponsor.

 

ARTICLE 16

LIMITATION OF RIGHTS

 

Participation in the Plan shall not give any Employee any right or claim except
to the extent that such right is specifically fixed under the terms of the
Plan.  The adoption of the Plan and the Trust by any Plan Sponsor shall not be
construed to give any Employee a right to be continued in the employ of a Plan
Sponsor or as interfering with the right of a Plan Sponsor to terminate the
employment of any Employee at any time.

 

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ARTICLE 17

AMENDMENT TO OR TERMINATION OF THE

PLAN AND THE TRUST

 

17.1         Right of Primary Sponsor to Amend or Terminate.  The Primary
Sponsor reserves the right at any time to modify or amend or terminate the Plan
or the Trust in whole or in part; provided, however, that the Primary Sponsor
shall have no power to modify or amend the Plan in such manner as would cause or
permit any portion of the funds held under a Plan to be used for, or diverted
to, purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of Participants or their
Beneficiaries, or as would cause or permit any portion of a fund held under the
Plan to become the property of a Plan Sponsor; and provided further, that the
duties or liabilities of the Trustee shall not be increased without its written
consent.  No such modifications or amendments shall have the effect of
retroactively changing or depriving Participants or Beneficiaries of rights
already accrued under the Plan.  No Plan Sponsor other than the Primary Sponsor
shall have the right to so modify, amend or terminate the Plan or the Trust. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Plan Sponsor may terminate its own
participation in the Plan and Trust pursuant to the Plan.

 

17.2         Right of Plan Sponsor to Terminate Participation.  Each Plan
Sponsor other than the Primary Sponsor shall have the right to terminate its
participation in the Plan and Trust by resolution of its board of directors or
other appropriate governing body and notice in writing to the Primary Sponsor
and the Trustee unless such termination would result in the disqualification of
the Plan or the Trust or would adversely affect the exempt status of the Plan or
the Trust as to any other Plan Sponsor.  If contributions by or on behalf of a
Plan Sponsor are completely terminated, the Plan and Trust shall be deemed
terminated as to such Plan Sponsor.  Any termination by a Plan Sponsor, shall
not be a termination as to any other Plan Sponsor.

 

17.3         Plan Termination.

 

(a)           If the Plan is terminated by the Primary Sponsor or if
contributions to the Trust should be permanently discontinued, it shall
terminate as to all Plan Sponsors and the Fund shall be used, subject to the
payment of expenses and taxes, for the benefit of Participants and
Beneficiaries, and for no other purposes, and the Account of each affected
Participant shall be fully vested and nonforfeitable, notwithstanding the
provisions of the Section of the Plan which sets forth the vesting schedule.

 

(b)           In the event of the partial termination of the Plan, each affected
Participant’s Account shall be fully vested and nonforfeitable, notwithstanding
the provisions of the Section of the Plan which sets forth the vesting schedule.

 

17.4         Payments Upon Plan Termination.  In the event of the termination of
the Plan or the Trust with respect to a Plan Sponsor, the Accounts of the
Participants with respect to the Plan as adopted by such Plan Sponsor shall be
distributed in lump sum payments pursuant to the instructions of the Plan
Administrator; provided that the Trustee shall not be required to make any
distribution until it receives a copy of an Internal Revenue Service
determination letter to the effect that the termination does not affect the
qualified status of the Plan or the exempt status of the Trust or, in the event
that such letter is applied for and is not issued, until the Trustee is

 

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reasonably satisfied that adequate provision has been made for the payment of
all taxes which may be due and owing by the Trust.

 

17.5         Plan Merger.  In the case of any merger or consolidation of the
Plan with, or any transfer of the assets or liabilities of the Plan to, any
other plan qualified under Code Section 401, the terms of the merger,
consolidation or transfer shall be such that each Participant would receive (in
the event of termination of the Plan or its successor immediately thereafter) a
benefit which is no less than the benefit which the Participant would have
received in the event of termination of the Plan immediately before the merger,
consolidation or transfer.

 

17.6         Optional Benefits.  Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Plan, an amendment to the Plan –

 

(a)           which eliminates or reduces an early retirement benefit, if any,
or which eliminates or reduces a retirement-type subsidy (as defined in
regulations issued by the Department of the Treasury), if any, or

 

(b)           which eliminates an optional form of benefit (except to the extent
otherwise provided in Treasury Regulations),

 

shall not be effective with respect to benefits attributable to service before
the amendment is adopted.  In the case of a retirement-type subsidy described in
Subsection (a) above, this Section shall be applicable only to a Participant who
satisfies, either before or after the amendment, the preamendment conditions for
the subsidy.

 

ARTICLE 18

ADOPTION OF PLAN BY AFFILIATES

 

Any corporation or other business entity related to the Primary Sponsor by
function or operation and any Affiliate, if the corporation, business entity or
Affiliate is authorized to do so by written direction adopted by the Board of
Directors, may adopt the Plan and the related Trust by action of the board of
directors or other appropriate governing body of such corporation, business
entity or Affiliate.  Any adoption shall be evidenced by certified copies of the
resolutions of the foregoing board of directors or governing body indicating the
adoption and by the execution of the Trust by the adopting corporation, or
business entity or Affiliate.  The resolution shall state and define the
effective date of the adoption of the Plan by the Plan Sponsor and, for the
purpose of Code Section 415, the “limitation year” as to such Plan Sponsor. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, if the Plan and Trust as adopted by an
Affiliate or other corporation or business entity under the foregoing provisions
shall fail to receive the initial approval of the Internal Revenue Service as a
qualified Plan and Trust under Code Sections 401(a) and 501(a), any
contributions by the Affiliate or other corporation or business entity after
payment of all expenses will be returned to such Plan Sponsor free of any trust,
and the Plan and Trust shall terminate, as to the adopting Affiliate or other
corporation or business entity.

 

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ARTICLE 19

QUALIFICATION AND RETURN OF CONTRIBUTIONS

 

19.1         Initial Qualification Failure.  If the Plan and the related Trust
fail to receive the initial approval of the Internal Revenue Service as a
qualified plan and trust within one (1) year after the date of denial of
qualification (a) the contribution of a Plan Sponsor after payment of all
expenses will be returned to a Plan Sponsor free of the Plan and Trust,
(b) contributions made by a Participant shall be returned to the Participant who
made the contributions, and (c) the Plan and Trust shall thereupon terminate.

