UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the quarterly period ended October 3, 2009
OR
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o
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the transition period from
to
Commission file number 1-4482
ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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New York
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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11-1806155
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
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50 Marcus Drive, Melville, New York
(Address of principal executive offices)
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11747
(Zip Code)
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(631) 847-2000
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
No Changes
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such
shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes
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No
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web
site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of
Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that
the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes
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No
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer,
accelerated filer, and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
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Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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(do not check if a smaller reporting company)
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Smaller reporting company
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act). Yes
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No
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There
were 119,774,789 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October 23, 2009.
ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
INDEX
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Item 1.
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Financial Statements
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ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands except per share data)
(Unaudited)
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Quarter Ended
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Nine Months Ended
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October 3,
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September 30,
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October 3,
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September 30,
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2009
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2008
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2009
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2008
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Sales
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$
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3,671,865
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$
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4,295,314
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$
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10,481,116
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$
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12,671,282
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Costs and expenses:
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Cost of products sold
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3,250,804
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3,731,459
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9,226,865
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10,908,665
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Selling, general and administrative expenses
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321,503
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403,542
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965,645
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1,230,893
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Depreciation and amortization
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16,919
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17,500
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50,262
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52,195
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Restructuring and integration charge
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37,583
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11,037
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80,853
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25,711
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Preference claim from 2001
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-
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12,941
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3,626,809
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4,163,538
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10,323,625
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12,230,405
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Operating income
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45,056
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131,776
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157,491
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440,877
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Equity in earnings of affiliated companies
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1,883
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2,073
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3,233
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5,359
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Loss on prepayment of debt
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5,312
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5,312
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Interest and other financing expense, net
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18,033
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24,809
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58,150
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74,010
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Income before income taxes
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23,594
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109,040
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97,262
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372,226
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Provision for income taxes
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11,018
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32,863
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36,868
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113,801
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Consolidated net income
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12,576
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76,177
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60,394
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258,425
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Noncontrolling interests
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(5
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107
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(25
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269
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Net income attributable to shareholders
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$
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12,581
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$
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76,070
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$
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60,419
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$
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258,156
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Net income per share:
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Basic
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$
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.10
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$
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.64
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$
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.50
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$
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2.13
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Diluted
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$
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.10
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$
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.63
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$
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.50
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$
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2.11
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Average number of shares outstanding:
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Basic
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119,888
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119,541
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119,745
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121,226
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Diluted
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120,785
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120,384
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120,238
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122,118
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See accompanying notes.
3
ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands except par value)
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October 3,
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December 31,
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2009
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2008 (A)
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(Unaudited)
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ASSETS
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Current assets:
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$
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1,150,770
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$
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451,272
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Accounts receivable, net
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2,707,968
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3,087,290
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Inventories
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1,308,345
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1,626,559
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Prepaid expenses and other assets
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180,805
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180,647
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Total current assets
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5,347,888
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5,345,768
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Property, plant and equipment, at cost:
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Land
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25,276
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25,127
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Buildings and improvements
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147,773
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147,138
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Machinery and equipment
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781,131
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698,156
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954,180
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870,421
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Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization
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(492,867
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(459,881
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Property, plant and equipment, net
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461,313
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410,540
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Investments in affiliated companies
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51,290
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46,788
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Cost in excess of net assets of companies acquired
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908,894
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905,848
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Other assets
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405,990
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409,341
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Total assets
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$
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7,175,375
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$
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7,118,285
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LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
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Current liabilities:
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Accounts payable
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$
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2,298,893
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$
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2,459,922
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Accrued expenses
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362,327
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455,547
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Short-term borrowings, including current portion of long-term debt
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141,417
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52,893
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Total current liabilities
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2,802,637
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2,968,362
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Long-term debt
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1,278,007
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1,223,985
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Other liabilities
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248,053
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248,888
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Equity:
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Shareholders equity:
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Common stock, par value $1:
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Authorized - 160,000 shares in 2009 and 2008
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Issued - 125,287 and 125,048 shares in 2009 and 2008, respectively
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125,287
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125,048
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Capital in excess of par value
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1,044,504
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1,035,302
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Treasury stock (5,516 and 5,740 shares in 2009 and 2008,
respectively), at cost
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(181,041
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(190,273
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Retained earnings
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1,631,424
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1,571,005
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Foreign currency translation adjustment
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245,437
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172,528
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Other
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(19,248
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(36,912
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Total shareholders equity
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2,846,363
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2,676,698
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Noncontrolling interests
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315
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352
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Total equity
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2,846,678
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2,677,050
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Total liabilities and equity
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$
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7,175,375
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$
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7,118,285
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(A)
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Prior period amounts were reclassified to conform to the current year presentation as a
result of the adoption of the Accounting Standards Codification Topic 810-10-65. See Note A
of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
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See accompanying notes.
4
ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
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Nine Months Ended
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October 3,
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September 30,
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2009
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2008
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Cash flows from operating activities:
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Consolidated net income
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$
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60,394
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$
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258,425
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Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net income to net cash provided by
operations:
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Depreciation and amortization
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50,262
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52,195
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Amortization of stock-based compensation
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19,219
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13,017
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Amortization of deferred financing costs and discount on notes
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1,681
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1,616
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Equity in earnings of affiliated companies
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(3,233
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(5,359
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Deferred income taxes
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21,933
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11,251
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Restructuring and integration charge
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61,268
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17,723
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Preference claim from 2001
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7,822
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Loss on prepayment of debt
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3,228
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-
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Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation arrangements
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1,741
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(228
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Change in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquired businesses:
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Accounts receivable
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413,790
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332,617
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Inventories
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331,098
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(40,092
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Prepaid expenses and other assets
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3,118
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(6,976
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Accounts payable
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(157,827
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(313,281
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Accrued expenses
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(158,527
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51,560
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Other
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1,174
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(36,255
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Net cash provided by operating activities
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649,319
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344,035
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Cash flows from investing activities:
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Acquisition of property, plant and equipment
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(99,022
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(112,519
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Cash consideration paid for acquired businesses
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-
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(319,865
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Proceeds from sale of facilities
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1,153
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-
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Other
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(272
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(380
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Net cash used for investing activities
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(98,141
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(432,764
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Cash flows from financing activities:
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Change in short-term borrowings
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(32,009
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(10,512
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Repayment of revolving credit facility borrowings
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(29,400
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(2,988,950
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Proceeds from revolving credit facility borrowings
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29,400
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2,988,649
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Repurchase of senior notes
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(135,658
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-
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Net proceeds from note offering
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297,430
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-
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Proceeds from exercise of stock options
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3,069
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4,371
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Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation arrangements
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(1,741
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)
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228
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Repurchases of common stock
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(2,323
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(115,763
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Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities
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128,768
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(121,977
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Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
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19,552
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6,412
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
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699,498
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(204,294
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Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
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451,272
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447,731
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
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$
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1,150,770
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$
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243,437
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See accompanying notes.
5
ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Note A Basis of Presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (the company or
Arrow) were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States (GAAP) and reflect all adjustments of a normal recurring nature, which are, in the opinion
of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the consolidated financial position and results
of operations at and for the periods presented. The consolidated results of operations for the
interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year.
The company evaluated subsequent events through October 28, 2009, the issuance date of these
consolidated financial statements.
These consolidated financial statements do not include all of the information or notes necessary
for a complete presentation and, accordingly, should be read in conjunction with the companys Form
10-Q for the quarterly periods ended July 4, 2009 and April 4, 2009, as well as the audited
consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes for the year ended December 31, 2008, as
filed in the companys Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Accounting Standards Codification
During the third quarter of 2009, the company adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(FASB) Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2009-01, Amendments based on Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 168 The FASB Accounting Standards Codification and the
Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (the Codification). The Codification
became the single source of authoritative GAAP in the United States, other than rules and
interpretive releases issued by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The
Codification reorganized GAAP into a topical format that eliminates the previous GAAP hierarchy and
instead established two levels of guidance authoritative and nonauthoritative. All
non-grandfathered, non-SEC accounting literature that was not included in the Codification became
nonauthoritative. The adoption of the Codification did not change previous GAAP, but rather
simplified user access to all authoritative literature related to a particular accounting topic in
one place. Accordingly, the adoption had no impact on the companys consolidated financial
position and results of operations. All prior references to previous GAAP in the companys
consolidated financial statements were updated for the new references under the Codification.
Noncontrolling Interests
Effective January 1, 2009, the company adopted the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC)
Topic 810-10-65. ASC Topic 810-10-65 requires that noncontrolling interests be reported as a
component of shareholders equity; net income attributable to the parent and the noncontrolling
interest be separately identified in the consolidated results of operations; changes in a parents
ownership interest be treated as equity transactions if control is maintained; and upon a loss of
control, any gain or loss on the interest be recognized in the consolidated results of operations.
ASC Topic 810-10-65 also requires expanded disclosures to clearly identify and distinguish between
the interests of the parent and the interests of the noncontrolling owners. The adoption of the
provisions of ASC Topic 810-10-65 did not materially impact the companys consolidated financial
position and results of operations. Prior period amounts were reclassified to conform to the
current period presentation.
Quarter-end
During 2009, the company began operating on a revised quarterly reporting calendar that closes on
the Saturday following the end of the calendar quarter. The third quarter of 2009 includes the
period from July 5, 2009 through October 3, 2009. There were 65 shipping days for both the third
quarter of 2009 and 2008. The first nine months of 2009 includes the period from January 1, 2009
through October 3, 2009. There were 193 shipping days for both the first nine months of 2009 and
2008.
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ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Reclassification
Certain prior period amounts were reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.
Note B Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards
In October 2009, the FASB issued ASU No. 2009-13, Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements (ASU
No. 2009-13). ASU No. 2009-13 amends guidance included within ASC Topic 605-25 to require an
entity to use an estimated selling price when vendor specific objective evidence or acceptable
third party evidence does not exist for any products or services included in a multiple element
arrangement. The arrangement consideration should be allocated among the products and services
based upon their relative selling prices, thus eliminating the use of the residual method of
allocation. ASU No. 2009-13 also requires expanded qualitative and quantitative disclosures
regarding significant judgments made and changes in applying this guidance. ASU No. 2009-13 is
effective prospectively for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal
years beginning on or after June 15, 2010. Early adoption and retrospective application are also
permitted. The company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting the provisions of ASU No.
2009-13.
In October 2009, the FASB issued ASU No. 2009-14, Certain Revenue Arrangements That Include
Software Elements (ASU No. 2009-14). ASU No. 2009-14 amends guidance included within ASC Topic
985-605 to exclude tangible products containing software components and non-software components
that function together to deliver the products essential functionality. Entities that sell joint
hardware and software products that meet this scope exception will be required to follow the
guidance of ASU No. 2009-13. ASU No. 2009-14 is effective prospectively for revenue arrangements
entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010. Early
adoption and retrospective application are also permitted. The company is currently evaluating the
impact of adopting the provisions of ASU No. 2009-14.
In June 2009, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 166, Accounting for Transfers of Financial
Assets, an amendment of FASB Statement No. 140 (Statement No. 166). Statement No. 166, among
other things, eliminates the concept of a qualifying special-purpose entity, changes the
requirements for derecognizing financial assets, and requires additional disclosures about
transfers of financial assets. Statement No. 166 is effective for annual reporting periods
beginning after November 15, 2009. The adoption of the provisions of Statement No. 166 is not
anticipated to impact the companys consolidated financial position and results of operations.
Statement No. 166 has not yet been included in the Codification.
In June 2009, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 167, Amendments to FASB Interpretation No.
(FIN) 46(R) (Statement No. 167). Statement No. 167, among other things, requires a
qualitative rather than a quantitative analysis to determine the primary beneficiary of a variable
interest entity (VIE), amends FIN 46(R)s consideration of related party relationships in the
determination of the primary beneficiary of a VIE, amends certain guidance in FIN 46(R) for
determining whether an entity is a VIE, requires continuous assessments of whether an enterprise is
the primary beneficiary of a VIE, and requires enhanced disclosures about an enterprises
involvement with a VIE. Statement No. 167 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning
after November 15, 2009. The company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting the provisions
of Statement No. 167. Statement No. 167 has not yet been included in the Codification.
Note C Acquisitions
Effective January 1, 2009, the company began accounting for business combinations under ASC Topic
805 which requires, among other things, the acquiring entity in a business combination to recognize
the fair value of all the assets acquired and liabilities assumed; the recognition of
acquisition-related costs in
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ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)
(Unaudited)
the consolidated results of operations; the recognition of restructuring costs in the
consolidated results of operations for which the acquirer becomes obligated after the acquisition
date; and contingent purchase consideration to be recognized at their fair values on the
acquisition date with subsequent adjustments recognized in the consolidated results of operations.
The accounting prescribed by ASC Topic 805 is applicable for all business combinations entered into
after January 1, 2009.
On June 2, 2008, the company acquired LOGIX S.A. (LOGIX), a subsidiary of Groupe OPEN for a
purchase price of $205,937, which included $15,508 of debt paid at closing, cash acquired of
$3,647, and acquisition costs. In addition, $46,663 in debt was assumed. The acquisition was
accounted for as a purchase transaction and, accordingly, the results of operations of LOGIX were
included in the companys consolidated results from the date of acquisition within the companys
global enterprise computing solutions (ECS) business segment.
The following table summarizes the companys unaudited consolidated results of operations for the
first nine months of 2008, as well as the unaudited pro forma consolidated results of operations of
the company, as though the LOGIX acquisition occurred on January 1, 2008:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
September 30, 2008
|
|
|
As Reported
|
|
Pro Forma
|
Sales
|
|
$
|
12,671,282
|
|
|
$
|
12,878,296
|
|
Net income attributable to shareholders
|
|
|
258,156
|
|
|
|
250,193
|
|
Net income per share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
$
|
2.13
|
|
|
$
|
2.06
|
|
Diluted
|
|
$
|
2.11
|
|
|
$
|
2.05
|
|
The unaudited pro forma consolidated results of operations does not purport to be indicative of the
results obtained if the LOGIX acquisition had occurred as of the beginning of 2008, or of those
results that may be obtained in the future.
Other
Amortization expense related to identifiable intangible assets was $3,855 and $11,531 for the third
quarter and first nine months of 2009 and $3,897 and $11,452 for the third quarter and first nine
months of 2008, respectively.
Note D Cost in Excess of Net Assets of Companies Acquired
Cost in excess of net assets of companies acquired, allocated to the companys business segments,
is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Global
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Components
|
|
|
Global ECS
|
|
|
Total
|
|
December 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
453,478
|
|
|
$
|
452,370
|
|
|
$
|
905,848
|
|
Acquisition-related adjustments
|
|
|
601
|
|
|
|
(8,171
|
)
|
|
|
(7,570
|
)
|
Other (primarily foreign currency translation)
|
|
|
268
|
|
|
|
10,348
|
|
|
|
10,616
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October 3, 2009
|
|
$
|
454,347
|
|
|
$
|
454,547
|
|
|
$
|
908,894
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of an acquisition over the fair value of the assets
acquired. The company tests goodwill for impairment annually as of the first day of the fourth
quarter, or more frequently if indicators of potential impairment exist.
Note E Investments in Affiliated Companies
The company owns a 50% interest in several joint ventures with Marubun Corporation (collectively
Marubun/Arrow) and a 50% interest in Altech Industries (Pty.) Ltd. (Altech Industries), a joint
venture with Allied Technologies Limited. These investments are accounted for using the equity
method.
The following table presents the companys investment in Marubun/Arrow, the companys investment
and long-term note receivable in Altech Industries, and the companys other equity investments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October 3,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Marubun/Arrow
|
|
$
|
36,589
|
|
|
$
|
34,881
|
|
Altech Industries
|
|
|
14,701
|
|
|
|
11,888
|
|
Other
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
51,290
|
|
|
$
|
46,788
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The equity in earnings (loss) of affiliated companies consists of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
October 3,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
October 3,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Marubun/Arrow
|
|
$
|
1,529
|
|
|
$
|
1,710
|
|
|
$
|
2,448
|
|
|
$
|
4,475
|
|
Altech Industries
|
|
|
354
|
|
|
|
384
|
|
|
|
803
|
|
|
|
986
|
|
Other
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(21
|
)
|
|
|
(18
|
)
|
|
|
(102
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,883
|
|
|
$
|
2,073
|
|
|
$
|
3,233
|
|
|
$
|
5,359
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Under the terms of various joint venture agreements, the company is required to pay its pro-rata
share of the third party debt of the joint ventures in the event that the joint ventures are
unable to meet their obligations. At October 3, 2009, the companys pro-rata share of this debt
was approximately $6,050. The company believes that there is sufficient equity in the joint
ventures to meet their obligations.
Note F Accounts Receivable
The company has a $600,000 asset securitization program collateralized by accounts receivables of
certain of its North American subsidiaries which expires in March 2010. The asset securitization
program is conducted through Arrow Electronics Funding Corporation, a wholly-owned, bankruptcy
remote subsidiary. The asset securitization program does not qualify for sale treatment.
Accordingly, the accounts receivable and related debt obligation remain on the companys
consolidated balance sheet. The company had no outstanding borrowings under the asset
securitization program at October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008.
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ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Accounts receivable, net, consists of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October 3,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Accounts receivable
|
|
$
|
2,756,343
|
|
|
$
|
3,140,076
|
|
Allowance for doubtful accounts
|
|
|
(48,375
|
)
|
|
|
(52,786
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable, net
|
|
$
|
2,707,968
|
|
|
$
|
3,087,290
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The company maintains allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the
inability of its customers to make required payments. The allowances for doubtful accounts are
determined using a combination of factors, including the length of time the receivables are
outstanding, the current business environment, and historical experience.
Note G - Debt
Short-term borrowings, including current portion of long-term debt, consist of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October 3,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
9.15% senior notes, due 2010
|
|
$
|
69,544
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
Cross-currency swap, due 2010
|
|
|
45,280
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges
|
|
|
2,409
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Short-term borrowings in various countries
|
|
|
24,184
|
|
|
|
52,893
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
141,417
|
|
|
$
|
52,893
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term borrowings in various countries are primarily utilized to support the working capital
requirements of certain international operations. The weighted average interest rates on these
borrowings at October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008 were 4.5% and 3.6%, respectively.
Long-term debt consists of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October 3,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
9.15% senior notes, due 2010
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
199,994
|
|
Bank term loan, due 2012
|
|
|
200,000
|
|
|
|
200,000
|
|
6.875% senior notes, due 2013
|
|
|
349,745
|
|
|
|
349,694
|
|
6.875% senior debentures, due 2018
|
|
|
198,189
|
|
|
|
198,032
|
|
6.00% notes, due 2020
|
|
|
299,907
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
7.5% senior debentures, due 2027
|
|
|
197,575
|
|
|
|
197,470
|
|
Cross-currency swap, due 2010
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
36,467
|
|
Cross-currency swap, due 2011
|
|
|
14,434
|
|
|
|
9,985
|
|
Interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges
|
|
|
8,862
|
|
|
|
21,394
|
|
Other obligations with various interest rates and due dates
|
|
|
9,295
|
|
|
|
10,949
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,278,007
|
|
|
$
|
1,223,985
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10
ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)
(Unaudited)
The 7.5% senior debentures are not redeemable prior to their maturity. The 9.15% senior notes,
6.875% senior notes, and 6.875% senior debentures may be called at the option of the company
subject to make whole clauses.
