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Exhibit 10.1

RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

 

UNIVERSAL LOGISTICS HOLDINGS, INC.

2014 AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK BONUS AWARD

NOTIFICATION OF AWARD AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AWARD

THIS RESTRICTED STOCK BONUS AWARD AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) contains the terms and conditions of the restricted stock bonus award granted to you by Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc., a Michigan corporation (the “Company”), under the Company’s 2014 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan, adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors on April 23, 2014 (the “Plan”).

Name of Grantee:Jeff Rogers

Grant Date:February 22, 2017

Number of Shares:10,000 shares

The Company, pursuant to the terms of the Plan, hereby grants to you, effective on the aforementioned Grant Date, the right to receive the number of shares shown above of Common Stock of the Company (“Shares”) on the Vesting Date (as defined below). Before the Shares are vested, they are referred to in this Agreement as “Restricted Stock.” 

1.Payment. The Restricted Stock is granted without requirement of payment. 

2.Shareholder Rights. Your Restricted Stock will be held for you by the Company or by a designated transfer agent until the applicable Vesting Date. You shall have all the rights of a shareholder only with respect to shares of Restricted Stock that have vested.  Without limiting the generality of the forgoing, with respect to your unvested Restricted Stock, you shall have neither the right to vote such shares at any meeting of shareholders of the Company nor the right to receive any dividends paid in cash or otherwise with respect to such shares.

3.Vesting of Restricted Stock.

(a)Vesting.  Your Restricted Stock will vest as follows, provided you have not incurred a Forfeiture Condition described below:

			
	
Percentage of
shares vesting
	
Cumulative
percentage vested
	
Vesting Date

	
 
	
 
	
 

	
25%
	
25%
	
Immediately

	
25%
	
50%
	
March 5, 2018

	
25%
	
75%
	
March 5, 2019

	
25%
	
100%
	
March 5, 2020

 

 

 

 

(b)Forfeiture Conditions.  Subject to Paragraph 3(c) below, the shares of your Restricted Stock that would otherwise vest on a Vesting Date will not vest and shall be forfeited if, after the Grant Date and prior to the Vesting Date:

(i) your Continuous Service as an Employee terminates on or prior to the Vesting Date; or 

(ii)you are discussing or negotiating the possibility of becoming or are considering an offer to become, or have accepted an offer or entered into an agreement to become an employee, officer, director, partner, manager, consultant to, or agent of, or otherwise becoming affiliated with, any entity competing or seeking to compete with the Company or an affiliate of the Company; or

(iii)you are subject to an administrative suspension, unless you are reinstated as an Employee in good standing at the end of the administrative suspension period, in which case the applicable number of shares of Restricted Stock would vest as of the date of such reinstatement.

(c)Accelerated Vesting; Vesting Notwithstanding Termination. Your Restricted Stock will vest earlier than described in Paragraph 3(a), and such earlier vesting date shall also be considered a “Vesting Date,” under the following circumstances:

(i)If your Continuous Service as an Employee is terminated by your Disability, then your Restricted Stock shall immediately become fully vested.

(ii)If you Retire (as defined below), then your Restricted Stock shall immediately become fully vested.  “Retire” means that you cease to be a full-time Employee (for any reason other than Cause) upon or after reaching the age of 65.

(iii)If your Continuous Service as an Employee is terminated by your death, then your Restricted Stock shall immediately become fully vested.

(iv)If your Continuous Service as an Employee is terminated without Cause, then your Restricted Stock shall immediately become fully vested.

(v)The Committee may, in its discretion, at any time accelerate the vesting of your Restricted Stock on such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate.

“Cause” shall mean (A) the Grantee’s continued failure to substantially perform the material duties of his office (other than as a result of total or partial incapacity due to physical or mental illness), (B) the embezzlement or theft by the Grantee of the Company’s property, (C) the Grantee’s commission or any act or omission that results in the Grantee’s conviction of a felony under the laws of the United States or any state or country, (D) the Grantee’s willful malfeasance or willful misconduct in connection with the Grantee’s duties to the Company or any other act or omission that is materially injurious to the financial condition or business reputation of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or (E) a material breach by the Grantee of the terms of his employment agreement or any non-compete, non-solicitation or confidentiality obligation or provision to which Grantee is subject; provided, however, that no termination of Grantee shall be deemed to 

 

 

 

 

be for Cause under clauses (A), (D) or (E) unless the Company first provides the Grantee with written notice of the specific acts or omissions that the Company deems to constitute grounds for a termination for Cause and Grantee is provided a period of 30 days after his receipt of such notice to cure the specified deficiency.   

(d)Mandatory Deferral of Vesting. If the vesting of Restricted Stock in any year could, in the Committee’s opinion, when considered with your other compensation, result in the Company’s inability to deduct the value of your Shares because of the limitation on deductible compensation under Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m), then the Company in its sole discretion may defer the Vesting Date applicable to your Restricted Stock (but only to the extent that, in the Committee’s judgment, the value of your Restricted Stock would not be deductible) until six months following the termination of your Employee status.

4.Forfeiture of Restricted Stock. If you suffer a forfeiture condition (i.e., if your Continuous Service as an Employee is terminated prior to the Vesting Date and the vesting is not accelerated under Paragraph 3(c)), you will immediately forfeit your Restricted Stock, and all of your rights to and interest in the Restricted Stock shall terminate upon forfeiture without payment of consideration. Forfeited Restricted Stock shall be reconveyed to the Company.

5.Taxes and Tax Withholding.

(a)Upon the vesting of your Restricted Stock, you will have income in the amount of the value of the Shares that become vested on the Vesting Date, and you must pay income tax on that income.

(b)You agree to consult with any tax consultants you think advisable in connection with your Restricted Stock and acknowledge that you are not relying, and will not rely, on the Company for any tax advice. Please see Section 9(b) regarding Section 83(b) elections.

(c)Whenever any Restricted Stock becomes vested under the terms of this Agreement, you must remit, on or prior to the due date thereof, the minimum amount necessary to satisfy all of the federal, state and local withholding (including FICA) tax requirements imposed on the Company (or the Affiliate that employs you) relating to your Shares. The Committee may require you to satisfy these minimum withholding tax obligations by any (or a combination) of the following means: (i) a cash, check, or wire transfer; (ii) authorizing the Company to withhold from the Shares otherwise deliverable to you as a result of the vesting of the Restricted Stock, a number of Shares having a Fair Market Value, as of the date the withholding tax obligation arises, less than or equal to the amount of the withholding obligation; or (iii) in unencumbered shares of the Company common stock, which have been held for at least six months.

6.Restricted Stock Not Transferable. Neither Restricted Stock, nor your interest in the Restricted Stock, may be sold, conveyed, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of or encumbered at any time prior to vesting applicable to any award of Restricted Stock issued in your name. Any attempted action in violation of this paragraph shall be null, void, and without effect.

 

 

 

 

7.  Right of First Refusal.  The Grantee shall not sell or transfer the Shares without first providing to the Company a notice of intent to sale (the “Notice”) at least five (5) days prior to the intended sale date.  After the Notice, the Company shall have until the close of business on the fourth business day after the Notice to agree to purchase the Shares intended for sale.  If the Company exercises its right to purchase the Shares, the purchase shall be on the fifth day after the Notice and the price shall be the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) of the Common Stock on that day.  If the Company does not exercise its right, then the Grantee shall have ten (10) business days thereafter to sell the Shares.  If the Grantee does not sell the Shares within such ten-day period, this right of first refusal shall be applicable to any subsequent sale of said Shares.

8. Stock Issuance.

(a)The value of the Shares under this Agreement will not be taken into account in computing the amount of your salary or other compensation for purposes of determining any pension, retirement, death or other benefit under any employee benefit plan of the Company or any affiliate of the Company, except to the extent such plan or another agreement between you and the Company specifically provides otherwise.

(b)The Company may, without liability for its good faith actions, place legend restrictions upon the Restricted Stock or unrestricted Shares obtained upon vesting of the Restricted Stock and issue “stop transfer” instructions requiring compliance with applicable securities laws and the terms of the Restricted Stock.

9.Agreements of Grantee.  By accepting this award,

(a)You agree to provide any information reasonably requested by the Company from time to time, and

(b)You agree not to make an Internal Revenue Code Section 83(b) election with respect to this award of Restricted Stock.

10.Notices.  Any notice necessary under this Agreement shall be addressed to the Company in care of its Secretary at the principal executive office of the Company and to the Grantee at the address appearing in the personnel records of the Company for the Grantee or to either part at such other address as either party hereto may hereafter designate in writing to the other.  Any such notice shall be deemed effective upon receipt thereof by the addressee. 

 

11.No Right to Continued Employment. Neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall be construed as giving the Grantee the right to be retained in the employ of, or in any consulting relationship to, the Company. Further, the Company may at any time terminate the employment of the Grantee or discontinue any consulting relationship, free from any liability or any claim under the Plan or this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided herein.   

 

12.Benefits of Agreement.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and heirs of the respective parties.  All obligations imposed upon the Grantee and all rights granted to the Company under this Agreement shall be binding upon Grantee's heirs, legal representatives, and successors.  This Agreement shall be the sole and 

 

 

 

 

exclusive source of any and all rights which the Grantee, his heirs, legal representatives or successors may have in respect to the Plan or any Shares granted or issued hereunder, whether to himself or to any other person.

 

13.Governing Plan and Plan Amendments.  By entering into this Agreement, the Grantee agrees and acknowledges that the Grantee has received a copy of the Plan. The award and this Agreement are subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. The Plan is incorporated into this Agreement by reference. By signing this Agreement, you accept this award, acknowledge receipt of a copy of the Plan and acknowledge that the award is subject to all the terms and provisions of the Plan and this Agreement. You further agree to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions and interpretations by the Committee of the Plan upon any questions arising under the Plan.  This Agreement shall be subject to the terms of the Plan except that this Agreement may not in any way be restricted or limited by any Plan amendment or termination approved after the date of this Agreement without the Grantee’s written consent.  

 

14.Terms.  Any terms used in this Agreement that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.

 

15.Entire Agreement.  This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties and shall not be modified or amended except in writing and duly signed by the parties.  No waiver by either party of any default under this Agreement shall be deemed a waiver of any later default.

 

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COMPANY:

	
 

	
 

	
By: /s/ Jude M Beres

	
Name: Jude M. Beres

	
Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

GRANTEE:

 

I acknowledge having received, read and understood the Plan and this Agreement. I accept the terms and conditions of my Restricted Stock award as set forth in this Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

	
	
/s/ Jeff Rogers

	
Signature of Grantee

	
Name: Jeff Rogers

	
 

Agreed to and accepted this 22nd  day of February 2017.bax-ex1020_389.htm

Exhibit 10.20

BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES PENSION PLAN 

(Amended and Restated Effective as of January 1, 2016)

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTSPAGE

	
ARTICLE I. Introduction
	
2

	
 
	
1.1.
	
The Plan2

	
 
	
1.2.
	
Plan Objectives2

	
 
	
1.3.
	
Benefits of Participants Terminating Employment prior to Effective Date2

	
 
	
1.4.
	
Supplements2

	
 
	
1.5.
	
Baxalta Incorporated Spin-Off2

	
ARTICLE II. Definitions
	
4

	
 
	
2.1.
	
“Accrued Benefit”4

	
 
	
2.2.
	
“Actuarial Equivalent”6

	
 
	
2.3.
	
“Administrative Committee”8

	
 
	
2.4.
	
“American”8

	
 
	
2.5.
	
“Average Monthly Compensation”8

	
 
	
2.6.
	
“Beneficiary”11

	
 
	
2.7.
	
“Benefit Reduction Factors”11

	
 
	
2.8.
	
“Board of Directors”12

	
 
	
2.9.
	
“Code”12

	
 
	
2.10.
	
“Company”12

	
 
	
2.11.
	
“Compensation”12

	
 
	
2.12.
	
“Computation Period”16

	
 
	
2.13.
	
“Death Benefit”16

	
 
	
2.14.
	
“Disability”16

	
 
	
2.15.
	
“Early Retirement Date”17

	
 
	
2.16.
	
“Effective Date”17

	
 
	
2.17.
	
“Eligible Employee”17

	
 
	
2.18.
	
“Employee”18

	
 
	
2.19.
	
“Employer”18

	
 
	
2.20.
	
“Employment Date”18

	
 
	
2.21.
	
“Entry Date”18

	
 
	
2.22.
	
“ERISA”19

	
 
	
2.23.
	
“Excluded Division”19

	
 
	
2.24.
	
“Highly Compensated Employee”19

	
 
	
2.25.
	
“Hour of Service”19

	
 
	
2.26.
	
“Investment Committee”21

	
 
	
2.27.
	
“Investment Manager”21

	
 
	
2.28.
	
“Joint and 50 Percent Survivor Annuity”21

	
 
	
2.29.
	
“Lump Sum”21

	
 
	
2.30.
	
“Non-forfeitable”22

	
 
	
2.31.
	
“Normal Retirement Date”22

	
 
	
2.32.
	
“One-Year Break in Service”22

	
 
	
2.33.
	
“Participant”22

	
 
	
2.34.
	
“Participating Employer”; “Non-Participating Employer”22

	
 
	
2.35.
	
“Participating Employer Contributions”22

	
 
	
2.36.
	
“Payment Date”22

	
 
	
2.37.
	
“Pension Benefit”22

	
 
	
2.38.
	
“Plan”23

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TABLE OF CONTENTSPAGE

	
 
	
2.39.
	
“Plan Year”23

	
 
	
2.40.
	
“Points”23

	
 
	
2.41.
	
“Primary Social Security Benefit”23

	
 
	
2.42.
	
“Projected Benefit Service”25

	
 
	
2.43.
	
“Single Life Annuity”25

	
 
	
2.44.
	
“Spouse”25

	
 
	
2.45.
	
“Termination of Employment”25

	
 
	
2.46.
	
“Trust”26

	
 
	
2.47.
	
“Trust Agreement”26

	
 
	
2.48.
	
“Trust Fund”26

	
 
	
2.49.
	
“Trustee”26

	
 
	
2.50.
	
“Year of Service”26

	
ARTICLE III. Participation
	
30

	
 
	
3.1.
	
Becoming a Participant30

	
 
	
3.2.
	
Ceasing to Be a Participant31

	
 
	
3.3.
	
Reemployment31

	
 
	
3.4.
	
Change of Job Status32

	
 
	
3.5.
	
Transfers32

	
 
	
3.6.
	
International Employees32

	
 
	
3.7.
	
Reemployment of Veterans32

	
ARTICLE IV. Eligibility for and Amount of Pension Benefits
	
33

	
 
	
4.1.
	
Normal Retirement33

	
 
	
4.2.
	
Late Retirement33

 

 

	
 
	
4.3.
	
Early Retirement33

	
 
	
4.4.
	
Disability Retirement34

	
 
	
4.5.
	
Deferred Vested Benefit35

	
ARTICLE V. Special Vesting Provisions for Divested Employees
	
37

	
 
	
5.1.
	
Accelerated Vesting37

	
 
	
5.2.
	
Re-employment37

	
ARTICLE VI. Benefits after Death
	
38

	
 
	
6.1.
	
Death after Payment Date38

	
 
	
6.2.
	
Death before Payment Date38

	
 
	
6.3.
	
Death Benefits Payable to Spouses38

	
 
	
6.4.
	
Survivor Benefits Payable to Non-Spouse Beneficiaries39

	
 
	
6.5.
	
Death Benefits for Disability Retirees40

	
 
	
6.6.
	
Pre‐Retirement Death Benefits Payable in a Lump Sum40

	
 
	
6.7.
	
Designation of Beneficiary40

	
 
	
6.8.
	
Incapacitated Participants or Beneficiaries41

	
 
	
6.9.
	
Death During Military Service41

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TABLE OF CONTENTSPAGE

	
ARTICLE VII. Form and Payment of Pension Benefits and Death Benefits
	
42

	
 
	
7.1.
	
Normal Form of Payment42

	
 
	
7.2.
	
Optional Forms of Payment42

	
 
	
7.3.
	
Lump Sum Cash‐Out43

	
 
	
7.4.
	
Rules as to Election and Discontinuance of Optional Forms of Payment44

	
 
	
7.5.
	
Special Payment Limitations47

	
 
	
7.6.
	
Effect of Prior Lump Sums on Pension Benefits48

	
 
	
7.7.
	
Effect of Participant Resuming Employment after Benefits Commence48

	
 
	
7.8.
	
Special One Time Election for Immediate Payment of Certain Deferred Vested Benefits50

	
ARTICLE VIII. Plan Committees
	
53

	
 
	
8.1.
	
Membership of Administrative and Investment Committees53

	
 
	
8.2.
	
Administrative Committee Powers and Duties53

	
 
	
8.3.
	
Investment Committee Powers and Duties55

	
 
	
8.4.
	
Conflicts of Interest56

	
 
	
8.5.
	
Compensation; Reimbursement56

	
 
	
8.6.
	
Standard of Care56

	
 
	
8.7.
	
Action by Committees57

	
 
	
8.8.
	
Resignation or Removal of Committee Member57

	
 
	
8.9.
	
Uniform Application of Rules by Administrative Committee57

	
 
	
8.10.
	
Claims Procedure57

	
 
	
8.11.
	
Correction of Errors58

	
ARTICLE IX. Trust, the Trustee and Plan Financing
	
60

	
 
	
9.1.
	
Trust Agreement60

	
 
	
9.2.
	
Selection of Trustee60

	
 
	
9.3.
	
Trustee’s Duties60

	
 
	
9.4.
	
Trust Income60

	
 
	
9.5.
	
Expenses60

	
 
	
9.6.
	
Trust Entity60

	
 
	
9.7.
	
Funding Policy60

	
 
	
9.8.
	
Participating Employer Contributions60

	
 
	
9.9.
	
Forfeitures61

	
 
	
9.10.
	
Exclusive Benefit of Participants61

	
 
	
9.11.
	
Benefits Payable Only from Trust Fund62

	
ARTICLE X. Adoption and Withdrawal from Plan
	
63

	
 
	
10.1.
	
Procedure for Adoption63

	
 
	
10.2.
	
Procedure for Withdrawal63

	
ARTICLE XI. Amendment and Termination
	
64

	
 
	
11.1.
	
Amendments64

	
 
	
11.2.
	
Termination66

	
 
	
11.3.
	
Disposition of Fund on Termination66

	
 
	
11.4.
	
Disposition Medium67

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TABLE OF CONTENTSPAGE

	
ARTICLE XII. Special Top-Heavy Rules
	
68

	
 
	
12.1.
	
Application68

	
 
	
12.2.
	
Special Terms68

	
 
	
12.3.
	
Vested Percentage71

	
 
	
12.4.
	
Minimum Benefit72

	
 
	
12.5.
	
Maximum Benefit Accrual73

	
 
	
12.6.
	
Termination of Top‐Heavy Status73

	
ARTICLE XIII. Miscellaneous Provisions
	
74

	
 
	
13.1.
	
Company Merger74

	
 
	
13.2.
	
Plan Merger74

	
 
	
13.3.
	
Nonalienation of Benefits74

	
 
	
13.4.
	
Qualified Domestic Relations Orders74

	
 
	
13.5.
	
No Employment Guarantee75

	
 
	
13.6.
	
Termination of Employment75

	
 
	
13.7.
	
Limitation on Vesting75

	
 
	
13.8.
	
No Duplication of Benefits75

	
 
	
13.9.
	
Source of Benefits75

	
 
	
13.10.
	
Reduction for Overpayment75

	
 
	
13.11.
	
Limitations on Pension Benefits Payable to Highly Compensated Participants75

	
 
	
13.12.
	
Maximum Pensions76

	
 
	
13.13.
	
Funding-Based Limitations on Benefits76

	
 
	
13.14.
	
Indemnity79

	
 
	
13.15.
	
Gender and Number80

	
 
	
13.16.
	
Severability80

	
 
	
13.17.
	
Headings80

	
 
	
13.18.
	
Uniform and Nondiscriminatory Treatment80

	
 
	
13.19.
	
Applicable Law80

	
 
	
13.20.
	
Action by the Participating Employer80

	
 
	
13.21.
	
Participant Litigation80

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTSPAGE

	
SUPPLEMENT A Early Payment Factors % of Age 65 Accrued Benefit Payable for Commencement from Ages 44-65
	
XX*
	
 

	
SUPPLEMENT B Special Retirement Program
	
XX*
	
 

	
SUPPLEMENT C Excluded Divisions
	
XX*
	
 

	
SUPPLEMENT D Provisions Applicable to Participants Transferred to Allegiance
	
XX*
	
 

	
SUPPLEMENT E Entitlement Codes for Non-Resident Aliens with U.S.-Source Income Excluded from Participation in the Plan
	
XX*
	
 

	
SUPPLEMENT F Regression Factors
	
XX*
	
 

	
SUPPLEMENT G Provisions Applicable to Employees of Sybron Corporation
	
XX*
	
 

	
SUPPLEMENT H Average Monthly Compensation for Participants Incurring  Termination of Employment Prior to January 1, 1998
	
XX*
	
 

	
SUPPLEMENT I Pre-retirement Death Benefits for Terminations Prior to January 1, 1990
	
XX*
	
 

	
SUPPLEMENT J Transfer of Assets from BOC Group Cash Balance Retirement Plan
	
XX*
	
 

	
SUPPLEMENT K Transfer of Assets from the Clintec Pension Plan
	
XX*
	
 

	
SUPPLEMENT L Merger of the Immuno-U.S., Inc. Defined Benefit Plan
	
XX*
	
 

	
SUPPLEMENT M Special One Time Election for Immediate Payment of Certain Deferred Vested Benefits
	
XX*
	
 

 

 

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BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES PENSION PLAN

(Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2016)

ARTICLE I.

Introduction

1.1.The Plan.  Effective September 1, 1960, American Hospital Supply Corporation established the American Hospital Supply Corporation Retirement Plan, which was amended and restated as of January 1, 1985.  American Hospital Supply Corporation merged with Baxter International Inc. (then known as “Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc.”), and, effective as of January 1, 1986, the plan name was changed to Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc. and Subsidiaries Pension Plan.  The Plan was amended to provide for participation by Eligible Employees of Baxter International Inc. and its participating units.  The Plan has been further amended from time to time including an amendment, effective June 9, 1988, which changed the name of the Plan to Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries Pension Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan was amended and restated effective January 1, 1992, again amended and restated, on September 30, 1996, January 1, 2007, January 1, 2010, January 1, 2015 and most recently restated effective January 1, 2016.  This document incorporates all previous amendments adopted since the most recent restatement, and constitutes an amendment, restatement and continuation of the Plan as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date, subject to any transition dates and other effective dates set forth in this document.

1.2.Plan Objectives.  The Plan is a defined benefit pension plan maintained by Baxter International Inc. to assist in providing Participants with retirement benefits.

1.3.Benefits of Participants Terminating Employment prior to Effective Date. The benefits payable with respect to Participants whose benefits were in pay status prior to the Effective Date and who do not again become Eligible Employees will in all respects continue to be governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan as in effect at the time such benefits commenced.   Except to the extent expressly provided to the contrary in an applicable Supplement or elsewhere in the Plan, the Accrued Benefits, eligibility, vesting and other rights of other Participants incurring a Termination of Employment prior to the Effective Date will continue to be governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan as in effect at the time of such Termination of Employment.

1.4.Supplements.  Supplements to the Plan may be adopted, attached to and incorporated in the Plan at any time.  The provisions of any such Supplements will have the same effect that such provisions would have if they were included within the basic text of the Plan.  Supplements will specify the persons affected and will supersede the other provisions of the Plan to the extent necessary to eliminate inconsistencies between the Plan provisions and the provisions of such Supplements.

1.5.Baxalta Incorporated Spin-Off.  In connection with the Company’s spin-off of its biopharmaceutical business, the Company underwent an internal reorganization and 

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incorporated Baxalta Incorporated (“Baxalta”) as a subsidiary of the Company, and Baxalta was spun-off on July 1, 2015 (the “Spin-Off Date”) pursuant to a Separation and Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”), and thereupon became an independent, publicly traded corporation which owns and operates the biopharmaceutical business previously owned and operated by the Company.

