Exhibit 10.4
WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
PENSION PLAN
(As Amended and Restated Effective as of January 1, 2006)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| INTRODUCTION | i | |||
Article 1 |
DEFINITIONS |
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1.01 |
"Accumulated Contributions Account" |
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| 1.02 | "Actuarial Equivalent" | 1 | ||
| 1.03 | "Actuary" | 1 | ||
| 1.04 | "Affiliated Employer" | 1 | ||
| 1.05 | "Beneficiary" | 2 | ||
| 1.06 | "Board of Directors" | 2 | ||
| 1.07 | "Code" | 2 | ||
| 1.08 | "Committee" | 2 | ||
| 1.09 | "Compensation" | 2 | ||
| 1.10 | "Contingent Annuitant" | 3 | ||
| 1.11 | "Covered Compensation" | 3 | ||
| 1.12 | "Effective Date" | 3 | ||
| 1.13 | "Eligible Employee" | 3 | ||
| 1.14 | "Employee" | 3 | ||
| 1.15 | "Employer" | 3 | ||
| 1.16 | "ERISA" | 4 | ||
| 1.17 | "Fiduciary" | 4 | ||
| 1.18 | "Final Average Compensation" | 4 | ||
| 1.19 | "Highly Compensated Employee" | 4 | ||
| 1.20 | "Limitation Year" | 4 | ||
| 1.21 | "Maximum Offset Allowance" | 4 | ||
| 1.22 | "Normal Retirement Age" | 5 | ||
| 1.23 | "Participant" | 5 | ||
| 1.24 | "Plan" | 5 | ||
| 1.25 | "Plan Administrator" | 5 | ||
| 1.26 | "Plan Year" | 5 | ||
| 1.27 | "Prior Plan" | 5 | ||
| 1.28 | "Retired Participant" | 5 | ||
| 1.29 | "Social Security Benefit" | 5 | ||
| 1.30 | "Social Security Compensation" | 6 | ||
| 1.31 | "Social Security Retirement Age" | 6 | ||
| 1.32 | "Social Security Taxable Wage Base" | 6 | ||
| 1.33 | "Sponsoring Employer" | 6 | ||
| 1.34 | "Terminated Participant" | 6 | ||
| 1.35 | "Trust" | 6 | ||
| 1.36 | "Trust Fund" or "Trust" | 6 | ||
| 1.37 | "Trustee" | 6 | ||
Article 2 |
SERVICE |
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2.01 |
SERVICE PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1985 |
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| 2.02 | CREDITING OF SERVICE ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1985 | 7 | ||
| 2.02.1 | BREAK IN SERVICE DEFINED ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 1985 | 7 | ||
| 2.02.2 | RECREDITING OF SERVICE UPON REEMPLOYMENT | 8 | ||
| 2.03 | HOUR OF SERVICE DEFINED | 8 | ||
| 2.04 | BENEFIT SERVICE | 9 | ||
| 2.05 | VETERAN'S BENEFITS | 9 | ||
Article 3 |
PARTICIPATION |
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3.01 |
PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS |
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| 3.02 | PARTICIPATION UPON REEMPLOYMENT | 14 | ||
Article 4 |
RETIREMENT DATES |
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4.01 |
NORMAL RETIREMENT DATE |
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| 4.02 | EARLY RETIREMENT DATE | 16 | ||
| 4.03 | DEFERRED RETIREMENT DATE | 16 | ||
Article 5 |
RETIREMENT BENEFITS |
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5.01 |
FORM OF NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT |
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| 5.02 | SPOUSE JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY | 17 | ||
| 5.02.1 | AMOUNT OF SPOUSE JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY | 17 | ||
| 5.02.2 | ELECTION OUT OF SPOUSE JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY | 17 | ||
| 5.02.3 | INFORMATION FURNISHED TO PARTICIPANT | 17 | ||
| 5.02.4 | SPOUSAL CONSENT REQUIRED | 18 | ||
| 5.03 | AMOUNT OF NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT | 18 | ||
| 5.03.1 | MINIMUM BENEFIT FOR PARTICIPANTS ON JANUARY 1, 1979 | 21 | ||
| 5.03.2 | ACCRUED BENEFIT | 21 | ||
| 5.04 | MAXIMUM RETIREMENT BENEFITS | 22 | ||
| 5.04.1 | LIMITATION APPLICABLE TO DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN PARTICIPANTS | 25 | ||
| 5.04.2 | AFFILIATED EMPLOYERS | 26 | ||
| 5.05 | EARLY RETIREMENT BENEFIT | 26 | ||
| 5.05.1 | SOCIAL SECURITY OPTION | 27 | ||
| 5.06 | DEFERRED RETIREMENT BENEFIT | 27 | ||
| 5.07 | SUSPENSION OF BENEFIT DISTRIBUTIONS | 28 | ||
| 5.08 | RETIREMENT PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1985 | 29 | ||
| 5.09 | PARTICIPANTS WHO ATTAINED NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE OR WHO RETIRED PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1986 | 29 | ||
| 5.10 | DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS | 29 | ||
| 5.11 | MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS | 30 | ||
| 5.12 | RETROACTIVE ANNUITY STARTING DATE | 33 | ||
Article 6 |
TERMINATION OF SERVICE |
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6.01 |
REQUIREMENTS FOR VESTED BENEFITS |
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| 6.02 | VESTED BENEFITS | 35 | ||
| 6.02.1 | COMPUTATION OF A VESTED BENEFIT | 35 | ||
| 6.02.2 | EARLY COMMENCEMENT OF A VESTED BENEFIT | 35 | ||
Article 7 |
DEATH OF PARTICIPANT |
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7.01 |
DEATH PRIOR TO RETIREMENT |
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| 7.02 | SURVIVING SPOUSE BENEFIT | 36 | ||
| 7.03 | AMOUNT OF SURVIVING SPOUSE BENEFIT | 36 | ||
| 7.04 | DEATH AFTER COMMENCEMENT OF BENEFITS OR NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE | 37 | ||
Article 8 |
OPTIONAL FORMS OF BENEFIT |
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8.01 |
TIME FOR ELECTION |
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| 8.02 | CONTINGENT ANNUITANT OPTION | 38 | ||
| 8.03 | TEN YEAR CERTAIN LIFE ANNUITY OPTION | 38 | ||
| 8.04 | FIVE YEAR CERTAIN LIFE ANNUITY OPTION | 38 | ||
| 8.05 | REFUND OF ACCUMULATED CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT | 38 | ||
| 8.06 | WHEN OPTION EFFECTIVE | 39 | ||
| 8.07 | BENEFICIARY | 40 | ||
| 8.08 | LIMITATION OF ELECTION OF OPTION | 40 | ||
| 8.09 | SPOUSAL CONSENT REQUIREMENT | 40 | ||
Article 9 |
CHANGE IN STATUS AND TRANSFER |
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9.01 |
CHANGE IN STATUS FROM ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE TO NON-ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE |
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| 9.02 | CHANGE IN STATUS FROM NON-ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE TO ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE | 41 | ||
| 9.02.1 | NON-DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS | 41 | ||
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| 9.03 | TRANSFER IN EMPLOYMENT | 41 | ||
| 9.03.1 | EMPLOYMENT WITH AN AFFILIATED EMPLOYER | 41 | ||
| 9.04 | EMPLOYMENT WITH WATTS FLUIDAIR CO. | 42 | ||
| 9.05 | EMPLOYMENT WITH SPENCE ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. | 42 | ||
Article 10 |
ADMINISTRATION |
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10.01 |
ALLOCATION OF RESPONSIBILITY AMONG FIDUCIARIES FOR PLAN AND TRUST ADMINISTRATION |
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| 10.02 | INDEMNIFICATION | 43 | ||
| 10.03 | APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE | 43 | ||
| 10.04 | RECORDS AND REPORTS | 44 | ||
| 10.05 | OTHER COMMITTEE POWERS AND DUTIES | 44 | ||
| 10.06 | RULES AND DECISIONS | 45 | ||
| 10.07 | COMMITTEE PROCEDURES | 45 | ||
| 10.08 | AUTHORIZATION OF BENEFIT PAYMENTS | 45 | ||
| 10.09 | APPLICATION AND FORMS FOR PAYMENT | 45 | ||
| 10.10 | PROCEDURE FOR CLAIMING BENEFITS UNDER THE PLAN | 46 | ||
| 10.11 | APPEAL AND REVIEW PROCEDURE | 47 | ||
| 10.12 | EVIDENCE | 47 | ||
Article 11 |
FUNDING OF THE PLAN |
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11.01 |
MEDIUM OF FUNDING |
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| 11.02 | CONTRIBUTIONS | 48 | ||
| 11.03 | FUND TO BE FOR THE EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF PARTICIPANTS | 48 | ||
| 11.04 | FORFEITURES | 48 | ||
| 11.05 | INTERESTS OF PARTICIPANTS IN TRUST FUND | 48 | ||
| 11.06 | PAYMENT OF EXPENSES | 48 | ||
Article 12 |
PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS |
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12.01 |
PAYMENT OF SMALL AMOUNTS |
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| 12.02 | DEEMED DISTRIBUTION | 49 | ||
| 12.03 | PAYMENTS FOR INCAPACITATED PERSONS | 50 | ||
| 12.04 | SPENDTHRIFT | 50 | ||
| 12.05 | PAYMENT UNDER QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDERS | 50 | ||
| 12.06 | LATEST COMMENCEMENT OF BENEFITS | 50 | ||
| 12.07 | COMMENCEMENT OF BENEFITS PRIOR TO NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE | 50 | ||
| 12.08 | DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS BEGINNING BEFORE DEATH AND AFTER DEATH | 51 | ||
| 12.09 | DIRECT ROLLOVER DISTRIBUTIONS | 51 | ||
Article 13 |
AMENDMENTS TO OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN |
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13.01 |
RIGHTS OF THE EMPLOYER TO AMEND OR TERMINATE |
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| 13.02 | TERMINATION OF THE PLAN | 53 | ||
| 13.03 | LIMITATIONS ON BENEFITS UPON TERMINATION | 53 | ||
| 13.04 | ALLOCATION OF ASSETS | 53 | ||
| 13.05 | DISTRIBUTION MEDIA | 54 | ||
Article 14 |
DISTRIBUTION LIMITATIONS AND EARLY TERMINATION PROVISIONS |
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14.01 |
DISTRIBUTION LIMITATIONS |
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Article 15 |
TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS |
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15.01 |
TOP HEAVY PROVISIONS |
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Article 16 |
MISCELLANEOUS |
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16.01 |
RIGHTS AGAINST THE EMPLOYER |
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| 16.02 | RETURN OF CONTRIBUTIONS | 61 | ||
| 16.03 | MERGER | 61 | ||
| 16.04 | LEASED EMPLOYEES | 61 | ||
| 16.05 | APPLICABLE LAW | 62 | ||
| 16.06 | HEADINGS | 62 | ||
| 16.07 | GENDER AND NUMBER | 62 | ||
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The Watts Industries, Inc. Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees, previously known as the Watts Regulator Co. Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees, (hereinafter the "Plan") was established, effective January 1, 1985, as a successor to and a continuation of the Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees of the Watts Regulator Co. and the Retirement Plan for Employees of the Webster Foundry Division (hereinafter "the Prior Plans").
Effective January 1, 1997, Consolidated Precision Corp. adopted the Plan for its Eligible Employees who had been employees of Circle Seal Controls;
Effective January 1, 1998, Ames Company, Inc. adopted the Plan for its Eligible Employees;
Effective March 17, 1998, Atkomatic Valve Company adopted the Plan for its Eligible Employees;
Effective April 1, 1998, Aerodyne Controls Corporation adopted the Plan for its Employees who became Eligible Employees of Circle Seal Corporation on January 5, 1998;
Effective October 18, 1999, the following Employers spun-off from the Plan into the CIRCOR International, Inc. Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees: Circle Seal Controls, Inc., (including Aerodyne Controls Corporation, Consolidated Precision Corp., Keane Controls Corporation, Atkomatic Valve Company), KF Industries, Inc. (including Eagle Value), Industrial Products Division, Leslie Controls, Inc., Spence/Nicholson Engineering Company, Inc.;
Effective January 1, 2001, McCraney, Inc. (dba "Spacemaker") and Watts Heatway, Inc. (now called Watts Radiant, Inc.) adopted the Plan for their Eligible Employees; and
Effective January 1, 2002, Premier Manufactured Systems, Inc. adopted the Plan for its Eligible Employees.
Effective December 31, 2001, the Watts Industries, Inc. Hourly Pension Plan was merged into the Plan and its terms and conditions were incorporated into the Plan as Part A. Effective January 1, 2002, the Plan was renamed the Watts Industries, Inc. Pension Plan.
Effective October 15, 2003 Watts Industries, Inc. changed its name to Watts Water Technologies, Inc. and changed the name of the Plan to Watts Water Technologies, Inc. Pension Plan.
Additional amendments to the Plan have been made adding additional Employers and making other changes.
It is the intention of the Employer that the Plan as herein amended and restated shall continue to be recognized as a qualified pension plan under Sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. The provisions of the Plan as set forth in this Plan document shall apply only to an Eligible Employee who terminates employment on or after the effective date of a provision as set forth herein. The rights and benefits, if any, of an Employee who terminated employment prior to the effective date of a provision as set forth herein shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Plan as in effect on the date his employment terminated.
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The following words and phrases shall be defined as stated unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:
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A corporation, trade or business or member of an affiliated service group shall be treated as an Affiliated Employer only while it is a member of the controlled group.
Compensation includes contributions made on behalf of an Employee by the Employer pursuant to a salary deferral agreement under Section 401(k) of the Code and/or a salary reduction agreement pursuant to a cafeteria plan established under Section 125 of the Code.
In no event shall a Participant's Compensation taken into account under the Plan for any Plan Year exceed $150,000 or such other amount as the Secretary of the Treasury may determine for such Plan Year in accordance with Section 401(a)(17) of the Code. Any change in the dollar amount set forth above as adjusted by the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with Section 401(a)(17) of the Code shall apply only to Compensation taken into account for Plan Years beginning with the Plan Year in which such change is effective.
For purposes of Section 1.18, Compensation shall also mean compensation paid by an Affiliated Employer prior to the effective date of its inclusion in this Plan.
For purposes of this definition of Compensation, contributions pursuant to a cafeteria plan established under Section 125 of the Code shall include any amounts not available to a Participant in cash in lieu of group health coverage because the Participant is unable to certify that he or she has other health coverage. An amount will be treated as a contribution under Section 125 of the Code only if the Employer does not request or collect information regarding the Participant's other health coverage as part of the enrollment process for the health plan.
Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan the contrary, in no event shall a Participant's Compensation taken into account under the Plan for any Plan Year beginning on or after January 1, 2002 exceed the applicable limit specified in Code Section 401(a)(17)(A) for any Plan Year. This dollar limit on Compensation shall be adjusted for cost-of-living increases in accordance with Section 401(a)(17)(B) of the Code. The cost-of-living adjustment shall apply only to Compensation taken into account for Plan Years beginning with the Plan Year in which such increase is effective.
For purposes of determining benefit accruals in Plan Years beginning after December 31, 2001 for Participants who earn an Hour of Service after December 31, 2001, Compensation for any prior Plan Year shall be limited to $200,000.
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A Participant's Covered Compensation shall be automatically adjusted for each Plan Year in accordance with these rules.
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The term Highly Compensated Employee shall also include any former Highly Compensated Employee who terminated employment with the Employer or an Affiliated Employer prior to the Determination Year, performs no services for the Employer or an Affiliated Employer during the Determination Year, and was a Highly Compensated Employee in either his or her year of termination of employment or in any Determination Year ending on or after his attainment of age 55.
For purposes of determining an Employee's compensation under this Section 1.20, compensation shall mean the "Employee's Section 415 compensation" (as defined in Section 5.04(c)) reportable on Form W-2, plus all contributions made on behalf of the Employee by the Employer or an Affiliated Employer pursuant to a salary deferral agreement maintained by the Employer or an Affiliated Employer under any cash or deferred arrangement described in Section 401(k) of the Code or any salary reduction agreement pursuant to a cafeteria plan established under Section 125 of the Code by the Employer or Affiliated Employer, and effective January 1, 2001, any amounts deferred under Section 132(f)(4) of the Code.
For purposes of this Section, the "Look-Back Year" means the period of the twelve consecutive months immediately preceding the Determination Year. Also for purposes of this Section, "Determination Year" means the Plan Year that is being tested for purposes of determining if an Employee is a Highly Compensated Employee.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Maximum Offset Allowance shall not exceed 1/2 of the benefit determined without regard to the offset, based on the lessor of Social Security Compensation or Final Average Compensation.
The income used for purposes of computing a Participant's Social Security Benefit will be the portion of his annual Compensation which is treated as wages for purposes of the Social Security Act. The Participant's income earned prior to his first full year of employment as an Employee will be estimated by applying a 6% salary scale projected backwards from his first full year of employment with the Employer.
In the event the Participant furnishes the Committee with documentation from the Social Security Administration of his actual salary history on a year-by-year basis, the Participant's Social Security
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Benefit will be adjusted accordingly. The Participant must make application to the Social Security Administration for such information during a reasonable period of time, but not longer than six (6) months after the later of (i) the date the Participant ceases working for the Company, and (ii) the date the Participant is notified of his benefit under this Plan. If a Participant's benefit is adjusted in accordance with this Section 1.30, the adjusted benefit will commence after the date the Participant furnishes to the Committee documentation of his actual salary history.
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2.01 SERVICE PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1985
With respect to employment prior to January 1, 1985, Service shall mean "Service" as defined under the Prior Plans.
2.02 CREDITING OF SERVICE ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1985
With respect to employment on and after January 1, 1985, Service shall be determined as follows:
2.02.1 BREAK IN SERVICE DEFINED ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 1985
Service shall be considered broken by the following, provided that Service will not be broken during any Plan Year in which an Employee completes more than 500 Hours of Service:
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For purposes of the Plan, a one year Break in Service shall be deemed to have occurred at the end of any Plan Year in which an Employee fails to accumulate more than 500 Hours of Service.
2.02.2 RECREDITING OF SERVICE UPON REEMPLOYMENT
If a Participant incurs a Break-in-Service and is subsequently reemployed and he thereafter meets the definition of Eligible Employee and completes one year of Service, as provided in Section 3.03, his prior Service shall be reinstated as of his date of reemployment.
2.03 HOUR OF SERVICE DEFINED
Hour of Service means:
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Service credited hereunder for such absence, or (B) in any other case in the immediately following Plan Year;
Hours of Service to be credited to an individual during an absence described in this Section 2.03(f) above will be determined by the Committee with reference to the individual's most recent normal work schedule; provided that if the Committee cannot so determine the number of Hours to be credited, there shall instead be credited eight (8) Hours of Service for each day of absence.
2.04 BENEFIT SERVICE
With respect to employment prior to January 1, 1985, Benefit Service shall mean "Benefit Service" as defined in the Prior Plans.
With respect to employment on and after January 1, 1985, Benefit Service, for purposes of determining a Participant's benefit under the Plan means his years of Service earned as an Eligible Employee excluding any service prior to such Eligible Employee's twenty first birthday. For purposes of this Section 2.05, a year of Service is any Plan Year in which the Participant is credited with 1000 Hours of Service. During any computation period in which an Eligible Employee's Hours of Service cannot be determined, the Eligible Employee shall be credited with 190 Hours of Service for each month during such period in which he or she completes one Hour of Service.
However, if an Eligible Employee does not have 1,000 Hours of Service in a Plan Year because he or she enters or, following a Break in Service, re-enters employment with the Employer after the first day of a Plan Year or terminates his or her employment or retires prior to the end of a Plan Year, he or she shall be deemed to have accrued a partial year of service for such Plan Year equal to the ratio that his or her credited Hours of Service for such Plan Year bears to 1,000.
2.05 VETERAN'S BENEFITS
Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, contributions, benefits and service credit with respect to qualified military service will be provided in accordance with Section 414(u) of the Internal Revenue Code.
ARTICLE 3PARTICIPATION
3.01 PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS
Any Eligible Employee who was a Participant on December 31, 1996 shall continue to participate in the Plan as of January 1, 1997 in accordance with the provisions of this restated Plan.
Any other Eligible Employee shall become a Participant on the first day of the month coinciding with or next following the date on which he has both attained age 21 and completed at least one year of Service, provided he is then an Eligible Employee.
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later of January 1, 1998 or the date the Eligible Employee meets the requirements of Section 3.01(a). Such Eligible Employee's service with Ames Company, Inc. prior to its acquisition by the Employer shall be taken into account for eligibility and vesting. However, such Eligible Employee's Benefit Service shall be taken into account only with regard to service with the Employer commencing January 1, 1998.
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vesting. However, such Eligible Employee's Benefit Service shall be taken into account only with regard to service with the Employer commencing January 1, 2006.
3.02 PARTICIPATION UPON REEMPLOYMENT
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Section 6.02(a), such Terminated Participant shall be entitled to participate in the Plan immediately upon his reemployment.
A Terminated Participant who has received a refund of the balance in his Accumulated Contribution Account and who has subsequently resumed employment prior to incurring five consecutive one-year Breaks in Service may repay to the Employer for credit to the Fund the full amount of such cash settlement with interest compounded annually at the rate of 5% per annum (or such other rate as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury) from the date as of which such cash settlement was determined to the date of repayment. Repayment must be made prior to the occurrence of the earlier of five consecutive one-year Breaks in Service, or five years after the date of reemployment.
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4.01 NORMAL RETIREMENT DATE
The Normal Retirement Date of a Participant shall be the first day of the month coinciding with or next following his Normal Retirement Age.
4.02 EARLY RETIREMENT DATE
Except as provided below, a Participant who has reached his fifth-fifth birthday and who has completed at least ten years of Service may elect upon written notice to the Committee on an Early Retirement Date which may be the first day of any month subsequent to the date of such election and prior to his Normal Retirement Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Participant who was hired prior to January 1, 1992 (excluding a former participant of the Spence Plan or the Henry Pratt Plan) who has reached his fifty-fifth birthday and who has completed at least five years of Service may elect upon written notice to the Committee an Early Retirement Date which may be the first day of any month subsequent to the date of such election and prior to his Normal Retirement Date.
4.03 DEFERRED RETIREMENT DATE
If a Participant remains in the Service of the Employer or an Affiliated Employer after his Normal Retirement Date, his Deferred Retirement Date shall be the first day of the month which coincides with or next follows the date of his actual retirement.
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ARTICLE 5RETIREMENT BENEFITS
5.01 FORM OF NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT
Except as provided in Section 5.02, a Participant's Normal Retirement Benefit under the Plan shall be an annuity for life, payable monthly, commencing on the Participant's Normal Retirement Date (as defined in Section 4.01) and terminating with the monthly payment preceding his death.
5.02 SPOUSE JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY
In lieu of the life annuity payable under Section 5.01, a Participant who is married on his benefit commencement date shall receive his retirement benefit in the form of a Spouse Joint and Survivor Annuity as described in Section 5.02.1, provided he has not made an election under Section 5.02.2 to have his benefit paid under the life annuity form described in Section 5.01 or under an optional form described in Section 5.05.1 or Article 8.
5.02.1 AMOUNT OF SPOUSE JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY
The Spouse Joint and Survivor Annuity shall be a reduced amount payable to a Participant for his lifetime with provision for continuation of 50% of such reduced amount to the Participant's spouse for the duration of the spouse's lifetime after the death of the Participant
All such amounts shall be the Actuarial Equivalent of the benefits set forth hereafter in this Article 5 which are payable on a single life basis.
5.02.2 ELECTION OUT OF SPOUSE JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY
A married Participant may elect, pursuant to Section 5.02.4, not to receive his benefit in the form of the Spouse Joint and Survivor Annuity by delivering to the Committee, during the election period described below, his written election to have his benefits paid under the form described in Section 5.01 or under an optional form described in Section 5.05.1 or Article 8. The election period with respect to the life annuity form described in Section 5.01 and the Spouse Joint and Survivor Annuity shall be a ninety (90) day period ending on the Participant's benefit commencement date. The Participant may revoke such election by filing a written revocation with the Committee at any time during such election period. The election by a married Participant of an optional form described under Section 5.05.1 or Article 8 shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.02.4, and Section 5.05.1 or Article 8, whichever is applicable.
5.02.3 INFORMATION FURNISHED TO PARTICIPANT
No fewer than 30 days and no more than 90 days before a Participant's benefit commencement date, the Committee shall furnish each Participant with general information on the Spouse Joint and Survivor Annuity. Such general information shall be in writing and shall include:
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The Committee shall also furnish the Participant, upon his written request made within sixty (60) days following the date he is furnished such general information, additional information explaining the financial effect upon his pension (in terms of dollars per pension payment) of making such election. Such additional information shall be furnished to the Participant within thirty (30) days following the date the Participant's written request is received by the Committee.
The notice described above is not required if the Actuarial Equivalent value of the Participant's nonforfeitable accrued benefit is less than or equal to $3,500 ($5,000 commencing October 1, 2001) on the Participant's benefit commencement date.
The benefit commencement date for a distribution in a form other than a Spouse Joint and Survivor Annuity may be less than 30 days after receipt of the written explanation described in the preceding paragraph provided: (a) the Participant has been provided with information that clearly indicates that the Participant has at least 30 days to consider whether to waive the Spouse Joint and Survivor Annuity and elect (with spousal consent) to a form of distribution other than a Spouse Joint and Survivor Annuity; (b) the Participant is permitted to revoke any affirmative distribution election at least until the benefit commencement date or, if later, at any time prior to the expiration of the 7-day period that begins the day after the explanation of the Spouse Joint and Survivor Annuity is provided to the Participant' and (c) the benefit commencement date is a date after the date the written explanation was provided to the Participant.
5.02.4 SPOUSAL CONSENT REQUIRED
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the election by a married Participant of an optional form described in Article 8 or Section 5.05.1 or the normal form described in Section 5.01 shall not take effect unless:
Any consent by a spouse under (a) above, or a determination by the Committee with respect to such spouse under (b) above, shall be effective only with respect to such spouse.
5.03 AMOUNT OF NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT
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after his Normal Retirement Date but prior to January 1, 1989 shall be an amount equal to forty-five percent (45%) of his Final Average Compensation less fifty percent (50%) of his Social Security Benefit, multiplied by a fraction not to exceed one) the numerator of which is his years (and fractions thereof) of his Benefit Service and the denominator of which is 25.
The amount of the benefit calculated in accordance with this paragraph (d)(i)(A) shall be actuarially increased to reflect the change in the normal form of benefit payment from a 5 year certain and continuous annuity to a single life annuity.
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January 1, 1992, and Benefit Service earned under the Plan on or after January 1, 1992 (maximum of 25 years).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant who is credited with a 1,000 Hours of Service under the Spence Plan during the twelve-month period beginning on June 1, 1985 and ending on May 31, 1986 and during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1986 and ending on December 31, 1986 shall be credited with 2 years of Benefit Service for purposes of Section 5.03(d)(i)(A)(4) to reflect the change in the Spence Plan's plan year to a calendar year.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, with respect to a Participant who participated in the Henry Pratt Plan on September 30, 1993 and who retires under this Plan on or after September 30, 1993 and on or after his annual Normal Retirement Date, his Normal Retirement Benefit shall be an amount based on a maximum of 25 years of "Combined Total Benefit Service" (as defined below) and equal to the sum of (i) and (ii), where:
For purposes of determining a Participant's accrued benefit under paragraph (e)(i) above, the following shall apply:
For purposes of this Section 5.03(e), "Combined Total Benefit Service" means service earned under the Henry Pratt Plan and Benefit Service earned under the Plan. In the event a Participant's Combined Total Benefit Service exceeds twenty-five (25) years on his date of
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retirement with the Employer, the Participant's Normal Retirement Benefit shall be determined by decreasing his years of service earned under the Henry Pratt Plan by the number of years which exceeds twenty-five (25) and the benefit calculated under paragraph (e)(i) above shall be recalculated using the Participant's accrued benefit as of September 30, 1993.
A Transferred Jameco Participant's Normal Retirement Benefit shall be an amount based on a maximum of 25 years of "Combined Total Benefit Service" and equal to the sum of (i) and (ii) where:
For purposes of this Section 5.03(f), "Combined Total Benefit Service" means benefit service earned under Part B of this Plan and Benefit Service earned under subsection (ii) above. In the event a Participant's Combined Total Benefit Service exceeds twenty-five (25) on his date of retirement or termination of employment with the Employer, the Transferred Jameco Participant's retirement benefit shall be determined by decreasing his years of service under subsection (i) by the number of years of service which exceeds twenty-five and substituting such benefit service with years of Benefit Service under subsection (ii).
However, in no event shall a Transferred Jameco Participant's accrued benefit be less than his accrued benefit based upon his years of benefit Service as of his transfer date as calculated under Part B.