The estimated fair market value is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October 3,
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
2009
|
|
2008
|
9.15% senior notes, due 2010
|
|
$
|
73,000
|
|
|
$
|
206,000
|
|
6.875% senior notes, due 2013
|
|
|
389,000
|
|
|
|
329,000
|
|
6.875% senior debentures, due 2018
|
|
|
210,000
|
|
|
|
160,000
|
|
6.00% notes, due 2020
|
|
|
300,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
7.5% senior debentures, due 2027
|
|
|
210,000
|
|
|
|
152,000
|
|
The carrying amount of the companys short-term borrowings, bank term loan, and other obligations
approximate their fair value.
The company had no outstanding borrowings under its $800,000 revolving credit facility at October
3, 2009 and December 31, 2008.
In September 2009, the company repurchased $130,455 principal amount of its 9.15% senior notes due
2010. The related loss on the repurchase for the third quarter and first nine months of 2009,
including the related premium paid and write-off of the related deferred financing costs, offset by
the gain for terminating a portion of the related interest rate swaps aggregated $5,312 ($3,228 net of
related taxes or $.03 per share on both a basic and diluted basis) and was recognized as a loss on
prepayment of debt.
In September 2009, the company completed the sale of $300,000 principal amount of 6.00% notes due
in 2020. The net proceeds of the offering of $297,430 were used to repay a portion of the
previously discussed 9.15% senior notes due 2010 and for general corporate purposes.
The revolving credit facility and the asset securitization program include terms and conditions
that limit the incurrence of additional borrowings, limit the companys ability to pay cash
dividends or repurchase stock, and require that certain financial ratios be maintained at
designated levels. The company was in compliance with all covenants as of October 3, 2009. The
company is currently not aware of any events that would cause non-compliance with any covenants in
the future.
Interest and other financing expense, net, includes interest income of $278 and $2,686 for the
third quarter and first nine months of 2009 and $1,109 and $3,359 for the third quarter and first
nine months of 2008, respectively.
Note H - Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value
Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer
a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability
in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The company
utilizes a fair value hierarchy, which maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use
of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The fair value hierarchy has three levels of
inputs that may be used to measure fair value:
|
|
|
Level 1
|
|
Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at
the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or
liabilities.
|
11
ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
Level 2
|
|
Quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that
are observable, either directly or indirectly, for substantially
the full term of the asset or liability.
|
|
Level 3
|
|
Prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both
significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.
|
The following table presents assets/(liabilities) measured at fair value on a recurring basis at
October 3, 2009:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Level 1
|
|
|
Level 2
|
|
|
Level 3
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Available-for-sale securities
|
|
$
|
46,279
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
46,279
|
|
Interest rate swaps
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
10,797
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
10,797
|
|
Cross-currency swaps
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(59,714
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(59,714
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
46,279
|
|
|
$
|
(48,917
|
)
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
(2,638
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following table presents assets/(liabilities) measured at fair value on a recurring basis at
December 31, 2008:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Level 1
|
|
|
Level 2
|
|
|
Level 3
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Available-for-sale securities
|
|
$
|
21,187
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
21,187
|
|
Interest rate swaps
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
19,541
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
19,541
|
|
Cross-currency swaps
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(46,452
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(46,452
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
21,187
|
|
|
$
|
(26,911
|
)
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
(5,724
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available-For-Sale Securities
The company has a 2.7% equity ownership interest in WPG Holdings Co., Ltd. (WPG) and an 8.4%
equity ownership interest in Marubun Corporation (Marubun), which are accounted for as
available-for-sale securities.
The fair value of the companys available-for-sale securities is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October 3, 2009
|
|
|
December 31, 2008
|
|
|
|
Marubun
|
|
|
WPG
|
|
|
Marubun
|
|
|
WPG
|
|
Cost basis
|
|
$
|
10,016
|
|
|
$
|
10,798
|
|
|
$
|
10,016
|
|
|
$
|
10,798
|
|
Unrealized holding gain
|
|
|
3,139
|
|
|
|
22,326
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
373
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value
|
|
$
|
13,155
|
|
|
$
|
33,124
|
|
|
$
|
10,016
|
|
|
$
|
11,171
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The fair value of these investments are included in Other assets in the accompanying
consolidated balance sheets, and the related unrealized holding gains or losses are included in
Other in the shareholders equity section in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
Derivative Instruments
The company uses various financial instruments, including derivative financial instruments, for
purposes other than trading. Derivatives used as part of the companys risk management strategy
are designated at inception as hedges and measured for effectiveness both at inception and on an
ongoing basis.
12
ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)
(Unaudited)
The fair values of derivative instruments in the consolidated balance sheet as of October 3, 2009
are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset/(Liability) Derivatives
|
|
|
|
Balance
Sheet
Location
|
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
Derivative instruments designated as hedges:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges
|
|
Prepaid expenses
|
|
$
|
2,409
|
|
Interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges
|
|
Other assets
|
|
|
8,862
|
|
Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges
|
|
Accrued expenses
|
|
|
(474
|
)
|
Cross-currency swaps designated as net investment hedges
|
|
Short-term borrowings
|
|
|
(45,280
|
)
|
Cross-currency swaps designated as net investment hedges
|
|
Long-term debt
|
|
|
(14,434
|
)
|
Foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges
|
|
Other assets
|
|
|
818
|
|
Foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges
|
|
Other liabilities
|
|
|
(173
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total derivative instruments designated as hedging
instruments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(48,272
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative instruments not designated as hedges:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign exchange contracts
|
|
Other assets
|
|
|
1,890
|
|
Foreign exchange contracts
|
|
Other liabilities
|
|
|
(1,927
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total derivative instruments not designated as
hedging instruments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(37
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
(48,309
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The effect of derivative instruments on the consolidated statement of operations is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amount of Gain/(Loss) Recognized in
|
|
|
|
Income on Derivatives
|
|
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
October 3, 2009
|
|
|
October 3, 2009
|
|
Fair value hedges:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest rate swaps (a)
|
|
$
|
4,097
|
|
|
$
|
4,097
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
4,097
|
|
|
$
|
4,097
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative instruments not designated as hedges:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign exchange contracts (b)
|
|
$
|
(4,540
|
)
|
|
$
|
(8,700
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
(4,540
|
)
|
|
$
|
(8,700
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13
ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarter Ended October 3, 2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ineffective
|
|
|
|
Effective Portion
|
|
|
Portion
|
|
|
|
Gain/(Loss)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recognized in
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Gain/(Loss)
|
|
|
Gain/(Loss)
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
|
|
|
Reclassified
|
|
|
Recognized in
|
|
|
|
Income
|
|
|
into Income
|
|
|
Income
|
|
Cash Flow Hedges:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest rate swaps (c)
|
|
$
|
637
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
Foreign exchange contracts (d)
|
|
|
772
|
|
|
|
56
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
1,409
|
|
|
$
|
56
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Hedges:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cross-currency swaps (c)
|
|
$
|
(14,638
|
)
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
382
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
(14,638
|
)
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
382
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended October 3, 2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ineffective
|
|
|
|
Effective Portion
|
|
|
Portion
|
|
|
|
Gain/(Loss)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recognized in
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Gain/(Loss)
|
|
|
Gain/(Loss)
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
|
|
|
Reclassified
|
|
|
Recognized in
|
|
|
|
Income
|
|
|
into Income
|
|
|
Income
|
|
Cash Flow Hedges:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest rate swaps (c)
|
|
$
|
1,379
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
Foreign exchange contracts (d)
|
|
|
(1,673
|
)
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
(294
|
)
|
|
$
|
7
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Hedges:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cross-currency swaps (c)
|
|
$
|
(13,262
|
)
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
2,066
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
(13,262
|
)
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
2,066
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
The amount of gain/(loss) recognized in income on derivatives is recorded in Loss on
prepayment of debt in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
|
|
(b)
|
|
The amount of gain/(loss) recognized in income on derivatives is recorded in Cost of
products sold in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
|
|
(c)
|
|
Both the effective and ineffective portions of any gain/(loss) reclassified or recognized in
income is recorded in Interest and other financing expense, net in the accompanying
consolidated statements of operations.
|
14
ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)
(Unaudited)
(d)
|
|
Both the effective and ineffective portions of any gain/(loss) reclassified or recognized in
income is recorded in Cost of products sold in the accompanying consolidated statements of
operations.
|
Interest Rate Swaps
The company enters into interest rate swap transactions that convert certain fixed-rate debt to
variable-rate debt or variable-rate debt to fixed-rate debt in order to manage its targeted mix of
fixed- and floating-rate debt. The effective portion of the change in the fair value of interest
rate swaps designated as fair value hedges are recorded as a change to the carrying value of the
related hedged debt, and the effective portion of the change in fair value of interest rate swaps
designated as cash flow hedges are recorded in the shareholders equity section in the accompanying
consolidated balance sheets in Other. The ineffective portion of the interest rate swap, if any,
is recorded in Interest and other financing expense, net in the accompanying consolidated
statements of operations.
In December 2007 and January 2008, the company entered into interest rate swaps (the 2007 and 2008
swaps) with an aggregate notional amount of $100,000. The 2007 and 2008 swaps modify the
companys interest rate exposure by effectively converting the variable rate (1.883% and 3.201% at
October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively) on a portion of its $200,000 term loan to a
fixed rate of 4.457% per annum through December 2009. The 2007 and 2008 swaps are classified as
cash flow hedges and had a negative fair value of $474 and $1,853 at October 3, 2009 and December
31, 2008, respectively.
In June 2004, the company entered into interest rate swaps, with an aggregate notional amount of
$200,000. The swaps modify the companys interest rate exposure by effectively converting the
fixed 9.15% senior notes to a floating rate, based on the six-month U.S. dollar LIBOR plus a spread
(an effective rate of 4.94% and 8.19% at October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively),
through its maturity. In September 2009, the company terminated $130,455 aggregate notional amount
of the interest rate swaps upon the repayment of a portion of the 9.15% senior notes. The swaps
are classified as fair value hedges and had a fair value of $2,409 and $9,385 at October 3, 2009
and December 31, 2008, respectively.
In June 2004, the company entered into interest rate swaps, with an aggregate notional amount of
$100,000. The swaps modify the companys interest rate exposure by effectively converting a
portion of the fixed 6.875% senior notes to a floating rate, based on the six-month U.S. dollar
LIBOR plus a spread (an effective rate of 2.98% and 5.01% at October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008,
respectively), through its maturity. The swaps are classified as fair value hedges and had a fair
value of $8,862 and $12,009 at October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.
Cross-Currency Swaps
The company enters into cross-currency swaps to hedge a portion of its net investment in
euro-denominated net assets. The companys cross-currency swaps are derivatives designated as net
investment hedges. The effective portion of the change in the fair value of derivatives designated
as net investment hedges is recorded in Foreign currency translation adjustment included in the
accompanying consolidated balance sheets and any ineffective portion is recorded in Interest and other
financing expense, net in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. As the notional
amounts of the companys cross-currency swaps are expected to equal a comparable amount of hedged
net assets, no material ineffectiveness is expected. The company uses the hypothetical derivative
method to assess the effectiveness of its net investment hedges on a quarterly basis.
15
ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)
(Unaudited)
In May 2006, the company entered into a cross-currency swap, with a maturity date of July 2011, for
approximately $100,000 or
78,281 (the 2006 cross-currency swap). The 2006 cross-currency swap
effectively converts the interest expense on $100,000 of long-term debt from U.S. dollars to euros.
The 2006 cross-currency swap had a negative fair value of $14,434 and $9,985 at October 3, 2009
and December 31, 2008, respectively.
In October 2005, the company entered into a cross-currency swap, with a maturity date of October
2010, for approximately $200,000 or
168,384 (the 2005 cross-currency swap). The 2005
cross-currency swap effectively converts the interest expense on $200,000 of long-term debt from
U.S. dollars to euros. The 2005 cross-currency swap had a negative fair value of $45,280 and
$36,467 at October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.
Foreign Exchange Contracts
The company enters into foreign exchange forward, option, or swap contracts (collectively, the
foreign exchange contracts) to mitigate the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates.
These contracts are executed to facilitate the hedging of foreign currency exposures resulting
from inventory purchases and sales and generally have terms of no more than six months. Gains or
losses on these contracts are deferred and recognized when the underlying future purchase or sale
is recognized or when the corresponding asset or liability is revalued. The company does not enter
into foreign exchange contracts for trading purposes. The risk of loss on a foreign exchange
contract is the risk of nonperformance by the counterparties. The company minimizes this risk by
limiting its counterparties to major financial institutions. The fair value of the foreign exchange
contracts is estimated using market quotes. The notional amount of the foreign exchange contracts
at October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008 was $296,290 and $315,021, respectively.
Other
The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, net, and accounts payable
approximate their fair value due to the short maturities of these financial instruments.
Note I - Restructuring and Integration Charges
2009 Restructuring and Integration Charge
The company recorded restructuring and integration charges of $37,583 ($29,075 net of related taxes
or $.24 per share on both a basic and diluted basis) and $80,853 ($61,268 net of related taxes or
$.51 per share on both a basic and diluted basis) for the third quarter and first nine months of
2009, respectively.
Included in the restructuring and integration charges for the third quarter and first nine months
of 2009 are restructuring charges of $35,333 and $78,761, respectively, related to initiatives
taken by the company to improve operating efficiencies. These actions are expected to reduce costs
by approximately $127,000 per annum, with approximately $25,000 and $45,000 realized in the third
quarter and first nine months of 2009, respectively. Also, included in the restructuring and
integration charges for the third quarter and first nine months of 2009 are restructuring charges
of $2,316 and $3,318, respectively, and integration credits of $66 and $1,226, respectively,
related to adjustments to reserves established through restructuring and integration charges in
prior periods.
16
ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)
(Unaudited)
The following table presents the 2009 restructuring charge and activity in the restructuring
accrual for the first nine months of 2009:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personnel
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Costs
|
|
|
Facilities
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Restructuring charge
|
|
$
|
70,560
|
|
|
$
|
7,665
|
|
|
$
|
536
|
|
|
$
|
78,761
|
|
Payments
|
|
|
(40,110
|
)
|
|
|
(1,595
|
)
|
|
|
(404
|
)
|
|
|
(42,109
|
)
|
Foreign currency translation
|
|
|
(8
|
)
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October 3, 2009
|
|
$
|
30,442
|
|
|
$
|
6,090
|
|
|
$
|
130
|
|
|
$
|
36,662
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The restructuring charge of $78,761 for the first nine months of 2009 primarily includes personnel
costs of $70,560 related to the elimination of approximately 1,305 positions within the global
components business segment and approximately 260 positions within the global ECS business segment
related to the companys continued focus on operational efficiency, and facilities costs of $7,665,
related to exit activities for 26 vacated facilities worldwide due to the companys continued
efforts to streamline its operations and reduce real estate costs.
2008 Restructuring and Integration Charge
The company recorded restructuring and integration charges of $11,037 ($7,635 net of related taxes
or $.06 per share on both a basic and diluted basis) and $25,711 ($17,723 net of related taxes or
$.15 per share on both a basic and diluted basis) for the third quarter and first nine months of
2008, respectively.
Included in the restructuring and integration charges for the third quarter and first nine months
of 2008 are restructuring charges of $11,433 and $25,520, respectively, related to initiatives
taken by the company to improve operating efficiencies. Also, included in the restructuring and
integration charges for the third quarter and first nine months of 2008 are restructuring credits
of $348 and $141, respectively, related to adjustments to reserves established through
restructuring charges in prior periods and an integration credit of $48 and an integration charge
of $332, respectively, primarily related to the ACI Electronics LLC and KeyLink Systems Group
acquisitions.
The following table presents the activity in the restructuring accrual for the first nine months of
2009 related to the 2008 restructuring:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personnel
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Write-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Costs
|
|
|
Facilities
|
|
|
Downs
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Total
|
|
December 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
14,196
|
|
|
$
|
4,719
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
500
|
|
|
$
|
19,415
|
|
Restructuring charge
|
|
|
1,107
|
|
|
|
142
|
|
|
|
2,112
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
3,361
|
|
Payments
|
|
|
(12,519
|
)
|
|
|
(1,023
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(60
|
)
|
|
|
(13,602
|
)
|
Non-cash usage
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(2,112
|
)
|
|
|
(101
|
)
|
|
|
(2,213
|
)
|
Foreign currency translation
|
|
|
(76
|
)
|
|
|
104
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
|
40
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October 3, 2009
|
|
$
|
2,708
|
|
|
$
|
3,942
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
351
|
|
|
$
|
7,001
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17
ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Restructuring Accrual Related to Actions Taken Prior to 2008
The following table presents the activity in the restructuring accrual for the first nine months of
2009 related to restructuring actions taken prior to 2008:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personnel
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Costs
|
|
|
Facilities
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Total
|
|
December 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
672
|
|
|
$
|
5,238
|
|
|
$
|
280
|
|
|
$
|
6,190
|
|
Restructuring charge (credit)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
227
|
|
|
|
(270
|
)
|
|
|
(43
|
)
|
Payments
|
|
|
(392
|
)
|
|
|
(1,472
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(1,864
|
)
|
Foreign currency translation
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
337
|
|
|
|
(10
|
)
|
|
|
329
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October 3, 2009
|
|
$
|
282
|
|
|
$
|
4,330
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
4,612
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Integration
The following table presents the activity in the integration accrual for the first nine months of
2009:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personnel
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Costs
|
|
|
Facilities
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Total
|
|
December 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
240
|
|
|
$
|
834
|
|
|
$
|
2,693
|
|
|
$
|
3,767
|
|
Integration credit
|
|
|
(210
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(1,016
|
)
|
|
|
(1,226
|
)
|
Payments
|
|
|
(30
|
)
|
|
|
(834
|
)
|
|
|
(10
|
)
|
|
|
(874
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October 3, 2009
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
1,667
|
|
|
$
|
1,667
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring and Integration Summary
In summary, the restructuring and integration accruals aggregate $49,942 at October 3, 2009, of
which $49,461 is expected to be spent in cash, and are expected to be utilized as follows:
|
|
The accruals for personnel costs of $33,432 to cover the termination of personnel are
primarily expected to be spent within one year.
|
|
|
|
The accruals for facilities totaling $14,362 relate to vacated leased properties that have
scheduled payments of $1,744 in 2009, $5,264 in 2010, $2,816 in 2011, $2,004 in 2012, $1,885
in 2013, and $649 thereafter.
|
|
|
|
Other accruals of $2,148 are expected to be utilized over several years.
|
18
ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Note J - Net Income per Share
The following table sets forth the calculation of net income per share on a basic and diluted basis
(shares in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
October 3,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
October 3,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Net income
attributable to
shareholders
|
|
$
|
12,581
|
|
|
$
|
76,070
|
|
|
$
|
60,419
|
|
|
$
|
258,156
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average
shares outstanding -
basic
|
|
|
119,888
|
|
|
|
119,541
|
|
|
|
119,745
|
|
|
|
121,226
|
|
Net effect of
various dilutive
stock-based
compensation awards
|
|
|
897
|
|
|
|
843
|
|
|
|
493
|
|
|
|
892
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average
shares outstanding -
diluted
|
|
|
120,785
|
|
|
|
120,384
|
|
|
|
120,238
|
|
|
|
122,118
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income per share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
$
|
.10
|
|
|
$
|
.64
|
|
|
$
|
.50
|
|
|
$
|
2.13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted (a)
|
|
$
|
.10
|
|
|
$
|
.63
|
|
|
$
|
.50
|
|
|
$
|
2.11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Stock-based compensation awards for the issuance of 3,339 and 3,915 shares for the third
quarter and first nine months of 2009, respectively, and 2,664 shares for the both the third
quarter and first nine months of 2008 were excluded from the computation of net income per
share on a diluted basis as their effect is anti-dilutive.
|
Note K - Comprehensive Income (Loss)
The components of comprehensive income (loss) are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
October 3,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
October 3,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Consolidated net income
|
|
$
|
12,576
|
|
|
$
|
76,177
|
|
|
$
|
60,394
|
|
|
$
|
258,425
|
|
Foreign currency translation
adjustments (a)
|
|
|
54,933
|
|
|
|
(148,198
|
)
|
|
|
72,909
|
|
|
|
(7,808
|
)
|
Other (b)
|
|
|
4,346
|
|
|
|
(7,283
|
)
|
|
|
17,664
|
|
|
|
(12,610
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income (loss)
|
|
|
71,855
|
|
|
|
(79,304
|
)
|
|
|
150,967
|
|
|
|
238,007
|
|
Comprehensive income (loss)
attributable to
noncontrolling interests
|
|
|
(9
|
)
|
|
|
86
|
|
|
|
(37
|
)
|
|
|
271
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income (loss)
attributable to
shareholders
|
|
$
|
71,864
|
|
|
$
|
(79,390
|
)
|
|
$
|
151,004
|
|
|
$
|
237,736
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Except for unrealized gains or losses resulting from the companys cross-currency swaps,
foreign currency translation adjustments were not tax effected as investments in international
affiliates are deemed to be permanent.
|
19
ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)
(Unaudited)
(b)
|
|
Other includes unrealized gains or losses on securities, unrealized gains or losses on
interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges, and other employee benefit plan items.