 

19.2         Deductibility.  All Plan Sponsor contributions to the Plan are
contingent upon deductibility.  To the extent permitted by the Code and other
applicable laws and regulations thereunder, upon a Plan Sponsor’s request, a
contribution which was made by reason of a mistake of fact or which was
nondeductible under Code Section 404, shall be returned to a Plan Sponsor within
one (1) year after the payment of the contribution, or the disallowance of the
deduction (to the extent disallowed), whichever is applicable.

 

In the event of a contribution which was made by reason of a mistake of fact or
which was nondeductible, the amount to be returned to the Plan Sponsor shall be
the excess of the contribution above the amount that would have been contributed
had the mistake of fact or the mistake in determining the deduction not
occurred, less any net loss attributable to the excess.  Any net income
attributable to the excess shall not be returned to the Plan Sponsor.  No return
of any portion of the excess shall be made to the Plan Sponsor if the return
would cause the balance in a Participant’s Account to be less than the balance
would have been had the mistaken contribution not been made.

 

ARTICLE 20

INCORPORATION OF SPECIAL LIMITATIONS

 

Appendices A, B, and C to the Plan, attached hereto, are incorporated by
reference and the provisions of the same shall apply notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained herein.

 

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APPENDIX A

LIMITATION ON ALLOCATIONS

 

SECTION 1

 

The “annual addition” for any Participant for any one limitation year may not
exceed the lesser of:

 

(a)           $30,000, as adjusted for changes in the cost of living as provided
in regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury; or

 

(b)           25% of the Participant’s Annual Compensation.

 

SECTION 2

 

For the purposes of this Appendix A, the term “annual addition” for any
Participant means for any limitation year, the sum of certain Plan Sponsor,
Affiliate, and Participant contributions, forfeitures, and other amounts as
determined in Code Section 415(c)(2) in effect for that limitation year.

 

SECTION 3

 

Effective until December 31, 1999, in the event that a Plan Sponsor or an
Affiliate maintains a defined benefit plan under which a Participant also
participates, the sum of the defined benefit plan fraction and the defined
contribution plan fraction for any limitation year for any Participant may not
exceed 1.0.

 

(a)           The defined benefit plan fraction for any limitation year is a
fraction:

 

(1)           the numerator of which is the projected annual benefit of the
Participant under the defined benefit plan (determined as of the close of such
year); and

 

(2)           the denominator of which is the lesser of

 

(A)          the product of 1.25, multiplied by the maximum annual benefit
allowable under Code Section 415(b)(1)(A), or

 

(B)           the product of

 

(i)            1.4, multiplied by

 

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(ii)           the maximum amount which may be taken into account under
Section 415(b)(1)(B) of the Code with respect to the Participant under the
defined benefit plan for the limitation year (determined as of the close of the
limitation year).

 

(b)           The defined contribution plan fraction for any limitation year is
a fraction:

 

(1)           the numerator of which is the sum of a Participant’s annual
additions as of the close of the year; and

 

(2)           the denominator of which is the sum of the lesser of the following
amounts determined for the year and for all prior limitation years during which
the Participant was employed by a Plan Sponsor or an Affiliate:

 

(A)          the product of 1.25, multiplied by the dollar limitation in effect
under Code Section 415(c)(1)(A) for the limitation year (determined without
regard to Section 415(c)(6) of the Code); or

 

(B)           the product of

 

(i)            1.4, multiplied by

 

(ii)           the amount which may be taken into account under Code
Section 415(c)(1)(B) (or Code Section 415(c)(7), if applicable) with respect to
the Participant for the limitation year.

 

SECTION 4

 

For purposes of this Appendix A, the term “limitation year” shall mean a Plan
Year unless a Plan Sponsor elects, by adoption of a written resolution, to use
any other twelve month period adopted in accordance with regulations issued by
the Secretary of the Treasury.

 

SECTION 5

 

For purposes of applying the limitations of this Appendix A, all defined
contribution plans maintained or deemed to be maintained by a Plan Sponsor shall
be treated as one defined contribution plan, and all defined benefit plans now
or previously maintained or deemed to be maintained by a Plan Sponsor shall be
treated as one defined benefit plan.  In the event any of the actions to be
taken pursuant to Section 6 of this Appendix A or pursuant to any language of
similar import in another defined contribution plan are required to be taken as
a result of the annual additions of a Participant exceeding the limitations set
forth in Section 1 of this Appendix A, because of the Participant’s
participation in more than one defined contribution plan, the actions shall be
taken first with regard to this Plan.

 

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SECTION 6

 

In the event that as a result of the allocation of forfeitures to the Account of
a Participant, a reasonable error in estimating the Participant’s Annual
Compensation or other similar circumstances, the annual addition allocated to
the Account of a Participant exceeds the limitations set forth in Section 1 of
this Appendix A or in the event that the aggregate contributions made on behalf
of a Participant under both a defined benefit plan and a defined contribution
plan, subject to the reduction of allocations in other defined contribution
plans required by Section 5 of this Appendix A, cause the aggregate limitation
fraction set forth in Section 3 of this Appendix A to be exceeded, the Plan
Administrator shall, in writing, direct the Trustee to take such of the
following actions as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate, specifying
in each case the amount or amounts of contributions involved:

 

(a)           A Participant’s annual addition shall be reduced by distributing
to the Participant contributions made by the Plan Sponsor on behalf of the
Participant pursuant to Plan Section 3.1 with respect to which no contribution
is made under Plan Section 3.2;

 

(b)           If further reduction is necessary, contributions made by the Plan
Sponsor on behalf of the Participant pursuant to Plan Section 3.1 and
contributions of the Plan Sponsor thereon pursuant to Plan Section 3.2 shall be
reduced in the amount of the remaining excess.  The amount of the reduction
under Plan Section 3.1 shall be distributed to the Participant.  The amount of
the reduction under Plan Section 3.2 shall be reallocated to the Matching
Accounts of Participants who are not affected by the limitation in the same
proportion as the contribution of the Plan Sponsor for the year is allocated
under Plan Section 4.1 to the Accounts of such Participants;

 

(c)           If further reduction is necessary, forfeitures allocated to the
Participant’s Account shall be reduced by the amount of the remaining excess. 
The amount of the reduction shall be reallocated to the Matching Accounts of
Participants who are not affected by the limitations in the same proportions as
the contributions of the Plan Sponsor for the Plan Year are allocated to the
Matching Accounts of such Participants; and

 

(d)           If the contribution of the Plan Sponsor and forfeitures would
cause the annual addition to exceed the limitations set forth herein with
respect to all Participants under the Plan, the portion of such contribution in
excess of the limitations shall be segregated in a suspense account.  While the
suspense account is maintained, (1) no Plan Sponsor contributions under the Plan
shall be made which would be precluded by this Appendix A, (2) income, gains and
loses of the Fund shall not be allocated to such suspense account and
(3) amounts in the suspense account shall be allocated in subsequent limitation
years as Plan Sponsor contributions and forfeitures under the Plan as of each
Valuation Date on which Plan Sponsor contributions may be allocated for each
such limitation year until the suspense account is exhausted.  In the event of
the termination of the Plan, the amounts in the suspense account shall be
returned to the Plan

 

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Sponsor to the extent that such amounts may not then be allocated to
Participants’ Accounts.