As described in the Agreement and the Employee Matters Agreement between the Company and Baxalta, Baxalta established, effective as of May 1, 2015, the Baxalta Incorporated Pension Plan (the “Baxalta Plan”), a qualified defined benefit plan that generally mirrors the Plan, to provide for the benefits of the following Employees who were Participants immediately prior to the date such Employee transfers to employment with Baxalta from the Company:

	
 
	
(a)
	
An Employee (including an Employee who is on an approved leave of absence from the Company) who transfers to employment with Baxalta from the Company on or before the Spin-Off Date; or

	
 
	
(b)
	
An Employee who transfers to employment with Baxalta from the Company in accordance with the Transition Services Agreement.

As described in the Agreement and the Employee Matters Agreement, the assets and liabilities in the Plan allocable to an Employee who transferred to employment with Baxalta as described in this Section (a “Baxalta Participant”), were transferred to the Baxalta Plan as of May 1, 2015, in accordance with Code Section 414(l) (and the regulations promulgated thereunder) and ERISA Section 4044, as applicable.  As a result of such, a Baxalta Participant shall cease to have any benefit under the Plan following his transfer of employment to Baxalta, and shall instead participate under the Baxalta Plan; provided, however, that the benefit of any Baxalta Participant who terminated employment between May 1, 2015, and the Spin-Off Date were transferred from the Baxalta Plan back to the Plan.  For the avoidance of doubt, an Employee who transfers to employment with Baxalta as described in this Section and is subsequently rehired by the Company is not eligible to participate in the Plan.

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ARTICLE II.

Definitions

The following terms, whenever used in the capitalized form, will have the meanings set forth below unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

2.1.“Accrued Benefit”. means, subject to (c) below and the limitations of Sections 13.11 and 13.12, a monthly amount payable to or for the benefit of a Participant commencing on the Payment Date for his Normal Retirement Pension Benefit under Section 4.1 (or if later, the Payment Date for his Late Retirement Pension Benefit described in Section 4.2), equal to the greater of (a) or (b):

	
 
	
(a)
	
General Formula.  A Single Life Annuity in an amount equal to (i) minus (ii) multiplied by (iii):

	
 
	
(i)
	
an amount equal to one and three-quarters percent (1-3/4 percent) of the Participant’s Average Monthly Compensation multiplied by his Projected Benefit Service; minus

	
 
	
(ii)
	
an amount equal to one and three-quarters percent (1-3/4 percent) of the Participant’s Primary Social Security Benefit multiplied by his Projected Benefit Service.  In no event will the amount calculated under this paragraph (ii) exceed 60 percent of the Participant’s Primary Social Security Benefit; multiplied by

	
 
	
(iii)
	
an amount equal to a fraction, the numerator of which is the Participant’s actual Years of Service and the denominator of which is the Participant’s Projected Benefit Service.

For Participants who terminate employment on or after December 31, 1997 with a Non-forfeitable Accrued Benefit, the benefit provided under this subsection will be increased as necessary so that the monthly payment is not less than $100. 

	
 
	
(b)
	
Alternate Formulae. The Accrued Benefit of a Participant will be the greater of the Accrued Benefit described in (a) above or, if applicable, the greatest Accrued Benefit payable as a Single Life Annuity for such Participant which is determined as follows:

	
 
	
(i)
	
American Merger Benefit.  Subject to the conditions described in the Plan as in effect on November 25, 1985 (the “Merger Date”), each Participant who was a Participant on the Merger Date is entitled to a fully vested benefit (referred to as the “American Merger Benefit”) which is payable in lieu of any other benefits under the Plan if such American Merger Benefit is larger than the benefits otherwise payable to or for the benefit of such Participant hereunder.  Such American Merger Benefit will be determined under the terms of the Plan as in effect on the Merger Date 

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and will be an amount determined as of the Merger Date equal to (A) minus (B) multiplied by (C):

	
 
	
(A)
	
an amount equal to four and one‐quarter percent (41⁄4 percent) of the Participant’s Average Monthly Compensation as of the Merger Date (under the terms of the Plan as then in effect) multiplied by his Projected Benefit Service as of the Merger Date; minus

	
 
	
(B)
	
an amount equal to one and three‐quarters percent (13⁄4 percent) of the Participant’s Primary Social Security Benefit as of the Merger Date (under the terms of the Plan as then in effect) multiplied by his Projected Benefit Service as of such date (under the terms of the Plan as then in effect).  In no event will the amount calculated under this subparagraph (B) exceed 60 percent of the Participant’s Primary Social Security Benefit; multiplied by

	
 
	
(C)
	
an amount equal to a fraction, the numerator of which is the Participant’s actual Years of Service as of the Merger Date (under the terms of the Plan as then in effect) and the denominator of which is the Participant’s Projected Benefit Service determined as of the Merger Date (under the terms of the Plan as then in effect).

	
 
	
(ii)
	
Alternative Benefit under Applicable Supplement.  The Accrued Benefit of certain groups of Participants which are frozen or otherwise limited or modified may be preserved as a minimum benefit in accordance with an applicable Supplement.

	
 
	
(iii)
	
No Diminishment of Benefit Amount after Early Retirement.  In no event will the Accrued Benefit of a Participant eligible for a normal retirement benefit be less than the largest early retirement benefit the Participant could have received if he had retired on his Early Retirement Date.

	
 
	
(iv)
	
Top-Heavy Minimum Benefit.  If Article XII is applicable to the Plan, the minimum benefit requirements of Section 12.4 may entitle certain Participants to minimum benefits under the Plan.

	
 
	
(v)
	
Pre-1989 Accrued Benefit.  Each Participant who was an Eligible Employee on December 31, 1988, under the terms of the Plan as in effect on such date is entitled to a “1988 Minimum Benefit” which is payable in lieu of any other benefits under the Plan if such 1988 Minimum Benefit is larger than the benefits otherwise payable to or for the benefit of such Participant hereunder.  Such 1988 Minimum Benefit will be an amount determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.1(a), except that such determination will not be subject to Section 2.11(e), and such determination will be made as of December 31, 1988, on the basis of the Participant’s Average Monthly Compensation, Projected Benefit Service, 

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Primary Social Security Benefit and Actual Years of Service of such Participant as of such date as determined under the terms of the Plan as then in effect. 

	
 
	
(vi)
	
Pre-1990 Accrued Benefit.  Each Participant who was an Eligible Employee on December 31, 1989 under the terms of the Plan as in effect on such date is entitled to a “1989 Minimum Benefit,” which is payable in lieu of any other benefits under the Plan if such 1989 Minimum Benefit is larger than the benefits otherwise payable to or for the benefit of such Participant hereunder.  Such 1989 Minimum Benefit will be an amount determined as of December 31, 1989 in accordance with Section 2.1(a), except that for purposes of this subsection (b)(vi) the Average Monthly Compensation, the Projected Benefit Service, the Primary Social Security Benefit and the actual Years of Service of a Participant will be determined as of December 31, 1989 based upon the terms of the Plan as then in effect.

	
 
	
(c)
	
Nondiscrimination Limitations.   The benefits accrued on behalf of any Participant who is a Highly Compensated Employee will be limited to no more than the maximum amount that may be so accrued on behalf of such Highly Compensated Employee under the Code Section 401(a)(4) nondiscrimination compliance testing method then in effect.

The benefit under any of Section 2.1(b)(i)-(vi) will be determined with reference to all of the provisions of the previous versions of this Plan referred to in such Section, including minimum benefit provisions similar to the other minimum benefit provisions of Section 2.1(b)(i)‐(vi).

2.2.“Actuarial Equivalent” . means, for purposes of computing a Lump Sum or the payments under the forms of benefit described in Article VII and for purposes of computing any adjustments applicable under the Plan to reflect the commencement of any form of benefit payments on or after the Effective Date and at a time other than a Participant’s Normal Retirement Date, the Pension Benefit having the same value as the Accrued Benefit based upon the applicable interest rates and mortality assumptions described below.

	
 
	
(a)
	
The following interest rates and mortality assumptions will apply with respect to a Participant who incurs a Termination of Employment:

	
 
	
(i)
	
Ten percent (10%) per annum compounded annually and applied as of the date of determination with respect to any computation of an optional form of benefit other than a Lump Sum;

	
 
	
(ii)
	
For a Lump Sum, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“PBGC”) immediate or deferred annuity interest rate (whichever is applicable) in effect at the beginning of the Plan Year in which the Participant’s benefit is paid hereunder, unless otherwise provided for in an applicable Supplement.  Such PBGC rate will apply to Participants who incur a Termination of Employment prior to January 1, 1996.  However, if the 

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Participant’s Termination of Employment occurred during the 1995 Plan Year, such rate will be the lesser of the PBGC rate in effect on the first day of the 1995 Plan Year or January 1, 1996 if the distribution was not made prior to January 1, 1996.  Effective for Terminations of Employment occurring after December 31, 1995, the applicable rate of interest based on the annual 30-year Treasury securities rate for October of the year prior to the Plan Year in which the Participant’s benefit hereunder is paid (except as otherwise provided in the last paragraph of this Section 2.2(a)(ii)) will be used to calculate Lump Sums; provided, however, that for distributions made in 1996, the applicable interest rate will not be greater than the annual 30-year Treasury securities rate for November of 1995.  

Beginning in February 2002, in light of the decision by the United States Department of Treasury to suspend issuance of 30-year bonds, and to therefore cease publication of the annual rate of interest on 30-year Treasury securities, the “annual rate of interest on 30-year Treasury securities” for a particular month will be based on such written guidance as may be issued from time to time by the Internal Revenue Service describing the appropriate 30-year Treasury interest rate to use for purposes of Code section 417(e).

For each Plan Year commencing with 2008, the interest rate shall be a blended rate, equal to the sum of the interest rate on 30-year Treasury securities, as determined in the preceding paragraphs, multiplied by the applicable percentage from the following table, plus the applicable segment rate, based upon the number of years until the Participant’s Normal Retirement Date, as determined under Code section 417(e)(3) as amended by the Pension Protection Act of 2006 for October of the year preceding the commencement of the Plan Year, multiplied by the applicable percentage from the following table:

			
	
Plan Year
	
Percentage for 30-year Treasury security rate
	
Percentage for applicable segment rate

	
2008
	
80
	
20

	
2009
	
60
	
40

	
2010
	
40
	
60

	
2011
	
20
	
80

	
2012 and thereafter
	
0
	
100

 

Effective December 1, 2012, the applicable rate of interest shall be based on the rate in effect for August of the year prior to the Plan Year in which the Participant’s benefit hereunder is paid; provided, however, that in the case of a Lump Sum paid prior to January 1, 2014, other than a Lump Sum paid pursuant to Supplement M, the applicable rate of interest shall be the 

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rate for either October or August of the year prior to the Plan Year in which the benefit is paid, whichever produces the larger Lump Sum.

	
 
	
(b)
	
The mortality assumption is determined in accordance with the 1971 Group Annuity Mortality Table, weighted 75 percent male and 25 percent female.  Effective for Terminations of Employment occurring after December 31, 1995,  the mortality assumption for purposes of the calculation of a Lump Sum payment will be the applicable mortality table prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to Code Section 417(e)(3)(A)(ii)(I).  For purposes of the foregoing, the “applicable mortality table” for distributions with annuity start dates beginning on or after December 31, 2002, is the mortality table prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury as set forth in Revenue Ruling 2001-62.  The “applicable mortality table” for distributions with annuity start dates beginning during 2008 is the mortality table set forth in Revenue Ruling 2007-67, and for distributions with annuity start dates beginning in Plan Years after 2008 the applicable mortality table will be the mortality table specified for the Plan Year by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to Code section 417(e)(3) as amended by the Pension Protection Act of 2006, each which applicable mortality tables is incorporated herein by this reference.

2.3.“Administrative Committee” . means the committee which is responsible for administering the Plan in accordance with Article VIII.

2.4.“American” . means American Hospital Supply Corporation, the sponsor of the AHSC Plan prior to the Merger Date.

2.5.“Average Monthly Compensation” . means, effective for Participants whose Termination of Employment occurs after December 31, 1997,  the amount determined under this Section.  For Participants whose last Termination of Employment occurred prior to January 1, 1998, the rules in Supplement H will apply, along with the provisions of subsection (f) below.  Prior to April 1, 2004, Average Monthly Compensation shall be determined in accordance with this Section 2.5 as in effect prior to this restatement (including all interpretations and administrative practices thereunder); provided that in no event shall any amendment to this Section 2.5 reduce any Participant’s Accrued Benefit as of March 31, 2004).

Average Monthly Compensation is the Participant’s Compensation paid while an Eligible Employee during the five consecutive Plan Years during the Participant’s compensation history which produces the largest amount, divided by 60.  A Participant’s compensation history includes the ten consecutive Plan Years preceding his most recent Termination of Employment.  However, if a Participant’s Termination Date is on or after December 7 of a Plan Year, such Plan Year will be included in the Participant’s ten-year compensation history.  If a Participant has fewer than five consecutive Plan Years but at least one Plan Year in his Compensation history, the Compensation from those years will be divided by the number of months in those Plan Years.

A Participant’s compensation history and Average Monthly Compensation will be determined without regard to the following “drop-out years” and the Compensation earned in such years:

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(i)
	
the Participant’s first partial Plan Year of employment as an Eligible Employee,

	
 
	
(ii)
	
any Plan Year in which the Participant was an Eligible Employee and was credited with less than 1,000 Hours of Service, 

	
 
	
(iii)
	
any Plan Year in which the Participant performed no services for an Employer, and

	
 
	
(iv)
	
any Plan Year in which the Participant was employed at any time during such Plan Year by a Non-Participating Employer other than an Employer that has adopted the Baxter Healthcare Corporation of Puerto Rico Pension Plan as described in subsection (d), below, unless the Participant transferred from a Participating Employer to any such Non-Participating Employer on or after December 7 of the Plan Year, in which case the Plan Year will be included in determining Average Monthly Compensation, subject to clause (ii), above; provided, that this exclusion will only apply to Plan Years beginning with 2007 if the Non-Participating Employer to which the Participant is transferred is not a United States domestic Employer. 

Except as provided in Section 2.11(a)(i)(A)(20), and subject to other provisions of the Plan, Compensation for any Plan Year will not include Compensation paid more than 30 days after the Participant’s Termination of Employment.  

Compensation will not be disregarded solely because it was used to calculate an Accrued Benefit that was previously paid in a lump sum.

The following special rules will apply in determining Average Monthly Compensation:

	
 
	
(a)
	
Participants with Less Than One Year of Compensation.  If, after the drop-out years are disregarded, a Participant has less than one Plan Year of Compensation while an Eligible Employee, Average Monthly Compensation means the Participant’s total Compensation as an Eligible Employee annualized based on the period over which such Compensation was earned and divided by twelve.

	
 
	
(b)
	
Disabled Participants.  The Average Monthly Compensation of a Participant entitled to disability retirement benefits will be subject to the modification described in Section 4.4(a).

	
 
	
(c)
	
Imputed Compensation.  Participants transferred to Allegiance Corporation on or about September 30, 1996 who consequently did not receive a full year of Compensation during the 1996 Plan Year will have their Average Monthly Compensation adjusted as set forth in Supplement D.

	
 
	
(d)
	
Transfers to/from Puerto Rico.  If a Participant transfers from a Participating Employer to a Non-Participating Employer that has adopted the Baxter Healthcare Corporation of Puerto Rico Pension Plan, or transfers from such Non-

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Participating Employer doing business in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to a Participating Employer, his Average Monthly Compensation will take into account both his Compensation and the Plan Years while employed by such Non-Participating Employer doing business in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Participating Employer as if he were at all times an Eligible Employee.

	
 
	
(e)
	
Rehired Participants.   

	
 
	
(i)
	
A Participant’s Compensation in the year he is rehired will be disregarded for purposes of determining his Average Monthly Compensation, except as otherwise provided in clause (ii).

	
 
	
(ii)
	
If the Participant was rehired in the same year that he incurred a Termination of Employment, such Plan Year and the Compensation earned during such Plan Year may be included in determining Average Monthly Compensation, subject to the drop-out rules, above, but if such Plan Year is included the calculation of Average Monthly Compensation shall be adjusted to reflect the fraction of the Plan Year of rehire during which the Compensation was earned.

	
 
	
(iii)
	
A rehired Participant’s Compensation earned as an Eligible Employee prior to his Termination of Employment shall be included (subject to the drop-out rules) regardless of whether he incurred a One-Year Break in Service prior to being rehired and regardless of whether he received a Lump Sum payment upon Termination of Employment.  The Administrative Committee may establish procedures for estimating a Participant’s Compensation during a prior period of employment if the actual amount cannot be ascertained.

	
 
	
(iv)
	
The provisions of this paragraph (e) will not apply to a Participant who is rehired after December 31, 2006.

	
 
	
(f)
	
Transition Rules.  The rules in this Section will apply with respect to Participants whose Termination of Employment occurs after December 31, 1997.  If a Participant commenced a new compensation history under the Plan prior to January 1, 1998 under the prior rules for determining Average Monthly Compensation because of non-continuous service (a “service break”), and the Compensation for the Plan Year following the Plan Year in which the service break ends was more than the Compensation for the Plan Year prior to the Plan Year in which the service break began, then the rules in this Section will apply only with respect to the compensation history following such service break.  If the Compensation in the Plan Year following the Plan Year in which the service break ends is less than the Compensation in the Plan Year prior to the Plan Year in which the service break began, then the rules in this Section will apply to all Plan Years prior to such service break and to all Plan Years following such service break.  However, the foregoing sentence will not apply if subsequent 

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increases in Compensation result in a reduction in a Participant’s Accrued Benefit in violation of Code Section 411(d)(6).

	
 
	
(g)
	
Rehires after Divestitures. In any case in which a Participant ceases to participate in the Plan as the result of a sale or other divestiture of the business that employed the Participant, and the Participant’s Accrued Benefit and the assets attributable to such Accrued Benefit are transferred to another plan in connection with the transaction, if such Participant is subsequently rehired by an Employer the Compensation paid to such Employee prior to such transaction shall not be included in Average Monthly Compensation unless the Participant is rehired prior to January 1, 2007, and the Accrued Benefit and attributable assets are transferred back to the Plan.  

2.6.“Beneficiary” . means the persons or trusts validly designated by a Participant or the Plan in accordance with Section 6.7 to receive any benefits payable on behalf of such Participant after his death.

2.7.“Benefit Reduction Factors” . means the factors utilized to adjust the amount of a Participant’s benefits to reflect that such benefits are paid earlier than the Participant’s Normal Retirement Date.  The Benefit Reduction Factors utilized for purposes of the Plan will be determined as follows:

	
 
	
(a)
	
Participants with 85 Points.  Except as provided in (d) below, the benefits of a Participant will not be reduced to reflect early payment if the total number of the Participant’s Points as of his Termination of Employment equals or exceeds 85 Points.

	
 
	
(b)
	
Participants with At Least 65 but Fewer Than 85 Points and Disabled Participants.  Except as provided in (d) below, the benefits of a Participant whose total number of Points as of his Termination of Employment equals 65 or more Points but less than 85 Points, or who qualifies for Disability Retirement under Section 4.4, will be calculated in accordance with Table 1 of Supplement A as of the date his payments commence.

	
 
	
(c)
	
Reduction Factors Applicable to Participants with Fewer Than 65 Points.  Except as provided in (d) below, a Participant who incurs a Termination of Employment prior to attaining 65 Points and elects to cause his Benefits to commence at or after attainment of 65 Points will be subject to the Benefit Reduction Factors described in Table 4 of Supplement A.

	
 
	
(d)
	
Reduction Factors Applicable to Pre‐1990 Accrued Benefits.  In the case of a Participant whose Accrued Benefit is determined on the basis of his American Merger Benefit in accordance with Section 2.1(b)(i), the Benefit Reduction Factors are set forth in Table 3 of Supplement A. In the case of a Participant whose Accrued Benefit is determined on the basis of his 1988 Accrued Benefit in accordance with Section 2.1(b)(v) or on the basis of his 1989 Accrued Benefit in accordance with Section 2.1(b)(vi), the Benefit Reduction Factors are set forth in 

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Table 2 of Supplement A.  However, if any Participant is age 55 upon Termination of Employment and his Accrued Benefit is based on the 1988 Accrued Benefit or the 1989 Accrued Benefit, the reduction factor will be .25% per month for each month that the Payment Date precedes the Participant’s Normal Retirement Date.  A Participant entitled to the American Merger Benefit is entitled to the .25% factor only if he attained age 55 as of November 25, 1985.

In no case will the benefit calculated above be less than the benefit to which a participant who did not incur a Termination of Employment prior to January 1, 1985 would be entitled on December 31, 1984 using the Actuarial Equivalent assumptions then in effect.

2.8.“Board of Directors” . means the Board of Directors of the Company.

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

2.10.“Company” . means Baxter International Inc.

2.11.“Compensation” . means the amount determined with respect to a Participant in accordance with the following alternative definitions:

	
 
	
(a)
	
Compensation.  Except as required by (b), (c) or (d) below, for each Eligible Employee, “Compensation” means the amounts paid by the Participating Employers during the Plan Year to such Eligible Employee for services as an Employee which is included in such Compensation under the rules set forth in Section 2.11(a)(i) below, other than such Compensation which is excluded under the rules set forth in Section 2.11(a)(ii) below.  Compensation also includes amounts paid by a Non-Participating Employer that has adopted the Baxter Healthcare Corporation of Puerto Rico Pension Plan while an Eligible Employee is on the payroll of such Non-Participating Employer.

	
 
	
(i)
	
Included Pay.  For purposes of this subsection 2.11(a), an Eligible Employee’s Compensation will include the items described in (A) and (B), below:

	
 
	
(A)
	
The portion of  such earnings of an Employee which are required to be reported as taxable income on Form W‐2 (or which would be required to be so reported but for the fact that such Compensation is paid by an Employer in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico), including:

	
 
	
1.
	
bonuses paid pursuant to the Management Incentive Compensation Plan bonuses or any annual bonus plan adopted in replacement thereof; payments in lieu of salary increases; bonuses paid to sales representatives if included in the compensation plan; and other bonuses under bonus plans specifically designated by the Administrative 

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Committee as constituting Compensation hereunder, other than bonuses described in Section 2.11(a)(ii)(C)(7);

	
 
	
2.
	
call in pay;

	
 
	
3.
	
commission pay;

	
 
	
4.
	
double time pay;

	
 
	
5.
	
draws toward commissions;

	
 
	
6.
	
funeral pay;

	
 
	
7.
	
holiday pay;

	
 
	
8.
	
jury duty pay;

	
 
	
9.
	
lead pay;

	
 
	
10.
	
mileage pay for long haul truckers;

	
 
	
11.
	
military pay;

	
 
	
12.
	
on-call (beeper) pay

	
 
	
13.
	
overtime pay;

	
 
	
14.
	
paid absences;

	
 
	
15.
	
retroactive pay;

	
 
	
16.
	
salary or other regular pay;

	
 
	
17.
	
shift differentials;

	
 
	
18.
	
sick pay or other short-term disability pay;

	
 
	
19.
	
straight time pay;

	
 
	
20.
	
severance pay as follows: (a) for an Eligible Employee  whose Termination of Employment occurred prior to January 1, 1990, an amount equal to the actual amount of severance paid, not to exceed six months of severance pay; and (b) for Participants whose Termination of Employment occurred after December 31, 1989 and before May 1, 1996, six months of severance pay;

	
 
	
21.
	
vacation pay.

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(B)
	
the amount of any salary reduction or cash or deferred contributions made by such Eligible Employee under any plan maintained by the Participating Employers which satisfies the requirements of Code Section 125 (other than the amounts described in Sections 2.11(a)(ii)(C)(11) and (12) below), Code Section 401(k), or Code Section 132(f).