Each of these items is net of related taxes.
|
Note L - Employee Benefit Plans
The company maintains supplemental executive retirement plans and a defined benefit plan. The
components of the net periodic benefit costs for these plans are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
October 3,
2009
|
|
|
September 30,
2008
|
|
|
October 3,
2009
|
|
|
September 30,
2008
|
|
Components of net periodic benefit
costs:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service cost
|
|
$
|
442
|
|
|
$
|
647
|
|
|
$
|
1,326
|
|
|
$
|
1,938
|
|
Interest cost
|
|
|
2,244
|
|
|
|
2,151
|
|
|
|
6,732
|
|
|
|
6,453
|
|
Expected return on plan assets
|
|
|
(1,266
|
)
|
|
|
(1,715
|
)
|
|
|
(3,798
|
)
|
|
|
(5,145
|
)
|
Amortization of unrecognized net loss
|
|
|
876
|
|
|
|
455
|
|
|
|
2,628
|
|
|
|
1,364
|
|
Amortization of prior service cost
|
|
|
137
|
|
|
|
137
|
|
|
|
411
|
|
|
|
411
|
|
Amortization of transition obligation
|
|
|
103
|
|
|
|
103
|
|
|
|
309
|
|
|
|
309
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net periodic benefit costs
|
|
$
|
2,536
|
|
|
$
|
1,778
|
|
|
$
|
7,608
|
|
|
$
|
5,330
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note M - Contingencies
Preference Claim From 2001
In March 2008, an opinion was rendered in a bankruptcy proceeding (Bridge Information Systems,
et.
anno
v. Merisel Americas, Inc. & MOCA) in favor of Bridge Information Systems (Bridge), the
estate of a former global ECS customer that declared bankruptcy in 2001. The proceeding related to
sales made in 2000 and early 2001 by the MOCA division of ECS, a company Arrow purchased from
Merisel Americas in the fourth quarter of 2000. The court held that certain of the payments
received by the company at the time were preferential and must be returned to Bridge. Accordingly,
in the first quarter of 2008, the company recorded a charge of $12,941 ($7,822 net of related taxes
or $.06 per share on both a basic and diluted basis), in connection with the preference claim from
2001, including legal fees. This claim was appealed and subsequently settled for $10,890,
including legal fees, and the company recorded a credit of $2,051 ($1,246 net of related taxes or
$.01 per share on both a basic and diluted basis) in the fourth quarter of 2008.
Environmental and Related Matters
In 2000, the company assumed certain of the then outstanding obligations of Wyle Electronics
(Wyle), including Wyles obligation to indemnify the purchasers of its Laboratories division for
environmental clean-up costs associated with pre-1995 contamination or violation of environmental
regulations. Under the terms of the companys purchase of Wyle from the VEBA Group (VEBA), VEBA
agreed to indemnify
the company for, among other things, costs related to environmental pollution associated with Wyle,
including those associated with Wyles sale of its Laboratories division. The company is currently
engaged in clean up and/or investigative activities at the Wyle sites in Huntsville, Alabama and
Norco, California.
Characterization of the extent of contaminated soil and groundwater continues at the site in
Huntsville, and approximately $2,000 was spent to date. The company currently estimates additional
investigative and
20
ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)
(Unaudited)
related expenditures at the site of approximately $400 to $1,000, depending on the results of which
the cost of subsequent remediation is estimated to be between $2,500 and $4,000.
At the Norco site, approximately $28,000 was expended to date on project management, regulatory
oversight, and investigative and feasibility study activities, providing the technical basis for a
final Remedial Investigation Report that was submitted to California oversight authorities during
the first quarter of 2008.
Remedial activities underway include the remediation of contaminated groundwater at certain areas
on the Norco site and of soil gas in a limited area immediately adjacent to the site, and a
hydraulic containment system that captures and treats groundwater before it moves into the adjacent
offsite area. Approximately $7,000 was spent on these activities to date, and it is anticipated
that these activities, along with the initial phases of the treatment of contaminated groundwater
offsite and remaining Remedial Action Work Plan costs, will cost an additional $9,800 to $20,400.
The company currently estimates that the additional cost of project management and regulatory
oversight on the Norco site will range from $500 to $750. Ongoing remedial investigations
(including costs related to soil and groundwater investigations), and the preparation of a final
remedial investigation report are projected to cost between $400 to $750.
Despite the amount of work undertaken and planned to date, the complete scope of work in connection
with the Norco site is not yet known, and, accordingly, the associated costs not yet determined.
In October 2005, the company filed suit against E.ON AG in the Frankfurt am Main Regional Court in
Germany. The suit seeks indemnification, contribution, and a declaration of the parties
respective rights and obligations in connection with the related litigation and other costs
associated with the Norco site. That action was stayed pending the resolution of jurisdictional
issues in the U.S. courts, and is now proceeding. In its answer to the companys claim filed in
March 2009 in the German proceedings, E.ON AG filed a counterclaim against the company for
approximately $16,000. The company is in the process of preparing a response to the counterclaim.
The company believes it has reasonable defenses to the counterclaim and plans to defend its
position vigorously. The company believes that the ultimate resolution of the counterclaim will
not materially adversely impact the companys consolidated financial position, liquidity, or
results of operations.
During the second quarter of 2009, the company entered into binding settlement agreements resolving
several of the lawsuits associated with the above-mentioned environmental liabilities (Gloria
Austin,
et al
. v. Wyle Laboratories, Inc. et al., the other claims of plaintiff Norco landowners
and residents which were consolidated with it, and an action by Wyle Laboratories, Inc. for defense
and indemnification in connection with the Austin and related cases). Arrows actions against E.ON
AG, successor to VEBA, for the judicial enforcement of the various indemnification provisions; and
Arrows claim against a number of insurers on policies relevant to the Wyle sites are ongoing and
unresolved. The litigation is described more fully in Note 15 and Item 3 of Part I of the companys
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.
The company believes that the recovery of costs incurred to date associated with the environmental
clean-up costs related to the Norco and Huntsville sites is probable. Accordingly, the company
increased the receivable for indemnified amounts due from E.ON AG by $9,206 during the first nine
months of 2009 to $42,825. The companys net costs for such indemnified matters may vary from
period to period as estimates of recoveries are not always recognized in the same period as the
accrual of estimated expenses.
21
ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Other
From time to time, in the normal course of business, the company may become liable with respect to
other pending and threatened litigation, environmental, regulatory, and tax matters. While such
matters are subject to inherent uncertainties, it is not currently anticipated that any such
matters will materially impact the companys consolidated financial position, liquidity, or results
of operations.
Note N - Segment and Geographic Information
The company is a global provider of products, services, and solutions to industrial and commercial
users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. The company distributes
electronic components to original equipment manufacturers and contract manufacturers through its
global components business segment and provides enterprise computing solutions to value-added
resellers through its global ECS business segment. As a result of the companys philosophy of
maximizing operating efficiencies through the centralization of certain functions, selected fixed
assets and related depreciation, as well as borrowings, are not directly attributable to the
individual operating segments and are included in the corporate business segment.
Sales and operating income (loss), by segment, are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
October 3,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
October 3,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Sales:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Global components
|
|
$
|
2,541,339
|
|
|
$
|
2,988,950
|
|
|
$
|
7,157,921
|
|
|
$
|
8,869,394
|
|
Global ECS
|
|
|
1,130,526
|
|
|
|
1,306,364
|
|
|
|
3,323,195
|
|
|
|
3,801,888
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated
|
|
$
|
3,671,865
|
|
|
$
|
4,295,314
|
|
|
$
|
10,481,116
|
|
|
$
|
12,671,282
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income (loss):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Global components
|
|
$
|
81,507
|
|
|
$
|
138,389
|
|
|
$
|
215,598
|
|
|
$
|
446,020
|
|
Global ECS
|
|
|
32,359
|
|
|
|
39,653
|
|
|
|
98,846
|
|
|
|
131,437
|
|
Corporate (a)
|
|
|
(68,810
|
)
|
|
|
(46,266
|
)
|
|
|
(156,953
|
)
|
|
|
(136,580
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated
|
|
$
|
45,056
|
|
|
$
|
131,776
|
|
|
$
|
157,491
|
|
|
$
|
440,877
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Includes restructuring and integration charges of $37,583 and $80,853 for the third
quarter and first nine months of 2009 and $11,037 and $25,711 for the third quarter and first
nine months of 2008, respectively. Also, includes a charge of $12,941 related to the
preference claim from 2001 for the first nine months of 2008.
|
Total assets, by segment, are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October 3,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Global components
|
|
$
|
4,268,701
|
|
|
$
|
4,093,118
|
|
Global ECS
|
|
|
1,885,825
|
|
|
|
2,325,095
|
|
Corporate
|
|
|
1,020,849
|
|
|
|
700,072
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated
|
|
$
|
7,175,375
|
|
|
$
|
7,118,285
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22
ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Sales, by geographic area, are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
October 3,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
October 3,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
North America (b)
|
|
$
|
1,751,399
|
|
|
$
|
2,042,779
|
|
|
$
|
4,949,223
|
|
|
$
|
6,227,968
|
|
EMEASA
|
|
|
981,433
|
|
|
|
1,344,198
|
|
|
|
3,034,840
|
|
|
|
4,138,868
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Asia/Pacific
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939,033
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|
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908,337
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|
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2,497,053
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2,304,446
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Consolidated
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$
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3,671,865
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$
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4,295,314
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$
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10,481,116
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$
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12,671,282
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(b)
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Includes sales related to the United States of $1,583,852 and $4,476,121 for the
third quarter and first nine months of 2009 and $1,888,458 and $5,747,168 for the third
quarter and first nine months of 2008, respectively.
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Net property, plant and equipment, by geographic area, are as follows:
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October 3,
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December 31,
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2009
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2008
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North America (c)
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$
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379,341
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$
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324,385
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EMEASA
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65,602
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68,215
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Asia/Pacific
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16,370
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17,940
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Consolidated
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$
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461,313
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$
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410,540
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(c)
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Includes net property, plant and equipment related to the United States of $378,496
and $323,561 at October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.
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Item 2.
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
.
Overview
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (the company) is a global provider of products, services, and solutions
to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions.
The company provides one of the broadest product offerings in the electronics components and
enterprise computing solutions distribution industries and a wide range of value-added services to
help customers reduce time to market, lower their total cost of ownership, introduce innovative
products through demand creation opportunities, and enhance their overall competitiveness. The
company has two business segments. The company distributes electronic components to original
equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and contract manufacturers (CMs) through its global components
business segment and provides enterprise computing solutions to value-added resellers (VARs)
through its global enterprise computing solutions (ECS) business segment. For the first nine
months of 2009, approximately 68% of the companys sales were from the global components business
segment, and approximately 32% of the companys sales were from the global ECS business segment.
Operating efficiency and working capital management remain a key focus of the companys business
initiatives to grow sales faster than the market, grow profits faster than sales, and increase
return on invested capital. To achieve its financial objectives, the company seeks to capture
significant opportunities to grow across products, markets, and geographies. To supplement its
organic growth strategy, the company continually evaluates strategic acquisitions to broaden its
product offerings, increase its market penetration, and/or expand its geographic reach.
Investments needed to fund this growth are developed through continuous corporate-wide initiatives
to improve profitability and increase effective asset utilization.
On June 2, 2008, the company acquired LOGIX S.A. (LOGIX), a subsidiary of Groupe OPEN for a
purchase price of $205.9 million, which included $15.5 million of debt paid at closing, cash
acquired of $3.6 million, and acquisition costs. In addition, $46.7 million in debt was assumed.
Results of operations of LOGIX were included in the companys consolidated results from the date of
acquisition within the companys global ECS business segment.
Consolidated sales for the third quarter of 2009 declined by 14.5%, compared with the year-earlier
period, due to a 15.0% decrease in the global components business segment and a 13.5% decrease in
the global ECS business segment.
Net income attributable to shareholders decreased to $12.6 million in the third quarter of 2009,
compared with net income attributable to shareholders of $76.1 million in the year-earlier period.
The following items impacted the comparability of the companys results:
Third quarter of 2009 and 2008:
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restructuring and integration charges of $37.6 million ($29.1 million net of related
taxes) in 2009 and $11.0 million ($7.6 million net of related taxes) in 2008; and
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a loss on the prepayment of debt of $5.3 million ($3.2 million net of related taxes) in
2009.
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First nine months of 2009 and 2008:
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restructuring and integration charges of $80.9 million ($61.3 million net of related
taxes) in 2009 and $25.7 million ($17.7 million net of related taxes) in 2008;
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a charge related to the preference claim from 2001 of $12.9 million ($7.8 million net of
related taxes) in 2008; and
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a loss on the prepayment of debt of $5.3 million ($3.2 million net of related taxes) in
2009.
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Excluding the above-mentioned items, the decrease in net income attributable to shareholders for
the third quarter of 2009 was primarily the result of the sales declines in the global ECS business
segment and the more profitable global components businesses in North America and Europe, as well
as competitive pricing pressure impacting gross profit margins. These decreases were offset, in
part, by a reduction in selling, general and administrative expenses due to the companys
continuing efforts to streamline and simplify processes and to reduce expenses in response to the
decline in sales due to the worldwide economic recession, as well as a reduction in net interest
and other financing expense.
Substantially all of the companys sales are made on an order-by-order basis, rather than through
long-term sales contracts. As such, the nature of the companys business does not provide for the
visibility of material forward-looking information from its customers and suppliers beyond a few
months.
Sales
Following is an analysis of net sales (in millions) by reportable segment:
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October 3,
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September 30,
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2009
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2008
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% Change
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Third Quarter Ended:
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Global components
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$
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2,541
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$
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2,989
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(15.0
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)%
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Global ECS
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1,131
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1,306
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(13.5
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)%
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Consolidated
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$
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3,672
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$
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4,295
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(14.5
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)%
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Nine Months Ended:
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Global components
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$
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7,158
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$
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8,869
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(19.3
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)%
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Global ECS
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3,323
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3,802
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(12.6
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)%
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Consolidated
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$
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10,481
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$
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12,671
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(17.3
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)%
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In the global components business segment, sales for the third quarter and first nine months of
2009 decreased primarily due to weakness in North America and Europe as a result of lower demand
for products due to the worldwide economic recession and the impact of a stronger U.S. dollar on
the translation of the companys international financial statements. The decrease in sales for the
third quarter and first nine months of 2009 was offset, in part, by strength in the Asia Pacific
region. Excluding the impact of foreign currency, the companys global components business segment
sales decreased by 12.7% and 14.8% for the third quarter and first nine months of 2009,
respectively.
In the global ECS business segment, the decrease in sales for the third quarter and first nine
months of 2009 was primarily due to lower demand for products due to the worldwide economic
recession and the impact of a stronger U.S. dollar on the translation of the companys
international financial statements. The decrease in sales for the first nine months of 2009 was
offset, in part, by the LOGIX acquisition. On a pro forma basis, which includes LOGIX as though
this acquisition occurred on January 1, 2008, the global ECS business segment sales for the first
nine months of 2009 declined by 17.1%. Excluding the impact of foreign currency, the companys
global ECS business segment sales decreased by 12.5% and 10.3% for the third quarter and first nine
months of 2009, respectively.
The translation of the companys international financial statements into U.S. dollars resulted in
decreased consolidated sales of $81.4 million and $486.5 million for the third quarter and first
nine months of 2009, respectively, compared with the year-earlier periods, due to a stronger U.S.
dollar. Excluding the impact of foreign currency, the companys consolidated sales decreased by
12.6% and 13.4% for the third quarter and first nine months of 2009, respectively.
Gross Profit
The company recorded gross profit of $421.1 million and $1.25 billion in the third quarter and
first nine
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months of 2009, respectively, compared with $563.9 million and $1.76 billion in the
year-earlier periods. The gross profit margin for the third quarter and first nine months of 2009
decreased by approximately 170 and 190 basis points, respectively, compared with the year-earlier
periods. The decrease in gross profit was primarily due to increased competitive pricing pressure
in both the companys business segments, as well as a change in the mix in the companys business,
with the global ECS business segment and Asia Pacific region being a greater percentage of total
sales. The competitive pricing pressure experienced by the company during the third quarter of
2009 has lessened relative to the first half of 2009. The profit margins of products in the global
ECS business segment are typically lower than the profit margins in the global components business
segment, and the profit margins of the components sold in the Asia Pacific region tend to be lower
than the profit margins in North America and Europe. The financial impact of the lower gross
profit was offset, in part, by the lower operating costs and lower working capital requirements in
these businesses relative to the companys other businesses.
Restructuring and Integration Charge
2009 Restructuring and Integration Charge
The company recorded restructuring and integration charges of $37.6 million ($29.1 million net of
related taxes or $.24 per share on both a basic and diluted basis) and $80.9 million ($61.3 million
net of related taxes or $.51 per share on both a basic and diluted basis) for the third quarter and
first nine months of 2009, respectively.