 

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APPENDIX B

TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS

 

SECTION 1

 

As used in this Appendix B, the following words shall have the following
meanings:

 

(a)           “Determination Date” means, with respect to any Plan Year, the
last day of the preceding Plan Year, or, in the case of the first Plan Year,
means the last day of the first Plan Year.

 

(b)           “Key Employee” means an Employee or former Employee (including a
Beneficiary of a Key Employee or former Key Employee) who at any time during the
Plan Year containing the Determination Date or any of the four (4) preceding
Plan Years is:

 

(1)           Was at any time an officer of the Plan Sponsor or of any Affiliate
whose Annual Compensation was greater than fifty percent (50%) of the amount in
effect under Code Section 415(b)(1)(A) for the calendar year in which the Plan
Year ends, where the term “officer” means an administrative executive in regular
and continual service to the Plan Sponsor or Affiliate; provided, however, that
in no event shall the number of officers exceed the lesser of Clause (A) or
(B) of this Subparagraph (1), where:

 

(A)          equals fifty (50) Employees; and

 

(B)           equals the greater of (I) three (3) Employees or (II) ten percent
(10%) of the number of Employees during the Plan Year, with any non-integer
being increased to the next integer.

 

If for any year no officer of the Plan Sponsor meets the requirements of this
Subparagraph (b), the highest paid officer of the Plan Sponsor for the Plan Year
shall be considered an officer for purposes of this Subparagraph (b)(1);

 

(2)           One of the ten (10) Employees owning both (A) more than one-half
percent (½%) of the outstanding stock of the Plan Sponsor or an Affiliate, more
than one-half percent (½%) of the total combined voting power of all stock of
the Plan Sponsor or an Affiliate, or more than one-half percent (½%) of the
capital or profits interest in the Plan Sponsor or an Affiliate, and (B) the
largest percentage ownership interests in the Plan Sponsor or any of its
Affiliates, and whose Annual Compensation is equal to or greater than the amount
in effect under Section l(a) of Appendix A to the Plan for the calendar year in
which the Determination Date falls; or

 

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(3)           An owner of more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding stock
of the Plan Sponsor or an Affiliate or more than five percent (5%) of the total
combined voting power of all stock of the Plan Sponsor or an Affiliate; or

 

(4)           An owner of more than one percent (1%) of the outstanding stock of
the Plan Sponsor or an Affiliate or more than one percent (1%) of the total
combined voting power of all stock of the Plan Sponsor or an Affiliate, and who
in such Plan Year had Annual Compensation from the Plan Sponsor and all of its
Affiliates of more than $150,000.

 

Employees other than Key Employees are sometimes referred to in this Appendix B,
as “non-key employees.”

 

(c)           “Required Aggregation Group” means:

 

(1)           each plan of the Plan Sponsor and its Affiliates which qualifies
under Code Section 401 (a) in which a Key Employee is a participant, and

 

(2)           each other plan of the Plan Sponsor and its Affiliates which
qualifies under Code Section 401 (a) and which enables any plan described in
Subsection (a) of this Section to meet the requirements of Section 401(a)(4) or
410 of the Code.

 

(d)           (1)           “Top-Heavy” means:

 

(A)          if the Plan is not included in a Required Aggregation Group, the
Plan’s condition in a Plan Year for which, as of the Determination Date:

 

(i)            the present value of the cumulative Accounts under the Plan for
all Key Employees exceeds sixty percent (60%) of the present value of the
cumulative Accounts under the Plan for all Participants; and

 

(ii)           the Plan, when included in every potential combination, if any,
with any or all of:

 

(I)            any Required Aggregation Group, and

 

(II)           any plan of the Plan Sponsor which is not part of any Required
Aggregation Group and which qualifies under Code Section 401 (a)

 

is part of a Top-Heavy Group (as defined in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection);
and

 

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(B)           if the Plan is included in a Required Aggregation Group, the
Plan’s condition in a Plan Year for which, as of the Determination Date:

 

(i)            the Required Aggregation Group is a Top-Heavy Group (as defined
in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection); and

 

(ii)           the Required Aggregation Group, when included in every potential
combination, if any, with any or all of the plans of the Plan Sponsor and its
Affiliates which are not part of the Required Aggregation Group and which
qualify under Code Section 401(a), is part of a Top-Heavy Group (as defined in
Paragraph (2) of this Subsection).

 

(C)           For purposes of Subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (B)(ii) of this
Paragraph (1), any combination of plans must satisfy the requirements of
Sections 401(a)(4) and 410 of the Code.

 

(2)           A group shall be deemed to be a Top-Heavy Group if:

 

(A)          the sum, as of the Determination Date, of the present value of the
cumulative accrued benefits for all Key Employees under all plans included in
such group exceeds

 

(B)           sixty percent (60%) of a similar sum determined for all
participants in such plans.

 

(3)           (A)          For purposes of this Section, the present value of
the accrued benefit for any participant in a defined contribution plan as of any
Determination Date or last day of a plan year shall be the sum of:

 

(i)            as to any defined contribution plan other than a simplified
employee pension, the account balance as of the most recent valuation date
occurring within the plan year ending on the Determination Date or last day of a
plan year, and

 

(ii)           as to any simplified employee pension, the aggregate employer
contributions, and

 

(iii)          an adjustment for contributions due as of the Determination Date
or last day of a plan year.