	
 
	
(ii)
	
Excluded Pay.  For purposes of this Section 2.11(a), an Eligible Employee’s Compensation will exclude:

	
 
	
(A)
	
Amounts required to be reported on such form as imputed income arising from the Participating Employer’s moving expense reimbursement policies, the Participating Employer’s life insurance plans or the Participating Employer’s other fringe benefit plans;

	
 
	
(B)
	
Amounts paid to replace benefits not provided under any qualified plan due to the contribution or benefit limitations or non‐discrimination restrictions; and

	
 
	
(C)
	
The following amounts paid, accrued or imputed:

	
 
	
1.
	
attendance awards;

	
 
	
2.
	
automobile allowances;

	
 
	
3.
	
business expense reimbursements;

	
 
	
4.
	
cash prizes or awards;

	
 
	
5.
	
gifts;

	
 
	
6.
	
contest pay;

	
 
	
7.
	
deferred compensation, including deferred bonuses;

	
 
	
8.
	
discretionary awards;

	
 
	
9.
	
employee referral awards;

	
 
	
10.
	
executive perquisite allowances;

	
 
	
11.
	
flex credits;

	
 
	
12.
	
flex cash;

	
 
	
13.
	
hiring bonuses;

	
 
	
14.
	
income from sale of stock;

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15.
	
income from the exercise of stock options;

	
 
	
16.
	
interest earnings on deferred compensation, including deferred bonuses;

	
 
	
17.
	
invention fees and awards;

	
 
	
18.
	
long term disability pay;

	
 
	
19.
	
mortgage differential payments;

	
 
	
20.
	
noncash prizes or awards;

	
 
	
21.
	
pay for unused sick time;

	
 
	
22.
	
performance shares;

	
 
	
23.
	
promotional awards;

	
 
	
24.
	
relocation expense reimbursements;

	
 
	
25.
	
restricted stock rights;

	
 
	
26.
	
retention bonuses;

	
 
	
27.
	
severance pay, effective for Terminations of Employment occurring after April 30, 1996;

	
 
	
28.
	
stock appreciation rights;

	
 
	
29.
	
tax equalization payments to expatriates;

	
 
	
30.
	
technical achievement awards;

	
 
	
31.
	
travel allowances;

	
 
	
32.
	
tuition reimbursements; and

	
 
	
33.
	
workers’ compensation benefits.

	
 
	
(b)
	
Compensation of Commissioned Sales Representatives.  Except as provided in (c) and (d) below, the definition of Compensation set forth in Section 2.11(a) will apply with respect to an Eligible Employee who is a commissioned sales representative receiving Compensation without reimbursement for expenses under Pay Plan D, except that only eighty‐five percent (85%) of the amounts included in Compensation will be recognized.

	
 
	
(c)
	
“Compensation” for Certain Purposes.  For purposes of Section 13.12, and for purposes of determining whether an Employee is a Highly Compensated 

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Employee, “Compensation” means the compensation paid by an Employer during the Plan Year to an Employee for personal services rendered and which is reportable as taxable income on IRS Form W-2, plus the amount of any salary reduction or cash or deferred contributions made by such Eligible Employee under any plan maintained by the Participating Employers which satisfies the requirements of Code Section 125, Code Section 401(k), or Code Section 132(f).  Anything else contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, effective January 1, 2008, “Compensation” for such purposes shall not include any amount paid to an Employee after the Employee’s termination of employment unless (i) such amount is paid by the later of the end of the year in which employment is terminated or two and one half months after the date of termination, (ii) such amount would otherwise have been included in the applicable definition of Compensation, and (iii) such amount constitutes either salary, wages (including overtime, shift differentials and similar amounts), commissions or bonuses that would have been paid prior to termination of employment if the Employee’s employment had not terminated, payment for unused sick, vacation or other leave that the Employee would have been able to use if employment had continued, or payment of nonqualified deferred compensation that would have been paid at the same time had employment not terminated.

	
 
	
(d)
	
Maximum Amount of “Compensation.” The annual Compensation for each Eligible Employee taken into account under the Plan in any Plan Year shall not exceed $265,000, as adjusted for such Plan Year for cost-of-living as provided in Code Section 401(a)(17).  If Compensation for any prior Plan Year  is taken into account in determining an Employee’s benefits accruing in the current Plan Year, the Compensation for that prior Plan Year will be subject to the compensation limit in effect for that prior Plan Year; provided that the compensation limit for Plan Years prior to 2003 shall be $200,000.

	
 
	
(e)
	
Differential Military Pay.   Any amount paid to a Participant while on active duty for a period of more than 30 days in the uniformed services of the United States, which represents all or a portion of the Compensation the Participant would have received if not on active duty, shall constitute Compensation for all purposes of the Plan.

2.12.“Computation Period” . means the Plan Year or, solely for purposes of determining Years of Eligibility Service under Section 2.50(c), either the twelve‐month period commencing on the Employment Date or any Plan Year beginning with the first Plan Year commencing after the Employment Date.

2.13.“Death Benefit” . means the benefit, if any, provided under Article VI of the Plan.

2.14.“Disability” . means a mental or physical condition which occurs prior to a Participant’s Termination of Employment which entitles the Participant to disability benefits under the federal Social Security Act.  To qualify as a Disability, the Participant must be 

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determined to be disabled by the Social Security Administration as of a date which falls on or before his Termination of Employment (determined without regard to Section 2.45(b))

2.15.“Early Retirement Date” . means the date of the Participant’s Termination of Employment subsequent to the date he has accumulated 65 Points and five Years of Service as defined in Section 2.50(b) (or after he has attained age 55, in the case of a Participant who first became a Participant prior to January 1, 1990 and whose Benefit is determined on the basis of his Pre‐1990 Accrued Benefit in accordance with Section 2.1(b)(i), (v) or (vi)).

2.16.“Effective Date” . means January 1, 2016, except as expressly provided otherwise in the Plan. 

2.17.“Eligible Employee” . means any Employee who was on the payroll of a Participating Employer on December 31, 2006, and whose Compensation constitutes wages from employment within the meaning of Sections 3121(a) and (b) of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act on and after the effective date of the adoption of the Plan by the Participating Employer. Eligible Employees will not include any of the following:

	
 
	
(a)
	
Collective Bargaining Exclusion.  An Employee who is a member of a unit of employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement if there is evidence that retirement benefits were the subject of good faith bargaining between representatives of such unit and an Employer;

	
 
	
(b)
	
Excluded Classifications.  (i) Employees employed in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or an Excluded Division listed on Supplement C; (ii) non-resident aliens with no U.S.-source income; (iii) non-resident aliens with U.S.-source income who have been assigned one of the benefit entitlement codes listed in Supplement E; (iv) any Employees (including U.S. citizens) accruing benefits under the Company’s pension plan for international employees, (v) leased employees described in Code Section 414(n) or (vi) an independent contractor or self-employed individual.  If an Employee is excluded from participation in the Plan as an independent contractor and is later reclassified as an employee for wage and hour purposes such Employee will be eligible as of the date of his reclassification to become a Participant, upon the completion of the eligibility requirements of Section 3.2, and will be credited with his Years of Service completed since the date as of which he became an employee for purposes of Section 2.50(b) but not for purposes of Section 2.50(a).  If a Participant is reclassified for wage and hour purposes as an independent contractor or self-employed individual, any Accrued Benefit under the Plan attributable to service while the individual was improperly classified will be forfeited.

	
 
	
(c)
	
Employees Hired after December 31, 2006.  Anything else contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, an Employee who was not employed by a Participating Employer on December 31, 2006, shall not be an Eligible Employee, and shall not become a Participant or accrue any benefit hereunder.

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2.18.“Employee” . means any person who is an employee of an Employer (as determined under the law of the relevant state or country) in active employment or on an approved leave of absence (including the period of Disability described in Section 4.4), including the period of time before which it became an Employer, but excluding the period of time after which it ceases to be an Employer. An individual who is considered a leased employee of an Employer under the provisions of Code Section 414(n)(2), as amended by the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, will be an Employee.

For purposes of the Plan, including Section 2.17(b)(v), “leased employee” means any person (other than a common-law employee of an Employer) who, under an agreement between an Employer and any other person (the “leasing organization”), has performed services for an Employer or for an Employer 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 year, provided that the services are performed under the primary direction or control of an Employer.  Contributions provided to a leased employee that are attributable to services performed for an Employer will be treated as provided by the Employer.  The term “leased employee” will not include any person who would otherwise be a leased employee if (a) the person is covered by a money purchase pension plan providing (i) a nonintegrated employer contribution rate of at least 10% of compensation, as defined in Code Section 415(c)(3), but including amounts contributed in accordance with a salary reduction agreement that are excludable from the person’s gross income under Code Section 125, 402(e)(3), 402(h), or 403(b), (ii) immediate participation, and (iii) full and immediate vesting; and (b) leased employees do not constitute more than 20% of the workforce of the Employer who are not Highly Compensated Employees.  

2.19.“Employer” . means:

	
 
	
(a)
	
Controlled Group.  A Participating Employer and any corporation, trade or business, if it and the Participating Employer are members of a controlled group of corporations as defined in Code Section 414(b) or under common control as defined in Code Section 414(c); provided, however, that, solely for purposes of the provisions pertaining to maximum pensions set forth in Section 13.12, the standard of control under Code Sections 414(b) and 414(c) will be deemed to be “more than 50 percent” rather than “at least 80 percent”;

	
 
	
(b)
	
Affiliated Service Group.  A Participating Employer and an organization, if it and the Participating Employer are members of an affiliated service group as defined in Code Section 414(m); or

	
 
	
(c)
	
Other Related Organizations.  A Participating Employer and any other organization described in applicable regulations issued under Code Section 414(o).

2.20.“Employment Date” . means the day a person is credited with his first Hour of Service, or in the case of an Employee who loses his prior Years of Eligibility Service, the first day on which the Employee is credited with an Hour of Service upon his rehire as an Employee.

2.21.“Entry Date” . means January 1 and July 1 of each Plan Year, except as provided in Section 3.3(b).

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

2.23.“Excluded Division” . means a division or unit of a Participating Employer, the Employees of which are not Eligible Employees.  Excluded Divisions are all divisions or units excluded from the Plan pursuant to Supplement C.

2.24.“Highly Compensated Employee” . refers to an Employee if, for a Plan Year:

	
 
	
(a)
	
The Employee was a five-percent owner (as defined in Code Section 416(i)) of the Employer at any time during that Plan Year or the preceding Plan Year; and

	
 
	
(b)
	
for the preceding year, the Employee

	
 
	
(i)
	
had Compensation in excess of $120,000 (as adjusted pursuant to Code Section 414(q)(1)), and

	
 
	
(ii)
	
was in the top 20% of Employees, ranked by Compensation paid during such Plan Year.

For purposes of paragraph (b)(ii) Compensation is not limited as provided in Code Section 401(a)(17).  Employees who have not completed six months of service, who normally work less than 171⁄2 hours per week, who normally work not more than six months during any Plan Year, who have not attained age 21 and union employees are excluded from the determination of the top 20% of Employees.  

For purposes of this Section, non-resident aliens with no U.S.-source income are not considered Employees.

2.25.“Hour of Service” . means:

	
 
	
(a)
	
Duty Hours.  Each hour for which an Employee is directly or indirectly paid or entitled to payment by an Employer for the performance of duties.

	
 
	
(b)
	
Non-Duty Hours (Paid).  Each hour for which an Employee is directly or indirectly paid or entitled to payment by an Employer for reasons (such as vacation, holidays, sickness, short-term disability, long-term disability, medical leave, family medical leave or jury duty) other than the performance of duties.

	
 
	
(c)
	
Non-Duty Hours (Unpaid).  Each hour for which an Employee is not paid due to medical leave, family medical leave, approved leave of absence or on layoff.  Up to a total of 501 Hours of Service will be credited under this subsection (c) to an Employee in a Computation Period on account of any single continuous period during which the Employee performs no duties; provided, however, that if such continuous period extends into the next Computation Period, up to 501 additional Hours of Service will be credited in such next Computation Period; and further provided that no Hours of Service will be credited under this subsection (c) for any period of time after the Employee’s Termination of Employment.

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(d)
	
Back-Pay Hours.  Each hour for which no credit has been given under subsections (a), (b) or (c) above, but for which back pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages, has been either awarded or agreed to by an Employer.

	
 
	
(e)
	
Military Service Hours.  To the extent not taken into account under another subsection of this Section, each hour of the normally scheduled work week during a period when the Employee is absent from employment with an Employer for voluntary or involuntary military service with the armed forces of the United States, provided that either such Employee is receiving Compensation from the Employer representing the differential between the Employee’s normal Compensation and the amount paid to the Employee by the armed forces, or that the Employee returns to work within 90 days after his discharge date or within such longer period of time as may be prescribed by USERRA.

	
 
	
(f)
	
Worker’s Compensation.  No Hours of Service will be credited if payment is made solely to comply with applicable workers’ compensation or disability insurance laws.

	
 
	
(g)
	
Disability.  For purposes of Section 2.50, Hours of Service will only be counted during a period for which a Participant receives payments on account of a Disability to the extent provided in Section 4.4.

	
 
	
(h)
	
Intermittent Family Leave.  An Employee will be credited with Hours of Service for each week in which he is on Intermittent Family Leave.  Subsection  (c) will not apply to such Employees.  “Intermittent Family Leave” has the meaning given in the Employer’s policies and procedures manual for an Employee who periodically needs time off for the treatment and care of himself or family members due to conditions which require ongoing medical treatment but which do not require the Employee to take an extended leave of absence to provide or obtain such care.

	
 
	
(i)
	
Maternity/Paternity Absences and FMLA Leave.  An Employee who is absent from work due to a Maternity/Paternity Absence (as hereinafter defined) or due to an unpaid leave of absence for which credit is required pursuant to the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, as amended, to be given for purposes of avoiding a break in service shall be treated as having completed certain Hours of Service for a limited period.  The Employee will be treated as completing either (i) the number of Hours of Service that normally would have been credited but for the absence (i.e., 45 Hours of Service per week) or (ii) if the normal work hours are unknown, eight Hours of Service for each normal workday during the leave, to a maximum per Plan Year of 501 Hours of Service.  The Hours of Service required to be credited under this subsection must be credited only to prevent a One-Year Break in Service in the Plan Year in which the absence begins for one of the permitted reasons or, if crediting in such year is not necessary to prevent a One-Year Break in Service in the Plan Year, in the following Plan Year.  For this purposes, a “Maternity/Paternity Absence” means a paid or unpaid absence from employment (including an unapproved leave of absence) with an Employer by 

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reason of the pregnancy of the Employee; by reason of the birth of a child of the Employee; by reason of the placement of a child under age 18 in connection with the adoption of the child by the Employee (including a trial period prior to adoption); or for purposes of caring for a child immediately following birth or adoption.  The Employee must prove to the satisfaction of the Administrative Committee that the absence meets the above requirements and must supply information concerning the length of the absence unless the Administrative Committee has access to relevant information without the Employee submitting it

The number of Hours of Service to be credited to Employees will be calculated based on 45 hours for each week for which the Employee would be entitled to at least one Hour of Service.  In the case of a payment which is made or due on account of a period during which an Employee performs no duties and which results in the crediting of Hours of Service under subsection (b), (c) or (e) above, or in the case of an award or agreement for back pay made with respect to a period described in subsection (d) above, the number of Hours of Service to be credited will be in accordance with the provisions of the Rules and Regulations for Minimum Standards for Employee Pension Benefit Plans, U.S. Department of Labor, 29 C.F.R. Section 2530.200b-2(b) which are hereby incorporated by reference.  Such rules and regulations will apply to subsection (c) above as if absences described in such Section were paid absences.  Hours of Service will be credited to a Plan Year in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of the above-cited Department of Labor Regulations.  Hours required to be credited for more than one reason under this Section which pertain to the same period of time will be credited only once.

For purposes of determining the Hours of Service for eligibility, Years of Service under Section 2.50(b) and Points under Section 2.40, an Employee employed by a Non-Participating Employer outside of the United States (i.e., not on a U.S. payroll) will be credited with 190 Hours of Service for each month during which he is employed in such capacity.

2.26.“Investment Committee” . means the committee which is responsible for directing the investment of the Trust Fund in accordance with Article VIII.

2.27.“Investment Manager” . means a fiduciary who meets the requirements of ERISA Section 3(38) and to whom the Investment Committee has delegated the responsibility for investment of a portion of the assets of the Trust Fund.

2.28.“Joint and 50 Percent Survivor Annuity” . means, except where specifically provided to the contrary in Sections 6.3(b) and 7.2(a), a reduced Pension Benefit payable monthly during the lifetime of the Participant with the provision that 50 percent of such monthly benefit will be payable to the Participant’s surviving Spouse in monthly installments commencing on the first day of the month following the month in which the Participant dies, and continuing thereafter on the first day of the month during the remaining lifetime of the Spouse.

2.29.“Lump Sum” . means a lump sum payment in cash which is the Actuarial Equivalent of the Participant’s Accrued Benefit.

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2.30.“Non-forfeitable” . means, with respect to a Participant’s Accrued Benefit, 100% of such Accrued Benefit, provided that the Participant:

	
 
	
(a)
	
reached his Normal Retirement Date;

	
 
	
(b)
	
completed five Years of Service if the Participant was employed by an Employer after December 31, 1988;

	
 
	
(c)
	
completed ten Years of Service if the Participant was employed by an Employer prior to January 1, 1989, but not after December 31, 1988;

	
 
	
(d)
	
is entitled to the American Merger Benefit described in Section 2.1(b)(i), (but such Non-forfeitable interest obtained by this subsection (d) will be limited to such American Merger Benefit); or

	
 
	
(e)
	
is subject to accelerated vesting under Article V, but only with respect to the Accrued Benefit earned as of the date provided for in the resolution that grants full vesting of the Accrued Benefit.

2.31.“Normal Retirement Date” . means the date on which a Participant attains age 65.

2.32.“One-Year Break in Service” . means a Computation Period (other than the first Computation Period used to determine Eligibility Years of Service) in which an Employee has fewer than 501 Hours of Service.

2.33.“Participant” . means a person who is participating in the Plan pursuant to the provisions of Article III.

2.34.“Participating Employer”; “Non-Participating Employer”.  A Participating Employer means the Company or any Employer on and after the effective date of its adoption of the Plan in accordance with Section 10.1.  A Non-Participating Employer means any Employer which is not a Participating Employer.  For all purposes of the Plan, an Employee who is employed by a Non-Participating Employer, but who is nevertheless eligible to participate in the Plan under a grandfather rule or similar action by the Administrative Committee, shall be treated as employed by a Participating Employer.

2.35.“Participating Employer Contributions” . means contributions by Participating Employers to the Trust under the terms of Section 9.8.

2.36.“Payment Date” . means the date as of which the payment of a retirement or disability benefit commences as set forth in Sections 4.1 through 4.5.  If a Participant is rehired by an Employer prior to his Normal Retirement Date, any Payment Date determined under Sections 4.3, 4.4 or 4.5 will be disregarded.

2.37.“Pension Benefit” . means the benefit payable to a Participant under the provisions of Section 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 or 4.5.

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2.38.“Plan” . means the Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries Pension Plan (as amended), as set forth in this document and the attached Supplements.

2.39.“Plan Year” . means the twelve consecutive month period beginning January 1 and ending December 31.

2.40.“Points” . means, with respect to any Participant, a number which is equal to 

	
 
	
(a)
	
the sum of the number of full years of the Participant’s attained age and the number of his Years of Service described in Section 2.50(a); plus

	
 
	
(b)
	
the Participant’s service with Non-Participating Employer(s) that would have constituted Years of Service under Section 2.50(a) as if such Non-Participating Employer(s) were Participating Employer(s) and as if the Participant’s remuneration with such Employer(s) consisted of wages subject to the Federal Insurance Contributions Act while employed by such Employer; plus

	
 
	
(c)
	
the Participant’s service with an Employer after December 31, 2006, that would have constituted Years of Service if the Participant had not elected to cease accruing benefits as of December 31, 2006, pursuant to Section 3.1(c); minus

	
 
	
(d)
	
any Years of Service under Section 2.50(a) attributable to prior Lump Sums of $5,000 or less.

For purposes of Section 2.40(b), above, a Participant will receive credit for 190 Hours of Service for each calendar month in which he is employed by a Non-Participating Employer outside of the United States.

2.41.“Primary Social Security Benefit” . means the benefit amount specified in (a) below, subject to the provisions of (b), (c), (d) and (e) below:

	
 
	
(a)
	
General Rule.  The estimated monthly primary insurance amount that a Participant is or would be entitled to receive commencing at age 65, or at Termination of Employment, if later, under the Social Security Act, whether or not he applies for or actually receives such benefit.  For purposes of the Plan, such estimated amount will be determined as of the last date that he receives Compensation (“Date of Determination”) on the following basis.

	
 
	
(i)
	
Social Security Act.  The calculation is based on the provisions of the Social Security Act as in effect on the Date of Determination (regardless of any retroactive changes made by legislation enacted after said date). The factors for indexing wages, if any, and the table or formula that would be used to compute the Participant’s benefit upon his attaining age 65, or his Date of Determination if later, will remain unchanged from those in effect on the Date of Determination.

	
 
	
(ii)
	
Wages in Past Years. If submitted by the Participant as described in (c) below, the Participant’s actual wages under Code Section 3121 for Past 

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Years; otherwise wages in Past Years are determined by projecting the Pivot Wage backwards from the Pivot Year by six percent (6%) per year..

	
 
	
(iii)
	
Wages in Future Years. Wages in all Future Years are assumed to equal the Pivot Wage;

	
 
	
(iv)
	
Definitions.

	
 
	
(A)
	
“Pivot Year” is the calendar year preceding the calendar year of the Date of Determination.

	
 
	
(B)
	
“Past Years” are those calendar years equal to or before the Pivot Year and equal to or after the later of the calendar year 1951 or the calendar year of the Participant’s 22nd birthday.

	
 
	
(C)
	
“Future Years” are those calendar years after the Pivot Year and before the later of the calendar year of the Date of Determination or the calendar year of the Participant’s 65th birthday.

	
 
	
(D)
	
“Annualized Compensation” for a calendar year is the actual Compensation received in the calendar year multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the calendar year and the denominator or which is the number of days in the calendar year included in the period or periods for which the Participant received Compensation.

	
 
	
(E)
	
“Pivot Wage” is the Participant’s Annualized Compensation for the Pivot Year if the Participant received any Compensation in the Pivot Year; otherwise it is the Annualized Compensation for the calendar year of the Date of Determination discounted by six percent (6%).

	
 
	
(b)
	
Disability Exception.  The Primary Social Security Benefit for a Participant eligible to receive a disability retirement benefit under Section 4.4 will be calculated as described in subsection (a) above except that:

	
 
	
(i)
	
The Date of Determination will be the earlier of the date he ceases accruing an Accrued Benefit under Section 4.4 or his Normal Retirement Date; and

	
 
	
(ii)
	
The Participant’s Pivot Year will be the calendar year next preceding the year in which his Disability arose for which a full year of such wages were paid.

	
 
	
(c)
	
Proof of Actual Benefit Amounts.  The Participant may submit his actual wage history on such forms, in such manner and at such times as the Administrative Committee will require for the purpose of determining wages through the Participant’s Termination of Employment.  In no case will the submission of a 

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Participant’s actual wage history cause him to receive a smaller benefit than he would have been entitled to using estimated earnings.  A Participant will have up to six months to submit his actual wage history after being informed of the opportunity to do so.  A Participant may not submit his actual wage history later than 30 days prior to his Payment Date.  A Participant who has attained age 65 may submit an actual award letter from the Social Security Administration at least 30 days prior to his Payment Date and such award will be used to determine the offset under Section 2.1, if the offset is less than the amount that would have been offset using the assumptions set forth in this Section 2.41.  The date payments commence under such award letter (or the date of such award letter if there is no commencement date) must be no earlier than twelve months prior to the Participant’s Payment Date.

	
 
	
(d)
	
Limitation on Offset.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a), (b), or (c) above, where it can be demonstrated that the dollar amount of a Participant’s Primary Social Security Benefit determined above and offset by this Plan exceeds the amount permitted to be offset for the Plan to remain qualified under Code Section 401(a), based on the Participant’s actual detailed earnings history under Code Section 3121, such offset will be accordingly reduced.

	
 
	
(e)
	
Accrued Benefit Prior to January 1, 1988. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, the Accrued Benefit of a Participant who terminated employment prior to January 1, 1988 will be determined by the AHSC Plan or Travenol Plan as in effect immediately prior to such date.’

