4.1
ANNUAL VALUATION.
The Trustees will establish
and maintain, or will designate a Plan Administrator or Investment
Administrator to establish and maintain, appropriate books and records
showing the respective interest of all Participants hereunder.
Each Account described in this Article 4.1 will be valued as of each
Valuation Date. If the Valuation Date is not a business day, the Participant's
Accounts will be valued as of the first business day following the Valuation
Date. The value of the Account as of a date other than the Valuation
Date will be equal to the value, as of the immediately preceding Valuation
Date, plus investment yield, and, if applicable, any Employer
Contributions or rollover contributions, as applicable, made after
such immediately preceding Valuation Date, without interest.
The following Accounts will be established for each Participant under
the Plan, as applicable:
(a) PARTICIPANT ACCOUNT. A Participant
Account will be established for each Participant as of his participation
date. Such Account will reflect the value of all Employer Contributions
on the Participant's behalf, plus investment earnings or losses if
any.
4.2
DIRECT ROLLOVERS FROM THIS PLAN.
Effective for distributions made after December 31, 1992, the Participant,
Surviving Spouse, or alternate
payee who is a Spouse or former spouse, as described in Article 9.4
(herein referred to as the "Distributee") may, in accordance
with Code section 401 (a)(3
1) and any rules or regulations thereunder, elect to have all or any
portion of an eligible rollover distribution, as defined in Code section
402(c)(4), from this Plan
as a direct rollover to an eligible retirement plan, as defined in Code
section 402(c)(8)(B) subject to the following:
(a) If the eligible rollover distribution for the taxable year of
the Distributee is less than $200 (or such greater de minimis amount
which the Plan Administrator or payor is permitted to exclude from
the direct rollover option under Code section 401(a)(31) and applicable
rules and regulations), the Distributee may not elect a direct rollover.
Such distribution will be paid to the Distributee in a single sum
payment and the 20% federal tax will not be withheld.
(b) If the amount of the eligible rollover distribution is more than
$200 but not more than $500 (or such greater amount as may be permitted
under Code section 401(a)(31) and other applicable rules and regulations),
the Distributee must elect to have the entire eligible rollover distribution
either (i) paid to the Distributee in a single sum payment or (ii)
rolled directly to an eligible retirement plan.
(c) If the eligible rollover distribution is more than $500, the
Distributee may elect to split the distribution between a direct rollover
and a direct single sum payment, provided he direct rollover is at
least $500. The portion of the eligible rollover distribution which
is not directly rolled to an eligible retirement plan will be subject
to a 20% federal tax withholding.
(d) Provided the written explanation described in the last paragraph
of this Article 4.2 is timely provided to the Distributee, if the
Distributee fails to make a direct rollover election and the amount
of the distribution does not exceed $5,000, a single sum payment is
deemed to have been elected and the 20% withholding described in Code
section 401(a)(31) will apply. If
the amount of the distribution exceeds $5,000, it will remain in the
Plan until the Distributee makes an election.
(e) The Distributee may revoke a prior election to make (or not make)
a direct rollover provided written notice of such revocation is received
by the insurance company within a reasonable period prior to the date
the distribution is scheduled to be made.
(f) If the Distributee is a Spouse, such Spouse may not elect a direct
rollover to a plan qualified under Code section 401(a).
(g) Any direct rollover may be made by cash (wire transfer) or check
to the eligible retirement plan's trustee or custodian, as applicable,
or to the Distributee (for delivery to the eligible retirement plan's
trustee or custodian, as applicable), provided it cannot be negotiated
by the
Distributee.
(h) In no event may a Distributee elect a direct rollover to more
than one retirement plan.
The Plan Administrator must provide each Distributee, within the
time and in the manner prescribed by code
section 401(a)(31) [including regulations and guidance issued thereunder],
and prior to the date of any distribution, with a written, non technical
explanation containing all the information required by Code section
402(f). Such written explanation will not apply to any distribution
which is in accordance with Article 9.6 or is being made after the
Participant has reached his normal retirement date, as defined in
Article 6. 1. A Distributee described in the preceding sentence may
waive the notice requirement provided he makes a positive election
to make or not make a direct rollover.
4.3
ALLOCATION TO ACCOUNT.
Allocations of Trust Fund
earnings or losses will be made as follows:
(a) EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS. Employer Contributions made on
behalf of a Participant will be allocated to his Participant
Account.
(b) TRUST FUND EARNINGS/LOSSES The total amount of Trust Fund
earnings or losses will be allocated as of the last day of the Plan
year, if applicable, a date other than the last day of the Plan
Year, as provided in Article 4.1, among Participant Accounts and
Rollover Contribution Accounts, in the ratio that the balance of each
such Account, bears to the total balances in such Accounts, for all
Participants under the Plan.
4.4
DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.
As soon as practicable after the Valuation Date, the Trustees or Investment
Administrator as delegated, shall determine and fix the amount in
each Participant's Account. The amount in each Participant's Account
shall be the total of the following:
(a) the amount in the Participant Account, if any, as of the last
preceding Valuation Date, plus
(b) the investment yield determined by the Investment Administrator
as by self direction to be applicable to the Participant
Account on a uniform basis, plus
(c) the Contributions made on behalf of the Employee and eceived
by the Plan since the last preceding Valuation Date.
4.5
REDUCTION OF ACCOUNTS.
In no event on any Valuation Date shall the total amount in all Participant
Accounts plus administrative expenses exceed the Market Value of the
total net assets of the Fund. If such an event should occur, then all
existing Participant Accounts shall automatically be proportionately
reduced so that the total of all Participant Accounts plus the amount
previously established for expenses is not more than the Market Value
of total net assets.
4.6
INVESTMENT OPTIONS.
(a) The Trustees shall
have the authority to designate and describe one or more investment
vehicles through an Investment Administrator, if applicable, which
shall be available for the investment of contributions and Participant
Accounts.
(b) Initially, it is intended that there will be ten investment vehicles.However,
the Trustees have the right to add to or subtract from the number
of options or to substitute other investment vehicles at any time.
(c) The Trustees may, from time to time, establish such restrictions,conditions
or limitations on the ability of Employees to have contributions made
to a specific investment vehicle or to transfer assets from or to
a specific investment vehicle and shall have the right to adopt and
enforce such other rules as they deem necessary or appropriate with
respect to all
matters relating to this Section 4.6.
(d) Effective April 1, 1998, each Employee (including for purposes
of this Section former Employees, Spouses, Beneficiaries and Alternate
Payees with Participant Accounts) shall have the right and the opportunity
to designate in writing the manner in which such contributions, and
account balances, shall be allocated among the investment alternatives
established under Section 4.6(a).
(e) The initial election made by an Employee may be changed on a
daily basis and shall be effective as soon as administratively feasible
after receipt of notice by the Investment
Administrator.
(f) If and to the extent that an Employee fails to designate an allocation
for contributions made on his/her behalf or for his/her Participant
Account, then the undesignated amounts shall be placed in an investment
vehicle to be chosen by the Trustees.
(g) The Plan is intended to constitute a plan described in Section
404(c) and
Title 29, C.F.R. Section 2550.404(c) l. No person who is otherwise
a fiduciary of the Plan shall be liable to the designating Participant
or to any other person claiming through such Participant for any losses
or damages which are the direct and necessary result of investment
instructions given by the Participant.