 

In the case of a plan that is not subject to the minimum funding requirements of
Code Section 412, the adjustment in Clause (iii) of this Subparagraph (A) shall
be the amount of any contributions actually made after the valuation date but on
or before the Determination Date or last day

 

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of the plan year to the extent not included under Clause (i) or (ii) of this
Subparagraph (A); provided, however, that in the first plan year of the plan,
the adjustment in Clause (iii) of this Subparagraph (A) shall also reflect the
amount of any contributions made thereafter that are allocated as of a date in
such first plan year.  In the case of a plan that is subject to the minimum
funding requirements, the account balance in Clause (i) and the aggregate
contributions in Clause (ii) of this Subparagraph (A) shall include
contributions that would be allocated as of a date not later than the
Determination Date or last day of a plan year, even though those amounts are not
yet required to be contributed, and the adjustment in Clause (iii) of this
Subparagraph (A) shall be the amount of any contribution actually made (or due
to be made) after the valuation date but before the expiration of the extended
payment period in Code Section 412(c)(10) to the extent not included under
Clause (i) or (ii) of this Subparagraph (A).

 

(B)           For purposes of this Subsection, the present value of the accrued
benefit for any participant in a defined benefit plan as of any Determination
Date or last day of a plan year must be determined as of the most recent
valuation date which is within a 12-month period ending on the Determination
Date or last day of a plan year as if such participant terminated as of such
valuation date; provided, however, that in the first plan year of a plan, the
present value of the accrued benefit for a current participant must be
determined either (i) as if the participant terminated service as of the
Determination Date or last day of a plan year or (ii) as if the participant
terminated service as of such valuation date, but taking into account the
estimated accrued benefit as of the Determination Date or last day of a plan
year.  For purposes of this Subparagraph (B), the valuation date must be the
same valuation date used for computing plan costs for minimum funding,
regardless of whether a valuation is performed that year.  The actuarial
assumptions utilized in calculating the present value of the accrued benefit for
any participant in a defined benefit plan for purposes of this Subparagraph
(B) shall be established by the Plan Administrator after consultation with the
actuary for the plan, and shall be reasonable in the aggregate and shall comport
with the requirements set forth by the Internal Revenue Service in Q&A T-26 and
T-27 of Regulation Section 1.416-1.

 

(C)           For purposes of determining the present value of the cumulative
accrued benefit under a plan for any participant in accordance with this
Subsection, the present value shall be increased by the aggregate distributions
made with respect to the participant (including distributions paid on account of
death to the extent they do not exceed the present value of the cumulative
accrued benefit existing immediately prior to death) under each plan being
considered, and under any terminated plan which if it had not been terminated
would have been in a Required Aggregation Group with the Plan, during the 5-year
period ending on the Determination

 

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Date or last day of the plan year that falls within the calendar year in which
the Determination Date falls.

 

(D)          For purposes of this Paragraph (3), participant contributions which
are deductible as “qualified retirement contributions” within the meaning of
Code Section 219 or any successor, as adjusted to reflect income, gains, losses,
and other credits or charges attributable thereto, shall not be considered to be
part of the accrued benefits under any plan.

 

(E)           For purposes of this Paragraph (3), if any employee is not a Key
Employee with respect to any plan for any plan year, but such employee was a Key
Employee with respect to such plan for any prior plan year, any accrued benefit
for such employee shall not be taken into account.

 

(F)           For purposes of this Paragraph (3), if any employee has not
performed any service for any Plan Sponsor or Affiliate maintaining the plan
during the five-year period ending on the Determination Date, any accrued
benefit for that employee shall not be taken into account.

 

(G)           (i)            In the case of an “unrelated rollover” (as defined
below) between plans which qualify under Code Section 401(a), (a) the plan
providing the distribution shall count the distribution as a distribution under
Subparagraph (C) of this Paragraph (3), and (b) the plan accepting the
distribution shall not consider the distribution part of the accrued benefit
under this Section; and

 

(ii)           in the case of a “related rollover” (as defined below) between
plans which qualify under Code Section 401(a), (a) the plan providing the
distribution shall not count the distribution as a distribution under
Subparagraph (C) of this Paragraph (3), and (b) the plan accepting the
distribution shall consider the distribution part of the accrued benefit under
this Section.

 

For purposes of this Subparagraph (G), an “unrelated rollover” is a rollover as
defined in Code Section 402(c)(4) or 408(d)(3) or a plan-to-plan transfer which
is both initiated by the participant and made from a plan maintained by one
employer to a plan maintained by another employer where the employers are not
Affiliates.  For purposes of this Subparagraph (G), a “related rollover” is a
rollover as defined in Code Section 402(c)(4) or 408(d)(3) or a plan-to-plan
transfer which is either not initiated by the participant or made to a plan
maintained by the employer or an Affiliate.

 

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SECTION 2

 

(a)           Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan to the contrary,
except as otherwise provided in Subsection (b) of this Section, in any Plan Year
during which the Plan is Top-Heavy, allocations of Plan Sponsor contributions
and forfeitures for the Plan Year for the Account of each Participant who is not
a Key Employee and who has not separated from service with the Plan Sponsor
prior to the end of the Plan Year shall not be less than three percent (3%) of
the Participant’s Annual Compensation.  For purposes of this Subsection, an
allocation to a Participant’s Account resulting from any Plan Sponsor
contribution attributable to a salary reduction or similar arrangement shall not
be taken into account.

 

(b)           (1)           The percentage referred to in Subsection (a) of this
Section for any Plan Year shall not exceed the percentage at which allocations
are made or required to be made under the Plan for the Plan Year for the Key
Employee for whom the percentage is highest for the Plan Year.  For purposes of
this Paragraph, an allocation to the Account of a Key Employee resulting from
any Plan Sponsor contribution attributable to a salary reduction or similar
agreement shall be taken into account.

 

(2)           For purposes of this Subsection (b), all defined contribution
plans which are members of a Required Aggregation Group shall be treated as part
of the Plan.

 

(3)           This Subsection (b) shall not apply to any plan which is a member
of a Required Aggregation Group if the plan enables a defined benefit plan which
is a member of the Required Aggregation Group to meet the requirements of Code
Section 401(a)(4) or 410.

 

(4)           If the Plan Sponsor maintains a defined benefit plan which is
qualified under Code Section 401(a) and which would be Top-Heavy within the
meaning of the Plan for its plan year ending within or coincident with the Plan
Year, no allocation shall be made pursuant to Subsection (a) of this Section on
behalf of any Participant who participates in the defined benefit plan and
acquires a year of service within the meaning of paragraphs (4), (5) and (6) of
Code Section 411(a) under the defined benefit plan for the plan year, if the
defined benefit plan provides generally that the accrued benefit of the
Participant when expressed as an annual retirement benefit shall not, when
expressed as a percentage of the Participant’s Annual Compensation, be less than
the lesser of (A) 2 percent multiplied by the number of such years of service in
plan years during which such plan was Top-Heavy, or (B) twenty percent (20%).