2.42.“Projected Benefit Service” . means a Participant’s actual Years of Service plus the additional Years of Service he would be expected to earn if he continued in employment as an Eligible Employee who performs at least 1,000 hours of service each Plan Year until his Normal Retirement Date.

2.43.“Single Life Annuity” . means the form of payment of a Participant’s Pension Benefit described in Section 7.2(b).

2.44.“Spouse” . means the person who is married to the Participant at the relevant time.  If a Participant was lawfully married under the laws of the state or other jurisdiction in which the marriage ceremony was performed (including a marriage to a person of the same gender), or if a Participant entered into a common law marriage that was valid in the state or other jurisdiction in which the Participant resided at the time, the person to whom the Participant was married shall continue to be considered the Participant’s Spouse regardless of the laws of the state or other jurisdiction in which the Participant currently resides.  The Administrative Committee is entitled to rely on a Participant’s representation of his marital status.  A Participant whose records indicate that he is married may establish that he was subsequently divorced or abandoned upon delivery of a court order evidencing the same to the Administrative Committee.

2.45.“Termination of Employment” . occurs when a person ceases to be an Employee.  The Termination of Employment for an Employee incurring a separation from service prior to May 1, 1996 will occur as of the last day he is listed on an Employer’s payroll.  

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The Termination of Employment of an Employee incurring a separation from service after April 30, 1996 will occur as of the date of such separation, regardless of whether any post-separation pay is owed to such Participant or included in such Participant’s Compensation.  The date of a  Participant’s Termination of Employment is subject to the provisions of Supplement D.  The foregoing provisions also are subject to the following rules:

	
 
	
(a)
	
Transfers.  A transfer of employment from a Participating Employer to any other Employer within the controlled group as defined in Section 2.19(a) will not constitute a Termination of Employment.  

	
 
	
(b)
	
Disability. Effective for disabilities determined by the Social Security Administration to have occurred after September 30, 1996 a Participant’s Termination of Employment, for purposes of determining whether an Employee is entitled to a Disability Pension Benefit under Section 4.4, occurs as of the end of the six-month period immediately following his separation from service with an Employer during which he is receiving disability pay.  If no disability date is indicated by the Social Security Administration’s award letter, then the disability date will be deemed to occur after September 30, 1996 as long as the Social Security award letter is dated after March 31, 1997.  If the award letter is dated prior to April 1, 1997, the disability date will be deemed to occur prior to October 1, 1996 and the six-month period will be increased to twelve months.  For purposes of determining his Accrued Benefit under Section 4.4(a), a Disabled Participant’s Termination Date is his Normal Retirement Date, or if earlier, the date he elects to commence his Disability Retirement under Section 4.4(b).

2.46.“Trust” . means the legal entity resulting from the Trust Agreements entered into by or on behalf of the Participating Employers and the Trustee pursuant to which assets of the Plan are received, held, invested and distributed to or for the benefit of Participants, Spouses, and Beneficiaries.

2.47.“Trust Agreement” . means the agreements entered into by or on behalf of the Participating Employers and the Trustee establishing the Trust, as amended.

2.48.“Trust Fund” . means all assets held by the Trustee, Investment Managers and insurance institutions in accordance with the Trust Agreement and the Plan.

2.49.“Trustee” . means any individual(s) or corporation(s) designated in the Trust Agreement to execute the duties of the Trustee as set forth in the Trust Agreement.

2.50.“Year of Service” . means each Computation Period during which an Employee earns at least 1,000 Hours of Service.

	
 
	
(a)
	
Benefit Accrual.  For purposes of determining a Participant’s Accrued Benefit and Projected Benefit Service, a Year of Service means a Year of Service (including periods of Disability to the extent provided in Section 4.4) earned while a Participant excluding: 

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(i)
	
Non-Participating Employer Service.  All Years of Service due to employment with (a) an Employer prior to the date as of which it became a Participating Employer (except as otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Committee or its delegate in connection with such adoption); (b) a Non-Participating Employer; and (c) an Excluded Division of a Participating Employer.

	
 
	
(ii)
	
Service Prior to Participation.   All Years of Service with a Participating Employer prior to becoming a Participant except that the following service prior to becoming a Participant will be recognized:

	
 
	
(A)
	
Effective January 1, 1987, if an Eligible Employee becomes a Participant at any time during a Plan Year, his Hours of Service earned from January through the date participation commences in such Plan Year will count in determining whether a Year of Service is earned.

	
 
	
(B)
	
Prior to January 1, 1986, the Plan was only applicable to Eligible Employees of American and its participating units.  Effective as of such date, the Plan was extended to employees of the Company and its participating units.  Accordingly, all Participants employed by the Company on or after January 1, 1986 will be credited with any Years of  Service with respect to their employment with a Participating Employer prior to January 1, 1986, beginning with the January 1 or July 1 following the date such Participant attained age 18 and completed one Year of Service.  Such Participants need not have been employed by the Company as of the date American was merged into the Company in order to receive such credit.  Participants will receive credit for 190 Hours of Service for each month prior to January 1, 1986 during which the Eligible Employee was employed by a Participating Employer in lieu of the 45 Hours of Service equivalency set forth in Section 2.25.  

	
 
	
(C)
	
Effective for Participants who have not commenced their Pension Benefit as of the Effective Date but who became a Participant under the Plan’s prior eligibility rules (age 30 and two Years of Service prior to January 1, 1976 and age 25 and one Year of Service between January 1, 1976 and January 1, 1985) such Participants are credited with Years of Service beginning on the January 1 or July 1 next following the date on which they attained the age and completed the service set forth in Section 3.1(b)(i) and (ii).

	
 
	
(iii)
	
Service Prior to Divestiture.  In the case of a Participant who is rehired after ceasing to participate in the Plan as the result of a sale or other divestiture of the business that employed the Participant, in which the Participant’s Accrued Benefit and the assets attributable to such Accrued 

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Benefit were transferred to another plan in connection with the transaction, all Years of Service earned prior to such transaction unless the Accrued Benefit and attributable assets are transferred back to the Plan, in which event the rules generally applicable to a rehired former Participant shall apply.

	
 
	
(b)
	
Vesting and Entitlement to Benefits.  For purposes of determining (i) a Participant’s Non-forfeitable interest in his Accrued Benefit, and (ii) entitlement to benefits under Articles IV and VI, a Year of Service includes a Year of Service as an Employee of an Employer.  The following Years of Service will be recognized for purposes of this subsection (b):

	
 
	
(i)
	
Years of Service earned with an entity prior to its becoming an Employer will be recognized only if the Employee was employed on the date the entity became an Employer.  For purposes of this paragraph (i), an Employee will receive 190 Hours of Service per month from the most recent date of hire until the date of acquisition.

	
 
	
(ii)
	
Prior to January 1, 1986, the Plan was only applicable to Eligible Employees of American.  Effective as of such date, the Plan was extended to Eligible Employees of the Company.  Accordingly, for all Participants whose Termination of Employment occurs after the Effective Date, such Participants will be credited with Years of Service with respect to their employment with an Employer prior to January 1, 1986.  In determining such Years of Service, Participants will receive credit for 190 Hours of Service for each month prior to January 1, 1986 during which the Eligible Employee was employed by an Employer in lieu of the 45 Hours of Service equivalency set forth in Section 2.25.

	
 
	
(c)
	
Eligibility to Participate.  For purposes of determining an Employee’s eligibility to participate in the Plan a Year of Service (sometimes referred to as a Year of Eligibility Service) shall be calculated in the same manner as in subsection (b), except that the first Computation Period shall be the twelve month period commencing on the Employment Date rather than the Plan Year in which the Employment Date occurs.

	
 
	
(d)
	
Years of Service Disregarded.  If an Employee does not have a Non-forfeitable interest in the Plan and incurs a One-Year Break in Service and thereafter returns to employment with an Employer on or after January 1, 1985, his prior Years of Service for vesting, eligibility and benefit service will be disregarded only if he has five consecutive One-Year Breaks in Service and if the number of One-Year Breaks in Service equals or exceeds his Years of Service for vesting purposes prior to the One-Year Break in Service.

	
 
	
(e)
	
Special Rule for Certain Rehired Participants.  In the case of a Participant who is rehired by the Company after ceasing to participate in the Plan as the result of the Company’s spin-off of the Caremark and Dade divisions that employed the 

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Participant, in which the Participant’s Accrued Benefit and the assets attributable to such Accrued Benefit were transferred to another plan in connection with such transaction, all Years of Service earned prior to the spin-off shall be included for purposes of determining the Participant’s total number of Points under Section 2.7; provided, however, that such Participant has a Termination of Employment on or after January 1, 2003.  

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ARTICLE III.

Participation

3.1.Becoming a Participant.  An Eligible Employee may become a Participant in accordance with the following requirements:

	
 
	
(a)
	
Continuation of Participation.  Each Eligible Employee who was a Participant in the Plan immediately prior to the Effective Date will participate in the Plan on and after the Effective Date until his participation ceases in accordance with the Plan.

	
 
	
(b)
	
Initial Participation.  Each Eligible Employee who is not a Participant as described in (a) will become a Participant on the first Entry Date coincident with or next following the date he satisfies the following requirements:

	
 
	
(i)
	
He has completed one Year of Service; and

	
 
	
(ii)
	
He has attained age 21.

	
 
	
(c)
	
Participation Freeze.  Participation in the Plan is frozen effective December 31, 2006, and no Employees shall become Participants after such date, subject to the following:

	
 
	
(i)
	
No Employee who was not employed by a Participating Employer on December 31, 2006, shall be eligible to Participate in the Plan.

	
 
	
(ii)
	
An Eligible Employee who was employed by a Participating Employer on December 31, 2006, but who had not satisfied the requirements of paragraph (b) on such date, shall become a Participant on the first Entry Date after he satisfies such requirements, unless he elects not to become a Participant as provided in subparagraph (c)(iii) below.

	
 
	
(iii)
	
Each Participant or Eligible Employee who either (A) was employed by a Participating Employer on December 31, 2006, and would not have been entitled to a Deferred Vested Benefit if he incurred a Termination of Employment on such date, or (B) is described in subparagraph (c)(ii) above, may irrevocably elect to either cease accruing benefits as of December 31, 2006, or not to become a Participant.  The Accrued Benefit of a Participant who elects to cease accruing benefits shall thereafter be equal to his Accrued Benefit as of December 31, 2006, which shall not be adjusted for subsequent changes in his Average Monthly Compensation, Years of Service, Projected Benefit Service, or Primary Social Security Benefit, but such Participant shall continue to earn Years of Service for purposes of vesting, and Points, and his Accrued Benefit shall be payable upon retirement or other Termination of Employment as provided herein.  An Eligible Employee who elects not to become a Participant shall thereafter be ineligible to become a Participant in the Plan.  Such election shall be made in accordance with rules and procedures established by the 

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Administrative Committee, which rules and procedures shall specify the manner in which the election shall be made.  Although it is anticipated that Participants and Eligible Employees who make such election will be eligible to receive additional contributions under the Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries Incentive Investment Plan (“IIP”), nothing contained herein shall be construed to limit the Company’s authority to amend the IIP, or to permit a Participant to resume participation in this Plan should it do so.  A Participant or Eligible Employee who fails to affirmatively make the election described above shall continue to accrue benefits, or shall become a Participant, as applicable, in accordance with the remaining terms of the Plan.

3.2.Ceasing to Be a Participant.  Once an Eligible Employee has become a Participant in accordance with Section 3.1, he will remain a Participant in the Plan until the later of the date such Participant ceases to be an Eligible Employee (or elects to cease accruing benefits pursuant to Section 3.1(c)(iii)) or the date that all of the benefits to which the Participant is entitled under the Plan, if any, have been distributed for his benefit in accordance with the Plan.

3.3.Reemployment.  Reemployment following a Termination of Employment will affect the former Employee as follows:

	
 
	
(a)
	
Eligible Employee and Prior Participant.  An Eligible Employee who previously was a Participant prior to his Termination of Employment will automatically become a Participant on the date he again earns an Hour of Service as an Eligible Employee.

	
 
	
(b)
	
Eligible Employee with One or More Years of Service.  An Eligible Employee who previously satisfied the requirements of Section 3.1(b) but incurred a Termination of Employment before the next Entry Date, and who is rehired as an Eligible Employee with one Year of Eligibility Service, will automatically become a Participant on the later of (i) the Entry Date that would have applied without a Termination of Employment or (ii) the date he again earns an Hour of Service as an Eligible Employee.

	
 
	
(c)
	
Eligible Employee without One or More Years of Service.  An Eligible Employee who did not have a Year of Eligibility Service when he incurred a Termination of Employment must earn a Year of Eligibility Service based on the eligibility Computation Period described in Section 2.12.

	
 
	
(d)
	
Re-Employment after December 31, 2006.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant who incurs a Termination of Employment after December 31, 2006, and is subsequently re-employed, shall not be eligible to resume accruing benefits under the Plan, but such Participant’s Accrued Benefit shall be fixed as of the date on which he incurred the Termination of Employment.  An Eligible Employee who incurs a Termination of Employment after December 31, 2006, prior to 

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having become a Participant and who is subsequently re-employed shall not be an Eligible Employee and shall not become a Participant.

3.4.Change of Job Status.  An Employee who has satisfied the service requirement of Section 3.1(b)(i) but who is not a Participant because he is not an Eligible Employee will become a Participant on the later of (a) the Entry Date that would have applied had he been an Eligible Employee or (b) the date he becomes an Eligible Employee.

3.5.Transfers.  A Participant who transfers to a Non-Participating Employer will continue to accrue Years of Service (as defined in Section 2.50(a)) after such transfer, unless the Non-Participating Employer is located outside of the United States, in which case he will not accrue any additional Years of Service after such transfer.  If a Participant transferred to a Non-Participating Employer outside of the United States and is transferred back to a Participating Employer after December 31, 2006, he will not accrue any additional Years of Service, and his Accrued Benefit shall be fixed as of the date of the original transfer.  For purposes of this Section 3.5, a Non-Participating Employer located in Puerto Rico shall be considered to be located outside of the United States.

3.6.International Employees.  A Participant who becomes eligible to accrue benefits under the Company’s pension plan for international employees will cease accruing any additional Years of Service (defined in Section 2.50(a)) effective as of the date he becomes a participant in such pension plan.  If such a Participant ceases to accrue benefits under the pension plan for international employees after December 31, 2006, he will not accrue any additional Years of Service, and his Accrued Benefit shall be fixed as of the date he originally became eligible to accrue benefits under the pension plan for international employees.

3.7.Reemployment of Veterans.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, benefit and service credit with respect to qualified military service will be provided in accordance with Code Section 414(u).  If an Eligible Employee’s or Participant’s military service began prior to January 1, 2007, and Section 414(u) applies upon his re-employment after December 31, 2006, he shall resume or commence participation as required by Section 414(u), and if he would have been eligible to make the election described in Section 3.1(c)(iii) had he been employed on December 31, 2006, he shall be permitted to make the election upon his re-employment in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Administrative Committee.  If he so elects, his Accrued Benefit shall thereafter be determined as of December 31, 2006, as if he had been employed through such date, in accordance with the requirements of Section 414(u).  Effective January 1, 2009, the provisions of this Section shall also apply to a Participant who dies or becomes Disabled while performing qualified military service, as if such Participant had returned to employed on the day prior to the day on which he died or incurred such Disability.

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ARTICLE IV.

Eligibility for and Amount of Pension Benefits

4.1.Normal Retirement.  A Participant who incurs a Termination of Employment in the month in which he attains his Normal Retirement Date is entitled to his Pension Benefit.  

	
 
	
(a)
	
Amount.  The amount of the Participant’s Pension Benefit will be his Accrued Benefit, or the Actuarial Equivalent of his Accrued Benefit if paid in one of the other forms of payment described in Article VII.  

	
 
	
(b)
	
Commencement.  A Participant will begin receiving his Pension Benefit in the form provided for in Article VII commencing effective as of the Payment Date.  The Payment Date is the first day of the second month next following his Normal Retirement Date.  However, if a Participant notifies the Administrative Committee of his intent to retire at least 30 days prior to his Normal Retirement Date, the Payment Date is the first day of the month following his Normal Retirement Date.  In order to receive a Pension Benefit, the Participant must provide the Administrative Committee with a complete and accurate application finalized at least ten days before the Payment Date or the Payment Date may be delayed to the first day of the following month.

4.2.Late Retirement.  A Participant who incurs a Termination of Employment during any month after the month in which his Normal Retirement Date occurs is entitled to a Pension Benefit.

	
 
	
(a)
	
Amount.  The amount of the Participant’s Pension Benefit will be his Accrued Benefit, or the Actuarial Equivalent of his Accrued Benefit if paid in one of the other forms of payment described in Article VII. 

	
 
	
(b)
	
Commencement.  A Participant will begin receiving his Pension Benefit in the form provided for in Article VII commencing effective as of the Payment Date.  The Payment Date is the first day of the second month next following his Termination of Employment.  However, if a Participant notifies the Administrative Committee of his intent to retire at least 30 days prior to his Termination of Employment, the Payment Date is the first day of the month following his Termination of Employment.  In order to receive a Pension Benefit, the Participant must provide the Administrative Committee with a complete and accurate application finalized at least ten days before the Payment Date or the Payment Date may be delayed to the first day of the following month.

4.3.Early Retirement.  A Participant who incurs a Termination of Employment on or after his Early Retirement Date is entitled to a Pension Benefit.

	
 
	
(a)
	
Amount.  The amount of the Participant’s Pension Benefit will be his Accrued Benefit determined as of his Early Retirement Date, or the Actuarial Equivalent of his Accrued Benefit, if paid in one of the other forms of payment described in Article VII.  If the Participant elects to receive his Pension Benefit prior to his 

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Normal Retirement Date, his Accrued Benefit will be reduced to the extent required by the Early Pension Benefit Reduction Factors applicable to such Participant as described in Section 2.7.  

	
 
	
(b)
	
Commencement.  A Participant will begin receiving his Pension Benefit in the form provided for in Article VII commencing effective as of the Payment Date.  The Payment Date is the first day of the month following his Normal Retirement Date.  The Participant may designate an earlier Payment Date which will be the first day of any month which is at least 30 days after the Participant delivers notice of such designation on such form, in such manner and at such times as the Administrative Committee will require.  In order to receive a Pension Benefit, the Participant must provide the Administrative Committee with a complete and accurate application finalized at least ten days before the Payment Date or the Payment Date may be delayed to the first day of the following month.

4.4.Disability Retirement.  A Participant is entitled to a Disability Pension Benefit if he incurs a Termination of Employment described in Section 2.45(b)

	
 
	
(i)
	
after he has been credited with five Years of Service under Section 2.50(b) and has been credited with 65 Points, or 

	
 
	
(ii)
	
after he has been credited with ten Years of Service under Section 2.50(b) if he became a Participant prior to January 1, 1990.

	
 
	
(b)
	
Amount of Benefit.  The amount of the Disability Pension Benefit will be the Participant’s Accrued Benefit, or the Actuarial Equivalent of the Accrued Benefit if paid in one of the other forms of benefit described in Article VII.  If the Participant elects to receive his Disability Pension Benefit prior to his Normal Retirement Date, his Accrued Benefit will be determined as if the Payment Date was the date of the Participant’s Termination of Employment and will be reduced to the extent required by the Early Pension Benefit Reduction Factors applicable to such Participant as described in Section 2.7.   The Accrued Benefit payable under this Section 4.4 will be determined by using the Participant’s Years of Service earned at the time of his Disability, plus the Years of  Service that he would have earned had he continued in employment as an Eligible Employee from the time of his Disability until his Normal Retirement Date, provided that such Participant is actually receiving disability payments from the Social Security Administration.  The Accrued Benefit will be calculated using the Participant’s Compensation in the Plan Year preceding the date as of which he is determined to be disabled by the Social Security Administration for the first year of Disability and for each year thereafter up to the earlier of the Participant’s Termination of Employment or the first day of the month following his Normal Retirement Date in order to calculate the Participant’s Average Monthly Compensation; provided, however, that for Participant’s who are determined to be disabled on or after August 20, 2010, the Participant’s Compensation for the Plan Year preceding the date as of which payment of disability benefits commences shall be used if it results in a higher Average Monthly Compensation.

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(c)
	
Commencement of Benefits.  Payment of the Accrued Benefit described in this Section 4.4 will commence effective on the Payment Date, in the form provided for under Article VII.  The Payment Date is the first day of the month coincident with or next following the Participant’s Normal Retirement Date.  However, a Participant may elect an earlier Payment Date which may be the first day of any month following the Participant’s accumulation of 65 Points if the Participant provides notice of such election to the Administrative Committee at least 30 days prior to such month.   In order to receive a Pension Benefit, the Participant must provide the Administrative Committee with a complete and accurate application finalized at least ten days before the Payment Date or the Payment Date may be delayed to the first day of the following month.

A Participant eligible for a Disability Pension Benefit also may elect to receive a Lump Sum payment of his Accrued Benefit at any time when the Lump Sum value of such Accrued Benefit is $5,000 or less, and, for purposes of determining such Lump Sum, the Participant will be deemed to have incurred a Termination of Employment on the Payment Date for such Lump Sum.  Payment of any such Lump Sum will be subject to the provisions of Section 7.3.

	
 
	
(d)
	
Recovery.  If a Participant who is earning an Accrued Benefit under this Section 4.4 recovers from his Disability prior to his Normal Retirement Date, such Participant will be deemed to have incurred a Termination of Employment as of the date of recovery, unless he is rehired as an Employee of an Employer at that time, in which case his prior Years of Service will be retained for all Plan purposes.  If the Participant is rehired as an Eligible Employee, the Participant will continue accruing benefits under the provisions of the Plan applicable to all Eligible Employees.  If such Participant is not reemployed by an Employer, he will become entitled to his Accrued Benefit under Section 4.3 or 4.5 depending upon his Points, Years of Service or age at the time of such Termination of Employment.  The Participant’s Accrued Benefit will be based on his Years of  Service at the time of his Termination of Employment and his Average Monthly Compensation will be determined as set forth in 4.4(a).  The Participant’s Primary Social Security Benefit will be calculated based upon his Termination of Employment at the time of his recovery.  For purposes of this subsection, a Participant will be deemed to be recovered from his Disability if he is no longer receiving disability payments from the Social Security Administration.

4.5.Deferred Vested Benefit.  A Participant who incurs a Termination of Employment for any reason other than Disability or death before his Early Retirement Date, but after completing at least five Years of Service as defined in Section 2.50(b), is entitled to a Pension Benefit.

	
 
	
(a)
	
Amount.  The amount of the Participant’s Pension Benefit will be his Accrued Benefit determined at his Termination of Employment, or the Actuarial Equivalent of his Accrued Benefit, if paid in one of the other forms of payment described in Article VII.  If the Participant elects to receive his Pension Benefit prior to his Normal Retirement Date, his Accrued Benefit will be reduced to the 

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extent required by the Early Pension Benefit Reduction Factors applicable to such Participant as described in Section 2.7.

	
 
	
(b)
	
Commencement.  Payment of the Accrued Benefit described in this Section 4.5 will commence effective on the Payment Date, in the form provided for under Article VII.  The Payment Date is the first day of the month following his Normal Retirement Date. However, such Participant may designate an earlier Payment Date which may be the first day of any month following the date on which he attains an age which causes his Points to equal or exceed 65 if the Participant provides notice of such election to the Administrative Committee at least 30 days prior to such date.  Such election will be made on such form, in such manner and at such times as the Administrative Committee will require.  In order to receive a Pension Benefit, the Participant must provide the Administrative Committee with a complete and accurate application finalized at least ten days before the Payment Date or the Payment Date may be delayed to the first day of the following month.

A Participant entitled to a minimum Accrued Benefit under an applicable Supplement is fully vested in the portion of the Participant’s Accrued Benefit, if any, which is described in such Supplement.  Such Participant may request, after he attains age 55 but prior to his Normal Retirement Date, on such form, in such manner and at such times as the Administrative Committee will require, to begin receiving his Accrued Benefit commencing effective as of the first day of any month after he attains age 55.  In such event, the amount of the benefit which would be paid beginning on his Normal Retirement Date will be reduced according to the Deferred Vested Benefit Reduction Factors described in Table 2 of Supplement A.