5.03.1 MINIMUM BENEFIT FOR PARTICIPANTS ON JANUARY 1, 1979
The annual normal retirement benefit of a Participant who was an Employee on January 1, 1979 shall in no event be less than an amount equal to the sum of (a) and (b) below for each year of Benefit Service:
5.03.2 ACCRUED BENEFIT
To determine a Participant's accrued benefit under Section 5.03(a) and (b) at any time prior to his Normal Retirement Date, there shall first be determined the amount of Normal Retirement Benefit that the Participant would have received if he had remained in the employ of the Employer to his Normal Retirement Date but based on his Final Average Compensation and Social Security Benefit as of the date such benefit is being determined. Such amount shall be multiplied by a fraction in which the numerator is the number of years of Benefit Service
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(including fractions thereof) that the Participant has completed and the denominator is the number of years of Benefit Service (including fractions thereof) that the Participant would have completed if he had remained in the employ of the Employer to his Normal Retirement Date.
A Participant's accrued benefit under Section 5.03(c), (d) and (e) is the benefit as defined under Section 5.03(c), (d) or (e) based on Final Average Compensation and Benefit Service as of the date the accrued benefit is being determined.
Notwithstanding the above, in the case of a Participant whose Compensation for a Plan Year beginning prior to January 1, 1994 exceeded $150,000, such Participant's Accrued Benefit shall not be less than an amount equal to the sum of his or her Accrued Benefit determined as of December 31, 1993 plus an amount equal to the Participant's Accrued Benefit determined in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.03.2 based on Years of Benefit Service earned by the Participant after December 31, 1993.
5.04 MAXIMUM RETIREMENT BENEFITS
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For purposes of applying the limitations of this Section, the term "Section 415 Compensation" means the compensation actually paid or includable in the Employee's gross income for the Limitation Year.
Effective January 1, 1998, Section 415 Compensation earnings shall include (i) any elective deferrals as defined in Code Section 402(g)(3), and (ii) any amount which is contributed or deferred by the Employer at the election of the Employee and which is not includable in the gross income of the Employee by reason of Code Section 125 or 457. Effective January 1, 2001, Section 415 Compensation shall include any amounts deferred under Section 132(f)(4) of the Code.
For Limitation Years beginning on or after January 1, 1998, for purposes of determining Section 415 Compensation, amounts included pursuant to Section 125 of the Code shall include amounts not available to a Participant in cash in lieu of group health coverage because the Participant is unable to certify that he or she has other health coverage. An amount will be treated as an amount under Section 125 only if the Employer does not request or collect information regarding the Participant's other health coverage as part of the enrollment process for the health plan.
For Limitation Years beginning on or after January 1, 2002, if the benefit payable to a Participant commences prior to age 62, the maximum dollar limitation defined in paragraph (a)(i), adjusted by paragraph (d), shall be the actuarial equivalent of such amount payable at age 62. For purposes of this paragraph, actuarial equivalent shall be based on the plan's early retirement reductions or the mortality table specified in Code Section 417(e)(3) and an interest rate of 5%, whichever produces the smaller amount.
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paragraph (a)(i) above, adjusted by paragraph (d), shall be increased so it is the actuarial equivalent of such amount payable commencing at age 65. For purposes of this paragraph, actuarial equivalent shall be determined using the assumptions in Section 1.02(d), or the mortality table specified in Code Section 417(e)(3)(A)(ii)(I) and an interest rate of 5%, whichever produces the smaller increase.
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5.04.1 LIMITATION APPLICABLE TO DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN PARTICIPANTS
Notwithstanding the above, if the Participant was a participant as of the first day of the first Limitation Year beginning after December 31, 1986 in one or more defined benefit plans maintained by the Employer which were in existence on May 6, 1986, the denominator of this fraction will not be less than 1.25 times the sum of the annual benefits under such plans which the Participant had accrued as of the close of the last Limitation Year beginning before January 1, 1987, disregarding any changes in the terms and conditions of the Plan after May 5, 1986. The preceding sentence applies only if the defined benefit plans individually and in the aggregate satisfied the requirements of Section 415 of the Code for all Limitation Years beginning before January 1, 1987.
For purposes of calculating the numerator in the defined contribution plan fraction, a Participant's after tax payroll deduction contributions made before 1987, if any, shall be taken into account to the extent such contributions exceed the lesser of:
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If the Employee was a Participant as of the end of the first day of the first Limitation Year beginning after December 31, 1986, in one or more defined contribution plans maintained by the Employer which were in existence on May 6, 1986, the numerator of this fraction will be adjusted if the sum of this fraction and the defined benefit fraction would otherwise exceed 1.0 under the terms of this Plan. Under the adjustment, an amount equal to the product of (1) the excess of the sum of the fractions over 1.0 times (2) the denominator of this fraction, will be permanently subtracted from the numerator of this fraction. The adjustment is calculated using the fractions as they would be computed as of the end of the last Limitation Year beginning before January 1, 1987, and disregarding any changes in the terms and conditions of the Plan made after May 5, 1986, but using the Section 415 limitation applicable to the first Limitation Year beginning on or after January 1, 1987.
5.04.2 AFFILIATED EMPLOYERS
For purposes of Sections 5.04 and 5.041, the Employer and all Affiliated Employers shall be considered one employer, and the limitations shall be applicable to the total benefits received from the Employer and all Affiliated Employers. Further, in determining what is an Affiliated Employer for the purposes of these Sections, the phrase "more than 50%" shall be substituted for "at least 80%" each place it appears in Section 1563(a)(1) of the Code.
5.05 EARLY RETIREMENT BENEFIT
The Early Retirement Benefit of a Participant who elects to retire on an Early Retirement Date (as defined in Section 4.02) on or after January 1, 1985 shall be the benefit computed in (a) or (b) below, as elected by the Participant:
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.05, with respect to a Participant who on September 30, 1993 was participating in the Henry Pratt Plan, his Early Retirement Benefit shall not be less than the benefit he could have received if he retired under the early retirement provisions of the Henry Pratt Plan on September 30, 1993.
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A Participant who is entitled to receive an Early Retirement Benefit and has elected to have such benefit commence prior to the date he is entitled to receive benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act, may elect to receive a Social Security Option under which he will receive a larger monthly benefit prior to the date he is first entitled to receive benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act and a smaller benefit after he is first entitled to receive benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act so that, to the extent possible, the Participant will receive a level monthly income when his payments under the Plan and his income under Title II of the Social Security Act are taken in to account; provided, however, that his payments under the Social Security Option will be the Actuarial Equivalent of the Early Retirement Benefit he would have received if he had not elected such an option.
If a Participant elects a benefit under this Section, no benefits will be payable to anyone upon his death.
5.06 DEFERRED RETIREMENT BENEFIT
(a) Retirement Prior to Age 701/2
Each Participant who continues in the employ of the Employer or an Affiliated Employer after attaining his Normal Retirement Age and retires prior to age 701/2 shall be entitled upon actual retirement to receive a monthly Deferred Retirement Benefit. The Deferred Retirement Benefit payable under this paragraph (a) shall be determined in accordance with Section 5.03 or 5.03.1, whichever is applicable, based on the Participant's years of Benefit Service (including fractions thereof) as of his retirement date, and the rate of benefit in effect under the Plan on his retirement date.
(b) Commencement of Benefits While Actively Employed
Prior to January 1, 1997, the Deferred Retirement Benefit payable to a Participant who attains age 701/2 and who continues to be an Employee shall be equal to the Participant's accrued benefit determined as of the last day of the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 701/2. The Deferred Retirement Benefit payable under this paragraph (b) shall be determined in accordance with Section 5.03 or 5.03.1, whichever is applicable, and shall be payable in the form of a single life annuity. The Deferred Retirement Benefit shall commence no later than the January 1 immediately following the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 701/2.
The monthly benefit of a Participant who has begun receiving benefits and who continues to be an Employee after his attainment of age 701/2 shall be adjusted, effective on the January 1 following the Plan Year in which the Participant's benefit commenced and on each succeeding January 1 prior to the Participant's Deferred Retirement Date, to reflect the effect of changes in the Participant's accrued benefit since the previous January 1. The final adjustment shall be made as of the Participant's Deferred Retirement Date. Adjustments required by this paragraph shall include a reduction equal to the Actuarial Equivalent of any benefit payments already made with respect to the Participant. In no event, however, will the benefit payable to the Participant be reduced as a result of this paragraph. Furthermore, the operation of this paragraph will not affect the form of benefit payment previously elected by the Participant.
Any Participant, other than a 5% owner as defined in Code Section 416(i), who attains age 701/2 after December 31, 1996 but before January 1, 2002 shall have the option to commence receiving retirement benefits at any time commencing on or after the January 1 following the Plan Year in which such Participant attains age 701/2. Any Participant, other than a 5% owner as defined in Code Section 416(i), who attains age 701/2 on or after January 1, 2002, shall
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commence receiving retirement benefits no later than the January 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which he attains age 701/2 or the calendar year in which he retires, whichever is later. Participants who are 5% owners must continue to commence receiving benefits on the January 1 following the Plan Year in which they attained age 701/2.
Effective January 1, 1997, a Participant's Deferred Retirement Benefit shall be equal to the greater of (i) the Actuarial Equivalent of his or her Deferred Retirement Benefit determined as of April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Participant attained age 701/2, or (ii) the Participant's Deferred Retirement Benefit determined as of his or her Deferred Retirement Date.
Upon such Participant's actual Deferred Retirement Date, he shall then be eligible to make the election as described in Section 5.02.2.
5.07 SUSPENSION OF BENEFIT DISTRIBUTIONS
(a) Conditions for Suspension
If any Participant is reemployed by the Employer or an Affiliated Employer on or after his benefit commencement date and before age 701/2, or if any Participant continues in employment with the Employer or an Affiliated Employer after his Normal Retirement Date (as defined in Section 4.01), the benefit payable for a calendar month will be permanently withheld if the Participant completes 40 or more Hours of Service in the calendar month or in the four or five week payroll period ending in the calendar month.
The benefit permanently withheld will be the actual amount scheduled to be paid for the calendar month in which the conditions for suspension are met.
(b) Redetermination of Benefits
Upon the subsequent termination of employment of a Participant who was eligible to begin receiving payments under the Plan on his prior termination of employment date (whether or not such benefit payments had actually commenced), the Participant's retirement benefit shall be redetermined in accordance with the provisions of this Plan applicable to him as of his subsequent termination of employment date, as if no prior benefit payments had been made. His retirement benefit, as so redetermined, shall then be reduced by (i) the Actuarial Equivalent of the benefit payments, if any, previously made to such Participant prior to his Normal Retirement Date or (ii) in the case of a lump sum payment, the Actuarial Equivalent of the payment other than the portion of the payment attributable to the period (if any) after the Participant's Normal Retirement Date and before his reemployment commencement date. The form of payment of any retirement benefit to which he may thereafter become entitled shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 at the time he subsequently retires without regard to the form in which his benefit had previously been paid.
The Participant's retirement benefit as so redetermined shall not be less than his retirement benefit prior to the suspension of payments.
(c) Resumption of Benefits
In the case of a Participant who was receiving benefit payments prior to reemployment, payment of such benefits shall resume no later than the first day of the third calendar month following the month in which the Participant ceases to satisfy the conditions for suspension described in paragraph (a) above.
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If the period of suspension is less than three months, the Participant's benefit shall continue to be paid in the same form of payment as was in effect before the suspension.
The amount of the Participant's benefit shall be redetermined, taking into account increased service and any benefits paid before suspension, and shall not be less than the amount of benefit the Participant was receiving prior to suspension.
(d) Notice of Suspension
If a Participant continues to be employed (or is reemployed) by the Employer or an Affiliated Employer after his Normal Retirement Date (as defined in Section 4.01) and the commencement of his benefit payments is delayed (or, in the case of reemployment, suspended) in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (a) above, the Committee shall give written notice to such Participant as required under Department of Labor Regulations 2530.203-3(b)(4) no later than the end of the first calendar month or payroll period in which the payment of benefits would have commenced if the Participant had not remained in or returned to employment.
5.08 RETIREMENT PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1985
Except as specified otherwise here-in, the monthly retirement benefit of a Participant who retired from the Service of the Employer prior to January 1, 1985 shall be determined in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Prior Plan as in effect on the date of his retirement.
5.09 PARTICIPANTS WHO ATTAINED NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE OR WHO RETIRED PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1986
Commencing January 1, 1986, the monthly retirement benefit of an active Participant who attained Normal Retirement Age prior to January 1, 1986 or of a Retired Participant who retired prior to January 1, 1986 shall be increased by 2.5% for each year between the date such active Participant attained Normal Retirement Age or the date such Retired Participant retired and the anniversary of such date which occurs in 1986; provided that each such Participant or Retired Participant shall be entitled to a monthly benefit increase of at least $10.00.
5.10 DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS
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The monthly disability benefit will terminate with the last payment due preceding the earliest of the following to occur:
5.11 MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS
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December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant's death.
For purposes of this Subsection 5.11(b)(ii) and Subsection 5.11(e), distributions are considered to begin on the Participant's Required Beginning Date (or, if Subsection 5.11(b)(ii)(D) applies, the date distributions are required to begin to the surviving Spouse under Subsection 5.11(b)(ii)(A). If annuity payments irrevocably commence to the Participant before the Participant's Required Beginning Date (or to the Participant's surviving Spouse before the date distributions are required to begin to the surviving Spouse under Subsection 5.11(b)(ii)(A), the date distributions are considered to begin is the date distributions actually commence.
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in Subsection (b)(ii)(A) or (B), over the life of the Designated Beneficiary or over a period certain not exceeding:
5.12 RETROACTIVE ANNUITY STARTING DATE
Effective as of January 1, 2004, in the event a written notice of a Participant's optional forms of payment (the "QJSA notice") is required and provided after the Participant's annuity starting date as defined in Q&A-10(b) of Section 1.401(a)-20 of the Treasury Regulations, the Participant's annuity starting date shall be deemed a"retroactive annuity starting date". In such event, the following provisions shall apply:
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ARTICLE 6TERMINATION OF SERVICE
6.01 REQUIREMENTS FOR VESTED BENEFITS
There are no benefits payable under the Plan if a Participant's employment terminated prior to the date he is entitled to retire and receive a benefit under the Plan, except as provided in Section 7.03(d), 8.05, and this Article 6.
6.02 VESTED BENEFITS
| Years of Service |
Vesting Percentage |
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| Less than 5 years | 0 | % | |
| 5 years or more | 100 | % |
6.02.1 COMPUTATION OF A VESTED BENEFIT
6.02.2 EARLY COMMENCEMENT OF A VESTED BENEFIT
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ARTICLE 7DEATH OF PARTICIPANT
7.01 DEATH PRIOR TO RETIREMENT
There are no death benefits payable under the Plan in the event of the death of a Participant, Retired Participant or Terminated Participant prior to the commencement of his retirement benefits under the Plan, except as may be provided under the Surviving Spouse Benefit described in Section 7.02 or as may be provided under Section 7.04.
7.02 SURVIVING SPOUSE BENEFIT
Effective August 23, 1984, the spouse of a Participant or a Terminated Participant shall be eligible to receive a Surviving Spouse Benefit after the Participant's or Terminated Participant's death if the Participant or Terminated Participant has fulfilled the following requirements at the date of death:
7.03 AMOUNT OF SURVIVING SPOUSE BENEFIT
If a Participant or Terminated Participant dies after fulfilling all the requirements of Section 7.02, his spouse shall be entitled to a lifetime benefit under the Plan. If the surviving spouse of the Participant or Terminated Participant consents, such benefit shall commence on the first day of the month following the later of the Participant's or Terminated Participant's death or the date the Participant or Terminated Participant would have met the requirements for Early Retirement under Section 4.02. If such surviving spouse does not consent to receive benefits as described above, benefits shall commence on the first day of any month thereafter, as elected by the surviving spouse, but not later than the date the Participant or Terminated Participant would have attained age 65.
The Surviving Spouse Benefit shall be equal to (a), (b), (c) or (d) below:
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If the Participant or Terminated Participant dies before meeting the requirements for Early Retirement as provided under Section 4.02 and before meeting the requirements for a Vested Benefit under Section 6.02(a), but after meeting the requirements for a Vested Benefit under Section 6.02(b), the Surviving Spouse Benefit shall be equal to the Actuarial Equivalent of the balance in the Participant's or Terminated Participant's Accumulated Contribution Account and shall be paid to the spouse as a life annuity.
7.04 DEATH AFTER COMMENCEMENT OF BENEFITS OR NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE
There are no death benefits payable under the Plan upon the death of a Participant on or after his Normal Retirement Age or after a Participant has commenced receiving benefits under the Plan, except as follows:
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ARTICLE 8OPTIONAL FORMS OF BENEFIT
8.01 TIME FOR ELECTION
Subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 8.08, in lieu of receiving the life annuity referred to in Section 5.01 or the Spouse Joint and Survivor Annuity referred to in Section 5.02, a Participant may elect, by written application filed with the Committee, to have his retirement benefit paid under one of the forms of benefit set forth in this Article 8, provided that such election is made prior to actual retirement under the Plan and in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5.02.4 (if such Participant is married) and in this Article 8. Neither Section 5.01 nor Section 5.02 shall apply if an effective election is made under this Article; provided, however, that a married Participant may, at any time during the election period established by the Committee under Section 5.02.2, rescind his election of an option under this Article 8 and receive his retirement benefit in the form of an annuity for life under Section 5.01 or a Spouse Joint and Survivor Annuity under Section 5.02 if he has met the requirements therefor.
8.02 CONTINGENT ANNUITANT OPTION
A Participant may elect an option in accordance with Section 5.02, under which option he will receive an actuarially reduced benefit during his lifetime after retirement and 100%, 662/3% or 50% of such reduced amount will be continued to a person designated by the Participant at the time of election of the option (and referred to as a Contingent Annuitant) for the duration of the Contingent Annuitant's lifetime.
8.03 TEN YEAR CERTAIN LIFE ANNUITY OPTION
A Participant may elect an option in accordance with Section 502, under which option he will receive an actuarially reduced benefit during his lifetime after retirement with a provision that if he dies after his Normal Retirement Age or after commencement of his benefit payments but prior to receiving one hundred twenty (120) monthly retirement payments, the balance of such one hundred twenty (120) monthly retirement payments shall be paid to the Participant's Beneficiary.
8.04 FIVE YEAR CERTAIN LIFE ANNUITY OPTION
A Participant who was a participant in the Spence Plan and who was employed by Spence Engineering Company, Inc. prior to January 1, 1987 may elect an option at least ninety days prior to his benefit commencement date, under which option he will receive an Actuarially Equivalent benefit during his lifetime after retirement with a provision that if he dies after his Normal Retirement Age or after commencement of his benefit payments but prior to receiving sixty (60) monthly retirement payments, the balance of such sixty (60) monthly retirement payments shall be paid to the Participant's Beneficiary.
8.05 REFUND OF ACCUMULATED CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT
This Section shall apply only to a Participant who participated in the Spence Plan on December 31, 1991 and who made employee contributions to the Spence Plan prior to January 1, 1987.
A Participant may elect to receive on or after the date of his retirement or other termination of employment and before his benefit commencement date, a refund of the balance, if any, in his Accumulated Contribution Account.
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If a Participant elects a refund of his Accumulated Contribution Account under this Section 8.05(a), his Normal Retirement Benefit provided in Section 5.03 shall be reduced by the Actuarial Equivalent of his Accumulated Contribution Account and his Accumulated Contribution Account shall be reduced to zero.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.05(a), if the Actuarial Equivalent value of a Participant's entire nonforfeitable benefit exceeds $3,500 ($5,000 commencing October 1, 2001), the Participant's spouse, if any, must consent to the Participant's election to withdraw the balance in his Accumulated Contribution Account. For this purpose, a spousal consent is valid only if made no earlier than 90 days before the date of withdrawal, is effective when received by the Committee and must:
Any such consent will be valid only with respect of the spouse who signs the consent. Spousal consent is not required, however, if the Participant establishes to the satisfaction of the Committee that there is no Spouse, the Spouse cannot be located, or the Participant can show by court order that he is legally separated or has been abandoned by the spouse within the meaning of local law, or if otherwise permitted under applicable regulations.
If the spouse is legally incompetent to give consent, the spouse's legal guardian, who may be the Participant, may consent to the withdrawal.
Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of the Plan, upon cessation of all benefit payments under the provisions of the Plan in respect of a Participant who has not received a refund of the balance of his Accumulated Contribution Account, if any, including payments to a spouse, Contingent Annuitant or Beneficiary, or upon the death of a Participant in respect of whom no benefits are payable, the excess, if any, of the balance of the Participant's Accumulated Contribution Account over the aggregate benefit payments made hereunder in respect of such Participant shall be paid to his Beneficiary in a single lump sum. A suspension of benefits under Section 5.07 shall not be deemed to be a cessation under this Section.
8.06 WHEN OPTION EFFECTIVE
If a Participant who elects an option under this Article 8 dies prior to Normal Retirement Age or prior to the date his benefits commence, if earlier, the election shall be void and no benefit will be paid under the option. If the Participant's Contingent Annuitant, or Beneficiary if applicable, dies prior to the commencement of retirement benefits to the Participant and prior to the Participant's Normal Retirement Age, the Participant may either (a) designate another Contingent Annuitant, or Beneficiary, if applicable, prior to his Normal Retirement Age, (b) receive the form of benefit at retirement which would have been payable to him had the option not been elected, or (c) elect another optional form of benefit under Article 8. Notwithstanding the first sentence of this Section 8.06, if the Participant has elected a Deferred Retirement Date, and if the Participant dies after his Normal Retirement Date but before his Deferred Retirement Date, the Contingent Annuitant or Beneficiary, if applicable, shall receive the reduced amount of retirement benefit payable under the option. If the Participant has elected a Deferred Retirement Date, and if either the Contingent Annuitant or Beneficiary, if applicable, dies after the Participant's Normal Retirement Date but before his Deferred Retirement Date, the election shall be void and the
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Participant will receive the benefit which would have been payable to him had the option not been elected, unless another option is elected.
8.07 BENEFICIARY
A Participant who elects an option under Section 8.03 or 8.04 shall designate, on a form provided by the Committee, a Beneficiary to receive any death benefit which may become payable under the designated option. The Participant may change his designation of Beneficiary from time to time by written notice filed with the Committee. If no designated Beneficiary survives to receive all benefits which may become due under the Plan, any such benefits becoming due shall be paid to any one or more of the following classes of successive Beneficiaries surviving the Participant: the Participant's (a) spouse, (b) issue, (c) parents, (d) brothers and sisters, or (e) executors and administrators.
8.08 LIMITATION OF ELECTION OF OPTION
No option shall be effective under this Article if the anticipated effect would be to extend the period of payments beyond the joint life expectancy of the Participant and his Contingent Annuitant or Beneficiary; or would violate the minimum distribution incidental benefit requirement of Section 1.401(a)(9)-2 of the proposed regulations, or any provision of future law that amends, supplements, or supersedes such provision.
8.09 SPOUSAL CONSENT REQUIREMENT
Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, the election by a married Participant of an optional form of benefit shall not take effect unless the requirements set forth in Section 5.02.4 have been satisfied.
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ARTICLE 9CHANGE IN STATUS AND TRANSFER
9.01 CHANGE IN STATUS FROM ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE TO NON-ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE
If a Participant is included in this Plan for a part of his period of employment with the Employer or an Affiliated Employer and then loses his status as an Eligible Employee, as defined in this Plan, he will not accrue any further benefits under this Plan; however, all Service with the Employer or an Affiliated Employer will be taken into account in determining his eligibility rights to receive any benefits previously accrued under this Plan.
In the event an Employee loses his status as an Eligible Employee, his benefit shall be determined using his Final Average Compensation, Covered Compensation, and years of Benefit Service on the date he ceases to be an Eligible Employee. If the Employee's status again changes and he becomes an Eligible Employee and resumes participation under the Plan, his years of Benefit Service shall be aggregated and his benefit shall be determined using his Final Average compensation and Covered Compensation on the latest date he ceases to be an Eligible Employee.
9.02 CHANGE IN STATUS FROM NON-ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE TO ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE
If a Participant is included in this Plan after a period of Service with the Employer when he was not an Eligible Employee, as defined in this Plan, all his Service with the Employer or an Affiliated Employer will be counted only for purposes of determining his eligibility to participate in the Plan and his rights to receive benefits under this Plan.
9.02.1 NON-DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS
If benefits are payable on account of the same period of employment with the Employer or an Affiliated Employer, under this Plan and another qualified defined benefit plan toward which the Employer contributes (or has contributed), the benefits payable under this Plan on account of such period shall be reduced by the Actuarial Equivalent of any benefit payable to him under such other plan calculated in the same form and manner as is the benefit payable under this Plan on account of the same period of Service. However, if such other Plan provides for a similar reduction of benefits, then this Section shall be disregarded with respect to an Eligible Employee whose most recent period of participation in this Plan is earlier than his most recent period of participation in such other plan.
9.03 TRANSFER IN EMPLOYMENT
For purposes of determining vested benefits and eligibility, a direct transfer in employment between the Employer and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Employer, whether or not it adopts the Plan, shall not be deemed to effect any break in Service as to the Eligible Employee or Participant so transferring, as long as he retains his status as an Eligible Employee with such subsidiary. His Benefit Service with such subsidiary prior to the date of its adoption of the Plan shall be counted for purposes of the Plan to the extent specified in the vote of the board of directors of such subsidiary adopting the Plan. The Eligible Employee or Participant shall not lose his right to any Benefit Service he had accrued with the Employer prior to the date of his transfer in employment to the subsidiary, provided that there shall be no duplication in benefits based on such Benefit Service.
9.03.1 EMPLOYMENT WITH AN AFFILIATED EMPLOYER
For purposes of determining a Participant's eligibility to participate in the Plan and his right to a Vested Benefit under Section 6.02, any employment with an Affiliated Employer shall be treated as Service with the Employer; such Service to be determined by the Committee in accordance with
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the Service provisions of Article 2 applied in a uniform, nondiscriminatory manner to all Participants and to be based on the employment records of the Affiliated Employer. In no event shall a person who has completed such Service enter the Plan prior to his employment with the Employer or accrue any benefits under the Plan in respect of such Service, except as provided in Section 9.03.
9.04 EMPLOYMENT WITH WATTS FLUIDAIR CO.
If a Participant was included in one of the Prior Plans and ceased to be an Employee, as defined in such Prior Plan, because prior to July 1, 1981 he entered employment with and became included in a pension plan of Watts Fluidair Co. (formerly known as Watts Fluid Power Co.), he will not accrue any further benefits under this Plan; however, all service earned with Watts Fluidair Co. will be taken into account in determining his eligibility rights to receive any benefits previously accrued under the Prior Plan. If a Participant who transferred from employment with Watts Regulator Co. to Watts Fluidair Co. prior to July 1, 1981 is included in this Plan after a period of employment with Watts Fluidair Co., all his service with Watts Fluidair Co. will be counted for purposes of determining his eligibility to participate in this Plan and his eligibility rights to receive benefits under this Plan, and will be counted for purposes of determining his Benefit Service hereunder. His accrued benefit as determined under Section 5.03.2 shall be reduced by the Actuarial Equivalent of the benefit payable to him under any Watts Fluidair Co. plan calculated in the same form and manner as the benefit payable under this Plan.
9.05 EMPLOYMENT WITH SPENCE ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC.
If an Employee transfers from Spence Engineering Company Inc. to Watts Regulator Co. prior to December 31, 1987, his total service with Spence Engineering Company, Inc. will be counted for purposes of determining his eligibility to participate in this Plan and his eligibility to receive benefits under this Plan, and will be counted for purposes of determining his Benefit Service hereunder.
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10.01 ALLOCATION OF RESPONSIBILITY AMONG FIDUCIARIES FOR PLAN AND TRUST ADMINISTRATION
The Fiduciaries shall have only those powers, duties, responsibilities and obligations as are specifically given to them under this Plan or the Trust. Any power, duty, responsibility or obligation relating to the control, management, or administration of the Plan or Trust Fund which is not specifically allocated to any Fiduciary, or with respect to which the allocation is in doubt, shall be deemed allocated to the Employer. In general, the Employer shall have the sole responsibility for making the contributions, as specified in Article 11 and subject to the provisions of Article 11, necessary to provide benefits under the Plan. The Sponsoring Employer by action of its Board shall have the sole authority to appoint and remove the Trustee and the members of the Committee and to amend or terminate, in whole or in part, this Plan and the Trust. The Committee shall have the sole responsibility for the administration of this Plan, as specifically described in this Plan and the Trust. The Trustee shall have the sole responsibility for the administration of the Trust and the management of the Trust assets, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Plan and the Trust.
The Sponsoring Employer, by written instrument filed with the records of the Plan, may designate fiduciary capacities and/or Fiduciaries other than those named herein. A Fiduciary may serve in more than one fiduciary capacity in respect to the Plan. A Fiduciary shall have the authority to delegate responsibilities, as provided above, and may employ one or more parties to render advice with regard to any responsibility he has under the Plan.
10.02 INDEMNIFICATION
The Employer shall indemnify each member (and former member) of the Committee and any other employee, officer or director (and former employee, officer or director) of the Employer against any claims, loss, damage, expense and liability (other than amounts paid in settlement not approved by the Employer) reasonably incurred by him in connection with any action or failure to act to which he may be party by reason of his membership on the Committee or performance of an authorized duty or responsibility for or on behalf of the Employer pursuant to the Plan or Trust unless the same is determined to be the result of the individual's gross negligence or willful misconduct. Such indemnification by the Employer shall be made only to the extent (i) such expense or liability is not payable to or on behalf of such person under liability insurance coverage; and (ii) the Trust is precluded from assuming such expense or liability because of the operations of ERISA Section 410 or other applicable law. The foregoing right to indemnification shall be in addition to any other rights to which any such person may be entitled as a matter of law.