Included in the restructuring and integration charges for the third quarter and first nine months
of 2009 are restructuring charges of $35.3 million and $78.8 million, respectively, related to
initiatives taken by the company to improve operating efficiencies. These actions are expected to
reduce costs by approximately $127.0 million per annum, with approximately $25.0 million and $45.0
million realized in the third quarter and first nine months of 2009, respectively. Also,
included in the restructuring and integration charges for the third quarter and first nine months
of 2009 are restructuring charges of $2.3 million and $3.3 million, respectively, and integration
credits of $.1 million and $1.2 million, respectively, related to adjustments to reserves
established through restructuring and integration charges in prior periods.
2008 Restructuring and Integration Charge
The company recorded restructuring and integration charges of $11.0 million ($7.6 million net of
related taxes or $.06 per share on both a basic and diluted basis) and $25.7 million ($17.7 million
net of related taxes or $.15 per share on both a basic and diluted basis) for the third quarter and
first nine months of 2008, respectively.
Included in the restructuring and integration charges for the third quarter and first nine months
of 2008 are restructuring charges of $11.4 million and $25.5 million, respectively, related to
initiatives taken by the company to improve operating efficiencies. Also, included in the
restructuring and integration charges for the third quarter and first nine months of 2008 are
restructuring credits of $.3 million and $.1 million, respectively, related to adjustments to
reserves established through restructuring charges in prior periods. Additionally, the first nine
months of 2008 includes an integration charge of $.3 million, primarily related to the ACI
Electronics LLC and KeyLink Systems Group acquisitions.
Preference Claim From 2001
In March 2008, an opinion was rendered in a bankruptcy proceeding (Bridge Information Systems,
et.
anno
v. Merisel Americas, Inc. & MOCA) in favor of Bridge Information Systems (Bridge), the
estate of a former global ECS customer that declared bankruptcy in 2001. The proceeding related to
sales made in 2000 and early 2001 by the MOCA division of ECS, a company Arrow purchased from
Merisel Americas in the fourth quarter of 2000. The court held that certain of the payments
received by the company at the time were preferential and must be returned to Bridge. Accordingly,
during the first quarter of 2008, the company recorded a charge of $12.9 million ($7.8 million net
of related taxes or $.06 per share on both a basic and diluted basis), in connection with the
preference claim from 2001, including legal fees.
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Operating Income
The company recorded operating income of $45.1 million and $157.5 million in the third quarter and
first nine months of 2009, respectively, as compared with operating income of $131.8 million and
$440.9 million in the year-earlier periods. Included in operating income for the third quarter and
first nine months of 2009 were the previously discussed restructuring and integration charges of
$37.6 million and $80.9 million, respectively. Included in operating income for the third quarter
and first nine months of 2008 were the previously discussed restructuring and integration charges
of $11.0 million and $25.7 million, respectively, and a charge related to the preference claim from
2001 of $12.9 million for the first nine months of 2008.
Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased $82.0 million, or 20.3%, in the third
quarter of 2009 on a sales decrease of 14.5% compared with the third quarter of 2008, and $265.2
million, or 21.5%, for the first nine months of 2009 on a sales decrease of 17.3% compared with the
first nine months of 2008. The dollar decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses was
primarily due to the companys continuing efforts to streamline and simplify processes and to
reduce expenses in response to the decline in sales, as well as the impact of foreign exchange
rates. For the first nine months of 2009, this decrease was offset, in part, by selling, general
and administrative expenses incurred by LOGIX which was acquired in June 2008. Selling, general
and administrative expenses as a percentage of sales were 8.8% and 9.4% for the third quarters of
2009 and 2008 and 9.2% and 9.7% for the first nine months of 2009 and 2008, respectively.
Loss on Prepayment of Debt
The company recorded a loss on prepayment of debt of $5.3 million ($3.2 million net of related
taxes or $.03 per share on both a basic and diluted basis) for both the third quarter and first
nine months of 2009, related to the repurchase of $130.5 million principal amount of its 9.15%
senior notes due 2010. The loss on prepayment of debt includes the related premium paid and
write-off of the related deferred financing costs, offset by the gain
for terminating a portion of the
related interest rate swaps.
Interest and Other Financing Expense
Net interest and other financing expense decreased by $6.8 million, or 27.3%, and $15.9 million, or
21.4% in the third quarter and first nine months of 2009, respectively, primarily due to lower
interest rates on the companys variable rate debt and lower average debt outstanding, compared
with the year-earlier periods.
Income Taxes
The company recorded a provision for income taxes of $11.0 million and $36.9 million (an effective
tax rate of 46.7% and 37.9%) for the third quarter and first nine months of 2009, respectively.
The companys provision for income taxes and effective tax rate for the third quarter and first
nine months of 2009 was impacted by the previously discussed restructuring and integration charges
and loss on prepayment of debt.
The higher effective tax rate was primarily due to valuation allowances recorded in certain
international tax jurisdictions where the income tax benefits related to restructuring and integration
charges may not be realized.
Excluding the impact of the previously discussed restructuring and
integration charges and loss on prepayment of debt,
the companys effective tax rate for the third
quarter and first nine months of 2009 was 32.5% and 31.9%, respectively.
The company recorded a provision for income taxes of $32.9 million and $113.8 million (an effective
tax rate of 30.1% and 30.6%) for the third quarter and first nine months of 2008, respectively.
The companys provision for income taxes and effective tax rate for the third quarter and first
nine months of 2008 were impacted by the previously discussed restructuring and integration
charges, and the first nine months of 2008 was also impacted by the previously
discussed preference claim from 2001. Excluding the impact of the previously discussed
restructuring and integration charges and preference claim from 2001, the companys effective tax
rate for the third quarter and first nine months of 2008 was 30.2% and 30.9%, respectively.
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The companys provision for income taxes and effective tax rate is impacted by, among other
factors, the statutory tax rates in the countries in which it operates and the related level of
income generated by these operations.
Net Income Attributable to Shareholders
The company recorded net income attributable to shareholders of $12.6 million and $60.4 million in
the third quarter and first nine months of 2009, respectively, compared with net income
attributable to shareholders of $76.1 million and $258.2 million in the year-earlier periods.
Included in net income attributable to shareholders for the third quarter and first nine months of
2009 were the previously discussed restructuring and integration charges of $29.1 million and $61.3
million, respectively. Also included in net income attributable to shareholders for both the third
quarter and first nine months of 2009 was the previously discussed loss on prepayment of debt of
$3.2 million. Included in net income for both the third quarter and first nine months of 2008 were
the previously discussed restructuring and integration charges of $7.6 million and $17.7 million,
respectively. Also included in net income for the first nine months of 2008 was the previously
discussed charge related to the preference claim from 2001 of $7.8 million. Excluding the
above-mentioned items, the decrease in net income attributable to shareholders was primarily the
result of the sales declines in the global ECS business segment and the more profitable global
components businesses in North America and Europe, as well as competitive pricing pressure
impacting gross profit margins. These decreases were offset, in part, by a reduction in selling,
general and administrative expenses due to the companys continuing efforts to streamline and
simplify processes and to reduce expenses in response to the decline in sales due to the worldwide
economic recession, as well as a reduction in net interest and other financing expense.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
At October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the company had cash and cash equivalents of $1.15
billion and $451.3 million, respectively.
During the first nine months of 2009, the net amount of cash provided by the companys operating
activities was $649.3 million, the net amount of cash used for investing activities was $98.1
million, and the net amount of cash provided by financing activities was $128.8 million. The
effect of exchange rate changes on cash was an increase of $19.6 million.
During the first nine months of 2008, the net amount of cash provided by the companys operating
activities was $344.0 million, the net amount of cash used for investing activities was $432.8
million, and the net amount of cash used for financing activities was $122.0 million. The effect
of exchange rate changes on cash was an increase of $6.4 million.
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
The company maintains a significant investment in accounts receivable and inventories. As a
percentage of total assets, accounts receivable and inventories were approximately 56.0% and 66.2%
at October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.
The net amount of cash provided by the companys operating activities during the first nine months
of 2009 was $649.3 million primarily due to earnings from operations, adjusted for non-cash items,
and a reduction in accounts receivable and inventory, offset, in part, by a decrease in accounts
payable and accrued expenses.
The net amount of cash provided by the companys operating activities during the first nine months
of 2008 was $344.0 million primarily due to earnings from operations, adjusted for non-cash items,
a reduction in accounts receivable, and an increase in accrued expenses, offset, in part, by an
increase in inventory and a decrease in accounts payable.
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Working capital as a percentage of sales was 11.7% in the third quarter of 2009 compared with 14.6%
in the third quarter of 2008.
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
The net amount of cash used for investing activities during the first nine months of 2009 was $98.1
million, primarily reflecting $99.0 million for capital expenditures, which includes $68.3 million
of capital expenditures related to the companys global enterprise resource planning (ERP)
initiative. This was offset, in part, by proceeds from the sale of facilities of $1.2 million.
The net amount of cash used for investing activities during the first nine months of 2008 was
$432.8 million, primarily reflecting $319.9 million of cash consideration paid for acquired
businesses and $112.5 million for capital expenditures, which includes $72.9 million of capital
expenditures related to the companys global ERP initiative.
During the first nine months of 2008, the company acquired Hynetic Electronics and Shreyanics
Electronics, a franchise components distribution business in India, ACI Electronics LLC, a
distributor of electronic components used in defense and aerospace applications, LOGIX, a leading
value-added distributor of mid-range servers, storage, and software, and Achieva Ltd., a
value-added distributor of semiconductors and electro-mechanical devices, for aggregate cash
consideration of $306.3 million. In addition, the company made payments of $13.6 million to
increase its ownership interest in majority-owned subsidiaries.
During 2006, the company initiated a global ERP effort to standardize processes worldwide and adopt
best-in-class capabilities. Implementation is expected to be phased-in over the next several
years. For the full year 2009, the estimated cash flow impact of this initiative is expected to be
in the $80 to $100 million range. The company expects to finance these costs with cash flows from
operations.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
The net amount of cash provided by financing activities during the first nine months of 2009 was
$128.8 million. The primary sources of cash from financing activities were $297.4 million of net
proceeds from a note offering and $3.1 million of proceeds from the exercise of stock options. The
primary use of cash for financing activities during the first nine months of 2009 included $135.7
million of repurchases of senior notes, a $32.0 million decrease in short-term borrowings, $2.3
million of repurchases of common stock, and a $1.7 million shortfall in tax benefits from
stock-based compensation arrangements.
In September 2009, the company repurchased $130.5 million principal amount of its 9.15% senior
notes due 2010. The related loss on the repurchase for the third quarter and first nine months of
2009, including the related premium paid and write-off of the related deferred financing costs,
offset by the gain for terminating a portion of the related interest rate swaps aggregated $5.3
million ($3.2 million net of related taxes or $.03 per share on both a basic and diluted basis) and
was recognized as a loss on prepayment of debt.
In September 2009, the company completed the sale of $300.0 million principal amount of 6.00% notes
due in 2020. The net proceeds of the offering of $297.4 million were used to repay a portion of
the previously discussed 9.15% senior notes due 2010 and for general corporate purposes.
The net amount of cash used for financing activities during the first nine months of 2008 was
$122.0 million. The primary use of cash for financing activities during the first nine months of
2008 included $115.8 million of repurchases of common stock and a $10.5 million decrease in
short-term borrowings. The primary source of cash from financing activities during the first nine
months of 2008 was $4.4 million of cash proceeds from the exercise of stock options.
The company has an $800.0 million revolving credit facility with a group of banks that matures in
January 2012. Interest on borrowings under the revolving credit facility is calculated using a
base rate or a euro
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currency rate plus a spread based on the companys credit ratings (.425% at
October 3, 2009). The facility fee related to the credit facility is .125%.
The company has a $600.0 million asset securitization program collateralized by accounts receivable
of certain of its North American subsidiaries which expires in March 2010. Interest on borrowings
is calculated using a base rate or a commercial paper rate plus a spread, which is based on the
companys credit ratings (.225% at October 3, 2009). The facility fee is .125%.
The company had no outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit facility or asset
securitization program at October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008. The revolving credit facility and
the asset securitization program include terms and conditions that limit the incurrence of
additional borrowings, limit the companys ability to pay cash dividends or repurchase stock, and
require that certain financial ratios be maintained at designated levels. The company was in
compliance with all covenants as of October 3, 2009. The company is currently not aware of any
events that would cause non-compliance with any covenants in the future.
Contractual Obligations
The company has contractual obligations for long-term debt, interest on long-term debt, capital
leases, operating leases, purchase obligations, and certain other long-term liabilities that were
summarized in a table of Contractual Obligations in the companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2008. Since December 31, 2008, there were no material changes to the
contractual obligations of the company, outside the ordinary course of the companys business,
except as follows:
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In September 2009, the company repurchased $130.5 million principal amount of its 9.15%
senior notes due 2010 and the company completed the sale of $300.0 million principal amount
of 6.00% notes due in 2020. See Note G of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
for a full description of these transactions.
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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
The company has no off-balance sheet financing or unconsolidated special purpose entities.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The companys consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements
requires the company to make significant estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts
of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and
liabilities. The company evaluates its estimates on an ongoing basis. The company bases its
estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed reasonable
under the circumstances; the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the
carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual
results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
There were no significant changes during the first nine months of 2009 to the items disclosed as
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates in Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations in the companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2008.
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Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards
See Note B of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a full description of recent
accounting pronouncements, including the anticipated dates of adoption and the effects on the
companys consolidated financial position and results of operations.
Information Relating to Forward-Looking Statements
This report includes forward-looking statements that are subject to numerous assumptions, risks,
and uncertainties, which could cause actual results or facts to differ materially from such
statements for a variety of reasons, including, but not limited to: industry conditions, the
companys implementation of its new enterprise resource planning system, changes in product supply,
pricing and customer demand, competition, other vagaries in the global components and global ECS
markets, changes in relationships with key suppliers, increased profit margin pressure, the effects
of additional actions taken to become more efficient or lower costs, and the companys ability to
generate additional cash flow. Forward-looking statements are those statements, which are not
statements of historical fact. These forward-looking statements can be identified by
forward-looking words such as expects, anticipates, intends, plans, may, will,
believes, seeks, estimates, and similar expressions. Shareholders and other readers are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of
the date on which they are made. The company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise
any of the forward-looking statements.
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Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
.
There were no material changes in market risk for changes in foreign currency exchange rates and
interest rates from the information provided in Item 7A Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures
About Market Risk in the companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008,
except as follows:
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk
The notional amount of the foreign exchange contracts at October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008 was
$296.3 million and $315.0 million, respectively. The fair values of foreign exchange contracts,
which are nominal, are estimated using market quotes. The translation of the financial statements
of the non-United States operations is impacted by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
The change in consolidated sales and operating income was impacted by the translation of the
companys international financial statements into U.S. dollars. This resulted in decreased sales
of $486.5 million and decreased operating income of $22.4 million for the first nine months of
2009, compared with the year-earlier period, based on 2008 sales and operating income at the
average rate for 2009. Sales would decrease by $301.2 million and operating income would increase
by $1.0 million if average foreign exchange rates declined by 10% against the U.S. dollar in the
first nine months of 2009. This amount was determined by considering the impact of a hypothetical
foreign exchange rate on the sales and operating income of the companys international operations.
In May 2006, the company entered into a cross-currency swap, with a maturity date of July 2011, for
approximately $100.0 million or
78.3 million (the 2006 cross-currency swap) to hedge a portion
of its net investment in euro-denominated net assets. The 2006 cross-currency swap is designated
as a net investment hedge and effectively converts the interest expense on $100.0 million of
long-term debt from U.S. dollars to euros. As the notional amount of the 2006 cross-currency swap
is expected to equal a comparable amount of hedged net assets, no material ineffectiveness is
expected. The 2006 cross-currency swap had a negative fair value of $14.4 million and $10.0
million at October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.
In October 2005, the company entered into a cross-currency swap, with a maturity date of October
2010, for approximately $200.0 million or
168.4 million (the 2005 cross-currency swap) to hedge
a portion of its net investment in euro-denominated net assets. The 2005 cross-currency swap is
designated as a net investment hedge and effectively converts the interest expense on $200.0
million of long-term debt from U.S. dollars to euros. As the notional amount of the 2005
cross-currency swap is expected to equal a comparable amount of hedged net assets, no material
ineffectiveness is expected. The 2005 cross-currency swap had a negative fair value of $45.3
million and $36.5 million at October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.
Interest Rate Risk
At October 3, 2009, approximately 74% of the companys debt was subject to fixed rates, and 26% of
its debt was subject to floating rates. A one percentage point change in average interest rates
would not materially impact net interest and other financing expense in the third quarter of 2009.
This was determined by considering the impact of a hypothetical interest rate on the companys
average floating rate on investments and outstanding debt. This analysis does not consider the
effect of the level of overall economic activity that could exist. In the event of a change in the
level of economic activity, which may adversely impact interest rates, the company could likely
take actions to further mitigate any potential negative exposure to the change. However, due to
the uncertainty of the specific actions that might be taken and their possible effects, the
sensitivity analysis assumes no changes in the companys financial structure.
In December 2007 and January 2008, the company entered into interest rate swaps (the 2007 and 2008
swaps) with an aggregate notional amount of $100.0 million. The 2007 and 2008 swaps modify the
companys interest rate exposure by effectively converting the variable rate (1.883% and 3.201% at
October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively) on a portion of its $200.0 million term loan
to a
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fixed rate of 4.457% per annum through December 2009. The 2007 and 2008 swaps are classified as
cash flow hedges and had a negative fair value of $.5 million and $1.9 million at October 3, 2009
and December 31, 2008, respectively.
In June 2004, the company entered into interest rate swaps, with an aggregate notional amount of
$200.0 million. The swaps modify the companys interest rate exposure by effectively converting
the fixed 9.15% senior notes to a floating rate, based on the six-month U.S. dollar LIBOR plus a
spread (an effective rate of 4.94% and 8.19% at October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008,
respectively), through its maturity. In September 2009, the company terminated $130.5 million
aggregate notional amount of the interest rate swaps upon the repayment of a portion of the 9.15%
senior notes. The swaps are classified as fair value hedges and had a fair value of $2.4 million
and $9.4 million at October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.
In June 2004, the company entered into interest rate swaps, with an aggregate notional amount of
$100.0 million. The swaps modify the companys interest rate exposure by effectively converting a
portion of the fixed 6.875% senior notes to a floating rate, based on the six-month U.S. dollar
LIBOR plus a spread (an effective rate of 2.98% and 5.01% at October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008,
respectively), through its maturity. The swaps are classified as fair value hedges and had a fair
value of $8.9 million and $12.0 million at October 3, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.
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Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The companys management, under the supervision and with the participation of the companys Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of
the design and operation of the companys disclosure controls and procedures as of October 3, 2009
(the Evaluation). Based upon the Evaluation, the companys Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer concluded that the companys disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Rule 13a-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) are effective.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
During the third quarter of 2009, the company completed the process of installing a new enterprise
resource planning (ERP) system in a select operation in North America as part of a phased
implementation schedule. This new ERP system, which will replace multiple legacy systems of the
company, is expected to be implemented globally over the next several years. The implementation of
this new ERP system involves changes to the companys procedures for internal control over
financial reporting. The company follows a system implementation life cycle process that requires
significant pre-implementation planning, design, and testing. The company also conducts extensive
post-implementation monitoring, testing, and process modifications to ensure the effectiveness of
internal controls over financial reporting, and the company did not experience any significant
difficulties to date in connection with this implementation.