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ARTICLE V.

Special Vesting Provisions for Divested Employees

5.1.Accelerated Vesting.  In the event of a sale by the Company on or after the Effective Date of the stock or substantially all of the assets of a Participating Employer, or a separate business unit of a Participating Employer, so that the Participating Employer, or such business unit, ceases to be an Employer, the Administrative Committee, in its sole discretion, may determine that all or a portion of the affected Participants of said Participating Employer will be fully vested in their Accrued Benefit, determined on the date as of which the Participating Employer is no longer an Employer.  If such employment ceases prior to the accumulation of 65 Points (or age 55 in the case of Participants who first become Participants prior to January 1, 1990), the Participant is entitled to the forms of payment and early commencement reduction factors applicable to a terminated Participant entitled to a deferred vested benefit under Section 4.5.  If his employment ceases on or after accumulation of 65 Points (or age 55 in the case of Participants who first become Participants prior to January 1, 1990), the Participant is entitled to the forms of payment and early commencement reduction factors applicable to a terminated Participant entitled to an early retirement benefit under Section 4.3.

5.2.Re-employment.  If a Participant who fully vests under Section 5.1 is later rehired as an Eligible Employee, and that Participant received a distribution of his Accrued Benefit, his prior Years of Service for vesting purposes will be reinstated but no prior Years of  Service for purposes of determining his Accrued Benefit will be reinstated.  A repayment of the distribution is not required or permitted.  The Pension Benefit to which the rehired Participant is entitled at his subsequent Termination of Employment will be paid under the terms and conditions applicable to all other Participants.  If a Participant would be eligible for accelerated vesting under Section 5.1 if he was not rehired, and such Participant is rehired by the Employer before any benefit payments are made by the Plan, no such payment will be made and the Participant will not be entitled to the special vesting of Section 5.1.  Such Participant will instead be subject to the regular vesting provisions as if no divestiture and Termination of Employment had ever occurred.  The provisions of this Section 5.2 shall also apply to a Participant whose Accrued Benefit, and the assets attributable thereto, is transferred to another plan in connection with the divestiture as if such Participant had received a distribution of his Accrued Benefit, unless such Accrued Benefit is transferred back to the Plan upon rehire.

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ARTICLE VI.

Benefits after Death

6.1.Death after Payment Date.  The Death Benefit, if any, of a Participant who dies after his Payment Date under the Plan are those specified under the form in which his benefits were being paid at the time of his death.

6.2.Death before Payment Date.  Except as otherwise provided in this Article and in Supplement I, no benefits are payable on behalf of a Participant who dies before his Payment Date.  Death Benefits that have been paid under a prior version of the Plan or which are currently being paid under such prior version will not be affected by the provisions of this Article.

6.3.Death Benefits Payable to Spouses.  A pre-retirement lifetime Death Benefit is payable under either (a) or (b) below to the surviving Spouse of a Participant who incurred a Termination of Employment after December 31, 1989 and who dies with a Non-forfeitable Accrued Benefit prior to the commencement of his Pension Benefits under the Plan.  Section 6.3(a) and (b) of Supplement I applies in lieu of subsection 6.3(a) and (b) below to Participants who incurred a Termination of Employment prior to January 1, 1990 and have not be rehired as an Eligible Employee after December 31, 1989.

	
 
	
(a)
	
Deferred Annuity.  A deferred pre‐retirement lifetime Death Benefit is payable to the surviving Spouse of a Participant who dies prior to attaining his 65th Point.  The Death Benefit will commence effective as of the first day of the month following the month in which the Participant would have attained an age that, when combined with his Years of Service credited as Points would have credited him with his 65th Point.  Such Death Benefit is based upon the assumption that the Participant had elected a Joint and 50 Percent Survivor Annuity form of payment and, if he had not previously incurred a Termination of Employment, that he had incurred a Termination of Employment immediately prior to his death.  The amount of the monthly Death Benefit paid to such surviving Spouse is based on an Accrued Benefit determined under Section 2.1(a) as of the date such payment commences and is not actuarially reduced for commencement prior to age 65.

	
 
	
(b)
	
Immediate Annuity.  An immediate pre‐retirement lifetime Death Benefit is payable to the surviving Spouse of a Participant who dies after attaining an age which, when combined with his Years of Service credited as Points as of the date of his death, equals or exceeds 65 Points.  Such Benefit commences effective as of the first day of the month following the date of the Participant’s death.  The Death Benefit payable to the Participant’s surviving Spouse is based upon the assumption that the Participant had elected a Joint and 100 Percent Survivor Annuity form of payment and, if he had not previously incurred a Termination of Employment, that he had incurred a Termination of Employment immediately prior to his death.  The Death Benefit paid to the Participant’s surviving Spouse is based on an Accrued Benefit determined under Section 2.1(a) as of the date of payment and is not actuarially reduced for early commencement prior to age 65.

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(c)
	
Compliance with Code Section 417.   Death Benefits under this Section 6.3(a) and (b) (and not Supplement I) are based on the Accrued Benefit described in Section 2.1(a) only, even if the Participant has a frozen Accrued Benefit under Section 2.1(b) that would have paid a greater retirement benefit at age 65. In most cases, the Death Benefit, with the Points-based Early Retirement Date and full subsidy for early commencement will begin earlier and in greater amounts than partially subsidized or unsubsidized Death Benefits based on a frozen Accrued Benefit and an early retirement age of 55.  However, for some married Participants with a frozen Accrued Benefit, the minimum qualified pre-retirement annuity required under Code Section 417 based on such Accrued Benefit may be greater in value, or may commence earlier than the Death Benefit in 6.3(a) or (b).  In such a case, the surviving Spouse’s benefit described in 6.3(a) or (b) will be paid at such earlier times and in such minimum amounts as are necessary to satisfy Code Section 417.  For purposes of determining the minimum qualified pre-retirement survivor annuity based on a frozen Accrued Benefit, the Benefit Reduction Factors of Section 2.7(d) apply (with the .25% monthly reduction factor applicable if the Participant incurred a Termination of Employment after attaining age 55).

6.4.Survivor Benefits Payable to Non-Spouse Beneficiaries.  A pre-retirement Death Benefit is payable to the Beneficiary of a Participant with a Non-forfeitable Accrued Benefit who incurred a Termination of Employment after December 31, 1989 and dies without a surviving Spouse or who dies with a surviving Spouse who has consented to the designation of a non-Spouse Beneficiary as provided in Section 6.7.  Such Benefit will commence effective as of the first day of the month following the date of the Participant’s death under (a) or (b) below.  Section 6.4 of Supplement I applies in lieu of this Subsection 6.4 to Participants who incurred their last Termination of Employment prior to January 1, 1990.

	
 
	
(a)
	
Calculation of Benefit.  The pre-retirement Death Benefit payable under this Section 6.4 shall be the survivorship pension payable to his Beneficiary under a Ten-Year Certain and Life Annuity described in Section 7.2(c) (or an Actuarially Equivalent lump sum),  calculated as if the Participant had 

	
 
	
(i)
	
incurred a Termination of Employment on his date of death if he had not already incurred a Termination of Employment prior to his death, 

	
 
	
(ii)
	
begun receiving the Annuity immediately if he had attained 65 Points at the time of his death, or, if he had not yet attained 65 Points, survived to the date he would have attained an age that, when combined with his Years of Service credited as Points, would have credited him with his 65th Point, and then begun receiving the annuity, in either case unreduced for early commencement, and 

	
 
	
(iii)
	
Died immediately after payment commenced.

	
 
	
(b)
	
Form of Payment.  The Beneficiary of a Participant who had not yet attained 65 Points at the time of his death shall receive a lump sum payment that is the 

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Actuarial Equivalent of the annuity described in Section 6.4(a), which shall be paid not later than the last day of the year that includes the fifth anniversary of the Participant’s death.  The Beneficiary of a Participant who had attained 65 Points at the time of his death shall also receive a lump sum payment, unless the Beneficiary elects to survivorship benefit payable under the Ten Year and Certain Life Annuity.  Such election must be made, in accordance with procedures established by the Administrative Committee, in sufficient time to allow the first annuity payment to be paid not later than the last day of the year that includes the first anniversary of the Participant’s death, and if no such election is made by such date the Beneficiary shall instead receive the lump sum payment described above.

6.5.Death Benefits for Disability Retirees.  The surviving Spouse or Beneficiary of a Participant who incurred a Disability and who was accruing additional Benefit Service at his death under the provisions of Section 4.4 is entitled to a Death Benefit determined in accordance with Sections 6.3 or 6.4, as applicable.  If the Participant incurred a Disability, accrued additional benefits under Section 4.4, recovered from his Disability, did not return to employment with the Employer, and died before his Payment Date, his surviving Spouse or Beneficiary is entitled to a Death Benefit determined in accordance with Sections 6.3 or 6.4, as applicable.

6.6.Pre‐Retirement Death Benefits Payable in a Lump Sum.  If the present value of a Death Benefit payable in a form other than a Lump Sum is $5,000 or less at the earliest date such Death Benefit may commence, such Death Benefit will be paid in a Lump Sum at such time, notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or election by the Participant or Beneficiary to the contrary.  Any Lump Sum payable in accordance with this Section 6.5 to a Spouse is subject to the direct rollover provisions of Section 7.3.

6.7.Designation of Beneficiary.  Subject to Sections 7.4(d) and 13.4, a Participant’s surviving Spouse is entitled to the Death Benefit, if any, which is payable with respect to the Participant.  A Participant may designate a Beneficiary who is not the Participant’s surviving Spouse, provided that such surviving Spouse consents to the designation.  The designation of such Beneficiary can be made only after the notice required by Code Section 417(a)(3)(B) is provided to the Participant during the time periods specified in Code Section 417 and will be effective only if the consent of the surviving Spouse:

	
 
	
(i)
	
is in writing;

	
 
	
(ii)
	
acknowledges the effect of the Participant’s designation of a Beneficiary other than the Spouse and the identity of such Beneficiary and

	
 
	
(iii)
	
is witnessed by a notary public; provided, however, such consent will be deemed to have been granted where it is established to the satisfaction of the Administrative Committee that the consent of the Spouse cannot be obtained because (1) there is no surviving Spouse, (2) the surviving Spouse cannot be located, or (3) there exist such other circumstances as may be prescribed by regulations under ERISA or the Code.  Consent of the surviving Spouse to a designated Beneficiary and any contingent 

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Beneficiary is irrevocable.  Each change from one non‐Spouse Beneficiary to another, or change of contingent Beneficiary, requires a new consent from the surviving Spouse.

If the Participant dies leaving no surviving Spouse and either (1) the Participant failed to file a valid beneficiary designation form, or (2) all persons designated on the beneficiary designation form have predeceased the Participant, the Participant’s Death Benefit described in Section 6.4 will be paid in a lump sum to the Participant’s estate.

6.8.Incapacitated Participants or Beneficiaries.  If a Participant or Beneficiary is incompetent or a minor, and a conservator, guardian, or other person legally charged with his care has been appointed, any benefits to which such Participant or Beneficiary is entitled is payable to such conservator, guardian, or other person legally charged with his care.  The decision of the Administrative Committee in such matters is final, binding, and conclusive upon all affected or interested parties.  Neither the Plan nor any representative of the Plan has any duty to see to the proper application of such payments.

6.9.Death During Military Service.  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the death benefit payable to the surviving spouse or Beneficiary of a Participant who dies on or after January 1, 2007, while performing qualified military service as defined in Section 3.7, shall not be less than the death benefit that would have been payable had the Participant resumed employment immediately prior to his death and died while employed.  Such Participant shall be credited with Hours of Service as if employed through the date of his death for purposes of vesting and entitlement to benefits pursuant to Section 2.50(b), but shall only be credited with any additional Accrued Benefit to the extent provided in Section 3.7. 

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ARTICLE VII.

Form and Payment of Pension Benefits and Death Benefits

7.1.Normal Form of Payment.  Pension Benefits under the Plan will commence effective as of the Payment Date and will be payable as follows:

	
 
	
(a)
	
Joint and 50 Percent Survivor Annuity.  A Participant who has a Spouse on his Payment Date will receive his Pension Benefit in the form of a Joint and 50 Percent Survivor Annuity (covering the Participant and his Spouse) unless the Participant elects not to receive such Joint and 50 Percent Survivor Annuity by electing in lieu thereof to receive payment under an available option described in Section 7.2.   

	
 
	
(b)
	
Life Annuity.  A Participant who does not have a Spouse on his Payment Date will receive his Pension Benefit in the form of a Single Life Annuity unless he has properly elected to have his Pension Benefit paid in an optional form of payment under Section 7.2 in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 7.4.

7.2.Optional Forms of Payment.  A Participant who is entitled to receive a Pension Benefit may elect to receive such Pension Benefit in one of the optional forms of payment described in this Section 7.2.  All optional forms of payment will be the Actuarial Equivalent of the Participant’s Pension Benefit.  As of the Effective Date, the following optional forms of payment are available:

	
 
	
(a)
	
Joint and 100 Percent, 75 Percent or 50 Percent Survivor Annuity.  A reduced Pension Benefit payable monthly during the lifetime of the Participant with the provision that 100 percent, 75 percent or 50 percent (as elected by the Participant) of such monthly benefit will be payable to the Participant’s Beneficiary in monthly installments commencing effective on the first day of the month following the month in which the Participant dies and continuing thereafter on the first day of each month during the remaining lifetime of such Beneficiary.

	
 
	
(b)
	
Single Life Annuity.  A Pension Benefit payable monthly during the lifetime of the Participant through the last monthly payment on or prior to such Participant’s death.

	
 
	
(c)
	
Ten‐Year Certain and Life Annuity.  A reduced Pension Benefit payable monthly during the lifetime of the Participant with the provision that if the Participant dies before receiving 120 payments, his Beneficiary will receive the same monthly payment as the Participant until a total of 120 payments have been made in the aggregate to the Participant and Beneficiary.  If such Beneficiary should die prior to the aggregate payment of 120 payments, a lump sum which is Actuarially Equivalent to the remaining payments will be paid to the Beneficiary’s estate.

	
 
	
(d)
	
Special Lump Sum Option for Clintec Transferees.  If the Plan received a transfer from the trustee of the Clintec Pension Plan on behalf of a Participant, such Participant may elect to receive a Lump Sum payment if the Lump Sum value of 

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his Accrued Benefit is not greater than $10,000 at the time of the distribution from the Plan.  The Lump Sum option under this subsection (d) will be subject to the provisions of Section 7.3(a) and (b) and Section 7.4(d) (if the Lump Sum value of the benefit is greater than $5,000).

7.3.Lump Sum Cash‐Out.  Except as provided below, any Participant with a Non-forfeitable interest in the Plan having a Lump Sum value of $5,000 or less on the Payment Date will receive a Lump Sum payment of the portion of his Accrued Benefit that is Non-forfeitable as soon as practicable.  For purposes of this Section 7.3, if the Participant does not have a Non-forfeitable interest in his Accrued Benefit, such Participant will be deemed to have received a distribution of his entire Accrued Benefit of zero.  Such Lump Sum payments will be subject to the following:

	
 
	
(a)
	
Reemployment prior to Payment.  If such a Participant is rehired by the Employer before any benefit payment is made by the Plan, no such payment will be made.

	
 
	
(b)
	
Direct Rollovers of Lump Sums.  Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary that would otherwise limit a distributee’s election under this Section, a distributee may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Administrative Committee, to have a Lump Sum paid directly to an eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee in a direct rollover.  The following definitions will apply for purposes of this paragraph (b):

	
 
	
(i)
	
Eligible Retirement Plan.  An “Eligible Retirement Plan” is an individual retirement account described in Code Section 408(a), an individual retirement annuity described in Code Section 408(b), 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, an annuity contract described in Code Section 403(b), an eligible plan under Code Section 457(b) which is maintained by a state, political subdivision of a state, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or political subdivision of a state and which agrees to separately account for amounts transferred into such plan from the Plan and, effective January 1, 2008, a Roth IRA as defined in Code Section 408A.  The definition of Eligible Retirement Plan will also apply in the case of a distribution to a surviving Spouse, or to a Spouse or former Spouse who is the alternate payee under a qualified domestic relation order, as defined in Code Section 414(p).

	
 
	
(ii)
	
Distributee.  A “Distributee” includes an Employee or former Employee.  In addition, the Employee’s or former Employee’s surviving Spouse and the Employee’s or former Employee’s Spouse or former Spouse who is the alternate payee under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order are distributees with regard to the interest of the Spouse or former Spouse.  Effective January 1, 2007, any Beneficiary who is a “designated beneficiary” for purposes of Code Section 401(a)(9) and the Regulations thereunder (or, to the extent provided in Regulations, that is a trust 

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established for the benefit of one or more designated beneficiaries), shall also be a Distribute; provided that in the case of a Distributee who is not the Participant’s Spouse or an alternate payee the term Eligible Retirement Plan shall mean only an individual retirement account or an individual retirement annuity that is treated as an inherited account or annuity under Code Section 408(c)(3)(B).

	
 
	
(iii)
	
Direct Rollover.  A “direct rollover” is a payment by the Plan of an “Eligible Rollover Distribution” to the eligible retirement plan specified by a Distributee.  An Eligible Rollover Distribution is the distribution of all or any portion of the present value of the Participant’s Accrued Benefit, except that an Eligible Rollover Distribution does not include: (a) any distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal periodic payments (not less frequently than annually) made for the life (or life expectancy) of the Participant or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of the Participant and the Participant’s designated beneficiary, or for a specified period of 10 years or more; (b) any distribution to the extent such distribution is required under Code Section 401(a)(9); or (c) any portion of any distribution that is not included in the recipient’s gross income; provided that effective January 1, 2002, the portion that is not included in the recipient’s gross income will be considered part of an eligible rollover distribution to the extent transferred to an eligible retirement plan that is described in paragraph (b)(i), or that is a defined contribution plan that agrees to separately account for the non-taxable portion of the distribution and the income attributable thereto.

In the event the amount of an Eligible Rollover Distribution payable to a Distributee who is an Employee or former Employee (but not to a surviving Spouse or alternate payee)  prior to the Distributee’s Normal Retirement Date exceeds $1,000, if the Distributee does not elect to have such distribution paid directly to an Eligible Retirement Plan specified by the Distributee in a direct rollover or to receive the distribution directly, then the Plan will pay the distribution in a direct rollover to an Eligible Retirement Plan that is an individual retirement account described in Code Section 408(a) designated by the Administrative Committee.

7.4.Rules as to Election and Discontinuance of Optional Forms of Payment.  A Participant’s election of an optional form of payment specified in Section 7.2 will be subject to the following rules, to the extent appropriate:

	
 
	
(a)
	
Written Elections.  An election of an optional form of payment must be made on such forms, in such manner and at such times as the Administrative Committee will require. 

	
 
	
(b)
	
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Committee will provide each Participant with a written explanation of the normal form of benefit under Section 7.1  Such explanation will advise such Participant:

	
 
	
(A)
	
of the circumstances in which the normal form of benefit will be provided unless the Participant has elected not to have benefits provided in that form;

	
 
	
(B)
	
of the availability of such election;

	
 
	
(C)
	
of the rights of the Spouse, if any; and

	
 
	
(D)
	
of the financial effect on a Participant’s annuity of such election.

Such written notice will be provided at least 30, but not more than 180 days before the Payment Date.  However, the written notice may be provided less than 30 days prior to the Payment Date (and may be provided after the Payment Date for Terminations of Employment occurring after December 31, 1996) provided that (i) the Participant is notified in writing of his right to a 30 day period to consider whether to waive the normal form of benefit and consent to a form of distribution other than the normal form of benefit; (ii) the Participant is permitted to revoke his election at any time prior to the Payment Date, or if later, the eighth day following the date he receives the written notice and (iii) no distribution is made to the Participant prior to the Payment Date, or if later, the eighth day following the date he receives the written notice.  A Participant may elect to waive in writing (with the applicable spousal consent described in (d), below) his right to a full 30 days to consider whether to elect an optional form of benefit.  If the Administrative Committee does not receive the Participant’s election to waive the normal form of benefit by the first business day following the expiration of the 30 day period (or, if later, the Payment Date) then the Participant will be deemed to have consented to the normal form of benefit.

	
 
	
(c)
	
Revocation.  Any election to receive an optional form of benefit pursuant to Section 7.2 may be revoked by a Participant by notifying the Administrative Committee in such manner as the Administrative Committee may require at any time during the 180-day period ending on the Payment Date.  However, if the written explanation required in subsection (b) is provided less than 30 days before the Payment Date or after the Payment Date, a Participant may revoke his election any time up to the Payment Date, or if later, the eighth day following the date the written explanation is received by the Participant.  Once revoked, an election for an optional form of benefit may again be made by submitting a new election to the Administrative Committee within the times specified in subsection (b).

	
 
	
(d)
	
Spousal Consent.  Any election by a married Participant of an optional form of benefit described in Section 7.2 (other than Section 7.2(a) where the Spouse is the designated Beneficiary) must be consented to by the Participant’s Spouse unless an optional form of payment is elected that provides a benefit to the Spouse that is equal to or greater than the Joint and 50 Percent Survivor Annuity.  The consent 

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of a Participant’s Spouse required under this subsection (d) will be effective only if such consent:

	
 
	
(i)
	
is in writing;

	
 
	
(ii)
	
acknowledges the effect of the Participant’s designation of a Beneficiary other than the Spouse and the identity of such Beneficiary; and

	
 
	
(iii)
	
is witnessed by a notary public; provided, however, such consent will be deemed to have been granted where it is established to the satisfaction of the Administrative Committee that the consent of the Spouse cannot be obtained because (1) there is no Spouse, (2) the Spouse cannot be located, or (3) there exist such other circumstances as may be prescribed by regulations under ERISA or the Code.  Consent of the Spouse to a designated Beneficiary and any contingent Beneficiary is irrevocable.  Each change from one non‐Spouse Beneficiary to another, or change of contingent Beneficiary, requires a new consent from the Spouse.

	
 
	
(e)
	
Death before Retirement.  If a Participant who had elected an optional form of payment providing for a greater Death Benefit than would otherwise be paid under Article VI dies before his Payment Date, such optional form of payment will be in effect and any Death Benefit under Article VI will be canceled.

	
 
	
(f)
	
Death of Beneficiary before Payment Date.  If the Beneficiary of a Participant who has elected an optional form of payment dies before the Participant’s Payment Date, the optional form of payment will automatically be canceled and the Participant’s Pension Benefit will be paid to him in the normal form unless a new election can be and is made by the Participant pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section.

	
 
	
(g)
	
Change of Form or Beneficiary after Option Effective.  Except as otherwise provided below, a Participant may not change his optional form of payment or designate a new Beneficiary after his Payment Date (or, if later, after the last day on which he is permitted to revoke his election pursuant to subsection (c)), even if his Beneficiary dies or he is divorced from his Beneficiary.  However, a Participant may designate a new Beneficiary to receive any unpaid portion of a Ten‐Year Certain and Life Annuity option described in Section 7.2(c).  If no Beneficiary is designated on the Participant’s death, such unpaid portion will be payable to the Beneficiary specified under Section 6.7.

	
 
	
(h)
	
Special Rules for Retroactive Payment Dates.  Effective January 1, 2004, if a Participant does not receive the written election described in subsection (a) until after the date that would otherwise be his Payment Date, he may elect (in accordance with procedures established by the Administrative Committee) to receive his benefit calculated as of the original Payment Date, provided that (A) the Participant receives a supplemental payment equal to the monthly annuity payments that would have been received had payment actually commenced on the 

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retroactive Payment Date, with an appropriate interest adjustment; (B) the person who is the Participant’s Spouse on the date payment actually commences (if different from the person who is his Spouse on his Payment Date) consents to any optional form of benefit in accordance with subsection (d) (including an optional form described in Section 7.2(a) unless the survivorship payments to be received by the Spouse under such form are at least equal to the survivorship payments that would be received under one of the optional forms described in Section 7.2(a) with a Payment Date after the date the explanation was furnished; and (C) if the date on which payments commence is more than one year after the Payment Date, the benefit payments satisfy Section 13.12 based both upon the Payment Date and the date on which payments actually commence, in the latter case treating the supplemental payments (including the interest adjustment) as an additional benefit payment in the year of commencement. 