10.03 APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE
The Plan shall be administered by a Committee consisting of at least three (3) persons who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Board. A person who is selected as a member of the Committee also may serve in one or more other fiduciary capacities with respect to the Plan and may be a Participant. The Board shall have the right to remove any member of the Committee at any time, and a member may resign at any time by written resignation to the Board. The Board may fill by appointment any vacancy in the membership of the Committee. All usual and reasonable expenses of the Committee incurred by them in the administration of the Plan and Trust, including but not limited to fees and expenses of professional advisors referred to above, shall be paid by the Trust Fund unless such expenses are paid by the Employer. All or part of such expenses may be paid by the Employer, but the Employer shall be under no obligation to pay any
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such expenses. Any members of the Committee who are full-time employees of the Employer shall not receive compensation with respect to their services as a member of the Committee.
10.04 RECORDS AND REPORTS
The Committee shall exercise such authority and responsibility as it deems appropriate in order to comply with the Code, ERISA, and governmental regulations issued thereunder relating to records of Participants, Service and Benefit Service, benefits, notifications to Participants, annual registration with the Internal Revenue Service, and annual reports to the Department of Labor. The Employer and the Committee shall each keep or cause to be kept such Employee and Participant data and other records, and shall each reasonably give notice to the other of such information, as shall be proper, necessary or desirable to effectuate the purpose of the Plan. Neither the Employer nor the Committee shall be required to duplicate any records kept by the other.
10.05 OTHER COMMITTEE POWERS AND DUTIES
The Committee shall have such duties and powers as may be necessary to discharge its duties hereunder, including, but not by way of limitation, the following:
The Committee may retain auditors, accountants, physicians, actuaries, legal counsel and other professional advisors selected by it. The opinion of, or information and data contained in any certificate or report or other material prepared by any such auditor, physician, actuary, accountant, legal counsel, or other professional advisor, shall be full and complete authority and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by the Committee or other Fiduciary in good faith and in accordance with such opinion or information and no member of the Committee or other Fiduciary shall be deemed imprudent by reason of any such action.
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10.06 RULES AND DECISIONS
The Committee may adopt such rules as it deems necessary, desirable or appropriate for the proper and efficient administration of the Plan and as are consistent with the provisions of the Plan. Rules and decisions of the Committee shall not discriminate in favor of officers, directors, or Highly Compensated Employees of the Employer. When making a determination or calculation, the Committee shall be entitled to rely upon information furnished by a Participant, spouse, Contingent Annuitant or Beneficiary, the Employer, the legal counsel of the Employer, an Actuary, consultant, or the Trustee. The Committee shall have and shall exercise complete discretionary authority to construe, interpret and apply all of the terms of the Plan, including all matters relating to eligibility for benefits, amount, time or form of benefits, and any disputed or allegedly doubtful Plan terms. Any such construction, administration, interpretation or application shall be final, binding and conclusive upon all persons including, but not by way of limitation, Employees, Participants, spouses, Contingent Annuitants, Beneficiaries, and their heirs, and personal representatives, and any other person claiming an interest under the Plan and shall not be deemed imprudent. In exercising such discretion, the Committee shall give controlling weight to the intent of the Plan.
10.07 COMMITTEE PROCEDURES
The Committee may act at a meeting or in writing without a meeting. All decisions of the Committee shall be made by the vote of the majority including actions in writing taken without a meeting. The Committee may adopt such operating procedures and regulations as it deems desirable for the conduct of its affairs and may authorize a member, or each member, of the Committee to act on its behalf in certain administrative matters deemed by them to be routine in nature, including the execution of documents. No Committee member who is a Participant shall have any vote in any decision of the Committee made uniquely with respect to such Committee member or his benefits hereunder.
10.08 AUTHORIZATION OF BENEFIT PAYMENTS
The Committee shall issue directions to the Trustee concerning all benefits which are to be paid from the Trust Fund pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, and certify that all such directions are in accordance with the Plan.
10.09 APPLICATION AND FORMS FOR PAYMENT
The Committee shall require a Participant to complete and file with the Committee an application for distribution of benefits and all other forms approved by the Committee for the purpose and to furnish all pertinent information requested by the Committee. The Committee may rely upon all such information furnished to it, including the Participants current mailing address. To the extent that the Committee shall prescribe forms for use by the Participants, former Participants, and their respective spouses, Contingent Annuitants or Beneficiaries in communicating with the Employer or the Committee, as the case may be, and shall establish periods during which communications may be received, they and the Employer shall respectively be protected in disregarding any notice or communication for which a form shall so have been prescribed and which shall not be made on such form and any notice or communication for the receipt of which a period shall so have been established and which shall not be received during such period, or in accepting any notice or communication which shall not be made on the proper form and/or received during the proper period. The Employer and the Committee shall respectively also be protected in acting upon any notice or other communication purporting to be signed by any person and reasonably believed to be genuine and accurate, and shall not be deemed imprudent by reason of so doing.
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10.10 PROCEDURE FOR CLAIMING BENEFITS UNDER THE PLAN
If a claim is denied in whole or in part, the Committee shall notify the claimant of its decision by written notice, in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant. The Committee shall set forth in the notice:
Such notification shall be given within 90 days after the claim is received by the Committee. This period may be extended for another 90 days if the claimant is notified that the extension is necessary due to matters beyond the control of the Plan, before the end of the original 90-day period. Any notice for an extension will explain the reason for the extension and the date by which the Committee expects to rule on the claim.
The Committee shall advise the claimant of the results of the review within 60 days after receipt of the written request for review. This period may be extended for another 60 days if the Committee determines that special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the request and if written notice of such extension and circumstances is given to such claimant within the initial 60 day period. Any notice for an extension will explain the reason for the extension and the date by which the Committee expects to rule on the claim.
In the event an appeal is denied, the claimant will be notified in writing. The Committee shall set forth in the notice:
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The decision of the Committee by majority vote shall be final and binding upon any and all claimants, including but not limited to Participants and their Beneficiaries, and any other individuals making a claim through or under them.
10.11 APPEAL AND REVIEW PROCEDURE
If a claim has been denied by the reviewing Committee member, the claimant may appeal the denial within sixty (60) days after his receipt of written notice thereof by submitting in writing to the Committee a request for review of the denial of such claim. A claimant may also submit a written statement of issues and comments concerning his claim, and he may request an opportunity to review the Plan, the Trust and any other pertinent documents (which shall be made available to him by the Committee within thirty (30) days after its receipt of a copy of the request) at a convenient location during regular business hours.
If an appeal is made, the Committee shall render its final decision with the specific reasons therefor in writing and transmit it to the claimant by certified mail within 60 days of its receipt of the request for review (or within 120 days in the event a hearing is granted).
All interpretations, determinations, and decisions of the Committee or its designated representative with respect to any issue herein will be final, conclusive, and binding upon all interested parties.
10.12 EVIDENCE
Evidence required of anyone under the Plan may be given by certificate, affidavit, document or in such other form as the person to whom such evidence is given considers appropriate.
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ARTICLE 11FUNDING OF THE PLAN
11.01 MEDIUM OF FUNDING
The Plan will be funded through one or more Trust Funds established by the Employer.
11.02 CONTRIBUTIONS
The Employer shall make such contributions to the Trust Fund from time to time as may be necessary to maintain the Plan on a sound actuarial basis and meet the funding requirements of ERISA. In determining such contributions, the earnings of the Trust Fund and any amounts forfeited by Terminated Participants shall be considered as a part of the Trust Fund in establishing the cost of maintaining the Plan.
11.03 FUND TO BE FOR THE EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF PARTICIPANTS
The contributions made to the Trust Fund by the Employer under the Plan shall be for the exclusive benefit of Participants, Retired Participants, and Terminated Participants, and no part of the Trust Fund shall revert to the Employer, except such amounts as may remain after the satisfaction of all liabilities to Participants, Retired Participants, Terminated Participants, surviving spouses, Contingent Annuitants, and Beneficiaries upon termination of the Plan.
11.04 FORFEITURES
All amounts forfeited by Terminated Participants shall be used to reduce the Employer's cost of the Plan, and shall not be used to increase the benefits of other Participants under the Plan.
11.05 INTERESTS OF PARTICIPANTS IN TRUST FUND
No Participant shall have any right, title or interest in any part of the assets of any Trust Fund except as and to the extent expressly provided by the Plan.
11.06 PAYMENT OF EXPENSES
It is intended that the administrative and all other expenses of the Plan shall be paid by the Trust Fund, unless such expenses are paid by the Employer. All or part of such expenses may be paid by the Employer, but the Employer shall be under no obligation to pay any such expenses.
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ARTICLE 12PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS
12.01 PAYMENT OF SMALL AMOUNTS
Distribution shall be made as soon as practicable after the Participant's termination of employment or death.
12.02 DEEMED DISTRIBUTION
If the Actuarial Equivalent of the vested portion of a Participant's accrued benefit is zero, the Participant shall be deemed to have received a single sum distribution of the vested portion of his accrued benefit on his date of termination of employment and the nonvested portion of his accrued benefit shall thereupon be forfeited. If such Participant resumes employment covered under the Plan before the date he incurs a Break in Service on or after January 1, 1985 which equals or exceeds the greater of five years or the number of years of Service which the Employee
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completed prior to the Break in Service, the nonvested portion of the accrued benefit forfeited pursuant to this Section 12.02 shall be restored on the Participant's date of reemployment.
12.03 PAYMENTS FOR INCAPACITATED PERSONS
Whenever, in the Committee's opinion, a person entitled to receive any payment of a benefit, or installment thereof, hereunder is under a legal disability or is incapacitated in any way so as to be unable to manage his financial affairs, the Committee may direct the Trustee to make payments to the legal representative of such person. Any payment of a benefit or installment thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Section shall be a complete discharge of any liability for the making of such payment under the provisions of the Plan.
If any Beneficiary of any Participant or former Participant shall be a minor, the Trustee shall be fully protected in making any payment required to be made to such minor to any person who shall be a custodian or guardian for such minor.
12.04 SPENDTHRIFT
Except as provided in Section 12.05, no benefit payable at any time under the Plan shall be subject in any manner to alienation, anticipation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, attachment or encumbrance of any kind. No benefit and no Trust Fund established in connection with the Plan shall in any manner be subject to the debts or liabilities of any person entitled to such benefit. Effective August 5, 1997, the Plan shall recognize judgements or settlements described in Sections 401(a)(13)(C) and (D).
12.05 PAYMENT UNDER QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDERS
Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, if there is entered any qualified domestic relations order (within the meaning of Section 414(p) of the Code and ERISA Section 206(d)(3)(B), as added by the Retirement Equity Act of 1984) that affects the payment of benefits hereunder, such benefits shall be paid in accordance with the applicable requirements of such order.
12.06 LATEST COMMENCEMENT OF BENEFITS
In no case, unless the Participant otherwise elects in accordance with Section 401(a)(14) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, will the payment of benefits to any Participant commence later than the 60th day after the latest of the following: (i) the close of the Plan Year of the Participant's Normal Retirement Date (as defined in Section 4.01); (ii) the close of the Plan Year in which occurs the tenth anniversary of the year in which the Participant commenced participation in the Plan; or (iii) the close of the Plan Year in which the Participant terminates his service with the Employer and all Affiliated Employers, subject to the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(9).
12.07 COMMENCEMENT OF BENEFITS PRIOR TO NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except as provided in Section 12.01, no benefit shall commence to the Participant or the Participant's spouse prior to the date the Participant attains or would have attained his Normal Retirement Age without the consent of the Participant and the Participant's spouse, if required by applicable law. Such consent must be obtained not more than 90 days prior to the benefit commencement date.
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12.08 DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS BEGINNING BEFORE DEATH AND AFTER DEATH
12.09 DIRECT ROLLOVER DISTRIBUTIONS
Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, if any distribution to a Distributee (i) is made on or after January 1, 1993, (ii) totals $200 or more, and (iii) constitutes an Eligible Rollover Distribution, the Distributee may elect on a form provided by the Committee to have all or part of such Eligible Rollover Distribution paid in a direct rollover to an Eligible Retirement Plan selected by the Distributee. For this purpose, a Distributee, an Eligible Rollover Distribution, and an Eligible Retirement Plan shall be defined as follows:
Effective for distributions after December 31, 2001,
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in gross income. However, such portion may be paid only to an individual retirement account or annuity described in Section 408(a) or (b) of the Code, or to a qualified defined contribution plan described in Section 401(a) or 403(a) of the Code which agrees to separately account for amounts so transferred, including separately accounting for the portion of such distribution which is includible in gross income and the portion of such distribution which is not so includible.
If an election is made to have only a part of an eligible rollover distribution paid in a direct rollover, the amount of the direct rollover must total $500 or more.
Direct rollovers shall be accomplished in accordance with procedures established by the Committee.
Effective for distributions after December 31, 2001, an Eligible Retirement Plan shall also mean an annuity contract described in Section 403(b) of the Code and an eligible plan under Section 457(b) of the Code which is maintained by an eligible employer described in Section 457(e)(1)(A) of the Code.
The definition of Eligible Retirement Plan shall 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 relations order, as defined in Code Section 414(p).
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ARTICLE 13AMENDMENTS TO OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN
13.01 RIGHTS OF THE EMPLOYER TO AMEND OR TERMINATE
13.02 TERMINATION OF THE PLAN
13.03 LIMITATIONS ON BENEFITS UPON TERMINATION
The allocation of the amounts in Section 13.04 shall be based on the actuarial value of the benefit payable under the Plan at Normal Retirement Age as a life annuity, without death benefit, not in excess of the lesser of:
13.04 ALLOCATION OF ASSETS
After providing for the expenses incurred in terminating the Plan, the assets shall be used and applied for the benefit of Retired Participants (including surviving spouses, Contingent Annuitants, and Beneficiaries), Participants, and Terminated Participants who at the date of retirement or
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termination of employment may have been entitled to retirement benefits, to be allocated in the following order:
If the allocable assets are insufficient to provide in full for the allocations under any of the foregoing paragraphs after the provision for all allocations under previous paragraphs, each allocation under such paragraph as to which assets are insufficient shall be reduced pro-rata.
No allocations will be made under the foregoing Section with respect to any benefits accrued under the Plan after the Secretary of the Treasury has issued notice that the Plan does not meet the requirements of Section 401(a) of the Code.
13.05 DISTRIBUTION MEDIA
The allocations for which provision is made in this Article 13 may be accomplished through:
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ARTICLE 14DISTRIBUTION LIMITATIONS AND EARLY TERMINATION PROVISIONS
14.01 DISTRIBUTION LIMITATIONS
An individual who is a Restricted Participant in a Plan Year shall be a Restricted Participant in a subsequent Plan Year only if he satisfies the conditions of the previous sentence in such subsequent Plan Year.
If more than one individual has the same Total Annual Pay, the younger individual shall be deemed to have the higher Total Annual Pay.
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ARTICLE 15TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS
15.01 TOP HEAVY PROVISIONS
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A Key Employee shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 416(i) of the Code.
For purposes of this Plan, the Valuation Date shall be the valuation date used for computing the Plan's minimum funding requirements under Section 412 of the Code. For each other plan, the Valuation Date shall be, subject to Section 416 of the Code, the most recent Valuation Date which falls within or ends within the twelve consecutive months ending on the applicable determination date for such plan.
The Plan shall be deemed a top heavy plan for a Plan Year if, as of the Valuation Date preceding the applicable Determination Date, the sum of (1) the present value of accrued benefits of Key Employees under this Plan and all other defined benefit plans in the Aggregation Group, and (2) the account balances of Key Employees under all defined contribution plans in the Aggregation Group exceeds 60% of the sum of (3) the present value of accrued benefits of all Participants under this Plan and all other defined benefit plans in the Aggregation Group (but excluding Participants who are former Key Employees); and (4) the account balances of all Participants under all defined contribution plans in the Aggregation Group.
For purposes of this test, the following rules shall apply:
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Notwithstanding any provision of this paragraph (ii) to the contrary, in any Plan Year in which this Plan is a top heavy Plan, each Non-Key Employee who is also covered under a defined contribution plan of the Employer, shall accrue a Minimum Benefit as provided by this Plan.
Notwithstanding any provision of this paragraph (ii) to the contrary, in any Plan Year in which this Plan is a top heavy Plan, each Non-Key Employee who is also covered under a defined contribution plan of the Employer, shall have credited to his defined contribution plan account a minimum Employer contribution equal to the minimum contribution provided by such defined contribution plan; however, in no event shall the minimum Employer contribution be less than 5% of such Participant's Section 415 Compensation. No Minimum Benefit shall accrue under this Plan.
The calculation of the top heavy ratio shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 416 of the Code.
Any Participant who completes an Hour of Service in a Plan Year in which the Plan is deemed to be a top heavy plan shall have a nonforfeitable interest in a percentage of his or her Accrued Benefit determined by multiplying the Accrued Benefit by the applicable percentage from the following schedule:
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| 3 or more years | 100 | % |
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Furthermore, if the vesting schedule under the Plan for any Plan Year shifts into or out of the above schedule because of the Plan's top heavy status, such shift shall be regarded as an amendment to the Plan's vesting schedule.
The provisions of this paragraph (c)(i) shall not be applied to reduce the Participant's vested percentage computed in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.
Each Participant who is a Non-Key Employee shall have an Accrued Benefit calculated as of the last day of the top heavy Plan Year or, if earlier, as of his or her termination of employment date occurring during such Plan Year, at least equal to the product of (A) 2% of his or her Section 415 Compensation (as defined in Section 415(c) of the Code) from an Employer or Affiliated Employer during the five consecutive years for which the Participant had the highest Compensation, and (B) his or her years of Benefit Service up to a maximum of ten years. For purposes of this paragraph (ii), years of Benefit Service shall not include Plan Years during which the Plan is not a top heavy plan nor a Plan Year in which no Key or former Key Employee benefits under the Plan.
For purposes of this Plan, the minimum annual retirement benefit means a benefit payable annually in the form of a single life annuity (with no ancillary benefits) beginning at a Participant's Normal Retirement Date.
If a Non-Key Employee participates in a defined contribution plan included in the Aggregation Group, the minimum benefit shall be provided under this Subsection.
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ARTICLE 16MISCELLANEOUS
16.01 RIGHTS AGAINST THE EMPLOYER
Neither the establishment of the Plan, nor the Trust Fund, nor any modification thereof, nor the payment of benefits hereunder shall be construed as giving any Employee or Participant the right to be retained in the service of the Employer or as interfering with the right of the Employer to discharge any Employee at any time.
16.02 RETURN OF CONTRIBUTIONS
16.03 MERGER
Unless otherwise permitted by law or regulations, the Plan shall not be merged into, or consolidated with, nor shall any assets or liabilities be transferred to, any other pension or retirement plan under circumstances resulting in a transfer of assets or liabilities from the Plan to such other plan unless immediately after any such merger, consolidation or transfer each Employee would if such other plan then terminated, receive a benefit which is equal to or greater than the benefit he would have been entitled to receive immediately before the merger, consolidation or transfer, if the Plan had then terminated.
16.04 LEASED EMPLOYEES
For purposes of the Plan, the term "leased employee" means any person who would not otherwise be considered an Employee but who, pursuant to an agreement between the Employer or an Affiliated Employer and a leasing organization (within the meaning of Section 414(n)(2) of the Code) has performed services for the Employer or Affiliated Employer on a substantially full time basis for a period of at least one year, and such services are performed under the primary direction or control of the Employer or Affiliated Employer. Contributions or benefits provided a leased employee by the leasing organization which are attributable to services performed for the Employer or Affiliated Employer shall be treated as provided by the Employer or Affiliated Employer.
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A leased employee shall not be considered an Employee if:
16.05 APPLICABLE LAW
The provisions of this Plan shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
16.06 HEADINGS
The headings of the Plan are inserted for convenience of reference only, and shall have no effect upon the meaning of the provisions hereof.
16.07 GENDER AND NUMBER
Wherever used in this instrument, a masculine person shall be deemed to include the masculine and feminine gender, and a singular word shall be deemed to include the singular and plural, in all cases where the context requires.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Watts Water Technologies, Inc. has caused this instrument to be executed by its authorized officer and its seal affixed hereto this day of, 2007.
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PART A
WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
PENSION PLAN
WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
HOURLY PENSION PLAN
(Amended and Restated Effective as of January 1, 2006)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| INTRODUCTION | i | |||
ARTICLE 1DEFINITIONS |
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1.01 |
Actuarial Equivalent |
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| 1.02 | Actuary | 1 | ||
| 1.03 | Affiliated Employer | 1 | ||
| 1.04 | Beneficiary | 1 | ||
| 1.05 | Benefit Commencement Date | 1 | ||
| 1.06 | Board of Directors or Board | 2 | ||
| 1.07 | Code | 2 | ||
| 1.08 | Committee | 2 | ||
| 1.09 | Contingent Annuitant | 2 | ||
| 1.10 | Effective Date | 2 | ||
| 1.11 | Eligible Employee | 2 | ||
| 1.12 | Employee | 2 | ||
| 1.13 | Employer | 2 | ||
| 1.14 | ERISA | 2 | ||
| 1.15 | Fiduciary | 3 | ||
| 1.16 | Highly Compensated Employee | 3 | ||
| 1.17 | Limitation Year | 3 | ||
| 1.18 | Normal Retirement Age | 3 | ||
| 1.19 | Participant | 3 | ||
| 1.20 | Plan | 3 | ||
| 1.21 | Plan Administrator | 3 | ||
| 1.22 | Plan Year | 3 | ||
| 1.23 | Prior Plan | 3 | ||
| 1.24 | Retired Participant | 4 | ||
| 1.25 | Social Security Retirement Age | 4 | ||
| 1.26 | Sponsoring Employer | 4 | ||
| 1.27 | Terminated Participant | 4 | ||
| 1.28 | Trust | 4 | ||
| 1.29 | Trust Fund or Trust | 4 | ||
| 1.30 | Trustee | 4 | ||
ARTICLE 2SERVICE |
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2.01 |
Service Prior To January 1, 1985 |
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| 2.02 | Vesting And Eligibility Service On Or After January 1, 1985 | 5 | ||
| 2.02.1 | Break In Service Defined On And After January 1, 1985 | 5 | ||
| 2.02.2 | Break In Service Rules Applicable To Years Of Service On And After January 1, 1985 | 6 | ||
| 2.03 | Hour Of Service Defined | 6 | ||
| 2.04 | Benefit Service Prior To January 1, 1985 | 7 | ||
| 2.05 | Benefit Service On And After January 1, 1985 | 7 | ||
| 2.06 | Veteran's Benefits | 8 | ||
ARTICLE 3PARTICIPATION |
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3.01 |
Participation Requirements |
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| 3.02 | Participation Upon Reemployment | 11 | ||
ARTICLE 4RETIREMENT DATES |
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4.01 |
Normal Retirement Date |
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| 4.02 | Early Retirement Date | 12 | ||
| 4.03 | Deferred Retirement Date | 12 | ||
ARTICLE 5RETIREMENT BENEFITS |
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5.01 |
Form Of Normal Retirement Benefit |
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| 5.02 | Spouse Joint And Survivor Annuity | 13 | ||
| 5.02.1 | Amount Of Spouse Joint And Survivor Annuity | 13 | ||
| 5.02.2 | Election Out Of Spouse Joint And Survivor Annuity | 13 | ||
| 5.02.3 | Information Furnished To Participant | 13 | ||
| 5.02.4 | Spousal Consent Required | 14 | ||
| 5.03 | Amount Of Normal Retirement Benefit For Regtrol, Inc. Employees | 14 | ||
| 5.03.1 | Amount Of Normal Retirement Benefit For Webster Valve Division Employees | 15 | ||
| 5.03.2 | Amount Of Normal Retirement Benefit For Webster Foundry Division Employees | 15 | ||
| 5.03.3 | Amount Of Normal Retirement Benefit For Kf Industries, Inc. Employees | 16 | ||
| 5.03.4 | Amount Of Normal Retirement Benefit For Leslie Controls, Inc. Employees | 16 | ||
| 5.03.5 | Amount Of Normal Retirement Benefit For Rudolph Labranche, Inc. Employees | 16 | ||
| 5.03.6 | Amount Of Normal Retirement Benefit For Watts Automatic Control Valve, Inc. Employees | 17 | ||
| 5.03.7 | Amount Of Normal Retirement Benefit For Circle Seal Controls, Inc. Employees | 17 | ||
| 5.03.8 | Amount Of Normal Retirement Benefit For Eagle Valve Company, Inc. Employees | 17 | ||
| 5.03.9 | Amount Of Normal Retirement Benefit For Contromatics, Inc. Employees | 18 | ||
| 5.03.10 | Amount Of Normal Retirement Benefit For Anderson-Barrows Employees | 18 | ||
| 5.03.11 | Amount Of Normal Retirement Benefit For Ames Company Employees | 18 | ||
| 5.03.12 | Amount Of Normal Retirement Benefit For Aerodyne Controls Corporation Employees | 19 | ||
| 5.03.13 | Amount Of Normal Retirement Benefit For Mccraney, Inc. (Dba "Spacemaker") Or Watts Radiant, Inc. Employees | 19 | ||
| 5.03.14 | Amount Of Normal Retirement Benefit For Premier Manufactured Systems Inc. Employees | 20 | ||
| 5.03.15 | Amount Of Normal Retirement Benefit | 20 | ||
| 5.04 | Maximum Annual Benefit | 20 | ||
| 5.04.1 | Limitation Applicable To Defined Contribution Plan Participants | 23 | ||
| 5.04.2 | Affiliated Employers | 24 | ||
| 5.05 | Early Retirement Benefit | 24 | ||
| 5.05.2 | Social Security Option | 25 | ||
| 5.06 | Deferred Retirement Benefit | 25 | ||
| 5.07 | Suspension Of Benefit Distributions | 26 | ||
| 5.08 | Retirement Prior To January 1, 1985 | 27 | ||
| 5.09 | Participants Who Attained Normal Retirement Age Or Who Retired Prior To January 1, 1986 | 27 | ||
| 5.10 | Transfer Adjustment To Normal Retirement Benefit | 27 | ||
| 5.11 | Disability Retirement Benefits | 28 | ||
| 5.12 | Minimum Distribution Requirements | 28 | ||
ARTICLE 6TERMINATION OF SERVICE |
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6.01 |
Requirements For Vested Benefits |
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| 6.02 | Vested Benefits | 32 | ||
| 6.02.1 | Computation Of A Vested Benefit | 32 | ||
| 6.02.2 | Early Commencement Of A Vested Benefit | 32 | ||
ARTICLE 7DEATH OF PARTICIPANT |
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7.01 |
Death Prior To Retirement |
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| 7.02 | Surviving Spouse Benefit | 33 | ||
| 7.03 | Amount Of Surviving Spouse Benefit | 33 | ||
| 7.04 | Death After Commencement Of Benefits Or Normal Retirement Age | 34 | ||
ARTICLE 8OPTIONAL FORMS OF BENEFIT |
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8.01 |
Time For Election |
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| 8.02 | Contingent Annuitant Option | 35 | ||
| 8.03 | Ten Year Certain Life Annuity Option | 35 | ||
| 8.04 | When Option Effective | 35 | ||
| 8.05 | Beneficiary | 36 | ||
| 8.06 | Limitation Of Election Of Option | 36 | ||
| 8.07 | Spousal Consent Requirement | 36 | ||
ARTICLE 9CHANGE IN STATUS AND TRANSFER |
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9.01 |
Change In Status From Eligible Employee To Non-Eligible Employee |
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| 9.02 | Change In Status From Non-Eligible Employee To Eligible Employee | 37 | ||
| 9.02.1 | Non-Duplication Of Benefits | 37 | ||
| 9.03 | Transfer In Employment | 37 | ||
| 9.03.1 | Employment With An Affiliated Employer | 37 | ||
ARTICLE 10ADMINISTRATION |
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10.01 |
Allocation Of Responsibility Among Fiduciaries For Plan And Trust Administration |
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| 10.02 | Indemnification | 38 | ||
| 10.03 | Appointment Of Committee | 38 | ||
| 10.04 | Records And Reports | 39 | ||
| 10.05 | Other Committee Powers And Duties | 39 | ||
| 10.06 | Rules And Decisions | 40 | ||
| 10.07 | Committee Procedures | 40 | ||
| 10.08 | Authorization Of Benefit Payments | 40 | ||
| 10.09 | Application And Forms For Payment | 40 | ||
| 10.10 | Procedure For Claiming Benefits Under The Plan | 41 | ||
| 10.11 | Appeal And Review Procedure | 42 | ||
| 10.12 | Evidence | 42 | ||
ARTICLE 11FUNDING OF THE PLAN |
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11.01 |
Medium Of Funding |
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| 11.02 | Contributions | 43 | ||
| 11.03 | Fund To Be For The Exclusive Benefit Of Participants | 43 | ||
| 11.04 | Forfeitures | 43 | ||
| 11.05 | Interests Of Participants In Trust Fund | 43 | ||
| 11.06 | Payment Of Expenses | 43 | ||
ARTICLE 12PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS |
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12.01 |
Payment Of Small Amounts |
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| 12.02 | Deemed Distribution | 44 | ||
| 12.03 | Payments For Incapacitated Persons | 44 | ||
| 12.04 | Spendthrift | 45 | ||
| 12.05 | Payment Under Qualified Domestic Relations Orders | 45 | ||
| 12.06 | Latest Commencement Of Benefits | 45 | ||
| 12.07 | Commencement Of Benefits Prior To Normal Retirement Age | 45 | ||
| 12.08 | Distribution Of Benefits Beginning Before Death And After Death | 45 | ||
| 12.09 | Distribution Limitations | 46 | ||
| 12.10 | Direct Rollover Distributions | 47 | ||
ARTICLE 13AMENDMENTS TO OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN |
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13.01 |
Rights Of The Employer To Amend Or Terminate |
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| 13.02 | Termination Of The Plan | 49 | ||
| 13.03 | Limitations On Benefits Upon Termination | 49 | ||
| 13.04 | Allocation Of Assets | 49 | ||
| 13.05 | Distribution Media | 50 | ||
ARTICLE 14TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS |
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14.01 |
Top Heavy Provisions |
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ARTICLE 15MISCELLANEOUS |
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15.01 |
Rights Against The Employer |
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| 15.02 | Return Of Contributions | 55 | ||
| 15.03 | Merger | 55 | ||
| 15.04 | Leased Employees | 55 | ||
| 15.05 | Applicable Law | 56 | ||
| 15.06 | Headings | 56 | ||
| 15.07 | Gender And Number | 56 | ||
APPENDIX A |
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The Watts Industries, Inc. Hourly Pension Plan, previously known as the Watts Regulator Co. Hourly Pension Plan, (hereinafter the "Plan") was established, effective January 1, 1985, as a successor to and a continuation of (i) the Webster Foundry Division Hourly Pension Plan, (ii) the Webster Valve Division Hourly Pension Plan, and (iii) the Regtrol, Inc. Hourly Pension Plan (hereinafter the "Prior Plans").