There were no other changes in the companys internal control over financial reporting or in other
factors that materially affect, or that are reasonably likely to materially affect, the companys
internal control over financial reporting during the period covered by this quarterly report.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
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There were no material changes to the companys risk factors as discussed in Item 1A Risk Factors
in the companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.
Item 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
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The following table shows the share-repurchase activity for the quarter ended October 3, 2009:
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The purchases of Arrow common stock noted above reflect shares that were withheld from employees
for restricted stock, as permitted by the plan, in order to satisfy the required tax withholding
obligations. None of these purchases were made pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan and
the company currently does not have a stock repurchase plan in place.
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Item 6.
Exhibits
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Exhibit
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10(a)
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Arrow Electronics Saving Pan, as amended and restated on September 9, 2009.
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10(b)
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Wyle Electronics Retirement Pan, as amended and restated on September 9, 2009.
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10(c)
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Arrow Electronics Stock Ownership Pan, as amended and restated on September
9, 2009.
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
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Date: October 28, 2009
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/s/ Paul J. Reilly
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Paul J. Reilly
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Executive Vice President, Finance and Operations,
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Exhibit 10(a)
ARROW ELECTRONICS
SAVINGS PLAN
(As Amended and Restated through September 9, 2009)
Exhibit 10(a)
ARROW ELECTRONICS SAVINGS PLAN
INTRODUCTION
The Arrow Electronics Savings Plan set forth herein (the Plan) was initially adopted
effective June 1, 1982 as Part III of the Arrow Electronics ESOP and Capital Accumulation Plan, a
stock bonus plan. A profit sharing plan called the Arrow Electronics Capital Accumulation Plan
(the New Plan) was adopted effective January 1, 1984 and amended effective January 1, 1985 to
permit additional contributions pursuant to section 401(k) of the Code. Membership in Part III of
the Arrow Electronics ESOP and Capital Accumulation Plan was closed after the Entry Date of July 1,
1983 and no contributions were made to Part III for any Plan Year ending after December 31, 1983.
Members of the Plan who were eligible became members of the New Plan as of December 31, 1983.
Other eligible individuals subsequently became members of the New Plan in accordance with its
terms.
The Plan was amended and restated effective as of the close of business on December 31, 1988
for the following purposes: (i) to establish the Plan as a separate entity upon its deletion as
Part III of the Arrow Electronics ESOP and Capital Accumulation Plan (which was renamed the Arrow
Electronics Stock Ownership Plan) and to accept the transfer to the Plan of all assets and
liabilities relating to such Part III; (ii) to merge the New Plan into the Plan and to make further
changes deemed necessary or advisable in light of the merger, including changing the name of the
Plan to the Arrow Electronics Savings Plan; and (iii) to make changes deemed necessary or advisable
to comply with changes in applicable law, effective as of such dates as required by law, and to
make other changes deemed desirable in order to effect the purposes of the Plan. Provisions of
this document having effective dates prior to December 31, 1988 govern Part III of the Arrow
Electronics ESOP and Capital Accumulation Plan as constituted prior thereto and the New Plan.
The Plan was subsequently restated to incorporate further amendments adopted through December
28, 1994 in order to make changes deemed necessary or advisable to comply with changes in
applicable law, effective as of such dates as are required by law, and to make other changes deemed
desirable in order to effect the purposes of the Plan.
The Plan was amended and restated on February 15, 2002 to include amendments adopted since the
preceding restatement and additional changes, including those deemed necessary or advisable to
comply with the provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (also referred to as GATT), the
Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, the IRS Restructuring
and Reform Act of 1998, and the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000, as well as other
amendments determined by the Company to be appropriate to further the purposes of the Plan,
effective as the respective dates set forth or as required by law, provided that clarifications of
existing provisions were effective as of the same dates as the provisions which they clarify. The
restated Plan also eliminated as deadwood provisions no longer necessary, such as those relating
to Class Year Accounts (which have all become fully vested and no longer require separate
accounting), and Basic Contributions (profit-sharing contributions made under a predecessor plan) all of which are now included in Members
Matching Accounts. References herein to sections that have been renumbered as a result of any
of the foregoing changes shall, where the context requires, include references to corresponding
sections of the Plan as previously in effect.
On March 17, 2003, the Plan was further restated to include amendments adopted since the last
restatement and additional changes, including those deemed necessary or advisable to reflect the
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, or otherwise appropriate to further the
purposes of the Plan, and to eliminate provisions no longer applicable, effective as of January 1,
2002 or as otherwise expressly provided or required by law, provided that clarifications of
existing provisions are effective as of the same dates as the provisions which they clarify. The
Plan was further amended by action of the Committee on November 25, 2003 and September 21, 2004,
and as set forth in Amendment No. 1 executed on March 7, 2005. The Plan was thereafter separately
amended by action of the Committee to make the changes set forth in Article VII hereof effective
August 1, 2006, and in Sections 1.50 and 9.5 (and other provisions of Article IX referring
thereto), effective September 1, 2006.
The Plan was further amended and restated in January 2007 to make additional changes deemed
advisable, including changes to reflect the final regulations under section 401(k) of the Code
effective January 1, 2006 and expanded definitive language to reflect final regulations under
EGTRRAs catch-up provisions, as well as additional design changes, which additional changes were
effective January 1, 2006 except as otherwise expressly provided.
The Plan is now hereby further amended and restated to reflect the final regulations under
Section 415 and to authorize a direct rollover to a Roth IRA, both effective January 1, 2008, to
include gap period income in any corrective distribution of elective deferrals exceeding the
applicable dollar limitation for the 2007 Plan Year, to make certain mandatory and discretionary
changes pursuant to the Pension Protection Act of 2006, to permit withdrawals of contributions made
upon automatic enrollment within a 90-day window period, to suspend mandatory minimum required
distributions in respect of the 2009 Plan Year, to comply with the Heroes Earnings Assistance and
Relief Tax Act of 2008, effective as of January 1, 2007, to eliminate obsolete language about the
historical operation of the Plan, and to make such additional clarifying or simplifying changes as
are deemed desirable by the Company, effective as of the date to which the affected provisions
relate. The Plan as so restated is effective generally as of adoption unless otherwise expressly
provided or required under the Code.
ARTICLE I
Definitions
When used in this Plan, the following terms shall have the designated meaning, unless a
different meaning is clearly required by the context.
1.1
Accounts
. A Members Elective Account, Loan Account, Matching Account, and
Rollover Account, as applicable.
1.2
Affiliate
. Any of the following:
1.2.1
Controlled Group Affiliate
. Any trade or business (other than an Employer),
whether or not incorporated, which at the time of reference controls, is controlled by,
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or is under common control with an Employer within the meaning of section 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code
(including any division of an Employer not participating in the Plan) and, for purposes of Article
VI, section 415(h) of the Code (a Controlled Group Affiliate).
1.2.2
Affiliated Service Groups, etc
. Any (a) member of an affiliated service group,
within the meaning of section 414(m) of the Code, that includes an Employer, or (b) organization
aggregated with an Employer pursuant to section 414(o) of the Code, to the extent required by such
sections or section 401(k) or (m) of the Code.
1.3
Applicable Plan Year
. The current Plan Year.
1.4
Appropriate Form
. The form or other method of communication prescribed by the
Committee for a particular purpose specified in the Plan, when filed or otherwise effected at the
time and in the manner prescribed by the Committee.
1.5
Beneficiary
. A person or persons entitled under Article IX to receive any
benefits payable upon or after the death of a Member.
1.6
Board of Directors
. The Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee thereof (such as the Compensation Committee).
1.7
Code
. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended from time to time. Reference
to a specific provision of the Code shall include such provision, any valid regulation or ruling
promulgated thereunder and any comparable provision of future law that amends, supplements or
supersedes such provision.
1.8
Catch-up Contributions
. Elective Contributions designated and qualifying as
Catch-up Contributions pursuant to Article XVI, or Excess Contributions recharacterized as
Catch-up Contributions under Section 3.3.4 in order to satisfy ADP nondiscrimination testing.
1.9
Committee
. The Management Pension Investment and Oversight Committee appointed to
serve as named fiduciary of the Plan pursuant to Article X, and prior thereto, the Administrator as
defined in the Plan as then in effect.
1.10
Common Stock
. The common stock of the Company having a par value of one dollar
($1) per share, or any other common stock into which it may be reclassified.
1.11
Company
. Arrow Electronics, Inc., a New York corporation, and any company
acquiring the business of Arrow Electronics, Inc. and which, within a reasonable time thereafter,
adopts this Plan as of the effective date of such acquisition.
1.12
Company Representative
. The individuals serving from time to time as members of
the Committee, but acting as the representative of the Company in exercising the rights of the
Company as settlor and plan sponsor. Such individuals shall not be deemed to be fiduciaries with
respect to the Plan when carrying out responsibilities assigned to the Company Representative under
the Plan, even though, where applicable, the same individuals may be fiduciaries when carrying out
their responsibilities as members of the Committee.
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1.13
Compensation
. Gross cash compensation paid by an Employer to an individual for
services as an Eligible Employee after he becomes a Member, determined before giving effect to any
Contribution Agreement or other cash or deferred arrangement described in section 401(k) of the
Code, or to any similar reduction agreement pursuant to any cafeteria plan (within the meaning of
section 125 of the Code) or for purposes of receiving qualified transportation fringe benefits (as
described in section 132(f)(4) of the Code), subject to the Compensation Limit. Compensation shall
not include any (a) payments made pursuant to stock appreciation rights or otherwise pursuant to
any plan for the grant of stock options, stock, or other stock rights, (b) expense reimbursements
other than taxable car allowances (such as but not limited to relocation and tuition expense
reimbursements and nontaxable car allowances), or (c) salary continuation or other amounts paid
under arrangements entered into on or after December 1, 2006, or under prior arrangements if paid
after March 31, 2007, that are effectively in the nature of severance pay however designated.
Effective January 1, 2008, Compensation shall not include (x) parachute payments within the meaning
of section 280G of the Code made after termination of employment or (y) other amounts paid after
termination of employment, unless paid for services rendered prior to termination and paid either
within the calendar year of termination or no later than 2-1/2 months after the date of termination
(but excluding post-severance payments in the nature of unused accrued sick, vacation or other bona
fide leave payments).
1.14
Compensation Limit
. Compensation taken into account for any Member for any Plan
Year beginning on or after January 1, 2002, shall not exceed two hundred thousand dollars
($200,000) (as adjusted from time to time for increases in the cost of living in accordance with
section 401(a)(17) of the Code) (the Compensation Limit). If the period for determining
Compensation is a short plan year (i.e., shorter than 12 months), the annual Compensation limit is
an amount equal to the otherwise applicable annual Compensation limit multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of months in the short plan year and the denominator of which is
12. Except in the case of a short plan year, the Compensation Limit shall be applied to the
Members aggregate Compensation for the entire twelve months of the Plan Year, without regard to
the percentage contribution elected by the Participant during any particular pay period, provided
that the aggregate Elective Contributions for the benefit of a Member for any Plan Year (or
Matching Contributions in respect thereof) shall not exceed the maximum amount determined by applying the contribution rate or rates in effect with respect to
such contributions from time to time during the year to the total amount of such Compensation not
in excess of such Compensation Limit.
1.15
Contribution Agreement
. An agreement by a Section 401(k) Member (set forth on
the Appropriate Form) to reduce his Compensation otherwise payable in cash in order to share in
Elective Contributions under the Plan, as provided in Section 3.1, and/or any agreement of similar
effect deemed to have been made pursuant to the automatic enrollment provisions of Article XVII.
1.16
Disability
. A physical or mental condition which would, upon proper application,
entitle the Member to disability benefits under the Social Security Act.
1.17
Effective Date
. January 1, 1974.
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1.18
Elective Account
. A separate Account maintained for each Member which reflects
his share of the Fund attributable to Elective Contributions plus such other amounts as may be
transferred to such Account after December 31, 1988 under the terms of the Arrow Electronics Stock
Ownership Plan, together with applicable Investment Adjustments.
1.19
Elective Contributions
. Contributions by an Employer for a Section 401(k) Member
as provided in Section 3.1, based on the amount by which such Section 401(k) Member elects to
reduce his Compensation otherwise payable in cash (which contributions may not exceed the Elective
Deferral Limit).
1.20
Elective Deferral Limit
. The amount set forth below, reduced by the amount of
elective deferrals (as defined in section 402(g)(3) of the Code, but excluding catch-up
contributions as defined in section 414(v) of the Code) made by a Member during his taxable year
(which is presumed to be the calendar year) under any other plans or agreements maintained by an
Employer or by a Controlled Group Affiliate (and, in the sole discretion of the Committee, any
plans or agreements maintained by any other employer, if reported to the Committee at such time and
in such manner as the Committee shall prescribe).
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Amount
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2002
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$
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11,000
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2003
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$
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12,000
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2004
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$
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13,000
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2005
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$
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14,000
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Years subsequent to 2006
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$15,000, as adjusted in accordance with section
402(g)(4) of the Code
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1.21
Eligible Employee
. Any person employed by the Company or any other Employer,
subject to such terms and conditions as may apply to such Employer pursuant to Section 1.22 and
subject also to the following:
1.21.1 An employee who is employed primarily to render services within the jurisdiction of a
union and whose compensation, hours of work, or conditions of employment are determined by
collective bargaining with such union shall not be an Eligible Employee unless the applicable
collective bargaining agreement expressly provides that such employee shall be eligible to
participate in this Plan, in which event, however, he shall be entitled to participate in this Plan
only to the extent and on the terms and conditions specified in such collective bargaining
agreement.
1.21.2 The board of directors of an Employer may, in its discretion, determine that
individuals employed in a specified division, subdivision, plant, location or job classification of
such Employer shall not be Eligible Employees, provided that any such determination shall not
discriminate in favor of Highly Compensated Employees so as to prevent the Plan from qualifying
under section 401(a) of the Code.
1.21.3 An individual who performs services for an Employer under an agreement or arrangement
(which may be written, oral, and/or evidenced by the Employers payroll practice) with such
individual or with another organization that provides the services of
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such individual to the Employer, pursuant to which such individual is treated as an independent contractor or is otherwise
treated as an employee of an entity other than the Employer, shall not be an Eligible Employee,
irrespective of whether such individual is treated as an employee of the Employer under common-law
employment principles or pursuant to the provisions of section 414(m), 414(n) or 414(o) of the
Code.
1.22
Employer
. The Company and any subsidiary of the Company which has adopted the
Plan with the approval of the Company, subject to such terms and conditions as may be imposed by
the Company upon the participation in the Plan of such adopting Employer.
1.23
Entry Date
. Effective March 1, 2004, the first day of each calendar month.
1.24
ERISA
. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time
to time. Reference to a specific provision of ERISA shall include such provision, any valid
regulation or ruling promulgated thereunder and any comparable provision of future law that amends,
supplements or supersedes such provision.
1.25
ESOP Contributions
. Contributions made by an Employer to the Arrow Electronics
Stock Ownership Plan (or, prior to January 1, 1989, to Part I or Part II of the Arrow Electronics
ESOP and Capital Accumulation Plan or to the Arrow Electronics ESOP).
1.26
Fund or Trust Fund
. The trust fund held under the Trust Agreement pursuant to
Section 11.1.
1.27
Highly Compensated Employee
. A highly compensated employee as defined in
section 414(q) of the Code and applicable regulations. Effective January 1, 1997, Highly Compensated Employee means an employee who received Total Earnings during the prior
Plan Year in excess of $80,000 (as adjusted pursuant to section 414(q) of the Code) or who was a
five percent (5%) owner (as described in Section 15.1.2(c)) at any time during the current or prior
Plan Year.
1.28
Hour of Service
. For all purposes of this Plan, Hour of Service shall mean
each hour includible under any of Sections 1.28.1 through 1.28.4, applied without duplication, but
subject to the provisions of Sections 1.28.5 through 1.28.8.
1.28.1
Paid Working Time
. Each hour for which an employee is paid, or entitled to
payment, for the performance of duties for an Employer;
1.28.2
Paid Or Other Approved Absence
. Each regularly scheduled working hour during a
period for which an employee is paid, or entitled to payment, by an Employer on account of a period
of time during which no duties are performed (irrespective of whether the employment relationship
has terminated) due to vacation, holiday, illness, incapacity (including disability or pregnancy),
layoff, jury duty, military duty or leave of absence, or during any other period of authorized
leave if employee returns to employment with the Employer on the expiration of such leave.
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1.28.3
Military Service
. Each regularly scheduled working hour which would constitute
an Hour of Service under Section 1.28.1 or 1.28.2 but for the employees absence for qualified
military service (as defined in section 414(u) of the Code) (Military Service) during a period
in which his reemployment rights are protected by law, provided that such employee re-enters the
employ of an Employer within the period during which his reemployment rights are protected by law;
and
1.28.4
Back Pay Awards
. Each hour for which back pay, irrespective of mitigation of
damages, is either awarded or agreed to by an Employer.
1.28.5
Crediting Hour of Service
. Hours of Service shall be credited as follows:
(a)
Paid Working Time
. Hours of Service described in Section 1.28.1 shall be credited
to the Plan Year in which the duties were performed;
(b)
Paid Absence and Military Service
. Hours of Service described in Sections 1.28.2
and 1.28.3 shall be credited to the Plan Year in which occur the regularly scheduled working hours
with respect to which such Hours of Service are determined, beginning with the first such hours;
(c)
Back Pay Awards
. Hours of Service described in Section 1.28.4 shall be credited
to the Plan Year or Plan Years to which the back pay award or agreement pertains (rather than to
the Plan Year in which the award, agreement or payment is made).
1.28.6
Limitations on Hours of Service for Paid Absences
. Notwithstanding any
provision of this Plan, Hours of Service otherwise required to be credited pursuant to Section
1.28.2 (relating to paid absences) or Section 1.28.4 (relating to an award or agreement for back
pay), to the extent the award or agreement described therein is made with respect to a period
described in Section 1.28.2, shall be subject to the following limitations and rules:
(a)
501 Hour Limitation
. No more than five hundred one (501) of such Hours of Service
are required to be credited on account of any single continuous period during which an employee
performs no duties (whether or not such period occurs in a single Year);
(b)
Payments Required by Law
. An hour for which an employee is directly or indirectly
paid, or entitled to payment, on account of a period during which no duties are performed is not
required to be credited to the employee if such payment is made or due under a plan maintained
solely for the purpose of complying with applicable workmens compensation, unemployment
compensation or disability insurance laws;
(c)
Medical and Severance Payments Excluded
. Hours of Service are not required to be
credited for a payment which solely reimburses an employee for medical or medically related
expenses incurred by an employee, or constitutes a retirement, termination, or other severance pay
or benefit, however designated; and
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(d)
Indirect Payments
. A payment shall be deemed to be made by or due from an
Employer regardless of whether such payment is made by or due from the Employer directly, or
indirectly through, among others, a trust, fund, or insurer, to which the Employer contributes or
pays premiums.