7.5.Special Payment Limitations.  Payment of benefits under the Plan to a Participant will commence not later than the sixtieth day after the end of the Plan Year in which the Participant attains his Normal Retirement Date or incurs a Termination of Employment, whichever occurs later.  The following provisions will supersede any other provisions of this Plan:

	
 
	
(a)
	
Maximum Payment Period.  No optional form of payment will be permitted that causes the Pension Benefit to be paid over a period extending beyond the life or life expectancy of the Participant or the combined lives or life expectancies of the Participant and his Beneficiary as determined in accordance with applicable mortality tables contained in applicable federal regulations.

	
 
	
(b)
	
Five-Year Limit.  If the Participant dies without a Spouse and prior to commencement of benefits, no form of payment under the Plan will permit payments to continue beyond five years after the Participant’s death except to the extent permitted by Code Section 401(a)(9).

	
 
	
(c)
	
Age 701⁄2 Benefit Payments.  A Participant’s Pension Benefit will commence as of the April 1 following the later of the Plan Year in which he attained age 701⁄2 or the Plan Year in which he incurs a Termination of Employment; provided that if the Participant owned 5% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Company or 5% or more of the value of all classes of outstanding stock at any time during the Plan Year in which he attained age 701⁄2 his Pension Benefit will commence as of the following April 1 regardless of whether he is an Employee as of such date.

Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or this Section to the contrary, the provisions of the Plan will be interpreted, construed and administered in a manner that complies with, and benefits shall be paid in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(9) and regulations thereunder, including the minimum distribution incidental benefit requirement of Code Section 401(a)(9)(G).  Minimum distributions will be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.401(a)(9)-2 through Section 1.401(a)(9)-6, which are 

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incorporated herein by reference.  The provisions of such final regulations will control over any provision of the Plan to the contrary.

7.6.Effect of Prior Lump Sums on Pension Benefits.  Except as otherwise provided in an applicable Supplement, a Participant who is rehired after receiving his Pension Benefit in a Lump Sum will be entitled to a Pension Benefit upon Termination of Employment equal to his Accrued Benefit (taking into account all of his Years of Service), reduced by the portion of such Accrued Benefit represented by such Lump Sum.  Such reduction will occur prior to any reductions for commencement of the Pension Benefit prior to the Participant’s Normal Retirement Date and prior to the conversion of the Accrued Benefit into a form other than a Single Life Annuity.  If the Lump Sum was not more than $5,000, only Years of Service after rehire will be taken into account and no reduction will be made to the Accrued Benefit based on such Years of Service.

7.7.Effect of Participant Resuming Employment after Benefits Commence.  If a Participant whose Pension Benefit has commenced is rehired by the Employer, the following rules will apply:

	
 
	
(a)
	
Resumption of Employment prior to Age 65.  If a Participant is rehired by Employer before his 65th birthday, his Pension Benefit payments will be discontinued and will not be paid or accrued during the period of such reemployment, his previous election of form of payment will be canceled, and he will have all Years of Service he had at the time of his Termination of Employment reinstated.  Upon his subsequent Termination of Employment, his eligibility for a benefit and the amount of the benefit will be determined, calculated and paid as if he then first incurred a Termination of Employment based upon both reinstated Years of Service and any additional Years of Service credited, but such benefit will be actuarially reduced to recognize any Pension Benefit payments he received prior to his suspension.  In no event will a Participant’s Pension Benefit at his subsequent Termination of Employment be less than his benefit at his earlier Termination of Employment.  However, if a Participant who is rehired as described above subsequently reaches his 65th birthday and is employed at a rate of fewer than ten hours per week, he is entitled to receive a Pension Benefit determined under Section 4.1.  Such payments will continue every month thereafter until his rate of employment equals or exceeds ten hours per week, at which time his Pension Benefit payments will be suspended under the terms and conditions described below.  

	
 
	
(b)
	
Resumption of Employment after Age 65.  If a participant is rehired by the Employer after his 65th birthday, at a rate of at least ten hours per week, his Pension Benefit payments will be discontinued and will not be paid and no payment obligation will accrue during the period of such reemployment.  Such suspension of benefits will be done in accordance with Department of Labor Regulation §2530.203-3 and will include the notice described below.  Such Participant will thereafter continue to accrue further benefits, and his previous election of form of payment will remain in effect and will determine what Death Benefit, if any, is payable under the Plan.  Upon the Participant’s subsequent 

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Termination of Employment, he will resume receiving payments in the same form as he elected at his earlier Termination of Employment, but such benefit amount will be increased to reflect the value of any additional Accrued Benefit.  If a Participant who has his benefits suspended under this subsection (b) elected a Ten-Year Certain and Life Annuity, payments that are not made due to the suspension do not count against the 120-payment guarantee.  If a Participant is rehired by the Employer after his 65th birthday and his rate of employment is fewer than ten hours per week, he will receive the same type and amount of his benefit payment which he was entitled to receive preceding his reemployment during such period of reemployment.  Such payments will continue every month thereafter until his rate of employment equals or exceeds ten hours per week, at which time his Pension Benefit payments will be suspended as described above.  If a Participant continues in employment with the Employer after his 65th birthday at a rate of at least ten hours per week, his Pension Benefit payments will not commence during the period of such employment.  Such suspension of benefits will be done in accordance with Department of Labor Regulation §2530.203-3 and will include the notice described below.  Such Participant will continue to accrue further benefits under the Plan.  During such employment the Provisions of Article VI will remain in effect and will determine what Death Benefit is payable under the Plan.  If a Participant continues in employment with the Employer after his 65th birthday and his rate of employment is fewer than ten hours per week, he will receive a Pension Benefit under Section 4.1 under the same terms and conditions as a Participant who incurred a Termination of Employment.  Such payments will continue every month thereafter until his rate of employment equals or exceeds ten hours per week, at which time his Pension Benefit payments will be suspended as described above. 

	
 
	
(c)
	
Notice of Benefit Suspension.  If a Participant’s benefits are to be suspended after age 65 due to either reemployment or continued employment, the Administrative Committee will notify the Participant by personal delivery or first class mail during the first calendar month in which the Plan withholds payments, that benefits are suspended.  The notice will contain the following information:

	
 
	
(i)
	
a general description of the reasons why payments are suspended;

	
 
	
(ii)
	
a general description of Plan provisions relating to the suspension of benefits;

	
 
	
(iii)
	
a copy of such Plan provisions;

	
 
	
(iv)
	
a statement that applicable Department of Labor Regulations may be found in Section 2530.203‐3 of the Code of Federal Regulations;

	
 
	
(v)
	
a statement that a review of the suspension may be requested under the Plan’s claims procedure; and

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(vi)
	
if the Plan requires a benefit resumption notice or verification by the Participant that his benefits should not be suspended, the procedure and forms for such purposes.

The Plan will adopt a procedure whereby a Participant may request a determination of whether specific contemplated employment after age 65 will result in the suspension of benefits.

7.8.Special One Time Election for Immediate Payment of Certain Deferred Vested Benefits.  

	
 
	
(a)
	
Each Eligible Participant (as hereinafter defined) shall be have the right to elect to begin receiving his Pension Benefit notwithstanding the fact that he has not attained his Early Retirement Age, and to receive his Pension Benefit in the form of a Lump Sum or Annuity, during an election period to be determined by the Plan Administrator, which election period shall be not fewer than thirty (30) days in length and shall end not later than December 31, 2012.  Such election shall be offered only once, during the election period described above, shall not thereafter be available, and shall not be considered part of the Participants’ Accrued Benefit after the end of the election period.

	
 
	
(b)
	
For purposes of this Section 7.8, the term “Eligible Participant” means any Participant who is identified by the Plan Administrator as having terminated employment on or prior to June 30, 2011, with a right to either an early retirement benefit or a deferred vested benefit pursuant to Section 4.3 or 4.5, who is not actively employed by the Company during the election period, whose benefit has not commenced (and who has not submitted an application for an early retirement pension) by the first day of the election period, and who (i) has not attained his Normal Retirement Age by the first day of the election period, (ii) is not a Spouse or Beneficiary of a deceased Participant, (iii)  did not have a benefit under the BOC Group Cash Balance Retirement Plan, as described in Supplement J, regardless of whether such benefit has been cashed out, and (iv) did not terminate employment with a deferred vested benefit under the Immuno-U.S., Inc. Defined Benefit Plan, prior to the merger of such plan into the Plan effective December 31, 2003, as described in Supplement L.  The list of Eligible Participants compiled by the Plan Administrator, who meet the above requirements and who are sent election materials, shall be final and binding, and no Participant who is not included on such list shall be an Eligible Participant even if he would otherwise be described in the preceding sentence unless otherwise determined by the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion, which shall be exercised on a uniform and non-discriminatory basis.

	
 
	
(c)
	
Each Eligible Participant who elects the immediate commencement of his Pension Benefit during the election period may also elect to waive the normal form of benefit and receive his Pension Benefit in the form of a Lump Sum equal to the present value of his Pension Benefit, payable not later than December 31, 2012.  The Pension Benefit of an Eligible Participant who elects immediate commencement but who does not elect a Lump Sum, will be paid in the normal 

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form specified by Section 7.1 with a Payment Date of December 1, 2012, subject to the following:

	
 
	
(i)
	
If the Eligible Participant will have attained the age at which he is entitled to commence payment of his Pension Benefit without regard to this Section 7.8 on or before November 30, 2012, he may elect, in lieu of the normal form,  to receive his Pension Benefit in any of the other optional forms provided by Section 7.2.  

	
 
	
(ii)
	
If the Eligible Participant will not have attained the age at which he is entitled to commence payment of his Pension Benefit without regard to this Section 7.8 on or before November 30, 2012, but is married on his Payment Date, he may elect payment in the form of a 75% Joint and Survivor Annuity (but no other options).

For purposes of this Section 7.8, all Pension Benefits shall be calculated as otherwise provided in the Plan, except that (A) the Benefit Reduction Factors used to calculate the Pension Benefit of an Eligible Participant who does not elect a Lump Sum, but who has not yet attained the minimum age shown on the applicable Table in Supplement A, shall be calculated using the same actuarial assumptions used in calculating the applicable Table, and (B) the Lump Sum benefit shall be equal to the Actuarial Equivalent of the Participant’s Normal Retirement Benefit paid at Normal Retirement Age, without any adjustment for the value of any subsidy that would be included if the Pension Benefit were paid in the form of an immediate annuity, regardless of whether the Participant would be eligible for an immediate annuity without regard to this Section 7.8.

	
 
	
(d)
	
If an Eligible Participant who is eligible for a Disability Pension pursuant to Section 4.4 elects immediate payment, his accrual of additional Years of Service during his period of Disability shall terminate on November 30, 2012, or such earlier date on which it is determined that he had recovered from the Disability.  If an Eligible Participant notifies the Plan Administrator not later than the end of the election period that he has been determined to be disabled by the Social Security Administration, or has applied for such determination, then the Plan Administrator may pay such Eligible Participant’s Pension Benefit and subsequently adjust the amount of the Pension Benefit based upon any additional Years of Service to which he may be entitled, but an Eligible Participant who elects a Lump Sum and does not so notify the Plan Administrator shall not be entitled to any additional benefit even if it is subsequently determined that he was disabled.

	
 
	
(e)
	
All elections pursuant to this Section 7.8 shall be made in accordance with the requirements of Section 7.4 (treating the Lump Sum option as if it were an optional form of benefit provided by Section 7.2), except that the election period described above shall be substituted for the 180 day period referred to in Section 7.4, and the Plan Administrator shall make such other changes to the procedures described in Section 7.4 as may be consistent with the intent of this Section 7.8 

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and applicable law.  The Plan Administrator shall have the full authority and discretion to make all other determinations necessary or appropriate to implement the election provided for in this Section 7.8, in accordance with Article IX.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Plan Administrator may permit Eligible Participants to elect to receive a Lump Sum payment, and make such payments by December 31, 2012, notwithstanding the fact that the Plan Administrator is still in the process of reviewing the Eligible Participant’s service or compensation history or other factors relevant to the amount of his Pension Benefit, and make appropriate corrections to the amount so paid in years subsequent to 2012, may exclude groups of Participants other than those listed in Section 7.8(b) from the definition of Eligible Participant, on a nondiscriminatory basis, if it determines that the Plan’s records are not sufficiently reliable to prepare election materials on a timely basis, or for similar reasons, and may determine the manner in which the election shall be made with respect to Eligible Participants whose Pension Benefit is or may be subject to a Qualified Domestic Relations Order. ”

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ARTICLE VIII.

Plan Committees

8.1.Membership of Administrative and Investment Committees.  The Administrative Committee, consisting of at least three persons, will be appointed by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.  The Investment Committee, consisting of at least three persons, will be appointed by the Board of Directors or its delegate.  The Secretary of the Company will certify to the Trustee from time to time the appointment to (and termination from) office of each member of the Administrative Committee and the Investment Committee and the persons, if any, who are selected as secretaries of the Administrative Committee and the Investment Committee by the members of such committees.  The appointment of a member of either Committee and acceptance of such appointment by any person constitutes an agreement by and between the Company and such Committee member that the member, acting in concert with the other Committee members, will have and will exercise the powers and duties described herein, including, with respect to the Administrative Committee, the power and duty to interpret this Plan and determine the benefits to which Participants are entitled hereunder.

8.2.Administrative Committee Powers and Duties.  The Administrative Committee shall be the “plan administrator” for purposes of Code Section 414(g) and the “administrator” for purposes of  Section 3(16)(A) of ERISA and will have such powers and duties necessary to discharge its duties hereunder, including, but not limited to, the following:

	
 
	
(a)
	
Within its complete and unfettered discretion to construe and interpret the Plan and Trust Agreement provisions and to resolve all questions arising under the Plan including questions of Plan participation, eligibility for Benefits and the rights of Employees, Participants, Beneficiaries and other persons to benefits under the Plan and to determine the amount, manner and time of payment of any benefits hereunder;

	
 
	
(b)
	
To prescribe procedures, rules and regulations to be followed by Employees, Participants, Beneficiaries and other persons or to be otherwise utilized in the efficient administration of the Plan consistent with the Trust; 

	
 
	
(c)
	
To make determinations as to the rights of Employees, Participants, Beneficiaries and other persons to benefits under the Plan and to afford any Participant or Beneficiary dissatisfied with such determination with rights pursuant to a claims procedure adopted by the Administrative Committee;

	
 
	
(d)
	
To settle or compromise claims against the Plan by Participants, Beneficiaries and other persons;

	
 
	
(e)
	
To enforce the Plan in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the Trust and to enforce its procedures, rules and regulations;

	
 
	
(f)
	
To be responsible for the preparation and maintenance of records necessary to determine the rights and benefits of Employees, Participants and Beneficiaries or 

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other persons under the Plan and the Trust and to request and receive from the Participating Employers such information necessary to prepare such records;

	
 
	
(g)
	
To prepare and distribute in such manner as it deems appropriate and to prepare and file with appropriate government agencies information, disclosures, descriptions and reporting documents regarding the Plan, and in the preparation and review of such reports the Administrative Committee is entitled to rely upon information supplied to it by the Employees, accountants, counsel, actuaries, the Investment Managers and any insurance institutions described in the Trust Agreement;

	
 
	
(h)
	
To appoint or employ individuals to assist in the administration of the Plan and other agents (corporate or individual) that the Administrative Committee deems advisable, including legal counsel and such clerical, medical, accounting, auditing, actuarial and other services as the Administrative Committee may require in carrying out the provisions of the Plan.  However, no agent except an Investment Manager or fiduciary named in the Plan will be appointed or employed in a position that would require or permit him:  (i) to exercise discretionary authority or control over the acquisition, disposition or management of Trust assets; (ii) to render investment advice for a fee; or (iii) to exercise discretionary authority or responsibility for Plan administration;

	
 
	
(i)
	
To cause to be prepared and to cause to be distributed, in such manner as the Administrative Committee determines to be appropriate, information explaining the Plan and Trust;

	
 
	
(j)
	
To furnish to the Participating Employers upon request such annual or other reports with respect to the administration of the Plan as are reasonable and appropriate;

	
 
	
(k)
	
To receive, review and keep on file (as it deems convenient or proper) reports of the financial condition, receipts and disbursements, and assets of the Trust; 

	
 
	
(l)
	
To determine the method by which all notices and other documents required or permitted to be given to a Participant, Beneficiary or other person under the Plan or any applicable law shall be given, and the method by which Participants and Beneficiaries may exercise any elections permitted by the Plan, which methods may include the use of e-mail, interactive internet sites, voice response systems, and other electronic media to the extent permitted by applicable regulations; 

	
 
	
(m)
	
To amend the Plan to the extent provided in Section 11.1(d); and

	
 
	
(n)
	
To discharge all other duties set forth in the Plan.

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Administrative Committee has no power to add to, subtract from or modify any of the terms of the Plan, nor to change or add to any benefits provided by the Plan, nor to waive or fail to apply any requirements of eligibility for benefits under the Plan; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be construed to limit the 

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Administrative Committee’s authority to interpret and construe the Plan. Procedures and policies adopted by the Administrative Committee may be inconsistent with any provision of the Plan that is ministerial or administrative in nature, and shall be deemed an amendment to the Plan to the extent of the inconsistency.  The authority of the Administrative Committee may also be exercised in routine matters by the Corporate Vice President-Human Resources of the Company or persons acting under his authority, and any action taken by any such person within the apparent scope of his authority shall be presumed authorized and binding on all Participants, subject to the review of the Administrative Committee. 

8.3.Investment Committee Powers and Duties.  The Investment Committee has such powers necessary to discharge its duties hereunder, including but not limited to the following:

	
 
	
(a)
	
To establish and from time to time revise the investment policy of the Plan, to communicate and consult with the Company, the Administrative Committee and the Trustee and any Investment Manager or insurance institution regarding the investment policy applicable to the Plan as a whole or as to any individual investment fund;

	
 
	
(b)
	
To supervise the performance by the Trustee and any Investment Manager or insurance institution regarding their responsibilities under the Plan and Trust.  The Investment Committee will review and analyze performance information supplied by the Trustee and the Investment Managers or insurance institutions to the Investment Committee and/or any such performance information obtained independently by the Investment Committee and will report the results of such analysis to the Board of Directors or its delegate from time to time in such form and with such degree of frequency as the Investment Committee will determine proper.  Such responsibilities of the Investment Committee with respect to supervision, review and analysis will be performed no less frequently than once each Plan Year and will ordinarily not be required more frequently than once each calendar quarter.  The Trustee, Investment Managers and insurance institutions have been allocated the responsibility for day-to-day investment management of the Plan and Trust, and the responsibilities of the Investment Committee hereunder are not intended to relieve the Trustee, Investment Managers or insurance institutions of such ongoing investment management responsibilities;

	
 
	
(c)
	
To instruct the Trustee, the Investment Managers and insurance institutions with respect to the proper application of contributions made under the Plan;

	
 
	
(d)
	
To determine the proper allocation of investment responsibilities with respect to the assets of the Plan between the Trustee and any Investment Manager or insurance institution acting hereunder or under the terms of the Trust and to allocate fiduciary responsibilities among these parties;

	
 
	
(e)
	
To the extent not provided to the contrary in the Trust Agreement, to appoint the Trustee and any Investment Managers or insurance institutions, to direct the establishment of any investment fund and to remove the Trustee and any 

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Investment Managers or insurance institutions or appoint additional Trustees, Investment Managers or insurance institutions;

	
 
	
(f)
	
To review any accounts submitted by the Trustee and any Investment Managers or insurance institutions and to report to the Board of Directors or its delegate with respect to any such accounts;

	
 
	
(g)
	
Following the Administrative Committee’s determination of the benefit rights of any Participant or Beneficiary, to collect information concerning such benefits and authorize and direct the Trustee with respect to the commencement, modification or cessation of such benefit payments;

	
 
	
(h)
	
To supervise the performance of fiduciary responsibilities by others, including the Trustee and any Investment Managers;

	
 
	
(i)
	
To appoint and utilize the services of administrative staff employees of the Company and the other Participating Employers for the performance of duties delegated to the Investment Committee hereunder and to rely upon information received from such staff employees; provided that in both cases the Investment Committee reasonably believes the performance of such services and the preparation of such information is within the competence of such staff employees;

	
 
	
(j)
	
To furnish to the Participating Employers, upon reasonable request, such annual or other reports as the Participating Employers deem necessary regarding the administration of the Plan; and

	
 
	
(k)
	
To employ reputable agents and to delegate to them any of the administrative powers or duties imposed upon the Investment Committee or the Participating Employers.

8.4.Conflicts of Interest.  No member of the Administrative Committee or the Investment Committee will participate in any action on matters involving solely such member’s rights or benefits as a Participant under the Plan.

8.5.Compensation; Reimbursement.  No member of the Administrative Committee or the Investment Committee will receive compensation for his services, but the Participating Employers will reimburse him for any necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties.

8.6.Standard of Care.  The Administrative Committee and the Investment Committee will perform their duties under this Plan in accordance with the terms of this document and the Trust Agreement solely in the interest of the Participants and for the exclusive purposes of providing retirement benefits to Participants and defraying the reasonable expenses of Plan administration and operation.  The Administrative Committee and the Investment Committee will also perform their duties under this Plan with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent man, acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters, would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims.

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8.7.Action by Committees.  Action by each Plan Committee (i.e., the Administrative Committee and the Investment Committee) is subject to the following special rules:

	
 
	
(a)
	
Each Committee may act by meeting or by document signed without meeting and documents may be signed through the use of a single document or concurrent documents;

	
 
	
(b)
	
Each Committee will act by a majority, and such action will be as effective as if such action had been taken by all Committee members, provided that by majority action one or more Committee members or other persons may be authorized to act with respect to particular matters on behalf of all Committee members;

	
 
	
(c)
	
Each Committee may, but is not required to, select a secretary, who may but need not be a Committee member, and the certificate of such secretary that the Committee has taken or authorized any action will be conclusive in favor of any person relying upon such certificate; and

	
 
	
(d)
	
Each Committee may act through agents or other delegates and may retain legal counsel, auditors or other specialists to aid in the Committee’s performance of its responsibilities.

8.8.Resignation or Removal of Committee Member.  Any person serving as an Administrative Committee member may resign from such Committee at any time by written notice to the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors or may be removed by the Compensation Committee at any time by written notice to such member.  Any person serving as an Investment Committee member may resign from such Committee at any time by written notice to the Board of Directors or its delegate or may be removed by the Board of Directors or its delegate at any time by written notice to such member.  The Compensation Committee will fill any vacancy in the membership of the Administrative Committee as soon as practicable.  The Board of Directors or its delegate will fill any vacancy in the membership of the Investment Committee as soon as practicable.  Until any such vacancy is filled, the remaining members of the applicable Committee may exercise all of the powers, rights and duties conferred on such Committee.

8.9.Uniform Application of Rules by Administrative Committee.  The Administrative Committee will apply all rules, regulations, procedures and decisions uniformly and consistently to all Employees and Participants similarly situated.  Any ruling, regulation, procedure or decision of the Administrative Committee which is consistent with the provisions of the Plan or the Trust will be conclusive and binding upon all persons affected by it.  There will be no appeal of any ruling by the Administrative Committee which is within its authority, except as provided in Section 8.10 below.  When making a determination or a calculation, the Administrative Committee is entitled to rely on information supplied by the Participating Employer, Trustee, Investment Managers, insurance institutions, accountants and other professionals including legal counsel for the Company.