Effective October 18, 1999, all liabilities determined as of October 18, 1999 attributable to active Participants who become Employees of CIRCOR International, Inc. ("CIRCOR") as a result of the corporate spin-off and all allocable assets associated with such liabilities as determined pursuant to Section 4044 of ERISA using the "safe harbor" assumptions used by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, as required by Treasury Regulation Section 1.414(l)-1(b)(5)(ii), shall be transferred to the CIRCOR International, Inc. Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees (CIRCOR Hourly Plan).
The physical transfer of assets shall be completed as soon as practicable following receipt by CIRCOR of a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the CIRCOR Hourly Plan meets the qualification requirements of Code Section 401(a) or an opinion from CIRCOR's legal counsel reasonably satisfactory to Watts Industries, Inc. to the effect that the CIRCOR Hourly Plan meets the qualification requirements of Code Section 401(a).
The amount of assets to be transferred to the CIRCOR Hourly Plan will be equal to the October 18, 1999 allocated amount, which shall be based on the fair market value of Plan assets as of October 18, 1999 plus any portion of the minimum required contribution for the 1999 Plan year not contributed by October 18, 1999, plus investment return as earned by the trust from October 18, 1999 to the most recent trust statement date prior to the transfer date, plus interest based upon the average of the three-month Treasury bill rates as published by the Wall Street Journal from the most recent monthly trust statement date to the transfer, date, less allocated benefit payments and expenses from October 18, 1999 to the transfer date.
The Plan was last restated by Watts Industries, Inc. (hereinafter the "Sponsoring Employer") effective January 1, 1994 to comply with the Tax Reform Act of 1986, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Acts of 1986, 1987, 1989 and 1993, the Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988, and the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1992. The Sponsoring Employer is hereby amending and restating the Plan, unless specifically stated otherwise, effective January 1, 1997 to comply with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, the Tax Reform act of 1997, and the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998.
Effective December 31, 2001, the Plan shall be merged into the Watts Industries, Inc. Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees, which effective January 1, 2002 shall be renamed the Watts Industries, Inc. Pension Plan and its terms and conditions shall be incorporated into and made a part thereof as Part A.
Effective October 15, 2003, Watts Industries, Inc. has changed its name to Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (formerly known as Watts Industries, Inc.).
Additional changes have been made to the Plan adding additional Employers and making other changes.
It is the intention of the Sponsoring Employer that the Plan as herein amended and restated shall continue to be recognized as a qualified pension plan under Sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. The provisions of the Plan as set forth in this Plan document shall apply only to an Eligible Employee who terminates employment on or after the effective date of a provision as set forth herein. The rights and benefits, if any, of an Employee who terminated employment prior to the effective date of a provision as set forth herein shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Plan as in effect on the date his employment terminated.
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The following words and phrases shall be defined as stated unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:
A corporation, trade or business or member of an affiliated service group shall be treated as an Affiliated Employer only while it is a member of the controlled group.
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Section 5.07 for a Participant who has not terminated employment and who does not receive a benefit payment, the recommencement of benefit payments shall be treated as a new Benefit Commencement Date.
The term "Employer" also includes all of the foregoing as the context may require.
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The term Highly Compensated Employee shall also include any former Highly Compensated Employee who terminated employment with the Employer or an Affiliated Employer prior to the Determination Year, performs no services for the Employer or an Affiliated Employer during the Determination Year, and was a Highly Compensated Employee in either his or her year of termination of employment or in any Determination Year ending on or after his attainment of age 55.
For purposes of determining an Employee's compensation under this Section, compensation shall mean the Employee's Section 415 Compensation (as defined in Section 5.04(c)), but including any amounts contributed on behalf of the Employee by an Employer or Affiliated Employer pursuant to a salary deferral agreement under this Plan (or any other cash or deferred arrangement described in Section 401(k) of the Code), to any salary reduction agreement pursuant to a cafeteria plan established under Section 125 of the Code, or effective January 1, 2001 any amounts deferred under Section 132(f)(4) of the Code.
For purposes of this Section, "Look Back Year" means the period of twelve consecutive months immediately preceding the Determination Year. Also for purposes of this Section, "Determination Year" means the Plan Year that is being tested for purposes of determining if an Employee is a Highly Compensated Employee.
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ARTICLE 2SERVICE
2.01 SERVICE PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1985
With respect to employment prior to January 1, 1985, Service shall mean "Service" as defined under the Prior Plans.
2.02 VESTING AND ELIGIBILITY SERVICE ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1985
An Employee must accumulate at least 1,000 Hours of Service during a 12-month computation period in order to be credited with a year of Service for vesting and eligibility purposes. The 12-month computation period for purposes of determining a year of Service for vesting under Section 6.02 is the Plan Year. The 12-month computation period for purposes of determining a Year of Service for eligibility under Section 3.01 is the 12-month period beginning when the Employee first performs an Hour of Service and the subsequent computation periods shall be the Plan Year beginning with the Plan Year that includes the first anniversary of the date the Participant first performs an Hour of Service.
If an Employee, who has not incurred a Break in Service, fails to complete at least 1,000 Hours of Service during such Plan Year, he shall be credited with a portion of a year of Service as provided in the following:
| Hours of Service |
Service (1.0 = 1 year) |
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|---|---|---|
| 1,000 or more | 1.0 | |
| 936-999 | .5 | |
| 728-935 | .4 | |
| 501-727 | .3 | |
| less than 501 | 0 |
During any computation period in which an Employee's Hours of Service cannot be determined, the Employee shall be credited with 190 Hours of Service for each month during such period in which he or she completes one Hours of Service.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2, Service with the entities listed in Section 3.01(b) shall be taken into account for vesting and eligibility purposes.
2.02.1 BREAK IN SERVICE DEFINED ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 1985
Service shall be considered broken by the following, provided that Service will not be broken during any Plan Year in which an Employee completes more than 500 Hours of Service:
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For purposes of the Plan, a one-year Break in Service shall be deemed to have occurred at the end of any Plan Year in which an Employee fails to accumulate more than 500 Hours of Service.
2.02.2 BREAK IN SERVICE RULES APPLICABLE TO YEARS OF SERVICE ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 1985
If an Employee whose service is broken is subsequently reemployed by the Employer or an Affiliated Employer and completes one year of Service, as provided in Section 3.03, his prior Service shall be reinstated as of his reemployment date, provided the conditions of (a) or (b) below have been met:
2.03 HOUR OF SERVICE DEFINED
Hour of Service means:
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number of hours the Employee would receive if such computation had been made in accordance with the provisions of Section 2530.200b-2(b) and (c) of the Labor Department Regulations which are incorporated herein by reference;
Hours of Service to be credited to an individual during an absence described in this Section 2.03(f) above will be determined by the Committee with reference to the individual's most recent normal work schedule; provided that if the Committee cannot so determine the number of Hours to be credited, there shall instead be credited eight (8) Hours of Service for each day of absence.
2.04 BENEFIT SERVICE PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1985
With respect to employment prior to January 1, 1985, Benefit Service shall mean "Benefit Service" as defined in the Prior Plan.
2.05 BENEFIT SERVICE ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 1985
With respect to employment on and after January 1, 1985, Benefit Service, for purposes of determining an Eligible Employee's benefit under the Plan, means his years of Service earned as an Eligible Employee. Each Plan Year an Eligible Employee shall be credited with a year of Benefit Service provided he is credited with 2080 Hours of Service in such Plan Year. In the event an Eligible Employee does not complete 2080 Hours of Service during the Plan Year a partial year of Benefit Service (computed to the nearest 1/10th year) shall be credited by dividing his total number of Hours of Service earned as an Eligible Employee in such Plan Year by 2,080. However, an Eligible Employee shall not be credited with any Benefit Service based upon Hours of Service earned prior to his twenty-first birthday, nor shall he be credited with more than one full year of Benefit Service for any one Plan Year.
During any computation period in which an Eligible Employee's Hours of Service can not be determined, the Eligible Employee shall be credited with 190 Hours of Service for each month during such period in which he or she completes one Hours of Service.
Notwithstanding any other provisions to the contrary, Benefit Service shall be measured commencing with the date set forth in Section 3.01(b).
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Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, contributions, benefits and service credit with respect to qualified military service will be provided in accordance with Section 414(u) of the Internal Revenue Code.
ARTICLE 3PARTICIPATION
3.01 PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS
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participate in the Plan on the first day of the month next following the date on which he attains age 21 and completes one year of Service.
An Eligible Employee's service with Aerodyne Controls Corporation prior to January 5, 1998 shall be taken into account for eligibility and vesting purposes. However, such Eligible Employee's Benefit Service shall be taken into account only with regard to service with the Employer commencing April 1, 1998."
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Heatway, Inc. (now called Watts Radiant, Inc.) prior to its acquisition by the Employer shall be taken into account for eligibility and vesting. However, such Eligible Employee's Benefit Service shall be taken into account only with regard to service with the Employer commencing January 1, 2001.
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become an Eligible Employee under this Plan and shall become a Participant in the Plan as of the later of January 1, 2006 or the date the Eligible Employee meets the requirements of Section 3.01(a). Such Eligible Employee's service with HFS prior to acquisition by the Sponsoring Employer shall be taken into account for eligibility and vesting. However, such Eligible Employee's Benefit Service shall be taken into account only with regard to service with the Employer commencing January 1, 2006.
3.02 PARTICIPATION UPON REEMPLOYMENT
Each Participant who is reemployed following a Break in Service pursuant to Section 2.02.1 shall participate as of his reemployment date provided he has met the requirements of Section 2.02.2.
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ARTICLE 4RETIREMENT DATES
4.01 NORMAL RETIREMENT DATE
The Normal Retirement Date of a Participant shall be the first day of the month coinciding with or next following a Participant's attainment of Normal Retirement Age.
4.02 EARLY RETIREMENT DATE
A Participant who was hired prior to January 1, 1992 (excluding a former Participant of the Spence Plan or the Henry Pratt Plan) and who has reached his fifty-fifth birthday and has also completed at least five years of Service may elect upon written notice to the Committee an Early Retirement Date which may be the first day of any month subsequent to the date of such election and prior to his Normal Retirement Date.
Effective January 1, 1992, a Participant who was hired on or after January 1, 1992 and who has reached his fifty-fifth birthday and has also completed at least ten years of Service may elect upon written notice to the Committee an Early Retirement Date which may be the first day of any month subsequent to the date of such election and prior to his Normal Retirement Date.
4.03 DEFERRED RETIREMENT DATE
If a Participant remains in the Service of the Employer or an Affiliated Employer after his Normal Retirement Date, his Deferred Retirement Date shall be the first day of the month which coincides with or next follows the date of his actual retirement.
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ARTICLE 5RETIREMENT BENEFITS
5.01 FORM OF NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT
Except as provided in Section 5.02, a Participant's Normal Retirement Benefit under the Plan shall be an annuity for life, payable monthly, commencing on the Participants' Normal Retirement Date (as defined in Section 4.01) and terminating with the monthly payment preceding his death.
5.02 SPOUSE JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY
In lieu of the life annuity payable under Section 5.01, a Participant who is married on his Benefit Commencement Date shall receive his retirement benefit in the form of a Spouse Joint and Survivor Annuity as described in Section 5.02.1, provided he has not made an election under Section 5.02.2 to have his benefit paid under the life annuity form described in Section 5.01 or under an optional form described in Section 5.05.1 or Article 8.
5.02.1 AMOUNT OF SPOUSE JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY
The Spouse Joint and Survivor Annuity shall be a reduced amount payable to a Participant for his lifetime with provision for continuation of 50% of such reduced amount to the Participant's spouse for the duration of the spouse's lifetime after the death of the Participant. All such amounts shall be the Actuarial Equivalent of the benefits set forth hereafter in this Article 5 which are payable on a single life basis.
5.02.2 ELECTION OUT OF SPOUSE JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY
A married Participant may elect, pursuant to Section 5.02.4, not to receive his benefit in the form of the Spouse Joint and Survivor Annuity by delivering to the Committee, during the election period described below, his written election to have his benefits paid under the form described in Section 5.01 or under an optional form described in Section 5.05.1 or Article 8. The election period with respect to the life annuity form described in Section 5.01 and the Spouse Joint and Survivor Annuity shall be a ninety (90) day period ending on the Participant's Benefit Commencement Date. The Participant may revoke such election by filing a written revocation with the Committee at any time during such election period. The election by a married Participant of an optional form described under Section 5.05.1 or Article 8 shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.02.4, and Section 5.05.1 or Article 8, whichever is applicable.
5.02.3 INFORMATION FURNISHED TO PARTICIPANT
No fewer than 30 days and no more than 90 days before a Participant's Benefit Commencement Date, the Pension Committee shall furnish each Participant with general information on the Spouse Joint and Survivor Annuity. Such general information shall be in writing and shall include:
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The Committee shall also furnish the Participant, upon his written request made within sixty (60) days following the date he is furnished such general information, additional information explaining the financial effect upon his pension (in terms of dollars per pension payment) of making such election. Such additional information shall be furnished to the Participant within thirty (30) days following the date the Participant's written request is received by the Committee.
The notice described above is not required if the Actuarial Equivalent value of the Participant's nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit is less than or equal to $3,500 ($5,000 effective October 1, 2001) on the Participant's Benefit Commencement Date.
The Benefit Commencement Date for a distribution in a form other than a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity may be less than 30 days after receipt of the written explanation described in the preceding paragraph provided: (a) the Participant has been provided with information that clearly indicates that the Participant has at least 30 days to consider whether to waive the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity and elect (with spousal consent) to a form of distribution other than a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity; (b) the Participant is permitted to revoke any affirmative distribution election at least until the Benefit Commencement Date or, if later, at any time prior to the expiration of the 7-day period that begins the day after the explanation of the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity is provided to the Participant' and (c) the Benefit Commencement Date is a date after the date the written explanation was provided to the Participant.
5.02.4 SPOUSAL CONSENT REQUIRED
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the election by a married Participant of an optional form described in Article 8 or Section 5.05.1 or the normal form described in Section 5.01 shall not take effect unless:
Any consent by a spouse under (a) above, or a determination by the Committee with respect to such spouse under (b) above, shall be effective only with respect to such spouse.
5.03 AMOUNT OF NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT FOR REGTROL, INC. EMPLOYEES
Subject to the provisions of Section 5.04, the monthly Normal Retirement Benefit payable to a Participant who is an Eligible Employee of Regtrol, Inc. and who retires under the Plan shall be equal to the number of his years of Benefit Service (including fractions thereof) multiplied by the
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benefit rate in effect on the date the Participant last performed an Hour of Service as an Eligible Employee determined in accordance with the following schedule:
| Date of Last Hour of Service |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On or After |
But Before |
Benefit Rate |
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| January 1, 1997 | October 1, 2001 | $ | 13.50 | ||
| October 1, 2001 | | $ | 15.00 | ||
See Appendix A for Benefit Rates in effect prior to January 1, 1997.
With regard to an hourly employee of the Jameco Industries, Inc. who was a participant in the Local 888 Pension Fund Plan and who on or after January 1, 1997 transferred to Regtrol, Inc. (Transferred Jameco Participants), the following provisions shall apply:
5.03.1 AMOUNT OF NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT FOR WEBSTER VALVE DIVISION EMPLOYEES
Subject to the provisions of Section 5.04, the monthly Normal Retirement Benefit payable to a Participant who is an Eligible Employee in the Webster Valve Division and who retires under the Plan shall be equal to the number of his years of Benefit Service (including fractions thereof) multiplied by the benefit rate in effect on the Participant's Normal Retirement Date determined in accordance with the following schedule:
| Date of Last Hour of Service |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On or After |
But Before |
Benefit Rate |
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| January 1, 1997 | October 1, 2001 | $ | 13.50 | ||
| October 1, 2001 | | $ | 15.00 | ||
See Appendix A for Benefit Rates in effect prior to January 1, 1997.
5.03.2 AMOUNT OF NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT FOR WEBSTER FOUNDRY DIVISION EMPLOYEES
Subject to the provisions of Section 5.04, the monthly Normal Retirement Benefit payable to a Participant who is an Eligible Employee in the Webster Foundry Division and who retires under the Plan shall be equal to the number of his years of Benefit Service (including fractions thereof)
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multiplied by the benefit rate in effect on the date the Participant last performed an Hour of Service determined in accordance with the following schedule:
| Date of Last Hour of Service |
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On or After |
But Before |
Benefit Rate |
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| January 1, 1997 | October 1, 2001 | $ | 13.00 | ||
| October 1, 2001 | | $ | 15.00 | ||
See Appendix A for Benefit Rates in effect prior to January 1, 1997.
5.03.3 AMOUNT OF NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT FOR KF INDUSTRIES, INC. EMPLOYEES
Subject to the provisions of Section 5.04, the monthly Normal Retirement Benefit payable to a Participant who is an Eligible Employee in KF Industries, Inc. and who retires under the Plan shall be equal to the number of his years of Benefit Service (including fractions thereof) multiplied by the benefit rate in effect on the date the Participant last performed an Hour of Service as an Eligible Employee determined in accordance with the following schedule:
| Date of Last Hour of Service |
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On or After |
But Before |
Benefit Rate |
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| January 1, 1997 | October 18, 1999 | $ | 13.00 | ||
See Appendix A for Benefit Rates in effect prior to January 1, 1997. Effective October 18, 1999, the assets and liabilities attributable to Participants actively employed by KF Industries, Inc. were transferred to and assumed by CIRCOR International Inc.
5.03.4 AMOUNT OF NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT FOR LESLIE CONTROLS, INC. EMPLOYEES
Subject to the provisions of Section 5.04, the monthly Normal Retirement Benefit payable to a Participant who is an Eligible Employee of Leslie Controls, Inc. and who retires under the Plan shall be equal to the number of his years of Benefit Service (including fractions thereof) multiplied by the benefit rate in effect on the date the Participant last performed an Hour of Service as an Eligible Employee determined in accordance with the following schedule:
| Date of Last Hour of Service |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On or After |
But Before |
Benefit Rate |
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| January 1, 1997 | October 18, 1999 | $ | 13.00 | ||
See Appendix A for Benefit Rates in effect prior to January 1, 1997. Effective October 18, 1999, the assets and liabilities attributable to Participants actively employed by Leslie Controls, Inc. were transferred and assumed by CIRCOR International Inc.
5.03.5 AMOUNT OF NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT FOR RUDOLPH LABRANCHE, INC. EMPLOYEES
Subject to the provisions of Section 5.04, the monthly Normal Retirement Benefit payable to a Participant who is an Eligible Employee of Rudolph LaBranche, Inc. and who retires under the Plan shall be equal to the number of his years of Benefit Service (including fractions thereof)
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multiplied by the benefit rate in effect on the date the Participant last performed an Hour of Service as an Eligible Employee determined in accordance with the following schedule:
| Date of Last Hour of Service |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On or After |
But Before |
Benefit Rate |
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| January 1, 1997 | October 1, 2001 | $ | 13.50 | ||
| October 1, 2001 | | $ | 15.00 | ||
See Appendix A for Benefit Rates in effect prior to January 1, 1997.
5.03.6 AMOUNT OF NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT FOR WATTS AUTOMATIC CONTROL VALVE, INC. EMPLOYEES
Subject to the provisions of Section 5.04, the monthly Normal Retirement Benefit payable to a Participant who is an Eligible Employee of Watts Automatic Control Valve, Inc. and who retires under the Plan shall be equal to the number of his years of Benefit Service (including fractions thereof) multiplied by the benefit rate in effect on the date the Participant last performed an Hour of Service as an Eligible Employee determined in accordance with the following schedule:
| Date of Last Hour of Service |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On or After |
But Before |
Benefit Rate |
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| January 1, 1997 | October 1, 2001 | $ | 13.00 | ||
| October 1, 2001 | | $ | 15.00 | ||
See Appendix A for Benefit Rates in effect prior to January 1, 1997.
5.03.7 AMOUNT OF NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT FOR CIRCLE SEAL CONTROLS, INC. EMPLOYEES
Subject to the provisions of Section 5.04, the monthly Normal Retirement Benefit payable to a Participant who is an Eligible Employee of Circle Seal Controls, Inc. and who retires under the Plan shall be equal to the number of his years of Benefit Service (including fractions thereof) multiplied by the benefit rate in effect on the date the Participant last performed an Hour of Service as an Eligible Employee determined in accordance with the following schedule:
| Date of Last Hour of Service |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On or After |
But Before |
Benefit Rate |
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| January 1, 1997 | October 18, 2001 | $ | 15.00 | ||
Effective October 18, 1999, the assets and liabilities attributable to Participants actively employed by Circle Seal Controls, Inc. were transferred and assumed by CIRCOR International Inc.
5.03.8 AMOUNT OF NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT FOR EAGLE VALVE COMPANY, INC. EMPLOYEES
Subject to the provisions of Section 5.04, the monthly Normal Retirement Benefit payable to a Participant who was an Eligible Employee of Eagle Valve Company, Inc. and who retires under the Plan shall be equal to the number of his years of Benefit Service (including fractions thereof)
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multiplied by the benefit rate in effect on the date the Participant last performed an Hour of Service as an Eligible Employee determined in accordance with the following schedule:
| Date of Last Hour of Service |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On or After |
But Before |
Benefit Rate |
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| January 1, 1997 | October 1, 2001 | $ | 13.00 | ||
| October 1, 2001 | | $ | 15.00 | ||
See Appendix A for Benefit Rates in effect prior to January 1, 1997.
Effective October 18, 1999, the assets and liabilities attributable to Participants actively employed by Eagle Value Company, Inc. were transferred and assumed by CIRCOR International Inc.
5.03.9 AMOUNT OF NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT FOR CONTROMATICS, INC. EMPLOYEES
Subject to the provisions of Section 5.04, the monthly Normal Retirement Benefit payable to a Participant who was an Eligible Employee of Contromatics, Inc. and who retires under the Plan shall be equal to the number of his years of Benefit Service (including fractions thereof) multiplied by the benefit rate in effect on the date the Participant last performed an Hour of Service as an Eligible Employee determined in accordance with the following schedule:
| Date of Last Hour of Service |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On or After |
But Before |
Benefit Rate |
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| January 1, 1997 | October 18, 1099 | $ | 13.50 | ||
Effective October 18, 1999, the assets and liabilities attributable to Participants actively employed by Contromatics, Inc. were transferred and assumed by CIRCOR International Inc.
5.03.10 AMOUNT OF NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT FOR ANDERSON-BARROWS EMPLOYEES
Subject to the provisions of 5.04, the monthly Normal Retirement Benefit payable to a Participant who is an Eligible Employee of Anderson-Barrows Metals Corporation and who retires under the Plan shall be equal to the number of his years of Benefit Service (including fractions thereof) multiplied by the benefit rate in effect on the date the Participant last performed an Hour of Service as an Eligible Employee determined in accordance with the following schedule:
| Date of Last Hour of Service |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On or After |
But Before |
Benefit Rate |
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| January 1, 1997 | October 1, 2001 | $ | 13.00 | ||
| October 1, 2001 | | $ | 15.00 | ||
5.03.11 AMOUNT OF NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT FOR AMES COMPANY EMPLOYEES
Subject to the provisions of 5.04, the monthly Normal Retirement Benefit payable to a Participant who is an Eligible Employee of Ames Company, Inc. who became an Eligible Employee under this Plan and who retires under this Plan shall be equal to the number of years of Benefit Service (including fractions thereof) multiplied by the benefit rate in effect on the date the Participant last
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performed an Hour of Service as an Eligible Employee determined in accordance with the following schedule:
| Date of Last Hour of Service |
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| On or After |
But Before |
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| January 1, 1997 | October 1, 2001 | $ | 13.00 | ||
| October 1, 2001 | | $ | 15.00 | ||
5.03.12 AMOUNT OF NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT FOR AERODYNE CONTROLS CORPORATION EMPLOYEES
Subject to the provisions of 5.04, the monthly Normal Retirement Benefit payable to a Participant who is an Eligible Employee of Aerodyne Controls Corporation, Inc. who became an Eligible Employee under this Plan and who retires under this Plan shall be equal to the number of years of Benefit Service (including fractions thereof) multiplied by the benefit rate in effect on the date the Participant last performed an Hour of Service as an Eligible Employee determined in accordance with the following schedule:
| Date of Last Hour of Service |
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| On or After |
But Before |
Benefit Rate |
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| April 1, 1998 | October 18, 1999 | $ | 13.00 | ||
Effective October 18, 1999, the assets and liabilities attributable to Participants actively employed by Aerodyne Controls Corporation, Inc. were transferred and assumed by CIRCOR International Inc.
5.03.13 AMOUNT OF NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT FOR MCCRANEY, INC. (DBA "SPACEMAKER") OR WATTS RADIANT, INC. EMPLOYEES
Subject to the provisions of Section 5.04, the monthly Normal Retirement Benefit payable to a Participant who is an Eligible Employee of McCraney, Inc. (dba "Spacemaker") or Watts Radiant, Inc. (formerly called Watts Heatway, Inc.) and who retires under the Plan shall be equal to the number of his years of Benefit Service (including fractions thereof) multiplied by the benefit rate in effect on the date the Participant last performed an Hour of Service as an Eligible Employee determined in accordance with the following schedule:
| Date of Last Hour of Service |
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But Before |
Benefit Rate |
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| January 1, 2001 | October 1, 2001 | $13.50McCraney | ||
| October 1, 2001 | | $13.50Watts Radiant | ||
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5.03.14 AMOUNT OF NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT FOR PREMIER MANUFACTURED SYSTEMS INC. EMPLOYEES
Subject to the provisions of Section 5.04, the monthly Normal Retirement Benefit payable to a Participant who is an Eligible Employee of Premier Manufactured Systems Inc. and who retires under the Plan shall be equal to the number of his years of Benefit Service (including fractions thereof) multiplied by the benefit rate in effect on the date the Participant last performed an Hour of Service as an Eligible Employee determined in accordance with the following schedule:
| Date of Last Hour of Service |
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But Before |
Benefit Rate |
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| January 1, 2002 | | $ | 15.00 | ||
5.03.15 AMOUNT OF NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT
Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary and subject to Section 5.04, the Monthly Normal Retirement Benefit payable to a Participant (i) who is an Eligible Employee of an entity that is included as an Employer under Section 1.13 as of January 1, 2006, (ii) who performed an Hour of Service on or after January 1, 2006 and (iii) who retires under the Plan shall be equal to the number of his years of Benefit Service (including fractions thereof) multiplied by $16.00.
5.04 MAXIMUM ANNUAL BENEFIT
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income for the taxable year in which contributed, or any distributions from a plan of deferred compensation;
For purposes of applying the limitations of this Section, the term "Section 415 Compensation" means the compensation actually paid or includable in the Employee's gross income for the Limitation Year.
Effective January 1, 1998, "Section 415 Compensation" shall include (i) any elective deferral as defined in Code Section 402(g)(3), and (ii) any amount which is contributed or deferred by the Employer at the election of the Employee and which is not includable in the gross income of the employee by reason of Code Section 125 or 457.
For Limitation Years beginning on or after January 1, 1998, for purposes of determining Section 415 Compensation, amounts included pursuant to Section 125 of the Code shall include amounts not available to a Participant in cash in lieu of group health coverage because the Participant is unable to certify that he or she has other health coverage. An amount will be treated as an amount under Section 125 only if the Employer does not request or collect information regarding the Participant's other health coverage as part of the enrollment process for the health plan.