1.28.7
Determinations by Committee
. The Committee shall have the power and final
authority:
(a) To determine the Hours of Service of any individual for all purposes of the Plan, and to
that end may, in his discretion, adopt such rules, presumptions and procedures permitted by
applicable law as it shall deem appropriate or desirable;
(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to provide that the regularly scheduled
working hours to be credited under Sections 1.28.2, 1.28.3 and 1.28.4 to an employee without a
regular work schedule shall be determined on the basis of a forty (40)-hour work week, or an eight
(8)-hour work day, or on any other reasonable basis which reflects the average hours worked by the
employee or by other employees in the same job classification over a representative period of time,
provided that the basis so used is consistently applied with respect to all employees within the
same job classifications, reasonably defined.
1.28.8
Monthly Equivalency
. An employee who customarily works for an Employer for
twenty (20) or more hours per week throughout each Plan Year (except for holidays and vacations)
shall be credited with exactly one hundred ninety (190) Hours of Service for each month with
respect to which he completes at least one (1) Hour of Service in accordance with the foregoing
provisions of this Section 1.28 (regardless of whether the number of Hours of Service actually
completed in such month exceeds one hundred ninety (190)), subject to Section 1.28.6.
1.29
Investment Adjustments
. The net realized and unrealized gains, losses, income
and expenses attributable to a Members, Elective, Matching, Prior Plan or Rollover Account as a
result of its investment in one or more Investment Funds.
1.30
Investment Fund
. A portion of the Fund which is separately invested as provided
in Section 5.1, or the Loan Fund.
1.31
Loan Account
. An Account maintained pursuant to Section 7.6.2.
1.32
Loan Fund
. The Investment Fund maintained pursuant to Section 7.6.1.
1.33
Matching Account
. A separate Account maintained for each Member which reflects
his share of the Fund attributable to Matching Contributions and, effective January 1, 2001,
balances formerly credited to his Basic or Class Year Accounts (within the meaning of those terms
under the Plan previously in effect), together with applicable Investment Adjustments.
1.34
Matching Contributions
. Contributions by an Employer for a Section 401(k) Member
as provided in Section 3.2.
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1.35
Member
. Each Eligible Employee who became a Member of the Plan upon its
establishment effective December 31, 1988 as successor to its predecessors described in the
Preamble hereto, or who has become Member of the Plan pursuant to Article II as in effect from
time to time, and each former such Eligible Employee who retains an undistributed Account under
the Plan.
1.36
Normal Retirement Date
. The sixty-fifth (65th) anniversary of a Members date of
birth.
1.37
One-Year Break in Service
. A Plan Year in which the individual has no more than
500 Hours of Service. For purposes of determining whether a One-Year Break in Service has
occurred, an individual who is absent from work by reason of a maternity or paternity absence
shall receive credit for the Hours of Service which would have been credited to such individual but
for such absence, or, in any case in which such Hours cannot be determined, eight Hours of Service
per day of such absence, but in no event more than 501 Hours of Service. Such Hours of Service
shall be credited (a) only in the Plan Year in which the absence begins if necessary to prevent a One-Year Break in Service in that Plan Year, or (b)
in all other cases, in the following Plan Year. For purposes of this Section 1.37, maternity or
paternity absence means an absence from active employment beginning on or after January 1, 1985 by
reason of (a) the individuals pregnancy, (b) the birth of a child of the individual, (c) the
placement of a child with the individual in connection with the adoption of such child by such
individual, or (d) for purposes of caring for any such child for a period beginning immediately
following such birth or placement. Nothing in this Plan shall be construed to give an employee a
right to a leave of absence for any reason.
1.38
Plan
. The Arrow Electronics Savings Plan, which as currently in effect is set
forth herein.
1.39
Plan Year
. The period of time commencing with the first day of January and
ending with the last day of December.
1.40
Rollover Account
. A separate account maintained for an individual attributable
to (i) his Rollover Contributions and (ii) balances credited as of November 29, 1994 in respect of
amounts previously transferred from Part III of the Arrow Electronics ESOP and Capital Accumulation
Plan, together with applicable Investment Adjustments.
1.41
Rollover Contribution
. An Eligible Employees rollover contribution made
pursuant to Section 3.6, including the amount of any transfer to this Plan pursuant to the
diversification and in-service withdrawal provision of the Arrow Electronics Stock Ownership Plan.
1.42
Section 401(k) Member
. A Member who is an Eligible Employee.
1.43
Termination of Employment
. A Members employment shall be treated as terminated
on the date that he ceases to be employed by an Employer or Affiliate, subject to Section 2.4.2.
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1.44
Total Earnings
. Total compensation paid by an Employer or Affiliate to an
individual reportable on Form W-2, determined before giving effect to any Contribution Agreement or
any other cash or deferred arrangement described in section 401(k) of the Code or to any similar
reduction agreement pursuant to any cafeteria plan (within the meaning of section 125 of the Code)
or for purposes of receiving qualified transportation fringe benefits (as described in section
132(f)(4) of the Code). Total Earnings shall exclude salary continuation or other amounts paid
under arrangements entered into on or after December 1, 2006, or under prior arrangements if paid
after March 31, 2007, that are effectively in the nature of severance pay. For purposes of
Sections 3.3.2 and 3.4.2, Total Earnings for any Plan Year may, in the discretion of the Committee,
and effective January 1, 2006, shall be limited to such compensation paid by an Employer or
Affiliate to an individual during the period that he is a Member for service as an Eligible
Employee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, effective for amounts paid on or after January 1, 2008,
Total Earnings shall not include severance pay or parachute payments excludable from Compensation under Section 1.13 above, or other payments or taxable benefits
provided after termination of employment unless for services rendered prior to termination and
paid either within the calendar year of termination or no later than 2-1/2 months after the date of
termination (but excluding post-severance payments in the nature of unused accrued sick, vacation
or other bona fide leave payments). Total Earnings taken into account for any Member for any Plan
Year shall not exceed the Compensation Limit. If the period for determining Total Earnings is a
short plan year (i.e., shorter than 12 months), the annual Total Earnings limit is an amount equal
to the otherwise applicable annual Total Earnings limit multiplied by the fraction, the numerator
of which is the number of months in the short plan year, and the denominator of which is 12.
1.45
Trust Agreement
. The agreement by and between the Committee and the Trustee
under which this Plan is funded, as from time to time amended.
1.46
Trustee
. The trustee or trustees from time to time designated under the Trust
Agreement.
1.47
Valuation Date
. A date as of which the Committee revalues and adjusts Accounts
in accordance with the daily valuation system described in Section 5.8; provided, however, if any
portion of an Account is invested in mutual funds for which the mutual fund sponsor provides a
separate accounting for each Member, the Valuation Date for a transaction affecting such portion
shall be the date as of which the mutual fund sponsor processes such transaction.
1.48
Vested Percentage
. The percentage of a Members Account or Subaccount which is
nonforfeitable pursuant to Article IV.
1.49
Year of Service
. A Plan Year during which an employee has not less than one
thousand (1,000) Hours of Service, excluding any Plan Year prior to the Plan Year in which the
employee attained age 18. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term Year of Service shall not
include any Plan Year not taken into account for vesting purposes as of December 31, 1984 under the
predecessor plans then in effect as a result of the application of the break rules of those plans
as then in effect nor any other Plan Year which was succeeded by five consecutive One-Year Breaks in Service
(Five-Year Break), if the number of such One-Year Breaks in Service
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was equal to or in
excess of the individuals Years of Service prior to such Five-Year Break and the individual had no
nonforfeitable rights under any such plan at the time of the Five-Year Break.
1.50
Same-sex Marriages
. In order to ensure compliance with those provisions of the
Code that limit the term spouse to parties to a marriage of individuals of opposite sex, as
required by the Federal Defense of Marriage Act, 1 U.S.C.§ 7, the term spouse as used in this
Plan shall be limited to an individual of opposite sex from the Member, effective September 1,
2006. However, nothing in this Section 1.50 shall limit the ability of any Member to designate a spouse of the same sex as a Beneficiary in accordance with the same rules that
permit designation of a non-spouse Beneficiary.
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ARTICLE II
Membership
2.1
Membership
. Effective March 1, 2004:
2.1.1
Regular Employees
. An Eligible Employee who is a Regular Employee and who has
not previously become a Member shall become a Member on the Entry Date coincident with or next
following the completion of one full calendar month beginning on or after his Date of Hire, or if
later, the first day of the calendar month in which he has first attained age twenty-one (21). A
Regular Employee is an employee who is scheduled to customarily work for an Employer for twenty
(20) or more hours per week throughout each year (except for holidays and vacations).
2.1.2
Part-Time Employees
. An Eligible Employee who is not a Regular Employee shall
become a Member on the Entry Date coincident with or next following the later of (a) his completion
of a 12-consecutive month period starting on his Date of Hire, or on any January 1 thereafter, in
which he has 1,000 Hours of Service, or (b) his twenty-first (21st) birthday.
2.1.3
Date of Hire.
For purposes of this Section 2.1, the term Date of Hire means
the date on which an employee first performs an Hour of Service described in Section 1.28.1. An
Eligible Employee who starts work on the first business day of a month shall become a Member no
later than if he started work on the first day of the month.
2.2
Service with Affiliates
. Solely for the purposes of determining (a) whether an
employee has met the length of service requirement imposed as a prerequisite for membership in the
Plan, or (b) the Hours of Service credited to an employee under the Plan, service with any
Affiliate shall be treated as service with an Employer. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Plan, a Member shall be eligible to share in contributions and forfeitures under the Plan only
with respect to Compensation paid by an Employer for service as an Eligible Employee (as
distinguished from service for any Affiliate).
2.3
Contribution Agreement.
A Section 401(k) Member shall be eligible to share in
Elective Contributions under Section 3.1, effective for payroll periods ending after the first
Entry Date on which he is a Section 401(k) Member, provided that he completes and returns the
Contribution Agreement described in Section 3.1.1 to the Committee within such period as the
Committee shall prescribe. If a rehired Eligible Employee, or Eligible Employee transferred from
ineligible employment, commences or resumes participation as a Section 401(k) Member on his date of
transfer or date of rehire pursuant to Section 2.4 or Section 2.6, he shall become eligible to
share in Elective Contributions upon execution and filing of an appropriate Contribution Agreement
within such period as the Committee shall prescribe, effective as of such date as the Committee
shall determine to be administratively practicable. If a Member fails to complete and return a
Contribution Agreement within the period prescribed by the Committee, he may begin to share in Elective Contributions under Section 3.1 as of any subsequent Entry
Date as of which he is an Eligible Employee, by completing and returning a Contribution Agreement
to the Committee within such period as the Committee shall prescribe.
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2.4
Transfers
.
2.4.1
Transfer to Eligible Employment
. If an individual is transferred to employment
under which he is eligible for membership in this Plan from employment with an Affiliate or with an
Employer in a position not so eligible, he shall become a Member on the later of (a) the date of
such transfer, or (b) the Entry Date on which he would have become a Member if his prior employment
by the Employer or Affiliate had been in a position eligible for membership in the Plan.
2.4.2
Transfer to Affiliate or Ineligible Employment
. If a Member is transferred to
employment with (a) an Affiliate or (b) an Employer in a position ineligible for membership in the
Plan, he shall not be deemed to have retired or terminated his employment for the purposes of the
Plan until such time as he is employed neither by an Employer nor by any Affiliate. Such a Member
shall be eligible to share in contributions and forfeitures under the Plan for the Plan Year of
such transfer but he shall not be eligible to share in contributions and forfeitures for subsequent
Plan Years unless and until he returns to employment as an Eligible Employee. Upon retirement (at
or after Normal Retirement Date) or Termination of Employment of such a Member while so employed
other than as an Eligible Employee, distribution shall be made in accordance with the Plan as if
such Member had so retired, or terminated his employment, while an Eligible Employee.
2.4.3
Contribution Agreement
. The Contribution Agreement (if any) of a Member
described in Section 2.4.2 shall be suspended until he resumes his status as an Eligible Employee
(and Section 401(k) Member).
2.5
Transfers Between Employers
. If a Member transfers from employment as an Eligible
Employee with one Employer to employment as an Eligible Employee with another Employer: (a) his
participation in the Plan shall not be interrupted; and (b) his Contribution Agreement (if any)
with his prior Employer shall be deemed to apply to his second Employer in the same manner as it
applied to his prior Employer.
2.6
Reemployment
. If a Member whose Accounts are not vested in whole or in part, or
an employee who has not become a Member, terminates employment and is subsequently rehired as an
Eligible Employee after five or more consecutive One-Year Breaks in Service, he shall upon rehire
be treated as a new employee for all purposes of this Plan. In all other cases, (a) a Member who
terminates employment and is subsequently rehired as an Eligible Employee shall become a Member
immediately upon rehire, and (b) an employee who meets the age and service requirements for
Membership in this Plan as of an Entry Date during a period of absence from employment shall become
a Member upon termination of such absence if he is then an Eligible Employee.
2.7
Service with Predecessors or Affiliates, or as an Ineligible Employee
.
2.7.1 In determining when an Eligible Employee shall become a Member and such Eligible
Employees Hours of Service and Years of Service, employment with (i) one or more predecessors of
an Employer or Affiliate or (ii) a corporation or other entity
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which was not an Employer or Affiliate at the time of reference but which later became such, shall not be taken into account
except as otherwise provided in Section 2.7.2 or any Supplement.
2.7.2 In determining when an Eligible Employee shall become a Member and such Eligible
Employees Hours of Service and Years of Service, employment with or severance from (i) one or more
predecessors of an Employer or Affiliate or (ii) a corporation or other entity which was not an
Employer or Affiliate at the time of reference but which later became such, shall be treated as
employment with or severance from an Employer or Affiliate to the extent required by law or to the
extent determined by the Company Representative in its discretion exercised in a manner that does
not discriminate in favor of Highly Compensated Employees.
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ARTICLE III
Contributions
3.1
Elective Contributions
.
3.1.1
Election of Amount
. In order to share in Elective Contributions, a Member must
be a Section 401(k) Member and agree in his Contribution Agreement to reduce his Compensation
otherwise payable in cash for each payroll period by such whole percentage as he shall elect, which
prior to March 1, 2004 shall not exceed ten percent (10%), and thereafter shall not exceed such
applicable percentage as the Committee may from time to specify, which may either be a uniform
percentage for all Section 401(k) Members, or be determined separately for Highly Compensated
Employees or non-Highly Compensated Employees, respectively, as the Committee determines in its
discretion; provided, that a whole percentage shall not be required if necessary or appropriate to
comply with any applicable limitations on the amount of Elective Contributions permitted. The
Section 401(k) Members Employer shall contribute to the Plan as Elective Contributions, as soon as
reasonably practicable after the close of each payroll period for which such Contribution Agreement
is in effect, an amount equal to the elected and applicable reduction in the Section 401(k)
Members Compensation otherwise payable in cash for such payroll period. Any Elective Contribution
in excess of 6% shall not be eligible for Matching Contributions under Section 3.2. In no event
shall the limits under Section 3.3 be exceeded. The Committee shall decrease the amount of
reduction of Compensation under a Section 401(k) Members Contribution Agreement for any payroll
period to the extent the sum of such reduction, the amount of the Section 401(k) Members
deductions for such payroll period for welfare benefits sponsored by the Employer, any withholding
from pay required by law and any other deductions requested by the Section 401(k) Member which
under the Employers payroll procedure are treated as a priority claim relative to the
contributions to this Plan, exceeds the Section 401(k) Members Compensation for such payroll
period.
3.1.2
Change in Contribution Rate
. A Section 401(k) Member who has a Contribution
Agreement in effect may increase or decrease the amount of reduction thereunder of his Compensation
otherwise payable in cash within the limits specified in Section 3.1.1 by giving notice on the
Appropriate Form to the Committee within such period as the Committee shall prescribe. Such change
shall be effective commencing with the first payroll period for which it can be given effect under
the procedures established by the Committee.
3.1.3
Deemed Election
. Effective January 1, 2008, a Section 401(k) Member who has not
affirmatively entered into a Contribution Agreement as above provided may be deemed to have entered
into such an Agreement in accordance with and subject to the auto-enrollment provisions Article
XVII.
3.1.4
Voluntary Suspension
. A Member may voluntarily suspend his Contribution
Agreement effective as soon as practicable by giving notice to the Committee on the Appropriate
Form.
3.1.5
Mandatory Suspension
.
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3.1.5.1
Hardship Withdrawal from Elective Account
. The Contribution Agreement of a
Member who makes a withdrawal pursuant to Section 7.2.3 shall be suspended as of the payroll period
in which the withdrawal is made until the next Entry Date that is at least six months after the
date of such withdrawal (or January 1, 2002, if later).
3.1.5.2
Reinstatement
. A Member may reinstate his Contribution Agreement under this
Plan as of the next Entry Date following a period of mandatory suspension under this Section 3.1.5,
or any subsequent Entry Date, by giving written notice to the Committee on the Appropriate Form
within such period as the Committee shall prescribe.
3.1.6
Dollar Limitation
. A Section 401(k) Members Elective Contributions shall be
discontinued for the remainder of a Plan Year when in the aggregate they equal the Elective
Deferral Limit for such Plan Year, except that Catch-up Contributions may continue to the extent
permitted under Article XVI. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Plan, except to the
extent permitted under Article XVI. No Section 401(k) Member may elect to reduce his Compensation
pursuant to Section 3.1.1 for a Plan Year by an amount in excess of the Elective Deferral Limit,
nor shall any such excess be contributed to the Plan as Elective Contributions or allocated to a
Section 401(k) Members Elective Account.
3.1.7
Determination of Total Excess Deferrals
. The term Excess Deferrals shall mean
(i) elective deferrals (as defined in section 402(g)(3) of the Code, but excluding deferrals
qualifying as catch-up contributions under section 414(v) of the Code) made by a Member during the
calendar year under this Plan in excess of the Elective Deferral Limit, plus (ii) in the event the
Member is eligible to make such catch-up contributions under Article XVI or under any other plan
of an Employer or Affiliate (Controlled Group Plan), the amount of such catch-up contributions in
excess of the limit set forth in Section 16.4 for such year made under this Plan or under such
other plan.
3.1.8
Distribution of Excess Deferrals (Regular or Catch-up)
. If a Member has made
Excess Deferrals for any Plan Year, the Committee shall, after consultation with the named
fiduciary of any applicable other Controlled Group Plan, determine the portion of such Excess
Deferrals to be assigned to this Plan (which shall be the total Excess Deferrals less the portion
thereof assigned to another Controlled Group Plan) and distribute the portion thereof so assigned,
adjusted for any (i) income or loss attributable thereto for such Plan Year and, (ii) effective
solely for the 2007 Plan Year, gap period income or loss from the end of the Plan Year to the
date of distribution determined in accordance with such method authorized under applicable
regulations as the Committee shall specify. The amount to be distributed for a Plan Year shall be
adjusted to reflect the amount of Elective Contributions previously distributed by the Plan on or
after the beginning of such Plan Year in order to comply with the limitations of Section 3.3. If
the Members Elective Account is invested in more than one Investment Fund, such distribution shall
be made pro rata, to the extent practicable, from all such Investment Funds. In order to receive
such excess Elective Contributions, the Member must deliver a written claim to the Committee by March 1 of the Plan Year of distribution. Such claim must
include (i) a statement that the Members Elective Deferral Limit will be exceeded unless the
excess Elective Contributions are distributed and (ii) an agreement to forfeit Matching
Contributions made with respect to such excess Elective Contributions and allocated to his Matching
Account (if any). Matching Contributions forfeited pursuant to this Section 3.1.8 shall
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be applied to reduce contributions by the Employer hereunder. If a Members has made Excess Deferrals as a
result of contributions to this Plan and any other plans or agreements maintained by an Employer or
Controlled Group Affiliate, the Committee shall deem such a claim to have been delivered by the
Member and distribute the excess no later than April 15 of the following year.