 

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SECTION 3

 

Effective until December 31, 1999, in any limitation year (as defined in
Section 4 of Appendix A to the Plan) which contains any portion of a Plan Year
in which the Plan is Top-Heavy, the number “1.0” shall be substituted for the
number “1.25” in Section 3 of Appendix A to the Plan.

 

SECTION 4

 

Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan to the contrary, in any Plan Year
during which the Plan is Top-Heavy, a Participant’s interest in his Account
shall not vest at any rate which is slower than the following schedule,
effective as of the first day of that Plan Year:

 

Full Years of
Vesting Service

 

Percentage
Vested

 

 

 

 

 

Less than 2

 

0

%

2

 

20

%

3

 

40

%

4

 

60

%

5

 

80

%

6 or more

 

100

%

 

The Schedule set forth above in this Section 4 shall be inapplicable to a
Participant who has failed to perform an Hour of Service after the Determination
Date on which the Plan has become Top-Heavy.  When the Plan ceases to be
Top-Heavy, the Schedule set forth above in this Section 4 shall cease to apply;
provided however, that the provisions of the Plan Section dealing with changes
in the vesting schedule shall apply.

 

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APPENDIX C

SPECIAL NONDISCRIMINATION RULES

 

SECTION 1

DEFINITIONS

 

As used in this Appendix, the following words shall have the following meanings:

 

(a)           “Actual Deferral Percentage” shall mean the percentage as
determined in Section 2(b) below.

 

(b)           “Actual Contribution Percentage” shall mean the percentage as
determined in Section 5(b) below.

 

(c)           “Eligible Participant” means a Participant who is an Employee
during the Plan Year.

 

(d)           “Highly Compensated Eligible Participant” means any Eligible
Participant who is a Highly Compensated Employee.

 

(e)           “Matching Contribution” means any contribution made by a Plan
Sponsor to the Employer Matching Contribution Account and any other
contributions made to a plan by a Plan Sponsor or an Affiliate on behalf of an
Employee on account of a contribution made by the Employee or on account of an
Elective Deferral.

 

(f)            “Qualified Matching Contributions” means Matching Contributions
of the Plan Sponsor or an Affiliate that are immediately nonforfeitable when
made, and which may not be distributed, except upon one of the events described
under Code Section 401(k)(2)(B) and the regulations thereunder.  Such
contributions, if made to the Plan, shall be allocated as described in this
Appendix C to the Qualified Nonelective Employer Contribution Account for each
affected Participant.

 

(g)           “Qualified Nonelective Contributions” means contributions of the
Plan Sponsor or an Affiliate, other than Matching Contributions or Elective
Deferrals that are immediately nonforfeitable when made, and which may not be
distributed, except upon one of the events described under Code
Section 401(k)(2)(B) and the regulations thereunder.  Such contributions, if
made to the Plan, shall be allocated as described in this Appendix C to the
Qualified Nonelective Employer Contribution Account for each affected
Participant.

 

SECTION 2

ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE TEST

(a)           In addition to any other limitations set forth in the Plan, for
each Plan Year, one of the following tests must be satisfied:

 

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(1)           The 125 Percent Test.  The Actual Deferral Percentage for the
Highly Compensated Eligible Participants for the Plan Year must not be more than
the Actual Deferral Percentage for all other Eligible Participants for the Plan
Year, multiplied by 1.25.

 

(2)           The Two Times Test.  The Actual Deferral Percentage for the Highly
Compensated Eligible Participants for the Plan Year must not be more than the
lesser of:

 

(A)          the Actual Deferral Percentage for all other Eligible Participants
for the Plan Year plus two (2) percentage points; or

 

(B)           the Actual Deferral Percentage for all other Eligible Participants
for the Plan Year, multiplied by two (2).

 

(b)           The “Actual Deferral Percentage” for a group of Eligible
Participants is equal to the average of the ratios, calculated separately for
each Eligible Participant in such group, of the Salary Deferral Contributions
contributed by the Plan Sponsor on behalf of the Employee for the Plan Year to
the Annual Compensation of the Employee for the Plan Year.  For purposes of this
calculation:

 

(1)           the Salary Deferral Contributions for Employees who are not Highly
Compensated Employees that are in excess of the maximum amount permitted under
Code Section 401(a)(30) shall not be taken into account; and

 

(2)           at the election of the Plan Administrator, all or part of the
Qualified Matching Contributions and Qualified Nonelective Contributions made
under the Plan may be treated as Salary Deferral Contributions, subject to the
limitations of Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(k)-1(b)(5) and any other
applicable regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury.

 

SECTION 3

DETERMINATION AND CORRECTION OF EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS

 

(a)           If the Salary Deferral Contributions contributed on behalf of the
Highly Compensated Eligible Participants are sufficient to exceed the amount
permitted under the Actual Deferral Percentage test for any Plan Year, such
excess amounts shall be considered to be “Excess Contributions.”  The Plan
Sponsor will determine the amount of Excess Contributions under Subparagraph
(b) below and will determine what share of the Excess Contributions is
attributable to each Highly Compensated Eligible Participant under Subparagraph
(c) below.  The Plan Sponsor may then implement one or more of the corrective
actions discussed in Subparagraphs (d) and (e) below to resolve the failure of
the Actual Deferral Percentage Test so that it is considered to be passed for
the Plan Year.

 

(b)           Determination of Total Excess Contributions. For purposes of this
Section 3, “Total Excess Contributions” means, with respect to a Plan Year, the
excess of:

 

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(1)           the aggregate amount of Salary Deferral Contributions contributed
by a Plan Sponsor on behalf of Highly Compensated Eligible Participants for the
Plan Year, over

 

(2)           the maximum amount of Salary Deferral Contributions permitted
under Section 2 of this Appendix C for the Plan Year, which shall be determined
by reducing the Salary Deferral Contributions contributed on behalf of Highly
Compensated Eligible Participants in order of the actual deferral percentages
beginning with the highest of such percentages.