Effective January 1, 2001, "Section 415 Compensation" shall include any amounts deferred under Section 132(f)(4) of the Code.
For Limitation Years beginning on or after January 1, 2002, if the benefit payable to a Participant commences prior to age 62, the maximum dollar limitation defined in
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paragraph (a)(i), adjusted by paragraph (d), shall be the actuarial equivalent of such amount payable at age 62. For purposes of this paragraph, actuarial equivalent shall be based on the plan's early retirement reductions or the mortality table specified in Code Section 417(e)(3)(A)(ii)(I) and an interest rate of 5%, whichever produces the smaller amount.
For purposes of this paragraph (e), if the benefit is payable in the form of a contingent annuity form (with the Participant's spouse as beneficiary) or in the Spouse Joint and Survivor Annuity form of payment, the benefit shall be treated as if it were paid in the normal form of payment and no adjustment in the maximum benefit need be made
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the Code as set forth in Subsections (e), (f), or (g) of this Section 5.04 of Part A shall be the mortality table specified in Code Section 417(e)(3)(A)(ii)(I).
5.04.1 LIMITATION APPLICABLE TO DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN PARTICIPANTS
Notwithstanding the above, if the Participant was a participant as of the first day of the first Limitation Year beginning after December 31, 1986 in one or more defined benefit plans maintained by the Employer which were in existence on May 6, 1986, the denominator of this fraction will not be less than 1.25 times the sum of the annual benefits under such plans which the Participant had accrued as of the close of the last Limitation Year beginning before January 1, 1987, disregarding any changes in the terms and conditions of the Plan after May 5, 1986. The preceding sentence applies only if the defined benefit plans individually and in the aggregate satisfied the requirements of Section 415 of the Code for all Limitation Years beginning before January 1, 1987.
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For purposes of calculating the numerator in the defined contribution plan fraction, a Participant's after tax payroll deduction contributions made before 1987, if any, shall be taken into account to the extent such contributions exceed the lesser of:
If the Employee was a Participant as of the end of the first day of the first Limitation Year beginning after December 31, 1986, in one or more defined contribution plans maintained by the Employer which were in existence on May 6, 1986, the numerator of this fraction will be adjusted if the sum of this fraction and the defined benefit fraction would otherwise exceed 1.0 under the terms of this Plan. Under the adjustment, an amount equal to the product of (1) the excess of the sum of the fractions over 1.0 times (2) the denominator of this fraction, will be permanently subtracted from the numerator of this fraction. The adjustment is calculated using the fractions as they would be computed as of the end of the last Limitation Year beginning before January 1, 1987, and disregarding any changes in the terms and conditions of the Plan made after May 5, 1986, but using the Section 415 limitation applicable to the first Limitation Year beginning on or after January 1, 1987.
5.04.2 AFFILIATED EMPLOYERS
For purposes of Sections 5.04 and 5.04.1, the Employer and all Affiliated Employers shall be considered one employer, and the limitations shall be applicable to the total benefits received from the Employer and all Affiliated Employers. Further, in determining what is an Affiliated Employer for the purposes of these Sections, the phrase "more than 50%" shall be substituted for "at least 80%" each place it appears in Section 1563(a)(1) of the Code.
5.05 EARLY RETIREMENT BENEFIT
The Early Retirement Benefit of a Participant who elects to retire on an Early Retirement Date (as defined in Section 4.02) on or after January 1, 1985 shall be the benefit computed in (a) or (b) below, as elected by the Participant:
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whichever is applicable, based on his years of Benefit Service (including fractions thereof) and the rate of benefit in effect as of his Early Retirement Date;
5.05.2 SOCIAL SECURITY OPTION
A Participant who is entitled to receive an Early Retirement Benefit and has elected to have such benefit commence prior to the date he is entitled to receive benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act, may elect to receive a Social Security Option under which he will receive a larger monthly benefit prior to the date he is first entitled to receive benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act and a smaller benefit after he is first entitled to receive benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act so that, to the extent possible, the Participant will receive a level monthly income when his payments under the Plan and his income under Title II of the Social Security Act are taken into account; provided, however, that his payments under the Social Security Option will be the Actuarial Equivalent of the Early Retirement Benefit he would have received if he had not elected such an option.
If a Participant elects a benefit under this Section, no benefits will be payable to anyone upon his death.
5.06 DEFERRED RETIREMENT BENEFIT
Each Participant who continues in the employ of the Employer or an Affiliated Employer after attaining his Normal Retirement Age and retires prior to age 701/2 shall be entitled upon actual retirement to receive a monthly Deferred Retirement Benefit. The Deferred Retirement Benefit payable under this paragraph (a) shall be determined in accordance with Section 5.03, 5.03.1, 5.03.2, 5.03.3, 5.03.4, 5.03.5, 5.03.6, 5.03.7, 5.03.8,5.03.9, 5.04 or 5.04.1, whichever is applicable, based on the Participant's years of Benefit Service (including fractions thereof) as of his retirement date, and the rate of benefit in effect under the Plan on his retirement date.
Prior to January 1, 1997, the Deferred Retirement Benefit payable to a Participant who attains age 701/2 and who continues to be an Employee shall be equal to the Participant's accrued benefit determined as of the last day of the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 701/2. The Deferred Retirement Benefit payable under this paragraph (b) shall be determined in accordance with Section 5.03 or 5.03.1, 5.03.2, 5.03.3, 5.03.4, 5.03.5, 5.03.6, 5.03.7, 5.03.8,5.03.9, 5.04 or 5.04.1 whichever is applicable, and shall be payable in the form of a single life annuity. The Deferred Retirement Benefit shall commence no later than the January 1 immediately following the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 701/2.
The monthly benefit of a Participant who has begun receiving benefits and who continues to be an Employee after his attainment of age 701/2 shall be adjusted, effective on the January 1 following the Plan Year in which the Participant's benefit commenced and on each succeeding January 1 prior to the Participant's Deferred Retirement Date, to reflect the effect of changes in the Participant's accrued benefit since the previous January 1. The final adjustment shall be
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made as of the Participant's Deferred Retirement Date. Adjustments required by this paragraph shall include a reduction equal to the Actuarial Equivalent of any payments already made with respect to the Participant. In no event, however, will the benefit payable to the Participant be reduced as a result of this paragraph. Furthermore, the operation of this paragraph will not affect the form of benefit payment previously elected by the Participant.
Any Participant, other than a 5% owner as defined in Code Section 416(i), who attains age 701/2 after December 31, 1996 but before January 1, 2002 shall have the option to commence receiving retirement benefits at any time commencing on or after the January 1 following the Plan Year in which such Participant attains age 701/2. Any Participant, other than a 5% owner as defined in Code Section 416(i), who attains age 701/2 on or after January 1, 2002, shall commence receiving retirement benefits no later than the January 1, of the calendar year following the calendar year in which he attains age 701/2 or the calendar year in which he retires, whichever is later. Participants who are 5% owners must continue to commence receiving benefits on the January 1 following the Plan Year in which they attained age 701/2.
Effective January 1, 1997, a Participant's deferred Retirement Benefit shall be equal to the greater of (i) the Actuarial Equivalent of his or her Deferred Retirement Benefit determined as of April 1, of the calendar year following the calendar in which the Participant attains age 701/2, or (ii) the Participant's Deferred Retirement Benefit determined as of his or her Deferred Retirement Date.
Upon such Participant's actual Deferred Retirement Date, he shall then be eligible to make the election as described in Section 5.02.2.
5.07 SUSPENSION OF BENEFIT DISTRIBUTIONS
If any Participant is reemployed by the Employer or an Affiliated Employer on or after his Benefit Commencement Date and before age 701/2, or if any Participant continues in employment with the Employer or an Affiliated Employer after his Normal Retirement Date (as defined in Section 4.01), the benefit payable for a calendar month will be permanently withheld if the Participant completes 40 or more Hours of Service in the calendar month or in the four or five week payroll period ending in the calendar month.
The benefit permanently withheld will be the actual amount scheduled to be paid for the calendar month in which the conditions for suspension are met.
Upon the subsequent termination of employment of a Participant who was eligible to begin receiving payments under the Plan on his prior termination of employment date (whether or not such benefit payments had actually commenced), the Participant's retirement benefit shall be redetermined in accordance with the provisions of this Plan applicable to him as of his subsequent termination of employment date, as if no prior benefit payments had been made. His retirement benefit, as so redetermined, shall then be reduced by (i) the Actuarial Equivalent of the benefit payments, if any, previously made to such Participant prior to his Normal Retirement Date or (ii) in the case of a lump sum payment, the Actuarial Equivalent of the payment other than the portion of the payment attributable to the period (if any) after the Participant's Normal Retirement Date and before his reemployment commencement date. The form of payment of any retirement benefit to which he may thereafter become entitled shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 at the time he subsequently retires without regard to the form in which his benefit had previously been paid.
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The Participant's retirement benefit as so redetermined shall not be less than his retirement benefit prior to the suspension of payments.
In the case of a Participant who was receiving benefit payments prior to reemployment, payment of such benefits shall resume no later than the first day of the third calendar month following the month in which the Participant ceases to satisfy the conditions for suspension described in paragraph (a) above.
If the period of suspension is less than three months, the Participant's benefit shall continue to be paid in the same form of payment as was in effect before the suspension.
The amount of the Participant's benefit shall be redetermined, taking into account increased service and any benefits paid before suspension, and shall not be less than the amount of benefit the Participant was receiving prior to suspension.
If a Participant continues to be employed by the Employer or an Affiliated Employer after his Normal Retirement Date (as defined in Section 4.01) and the commencement of his benefit payments is delayed (or, in the case of reemployment, suspended) in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (a) above, the Committee shall give written notice to such Participant as required under Department of Labor Regulations 2530.203-3(b)(4) no later than the end of the first calendar month or payroll period in which the payment of benefits would have commenced if the Participant had not remained in or returned to employment.
5.08 RETIREMENT PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1985
Except as specified otherwise herein, the monthly retirement benefit of a Participant who retired from the Service of the Employer prior to January 1, 1985 shall be determined in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Prior Plan as in effect on the date of his retirement.
5.09 PARTICIPANTS WHO ATTAINED NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE OR WHO RETIRED PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1986
Commencing January 1, 1986, the monthly retirement benefit of an active Participant who attained Normal Retirement Age prior to January 1, 1986 or of a Retired Participant who retired prior to January 1, 1986 shall be increased by 2.5% for each year between the date such active Participant attained Normal Retirement Age or the date such Retired Participant retired and the anniversary of such date which occurs in 1986; provided that such increase in the monthly benefit shall not be less than $10.00.
5.10 TRANSFER ADJUSTMENT TO NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT
Notwithstanding the provisions under Section 5.03, in the event a Participant transfers to another subsidiary or division which provides a different benefit rate under this Plan than provided under the transferor subsidiary or division and such Participant is credited with more than 2080 Hours of Service during the Plan Year of the transfer, such Participant's Normal Retirement Benefit will be adjusted as follows:
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5.11 DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS
Effective October 1, 2001, in the event a Participant becomes disabled while employed with the Employer, so that he is receiving disability benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act, such Participant shall continue to be credited with years of Service for vesting and years of Benefit Service for the period he remains disabled and such crediting shall cease upon the earlier of the Participant's recovery from disability, death, election of Early Retirement or Normal Retirement Date. If a Participant's disability continues until his Normal retirement Date, his Normal Retirement Benefit shall commence as of the date elected by the Participant in accordance with the normal form of benefit described as Section 5.01 or 5.02, whichever is applicable, or the optional retirement benefit, if elected by the Participant as set forth in Article 5.
5.12 MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS
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December 31 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the Participant died.
For purposes of this Subsection 5.12(b)(ii) and Subsection 5.12(e), distributions are considered to begin on the Participant's Required Beginning Date (or, if Subsection 5.12(b)(ii)(D) applies, the date distributions are required to begin to the surviving Spouse under Subsection 5.12(b)(ii)(A). If annuity payments irrevocably commence to the Participant before the Participant's Required Beginning Date (or to the Participant's surviving Spouse before the date distributions are required to begin to the surviving Spouse under Subsection 5.12(b)(ii)(A), the date distributions are considered to begin is the date distributions actually commence.
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dies or is no longer the Participant's Beneficiary pursuant to a Qualified Domestic Relations Order within the meaning of Section 414(p);
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regulations, using the Participant's and Spouse's attained ages as of the Participant's and Spouse's birthdays in the calendar year that contains the Benefit Commencement Date.
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ARTICLE 6TERMINATION OF SERVICE
6.01 REQUIREMENTS FOR VESTED BENEFITS
There are no benefits payable under the Plan if a Participant's employment terminated prior to the date he is entitled to retire and receive a benefit under the Plan, except as provided in this Article 6.
6.02 VESTED BENEFITS
A Participant who completes an Hour of Service on or after January 1, 1989 and who ceases to be an Employee prior to Normal Retirement Age for any reason except death or retirement under the Plan shall be entitled to a deferred vested benefit commencing on his Normal Retirement Date (as defined in Section 4.01) equal to his accrued Normal Retirement Benefit determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.02.1 multiplied by his vesting percentage in accordance with the following schedule:
| Years of Service |
Vesting Percentage |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 5 years | 0 | % | |
| 5 years or more | 100 | % |
6.02.1 COMPUTATION OF A VESTED BENEFIT
The amount of deferred vested benefit payable to a Terminated Participant under Section 6.02 shall be equal to the Normal Retirement Benefit he would be entitled to under Section 5.03, 5.03.1, 5.03.2, 5.03.3, 5.03.4, 5.03.5, 5.03.6, 5.03.7, 5.03.8,5.03.9, 5.04 or 5.04.1, whichever is applicable, based on his years of Benefit Service (including fractions thereof) and the rate of benefit in effect as of the date he last performs an Hour of Service, as an Eligible Employee
6.02.2 EARLY COMMENCEMENT OF A VESTED BENEFIT
A Terminated Vested Participant entitled to a Vested Benefit under Section 6.02 may elect to have such benefit commence at any time after he is eligible to elect an Early Retirement Date pursuant to Section 4.02. In such case, his benefit shall be the Actuarial Equivalent of the benefit determined under Section 6.02.1.
Effective January 1, 1999 a Terminated Participant entitled to a Vested Benefit under Section 6.02 may elect to have such benefit commence at any time after he reaches his fifty-fifth birthday provided he has completed at least 10 years of Service. Effective with respect to benefits commencing on or after January 1, 1999, such Participant shall be entitled to his benefit payable on his Normal Retirement reduced by 5/9 of 1% for each of the first sixty months by which commencement of benefits precedes his Normal Retirement Date, and by 5/18 of 1% for each month thereafter, if any, by which commencement of benefits precedes his Normal Retirement Date.
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ARTICLE 7DEATH OF PARTICIPANT
7.01 DEATH PRIOR TO RETIREMENT
There are no death benefits payable under the Plan in the event of the death of a Participant, Retired Participant, or Terminated Participant prior to the commencement of his retirement benefits under the Plan, except as may be provided under the Surviving Spouse Benefit described in Section 7.02 or as may be provided under Section 7.04.
7.02 SURVIVING SPOUSE BENEFIT
The spouse of a Participant or a Terminated Participant shall be eligible to receive a Surviving Spouse Benefit after the Participant's or Terminated Participant's death if the Participant or Terminated Participant has fulfilled the following requirements at the date of death:
7.03 AMOUNT OF SURVIVING SPOUSE BENEFIT
If a Participant or Terminated Participant dies after fulfilling all the requirements of Section 7.02, his spouse shall be entitled to a lifetime benefit under the Plan. If the surviving spouse of the Participant or Terminated Participant consents, such benefit shall commence on the first day of the month following the later of the Participant's or Terminated Participant's death or the date the Participant or Terminated Participant would have met the requirements for Early Retirement under Section 4.02. If such surviving spouse does not consent to receive benefits as described above, benefits shall commence on the first day of any month thereafter, as elected by the surviving spouse, but not later than the date the Participant or Terminated Participant would have attained age 65.
The Surviving Spouse Benefit shall be equal to (a), (b) or (c) below:
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7.04 DEATH AFTER COMMENCEMENT OF BENEFITS OR NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE
There are no death benefits payable under the Plan upon the death of a Participant on or after his Normal Retirement Age or after a Participant has commenced receiving retirement benefits under the Plan, except as follows:
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ARTICLE 8OPTIONAL FORMS OF BENEFIT
8.01 TIME FOR ELECTION
Subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 8.06, in lieu of receiving the life annuity referred to in Section 5.01 or the Spouse Joint and Survivor Annuity referred to in Section 5.02, a Participant may elect, by written application filed with the Committee, to have his retirement benefit paid under one of the forms of benefit set forth in this Article 8, provided that such election is made prior to the earlier of: the Participant's actual retirement under the Plan or the Participant's required beginning date under Section 5.06 and in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5.02.4 (if such Participant is married) and in this Article 8. Neither Section 5.01 nor Section 5.02 shall apply if an effective election is made under this Article; provided, however, that a married Participant may, at any time during the election period established by the Committee under Section 5.02.2, rescind his election of an option under this Article 8 and receive his retirement benefit in the form of an annuity for life under Section 5.01 or a Spouse Joint and Survivor Annuity under Section 5.02 if he has met the requirements therefor.
8.02 CONTINGENT ANNUITANT OPTION
A Participant may elect an option in accordance with Section 5.02, under which option he will receive an actuarially reduced benefit during his lifetime after retirement and 100%, 662/3% or 50% of such reduced amount will be continued to a person designated by the Participant at the time of election of the option (and referred to as a Contingent Annuitant) for the duration of the Contingent Annuitant's lifetime.
8.03 TEN YEAR CERTAIN LIFE ANNUITY OPTION
A Participant may elect an option in accordance with Section 5.02, under which option he will receive an actuarially reduced benefit during his lifetime after retirement with a provision that if he dies after his Normal Retirement Age or after his Benefit Commencement Date but prior to receiving one hundred twenty monthly retirement payments, the balance of such one hundred twenty monthly retirement payments shall be paid to the Participant's Beneficiary.
8.04 WHEN OPTION EFFECTIVE
If a Participant who elects an option under this Article 8 dies prior to Normal Retirement Age or prior to his Benefit Commencement Date, if earlier, the election shall be void and no benefit will be paid under the option. If the Participants Contingent Annuitant, or Beneficiary if applicable, dies prior to the commencement of retirement benefits to the Participant and prior to the Participant's Normal Retirement Age, the Participant may either (a) designate another Contingent Annuitant, or Beneficiary, if applicable, prior to his Normal Retirement Age, (b) receive the form of benefit at retirement which would have been payable to him had the option not been elected, or (c) elect another optional form of benefit under Article 8. Notwithstanding the first sentence of this Section 8.04, if the Participant has elected a Deferred Retirement Date (as defined in Section 4.03), and if the Participant dies after his Normal Retirement Date (as defined in Section 4.01) but before his Deferred Retirement Date, the Contingent Annuitant shall receive the reduced amount of retirement benefit payable under the option. If the Participant has elected a Deferred Retirement Date, and if either the Contingent Annuitant or Beneficiary, if applicable, dies after the Participants Normal Retirement Date but before his Deferred Retirement Date, the election shall be void and the Participant will receive the benefit which would have been payable to him had the option not been elected, unless another option is elected.
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8.05 BENEFICIARY
A Participant who elects an option under Section 8.03 shall designate, on a form provided by the Committee, a Beneficiary or Beneficiaries to receive any death benefit which may become payable under the designated option. The Participant may change his designation of Beneficiary from time to time by written notice filed with the Committee. If no designated Beneficiary survives to receive all benefits which may become due under the Plan, any such benefits becoming due shall be paid to any one or more of the following classes of successive Beneficiaries surviving the Participant: the Participant's (a) spouse, (b) issue, (c) parents, (d) brothers and sisters, or (e) executors and administrators.
8.06 LIMITATION OF ELECTION OF OPTION
No option shall be effective under this Article if the anticipated effect would be to extend the period of payments beyond the joint life expectancy of the Participant and his Contingent Annuitant or Beneficiary; or would violate the minimum distribution incidental benefit requirement of Section 1.401(a)(9)-2 of the proposed regulations, or any provision of future law that amends, supplements, or supersedes such provision.
8.07 SPOUSAL CONSENT REQUIREMENT
Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, the election by a married Participant of an optional form of benefit shall not take effect unless the requirements set forth in Section 5.02.4 have been satisfied.
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ARTICLE 9CHANGE IN STATUS AND TRANSFER
9.01 CHANGE IN STATUS FROM ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE TO NON-ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE
If a Participant is included in this Plan for a part of his period of employment with the Employer or an Affiliated Employer and then loses his status as an Eligible Employee, as defined in this Plan, he will not accrue any further benefits under this Plan; however, all Service with the Employer or an Affiliated Employer will be taken into account in determining his eligibility rights to receive any benefits previously accrued under this Plan.
In the event an Employee loses his status as an Eligible Employee, his benefit shall be determined using the benefit rate in effect on the date he ceases to be an Eligible Employee. If the Employee's status again changes and he becomes an Eligible Employee and a Participant under the Plan, his years of Benefit Service as an Eligible Employee shall be aggregated and his benefit shall be determined using the benefit rate in effect on the latest date on which he ceases to be an Eligible Employee.
9.02 CHANGE IN STATUS FROM NON-ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE TO ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE
If a Participant is included in this Plan after a period of Service with the Employer when he was not an Eligible Employee, as defined in this Plan, all his Service with the Employer or an Affiliated Employer will be counted only for purposes of determining his eligibility to participate in the Plan and his rights to receive benefits under this Plan.
9.02.1 NON-DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS
If benefits are payable on account of the same period of employment with the Employer or an Affiliated Employer, under this Plan and another qualified defined benefit plan toward which the Employer contributes (or has contributed), the benefits payable under this Plan on account of such period shall be reduced by the Actuarial Equivalent of any benefit payable to him under such other plan calculated in the same form and manner as is the benefit payable under this Plan on account of the same period of Service. However, if such other Plan provides for a similar reduction of benefits, then this Section shall be disregarded with respect to an Eligible Employee whose most recent period of participation in this Plan is earlier than his most recent period of participation in such other plan.
9.03 TRANSFER IN EMPLOYMENT
For purposes of determining vested benefits and eligibility, a direct transfer in employment between the Employer and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Employer, whether or not it adopts the Plan, shall not be deemed to effect any break in Service as to the Eligible Employee or Participant so transferring, as long as he retains his status as an Eligible Employee with such subsidiary. His Benefit Service with such subsidiary prior to the date of its adoption of the Plan shall be counted for purposes of the Plan to the extent specified in the vote of the board of directors of such subsidiary adopting the Plan. The Eligible Employee or Participant shall not lose his right to any Benefit Service he had accrued with the Employer prior to the date of his transfer in employment to the subsidiary, provided that there shall be no duplication in benefits based on such Benefit Service.
9.03.1 EMPLOYMENT WITH AN AFFILIATED EMPLOYER
For purposes of determining a Participant's eligibility to participate in the Plan and his right to a Vested Benefit under Section 6.02, any employment with an Affiliated Employer shall be treated as Service with the Employer; such Service to be determined by the Committee in accordance with the Service provisions of Article 2 applied in a uniform, nondiscriminatory manner to all Participants and to be based on the employment records of the Affiliated Employer. In no event shall a person who has completed such Service enter the Plan prior to his employment with the Employer or accrue any benefits under the Plan in respect of such Service, except as provided in Section 9.03.
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ARTICLE 10ADMINISTRATION
10.01 ALLOCATION OF RESPONSIBILITY AMONG FIDUCIARIES FOR PLAN AND TRUST ADMINISTRATION
The Fiduciaries shall have only those powers, duties, responsibilities and obligations as are specifically given to them under this Plan or the Trust. Any power, duty, responsibility or obligation relating to the control, management, or administration of the Plan or Trust Fund which is not specifically allocated to any Fiduciary, or with respect to which the allocation is in doubt, shall be deemed allocated to the Employer. In general, the Employer shall have the sole responsibility for making the contributions, as specified in Article 11 and subject to the provisions of Article 11, necessary to provide benefits under the Plan. The Sponsoring Employer by action of its Board shall have the sole authority to appoint and remove the Trustee and the members of the Committee and to amend or terminate, in whole or in part, this Plan and the Trust. The Committee shall have the sole responsibility for the administration of this Plan, as specifically described in this Plan and the Trust. The Trustee shall have the sole responsibility for the administration of the Trust and the management of the Trust assets, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Plan and the Trust.
The Sponsoring Employer, by written instrument filed with the records of the Plan, may designate fiduciary capacities and/or Fiduciaries other than those named herein. A Fiduciary may serve in more than one fiduciary capacity in respect to the Plan. A Fiduciary shall have the authority to delegate responsibilities, as provided above, and may employ one or more parties to render advice with regard to any responsibility he has under the Plan.
10.02 INDEMNIFICATION
The Employer shall indemnify each member (and former member) of the Committee and any other employee, officer or director (and former employee, officer or director) of the Employer against any claims, loss, damage, expense and liability (other than amounts paid in settlement not approved by the Employer) reasonably incurred by him in connection with any action or failure to act to which he may be party by reason of his membership on the Committee or performance of an authorized duty or responsibility for or on behalf of the Employer pursuant to the Plan or Trust unless the same is determined to be the result of the individual's gross negligence or willful misconduct. Such indemnification by the Employer shall be made only to the extent (a) such expense or liability is not payable to or on behalf of such person under liability insurance coverage; and (b) the Trust is precluded from assuming such expense or liability because of the operations of ERISA Section 410 or other applicable law. The foregoing right to indemnification shall be in addition to any other rights to which any such person may be entitled as a matter of law.
10.03 APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE
The Plan shall be administered by a Committee consisting of at least three (3) persons who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Board. A person who is selected as a member of the Committee also may serve in one or more other fiduciary capacities with respect to the Plan and may be a Participant. The Board shall have the right to remove any member of the Committee at any time, and a member may resign at any time by written resignation to the Board. The Board may fill by appointment any vacancy in the membership of the Committee. All usual and reasonable expenses of the Committee incurred by them in the administration of the Plan and Trust, including but not limited to fees and expenses of professional advisors referred to above, shall be paid by the Trust Fund unless such expenses are paid by the Employer. All or part of such expenses may be paid by the Employer, but the Employer shall be under no obligation to pay any
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such expenses. Any members of the Committee who are full-time employees of the Employer shall not receive compensation with respect to their services as a member of the Committee.
10.04 RECORDS AND REPORTS
The Committee shall exercise such authority and responsibility as it deems appropriate in order to comply with the Code, ERISA, and governmental regulations issued thereunder relating to records of Participants, Service and Benefit Service, benefits, notifications to Participants, annual registration with the Internal Revenue Service, and annual reports to the Department of Labor. The Employer and the Committee shall each keep or cause to be kept such Employee and Participant data and other records, and shall each reasonably give notice to the other of such information, as shall be proper, necessary or desirable to effectuate the purpose of the Plan. Neither the Employer nor the Committee shall be required to duplicate any records kept by the other.
10.05 OTHER COMMITTEE POWERS AND DUTIES
The Committee shall have such duties and powers as may be necessary to discharge its duties hereunder, including, but not by way of limitation, the following:
The Committee may retain auditors, accountants, physicians, actuaries, legal counsel and other professional advisors selected by it. The opinion of, or information and data contained in any certificate or report or other material prepared by any such auditor, physician, actuary, accountant, legal counsel, or other professional advisors shall be full and complete authority and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by the Committee or other Fiduciary in good faith
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and in accordance with such opinion or information and no member of the Committee or other Fiduciary shall be deemed imprudent by reason of any such action.
10.06 RULES AND DECISIONS
The Committee may adopt such rules as it deems necessary, desirable or appropriate for the proper and efficient administration of the Plan and as are consistent with the provisions of the Plan. Rules and decisions of the Committee shall not discriminate in favor of officers, directors, or Highly Compensated Employees of the Employer. When making a determination or calculation, the Committee shall be entitled to rely upon information furnished by a Participant, spouse, Contingent Annuitant or Beneficiary, the Employer, the legal counsel of the Employer, an Actuary, consultant, or the Trustee. The Committee shall have and shall exercise complete discretionary authority to construe, interpret and apply all of the terms of the Plan, including all matters relating to eligibility for benefits, amount, time or form of benefits, and any disputed or allegedly doubtful Plan terms. Any such construction, administration, interpretation or application shall be final, binding and conclusive upon all persons including, but not by way of limitation, Employees, Participants, spouses, Contingent Annuitants, Beneficiaries, and their heirs, and personal representatives, and any other person claiming an interest under the Plan and shall not be deemed imprudent. In exercising such discretion, the Committee shall give controlling weight to the intent of the Plan.
10.07 COMMITTEE PROCEDURES
The Committee may act at a meeting or in writing without a meeting. All decisions of the Committee shall be made by the vote of the majority including actions in writing taken without a meeting. The Committee may adopt such operating procedures and regulations as it deems desirable for the conduct of its affairs and may authorize a member, or each member, of the Committee to act on its behalf in certain administrative matters deemed by them to be routine in nature, including the execution of documents. No Committee member who is a Participant shall have any vote in any decision of the Committee made uniquely with respect to such Committee member or his benefits hereunder.