3.2
Matching Contributions
.
3.2.1
Amount
. The Employer shall make Matching Contributions to the Plan with respect
to each calendar month for which a Section 401(k) Member has a Contribution Agreement in effect, in
an amount equal to 50% of such Section 401(k) Members Elective Contributions for each payroll
period ending in such month (but excluding any such Elective Contributions in excess of 6% of the
Section 401(k) Members Compensation for that payroll period). The amount of Matching
Contributions otherwise required to be made by an Employer for any month shall be reduced by the
amount of any available forfeitures under Section 4.3 (or Section 3.4.3).
3.2.2
Payment
. Matching Contributions for a month shall be paid in cash to the
Trustee during or as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of such month.
3.2.3
Matching Contributions Only for Permissible Elective Contributions
. No Matching
Contributions shall be made with respect (i) to amounts distributable (or recharacterized as
Catch-up Contributions) pursuant to Section 3.3.4, (ii) Elective Contributions in excess of the
Elective Deferral Limit as described in Section 3.1.6, or (iii) ) with respect to Catch-up
Contributions or Elective Contributions designated as Catch-up Contributions but which fail to
qualify as such as provided in Section 16.6. Any amounts paid into the Fund with the intention
that they constitute Matching Contributions with respect to such amounts shall be retained in the
Fund and applied to meet the obligation of the Employer to make contributions under this Article
III.
3.3
Section 401(k) Limit on Elective Contributions
.
3.3.1
In General
. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, Elective
Contributions for any Plan Year for a Section 401(k) Member who is a Highly Compensated Employee
for that Plan Year shall be reduced if and to the extent deemed necessary or advisable by the
Committee in order that the average deferral percentage (as defined in Section 3.3.2) for Section
401(k) Members who are Highly Compensated Employees for that Plan Year shall not exceed the
percentage determined in the following schedule, based on the average deferral percentage for the Applicable Plan Year for all Section 401(k) Members
who are not Highly Compensated Employees for such Applicable Plan Year:
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|
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Column 1
|
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Column 2
|
Average Deferral Percentage for Section 401(k) Members
|
|
Average Deferral Percentage for Section 401(k) Members
|
Who Are Not Highly Compensated
|
|
Who Are Highly Compensated
|
Employees for the Applicable Plan
|
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Employees for the Plan Year
|
Year Less than 2%
|
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Two (2) times the
percentage in Column 1
|
|
|
|
2% - 8%
|
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The percentage in Column 1, plus 2%
|
|
|
|
More than 8%
|
|
One and one-quarter (1-1/4) times
the percentage in Column 1
|
The status of an individual as a non-Highly Compensated Employee for an Applicable Plan Year shall
be determined based on the definition of Highly Compensated Employee in effect for such Applicable
Plan Year.
3.3.2
Determination of Average Deferral Percentages
. Notwithstanding anything in this
Plan to the contrary, for purposes of this Section 3.3, the average deferral percentage for any
group of individuals for a Plan Year (including an Applicable Plan Year) means the average of the
individual ratios, for each person in such group, of (i) his share of Elective Contributions
(exclusive of Catch-up Contributions) for the Plan Year to (ii) his Total Earnings for such Plan
Year (or, if applicable, the portion thereof in which the individual is both a Member and an
Eligible Employee). The individual ratios, and the average deferral percentage for any group of
individuals, shall be calculated to the nearest one-hundredth of one percent (0.01%). For purposes
of calculating the average deferral percentage, Qualified Nonelective Contributions under Section
3.5.4 may be taken into account as Elective Contributions if the conditions of the applicable
regulations under section 401(k) of the Code (set forth as Treas. Reg. § 1.401(k)-2(a)(6)
effective January 1, 2006, and previously as Treas. Reg. § 1.401(k)-1(b)(5)) and other applicable
guidance are met. The Committee shall determine, during and as of the end of each Plan Year, the
average deferral percentages relevant for purposes of this Section 3.3, based on Members
Contribution Agreements and projected Total Earnings then in effect for Section 401(k) Members.
If, based on such determination, the Committee concludes that a reduction in the Elective
Contributions made for any Section 401(k) Member is necessary or advisable in order to comply with
the limitations of this Section 3.3, he shall so notify each affected Section 401(k) Member and his
Employer of the reduction he deems necessary or desirable for this purpose. In such event, the
allowable Elective Contributions under Section 3.1.1 shall be reduced in accordance with the
direction of the Committee, and the Contribution Agreement of each Section 401(k) Member affected by such determination shall be modified
accordingly. Any such reduction may apply either to all Section 401(k) Members, only to Section
401(k) Members who are Highly Compensated Employees, or to any other group as the Committee shall
determine, in such manner as the Committee shall determine.
3.3.3
Calculation of Excess Contributions
. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to
the contrary, for purposes of this Section 3.3, the amount of Excess Contributions
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for Highly Compensated Employees means, with respect to any Plan Year, the excess of (a) the aggregate amount
of Elective Contributions (exclusive of Catch-up Contributions) actually paid into the Plan on
behalf of Highly Compensated Employees for such Plan Year, over (b) the maximum amount of Elective
Contributions permitted for such Plan Year under the limitations set forth in Section 3.3.1,
determined by reducing the amount of Elective Contributions to be permitted on behalf of Highly
Compensated Employees in the order of their individual ratios (as determined under Section 3.3.2)
beginning with the highest of such ratios.
3.3.4
Correction by Distribution (or Recharacterization as Catch-up Contributions)
.The
aggregate amount of any Excess Contributions determined for any Plan Year under Section 3.3.3
shall be distributed in cash to Highly Compensated Employees on the basis of the respective amounts
of Elective Contributions (and amounts taken into account as Elective Contributions) made on their
behalf, reducing the largest amounts of Elective Contributions first, and successively to the
extent necessary until the entire amount of such Excess Contributions is distributed.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the Highly Compensated Employee (i) is eligible
to make Catch-up Contributions under Article XVI and has failed to make the maximum dollar amount
of such Catch-up Contributions permitted for such Plan Year under Section 16.4, the amount
otherwise distributable hereunder shall instead be recharacterized as Catch-up Contributions and
retained in the Plan up to the excess of such dollar limit in Section 16.4 over the amount of
Catch-up Contributions otherwise made for such year under Article XVI.
3.3.5
Time and Manner of Corrective Distribution
. The amount of Excess Contributions
for any Highly Compensated Employee for any Plan Year not recharacterized as Catch-up Contributions
under Section 3.3.4 shall be distributed in cash to such Highly Compensated Employee no later than
March 15 of the following Plan Year if possible, and in any event no later than the close of such
following Plan Year. If such Members Account is invested in more than one Investment Fund, such
distribution shall be made pro rata, to the extent practicable, from all such Investment Funds.
The amount thus distributed shall be adjusted for income or loss attributable thereto for the Plan
Year for which such amount was paid into the Plan and, effective for the Plan Years 2006 and 2007,
for the period from the last day of the Plan Year to the date of distribution or such date within
seven business days prior thereto as the Plan recordkeeper shall determine to be practicable.
3.3.6
Adjustment of Contributions Based on Limit on Annual Additions
. Notwithstanding
any of the foregoing provisions to the contrary, a Member may, at such time and in such manner as
the Committee may prescribe, suspend or change the amount of reduction in Compensation provided for under any applicable Contribution Agreement in order to avoid an
allocation of contributions to his Account which would violate the limitations of this Section 3.3,
Section 3.4 or Article VI.
3.4
Section 401(m) Limit on Matching Contributions
.
3.4.1
In General
. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, Matching
Contributions for any Plan Year for a Section 401(k) Member who is a Highly Compensated Employee
for that Plan Year shall be reduced if and to the extent deemed necessary or advisable by the
Committee in order that the contribution percentage for Section
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401(k) Members who are Highly Compensated Employees for that Plan Year shall not exceed the
percentage determined in the following schedule, based on the contribution percentage for the
Applicable Plan Year for all Section 401(k) Members who are not Highly Compensated Employees for
the Plan Year:
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Column 1
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Column 2
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Contribution Percentage for Section 401(k) Members Who
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Contribution Percentage for Section 401(k) Members
|
Are Not Highly Compensated
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Who Are Highly Compensated
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Employees for the Applicable Plan Year
|
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Employees for the Plan Year
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|
|
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Less than 2%
|
|
Two (2) times the
percentage in Column 1
|
|
|
|
2% - 8%
|
|
The percentage in Column
1, plus 2%
|
|
|
|
More than 8%
|
|
One and one-quarter
(1-1/4) times the per-
centage in Column 1
|
In determining the permitted Contribution Percentage for Highly Compensated Employees, the
Applicable Plan Year for non-Highly Compensated Employees shall be the same as determined under
Section 3.3.1. The status of an individual as a non-Highly Compensated Employee for an Applicable
Plan Year shall be determined based on the definition of Highly Compensated Employee in effect for
such Applicable Plan Year.
3.4.2
Determination of Contribution Percentages
. Notwithstanding anything in this
Plan to the contrary, for purposes of this Section 3.4, the contribution percentage for any group
of individuals means the average of the individual ratios, for each person in such group, of (a)
his share of Matching Contributions for the Plan Year (including an Applicable Plan Year) to (b)
his Total Earnings for such Plan Year (or, if applicable, the portion thereof in which the
individual is both a Member and an Eligible Employee). The individual ratios, and the
contribution percentage for any group of individuals, shall be calculated to the nearest
one-hundredth of one percent (0.01%). For purposes of calculating the contribution percentage,
Qualified Nonelective Contributions under Section 3.5.4 and Elective Contributions under Section
3.1.1 may be taken into account as Matching Contributions if the conditions of the applicable
regulations under section 401(m)(3) of the Code (which are set forth in Treas. Reg. §
1.401(m)-1(b)(5) prior to January 1, 2006 and thereafter Treas. Reg. § 1.401(m)-2(a)(6)) and other
applicable guidance, are met to the extent such contributions are not taken into account for
purposes of the average deferral percentage test pursuant to Section 3.3.2. If, based on a review
of Contribution Agreements and projected Total Earnings similar to those described in Section
3.3.2, the Committee shall conclude that a reduction in the Matching Contributions made for any
Member is necessary or advisable in order to comply with the limitations of this Section 3.4 for
any Plan Year, the amount of such contributions shall be reduced in accordance with the direction
of the Committee. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any such reduction may be made
applicable to all Section 401(k) Members, only to Section 401(k) Members who
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are Highly Compensated Employees, or to any other group as the Committee shall determine, and
in such manner as the Committee shall determine.
3.4.3
Treatment of Excess Matching Contributions
. Notwithstanding anything in this
Plan to the contrary, for purposes of this Section 3.4, the amount of excess Matching
Contributions for any Highly Compensated Employees means, with respect to any Plan Year, the
excess of (a) the total aggregate amount of Matching Contributions actually paid into the Plan on
behalf of Highly Compensated Employees for such Plan Year, over (b) the maximum amount of Matching
Contributions permitted for such Plan Year under the limitations set forth in Section 3.4.2,
determined by reducing the amount of Matching Contributions permitted on behalf of the Highly
Compensated Employee in the order of their individual ratios (as determined under Section 3.4.2)
beginning with the highest such ratio. The aggregate amount of excess Matching Contributions so
determined for any Plan Year shall be attributed to Highly Compensated Employees on the basis of
the respective amounts of Matching Contributions made on their behalf, reducing the largest amounts
of Matching Contributions first, and successively to the extent necessary until the entire amount
of such excess Matching Contributions is allocated. The amount so attributed to a Highly
Compensated Employee shall be forfeited if not vested and the amounts so forfeited shall be applied
to reduce contributions by the Employer hereunder. Any excess Matching Contributions not so
forfeited shall be paid to the Member. Such payment shall be made in cash no later than March 15
of the following Plan Year if possible, and in any event no later than the close of the following
Plan Year.
3.4.4
Income on Excess Matching Contributions
. The amount of excess Matching
Contributions distributed or forfeited pursuant to Section 3.4.3 shall be adjusted for income or
loss attributable thereto for the Plan Year for which such excess was paid into the Plan and,
effective for the Plan Years 2006 and 2007, for the period from the last day of the Plan Year to
the date of distribution or such date within seven business days prior thereto as the Plan
recordkeeper shall determine to be practicable. If any Account from which a distribution or
forfeiture is to be made pursuant to this Section 3.4 is invested in more than one Investment Fund,
such distribution or forfeiture shall be made pro rata, to the extent practicable, from all such
Investment Funds.
3.5
Special Rules
.
3.5.1
Multiple Arrangements for Highly Compensated Employees Combined
. If more than
one plan providing a cash or deferred arrangement, or for matching contributions, or employee
contributions (within the meaning of sections 401(k) and 401(m) of the Code) is maintained by the
Employer or an Affiliate, the individual ratios of any Highly Compensated Employee who participates
in more than one such plan or arrangement shall, for purposes of determining the average deferral
percentage (as defined in Section 3.3.2) and contribution percentage (as defined in Section
3.4.2) for all such arrangements, be determined as if all such arrangements were a single plan or
arrangement.
3.5.2
Aggregation of Plans
. In the event that this Plan satisfies the requirements of
section 410(b) of the Code only if aggregated with one or more other plans, then this Article III
shall be applied by determining the average deferral percentage and
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contribution percentage of Members as if all such plans were a single plan. Plans may be
aggregated under this Section 3.5.2 only if they have the same plan year.
3.5.3
Status as Section 401(k) Member
. For purposes of Sections 3.3 and 3.4, an
individual shall be treated as a Section 401(k) Member for a Plan Year if he so qualifies for any
part of the Plan Year, and whether or not his right to share in Elective Contributions has been
suspended under Section 3.1.5. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in applying such Sections an
individual shall not be treated as a Section 401(k) Member for an Applicable Plan Year during which
he is not a Highly Compensated Employee except for periods after he has met the minimum age and
service requirements of section 410(a)(1)(A) of the Code, if (a) the Committee elects to exclude
all employees who have not met such minimum age and service requirements in accordance with section
410(b)(4)(B) of the Code, and (b) the Plan complies with section 410(b) of the Code on that basis.
3.5.4
Qualified Nonelective Contributions
. For each Plan Year that the Plan is in
effect, each Employer may contribute to the Fund, in cash, such additional amounts (if any) as the
Board of Directors shall, in its sole discretion, determine to be necessary or desirable in order
to meet the requirements of Sections 3.3 and 3.4 for such Plan Year. The Board of Directors shall
designate any such amounts as qualified nonelective contributions within the meaning of section
401(m)(4)(C) of the Code (QNECs) and shall determine the group of Members eligible to share in
such qualified nonelective contributions, the method of apportionment under which such eligible
Members shall share in such contributions and the Accounts under the Plan in which such
contributions, together with the Investment Adjustments attributable thereto, shall be maintained.
Such additional contributions shall be credited, as of the last day of the Plan Year for which
made, to the Accounts of such eligible Members and shall be paid to the Trust Fund no later than
October 15 of the following Plan Year. Anything in this Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, each
Member shall at all times have a fully vested and nonforfeitable right to 100% of the amounts in
his Accounts attributable to QNECs at all times, and such contributions shall be treated as
Elective Contributions for purposes of determining whether they may be distributed under the Plan
except as otherwise provided in Section 7.2.3. At the direction of the Committee, QNECs may be
used to satisfy the Average Deferral Percentage test under Section 3.3.2 if applicable regulations
under section 401(k) of the Code (which are set forth in Treas. Reg. § 1.401(k)-2(b)(6) effective
January 1, 2006) and other applicable guidance are met, or the Contribution Percentage test under
Section 3.4.2 if applicable regulations under section 401(m)(3) of the Code (which are set forth in
Treas. Reg. § 1.401(m)-2(a)(6) effective January 1, 2006) and other applicable guidance are met.
QNECs shall be nonforfeitable when made without regard to the age and service of the Members to
whom they are allocated, and for Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 2006, shall not exceed
five percent of Total Earnings in the case of Members who are non-Highly Compensated Employees (or,
if greater, twice the Plans representative contribution rate as defined in Treas. Reg. §
1.401(k)-2(a)(6)(iv) or any successor regulation).
3.6
Rollovers
. An Eligible Employee shall be entitled to make a contribution in the
form of a direct rollover to the Plan (Rollover Contribution) upon furnishing evidence
satisfactory to the Committee that such contribution qualifies as an eligible rollover
distribution from a qualified plan described in section 401(a) or 403(a) of the Code, an annuity
contract described in section 403(b) of the Code, an eligible plan under section 457(b) of the
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Code which is maintained by a state, political subdivision of a state; provided, that no such
rollover shall include any after-tax contributions. All Rollover Contributions shall be received
and held in the Fund, and shall be credited to the Eligible Employees Rollover Account as of such
date as the Committee shall specify. At the time a Rollover Contribution is made, the Eligible
Employee shall designate (in a manner consistent with Section 5.3) how that Rollover Contribution
is to be allocated among the Investment Funds, without regard to the manner in which his other
Accounts (if any) are invested; thereafter, reallocation of Account balances (including the
Rollover Account) may be made only in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3. An Eligible
Employee who makes a Rollover Contribution shall be deemed a Member solely with respect to his
Rollover Account until he otherwise becomes a Member in accordance with Section 2.1.
3.7
Maximum Limit on Allocation
. If the allocations to a Members Accounts otherwise
required under this Plan for any Plan Year would cause the limitations of Article VI to be exceeded
for that Plan Year, contributions (and forfeitures in lieu thereof) under this Article III shall be
reduced to the extent necessary in order to comply with the limitations of Article VI, with such
reductions to be made first to Elective Contributions which do not relate to Matching Contributions
(i.e., Elective Contributions for any payroll period in excess of 6% of the Members Compensation
for such payroll period), and then to the Members remaining Elective Contributions and Matching
Contributions relating thereto.
3.8
Form and Time of Payment
. Elective Contributions shall be transferred to the
Trust Fund in cash as soon as administratively practicable after they are deducted from the
Compensation of the Member and, except as may be occasionally required by bona fide administrative
considerations, shall in no event be transferred before the applicable election is made, or before
the performance of services with respect to which such Compensation is paid (or when such
Compensation would be currently available, if earlier). QNECs shall be made in cash no later than
the time prescribed by Section 3.5.4.
3.9
Contributions May Not Exceed Amount Deductible
. In no event shall contributions
under this Article III for any taxable year exceed the maximum amount (including amounts carried
forward) deductible for that taxable year under section 404(a)(3) of the Code.
3.10
Contributions Conditioned on Deductibility and Plan Qualification
.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, each contribution by an Employer under this
Article III is conditioned on the deductibility of such contribution under section 404 of the Code
for the taxable year for which contributed, and on the initial qualification of the Plan under
section 401(a) of the Code.