 

(c)           Allocation of Total Excess Contributions Attributable Among Highly
Compensated Eligible Participants.  The Excess Contribution for any Plan Year
attributable to a given Highly Compensated Eligible Participant (for purposes of
distribution or reclassification under Subsections (d) below) shall be
determined by the Plan Sponsor as follows:

 

(1)           The Salary Deferral Contributions allocated to the Highly
Compensated Eligible Participant with the highest dollar amount of Salary
Deferral Contributions for the Plan Year shall be reduced by the amount required
to cause that Highly Compensated Eligible Participant’s remaining Salary
Deferral Contributions for the Plan Year to be equal to the dollar amount of the
Salary Deferral Contributions allocated to the Highly Compensated Eligible
Participant with the next highest dollar amount of Salary Deferral Contributions
for the Plan Year.  This amount is then the Excess Contribution attributable to
such Highly Compensated Eligible Participant with the highest dollar amount of
Salary Deferral Contributions which shall be distributed or reclassified under
subparagraph (d) below, unless a smaller reduction equals the total Excess
Contributions.

 

(2)           If the total amount determined under Paragraph (1) of this
Section 3(b) is less than the total Excess Contributions, the procedure in
Paragraph (1) shall be successively repeated with the Highly Compensated
Eligible Participant who has the next highest dollar amount of Salary Deferral
Contributions for the Plan Year, and continuing as required until the total
dollar amount allocated to the Highly Compensated Eligible Participants is equal
to the total Excess Contributions attributable to Highly Compensated Eligible
Participants.

 

(d)           Recharacterization or Distribution of Excess Contributions.

 

(1)           To the extent permitted by regulations issued by the Secretary of
the Treasury, the Plan Administrator may permit a Participant to elect, within
two and one-half months after the end of the Plan Year for which an Excess
Contribution was contributed, to treat the Excess Contribution allocated to him,
unadjusted for earnings, gains, and losses as an After-Tax Employee Contribution
(such amount to be called a “Recharacterized Amount.”)  For all purposes under
the Plan other than this Appendix C, Recharacterized Amounts shall be treated as
Salary Deferral Contributions.

 

(2)           The Plan Sponsor may distribute the Total Excess Contributions
determined in Subparagraph (c) above, plus the income or loss thereon, to the
Highly Compensated Eligible Participants to whom such Excess Contributions were
allocated.

 

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The income or loss attributable to the Excess Contributions shall be determined
in a manner similar to that described in Section 4.2 of the Plan.

 

(3)           The Excess Contributions to be distributed or recharacterized
under subparagraphs (1) and (2) above shall be reduced by Salary Deferral
Contributions previously distributed or recharacterized for the taxable year
ending in the same Plan Year, and shall also be reduced by Salary Deferral
Contributions previously distributed or recharacterized for the Plan Year
beginning in such taxable year, and by any excess Elective Deferrals as
determined pursuant to Plan Section 3.1 previously distributed to the
Participant for the Participant’s taxable year ending with or within the Plan
Year.

 

(4)           If the multiple use of the Two Times Test of Sections 2(a)(2) and
5(a)(2)  of this Appendix C, pursuant to Treasury Regulations
section 1.401(m)-2, as promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury, requires a
corrective distribution such distribution shall be made pursuant to this
Section 3, and not Section 6, of this Appendix C.

 

(5)           Any Matching Contribution that was based on the portion of the
Salary Deferral Contribution that is distributed or recharacterized under this
Section as an Excess Contribution shall be forfeited upon such distribution or
recharacterization.

 

If a distribution or recharacterization of the Excess Deferral Amounts
attributable to the Highly Compensated Eligible Participants is made in
accordance with this Subsection (d), the limitations in Section 2 of this
Appendix C shall be treated as being met regardless of whether the actual
deferral percentage, if recalculated after such distributions, would have
satisfied the requirements of Section 2.

 

(e)           Contribution of Qualified Nonelective Contributions or Qualified
Matching Contributions.  Not later than twelve (12) months after the end of the
Plan Year, the Plan Sponsor may make a special Qualified Nonelective
Contribution or Qualified Matching Contribution on behalf of all or certain
Eligible Participants who are not Highly Compensated Eligible Participants in an
amount sufficient to satisfy (or to prevent an anticipated failure of) the
Actual Deferral Percentage Test.  Such contribution shall be allocated to the
Participant’s Qualified Nonelective Employer Contribution Account in one of the
following manners, as elected by the Employer at the time the Qualified
Nonelective Contribution or Qualified Matching Contribution is made, until
Actual Deferral Percentage Test is satisfied, or until such Eligible Participant
who is not a Highly Compensated Eligible Participant has received his maximum
Annual Additions pursuant to Appendix A:

 

(1)           Per Capita:  under this method, the Qualified Nonelective
Contribution is allocated to the Qualified Nonelective Employer Contribution
Account of each Eligible Participant who is not a Highly Compensated Eligible
Participant who is employed with the Plan Sponsor or an Affiliate on the last
day of the Plan Year in an equal amount.

 

(2)           Pro-Rata to Compensation:  under this method, the Qualified
Nonelective Contribution is allocated to the Qualified Nonelective Employer
Contribution Account of each Eligible Participant who is not a Highly
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employed with the Plan Sponsor or an Affiliate on the last day of the Plan Year
in the same ratio that such Eligible Participant’s Annual Compensation for such
Plan Year bears to the total Annual Compensation of all such Eligible
Participants for such Plan Year.

 

(3)           Pro-Rata to Deferrals:  This method is used for Qualified Matching
Contributions.  Under this method, the Qualified Matching Contribution is
allocated to the Qualified Nonelective Employer Contribution Account of each
Eligible Participant who is not a Highly Compensated Eligible Participant who is
employed with the Plan Sponsor or an Affiliate on the last day of the Plan Year
in the same ratio that such Eligible Participant’s Salary Deferral Contribution
for such Plan Year bears to the total Salary Deferral Contributions of all such
Eligible Participants for such Plan Year.

 

(4)           Bottom-Up:  under this method, the Qualified Nonelective
Contribution is allocated first to the Qualified Nonelective Employer
Contribution Account of the Eligible Participant who is not a Highly Compensated
Eligible Participant, whose Annual Compensation for such Plan Year is the least
of all such Participants, and who is employed on the last day of the Plan Year,
in an amount equal to the lesser of:  (A) the maximum amount which will allow
the Annual Additions to the Eligible Participant’s Account to remain within the
limits of Appendix A; or (B) such percentage of Annual Compensation as the
Employer shall designate.  Once such maximum allocation has been made to the
Qualified Nonelective Employer Contribution Account of such Participant, this
process shall be repeated with regard to the Qualified Nonelective Employer
Contribution Account of successive Eligible Participants who are not Highly
Compensated Eligible Participants who are employed with the employer on the last
day of the Plan Year, in the order of increasing Annual Compensation, until the
entire Qualified Nonelective Contribution has been allocated.  If more than one
such Eligible Participant has Compensation for the Plan Year of a given amount,
the Qualified Nonelective Contribution shall be allocated among all such
Eligible Participants with equal Annual Compensations in alphabetical order
(last name first, then first name, then middle name) until either all such
Eligible Participants with equal Annual Compensations have received the
appropriate Qualified Nonelective Contribution or the entire Qualified
Nonelective Contribution has been allocated.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section shall be deemed to
prevent a Plan Sponsor, in the event of an uncorrected failure of the Actual
Deferral Percentage Test, from taking any corrective measures available pursuant
to Plan Section 3.9 above.