10.08 AUTHORIZATION OF BENEFIT PAYMENTS
The Committee shall issue directions to the Trustee concerning all benefits which are to be paid from the Trust Fund pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, and certify that all such directions are in accordance with the Plan.
10.09 APPLICATION AND FORMS FOR PAYMENT
The Committee shall require a Participant to complete and file with the Committee an application for distribution of benefits and all other forms approved by the Committee for the purpose and to furnish all pertinent information requested by the Committee. The Committee may rely upon all such information furnished to it, including the Participant's current mailing address. To the extent that the Committee shall prescribe forms for use by the Participants, former Participants, and their respective spouses, Contingent Annuitants, or Beneficiaries in communicating with the Employer or the Committee, as the case may be, and shall establish periods during which communications may be received, they and the Employer shall respectively be protected in disregarding any notice or communication for which a form shall so have been prescribed and which shall not be made on such form and any notice or communication for the receipt of which a period shall so have been established and which shall not be received during such period, or in accepting any notice or
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communication which shall not be made on the proper form and/or received during the proper period. The Employer and the Committee shall respectively also be protected in acting upon any notice or other communication purporting to be signed by any person and reasonably believed to be genuine and accurate, and shall not be deemed imprudent by reason of so doing.
10.10 PROCEDURE FOR CLAIMING BENEFITS UNDER THE PLAN
If a claim is denied in whole or in part, the Committee shall notify the claimant of its decision by written notice, in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant. The Committee shall set forth in the notice:
Such notification shall be given within 90 days after the claim is received by the Committee. This period may be extended for another 90 days if the claimant is notified that the extension is necessary due to matters beyond the control of the Plan, before the end of the original 90-day period. Any notice for an extension will explain the reason for the extension and the date by which the Committee expects to rule on the claim.
The Committee shall advise the claimant of the results of the review within 60 days after receipt of the written request for review. This period may be extended for another 60 days if the Committee determines that special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the request and if written notice of such extension and circumstances is given to such claimant within the initial 60 day period. Any notice for an extension will explain the reason for the extension and the date by which the Committee expects to rule on the claim.
In the event an appeal is denied, the claimant will be notified in writing. The Committee shall set forth in the notice:
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The decision of the Committee by majority vote shall be final and binding upon any and all claimants, including but not limited to Participants and their Beneficiaries, and any other individuals making a claim through or under them.
10.11 APPEAL AND REVIEW PROCEDURE
If a claim has been denied by the reviewing Committee member, the claimant may appeal the denial within sixty (60) days after his receipt of written notice thereof by submitting in writing to the Committee a request for review of the denial of such claim. A claimant may also submit a written statement of issues and comments concerning his claim, and he may request an opportunity to review the Plan, the Trust and any other pertinent documents (which shall be made available to him by the Committee within thirty (30) days after its receipt of a copy of the request) at a convenient location during regular business hours.
If an appeal is made, the Committee shall render its final decision with the specific reasons therefor in writing and transmit it to the claimant by certified mail within 60 days of its receipt of the request for review (or within 120 days in the event a hearing is granted).
All interpretations, determinations, and decisions of the Committee or its designated representative with respect to any matter herein will be final, conclusive, and binding upon all interested parties.
10.12 EVIDENCE
Evidence required of anyone under the Plan may be given by certificate, affidavit, document or in such other form as the person to whom such evidence is given considers appropriate.
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ARTICLE 11FUNDING OF THE PLAN
11.01 MEDIUM OF FUNDING
The Plan will be funded through one or more Trust Funds established by the Employer.
11.02 CONTRIBUTIONS
The Employer shall make such contributions to the Trust Fund from time to time as may be necessary to maintain the Plan on a sound actuarial basis and meet the funding requirements of the ERISA. In determining such contributions, the earnings of the Trust Fund and any amounts forfeited by Terminated Participants shall be considered as a part of the Trust Fund in establishing the cost of maintaining the Plan.
11.03 FUND TO BE FOR THE EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF PARTICIPANTS
The contributions made to the Trust Fund by the Employer under the Plan shall be for the exclusive benefit of Participants, Retired Participants, and Terminated Participants, and no part of the Trust Fund shall revert to the Employer, except such amounts as may remain after the satisfaction of all liabilities to Participants, Retired Participants, Terminated Participants, surviving spouses, Contingent Annuitants, and Beneficiaries upon termination of the Plan.
11.04 FORFEITURES
All amounts forfeited by Terminated Participants shall be used to reduce the Employer's cost of the Plan, and shall not be used to increase the benefits of other Participants under the Plan.
11.05 INTERESTS OF PARTICIPANTS IN TRUST FUND
No Participant shall have any right, title or interest in any part of the assets of any Trust Fund except as and to the extent expressly provided by the Plan.
11.06 PAYMENT OF EXPENSES
It is intended that the administrative and all other expenses of the Plan shall be paid by the Trust Fund, unless such expenses are paid by the Employer. All or part of such expenses may be paid by the Employer, but the Employer shall be under no obligation to pay any such expenses.
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ARTICLE 12PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS
12.01 PAYMENT OF SMALL AMOUNTS
Distribution shall be made as soon as practicable after the Participant's termination of employment or death.
12.02 DEEMED DISTRIBUTION
If the Actuarial Equivalent of the vested portion of a Participant's accrued benefit is zero, the Participant shall be deemed to have received a single sum distribution of the vested portion of his accrued benefit on his date of termination of employment and the nonvested portion of his accrued benefit shall thereupon be forfeited. If such Participant resumes employment covered under the Plan before the date he incurs a break in Service on or after January 1, 1985 which equals or exceeds the greater of five years or the number of years of Service which the Employee completed prior to the break in Service, the nonvested portion of the accrued benefit forfeited pursuant to this Section 12.02 shall be restored on the Participant's date of employment.
12.03 PAYMENTS FOR INCAPACITATED PERSONS
Whenever, in the Committee's opinion, a person entitled to receive any payment of a benefit, or installment thereof, hereunder is under a legal disability or is incapacitated in any way so as to be
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unable to manage his financial affairs, the Committee may direct the Trustee to make payments to the legal representative of such person. Any payment of a benefit or installment thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Section shall be a complete discharge of any liability for the making of such payment under the provisions of the Plan.
If any Beneficiary of any Participant or former Participant shall be a minor, the Trustee shall be fully protected in making any payment required to be made to such minor to any person who shall be a custodian or guardian for such minor.
12.04 SPENDTHRIFT
Except as provided in Section 12.05, no benefit payable at any time under the Plan shall be subject in any manner to alienation, anticipation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, attachment or encumbrance of any kind. No benefit and no Trust Fund established in connection with the Plan shall in any manner be subject to the debts or liabilities of any person entitled to such benefit. Effective August 5, 1997, the Plan shall recognize judgements or settlements described in Sections 401(a)(13)(C) and (D) of the Code.
12.05 PAYMENT UNDER QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDERS
Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, if there is entered any qualified domestic relations order (within the meaning of Section 414(p) of the Code and ERISA Section 206(d)(3)(B), as added by the Retirement Equity Act of 1984) that affects the payment of benefits hereunder, such benefits shall be paid in accordance with the applicable requirements of such order.
12.06 LATEST COMMENCEMENT OF BENEFITS
12.07 COMMENCEMENT OF BENEFITS PRIOR TO NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except as provided in Section 12.01, no benefit shall commence to the Participant or the Participant's spouse prior to the date the Participant attains or would have attained his Normal Retirement Age without the consent of the Participant and the Participant's spouse, if required by applicable law. Such consent must be obtained not more than 90 days prior to the Benefit Commencement Date.
12.08 DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS BEGINNING BEFORE DEATH AND AFTER DEATH
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such Vested Benefit shall be distributed to his Beneficiary or Contingent Annuitant, as least as rapidly as under the method of payment in effect at the Participant's date of death.
12.09 DISTRIBUTION LIMITATIONS
An individual who is a Restricted Participant in a Plan Year shall be a Restricted Participant in a subsequent Plan Year only if he satisfies the conditions of the previous sentence in such subsequent Plan Year.
If more than one individual has the same Total Annual Pay, the younger individual shall be deemed to have the higher Total Annual Pay.
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behalf of such Participant under a single life annuity that is the Actuarial Equivalent of his benefits (other than the benefits described in paragraph (c)(iii) below).
12.10 DIRECT ROLLOVER DISTRIBUTIONS
Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, if any distribution to a Distributee (i) is made on or after January 1, 1993, (ii) totals $200 or more, and (iii) constitutes an Eligible Rollover Distribution, the Distributee may elect on a form provided by the Committee to have all or part of such Eligible Rollover Distribution paid in a direct rollover to an Eligible Retirement Plan selected by the Distributee. For this purpose, a Distributee, an Eligible Rollover Distribution, and an Eligible Retirement Plan shall be defined as follows:
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Effective for distributions after December 31, 2001,
If an election is made to have only a part of an eligible rollover distribution paid in a direct rollover, the amount of the direct rollover must total $500 or more.
Direct rollovers shall be accomplished in accordance with procedures established by the Committee.
Effective for distributions after December 31, 2001, an Eligible Retirement Plan shall also mean an annuity contract described in Section 403(b) of the Code and an eligible plan under Section 457(b) of the Code which is maintained by an eligible employer described in Section 457(e)(1)(A) of the Code.
The definition of Eligible Retirement Plan shall 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 relations order, as defined in Code Section 414(p).
ARTICLE 13AMENDMENTS TO OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN
13.01 RIGHTS OF THE EMPLOYER TO AMEND OR TERMINATE
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Participants, Terminated Participants, surviving spouses, Contingent Annuitants, and Beneficiaries.
13.02 TERMINATION OF THE PLAN
Upon termination of the Plan due to any reason, or partial termination in accordance with the regulations of the Treasury Department, the rights of all non-vested Participants affected by such termination to benefits accrued prior to the date of such termination shall be nonforfeitable. The assets of the Plan shall thereupon be allocated in accordance with the provisions of Sections 13.03 and 13.04. No Participant or any other person shall have the right to seek payment of benefits directly from the Sponsoring Employer or Employer and all persons shall look solely to the Trust Fund for payment of benefits. Such payments shall be made only to the extent that the funds held in the Trust are sufficient therefor, except as may be otherwise guaranteed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Upon termination of the Plan, benefits of missing participants shall be treated in accordance with Section 4050 of ERISA.
13.03 LIMITATIONS ON BENEFITS UPON TERMINATION
The allocation of the amounts in Section 13.04 shall be based on the actuarial value of the benefit payable under the Plan at Normal Retirement Age as a life annuity, without death benefit, not in excess of the lesser of:
13.04 ALLOCATION OF ASSETS
After providing for the expenses incurred in terminating the Plan, the assets shall be used and applied for the benefit of Retired Participants (including surviving spouses, Contingent Annuitants, and Beneficiaries), Participants, and Terminated Participants who at the date of retirement or termination of employment may have been entitled to retirement benefits, to be allocated in the following order:
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If the allocable assets are insufficient to provide in full for the allocations under any of the foregoing paragraphs after the provision for all allocations under previous paragraphs, each allocation under such paragraph as to which assets are insufficient shall be reduced pro-rata.
No allocations will be made under the foregoing Section with respect to any benefits accrued under the Plan after the Secretary of the Treasury has issued notice that the Plan does not meet the requirements of Section 401(a) of the Code.
13.05 DISTRIBUTION MEDIA
The allocations for which provision is made in this Article 13 may be accomplished through:
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ARTICLE 14TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS
14.01 TOP HEAVY PROVISIONS
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A Key Employee shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 416(i) of the Code.
For purposes of this Plan, the Valuation Date shall be the valuation date used for computing the Plan's minimum funding requirements under Section 412 of the Code. For each other plan, the Valuation Date shall be, subject to Section 416 of the Code, the most recent Valuation Date which falls within or ends within the twelve consecutive months ending on the applicable determination date for such plan.
The Plan shall be deemed a top heavy plan for a Plan Year if, as of the Valuation Date preceding the applicable Determination Date, the sum of (1) the present value of accrued benefits of Key Employees under this Plan and all other defined benefit plans in the Aggregation Group, and (2) the account balances of Key Employees under all defined contribution plans in the Aggregation Group exceeds 60% of the sum of (3) the present value of accrued benefits of all Participants under this Plan and all other defined benefit plans in the Aggregation Group (but excluding Participants who are former Key Employees); and (4) the account balances of all Participants under all defined contribution plans in the Aggregation Group.
For purposes of this test, the following rules shall apply:
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Notwithstanding any provision of this paragraph (ii) to the contrary, in any Plan Year in which this Plan is a top heavy Plan, each Non-Key Employee who is also covered under a defined contribution plan of the Employer, shall accrue a Minimum Benefit as provided by this Plan.
Notwithstanding any provision of this paragraph (ii) to the contrary, in any Plan Year in which this Plan is a top heavy Plan, each Non-Key Employee who is also covered under a defined contribution plan of the Employer, shall have credited to his defined contribution plan account a minimum Employer contribution equal to the minimum contribution provided by such defined contribution plan; however, in no event shall the minimum Employer contribution be less than 5% of such Participant's Section 415 Compensation. No Minimum Benefit shall accrue under this Plan.
The calculation of the top heavy ratio shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 416 of the Code.
Any Participant who completes an Hour of Service in a Plan Year in which the Plan is deemed to be a top heavy plan shall have a nonforfeitable interest in a percentage of his or her Accrued Benefit determined by multiplying the Accrued Benefit by the applicable percentage from the following schedule:
| Years of Vesting Service |
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| Less than 3 years | 0 | % | |
| 3 or more years | 100 | % |
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Furthermore, if the vesting schedule under the Plan for any Plan Year shifts into or out of the above schedule because of the Plan's top heavy status, such shift shall be regarded as an amendment to the Plan's vesting schedule.
The provisions of this paragraph (c)(i) shall not be applied to reduce the Participant's vested percentage computed in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.
Each Participant who is a Non-Key Employee shall have an Accrued Benefit calculated as of the last day of the top heavy Plan Year or, if earlier, as of his or her Severance from Service Date occurring during such Plan Year, at least equal to the product of (A) 2% of his or her Section 415 Compensation (as defined in Section 415(c) of the Code) from an Employer or Affiliated Employer during the five consecutive years for which the Participant had the highest Compensation, and (B) his or her years of Benefit Service up to a maximum of ten years. For purposes of this paragraph (ii), years of Benefit Service shall not include Plan Years during which the Plan is not a top heavy plan nor a Plan Year in which no Key or former Key Employee benefits under the Plan.For purposes of this Plan, the minimum annual retirement benefit means a benefit payable annually in the form of a single life annuity (with no ancillary benefits) beginning at a Participant's Normal Retirement Date.
If a Non-Key Employee participates in a defined contribution plan included in the Aggregation Group, the minimum benefit shall be provided under this Subsection (ii).
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15.01 RIGHTS AGAINST THE EMPLOYER
Neither the establishment of the Plan, nor the Trust Fund, nor any modification thereof, nor the payment of benefits hereunder shall be construed as giving any Employee or Participant the right to be retained in the service of the Employer or as interfering with the right of the Employer to discharge any Employee at any time.
15.02 RETURN OF CONTRIBUTIONS
15.03 MERGER
Unless otherwise permitted by law or regulations, the Plan shall not be merged into, or consolidated with, nor shall any assets or liabilities be transferred to, any other pension or retirement plan under circumstances resulting in a transfer of assets or liabilities from the Plan to such other plan unless immediately after any such merger, consolidation or transfer each Employee would if such other plan then terminated, receive a benefit which is equal to or greater than the benefit he would have been entitled to receive immediately before the merger, consolidation or transfer, if the Plan had then terminated.
15.04 LEASED EMPLOYEES
For purposes of the Plan, the term "leased employee" means any person who would not otherwise be considered an Employee but who, pursuant to an agreement between the Employer or an Affiliated Employer and a leasing organization (within the meaning of Section 414(n)(2) of the Code) has performed services for the Employer or Affiliated Employer on a substantially full time basis for a period of at least one year, and such services are performed under the primary direction and control of the Employer or Affiliated Employer. Contributions or benefits provided a leased employee by the leasing organization which are attributable to services performed for the Employer or Affiliated Employer shall be treated as provided by the Employer or Affiliated Employer.
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A leased employee shall not be considered an Employee if:
15.05 APPLICABLE LAW
The provisions of this Plan shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
15.06 HEADINGS
The headings of the Plan are inserted for convenience of reference only, and shall have no effect upon the meaning of the provisions hereof.
15.07 GENDER AND NUMBER
Wherever used in this instrument, a masculine person shall be deemed to include the masculine and feminine gender, and a singular word shall be deemed to include the singular and plural, in all cases where the context requires.
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APPENDIX A
PRIOR BENEFIT RATES
The following is a listing of the Benefit Rates in effect under the Watts Industries, Inc. Hourly Pension Plan prior to January 1, 1997
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| Circle Seal Controls, Inc. | 9/7/1990 | 1/1/1997 | $ | 15.00 | |||
| Regtrol, Inc. | 1/1/1985 | 7/1/1988 | $ | 5.50 | |||
| 7/1/1988 | 1/1/1989 | $ | 7.00 | ||||
| 1/1/1989 | 1/1/1991 | $ | 8.00 | ||||
| 1/1/1991 | 1/1/1997 | $ | 11.00 | ||||
| Webster Valve Division | 1/1/1985 | 1/1/1988 | $ | 6.50 | |||
| 1/1/1988 | 7/1/1988 | $ | 8.50 | ||||
| 7/1/1988 | 1/1/1989 | $ | 10.00 | ||||
| 1/1/1989 | 1/1/1991 | $ | 11.00 | ||||
| 1/1/1991 | 1/1/1997 | $ | 12.50 | ||||
| Leslie Controls, Inc. | 1/1/1989 | 1/1/1997 | $ | 13.00 | |||
| Webster Foundry Division | 1/1/1985 | 1/1/1988 | $ | 6.50 | |||
| 1/1/1988 | 7/1/1988 | $ | 8.50 | ||||
| 7/1/1988 | 1/1/1989 | $ | 10.00 | ||||
| 1/1/1989 | 1/1/1991 | $ | 11.00 | ||||
| 1/1/1991 | 1/1/1997 | $ | 12.50 | ||||
| KF Industries, Inc. | 1/1/1989 | 1/1/1991 | $ | 8.00 | |||
| 1/1/1991 | 1/1/1993 | $ | 10.00 | ||||
| 1/1/1993 | 1/1/1997 | $ | 12.00 | ||||
| Rudolph LaBranche, Inc. | 1/1/1989 | 1/1/1991 | $ | 11.00 | |||
| 1/1/1991 | 1/1/1997 | $ | 12.50 | ||||
| Watts Automatic Control Valve, Inc. | 1/1/1989 | 1/1/1991 | $ | 8.00 | |||
| 1/1/1991 | 1/1/1997 | $ | 10.00 | ||||
| Eagle Valve Company, Inc. | 1/1/1991 | 1/1/1997 | $ | 10.00 | |||
| Contromatics, Inc. | 1/1/1993 | 1/1/1997 | $ | 12.50 | |||
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PART B
WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
PENSION PLAN
JAMECO INDUSTRIES, INC. PENSION PLAN
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
Jameco Industries, Inc. has had in effect since December 1, 1963 the Jamaica Manufacturing Co., Inc. Employees Pension Plan, to which it made contributions for providing benefits for its eligible employees and their beneficiaries, in the manner and to the extent set forth in such plan.
The Jamaica Manufacturing Co., Inc. Pension Plan (As Amended 1969) and its related amended trust agreement constituted an amendment in its entirety to the Jamaica Manufacturing Co., Inc. Employees Pension Plan.
Effective October 1, 1969, the name of the Jamaica Manufacturing Co., Inc. Pension Plan (As Amended 1969) was changed to Jameco Industries, Inc. Pension Plan (As Amended 1969).
The plan was amended in its entirety again in 1976, 1982, 1984, and 1989.
Effective October 1, 1995, the Plan was merged into the Watts Industries, Inc. Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees, now called the Watts Water Technologies, Inc. Pension Plan (Watts Pension Plan) and the Plan's terms were incorporated and made a part of the Watts Pension Plan as this Part B.
This Part B was restated effective January 1, 1997 and such later dates as may be specified herein to comply with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, and other applicable laws.
The Plan has been amended since January 1, 1997.
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| 1.02 | Actuarial Equivalent | 1 | ||
| 1.03 | Affiliated Employer | 1 | ||
| 1.04 | Annuity Starting Date | 1 | ||
| 1.06 | Beneficiary | 2 | ||
| 1.07 | Board | 2 | ||
| 1.08 | Break in Service, authorized leaves of absence, and maternity and paternity leaves of absence | 2 | ||
| 1.09 | Break-in-Service Year | 2 | ||
| 1.10 | Code | 2 | ||
| 1.11 | Committee | 2 | ||
| 1.12 | Compensation | 2 | ||
| 1.13 | Computation Period | 3 | ||
| 1.14 | Contingent Annuitant | 3 | ||
| 1.15 | Contributions | 3 | ||
| 1.16 | Covered Compensation | 3 | ||
| 1.17 | Credited Service | 4 | ||
| 1.18 | Delayed Retirement Date | 4 | ||
| 1.19 | Disability | 4 | ||
| 1.20 | Disability Retirement Date | 4 | ||
| 1.21 | Early Retirement Date | 4 | ||
| 1.22 | Effective Date | 4 | ||
| 1.23 | Eligible Employee | 4 | ||
| 1.24 | Employee | 4 | ||
| 1.25 | Employer | 4 | ||
| 1.26 | Employment Commencement Date | 4 | ||
| 1.27 | Entry Date | 4 | ||
| 1.28 | Fiduciary | 4 | ||
| 1.29 | Fund | 5 | ||
| 1.30 | Highly Compensated Employee | 5 | ||
| 1.31 | Hour of Service | 5 | ||
| 1.32 | Insurer | 6 | ||
| 1.33 | Key Employee | 6 | ||
| 1.34 | Month of Service | 6 | ||
| 1.35 | Non-Highly Compensated Employees | 6 | ||
| 1.36 | Non-Key Employees | 6 | ||
| 1.37 | Normal Form of Retirement Benefits | 6 | ||
| 1.38 | Normal Retirement Age | 6 | ||
| 1.39 | Normal Retirement Date | 6 | ||
| 1.40 | Participant | 7 | ||
| 1.41 | Period of Service | 7 | ||
| 1.42 | Period of Severance | 7 | ||
| 1.43 | Plan | 7 | ||
| 1.44 | Plan Sponsor | 7 | ||
| 1.45 | Plan Year | 7 | ||
| 1.46 | Qualified Domestic Relations Order | 7 | ||
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| 1.47 | Reemployment Commencement Date | 7 | ||
| 1.48 | Service | 7 | ||
| 1.49 | Severance From Service Date | 7 | ||
| 1.50 | Spouse | 7 | ||
| 1.51 | Trust | 7 | ||
| 1.52 | Trust Agreement | 7 | ||
| 1.53 | Trustee. | 7 | ||
| 1.54 | Year of Service | 7 | ||
ARTICLE IIELIGIBILITY |
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2.01 |
Conditions Of Eligibility |
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| 2.02 | Eligible Employee | 8 | ||
| 2.03 | Determination Of Eligibility | 8 | ||
| 2.04 | Termination Of Eligibility | 8 | ||
| 2.05 | Determination of Service and Break in Service for Eligibility | 9 | ||
ARTICLE IIISERVICE, CREDITED SERVICE AND BREAKS IN SERVICE FOR VESTING AND BENEFIT ACCRUAL |
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3.01 |
Service For Eligibility |
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| 3.02 | Vesting Service | 10 | ||
| 3.03 | Severance From Service Date | 10 | ||
| 3.04 | Additional Service Allowance | 10 | ||
| 3.05 | Credited Service | 10 | ||
| 3.06 | Service In The Armed Forces | 10 | ||
| 3.07 | Military Service | 10 | ||
| 3.08 | Pre-ERISA Service | 11 | ||
ARTICLE IVRETIREMENT CONDITIONS |
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4.01 |
Normal Retirement |
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| 4.02 | Delayed Retirement | 12 | ||
| 4.03 | Early Retirement | 12 | ||
| 4.04 | Disability Retirement | 12 | ||
| 4.05 | Special Rules Upon Disability Retirement | 12 | ||
| 4.06 | Continuation of Benefits upon Reemployment | 13 | ||
| 4.07 | Commencement Of Benefits | 13 | ||
ARTICLE VRETIREMENT BENEFITS |
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5.01 |
Normal Retirement Benefit |
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| 5.02 | Delayed Retirement Benefit | 14 | ||
| 5.03 | Early Retirement Benefit | 15 | ||
| 5.04 | Maximum Retirement Benefit | 16 | ||
| 5.05 | Required Benefit Commencement | 21 | ||
ARTICLE VIJOINT AND SURVIVOR AND PRERETIREMENT DEATH BENEFITS |
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6.01 |
Automatic Joint And Survivor Annuity |
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| 6.02 | Qualified Election | 22 | ||
| 6.03 | Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity | 23 | ||
| 6.04 | Qualified Election | 24 | ||
| 6.05 | Notice Requirements | 25 | ||
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ARTICLE VIIOPTIONAL METHODS OF RETIREMENT PAYMENTS |
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7.01 |
Optional Elections |
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| 7.02 | Limitation On Optional Elections | 26 | ||
| 7.03 | Deferred Annuity Purchase | 27 | ||
ARTICLE VIIIREQUIRED COMMENCEMENT OF BENEFITS |
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8.01 |
Minimum Distribution Requirements |
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ARTICLE IXBENEFITS ON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND RETIREMENT UPON DISABILITY |
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9.01 |
Termination Generally |
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| 9.02 | Conditions For Vested Retirement Benefits | 32 | ||
| 9.03 | Amount Of Vested Retirement Benefit | 32 | ||
| 9.04 | Single Sum Payment Of Value Of Vested Retirement Benefits | 33 | ||
| 9.05 | Participant And Spousal Consent For Immediately Distributable Benefits | 33 | ||
| 9.06 | Disability Termination | 34 | ||
ARTICLE XFUNDING |
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10.01 |
Contributions By Participants |
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| 10.02 | Contributions By Employer | 36 | ||
| 10.03 | Fund | 36 | ||
ARTICLE XIADMINISTRATION |
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11.01 |
Assignment Of Administrative Authority |
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| 11.02 | Organization And Operation Of Committee | 37 | ||
| 11.03 | Powers And Duties | 37 | ||
| 11.04 | Records And Reports Of Committee | 37 | ||
| 11.05 | Payment Of Expenses | 38 | ||
| 11.06 | Determination Of Benefits | 38 | ||
| 11.07 | Additional Committee Duties | 38 | ||
| 11.08 | Reliance On Reports | 38 | ||
| 11.09 | Liability And Indemnification | 38 | ||
| 11.10 | Limitation Of Powers Of Committee | 39 | ||
| 11.11 | Procedure For Claiming Benefits Under The Plan | 39 | ||
ARTICLE XIIAMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN |
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12.01 |
Amendment Of Plan |
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| 12.02 | Termination Of Plan | 41 | ||
| 12.03 | Limit For 25 Highest Paid Employees | 42 | ||
ARTICLE XIIIPARTICIPATING COMPANIES |
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Adoption By Other Entities |
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| 13.02 | Actuarial Valuation | 44 | ||
| 13.03 | Right To Withdraw (Plan Spinoff) | 44 | ||
ARTICLE XIVMISCELLANEOUS |
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14.01 |
Headings And Subheadings |
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| 14.02 | Gender And Number | 45 | ||
| 14.03 | Participants' Rights: Acquittance | 45 | ||
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| 14.04 | Receipt Or Release | 45 | ||
| 14.05 | Spendthrift Clause | 45 | ||
| 14.06 | Payments To Legally Incompetent | 45 | ||
| 14.07 | Delegation Of Authority By The Board | 46 | ||
| 14.08 | Distribution Of Benefits Under Plan | 46 | ||
| 14.09 | Divestment Of Benefits | 46 | ||
| 14.10 | Construction Of Plan | 46 | ||
| 14.11 | Execution Of Plan | 46 | ||
| 14.12 | Deductibility Of Contributions | 46 | ||
| 14.13 | Lost Beneficiary Or Participant | 46 | ||
| 14.14 | Duplication Of Benefits | 47 | ||
| 14.15 | Merger Or Consolidation | 47 | ||
| 14.16 | Return Of Contributions As A Result Of Mistake Of Fact | 47 | ||
| 14.17 | Direct Rollover Of Eligible Rollover Distributions | 47 | ||
| 14.18 | Qualified Domestic Relations Orders | 48 | ||
ARTICLE XVTOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS |
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15.01 |
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DEFINITIONS
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| 1.08 | (a) | "Break in Service" means the applicable Computation Period of twelve (12) consecutive months during which an Employee fails to accrue a Month of Service. Further, solely for the purpose of determining whether a Participant has incurred a 1-Year Break in Service, Hours of Service shall be recognized for "authorized leaves of absence" and "maternity and paternity leaves of absence." Years of Service and 1-Year Breaks in Service shall be measured on the same Computation Period. An Employee shall not be deemed to have incurred a 1-Year Break in Service if he completes an Hour of Service within twelve (12) months following the last day of the month during which his employment terminated. |
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"Authorized Leave of Absence" means an unpaid, temporary cessation from active employment with the Employer pursuant to an established nondiscriminatory policy, whether occasioned by illness, or any other reason. |
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"Maternity or Paternity Leave of Absence" means, for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 1984, an absence from work for any period by reason of the Employee's pregnancy, birth of the Employee's child, placement of a child with the Employee in connection with the adoption of such child, or any absence for the purpose of caring for such child for a period immediately following such birth or placement. For this purpose, Hours of Service shall be credited for the twelve (12) month period of absence from work, only if credit therefore is necessary to prevent the Employee from incurring a 1-Year Break in Service. |
For purposes of this Section, the determination of Compensation shall be made by including salary reduction contributions made on behalf of an Employee to a plan maintained under Code Section 125 or Section 401(k)(2). Compensation shall be limited by the dollar amount set forth in Section 401(a)(17) of the Code as adjusted by the Commissioner for increases in the cost of living
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in accordance with Section 401(a)(17)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code. The cost-of living adjustment in effect for a calendar year applies to any period, not exceeding 12 months, over which Compensation is determined (determination period) beginning in such calendar year. If a determination period consists of fewer than 12 months, Compensation limit will be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months in the determination period and the denominator of which is 12.