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claim shall be filed not more than one year after the Applicant knows (or with the exercise of reasonable diligence would know) of the existence of a basis for a claim; provided that nothing herein shall be construed to permit the forfeiture of a Participant’s benefit for failure to file a timely application for such benefit; and provided further that the Administrative Committee may waive or extend such requirement in its sole discretion.  If a claim for benefits by the Applicant is denied, in whole or in part, the Administrative Committee will furnish the Applicant, within 90 days after receipt of such claim (or within 180 days after receipt if special circumstances require an extension of time), a written notice which specifies the reason for the denial, refers to the pertinent provisions of the Plan on which the denial is based, describes any additional material or information necessary for properly completing the claim and explains why such material or information is necessary, and explains the claim review procedures of this Section 8.10.  Such notice will further describe that the Applicant has a right to bring a civil action under Section 502 of ERISA if his claim is denied after an appeal and review.  Any Applicant whose claim is denied under the provisions described above, or who has not received from the Administrative Committee a response to his claim within the time periods specified in the provisions described above may request a review of the denied claim by written request to the Administrative Committee within 60 days after receiving notice of the denial.  In connection with such request, the Applicant or his authorized representative may review pertinent documents and may submit issues and comments in writing.  If such a request is made, the Administrative Committee will make a full and fair review of the denial of the claim and will make a decision not later than 60 days after receipt of the request, unless special circumstances (such as the need to hold a hearing) require an extension of time, in which case a decision will be made as soon as possible but not later than 120 days after receipt of the request for review, and written notice of the extension will be given to the Applicant before the commencement of the extension.  The decision on review will be in writing and will include specific reasons for the decision and specific references to the pertinent provisions of the Plan on which the decision is based.  Such notice will further describe that the Applicant has a right to bring a civil action under Section 502 of ERISA if his claim is denied after an appeal and review.  No person entitled to benefits under the Plan will have any right to seek review of a denial of benefits, or to bring any action to enforce a claim for benefits, in any court prior to his filing a claim for benefits and exhausting all of his rights under this Section 8.10, or more than six months after receipt of the decision on review.  Although not required to do so, an Applicant may choose to state the reason or reasons he believes he is entitled to benefits, and may choose to submit written evidence, during the initial claim process or review of claim denial process.  However, failure to state any such reason or submit such evidence during the initial claim process or review of claim denial process, or by written notice to the Administrative Committee within 60 days of the date of the decision on the review of the claim denial, will permanently bar the Applicant, and his successors in interest, from raising such reason or submitting such evidence in any forum at any later date.  An Applicant whose claim is denied initially or on review is entitled to receive, on request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, and other information relevant to such claim for benefits.

8.11.Correction of Errors.  In the event that the Administrative Committee discovers that an error has been made in the calculation of a benefit, it will correct the error as soon as is administratively feasible.  In the event of an underpayment, the Administrative Committee will  either pay the amount of the underpayment in a single sum or will increase future monthly payments to the extent necessary to pay the underpayment within a reasonable period of time, 

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with interest at a reasonable rate not less than the interest rate specified in Section 2.2(a)(ii).  If an overpayment was made, the Committee will reduce future monthly payments to the extent necessary to recover the overpayment within a reasonable period of time, using life expectancy as of  the calculation date.  If an overpayment was made in a Lump Sum, the Administrative Committee will seek reimbursement; provided, that if the Administrative Committee determines that the expense or burden of seeking recovery would be greater than the likely recovery, it may exercise discretion in determining not to pursue a recovery.

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ARTICLE IX.

Trust, the Trustee and Plan Financing

9.1.Trust Agreement.  The Trust Agreement provides for the administration of the Trust.  The Trust Agreement, as amended, will continue in force and will be deemed to form a part of this Plan, and any and all rights or benefits which may accrue to any person under this Plan will be subject to all the terms and provisions of the Trust Agreement.

9.2.Selection of Trustee.  As provided in the Trust Agreement, the Investment Committee will have the power to remove the Trustee and to appoint a successor Trustee.

9.3.Trustee’s Duties.  The powers, duties and responsibilities of the Trustee will be as stated in the Trust Agreement, and nothing contained in the Plan either expressly or by implication will be deemed to impose any additional powers, duties or responsibilities upon the Trustee.  The foregoing notwithstanding, the Trustee will have no investment authority not specifically granted to the Trustee by the terms of the Trust and the Trustee will be bound by the instructions of the Investment Committee or Investment Manager as provided in Article VIII.  All Participating Employer Contributions will be paid into the Trust and all benefits payable under the Plan will be paid from the Trust.  No Participating Employer will have any rights or claims of any nature in or to the assets of the Trust Fund except the right to require the Trustee to hold, use, apply and pay such assets in its possession, in accordance with the directions of the Investment Committee for the exclusive benefit of the Participants, Spouses and Beneficiaries, except as otherwise provided in the Plan.

9.4.Trust Income.  The net income derived from the Trust will be accumulated and will from time to time be invested as a part of the Trust Fund.

9.5.Expenses.  Unless paid by the Participating Employers, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the general administration of the Plan and Trust will be paid by the Trust.

9.6.Trust Entity.  The Trust will be a separate entity aside and apart from the Participating Employers or their assets.  The Trust and the corpus and income thereof will in no event and in no manner whatsoever be subject to the rights or claims of any creditor of any Participating Employer.

9.7.Funding Policy.  The Investment Committee will establish and direct the implementation of a funding policy and method for the Plan which will be consistent with the objectives of the Plan and with the minimum funding standards established under Code Section 412.

9.8.Participating Employer Contributions.  Each Participating Employer will make contributions to the Trust to fund benefits of the Plan in such amounts and at such times as the Investment Committee, in accordance with the funding policy and method of the Plan, will from time to time direct; provided that any such contribution will be made not later than the due date for the Participating Employer’s federal income tax return (including extensions) for the taxable year and Plan Year for which such contribution is made.  All Participating Employer 

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Contributions are conditioned upon the qualification of the Plan under Code Section 401(a) and upon the deductibility of such contributions by the Participating Employer under Code Section 404.  Participating Employer Contributions can be made in cash or in securities of the Company; provided that in no case will the Plan acquire or hold securities of the Company if the aggregate fair market value of the securities exceeds ten percent of the fair market value of the Plan assets or if the securities fail to qualify as “Qualifying Participating Employer Securities” under Section 407 of ERISA.

9.9.Forfeitures.  Forfeitures of benefits under the Plan arising for any reason will be applied to reduce the cost of the Plan and will not be used to increase the benefits under the Plan otherwise payable to or on behalf of Participants.

9.10.Exclusive Benefit of Participants.  Except to the extent provided below, all Participating Employer Contributions under the Plan will be paid to the Trustee and deposited in the Trust Fund and will be held, managed and distributed solely in the interest of the Participants, their Spouses and Beneficiaries for the exclusive purposes of providing benefits to such persons and paying all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the general administration of the Plan and Trust, to the extent such costs and expenses are not paid by the Participating Employers.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Participating Employer Contributions and the earnings thereon may be applied as follows:

	
 
	
(a)
	
Non-Deductible Contribution Reversion.  Participating Employer contributions are conditioned upon the deductibility of such contributions and if, and to the extent, deduction of a Participating Employer Contribution under Code Section 404 is disallowed, such Participating Employer Contributions, adjusted for any investment losses, will be returned to the Participating Employers within one year after the disallowance of the deduction, provided that this reversion provision will not be applicable to the extent that it is determined by the Administrative Committee that such reversion will adversely affect the qualified status of the Plan;

	
 
	
(b)
	
Mistake of Fact Reversions.  If, and to the extent, a Participating Employer Contribution is made through mistake of fact, such Participating Employer Contribution and any earnings on such contributions will be returned to the Participating Employers within one year of the payment of the contribution;

	
 
	
(c)
	
Excess Assets Reversions.  If any amounts arising out of the variation between expected actuarial requirements and actual requirements remain in the Trust Fund after termination of the Plan and if all liabilities of the Plan to persons entitled to benefits under the Plan have been satisfied in accordance with applicable law, such remaining amounts will be distributed to the Participating Employers in such amounts as the Investment Committee in its sole discretion will determine, provided such distribution is in accordance with applicable law.

	
 
	
(d)
	
Exercise of Plan Sponsor or Settlor Authority.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 9.10 will not be applicable with respect to Plan design 

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decisions including decisions made pursuant to Section 1.3, Article VII or Article VIII, or with respect to exercises of any other Plan sponsor or settlor authority.

9.11.Benefits Payable Only from Trust Fund.  All benefits provided by the Plan will be paid solely from the Trust Fund, and neither any Participating Employer nor any agent or representative of a Participating Employer will be liable in any manner for any such benefits.

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ARTICLE X.

Adoption and Withdrawal from Plan

10.1.Procedure for Adoption.  Any Participating Employer may adopt the Plan for the benefit of its Employees as of a date specified.  Any Employer that employs Participants shall be deemed to have adopted the Plan unless otherwise determined  by the Administrative Committee.  Notwithstanding any term or provision of the Plan to the contrary (including, but not limited to, terms and conditions concerning Years of Service, Compensation and amount of Pension Benefits), the terms and provisions as may be imposed with respect to such Employees in an applicable Supplement will govern.  A partnership, limited liability company, or other noncorporate entity may be a Participating Employer, subject to such conditions as may be required by the Administrative Committee.

10.2.Procedure for Withdrawal.  Any Participating Employer may, with the consent of the Company, and subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the Company, terminate its adoption of the Plan.

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ARTICLE XI.

Amendment and Termination

11.1.Amendments.

	
 
	
(a)
	
Power to Amend.  The Company will have the right at any time to amend in whole or in part any or all of the provisions of the Plan except as expressly set forth below:

	
 
	
(i)
	
no amendment will increase the duties or liabilities of the Trustee without its written consent;

	
 
	
(ii)
	
no amendment will have the effect of vesting in any Employer any interest in any funds, securities or other property subject to the terms of the Plan and Trust;

	
 
	
(iii)
	
no amendment will authorize or permit at any time any part of the corpus or income of the Trust Fund to be used for or diverted to purposes other than for the purposes specified in the Plan, except as permitted by Section 11.14; 

	
 
	
(iv)
	
no amendment will reduce a Participant’s Accrued Benefit, or the Non-forfeitable portion thereof, subject to Section 11.1(c);

	
 
	
(v)
	
effective January 1, 2008, no amendment will shall increase the Plan’s liabilities in violation of Section 13.13(b).

The Company’s authority to amend the Plan has been delegated to the Administrative Committee to the extent provided in Section 11.1(d).  The authority to amend the Plan in any respect (whether or not such amendment is within the authority delegated to the Administrative Committee) may also be exercised by the Board of Directors or any other person to whom the Board delegates such authority.  

	
 
	
(b)
	
Effect of Amendment.  If a person is not an Eligible Employee on or after the effective date of any amendment to the Plan, the amendment will be deemed as having no effect on the amount of such person’s benefits unless the amendment specifically provides otherwise.

	
 
	
(c)
	
Restriction on Amendment.  Except as otherwise permitted by Code Section 411 or regulations or other administrative guidance issued thereunder, 

	
 
	
(i)
	
no amendment to the Plan shall reduce a Participant’s Accrued Benefit as of the effective date of the amendment.  

	
 
	
(ii)
	
any amendment that affects the determination of the Non-forfeitable portion of a Participant’s Accrued Benefit shall apply to a Participant who as of the date that is sixty days after the effective date of the amendment 

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has completed at least three Years of Vesting Service only if the effect of the amendment is to increase the Non-forfeitable portion of the Participant’s Accrued Benefit (including the portion accrued after the effective date of the amendment).  The preceding language concerning an amendment to the Plan’s vesting schedule will also apply when a Plan with different requirements for non-forfeitability is merged into the Plan.  

	
 
	
(iii)
	
the Plan will not be amended so as to eliminate or reduce an early retirement benefit or a retirement‐type subsidy, or eliminate an optional form of payment, with respect to a Participant’s Accrued Benefit as of the effective date of the Amendment; provided, however, the retirement‐type subsidy need only be preserved for those Participants who before or after the date of the amendment (but before incurring a Termination of Employment) satisfy the eligibility requirements for the subsidy prior to the amendment.  The foregoing limitations do not apply to benefit accrual occurring after the date of the amendment.

	
 
	
(d)
	
Authority of Administrative Committee.  The Administrative Committee has been delegated the authority of the Company to adopt any amendments to the Plan as the Administrative Committee may determine to be necessary or appropriate, except that no amendment shall be made to any Plan without approval of the Board of Directors unless the Administrative Committee determines that such amendment will not significantly change the overall level of benefits provided by such Plan; significantly change the requirements for eligibility for participation in the Plan; or add any material new benefit that would significantly increase the cost of the Plan.  In illustration but not limitation of the foregoing, the Administrative Committee is authorized to adopt any amendment to a Plan that it determines to be:

	
 
	
(i)
	
an amendment that provides for the Plan to be adopted by any business entity acquired by the Company, including providing any special rules applicable to the employees of such business entity;

	
 
	
(ii)
	
an amendment that the Administrative Committee determines to be of an administrative, ministerial or technical nature only;

	
 
	
(iii)
	
an amendment that the Administrative Committee determines to be necessary or appropriate to carry out any amendment approved by, or other resolution adopted by, the Board;

	
 
	
(iv)
	
an amendment that the Administrative Committee determines to be necessary or appropriate to comply with any applicable law, including without limitation any amendment required by the Internal Revenue Service as a condition to the issuance of a favorable determination letter with respect to the Plan, or necessary to conform the terms of the Plan to established administrative practices or procedures; or

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(v)
	
an amendment that the Administrative Committee determines to be necessary or appropriate to clarify or to resolve any inconsistency or ambiguity in the terms of the Plan.

The adoption by the Administrative Committee of any amendment to the Plan shall constitute conclusive evidence that the Administrative Committee has determined such amendment to be authorized under the terms of the foregoing resolution, which determination shall be conclusive and binding on all employees, participants, beneficiaries and other persons claiming any benefit under the Plan.

11.2.Termination.  It is the expectation of the Company that it will continue the Plan and the payment of contributions hereunder indefinitely, but the continuation of the Plan and the payment of Participating Employer Contributions hereunder is not assumed as a contractual obligation of the Company or any other Participating Employer; and the right is reserved by the Company or any Participating Employer at any time to reduce, suspend or discontinue its contributions hereunder; provided, however, that the Participating Employer Contributions for any Plan Year accrued or determined prior to the end of such Plan Year will not after the end of such Plan Year be retroactively reduced, suspended or discontinued except as may be permitted by law.  The Plan will terminate upon the occurrence of any of the following events:

	
 
	
(a)
	
Business Form.  Legal adjudication of the Company as bankrupt, a general assignment by the Company to or for the benefit of its creditors, or dissolution of the Company other than by form of or as a result of a reorganization where the business of the Company is continued; or

	
 
	
(b)
	
Board of Directors Action.  Termination of the Plan by the Board of Directors at any time when, in its judgment, business, financial or other good causes make such termination advisable, to become effective upon the execution and delivery by the Company to the Administrative Committee and Investment Committee and to the Trustee of a written resolution signed on its behalf by an officer of the Company and stating the fact of such termination and the date as of which it is to be effective.

Upon the termination of the Plan or partial termination of the Plan, the rights of affected persons to the benefits provided under the Plan which are not vested and Non-forfeitable as of the date of such termination or partial termination will be fully vested and Non-forfeitable to the extent then funded; provided, however, notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the rights of all persons entitled to vested and Non-forfeitable benefits under the Plan will be limited to the assets of the Trust Fund, and to the extent benefits are guaranteed by the PBGC, and no Participating Employer or Employer will have any obligation to make any contributions to pay any benefits under the Plan subsequent to a termination or partial termination of the Plan.

11.3.Disposition of Fund on Termination.  Subject to the provisions of Section 9.10, upon an entire termination of the Plan the Trust Fund will be liquidated by making provisions (if not already so provided) for payments, after providing for the costs and expenses of the Plan and Trust Fund, to the extent the assets in the Trust Fund are sufficient therefor, in the order of precedence established under ERISA Section 4044; provided however, in the event the Plan terminates or there is a spin-off of part of the Plan (other than a de minimis spin-off permitted 

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under Treasury Regulations Section 1.414(1)-(n)(2)) within five years of the effective date of any de minimis merger of any defined benefit plan (the “Smaller Plan”) into the Plan (the “Larger Plan”) as permitted by Treasury Regulations Section 1.414(1)-1(h), there will be payable to Participants, on whose behalf assets and liabilities were transferred from the Smaller Plan to the Larger Plan, a special schedule of benefits (consisting of all the benefits that would be provided by the Smaller Plan on a termination basis just prior to the merger) in a priority category higher than the highest priority category payable under Section 4044 of ERISA.  Plan assets will be allocated to that schedule in accordance with the allocation of assets to scheduled benefits in Treasury Regulations Section 1.414(1)-1(f)(3).  The preceding provisions for payments will be made regardless of whether the Participant has incurred a Termination of Employment and regardless of the Participant’s age.

11.4.Disposition Medium.  The allocations, referred to in Section 11.3, may be implemented through the continuance of the Trust Fund (as a wasting trust), through a new Trust Fund, through the purchase of insurance company annuity contracts or by a combination of these methods.  Notwithstanding the previous sentence, every Participant with an Accrued Benefit in excess of $5,000 (or such higher amount permitted by applicable law) is entitled to receive his Accrued Benefit in the form of an insurance company annuity contract (with such contract including all optional forms of payment available under the Plan at plan termination, any retirement‐type subsidy and qualified joint and survivor and pre‐retirement survivor annuity features as are required by Code Section 411(d)(6) or Treasury regulations thereunder) unless such Participant elects a different form of payment.  Any election by a married Participant of a form of payment other than an annuity contract with joint and survivor and pre‐retirement survivor annuity features (with the Spouse designated as the survivor) must be consented to by the Participant and, to the extent applicable, the Spouse.

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ARTICLE XII.

Special Top-Heavy Rules

12.1.Application.  Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan to the contrary, the provisions of this Article XII will apply and be effective for any Plan Year for which the Plan will be determined to be a “Top-Heavy Plan” as provided and defined herein.

12.2.Special Terms.  For purposes of this Article XII, the following terms will have the following meanings:

	
 
	
(a)
	
“Active Participant” means an Eligible Employee who is a Participant in the Plan at the time of reference.

	
 
	
(b)
	
“Aggregate Benefit” means the sum of:

	
 
	
(i)
	
the present value of the accrued benefit under each and all defined benefit plans in the Aggregation Group determined on each plan’s individual Determination Date as if there were a termination of employment on the most recent date the plan is valued by an actuary for purposes of computing plan costs under Code Section 412 within the 12-month period ending on the Determination Date of each such plan, but with respect to the first plan year of any such plan determined by taking into account the estimated accrued benefit as of the Determination Date; provided, the actuarial assumptions to be applied for purposes of this paragraph (i) will be the same assumptions as those applied for purposes of determining the actuarial equivalents of optional benefits under the particular plan, except that the interest rate assumption will be five percent; nonproportional subsidies will be valued as required under Regulation 1.416-1;

	
 
	
(ii)
	
the present value of the accrued benefit (i.e., account balances) under each and all defined contribution plans in the Aggregation Group, valued as of the valuation date coinciding with or immediately preceding the Determination Date of each such plan, including (A) contributions made after the valuation date but on or prior to the Determination Date, (B) with respect to the first plan year of any plan, any contribution made subsequent to the Determination Date but allocable as of any date in the first plan year, or (C) with respect to any defined contribution plan subject to Code Section 412, any contribution made after the Determination Date that is allocable as of a date on or prior to the Determination Date; and

	
 
	
(iii)
	
the sum of each and all amounts distributed (other than a rollover or plan-to-plan transfer) from any Aggregation Group Plan, plus a rollover or plan-to-plan transfer initiated by the Employee and made to a plan which is not an Aggregation Group Plan within the Current Plan Year or within the preceding four plan years of any such plan, provided such amounts are not already included in the present value of the accrued benefits as of the 

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valuation date coincident wither immediately preceding the Determination Date.  Effective January 1, 2002, the present value of the accrued benefits and amounts of account balances of an Employee as of the Determination Date will be increased by the distributions made with respect to the Employee under the Plan, and any plan aggregated with the Plan under Code Section 416(g)(2), during the one-year period ending on the determination date.  The preceding sentence will also apply to distributions under a terminated plan which, had it not been terminated, would have been aggregated with the Plan under Section Code 416(g)(2)(A)(i).  In the case of a distribution made for reason other than severance from employment, death, or disability, this provision will be applied by substituting “five-year period” for “one-year period”.  The accrued benefits of any individual who has not performed an hour of service for an Employer during the one-year period ending on the Determination Date will not be taken into account.

The Aggregate Benefit will not include the value of any rollover or plan-to-plan transfer, the contribution or transfer of which to an Aggregation Group Plan was initiated by a Participant, was from a plan which was not an Aggregation Group Plan and was made after December 31, 1983, nor will the Aggregate Benefit include the value of employee contributions which are deductible pursuant to Code Section 219.

	
 
	
(c)
	
“Aggregate Compensation” means one-twelfth of the average of an Active Participant’s Compensation from a Participating Employer, as defined in Code Section 415, earned during the five-consecutive-Plan-Year period in which the Active Participant’s compensation is the highest and during which the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan, and during which the Active Participant earns a Year of Aggregate Service.  If a person has less than five consecutive Plan Years of compensation, or if the Plan is not a Top-Heavy Plan during five consecutive Plan Years, “Aggregate Compensation” will mean one-twelfth of the average of the Active Participant’s compensation earned during the Plan Years the Plan was a Top-Heavy Plan and during which the Active Participant earned a Year of Aggregate Service, divided by the number of such Plan Years.  An Active Participant’s Aggregate Compensation will exclude all compensation earned prior to January 1, 1984 or during any Plan Year the Plan is not a Top-Heavy Plan.

	
 
	
(d)
	
“Aggregation Group” means the Plan and one or more plans (including plans that terminated) which are described in Code Section 401(a), is an annuity contract described in Code Section 403(a) or is a simplified employee pension described in Code Section 408(k) maintained or adopted by the Employer in the Current Plan Year or one of the four preceding Plan Years which is either a “Required Aggregation Group” or a “Permissive Aggregation Group”:

	
 
	
(i)
	
A “Required Aggregation Group” means all Aggregation Group Plans in which either (A) a Key Employee participates or (B) which enable any 

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Aggregation Group Plan in which a Key Employee participates to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(4) or Code Section 410.

	
 
	
(ii)
	
A “Permissive Aggregation Group” means Aggregation Group Plans included in the Required Aggregation Group, plus one or more other Aggregation Group Plans, as designated by the Board of Directors of the Company in its sole discretion, which satisfy the requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(4) and 410 when considered with the other component plans of the Required Aggregation Group.

	
 
	
(e)
	
“Aggregation Group Plan” means the Plan and each other plan in the Aggregation Group.

	
 
	
(f)
	
“Current Plan Year” means (i) with respect to the Plan, the Plan Year in which the Determination Date occurs, and (ii) with respect to each other Aggregation Group Plan, the plan year of such other plan in which occurs the Determination Date of such other plan.

	
 
	
(g)
	
“Determination Date” means (i) with respect to the Plan and its Plan Year, the last day of the preceding Plan Year; or (ii) with respect to any other Aggregation Group Plan in any calendar year during which the Plan is not the only component plan of an Aggregation Group, the determination date of each plan in such Aggregation Group to occur during the calendar year as determined under the provisions of each such plan.

	
 
	
(h)
	
“Former Key Employee” means an Employee (including a terminated Employee) who is not a Key Employee in the Current Plan Year but who was a Key Employee at any time prior to the four preceding Plan Years.  

	
 
	
(i)
	
“Key Employee” means an Employee or former terminated Employee (including any deceased Employee) who at any time during the Plan Year that includes the Determination Date is:

	
 
	
(i)
	
An officer of the Employer whose compensation from a Participating Employer and an Employer during the Plan Year is greater than $170,000 (as adjusted under Code Section 416(i)(1)); provided, however, that no more than the lesser of (A) 50 Employees, or (B) the greater of (1) three Employees or (2) ten percent (rounded to the next whole integer) of the greatest number of Employees during the Plan Year will be considered as officers for this purpose.  Such officers considered will be those with the greatest annual compensation as an officer during the Plan Year;

	
 
	
(ii)
	
A person who owns more than five percent of the value of outstanding stock of the Company or of any Employer or more than five percent of the total combined voting power of all stock of the Company or any Employer (considered separately) or  5% 

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(iii)
	
A person who owns more than one percent of the value of the outstanding stock of a Participating Employer or of any Employer or more than one percent of the total combined voting power of all stock of a Participating Employer or of any Employer (considered separately) and whose total annual compensation from a Participating Employer and an Employer is in excess of $150,000.