 

SECTION 4

PLAN ADMINISTRATOR TO MONITOR AND MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE

 

The Plan Administrator shall have the responsibility of monitoring the Plan’s
compliance with the limitations of this Appendix C and shall have the power to
take all steps it deems necessary or appropriate to ensure compliance,
including, without limitation, restricting the amount which Highly Compensated
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to Plan Section 3.1.  Any actions taken by the Plan Administrator pursuant to
this Section 4 shall be pursuant to non-discriminatory procedures consistently
applied.

 

SECTION 5

ACTUAL CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE TEST

 

(a)           In addition to any other limitations set forth in the Plan,
Matching Contributions under the Plan and the amount of nondeductible employee
contributions under the Plan, for each Plan Year must satisfy one of the
following tests:

 

(1)           The 125 Percent Test.  The Actual Contribution Percentage for
Highly Compensated Eligible Participants for the Plan Year must not exceed 125%
of the Actual Contribution Percentage for all other Eligible Participants for
the Plan Year; or

 

(2)           The Two Times Test.  The Actual Contribution Percentage for Highly
Compensated Eligible Participants for the Plan Year must not exceed the lesser
of:

 

(A)          200 % of the Actual Contribution Percentage for all other Eligible
Participants for the Plan Year, and

 

(B)           the Actual Contribution Percentage for all other Eligible
Participants for the Plan Year plus two (2) percentage points.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Section 5, the
terms Highly Compensated Eligible Participant and Eligible Participant shall not
include any Participant who is not eligible to receive a Matching Contribution
under the provisions of the Plan, other than as a result of the Participant
failing to contribute to the Plan or failing to have an Elective Deferral
contributed to the Plan on the Participant’s behalf.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Qualified Matching Contributions
are taken into account for purposes of applying the Actual Deferral Percentage
Test, they shall not be taken into account under this Section 5.

 

(d)           In applying the above tests, the Plan Administrator shall comply
with any regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury which prevent
or restrict the use of the Two Times Test for purposes of passing both the
Actual Deferral Percentage Test and the Actual Contribution Percentage Test.

 

(e)           The “Actual Contribution Percentage” for a group of Eligible
Participants is equal to the average of the ratios, calculated separately for
each Participant, of (A) to (B), where (A) is the amount of Matching
Contributions under the Plan (excluding Qualified Matching Contributions which
are used to apply the test set forth in Section 2 of this Appendix C or Matching
Contributions which are used to satisfy the minimum required contributions to
the Accounts of Eligible Participants who are not Key Employees pursuant to
Section 1 of Appendix B to the Plan) and Employee After-Tax Contributions made
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Eligible Participant for the Plan Year, and where (B) is the Annual Compensation
of the Eligible Participant for the Plan Year.  Except to the extent limited by
Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(m)-l(b)(5) and any other applicable
regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury, a Plan Sponsor may
elect to treat Salary Deferral Contributions and Qualified Nonelective
Contributions as Matching Contributions for purpose of determining the Actual
Contribution Percentage, provided the Salary Deferral Contributions, excluding
those treated as Matching Contributions, satisfy the test set forth in Section 2
of Appendix C.

 

SECTION 6

DETERMINATION AND CORRECTION OF EXCESS AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTION AMOUNTS

 

(a)           If either:

 

(1)           the Matching Contributions and, if taken into account under
Section 5 of this Appendix C, the Salary Deferral Contributions, Qualified
Nonelective Contributions, and/or Qualified Matching Contributions made on
behalf of Highly Compensated Eligible Participants, or

 

(2)           the After-Tax Employee Contributions made by Highly Compensated
Eligible Participants

 

are sufficient to exceed the amount permitted under the Actual Contribution
Percentage Test for any Plan Year, such excess amounts shall be considered to be
“Excess Aggregate Contributions.”  The Plan Sponsor will determine the amount of
Excess Aggregate Contributions under subparagraph (b) below, and will determine
what share of the Excess Aggregate Contribution is attributable to each Highly
Compensated Eligible Participant under Subparagraph (c) below.  The Plan Sponsor
may then implement one or more of the corrective actions discussed in
Subparagraphs (d) and (e) below to resolve the failure of the Actual
Contribution Percentage Test so that it is considered to be passed for the Plan
Year.

 

(b)           Determination of Total Excess Aggregate Contributions.  For
purposes of this Section 6, with respect to any Plan Year, “Total Excess
Aggregate Contributions” means the excess of:

 

(1)           the aggregate amount of the Matching Contributions, After Tax
Employee Contributions, any Qualified Nonelective Contributions or Qualified
Matching Contributions, and, if taken into account under Section 5 of this
Appendix C, the Salary Deferral Contributions actually made on behalf of Highly
Compensated Eligible Participants for the Plan Year, over

 

(2)           the maximum amount of contributions permitted under the
limitations of Section 5 of this Appendix C, determined by reducing
contributions made on behalf of Highly Compensated Eligible Participants in
order of their contribution percentages, beginning with the highest of such
percentages.

 

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The determination of the Total Excess Aggregate Contributions under this
Section 6 shall be made after first determining the excess Elective Deferrals
under Section 3.1(b) of the Plan and then determining the Excess Contributions
under Section 3 of this Appendix C.