Solely for purposes of determining if this Plan complies with the nondiscrimination and coverage requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(4) and 410(b), Compensation shall include all amounts imputed during a period of absence from Service on account of disability or leave of absence. Such imputed Compensation shall be credited for either six months or the duration of the absence, whichever is shorter; except, if the absence is for military duty or jury duty, Compensation will be credited for the entire period of absence. Determination of the amount of imputed Compensation will be based on Compensation reasonably representative of what that Participant would have received during the period if the Participant had continued to perform services.
For purposes of this definition of Compensation, contributions pursuant to a cafeteria plan established under Section 125 of the Code shall include any amounts not available to a Participant in cash in lieu of group health coverage because the Participant is unable to certify that he or she has other health coverage. An amount will be treated as a contribution under Section 125 of the Code only if the Employer does not request or collect information regarding the Participant's other health coverage as part of the enrollment process for the health plan.
Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan the contrary, in no event shall a Participant's Compensation taken into account under the Plan for any Plan Year beginning on or after January 1, 2002 exceed the applicable limit specified in Code Section 401(a)(17)(A) for any Plan Year. This dollar limit on Compensation shall be adjusted for cost-of-living increases in accordance with Section 401(a)(17)(B) of the Code. The cost-of-living adjustment shall apply only to Compensation taken into account for Plan Years beginning with the Plan Year in which such increase is effective.
For purposes of determining benefit accruals in Plan Years beginning after December 31, 2001 for Participants who earn an Hour of Service after December 31, 2001, Compensation for any prior Plan Year shall be limited to $200,000.
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which the 35-year period ends. For purposes of determining benefits under the Plan, Covered Compensation will be determined using the Covered Compensation table as in effect for the Plan Year in which such determination is being made.
The Employer shall have the right to require the Participant to submit reasonable proof of such Disability. Such proof may include a requirement that the Participant submit to. a medical examination from time to time by a qualified physician or physicians selected by the Employer. Medical examinations shall not be required more frequently than semiannually.
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The term Highly Compensated Employee shall also include any former Highly Compensated Employee who terminated employment with the Employer or an Affiliated Employer prior to the Determination Year, performs no services for the Employer or an Affiliated Employer during the Determination Year, and was a Highly Compensated Employee in either his or her year of termination of employment or in any Determination Year ending on or after his attainment of age 55.
For purposes of determining an Employee's compensation under this Section 1.30, compensation shall mean the "Employee's Compensation" (as defined in Section 5.04(d)) reportable on Form W-2, plus all contributions made on behalf of the Employee by the Employer or an Affiliated Employer pursuant to a salary deferral agreement maintained by the Employer or an Affiliated Employer under any cash or deferred arrangement described in Section 401(k) of the Code or any salary reduction agreement pursuant to a cafeteria plan established under Section 125 of the Code by the Employer or Affiliated Employer, effective January 1, 2001, any amounts deferred under Section 132(f)(4) of the Code.
For purposes of this Section, the "Look-Back Year" means the period of the twelve consecutive months immediately preceding the Determination Year. Also for purposes of this Section, "Determination Year" means the Plan Year that is being tested for purposes of determining if an Employee is a Highly Compensated Employee.
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the award or agreement pertains rather than the Computation Period in which the award, agreement or payment is made.
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ELIGIBILITY
2.01 Conditions Of Eligibility
2.02 Eligible Employee
"Eligible Employee" means any Employee except Employees whose employment is governed by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement between Employee representatives (within the meaning of Code Section 7701(1)(46)) and the Employer under which retirement benefits were the subject of good faith bargaining between the parties, unless such agreement expressly provides for such coverage in this Plan, will not be eligible to participate in this Plan.
Employees of Affiliated Employers shall not be eligible to participate in this Plan unless such Affiliated Employers have specifically adopted this Plan in writing.
2.03 Determination Of Eligibility
The Committee shall determine the eligibility of each Employee for participation in the Plan based upon information furnished by the Employer. Such determination shall be conclusive and binding upon all persons, as long as the same is made pursuant to this Article II.
2.04 Termination Of Eligibility
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satisfied the minimum age and service requirements and would have otherwise previously become a Participant.
2.05 Determination of Service and Break in Service for Eligibility
In the case of a Participant who does not have any nonforfeitable right to his Accrued Benefit, Years of Service before a period of consecutive 1-year Breaks in Service will not be taken into account in computing eligibility service if the number of consecutive 1-year Breaks in Service in such period equals or exceeds the greater of five (5) or the aggregate number of Years of Service. Such aggregate number of Years of Service will not include any Years of Service disregarded under the preceding sentence by reason of prior Breaks in Service.
If a Participant's Years of Service are disregarded pursuant to the preceding paragraph, such Participant will be treated as a new Employee for eligibility purposes. If a Participant's Years of Service may not be disregarded pursuant to the preceding paragraph, such Participant shall continue to participate in the Plan, or, if terminated, shall participate immediately upon reemployment.
Such Year of Service will be measured by the 12-month period beginning on an Employee's reemployment commencement date and, if necessary, Plan Years beginning with the Plan Year which includes the first anniversary of the reemployment commencement date. The reemployment commencement date is the first day on which the Employee is credited with an Hour of Service for the performance of duties after the first eligibility Computation Period in which the Employee incurs a 1-year Break in Service.
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ARTICLE III
SERVICE, CREDITED SERVICE AND BREAKS IN SERVICE
FOR VESTING AND BENEFIT ACCRUAL
3.01 Service For Eligibility
Service for purposes of eligibility to participate is described in Article II of the Plan.
3.02 Vesting Service
The Service of an Employee shall be the aggregate of his Periods of Service, as of the date benefits are to be determined under any of the provisions of the Plan. Periods of Service shall be expressed in terms of years and months and, in determining the total aggregate years, any fraction in excess of complete years shall be determined on the basis of the number of remaining Months of Service. Employment with an Affiliated Employer shall be recognized as employment with the Employer for purposes of determining Service for vesting and eligibility under the Plan.
3.03 Severance From Service Date
A Severance From Service Date shall be deemed to occur on the earlier of: (a) the date on which the Employee quits, retires, is discharged or dies; or (b) the first anniversary of the first date of a period in which the Employee remains absent from service (with or without pay) with the Employer for any reason other than quit, retirement, discharge or death.
3.04 Additional Service Allowance
If an Employee performs an Hour of Service within twelve (12) months of the Severance From Service Date, the Period of Severance shall be included as a Period of Service for purposes of determining years of Service under any of the provisions of the Plan.
3.05 Credited Service
"Credited Service" of a Participant, as of the date the benefits are to be determined under the Plan, shall include all Periods of Service with the Employer. Service performed for Continental Brass Products, Corp., Universal Plumbing Sales Corp., Jamaica Manufacturing Co., Inc., Lipmans Imports, Inc. or Jamaica International, Inc. shall be counted as Credited Service for purposes of the Plan.
3.06 Service In The Armed Forces
Any Employee who left active employment of the Employer to enter the Armed Forces of the United States, and whose reemployment rights are protected by Federal law, shall receive the Service and Credited Service for the period of his Military Service, that he would have earned had he instead continued his prior employment with the Employer, provided that the Employee returns to work in compliance with any requirements of such law.
3.07 Military Service
Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, contributions, benefits and service credit with respect to military service will be provided in accordance with Section 414(u) of the Code.
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3.08 Pre-ERISA Service
Prior to October 1, 1976, the uninterrupted period of employment with the Employer and with Continental Brass Products, Corp., Universal Plumbing Sales Corp., Jamaica Manufacturing Co., Inc., Lipmans Imports, Inc. or Jamaica International, Inc. as determined under the provisions of the Plan in effect before such date shall be counted for Service and Credited Service under the Plan.
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ARTICLE IV
RETIREMENT CONDITIONS
4.01 Normal Retirement
The Normal Retirement Date of a Participant shall be the first day of the month coinciding with or next following the date he attains Normal Retirement Age.
4.02 Delayed Retirement
If a Participant shall remain in employment beyond his Normal Retirement Date, his Delayed Retirement Date shall be the first day of the month coinciding with or next following the date such Participant notifies the Employer that his retirement is to be effective. A Participant who remains in employment beyond his Normal Retirement Date shall be deemed to have retired on the first day of the first month in which he completes less than forty (40) Hours of Service.
4.03 Early Retirement
4.04 Disability Retirement
Upon demonstration of a Participant's Disability, the Participant shall automatically become fully vested and be eligible for disability retirement under Section 9.06.
4.05 Special Rules Upon Disability Retirement
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the Accrued Benefit determined as of his Disability Retirement Date, but his vested interest with respect to additional accruals will be determined in accordance with Article IX.
4.06 Continuation of Benefits upon Reemployment
If, after a Participant begins receiving benefits under this Plan, he then re-enters employment hereunder, his monthly benefit payments shall continue unreduced. Upon subsequent termination of employment, his benefit amount shall be recalculated on the basis of his Average Monthly Compensation determined as of his subsequent retirement date and his Credited Service earned prior and subsequent to his re-employment hereunder, reduced by the actuarial value of the payments previously made, but in no event less than the benefit amount paid prior to his reemployment.
4.07 Commencement Of Benefits
Unless the Participant elects otherwise, distribution of benefits will begin no later than the 60th day after the latest of the close of the Plan Year in which:
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of a Participant and Spouse to consent to a distribution while a benefit is immediately distributable, within the meaning of Section 9.05 of the Plan, shall be deemed to be an election to defer commencement of payment of any benefit sufficient to satisfy this Section.
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ARTICLE V
RETIREMENT BENEFITS
5.01 Normal Retirement Benefit
5.02 Delayed Retirement Benefit
If a Participant does not retire on his Normal Retirement Date and does not elect to commence his benefits while employed, the Committee shall establish an account and maintain a separate accounting in the name of the Participant as of the first day of the Plan Year following the Plan Year in which the Participant's Normal Retirement Date occurred. The Participant's account value as of such date shall be the Actuarial Equivalent of the Participant's Normal Form of Retirement Income as of such date.
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5.03 Early Retirement Benefit
A Participant shall, upon retirement on Early Retirement Date, receive the Actuarial Equivalent of his Accrued Benefit which shall commence on the date elected in accordance with Section 4.03 and shall be payable under the Normal Form of Retirement Benefit. The amount of such monthly retirement benefit shall, subject to the provisions of Section 5.04 hereof, be determined in the same manner as for retirement at his Normal Retirement Date, except that years of Credited Service and Average Monthly Compensation shall be determined as of his Early Retirement Date. The benefit shall be reduced based on the number of months by which the Participant's early retirement precedes his Normal Retirement Date using the factors in Section 1.02.
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5.04 Maximum Retirement Benefit
| The definition of certain words and phrases used in this Section 5.04 are contained in Section 5.04(d) and shall, for purposes of this Section 5.04, supersede definitions for such words and phrases contained in Article I. Defined terms are capitalized. | |||
(a) |
This Section, except for Section (a)(ii), applies regardless of whether any Participant is or has ever been a Participant in another qualified plan maintained by the Employer. If any Participant is or has ever been a Participant in another qualified plan maintained by the Employer, or a welfare benefit fund, as defined in Section 419(e) of the Code, maintained by the Employer, or an individual medical account, as defined in Section 415(1)(2) of the Code, which provides an Annual Addition, Section 5.04(b) is also applicable to that Participant's benefits. |
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(i) |
The Annual Benefit otherwise payable to a Participant at any time will not exceed the Maximum Permissible Amount. If the benefit the Participant would Otherwise accrue in a Limitation Year would produce an annual benefit in excess of the Maximum Permissible Amount, the rate of accrual will be reduced so that the annual benefit will equal the Maximum Permissible Amount. |
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(ii) |
The Maximum Permissible Amount limitation is deemed satisfied if the Annual Benefit payable to a Participant is not more than $1,000 multiplied by the Participant's number of Years of Service or portions thereof (not to exceed ten (10)) with the Employer, and the Employer has not at any time maintained a defined contribution plan, a welfare benefit plan as defined in Section 419(e) of the Code, or an individual medical account as defined in Section 415(1)(2) of the Code in which such Participant participated. |
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(b) |
(i) |
If a Participant is, or has ever been, covered under more than one defined benefit plan maintained by the Employer, the sum of the Participant's Annual Benefits from all such plans may not exceed the Maximum Permissible Amount. |
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(ii) |
If the Employer maintains, or at any time maintained, one or more qualified defined contribution plans covering any Participant in this Plan, a welfare benefit fund, as defined in Section 419(e) of the Code, or an individual medical account as defined in Section 415(1)(2) of the Code, the sum of the Participant's Defined Contribution Fraction and Defined Benefit Fraction will not exceed 1.0 in any limitation year. |
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(iii) |
If in any Plan Year the sum of the Defined Benefit Fraction and the Defined Contribution Fraction shall exceed 1.0 with respect to any Participant, the Employer shall reduce any contribution to the defined contribution plan on behalf of such Participant to the extent necessary to lower the numerator of the Defined Contribution Fraction so that the sum of both fractions does not exceed 1.0. |
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(iv) |
Effective January 1, 2000, the provisions of this subsection (b) shall no longer be applicable. |
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For this purpose, a Participant's Accrued Benefit under the Plan, shall be determined as if the Participant had separated from service as of the close of the last Limitation Year beginning
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before January 1, 1987, expressed as an Annual Benefit within the meaning of Section 415(b)(2) of the Code.
In determining the amount of a Participant's current Accrued Benefit, the following shall be disregarded:
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Compensation for any limitation year is the compensation actually paid or includible in gross income during such year.
For Limitation Years beginning on or after January 1, 1998, for purposes of determining Section 415 Compensation, amounts included pursuant to Section 125 of the Code shall include amounts not available to a Participant in cash in lieu of group health coverage because the Participant is unable to certify that he or she has other health coverage. An amount will be treated as an amount under Section 125 only if the Employer does not request or collect information regarding the Participant's other health coverage as part of the enrollment process for the health plan.
Notwithstanding the above, if the Participant was a Participant as of the first day of the first Limitation Year beginning after December 31, 1986, in one or more defined benefit plans maintained by the Employer which were in existence on May 6, 1986, the denominator of this fraction will not be less than one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the sum of the Annual Benefits under such plans which the Participant had accrued as of the close of the last Limitation Year beginning before January 1, 1987, disregarding any changes in the terms and conditions of the Plans after May 5,1986. The preceding sentence applies only if the defined benefit plans individually and in the aggregate satisfied the requirements of Code Section 415 for all Limitation Years beginning before January 1, 1987.
Effective January 1, 2000, the provisions of this subsection (v) shall no longer be applicable.
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(whether or not terminated) maintained by the Employer for the current and all prior Limitation Years, (including the annual additions attributable to the Participant's nondeductible Employee contributions to this and all other defined benefit plans, (whether or not terminated) maintained by the Employer, and the Annual Additions attributable to all welfare benefit funds, as defined in Section 419(e) of the Code or individual medical accounts, as defined in Section 415(1)(2) of the Code, maintained by the Employer), and the denominator of which is the sum of the Maximum Aggregate Amounts for the current and all prior Limitation Years of service with the Employer (regardless of whether a defined contribution plan was maintained by the Employer).
The Maximum Aggregate Amount in any Limitation Year is the lesser of one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the dollar limitation in effect under Section 415(c)(1)(A) of the Code or thirty-five percent (35%) of the Participant's Compensation for such year.
The Annual Addition for any limitation year beginning before January 1, 1987, shall not be recomputed to treat all Employee contributions as Annual Additions.
Effective January 1, 2000, the provisions of this subsection (vi) shall no longer be applicable.
To the extent provided in regulations or in other guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service, the preceding sentence shall be applied separately with respect to each change in the benefit structure of the Plan. If the Participant has less than ten (10) Years of Credited Service with the Employer, the Compensation limitation is reduced by one-tenth (1/10) for each Year of Credited Service (or part thereof) less than ten (10). The adjustments of this Section (B) shall be applied in the denominator of the Defined Benefit Fraction based upon Years of Service. Years of Service shall include future years occurring before the Participant's Normal Retirement Age. Such future years shall include the year which contains the date the Participant reaches Normal Retirement Age, only if it can be reasonably anticipated that the Participant will receive a Year of Credited Service for such year.
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accrual Computation Period, the Plan must be established no later than the last day of such accrual Computation Period. In no event will more than one Year of Participation be credited for any 12-month period.
5.05 Required Benefit Commencement
Notwithstanding the Delayed Retirement provisions above, each Participant who remains employed beyond his Required Beginning Date (as defined in Article VIII), must begin to receive the minimum distributions required under Article VIII. Such Participant's benefit shall be recalculated for each calendar year following the initial required distribution on the basis of his Average Monthly Compensation and Credited Service as of each January 1, but in no event less than the benefit amount paid prior to the recalculation.
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JOINT AND SURVIVOR AND PRERETIREMENT DEATH BENEFITS
6.01 Automatic Joint And Survivor Annuity
6.02 Qualified Election
A Participant may waive the automatic joint and survivor annuity described in Section 6.01 only if:
If it is established to the satisfaction of the Committee that such written consent may not be obtained because there is no Spouse or the Spouse cannot be located, a waiver will be deemed a qualified election.
Any consent by a Spouse obtained under this provision (or establishment that the consent of a Spouse may not be obtained) shall be effective only with respect to such Spouse. A consent that permits designations by the Participant without any requirement of further consent by such Spouse must acknowledge that the Spouse has the right to limit consent to a specific Beneficiary, and a specific form of benefit where applicable, and that the Spouse voluntarily elects to relinquish either or both of such rights. A revocation of a prior waiver may be made by a Participant without the consent of the Spouse at any time prior to the commencement of benefits. The number of revocations shall not be limited. No consent obtained under this provision shall be valid unless the Participant has received notice as provided in subsection (e) below.
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The benefit commencement date for a distribution in a form other than a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity may be less than 30 days after receipt of the written explanation of the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity, provided: (i) the Participant has been provided with information that clearly indicates that the employee has at least 30 days to consider whether to waive the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity and elect (with spousal consent) to a form of distribution other than a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity; (ii) the Participant is permitted to revoke any affirmative distribution election at least until the benefit commencement date or, if later, at any time prior to the expiration of the 7-day period that begins the day after the explanation of the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity is provided to the Participant; and (iii) the benefit commencement date is a date after the date the written explanation was provided to the Participant.
6.03 Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity
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the surviving Spouse would have been entitled if benefits had commenced at the earliest retirement age under an immediate automatic joint and survivor annuity.
In lieu of the benefits described in the above paragraph, the Participant may elect to provide for the payment of the portion of the accumulation value under the deferred annuity payable upon death to any designated Beneficiary, provided the Participant's Spouse consents to such election. In the absence of a surviving Spouse or designated Beneficiary, the death benefit shall be paid to the Participant's estate. In the event of the Participant's death before the purchase of the annuity contract, benefits will be provided as if the annuity had been purchased on the day before the Participant's death.
6.04 Qualified Election
If it is established to the satisfaction of the Committee that such written consent may not be obtained because there is no Spouse or the Spouse cannot be located, a waiver will be deemed a qualified election. Any consent by a Spouse obtained under this provision (or establishment that the consent of a Spouse may not be obtained) shall be effective only with respect to such Spouse. A consent that permits designations by the Participant without any requirement of further consent by such Spouse must acknowledge that the Spouse has the right to limit consent to a specific Beneficiary, and a specific form of benefit where applicable, and that the Spouse voluntarily elects to relinquish either or both of such rights. A revocation of a prior waiver may be made by a Participant without the consent of the Spouse at any time prior to the commencement of benefits. The number of revocations shall not be limited. No consent obtained under this provision shall be valid unless the Participant has received notice as provided in 6.05 below.
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6.05 Notice Requirements
The Committee shall provide each Participant within the applicable period for such Participant, a written explanation of the qualified preretirement survivor annuity in such terms and in such a manner as would be comparable to the explanation provided for meeting the requirements applicable to an automatic joint and survivor annuity in Section 6.02(e). The applicable period for a Participant is whichever of the following periods ends last:
Notwithstanding the foregoing, notice must be provided within a reasonable period ending after separation of service in case of a Participant who separates from service before attaining age thirty-five (35).
For purposes of the preceding paragraph, a reasonable period ending after the enumerated events described in (b) and (c) is the end of the two (2) year period beginning one (1) year prior to the date the applicable event occurs and ending one (1) year after that date. In the case of a Participant who separates from service before the Plan Year in which age thirty-five (35) is attained, notice shall be provided within the two (2) year period beginning one (1) year prior to separation and ending one (1) year after separation. If such a Participant thereafter returns to employment with the Employer, the applicable period for such Participant shall be redetermined.
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ARTICLE VII
OPTIONAL METHODS OF RETIREMENT PAYMENTS
7.01 Optional Elections
Each vested Participant whose Accrued Benefit has a present value in excess of $5,000 shall have the right, at any time and from time to time prior to the commencement of a retirement benefit hereunder, to elect to have such retirement benefit payable under any one of the options hereinafter set forth in this Section in lieu of the retirement benefit otherwise payable under any of the provisions of the Plan. The amount of any optional retirement benefit shall be the Actuarial Equivalent of the Normal Form of Retirement Benefit otherwise payable to such Participant. The Participant shall make such an election by written request to the Committee and such an election will be subject to the spousal consent requirement of Article VI.
Notwithstanding the above, the Joint and 100% Survivor Option as described in subsection (a) hereof and the one hundred eighty (180) month Period Certain Option as described in subsection (c) hereof are not available to Participants who are eligible for a Disability Retirement.
7.02 Limitation On Optional Elections
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7.03 Deferred Annuity Purchase
A deferred annuity shall be purchased on behalf of
The retirement benefit under the deferred annuity will initially be payable under the Normal Form of Retirement Benefit or one of the optional forms under Section 7.01, as elected by the Participant. Subject to Section 6.01, a Participant may, before the commencement of his retirement benefit, change such optional form to any other form of retirement benefit available under the annuity, including those available under Section 7.01 and the Normal Form of Retirement Benefit, by filing a request with the insurance company and complying with the terms and provisions of such annuity.
If a deferred annuity is purchased on behalf of a Participant or Beneficiary, a lump sum distribution shall not be permitted at any later date.
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ARTICLE VIII
REQUIRED COMMENCEMENT OF BENEFITS
8.01 Minimum Distribution Requirements
For purposes of this Subsection 8.01(b)(ii) and Subsection 8.01(e), distributions are considered to begin on the Participant's Required Beginning Date (or, if Subsection 8.01(b)(ii)(D) applies, the date distributions are required to begin to the surviving Spouse under Subsection 8.01(b)(ii)(A). If annuity payments irrevocably commence to the Participant before the Participant's Required Beginning Date (or to the
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Participant's surviving Spouse before the date distributions are required to begin to the surviving Spouse under Subsection 8.01(b)(ii)(A), the date distributions are considered to begin is the date distributions actually commence.
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age as of the Beneficiary's birthday in the calendar year that contains the Benefit Commencement Date.
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BENEFITS ON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
AND RETIREMENT UPON DISABILITY
9.01 Termination Generally
All rights of a Participant to all benefits under the Plan will cease upon his termination of employment with the Employer prior to satisfaction of the conditions for retirement set forth in Article IV of the Plan, for a reason other than death, except as otherwise provided in the following Sections of this Article. The only benefits of any kind payable under any of the provisions of the Plan in the event of the death of a Participant prior to commencement of his retirement benefit are those provided in Article VI and Article VII hereof.
9.02 Conditions For Vested Retirement Benefits
If a Participant is in the employment of the Employer on the date he attains Normal Retirement Age, he shall have a one hundred percent (100%) vested interest in his Accrued Benefit. If the Participant terminates employment with the Employer at any time prior to his Normal or Early Retirement Date, other than by death or Disability, the Participant shall have a vested interest in his Accrued Benefit equal to the percentage determined in accordance with the following schedule on the basis of his Years of Service:
| Number of Years |
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| Less than 5 full years | 0% | |
| 5 full years | 100% |
9.03 Amount Of Vested Retirement Benefit
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9.04 Single Sum Payment Of Value Of Vested Retirement Benefits
| (a) | (1) | Effective for distributions determined on or after March 28, 2005, if the Actuarial Equivalent of the Accrued Benefit payable to the Participant or the death benefit payable to the Participant's surviving Spouse under the Plan does not exceed $1,000 on the date of distribution or does not exceed $5,000 as of a distribution date on or after the Participant's Normal Retirement Date, such amount shall be automatically paid to the Participant or surviving Spouse in a lump sum. | |
Distribution shall be made as soon as practicable after the Participant's termination of employment or death. |
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Effective for distributions determined on and after March 28, 2005, if the Actuarial Equivalent of the Accrued Benefit payable to the Participant or the death benefit payable to the Participant's surviving Spouse under the Plan exceeds $1,000 but is not in excess of $5,000 as of the date of distribution prior to the Participant's Normal Retirement Date, the Participant or surviving spouse may elect in writing, on a form provided by the Committee, to receive the distribution in a lump sum at any time prior to the Participant's Normal Retirement Date. If the Participant or surviving Spouse does not make a timely election, the lump sum option under this Section 9.04(a)(2) will be available at the Participant's or surviving Spouse's election prior to the Participant's Normal Retirement Date only if the Actuarial Equivalent of the Accrued Benefit payable to the Participant or the death benefit payable to the Participant's surviving Spouse is not in excess of $5,000 as of any subsequent distribution date. If the Actuarial Equivalent of the Accrued Benefit payable to the Participant or the death benefit payable to the Participant's surviving Spouse under the Plan exceeds $5,000, then the provisions of this Section 9.04(a)(2) shall not apply. |
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Payment of such small amounts shall be in final satisfaction of any rights with respect to a Participant's benefits under the Plan. No distribution shall be made under this Section 9.04(a) after a Participant's benefit commencement date, unless the Participant and the Participant's Spouse, or where the Participant has died, the surviving Spouse consents in writing to such distribution. |
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For purposes of this Section, the Accrued Benefit payable to the Participant or the death benefit payable to a Participant's surviving spouse shall also include any amounts payable under the Plan that are not attributable to this Part B of the Plan. |
9.05 Participant And Spousal Consent For Immediately Distributable Benefits
If the Actuarial Equivalent of the vested Accrued Benefit payable to the Participant or the death benefit payable to the Participant's surviving spouse exceeds $5,000, and such Accrued Benefit or
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death benefit is immediately distributable prior to the Participant's Normal Retirement Age, the Participant and the Participant's Spouse (or where either the Participant or the Spouse has died, the survivor) must consent to any distribution of such Accrued Benefit. The consent of the Participant and the Participant's Spouse shall be obtained in writing within the 90-day period ending on the Annuity Starting Date. The Committee shall notify the Participant and the Participant's Spouse of the right to defer any distribution until the Participant's Accrued Benefit is no longer immediately distributable. Such notification shall include a general description of the material features, and an explanation of the relative values of, the optional forms of benefit available under Article VII of the Plan in a manner that would satisfy the notice requirements of Code Section 417(a)(3), and shall be provided no less than thirty (30) days and no more than ninety (90) days prior to the Annuity Starting Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, only the Participant need consent to the commencement of a distribution in the form of an Automatic Joint and Survivor Annuity, described in Section 6.01 of the Plan, while the Accrued Benefit is immediately distributable. Neither the consent of the Participant nor the Participant's Spouse shall be required to the extent that a distribution is required to satisfy Section 401(a)(9) or Section 415 of the Code. An Accrued Benefit is "immediately distributable" if any part of the Accrued Benefit could be distributed to the Participant (or surviving Spouse) before the Participant attains (or would have attained if not deceased) the later of Normal Retirement Age or age sixty-two (62).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of a Participant and Spouse to consent to a distribution while a benefit is immediately distributable shall be deemed to be an election to defer commencement of any benefit sufficient to satisfy this Section.
9.06 Disability Termination
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Disability, then automatically after such resumption of employment he shall resume participation in the Plan. The benefits to which such Participant will subsequently be entitled, however, will be reduced by an amount which is the Actuarial Equivalent of any benefits the Participant has received.