For the purposes of this Section, compensation will mean compensation as defined in Code Section 415(c)(3).  The determination of who is a Key Employee will be made in accordance with Code Section 416(i)(1) and the applicable regulations and other guidance of general applicability issued thereunder.  Any person who is a Key Employee under more than one of the three paragraphs of this Section 12.2(i) will have his Aggregate Benefit under the Aggregate Group Plans counted only once with respect to computing the Aggregate Benefit if Key Employees as of any Determination Date.”

	
 
	
(j)
	
“Top‐Heavy Plan” means the Plan with respect to any Plan Year if the Aggregate Benefit of all Key Employees or the Beneficiaries of Key Employees determined on the Determination Date is an amount in excess of 60 percent of the Aggregate Benefit of all persons who are Employees within the Current Plan Year (excluding Former Key Employees), plus the Aggregate Benefit of persons who have been Employees (but are not Former Key Employees) within the four preceding Plan Years, but who are not Employees in the Current Plan Year.  With respect to any calendar year during which the Plan is not the only Aggregation Group Plan, the ratio determined under the preceding sentence will be computed based on the sum of the Aggregate Benefits of each Aggregation Group Plan totaled as of the last Determination Date of any Aggregation Group Plan to occur during the calendar year.

	
 
	
(k)
	
“Year of Aggregate Service” means a Plan Year in which an Active Participant earns at least 1,000 Hours of Service, provided that any Plan Year when the Plan is not a Top‐Heavy Plan will be disregarded.

12.3.Vested Percentage.  For any Plan Year that the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan, the Non-forfeitable percentage of the Accrued benefit of any person who is an Employee for such Plan Year will be determined under the following table, where the first column is the Employee’s Years of Service and the second column is the Employee’s Non-forfeitable percentage in such Accrued benefit:

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Years of Service
	
Vesting Percentage

	
Less than 2 years
	
0%

	
2 years but less than 3 years
	
20%

	
3 years but less than 4 years
	
40%

	
4 years but less than 5 years
	
60%

	
5 years or more
	
100%

For any Plan Year following a Plan Year in which the Plan was a Top-Heavy Plan but during which Plan Year the Plan is not a Top-Heavy Plan, the Employee’s Non-forfeitable percentage in his accrued Benefit will be not less than the Non-forfeitable percentage as of the date the Plan was last a Top-Heavy Plan; provided that any Employee who has accrued not less than three Years of Service as of the first day of the Plan Year following the Plan Year the Plan was last determined to be a Top-Heavy Plan will have his Non-forfeitable percentage for future benefits as well as accrued benefits determined under this Section 12.3.  For purposes of this Section 12.3, only Employees who perform an Hour of Service after the Plan becomes a Top-Heavy Plan are entitled to the special vesting provisions.

12.4.Minimum Benefit.  Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, for any Plan Year that the Plan will be a Top-Heavy Plan, the Accrued Benefit under the Plan for an Active participant who has completed a Year of Aggregate Service during such Plan Year (regardless of whether he is still employed on the last day of the Plan Year) but who is neither a Key Employee nor a Former Key Employee will be not less than a monthly benefit payable to the Employee in the form of a Single Life Annuity commencing at his Normal Retirement Date or the attained age, if later, were the person to have a Termination of Employment on the Determination Date, considering his Aggregate Compensation and Years of Aggregate Service earned prior to the Determination Date in an amount equal to (a) reduced by (b):

	
 
	
(a)
	
Is an amount equal to two percent of the Participant’s Aggregate Compensation multiplied by the Participant’s Years of Aggregate Service not to exceed ten such Years of Aggregate Service.

	
 
	
(b)
	
Is the monthly benefit payable to the Participant in the form of a Single Life Annuity commencing at his Normal Retirement Date or the attained age, if later, were the person to have a Termination of Employment on the Determination Date, such monthly benefit being the Actuarial Equivalent of the accrued benefit of the Participant under any other Aggregation Group Plan, plus the additional amount, if any, of any distribution from the other Aggregation Group Plan which has not been recontributed to the other plan as of the Determination Date.

Any benefit paid under the Plan which satisfies the requirements of this Section 12.4 will be paid at such time, in such form, and subject to such conditions as benefits are otherwise payable under the Plan, except that any such benefit payable commencing after the person’s Normal Retirement Date will be the Actuarial Equivalent of the person’s benefit at his Normal Retirement Date.

For purposes of satisfying the minimum benefit requirements of Code Section 416(c)(1) and the Plan, in determining Years of Service, any Service with an Employer will be disregarded to the 

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extent that such Service occurs during a Plan Year when the Plan benefits (within the meaning of Code Section 410(b)) no Key Employee or former Key Employee.

12.5.Maximum Benefit Accrual.  For any Plan Year that the Plan is a Top‐Heavy Plan, the denominator of the “Defined Benefit Plan Fraction” and the denominator of the “Defined Contribution Plan Fraction” (as defined in Section 13.11) will be determined by substituting “1.0” for “1.25.” The preceding sentence will not apply with respect to any Plan Year that the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan if (a) Section 12.4 is applied by substituting “three percent” for “two percent” and (b) the Plan would not be a Top-Heavy Plan if “90 percent” were substituted for “60 percent” in Section 12.2(j).  The first sentence of this Section 12.5 will not apply with respect to an Employee for any Plan Year during which he accrues no benefit under any plan of the Aggregation Group.

12.6.Termination of Top‐Heavy Status.  If the Plan has been determined to be a Top-Heavy Plan for one or more Plan Years and thereafter ceases to be a Top-Heavy Plan, the provisions of this Article XII will cease to apply to the Plan effective as of the Determination Date on which the Plan is not a Top-Heavy Plan.

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ARTICLE XIII.

Miscellaneous Provisions

13.1.Company Merger.  In the event any successor corporation to the Company by merger, consolidation, purchase or otherwise, will elect to adopt the Plan, such successor corporation will be substituted hereunder for the Company upon filing in writing with the Trustee its election to do so.

13.2.Plan Merger.  The Plan will not merge or consolidate with, or transfer any assets or liabilities to, any other plan, unless each person entitled to benefits would receive a benefit immediately after the merger, consolidation or transfer (if the Plan were then terminated) which is equal to or greater than the benefit he would have been entitled to immediately before the merger, consolidation or transfer (if the Plan were then terminated).

13.3.Nonalienation of Benefits.  Except as provided in Section 13.4, no benefit payable at any time under the Plan will be subject in any manner to alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, attachment, or other legal proceeding or processes, or encumbrance of any kind.  Any attempt to alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, attach or otherwise encumber any such benefits, whether currently or thereafter payable, will be void.  No benefit, nor any fund which may be established for the payment of such benefits, will, in any manner, be liable for or subject to the debts or liabilities of any person entitled to such benefits.  If any person will attempt to, or will, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber his benefits under the Plan or, if by reason of his bankruptcy or other event happening at any time, such benefits would devolve upon any other person or would not be enjoyed by the person entitled thereto under the Plan, then the Administrative Committee, in its discretion, may terminate the interest in any such benefits of the person entitled thereto under the Plan and hold or apply them to or for the benefit of such person entitled thereto under the Plan in such manner as the Administrative Committee may deem proper.

13.4.Qualified Domestic Relations Orders.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Article VI or Article VII, if a former Spouse, child or other dependent of a Participant (an “alternate payee” for purposes of this Section 13.4) is entitled to receive all or a portion of a Participant’s Accrued Benefit pursuant to a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (as defined below), then the Participant’s Accrued Benefit will be payable pursuant to such Qualified Domestic Relations Order and consistent with the Plan procedures identified below.  The Participant’s Accrued Benefit will be reduced to the extent necessary to reflect the time, manner and amount of such payments to such alternate payee(s) pursuant to a Qualified Domestic Relations Order.  A “Qualified Domestic Relations Order” is a judgment, decree or order (including approval of a property settlement agreement) relating to the provision of child support, alimony payments or marital property rights to an alternate payee which is made pursuant to a state domestic relations law (including a community property law), which creates or recognizes the existence of an alternate payee’s right to, or assigns to an alternate payee the right to, receive all or a portion of the benefits payable with respect to such Participant under the Plan, and which satisfies the other requirements of Code Section 414(p).  The Administrative Committee will establish procedures to determine the qualified status of domestic relations orders and to administer distributions pursuant to Qualified Domestic Relations Orders.

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13.5.No Employment Guarantee.  Neither the establishment of the Plan nor any modification thereof, nor the creation of any fund or benefit, nor the payment of any benefits will be construed as giving to any Participant or any other person any legal or equitable right against the Participating Employers, the Administrative Committee, the Investment Committee, the Trustee or any Plan representative except as herein provided.  Under no circumstances will the terms of employment with the Participating Employer of any Participant be modified or in any way affected hereby.  The maintenance of this Plan will not constitute a contract of employment with the Participating Employer, nor will anything contained in the Plan be construed as such a contract.  Participation in the Plan will not give any Participant a right to be retained as an Employee of the Participating Employer.

13.6.Termination of Employment.  When a person incurs a Termination of Employment, his right to benefits from the Plan will be determined only by the terms of the Plan.

13.7.Limitation on Vesting.  No person will have any vested right to benefits under the Plan until all of the applicable requirements for such benefits set forth in Article IV or V have been fulfilled, and then any such rights will be subject to the limitation of Section 11.2.

13.8.No Duplication of Benefits.  No benefits will be paid to any person under more than one provision of the Plan for the same period of time.

13.9.Source of Benefits.  All benefits payable under the Plan will be paid or provided for solely from the Trust, and the Participating Employers assume no liability or responsibility therefor.

13.10.Reduction for Overpayment.  The Administrative Committee will, whenever it determines that a person has received benefit payments under the Plan in excess of the amount to which the person is entitled under the terms of the Plan, make reasonable attempts to collect such overpayment from the person.  If the person to whom such overpayments were made does not, within a reasonable time, make the requested repayment to the Administrative Committee, and if the overpayment was due to an error by the Plan that the Participant would have no reasonable way of knowing was an error, the overpayment will be considered as an advance payment of benefits and the Administrative Committee will direct the Trustee to reduce future benefits until the overpayment has been recouped.  Nothing contained herein shall be construed to limit the authority of the Administrative Committee to recover any overpayment by any method otherwise available at law or equity.  Any payment made to a person in error shall be considered a separate fund held by such person in trust for the benefit of the Plan.

13.11.Limitations on Pension Benefits Payable to Highly Compensated Participants.  In the event of Plan termination for any reason other than the failure to obtain Internal Revenue Service approval, the benefit of any highly compensated active or former Employee of the Participating Employer or any Related Participating Employer is limited to a benefit that is nondiscriminatory under Code Section 401(a)(4).  In any other event, benefits distributed to any Participant who is one of the 25 most highly compensated active and former highly compensated Employees are restricted such that the annual payments are no greater than an amount equal to the payment that would be made on behalf of the Participant under a single 

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life annuity that is the Actuarial Equivalent of the sum of the Participant’s Accrued Benefit and the Participant’s other benefits under the Plan.  The preceding sentence will not apply if:

	
 
	
(a)
	
after payment of the benefit to the Participant, the value of Plan assets equals or exceeds 110 percent of the value of current liabilities, as defined in Code Section 412(1)(7), or

	
 
	
(b)
	
the value of the benefits for the Participant is less than 1 percent of the value of current liabilities.

The limitations in this Section will automatically become inoperative and of no effect upon a ruling by the Internal Revenue Service that they are not required.  If regulations are issued modifying the limitations described in this Section, the Plan will be amended in a timely fashion to incorporate such modified regulations; and, prior to such amendment, the Plan will be administered in accordance with the modified regulations.  For purposes of this Section 13.11, the term “benefit” includes loans in excess of the amount set forth in Code Section 72(p)(2)(A), any periodic income, and any Death Benefits not provided for by insurance on the Participant’s life.

13.12.Maximum Pensions.  Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan to the contrary, the Benefit to which a person is entitled at any time during any Plan Year will be subject to the provisions of Code Section 415, which are hereby incorporated by reference.  If a Participant has an accrued benefit under a defined contribution plan or a defined benefit plan (other than this Plan) which is intended to meet the requirements of Code Section 401(a) and which is maintained by an Employer, benefits will be reduced under this Plan in order to satisfy the requirements of Code Sections 415(b)(1) or 415(e).  For limitation years beginning on and after January 1, 2008, the limitations of Code Section 415 shall be applied in accordance with the final Treasury Regulations issued April 5, 2007, which are incorporated herein by this reference.

Benefit increases resulting from the increase in the limitations under Code Section 415(b) shall be provided to all current and former Participants with benefits limited by Section 415(b) who (a) have an Accrued Benefit under the Plan immediately prior to January 1, 2002, and (b) have not then commenced receiving benefit payments from the Plan.  Notwithstanding any other Plan provisions to the contrary, for purposes of adjusting any benefit or limitation under Code Section 415(b)(2)(B), (C), or (D), the “applicable mortality table” for distributions with an annuity start date on or after December 31, 2002, is the mortality table prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury as set forth in Revenue Ruling 2001-62.

13.13.Funding-Based Limitations on Benefits.  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, effective January 1, 2008, the following limitations shall apply, as and to the extent required by the Pension Protection Act of 2006.  This Section shall be interpreted and applied consistent with Code Section 436 and any guidance issued thereunder.  For all purposes of this Section 13.13, the Plan’s “funding target attainment percentage” and “adjusted funding target attainment percentage” shall have the meanings set forth in Code Section 436(j).

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(a)
	
Unpredictable Contingent Event Benefits

In accordance with Code Section 436(b), an “unpredictable contingent event benefit” (as defined in Code Section 436) to which a Participant would otherwise be entitled during any Plan Year shall not be provided to such Participant if the Plan’s adjusted funding target attainment percentage for any Plan Year: 

	
 
	
(i)
	
is less than 60%; or 

	
 
	
(ii)
	
would be less than 60% taking into account the event for which such benefit is payable. 

The preceding sentence shall cease to apply with respect to any Plan Year, effective as of the first day of such Plan Year, upon payment by the Company of a contribution (in addition to any minimum required contribution under Code Section 430) equal to: (A) in the case of subparagraph (i), the amount of the increase in the funding target of the Plan (under Code Section 430) for the Plan Year attributable to the event for which such benefit is payable; or (B) in the case of subparagraph (ii), the amount sufficient to result in a ‘funding target attainment percentage’ (as defined in Code Section 436) of 60%.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any payments restricted under this paragraph shall not automatically resume upon the date on which such payments are no longer restricted, but shall resume only upon adoption of a Plan amendment that otherwise meets the requirements of this Section.  

	
 
	
(b)
	
Plan Amendments Increasing Liability for Benefits

In accordance with Code Section 436(c), an amendment to the Plan which would have the effect of increasing the Plan’s liabilities by increasing benefits, establishing new benefits, changing the rate of benefit accrual or changing a vesting formula, may not take effect during any Plan Year in which the Plan’s adjusted funding target attainment percentage:

	
 
	
(i)
	
is less than 80%; or 

	
 
	
(ii)
	
would be less than 80% taking into account such amendment.

The preceding sentence shall cease to apply with respect to any Plan Year, effective as of the first day of such Plan Year (or if later, the effective date of the amendment), upon payment by the Company of a contribution (in addition to any minimum required contribution under Code Section 430)) equal to: (A) in the case of subparagraph (i), the amount of the increase in the funding target of the Plan (under Code Section 430) for the Plan Year attributable to the amendment; or (B) in the case of subparagraph (ii), the amount sufficient to result in a funding target attainment percentage of 80%.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, this paragraph shall not apply to an amendment providing for an increase in benefits under a formula which is not based on a Participant’s Compensation, but only if the rate 

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of such increase is not in excess of the contemporaneous rate of increase in average wages of all Participants subject to the amendment.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendments restricted under this paragraph shall not automatically take effect upon the date on which such amendments are no longer restricted, but shall resume only upon the adoption of an additional Plan amendment that otherwise meets the requirements of this Section. 

	
 
	
(c)
	
Accelerated Benefit Distributions

	
 
	
(i)
	
In accordance with Code Section 436(d)(1), in any case in which the Plan’s adjusted funding target attainment percentage for a Plan Year is less than 60%, the Plan may not pay any “prohibited payment” (as defined in subparagraph (iv) below) after the valuation date for the Plan Year.

	
 
	
(ii)
	
In accordance with Code Section 436(d)(2), during any period in which the Company is a debtor in a case under Title 11 of the United States Code, or similar Federal or State law, the Plan shall not pay any prohibited payment.  The preceding sentence shall not apply on or after the date on which the enrolled actuary of the Plan certifies that the adjusted funding target attainment percentage of such Plan is not less than 100%.

	
 
	
(iii)
	
In accordance with Code Section 436(d)(3), in any case in which the Plan’s adjusted funding target attainment percentage for a Plan Year is 60% or greater but less than 80%, the Plan shall not pay any prohibited payment after the valuation date for the Plan Year to the extent the amount of the payment exceeds the lesser of: (A) 50% of the amount of the payment which could be made without regard to the limits in Code Section 436(d)); or (B) the present value (determined under guidance prescribed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, using the interest and mortality assumptions under Code Section 417(e)) of the maximum guarantee with respect to the Participant under ERISA Section 4022.  In addition to the foregoing restriction as to payment amount, only one prohibited payment meeting the requirements of this paragraph may be made with respect to any Participant during any period of consecutive Plan Years to which the limitations under subparagraph (i) or (ii) of this paragraph apply.  For purposes of the foregoing, a Participant and any Beneficiary on his behalf (including an alternate payee, as defined in Code Section 414(p)(8)) is treated as one Participant.  As a result, if the Participant’s Accrued Benefit is allocated to an alternate payee and one or more other persons, the amount under this subparagraph shall be allocated among such persons in the same manner as the Accrued Benefit is allocated, unless a QDRO provides otherwise.

A Participant or Beneficiary who elects an optional form of benefit that is not available as of the Participant’s Annuity Starting Date due to the application of this subparagraph shall have the option either (A) to defer 

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payment to a later date (to the extent permitted under the Plan); or (B) to bifurcate the benefit into restricted and unrestricted portions.  If the Participant elects to bifurcate payment of the benefit, with respect to the unrestricted portion, the Participant may elect any optional form of benefit then available under the Plan and, with respect to the restricted portion, the Participant may elect any optional form of benefit then available under the Plan that is not a prohibited payment.  For purposes of this subparagraph, the “unrestricted portion” of the benefit is the lesser of (A) 50% of the benefit; or (B) the portion of the benefit that has a present value equal to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation guarantee amount described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.436-(1)(d)(3)(iii)(C).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the form of a Participant’s benefit that had commenced while the restriction under this paragraph applied shall not be adjusted to another form of payment on or after the date on which such payments are no longer restricted. 

	
 
	
(iv)
	
For purposes of this paragraph, a “prohibited payment” shall mean (A) any amount that the Participant elects to have paid in a lump sum pursuant to Section 7.2(d) or any Supplement (but not any amount paid as a lump sum pursuant to Section 7.3)), (B) any other payment in excess of the monthly amount paid under a life only annuity (plus any social security supplements paid in accordance with Code Section 411(a)(9)) to any Participant or Beneficiary whose annuity starting date (as defined in Code Section 417(f)(2)) occurs during a limitation period described in subparagraph (i) or (ii); (C) any payment for the purchase of an irrevocable commitment from an insurer to pay benefits; or (D) any other payment specified in the Treasury Regulations.

	
 
	
(d)
	
Future Benefit Accruals

In accordance with Code Section 436(e), in any case in which the Plan’s adjusted funding target attainment percentage for a Plan Year is less than 60%, benefit accruals under the Plan shall cease as of the valuation date for the Plan Year.  The preceding sentence shall cease to apply with respect to any Plan Year, effective as of the first day of such Plan Year, upon payment by the Company of a contribution (in addition to any minimum required contributions under Code Section 430) equal to the amount sufficient to result in an adjusted funding target attainment percentage of 60% or more.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, benefit accruals shall not automatically resume upon the date on which benefit accruals are no longer restricted, but shall resume only upon adoption of a Plan amendment that otherwise meets the requirements of this Section.

13.14.Indemnity.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, and to the extent that they are not indemnified or saved harmless under any liability insurance contracts, any present or former Administrative Committee or Investment Committee members, officers, Employees or directors of the Participating Employers or their subsidiaries or affiliates, if any, and each of them will be indemnified and saved harmless by the Participating Employers from and against 

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any and all liabilities or allegations of liability to which they may be subjected by reason of any act done or omitted to be done in good faith in the administration of the Plan and Trust, including all expenses reasonably incurred in their defense in the event that the Participating Employers fail to provide such defense after having been requested to do so.

13.15.Gender and Number.  Words denoting the masculine gender will include the feminine and neuter genders and the singular will include the plural and the plural will include the singular wherever required by the context.

13.16.Severability.  If any provision of the Plan is held illegal or invalid for any reason, such illegal or invalid provision will not affect the remaining provisions of the Plan, and the Plan will be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provisions had never been contained in the Plan.

13.17.Headings.  The headings or articles are included solely for convenience of reference, and if there is any conflict between such headings and the text of the Plan, the text will control.

13.18.Uniform and Nondiscriminatory Treatment.  Except with respect to the Plan design decisions, including decisions made pursuant to Section 1.3, Article VII or Article VIII, or with respect to exercises of any other Plan sponsor or settlor authority, any discretion exercisable hereunder by the Company, a Participating Employer, or either Committee will be exercised in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner.

13.19.Applicable Law.  The Plan and Trust will be construed in accordance with the provisions of ERISA and other applicable federal laws.  To the extent not inconsistent with such laws, this Plan will be construed in accordance with the laws of Illinois.

13.20.Action by the Participating Employer.  Action required or permitted to be taken by a Participating Employer may be taken by action of the board of directors (or the person or body exercising authority similar to that of a board of directors in the case of a noncorporate Participating Employer) of that Participating Employer or by a person or committee of persons authorized to act by said board.  The Company’s powers may be exercised by its Board of Directors or a person or committee of persons authorized to act by said Board or by a committee of said Board or by the Company’s authorized officers or their delegates.  The Company reserves the right to delegate a portion or all of its reserved authority as Plan sponsor or settlor of the Plan to any person, persons, committee or committees, including, but not limited to, its Compensation Committee, the Administrative Committee or the Investment Committee.  Notwithstanding the other duties or responsibilities any such person or committee may have under this Plan or the Trust when acting in another capacity, any such delegated authority exercised by such person or committee will constitute the exercise of reserved Plan sponsor or settlor powers.

13.21.Participant Litigation.  In any action or proceeding regarding the Plan,  Employees, Participants, Spouses or any other persons having or claiming to have an interest in this Plan will not be necessary parties and will not be entitled to any notice or process.  Any final judgment which is not appealed or appealable and may be entered in any such action or proceeding will be binding and conclusive on the parties hereto and all persons having or 

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claiming to have any interest in this Plan.  To the extent permitted by law, if a legal action is begun against the Company, any Participating Employer, the Administrative or Investment Committee or any member thereof, or any of their directors, officers, partners, members, managers, shareholders, employees, or agents, by or on behalf of any person and such action results adversely to such person or if a legal action arises because of conflicting claims to a Participant’s or other person’s benefits, the costs to such person of defending the action will be charged to the amounts, if any, which were involved in the action or were payable to the Participant or other person concerned.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, acceptance of participation in this Plan will constitute a release of the Company, any Participating Employer, the Administrative and Investment Committees and all members thereof, or their respective directors, officers, partners, members, managers, shareholders, employees, or agents,  from any and all liability and obligation not involving willful misconduct or gross neglect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Administrative Committee has caused this restatement of the Plan to be executed on the ___ day of January, 2016.

BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE

By: /s/ Salvatore Dadouche

Salvatore Dadouche

Administrative Committee Member

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