 

(c)           Allocation of Total Excess Aggregate Contributions Among Highly
Compensated Eligible Participants. The Excess Aggregate Contributions for any
Plan Year allocable to a given Highly Compensated Eligible Participant (for
purposes of distribution under Subsection (d) below) shall be determined by the
Plan Sponsor as follows:

 

(1)           The Matching Contributions and After Tax Employer Contributions
allocated to the Highly Compensated Eligible Participant with the highest dollar
amount of such contributions for the Plan Year shall be reduced by the amount
required to cause that Highly Compensated Eligible Participant’s remaining
Matching Contributions and After Tax Employer Contributions for the Plan Year to
be equal to the dollar amount of such contributions allocated to the Highly
Compensated Eligible Participant with the next highest dollar amount of Matching
contributions and nondeductible contributions for the Plan Year.  This amount is
then the Excess Annual Contributions attributable to such Highly Compensated
Eligible Participant with the highest dollar amount of Matching Contributions
and After Tax Employer Contributions that shall be distributed or forfeited,
unless a smaller reduction equals the total Excess Aggregate Contributions.

 

(2)           If the total amount distributed under Paragraph (1) is less than
the total Excess Aggregate Contributions, the procedure in Paragraph (1) shall
be successively repeated with the Highly Compensated Eligible Participant who
has the next highest dollar amount of Matching Contributions and After Tax
Employer Contributions for the Plan Year, and continuing as required until the
total dollar amount of Matching Contributions and After Tax Employer
Contributions allocated to the Highly Compensated Eligible Participants is equal
to the total Excess Aggregate Contributions attributable to Highly Compensated
Eligible Participants.

 

(d)           Distribution or Forfeiture of Excess Aggregate Contributions

 

(1)           Before the end of the Plan Year following the Plan Year for which
the Total Excess Aggregate Contributions were made, the amount of the Total
Excess Aggregate Contributions attributable to the Plan for the Plan Year, as
adjusted to reflect any income, gain, or loss attributable to such contributions
shall be distributed or, if the Excess Aggregate Contributions are forfeitable,
forfeited.

 

(2)           The distribution or forfeiture for any given Highly Compensated
Eligible Participant shall be equal to the amount of the Excess Aggregate
Contribution that was allocated to such Participant under Subsection (c) above. 
Such amount shall first be attributed to After Tax Employer Contributions made
by the Participant during the Plan Year for which no corresponding Plan Sponsor
contribution is made, second to any remaining After Tax Employer Contributions
made by the Participant during the Plan Year, and third to any Matching
Contributions thereon.

 

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(3)           The income allocable to an Excess Aggregate Contribution shall be
determined in a manner similar to that described in Section 4.2 of the Plan.

 

(4)           If a Participant who is to receive a distribution or forfeiture of
his After Tax Employer Contribution or Matching Contribution for the year is a
participant in another plan or plans maintained by the Plan Sponsor in which
Excess Aggregate Contributions for a Plan Year are held, each such plan shall
distribute or forfeit a pro-rata share of each class of contribution based on
the respective amounts of a class of contributions made to each plan during the
Plan Year.

 

(5)           The distribution of Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be made
without regard to any other provision in the Plan.

 

(6)           If the multiple use of the Two Times Test requires a corrective
distribution pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.401m)-2, such
distribution shall be made pursuant to Section 3 of this Appendix C and not this
Section 6.

 

(7)           Excess Aggregate Contributions, including forfeited Matching
Contributions, shall be treated as Employer contributions for purposes of Code
sections 404 and 415, even if they are distributed from the Plan.  Forfeited
Matching Contributions that are reallocated to Participants’ Accounts shall be
treated as Annual Additions under Appendix A for the Participants to whose
Accounts they are allocated, and for the Participants from whose Accounts they
are forfeited.

 

If a distribution or forfeiture of the total Excess Aggregate Contributions is
made in accordance with this Section 6(d), the limitations in Section 5 of this
Appendix C shall be treated as being met regardless of whether the actual
contribution percentage, if recalculated after such distributions, would have
satisfied the requirements of Section 5.

 

(e)           Contribution of Qualified Nonelective Contributions or Qualified
Matching Contributions.  Not later than twelve (12) months after the end of the
Plan Year, the Plan Sponsor may make a special Qualified Nonelective
Contribution or a Qualified Matching Contribution on behalf of Eligible
Participants who are not Highly Compensated Eligible Participants in an amount
sufficient to satisfy (or to prevent an anticipated failure of) one of the tests
set forth in Subsection 5 above.  Such contribution shall be allocated to the
Qualified Nonelective Employer Contribution Account of one or more Eligible
Participants who are not Highly Compensated Eligible Participants in one of the
methods described in Subsection 3(e) above, as elected by the Plan Sponsor at
the time the Qualified Nonelective Contribution or Qualified Matching
Contribution is made.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section shall be deemed to
prevent a Plan Sponsor, in the event of an uncorrected failure of the Actual
Deferral Percentage Test, from taking any corrective measures available pursuant
to Plan Section 3.9 above.

 

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SECTION 7

MULTIPLE PLANS

 

Except to the extent limited by rules promulgated by the Secretary of the
Treasury, if a Highly Compensated Eligible Participant is a participant in any
other plan of the Plan Sponsor or any Affiliate which includes Matching
Contributions, deferrals under a cash or deferred arrangement pursuant to Code
Section 401(k), or nondeductible employee contributions, any contributions made
by or on behalf of the Participant to the other plan shall be allocated with the
same class of contributions under the Plan for purposes of determining the
Actual Deferral Percentage and Actual Contribution Percentage under the Plan;
provided, however, contributions that are made under an “employee stock
ownership plan” (within the meaning of Code Section 4975(e)(7)) shall not be
combined with contributions under any plan which is not an employee stock
ownership plan (within the meaning of Code Section 4975(e)(7)).

 

Except to the extent limited by rules promulgated by the Secretary of the
Treasury, if the Plan and any other plans which include Matching Contributions,
deferrals under a cash or deferred arrangement pursuant to Code Section 401(k),
or nondeductible employee contributions are considered as one plan for purposes
of Code Section 401(a)(4) and 410(b)(1), any contributions under the other plans
shall be allocated with the same class of contributions under the Plan for
purposes of determining the Actual Contribution Percentage and Actual Deferral
Percentage under the Plan; provided, however, contributions that are made under
an “employee stock ownership plan” (within the meaning of Code
Section 4975(e)(7)) shall not be combined with contributions under any plan
which is not an employee stock ownership plan (within the meaning of Code
Section 4975(e)(7)).

 

SECTION 8

ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR NONDISCRIMINATION TESTING

 

Effective January 1, 1999, notwithstanding any other provision in this Appendix
C to the contrary, to the extent otherwise applicable, the limitations expressed
in this Appendix C shall not apply with respect to those Plan Years in which the
Plan satisfies the requirements of Code Sections 401(k)(11) and/or 401(k)(12).

 

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