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ARTICLE X
FUNDING
10.01 Contributions By Participants
No contributions by Participants will be required or permitted under the Plan.
10.02 Contributions By Employer
10.03 Fund
The Employer, in order to establish a fund for payment of benefits under the Plan, has entered into a Trust Agreement with the Trustee, whereby the contributions are held, invested and applied to the payment of benefits hereunder. The Trust Agreement shall contain such powers and reservations as to investments, reinvestment, control and disbursements of the funds, and such other provisions consistent with the provisions of the Plan and its nature and purposes as shall be agreed upon and set forth therein. The Trustee shall, in accordance with the terms of such agreement, accept and receive all sums of money paid to it from time to time by the Employer and shall hold, invest, reinvest, manage and administer such moneys and the increment, increase, earnings and income thereof as a fund for the exclusive benefit of the Participants and their Contingent Annuitants, Spouses and/or Beneficiaries. In no event shall it be possible at any time prior to the satisfaction of all liabilities, fixed or contingent, under the Plan for any part of the assets of the Trust Fund, whether principal or income, to be used for, or diverted to, purposes other than those stated herein. The Trustee shall not have the power to inquire into the correctness of the amounts tendered to it as required by the Plan, nor to enforce the payment of any contributions hereunder.
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ARTICLE XI
ADMINISTRATION
11.01 Assignment Of Administrative Authority
The Board shall appoint a Committee the members of which shall be officers or other Employees, or any other individuals, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Board. A member may resign, by written resignation to the Board and Committee. Vacancies arising by virtue of resignation, death or otherwise, shall be filled by the Board. The members of the Committee shall exercise their duties on the Committee as fiduciaries, having due regard for the standards that a prudent man would exercise under similar circumstances. No member shall participate in the discussion or vote on any matter regarding his own benefit.
11.02 Organization And Operation Of Committee
The Committee shall hold meetings upon such notice, at such place or places and at such time or times, as the Committee may, from time to time, determine. The Committee shall act by a majority of its members at the time in office, and such action may be taken either by a vote at a meeting or in writing without a meeting. The Committee may authorize any one or more of its members to execute any document or documents on behalf of the Committee, in which event the Committee shall notify the Trustee in writing of such action and the name or names of its member or members so designated. Committee directions to the Trustee must be performed in a manner consistent with the terms of the applicable Trust Agreement. The Committee may adopt such bylaws and regulations as it deems desirable for the conduct of its affairs. It may appoint such agents who need not be members of the Committee, as it may deem necessary for the effective performance of it's duties, and may delegate to such agents such powers and duties, whether ministerial or discretionary, as the Committee may deem expedient or appropriate. The compensation of such agents shall be fixed by the Committee within limits set by the Board. Any delegates appointed by the Committee pursuant to this Section 11.02 shall enjoy and be bound by the same powers and duties accorded to the Committee by Section 11.03.
11.03 Powers And Duties
The Committee shall administer the Plan in accordance with its terms and pursuant to uniform rules of procedure; it shall have full discretionary authority and responsibility for administration of the Plan. The Committee shall interpret the Plan and shall determine eligibility to participate and, all questions arising in the administration, interpretation, and application of the Plan. All disbursements of benefits under the Plan by the Trustee shall be made upon, and in accordance with, the written instructions of the Committee. The decisions by the Committee upon all matters within the scope of its authority shall be conclusive and binding on all persons.
11.04 Records And Reports Of Committee
The Committee shall keep a record of all its proceedings and acts, and shall keep all such books of account, records, and other data as may be necessary for proper administration of the Plan. The Committee shall notify the Board of any action taken by the Committee and, when required, shall notify any other interested person or persons.
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11.05 Payment Of Expenses
The members of the Committee shall serve without compensation for services as such, but the Employer shall pay or reimburse the Committee for all expenses reasonably incurred by the Committee, including the compensation of its agents.
11.06 Determination Of Benefits
11.07 Additional Committee Duties
The Committee shall prepare and distribute to the Participants, at the expense of the Employer, and in such a manner as it shall deem appropriate, information concerning the Plan.
11.08 Reliance On Reports
Members of the Committee and the Employer shall be entitled to rely upon all tables, valuations, certificates and reports furnished by any actuary designated by the Board, upon all certificates and reports made by an accountant selected or approved by the Board, upon all opinions by any counsel selected or approved by the Committee and upon all opinions by any counsel selected or approved by the Board, and the members of the Committee and the Employer and its, officers and the Trustee shall be fully protected in respect to any action taken or suffered in good faith reliance upon the advice or opinion of any such actuary, accountant, physician or counsel, provided such actuary, accountant, physician or counsel was selected in a prudent manner, and all action so taken or suffered shall be conclusive upon each of them and upon all Participants, Contingent Annuitants, Spouses and/or Beneficiaries.
11.09 Liability And Indemnification
The members of the Committee shall act as fiduciaries with respect to all of the provisions of the Plan, except with regard to the holding, investing, reinvesting and managing the assets of the Fund, and shall act with respect to all matters within their scope of authority as prudent men would act under like circumstances. The Trustee designated hereof shall be a fiduciary or fiduciaries solely with regard to the holding, investing, reinvesting and managing of the assets of the Fund. Nevertheless, the Employer shall indemnify the members of the Committee with regard to any
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expense the Trustee may incur in defending a suit arising out of the performance of the duties imposed upon them by this Plan or any liability that may arise with respect to the payment of any judgment or settlement arising from any responsibility imposed by this Plan, except' for any willful misconduct or any act done in bad faith. The Employer shall also indemnify any member of the Board and any other Employee of the Employer with regard to any expense they may incur in defending a suit arising out of the performance of the duties imposed upon them by this Plan or any liability that may arise with respect to the payment of any judgment or settlement from any responsibility imposed by this Plan, except for any willful misconduct or any act done in bad faith.
11.10 Limitation Of Powers Of Committee
The Committee shall have no power in any way to modify, alter, add to or subtract from any provision of the Plan without formal Plan amendment. Further, actions taken or instructions given by the Committee shall be uniform in their nature and applicable to all Participants in a non-discriminatory manner.
11.11 Procedure For Claiming Benefits Under The Plan
If a claim is denied in whole or in part, the Committee shall notify the claimant of its decision by written notice, in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant. The Committee shall set forth in the notice:
Such notification shall be given within 90 days after the claim is received by the Committee. This period may be extended for another 90 days if the claimant is notified that the extension is necessary due to matters beyond the control of the Plan, before the end of the original 90-day period. Any notice for an extension will explain the reason for the extension and the date by which the Committee expects to rule on the claim.
The Committee shall advise the claimant of the results of the review within 60 days after receipt of the written request for review. This period may be extended for another 60 days if the Committee determines that special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the request and if written notice of such extension and circumstances is given to
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such claimant within the initial 60 day period. Any notice for an extension will explain the reason for the extension and the date by which the Committee expects to rule on the claim.
In the event an appeal is denied, the claimant will be notified in writing. The Committee shall set forth in the notice:
The decision of the Committee by majority vote shall be final and binding upon any and all claimants, including but not limited to Participants and their Beneficiaries, and any other individuals making a claim through or under them.
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ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN
12.01 Amendment Of Plan
The period during which the election may be made shall commence with the date the amendment is adopted or deemed to be made and shall end on the latest of:
12.02 Termination Of Plan
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Subsection (e) of this Section 12.02. Upon termination or partial termination of the Plan, the rights of each Participant involved in such termination to benefits accrued to the date of such termination or partial termination are nonforfeitable.
12.03 Limit For 25 Highest Paid Employees
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For Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 1992, benefits distributed to any of the twenty-five (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 Employee under a single life annuity that is the Actuarial Equivalent of the sum of the Employee's Accrued Benefit and the Employee's other benefits under the Plan.
The preceding paragraph shall not apply if:
For purposes of this Section, benefit includes loans in excess of the amount set forth in Code Section 72(p)(2)(a), any periodic income, any withdrawal values payable to a living Employee, and any death benefits not provided for by insurance on the Employee's life.
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PARTICIPATING COMPANIES
13.01 Adoption By Other Entities
Any corporation or other business entity may, by resolution of its own governing body, and with the written approval of the Board, adopt the Plan and thereby become an Employer. Notwithstanding the adoption of the Plan by other entities, the Plan will be administered as a single plan and all Plan assets will be available to pay benefits to all Participants under the Plan.
13.02 Actuarial Valuation
The Committee shall have the Plan's actuary make an annual actuarial valuation with respect to the Plan to determine the contribution as required in accordance with Article X.
13.03 Right To Withdraw (Plan Spinoff)
Each Employer having adopted the Plan shall have the right as of the last day of any month to withdraw from 'the Plan and/or Trust Agreement by delivering to the Board, the Committee and the Trustee written notification from its own governing body of such action and setting forth the date as of which the withdrawal shall be effective.
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ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
14.01 Headings And Subheadings
The headings and subheadings in the Plan have been inserted for convenience of reference only and are to be ignored in any construction of the provisions hereof.
14.02 Gender And Number
Wherever any words are used herein in the masculine gender they shall be construed as though they were also used in the feminine gender in all cases where they would so apply, and wherever any words are used herein in the singular form they shall be construed as though they were also used in the plural form in all cases where they would so apply.
14.03 Participants' Rights: Acquittance
Neither the establishment of the Plan, nor any modification thereof, nor the creation of the Fund, nor the payment of any benefits, shall be construed as giving to a Participant or other person any legal or equitable right against the Employer, or any officer or Employee thereof, or a Trustee, or the Committee, except as herein provided. Under no circumstances shall the terms of employment of a Participant be modified or in any way affected hereby.
14.04 Receipt Or Release
Any payment to a Participant, Contingent Annuitant, Spouse or Beneficiary or to their legal representatives, in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, shall to the extent thereof be in full satisfaction of all claims hereunder against the Trustee, the Committee and the Employer, any of whom may require such Participant, Contingent Annuitant, Spouse, Beneficiary, or legal representative, as a condition precedent to such payment, to execute a receipt and release therefor in such form as shall be determined by a Trustee, the Committee or the Employer as the case may be.
14.05 Spendthrift Clause
Except insofar as may be contrary to any applicable law, no payment of any benefit under the Plan shall be assignable and no such payment or contribution shall be subject to the claims of any creditor. The preceding sentence shall not apply to the creation, assignment or recognition of a right to any benefit payable with respect to a Participant, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as defined in Section 414(p) of the Code, or any domestic relations order entered before January 1, 1985. In any event, benefits shall be paid from the Plan in accordance with the applicable requirements of such qualified domestic relations order. The Committee shall set forth in writing, reasonable procedures for determining the qualified status of a 'domestic relations order and for administering distributions under such qualified order.
14.06 Payments To Legally Incompetent
If any Participant, Contingent Annuitant, Spouse or Beneficiary is a minor or is, in the judgment of the Committee, otherwise legally incapable of personally receiving and giving a valid receipt for any payment due him under the Plan, the Committee may, unless and until claim shall have been made by a duly appointed guardian or committee of such person, make such payment or any part thereof to such person's Spouse, child, parent, brother or sister or other person deemed by the Committee to have incurred expense for or assumed responsibility for the expenses of such person.
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Any payment so made shall be a complete discharge of any liability under the Plan for such payment.
14.07 Delegation Of Authority By The Board
Whenever the Employer, under the terms of the Plan, is permitted or required to do or perform any act or matter or thing, it shall be done and performed by any person thereunto duly authorized by the Board.
14.08 Distribution Of Benefits Under Plan
No benefits shall be distributed under the Plan except (a) in the event of the retirement of a Participant as provided in Article IV hereof, (b) in the event of death, disability, or other termination of employment of a Participant before retirement for any cause as provided in Article VI and Article IX hereof, or (c) in the event that a court of competent jurisdiction compels payment of benefits from this Plan pursuant to an order which the Committee determines to be a qualified domestic relations order, as described in Code Section 414(p). The Committee shall establish rules to determine whether a court order is a qualified domestic relations order.
14.09 Divestment Of Benefits
No payment of benefits provided under the Plan shall be forfeited, when due, because of any action of a Participant or his Contingent Annuitant, Spouse or Beneficiary, except for the lack of fulfillment of any requirement under any of the terms of the Plan for the completion of any specified period of Service, Credited Service or the attainment of any specified age, for qualification for such benefits.
14.10 Construction Of Plan
The Plan shall be governed and construed under the laws of the State of New York to the extent not preempted by ERISA.
14.11 Execution Of Plan
The Plan may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which may be deemed the original although the others shall not be produced.
14.12 Deductibility Of Contributions
Each Employer Contribution is specifically conditioned on the deductibility of the contribution under Code Section 404, and to the extent such contribution, or any part thereof, is disallowed, the contribution, or any part thereof that is disallowed, shall be returned to the Employer within one year after the date of disallowance.
14.13 Lost Beneficiary Or Participant
If a benefit is forfeited because the Participant, Spouse, Contingent Annuitant or Beneficiary cannot be found, such benefit will be reinstated if a claim is made by the Participant, Spouse, Contingent Annuitant or Beneficiary. In the event that any check or final notice of payment of benefits under the Plan remains outstanding at the expiration of six months from the date of mailing of such check or notice to the last known address of the payee, the Committee shall notify the Trustee to stop payment on all outstanding checks 'and to suspend the issuance of further checks or notice, if any, to such payee. If, during the three-year period (or such other period as specified in the Trust Agreement) from the date of mailing of the first such check or of notice that
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a benefit is due under the Plan, the Committee cannot establish contact with the payee by taking such action as it deems appropriate and the payee does not make contact with the Committee, any benefits to which such payee is entitled shall be forfeited. Any benefit so forfeited shall be restored if a claim is made for the unpaid benefit at any subsequent date and the Plan has not been terminated as of such date. Contributions required to be made in accordance with Article X shall reflect such forfeitures and restoration in the same manner as expense gains and losses are reflected in the funding method used by the Plan.
14.14 Duplication Of Benefits
14.15 Merger Or Consolidation
The Plan may be merged or consolidated with, or its assets or liabilities transferred in whole or in part to, another Plan which meets the requirements of Sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the Code only if each Participant would, if either the Plan or the other plan terminated immediately after the merger, consolidation or transfer, then receive a benefit which is equal to or greater than the benefit he would have been entitled to receive immediately before the merger, consolidation or transfer if the Plan then terminated.
14.16 Return Of Contributions As A Result Of Mistake Of Fact
Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary the general prohibition against diversion of plan assets does not preclude the return of contributions made by an Employer to the Plan if the contribution was made by reason of a mistake of fact and the return to the Employer of the amount involved is made within one year of the mistaken payment of the contribution.
14.17 Direct Rollover Of Eligible Rollover Distributions
The Committee, in establishing administrative procedures and plan distribution rules, shall comply with the provisions of Section 401(a)(31) of the Code and proposed and temporary as well as any future final regulations thereunder, including any guidance issued for reliance by the Internal Revenue Service.
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Rollover Distribution does not include: any distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal periodic payments (not less frequently than annually) made for the life (or life expectancy) of the Distributee or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of the Distributee and the Distributee's designated Beneficiary, or for a specified period of ten years or more; any distribution to the extent such distribution is required under Section 401(a)(9) of the Code; effective January 1, 1999, any hardship distribution described in Section 401(k)(2)(B)(i)(IV) of the Code and the portion of any distribution that is not includible in gross income (determined without regard to the exclusion for net unrealized appreciation with respect to employer securities).
Effective for distributions after December 31, 2001,
Effective for distributions after December 31, 2001, an Eligible Retirement Plan shall also mean an annuity contract described in Section 403(b) of the Code and an eligible plan under Section 457(b) of the Code which is maintained by an eligible employer described in Section 457(e)(1)(A) of the Code.
The definition of Eligible Retirement Plan shall 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 relations order, as defined in Code Section 414(p).
14.18 Qualified Domestic Relations Orders
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Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan to the contrary, for purposes of Subparagraph (A) above, a distribution to an Alternate Payee may be made prior to the date on which the Participant is entitled to a distribution under Section 4.03 if requested by the Alternate Payee to the extent such distribution is permitted under the QDRO. Nothing in this provision shall permit the Participant to receive a distribution at a date otherwise not permitted under Section 4.03 nor shall it permit the Alternate Payee to receive a form of payment not permitted in Section 7.01.
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Upon receipt of a Domestic Relations Order, the Committee shall take, or cause to be taken, the following actions:
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ARTICLE XV
TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS
15.01 Top Heavy Provisions
Solely for purposes of determining if the Plan or any other qualified plan in the Required Aggregation Group is a top heavy plan for a Plan Year, the accrued benefits of Non Key Employees shall be determined for Plan Years beginning after 1986 under the method, if any, which is uniformly applied for accrual purposes under all defined benefit plans maintained by the Employer or Affiliated Employers or, if there is no such method, as if such benefit accrued not more rapidly than under the slowest accrual rate permitted under Section 411(b)(1)(C) of the Code.
In no event shall this Plan be considered a top heavy plan if it is part of a Required Aggregation Group or a Permissive Aggregation Group that is not a top heavy group.
Only those plans of the Employer or Affiliated Employers in which the determination dates fall within the same calendar year shall be aggregated in order to determine whether such plans are top heavy plans.
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A Key Employee shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 416(i) of the Code.
For purposes of this Plan, the Valuation Date shall be the valuation date used for computing the Plan's minimum funding requirements under Section 412 of the Code. For each other plan, the Valuation Date shall be, subject to Section 416 of the Code, the most recent Valuation Date which falls within or ends within the twelve consecutive months ending on the applicable determination date for such plan.
The Plan shall be deemed a top heavy plan for a Plan Year if, as of the Valuation Date preceding the applicable Determination Date, the sum of (1) the present value of accrued benefits of Key Employees under this Plan and all other defined benefit plans in the Aggregation Group, and (2) the account balances of Key Employees under all defined contribution plans in the Aggregation Group exceeds 60% of the sum of (3) the present value of accrued benefits of all Participants under this Plan and all other defined benefit plans in the Aggregation Group (but excluding Participants who are former Key Employees); and (4) the account balances of all Participants under all defined contribution plans in the Aggregation Group.
For purposes of this test, the following rules shall apply:
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Notwithstanding any provision of this paragraph (ii) to the contrary, in any Plan Year in which this Plan is a top heavy Plan, each Non-Key Employee who is also covered under a defined contribution plan of the Employer, shall accrue a Minimum Benefit as provided by this Plan.
Notwithstanding any provision of this paragraph (ii) to the contrary, in any Plan Year in which this Plan is a top heavy Plan, each Non-Key Employee who is also covered under a defined contribution plan of the Employer, shall have credited to his defined contribution plan account a minimum Employer contribution equal to the minimum contribution provided by such defined contribution plan; however, in no event shall the minimum Employer contribution be less than 5% of such Participant's Section 415 Compensation. No Minimum Benefit shall accrue under this Plan.
The calculation of the top heavy ratio shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 416 of the Code.
Any Participant who completes an Hour of Service in a Plan Year in which the Plan is deemed to be a top heavy plan shall have a nonforfeitable interest in a percentage of his or her Accrued Benefit determined by multiplying the Accrued Benefit by the applicable percentage from the following schedule:
| Years of Vesting Service |
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| Less than 3 years | 0% | |
| 3 or more years | 100% |
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Furthermore, if the vesting schedule under the Plan for any Plan Year shifts into or out of the above schedule because of the Plan's top heavy status, such shift shall be regarded as an amendment to the Plan's vesting schedule.
The provisions of this paragraph (c)(i) shall not be applied to reduce the Participant's vested percentage computed in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.
Each Participant who is a Non-Key Employee shall have an Accrued Benefit calculated as of the last day of the top heavy Plan Year or, if earlier, as of his or her Severance from Service Date occurring during such Plan Year, at least equal to the product of (A) 2% of his or her Section 415 Compensation (as defined in Section 415(c) of the Code) from an Employer or Affiliated Employer during the five consecutive years for which the Participant had the highest Compensation, and (B) his or her years of Benefit Service up to a maximum of ten years. For purposes of this paragraph (ii), years of Benefit Service shall not include Plan Years during which the Plan is not a top heavy plan nor a Plan Year in which no Key or former Key Employee benefits under the Plan.
For purposes of this Plan, the minimum annual retirement benefit means a benefit payable annually in the form of a single life annuity (with no ancillary benefits) beginning at a Participant's Normal Retirement Date.
If a Non-Key Employee participates in a defined contribution plan included in the Aggregation Group, the minimum benefit shall be provided under this Plan.
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FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE
WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PENSION PLAN
WHEREAS, Watts Water Technologies, Inc., formerly known as Watts Industries, Inc. (the "Sponsoring Employer"), established the Watts Water Technologies, Inc. Pension Plan (the "Plan"), formerly known as the Watts Industries, Inc. Pension Plan, effective January 1, 1985 for the benefit of Eligible Employees; and
WHEREAS, the Sponsoring Employer has amended and restated the Plan from time to time, most recently effective January 1, 2006; and
WHEREAS, the Sponsoring Employer reserves the right to amend the Plan pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Sponsoring Employer desires to amend the Plan effective January 1, 2008 to: (i) reflect certain required changes mandated by the Pension Protection Act of 2006 ("PPA"); (ii) adopt an optional provision permitted pursuant to PPA (relating to phased retirement); and (iii) reflect other changes (relating to the hourly benefit rate and eligibility).
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the Plan is hereby amended as set forth herein effective January 1, 2008, except where noted.
"(b) For purposes of Section 8.05, 12.01, 12.02, or for a form of payment that decreases during the life of the Participant merely because of the cessation or reduction of Social Security supplements, and for any lump sum distribution date occurring on or after January 1, 2008, Actuarial Equivalent will be determined by using the mortality table defined in Code Section 417(e)(3), and using an interest rate based on the adjusted first, second and third segment rates determined under Code Sections 417(e)(3)(C) and (D) for the November preceding the first day of the Plan Year in which the distribution date occurs, as prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service for purposes of calculating present value and determining the amount of any single-sum distribution. For purposes of determining the interest rate for Plan Years beginning in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, Code Section 417(e)(3)(D)(iii) is applicable."
"Effective January 1, 2008, the term 'Employer' includes Calflex Manufacturing, Inc."
"(xxvi) Effective January 1, 2008, a salaried employee of Calflex Manufacturing, Inc. ('Calflex'), who became an Employee as a result of Calflex's acquisition by the Sponsoring Employer (the 'Calflex Acquisition') shall become an Eligible Employee under this Plan and shall become a Participant in the Plan as of the later of January 1, 2008 or the date the Eligible Employee meets the requirements of Section 3.01(a). Such Eligible Employee's service with Calflex prior to acquisition by the Sponsoring Employer shall be taken into account for eligibility and vesting. However, such Eligible Employee's Benefit Service shall be taken into account only with regard to service with the Employer commencing June 2, 2006."
"Except as provided below, a Participant who has reached his fifty-fifth birthday and who has completed at least ten years of Service, or who has reached his sixty-second birthday and who
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has completed at least five years of Service, may elect upon written notice to the Committee on an Early Retirement Date which may be the first day of any month subsequent to the date of such election and prior to his Normal Retirement Date."
"5.13 IN-SERVICE DISTRIBUTION
Effective January 1, 2008, the following provisions shall apply. Any salaried Participant with an Hour of Service on or after January 1, 2008 who:
may elect to commence the Actuarial Equivalent of his accrued benefit, determined under Section 5.03.2 as of the first of the month following his election on a form and under procedures established by the Committee. Such amount shall be determined as an annuity for life only, payable monthly commencing on the date elected by the Participant ('In-Service Distribution Date') and ending on the earlier of the Participant's death, retirement under Article 4, or resumption of employment that exceeds 75% of his regularly scheduled hours. Upon the Participant's retirement under Article 4, such Participant's accrued benefit shall be re-determined under the appropriate provision of the Plan, and include an adjustment to offset the Actuarial Equivalent of any payments already made with respect to the Participant under this Section 5.13. In the event that the benefit under this Section 5.13 ceases due to the death of the Participant, any death benefit payable under Article 7 to a surviving spouse shall be based on the Participant's accrued benefit re-determined as of the date of his death and shall not include an adjustment to offset the Actuarial Equivalent of any payments already made with respect to the Participant under this Section 5.13. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such redetermined accrued benefit shall not be less than the accrued benefit determined as of the In-Service Distribution Date under this Section 5.13.
The provisions of this Section 5.13 shall not be construed as giving any Employee the right to alter his regularly scheduled hours without the consent of the Employer. It is intended that the provisions of this Section 5.13 shall comply with Code Section 401(a)(36) and any future regulations and guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service."
"8.02 CONTINGENT ANNUITANT OPTION
A Participant may elect an option in accordance with Section 5.02, under which option he or she will receive an actuarially reduced benefit during his lifetime after retirement and 100%, 662/3% or 50% of such reduced amount will be continued to a person designed by the Participant at the time of election of the option (and referred to as a Contingent Annuitant) for the duration of the Contingent Annuitant's lifetime. Effective for benefits commencing on or after January 1, 2008, the 662/3% Contingent Annuitant Option shall be eliminated, and shall be replaced by the 75% Contingent Annuitant Option."
"(b) For purposes of Section 12.01, 12.02, or for a form of payment that decreases during the life of the Participant merely because of the cessation or reduction of Social Security supplements, and for any lump sum distribution date occurring on or after January 1, 2008, Actuarial Equivalent will be determined by using the mortality table defined in Code Section 417(e)(3), and using an interest rate based on the adjusted first, second and third
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segment rates determined under Code Sections 417(e)(3)(C) and (D) for the November preceding the first day of the Plan Year in which the distribution date occurs, as prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service for purposes of calculating present value and determining the amount of any single-sum distribution. For purposes of determining the interest rate for Plan Years beginning 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, Code Section 417(e)(3)(D)(iii) is applicable."
"Effective January 1, 2008, the term 'Employer' includes Calflex Manufacturing, Inc."
"(xxi) Effective January 1, 2008, an hourly employee of Calflex Manufacturing, Inc. ('Calflex') who became an Employee as a result of Calflex's acquisition by the Sponsoring Employer (the 'Calflex Acquisition') shall become an Eligible Employee under this Plan and shall become a Participant in the Plan as of the later of January 1, 2008 or the date the Eligible Employee meets the requirements of Section 3.01(a). Such Eligible Employee's service with Calflex prior to acquisition by the Sponsoring Employer shall be taken into account for eligibility and vesting. However, such Eligible Employee's Benefit Service shall be taken into account only with regard to service with the Employer commencing June 2, 2006."
"Effective January 1, 2008, a Participant who has reached his sixty-second birthday and has also completed at least five years of Service may elect upon written notice to the Committee an Early Retirement Date which may be the first day of any month subsequent to the date of such election and prior to his Normal Retirement Date."
"Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary and subject to Section 5.04, the Monthly Normal Retirement Benefit payable to a Participant (i) who is an Eligible Employee of an entity that is included as an Employer under Section 1.13 as of January 1, 2008, (ii) who performed an Hour of Service on or after January 1, 2008, and (iii) who retires under the Plan shall be equal to the number of his years of Benefit Service (including fractions thereof) multiplied by $17.00."
"8.02 CONTINGENT ANNUITANT OPTION
A Participant may elect an option in accordance with Section 5.02, under which option he or she will receive an actuarially reduced benefit during his lifetime after retirement and 100%, 662/3% or 50% of such reduced amount will be continued to a person designed by the Participant at the time of election of the option (and referred to as a Contingent Annuitant) for the duration of the Contingent Annuitant's lifetime. Effective for benefits commencing on or after January 1, 2008, the 662/3% Contingent Annuitant Option shall be eliminated, and shall be replaced by the 75% Contingent Annuitant Option."
"(b) For purposes of Section 9.04, 9.05 and for any lump sum distribution date occurring on or after January 1, 2008, Actuarial Equivalent will be determined by using the mortality table
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defined in Code Section 417(e)(3), and using an interest rate based on the adjusted first, second and third segment rates determined under Code Sections 417(e)(3)(C) and (D) for the November preceding the first day of the Plan Year in which the distribution date occurs, as prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service for purposes of calculating present value and determining the amount of any single-sum distribution. For purposes of determining the interest rate for Plan Years beginning 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, Code Section 417(e)(3)(D)(iii) is applicable. For purposes of this subsection, the term 'distribution date' means the date as of which an amount is paid."
"(a) A Participant may retire from the employment of the Employer prior to his Normal Retirement Date on his Early Retirement Date, which is the first day of any month coinciding with or following the date that he or she:
and elects to retire. A Participant may further elect to have his retirement benefit commence on his Early Retirement Date or may irrevocably elect to defer commencement of his benefit to his Normal Retirement Date."
"(a) Joint and Survivor Option: A married Participant may elect to receive a monthly retirement benefit during the lifetime of the Participant and have either fifty percent (50%), seventy-five percent (75%) or one hundred percent (100%) of such monthly retirement benefit continued after the Participant's death to a Contingent Annuitant or Spouse during the remaining lifetime of the Contingent Annuitant or Spouse within the restrictions contained in Section 8.01(b)(ii)."
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Sponsoring Employer has caused this amendment to be executed by its duly authorized representative and its seal affixed hereto on this 18th day of December, 2007.
| WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | |||
By: |
/s/ William C. McCartney |
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