3.11
Expenses
. Except to the extent paid by an Employer, the expenses of the
administration of the Plan shall be deemed to be expenses of the Fund and shall be paid therefrom.
3.12
No Employee Contributions
. Other than as provided in Section 3.6, Members shall
not be eligible to make contributions under the Plan. (Elective and Matching Contributions, and
qualified nonelective contributions made pursuant to Section 3.5.6, are to be
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treated solely as contributions made by the contributing Employer, and are not to be treated
for any purpose as contributions made by a Member.)
3.13
Profits Not Required
. Each Employer shall, notwithstanding any other provision
of the Plan, make all contributions to the Plan without regard to current or accumulated earnings
and profits. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Plan shall be designated to qualify as a
profit-sharing plan for purposes of sections 401(a), 402, 404, 412 and 417 of the Code.
3.14
Contributions for Military Service
. Effective December 12, 1994, notwithstanding
any provisions of this Plan to the contrary, contributions and service credit shall be made with
respect to a period in which an individual would have been an Eligible Member but for his Military
Service (as defined in Section 1.28.3) to the extent required by Chapter 43 of Title 38 of the
United States Code (USERRA). The amount of any such Elective Contributions and of Matching
Contributions in respect thereof shall be based upon such individuals election made following his
return to employment with the Employer following such Military Service (and within the time during
which he had reemployment rights) in accordance with procedures established by the Committee;
provided that no such Elective Contributions may exceed the amount the individual would have been
permitted to elect to contribute had the individual remained continuously employed by the Employer
throughout the period of such Military Service (and Matching Contributions shall be limited
accordingly). Such contributions shall be taken into account as Annual Additions for purposes of
Section 3.3.4 and Article VI in the Limitation Year to which they relate, and for purposes of
applying the Elective Deferral Limit or limit on Catch-up Contributions in Section 16.4 in the
calendar year to which they relate, rather than in the Limitation Year or calendar year in which
made, and shall be disregarded for purposes of applying the limits described in Sections 3.3 and
3.4. Any such contribution shall be made no later than five years from the date of such return to
employment or, if less, a period equal to three times the period of such Military Service.
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ARTICLE IV
Vesting
4.1
Elective Account and Rollover Account
. A Members interest in his Elective
Account and Rollover Account shall have a Vested Percentage of 100% and be nonforfeitable at all
times.
4.2
Matching Account
.
4.2.1
Vesting Schedule
. Upon a Members Termination of Employment for a reason other
than death, retirement at or after his Normal Retirement Date, or Disability, he shall be entitled
to receive the Vested Percentage of the balance in his Matching Account, determined on the basis of
the Members Years of Service as follows:
4.2.1.1
Matching Contributions Prior to January 1, 2002
. The Vested Percentage with
respect to Matching Contributions made for periods ending prior to January 1, 2002 shall be:
|
|
|
Years of Service
|
|
Vested Percentage
|
less than 5
|
|
0%
|
5 or more
|
|
100%
|
4.2.1.2
Matching Contributions After January 1, 2002
. The Vested Percentage with
respect to Matching Contributions made for periods on or after January 1, 2002 (his post-2001
Matching Account) is:
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|
|
|
Years of Service
|
|
Vested Percentage
|
1
|
|
0%
|
2
|
|
20%
|
3
|
|
40%
|
4
|
|
60%
|
5 or more
|
|
100%
|
A Member who had a vested or partially vested account under Part III of the Arrow Electronics ESOP
and Capital Accumulation Plan on January 1, 1984 shall have a Vested Percentage of 100%, without
regard to his actual Years of Service.
4.2.2
Earlier Vesting
. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, a Members
interest in his Matching Account shall have a Vested Percentage of 100% and be nonforfeitable: (a)
on the date of his Termination of Employment by reason of death or Disability; (b) upon his
attainment of his Normal Retirement Date (or any higher age) while employed by an Employer or an
Affiliate; (c) when and if this Plan shall at any time be terminated for any reason; (d) upon the
complete discontinuance of contributions by all Employers hereunder; or (e) upon partial
termination of this Plan (within the meaning of section 411(d)(3) of the Code) if such Member is a
Member affected by such partial termination. Effective January 1, 2007, a Member who dies while
performing qualified military service (as defined in Section 414(u) of the Code) shall receive the
same death benefits that would have been payable had he been actively employed at the time of
death. Accordingly, a Members Account shall be fully vested upon such event irrespective of his
Years of Service.
4.3
Forfeitures
. The non-vested portion of a terminated Members Matching Account
shall be forfeited upon the distribution of the vested portion of the Members Accounts. If such a
Member is reemployed by an Employer or Affiliate before incurring five consecutive One-Year Breaks
in Service, the amount so forfeited shall be restored to his Matching Account, and the Member shall
resume his place on the vesting schedule set forth in Section 4.2. However, if the reemployed
Member previously received a distribution from the vested portion of his post-2001 Matching
Account (as defined in Section 4.2.1.2), his vested interest in his post-2001 Matching Account
after such restoration of the non-vested balance shall be expressed by the formula:
X=P(A + D) - D
where X is the Members vested interest in the post-2001 Matching Account; P is the Members Vested
Percentage in his post-2001 Matching Account determined under Section 4.2.1.2 without regard to
this sentence; A is the amount of the balance of such Account after restoration; and D is the
amount of the distribution previously made to him in respect of his post-2001 Matching Account.
The restoration of a portion of a Members Matching Account shall be made first from available
forfeitures and, if necessary, by a special Employer contribution made for that purpose.
4.4
Irrevocable Forfeitures
. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article
IV, the unvested portion of a Members Matching Account shall be irrevocably forfeited
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if he incurs five consecutive One-Year Breaks in Service and shall therefore not be restored
for any reason, notwithstanding any subsequent reemployment.
4.5
Application of Forfeitures
. Forfeitures shall be applied to reduce Employer
contributions.
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ARTICLE V
Accounts and Designation of Investment Funds
5.1
Investment of Account Balances
. The Committee shall direct the Trustee to divide
the Fund into three or more Investment Funds, which shall have such investment objectives and
characteristics as the Committee shall determine and in which a Members Account shall be invested
according to the Members instructions pursuant to Sections 5.2 through 5.4. Notwithstanding its
stated primary investment objectives, any Investment Fund may make or retain investments of such
nature, or such cash balances, as may be necessary or appropriate in order to effect distributions
or to meet other administrative requirements of the Plan.
5.2
Designation of Investment Funds for Future Contributions
. A Member may designate
the percentage of his share of future contributions which is to be allocated to each Investment
Fund. The Committee shall from time to time determine the minimum percentage, and the multiples
thereof, that may be invested in any Investment Fund. Such designation shall be given on the
Appropriate Form, and the Member shall have the opportunity to obtain written confirmation of each
such designation. In the event that a Member fails to make such a designation, all contributions
for such Member shall be invested in the Investment Fund selected by the Committee in its sole
discretion. Any designation under this Section 5.2 shall be effective as of the first date for
which it can be given effect under the procedures established by the Committee, and continue in
effect until changed by the filing of a new designation under this Section 5.2.
5.3
Designation of Investment Funds for Existing Account Balances
. A Member may, by
giving notice to the Committee on the Appropriate Form designate the percentage of the then
existing balance of his Accounts which shall be invested in each Investment Fund. The Committee
may from time to time determine the minimum percentage, and the multiples thereof, that may be
invested in any Investment Fund, and may limit transfers among Investment Funds if and to the
extent necessary to meet the requirements of any stable value or similar Fund that may require
such a limitation. Any designation under this Section 5.3 shall be effective as of the first date
for which it can be given effect under the procedures established by the Committee. A Member shall
have the opportunity to obtain written confirmation of each such designation. Following a Members
death and pending distribution in respect of his Accounts, his Beneficiary shall have the rights
provided under this Section 5.3 with respect to the portion of the Accounts from which such
Beneficiary will receive a distribution.
5.4
Valuation of Investment Funds
. As of each Valuation Date, the Committee shall
determine the net fair market value of the assets of each Investment Fund, and based on such
valuation shall proportionately adjust each of a Members Accounts to reflect its allocable
Investment Adjustment; provided, however, that no Account shall share in such allocation after the
Valuation Date established for distribution thereof. A Members interest in each Investment Fund
shall be reduced by the amount of distributions or withdrawals therefrom (including transfers to
any other Investment Fund) and by any charges thereto as of such preceding Valuation Date pursuant
to Sections 7.2 and 7.3 (relating to withdrawals and loans)
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and shall be increased by the amount of any transfers thereto from any other Investment Fund,
in such manner as the Committee may deem appropriate.
5.5
Correction of Error
. The Committee may adjust the Accounts of any or all Members
or Beneficiaries in order to correct errors or rectify omissions, including, without limitation,
any allocation to a Members Elective Account made in excess of the Elective Deferral Limit, in
such manner as he believes will best result in the equitable and nondiscriminatory administration
of the Plan.
5.6
Allocation Shall Not Vest Title
. The fact that allocation is made and amounts
credited to a Members Account shall not vest in such Member any right, title or interest in and to
any assets except at the time or times and upon the terms and conditions expressly set forth in
this Plan, nor shall the Trustee be required to segregate physically the assets of the Fund by
reason thereof.
5.7
Statement of Accounts
. The Committee shall distribute to each Member a statement
showing his interest in the Fund at least quarterly.
5.8
Daily Valuation
. The Plan shall use a daily valuation system, which generally
shall mean that Accounts will be updated each Valuation Date to reflect activity for that day, such
as new contributions received by the Trustee, withdrawals or other distributions, changes in the
Members investment elections, and changes in the value of the Investment Funds under the Plan.
Such daily valuation shall be dependent upon the Plans recordkeeper, which may be a mutual fund
sponsor, receiving complete and accurate information from a variety of different sources on a
timely basis. It is understood that events may occur that cause a delay or interruption in that
process, affecting a single Member or a group of Members, and there shall be no guarantee by the
Plan that any given transaction will be processed on a particular anticipated day. In the event of
any such delay or interruption, any affected transaction will be processed as soon as
administratively feasible and no attempt will be made to reconstruct events as they would have
occurred absent the delay or interruption, regardless of the cause, unless the Committee in its
sole discretion directs the Plans recordkeeper to do so.
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ARTICLE VI
Limitation on Maximum Contributions and Benefits Under all Plans
6.1
Definitions
.
6.1.1
Annual Addition
. For purposes of this Article VI, Annual Addition means the
sum for any Plan Year of (a) employer contributions to a plan (or portion thereof) subject to
section 415(c) of the Code maintained by an Employer or an Affiliate, (b) forfeitures under all
such plans (or portions thereof), if any, credited to employee accounts, (c) employee contributions
under all such plans (or portions thereof), and (d) amounts described in section 419A(d)(2) of the
Code (relating to post-retirement medical benefits of key employees) or allocated to a pension plan
individual medical account described in section 415(l) of the Code to the extent includible for
purposes of section 415(c)(2) of the Code. The employee contributions described in clause (c)
shall be determined without regard to (i) any rollover contributions, (ii) any repayments of loans,
or (iii) any prior distributions repaid upon the exercise of buy-back rights. Employer and
employee contributions taken into account as Annual Additions shall include excess contributions
as defined in section 401(k)(8)(B) of the Code, excess aggregate contributions as defined in
section 401(m)(6)(B) of the Code, and excess deferrals as described in section 402(g) of the Code
(to the extent such excess deferrals are not distributed to the employee before the April 15
following the taxable year of the employee in which such deferrals were made), regardless of
whether such amounts are distributed or forfeited.
6.1.2
Earnings
. For purposes of this Article VI, Earnings for any Plan Year means
gross compensation reportable on Form W-2 actually paid or made available by all Employers and
Affiliates, determined before giving effect to any Elective Contributions under this Plan (or
similar contributions under any other cash or deferred arrangement within the meaning of section
401(k) of the Code) or to any salary reduction arrangement under any cafeteria plan (within the
meaning of section 125 of the Code) or, for purposes of receiving qualified transportation fringe
benefits (as described in section 132(f)(4) of the Code. Effective for Plan Years beginning on or
after January 1, 2008, Earnings shall not exceed the Compensation Limit. Effective January 1,
2008, Earnings shall not include amounts paid after termination of employment, unless paid for
services rendered prior to termination and paid either within the calendar year of termination or
no later than 2-1/2 months after the date of termination (but excluding post-severance payments in
the nature of unused accrued sick, vacation or other bona fide leave payments).
6.2
Limitation on Annual Additions
. Subject to Section 6.5, the aggregate Annual
Additions to this Plan and all other defined contribution plans (including all plans or portions
thereof subject to section 415(c) of the Code) maintained by all Employers and Affiliates for any
Limitation Year beginning on or after January 1, 2002 shall not exceed the lesser of (a) $40,000 as
adjusted pursuant to section 415(d) of the Code, or (b) 100 percent of the Members Earnings for
such year.
6.3
Application
. If the allocations to a Members Accounts otherwise required under
this Plan for any Plan Year would cause the limitations of this Article VI to be
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exceeded for that Plan Year, contributions otherwise required with respect to such Member
under Article III shall be reduced to the extent necessary to comply with those limitations, as
provided in Section 3.7. If such reduction is not effected in time to prevent such allocations for
any Limitation Year (as defined in Section 6.4) from exceeding such limitations, any such reduction
shall be effected first by a distribution to the Member of Elective Contributions that did not
receive Matching Contributions, then by (i) a distribution to the Member of additional Elective
Contributions and (ii) a transfer to a suspense account of the Matching Contributions made with
respect to such additional Elective Contribution. Any such distribution of Elective Contributions
shall be limited to the extent such excess contributions were the result of a reasonable error in
determining the amount of Elective Contributions permitted with respect to an individual under the
limits of section 415 of the Code after taking into consideration other Annual Additions for the
year. Matching Contributions transferred to such a suspense account shall be used to reduce
contributions for such Member in the next Limitation Year and each succeeding Limitation Year if
necessary; provided, that if the Member is not covered by the Plan at the end of the current
Limitation Year, the portion exceeding the limitation of this Article VI shall be allocated and
reallocated to the Accounts of all Members in the next Limitation Year before any other Annual
Additions are allocated to the accounts of such Members. The suspense account will reduce future
contributions for all remaining Members in the next Limitation Year, and each succeeding Limitation
Year if necessary. If a suspense account is in existence at any time during the Limitation Year
pursuant to this Section 6.3, it will participate in the allocation of the Funds investment gains
and losses. In the event of a termination of the Plan, unallocated amounts held in such suspense
account shall be allocated to the extent possible under this Article VI for the Limitation Year of
termination. Any amount remaining in such suspense account upon termination of the Plan shall then
be returned to the Employer, notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or Trust Agreement.
Reductions in benefits under this Article VI arising by reason of a Members participation in
multiple plans shall be effected as follows: (a) Annual Additions attributable to Elective
Contributions shall be reduced first, (b) any remaining Annual Additions under continuing plans
shall be reduced before benefits under any terminated plan, and (c) Annual Additions under
continuing plans shall be reduced in the reverse order in which Annual Additions would otherwise
accrue, except as any such plan may otherwise expressly provide. The amount of Elective
Contributions distributed under this Section 6.3 shall include any investment earnings allocable
thereto, and the amounts so distributed shall be disregarded for purposes of applying the Elective
Deferral Limit under Section 3.1.6 and for purposes of determining average deferral percentages
under Section 3.3 or contribution percentages under Section 3.4. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the correction methods under the 1981 regulations set forth above shall not as such apply for
limitation years beginning on or after July 1, 2007 (i.e., for Plan Years beginning on or after
January 1, 2008), and in lieu thereof, corrections shall if applicable be made under the correction
programs of Rev. Proc. 2008-50 or corresponding successor guidance.
6.4
Limitation Year
. All determinations under this Article VI shall be made by
reference to the Plan Year.
6.5
Correlation with Higher ESOP Limit
. For any Plan Year in which some part of the
Annual Addition for an employee is attributable to ESOP Contributions, the limitations of Section
6.2 shall be applied taking into account the special rule in section 415(c)(6) of the Code.
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ARTICLE VII
Distributions, Withdrawals and Loans
7.1
Distribution on Termination of Employment
. When a Members employment terminates
for any reason, the Vested Percentage of the balance of his respective Accounts shall be
distributed to him (or, if distribution is being made by reason of death, or after his death
following Termination of Employment, to his Beneficiary). Such distribution shall be made in
accordance with the provisions of Article VIII. Any portion of a Members Accounts not so
distributable shall be treated as provided in Sections 4.3 and 4.4.
7.2
Withdrawals during Employment
. Subject to Section 7.11, a Member may make a
withdrawal from his Accounts during employment by an Employer or Affiliate in accordance with the
following provisions of this Section 7.2:
7.2.1
Rollover Account
. A Member may elect, no more frequently than once in any
twelve-month period nor more than twice in any sixty-month period, to withdraw from the Plan an
amount in cash equal to one-half (1/2) of his Rollover Account.
7.2.2
Matching Account
. A Member may elect, no more frequently than once in any
twelve-month period nor more than twice in a sixty-month period, to withdraw from his Matching
Account an amount in cash equal to one-half (
1
/
2
) of the Vested Percentage of the balance of such
Account.
7.2.3
Elective Account Hardship Withdrawal
. Before attaining age 59-1/2, a Member
who is employed by an Employer or Affiliate may withdraw so much of his Elective Account as the
Committee shall in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner determine to be necessary (based on such
representations or other information as the Committee may request in his discretion) to meet any
condition of hardship affecting such Member, provided that the Member has already received all
other amounts available to him as a loan, or a distribution other than on account of hardship as
herein defined, under this Plan and all other plans maintained by any Employer or Affiliate (such
as but not limited to the Arrow Electronics Stock Ownership Plan). For this purpose, the term
hardship shall mean any one or more of the following needs:
(a) Effective January 1, 2005, expenses for medical care described in section 213(d) of the
Code previously incurred by the Member or the Members spouse or dependents (including a child of
divorced parents who together provide over half the childs support) and for which a deduction
would be available under section 213 of the Code after disregarding the limitation of deductions to
amounts in excess of 7.5% of adjusted gross income, or expenses necessary in order for such persons
to obtain such care, provided that such expenses have not been and will not in the future be
covered by insurance;
(b) Effective January 1, 2005, payment of tuition and related educational fees, including room
and board (but not books), for the next 12 months of post-secondary education for the Member, the
Members spouse, children or dependents (as defined under applicable regulations);
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(c) Costs (other than mortgage payments) directly related to the purchase of the principal
residence of a Member; or
(d) Effective August 1, 2006, payments necessary to prevent the eviction of the Member from
his or her principal residence or foreclosure on the mortgage on that residence;
(e) Effective August 1, 2006, payments for funeral or burial expenses for the Members
deceased parent, spouse, child or dependent (as defined under applicable regulations);
(f) Effective August 1, 2006, expenses to repair damage to a Members principal residence that
would qualify for a casualty loss deduction under section 165 of the Code (determined without
regard to whether the loss exceeds 10 percent of adjusted gross income).
(g) Prior to August 1, 2006, an immediate and heavy financial need resulting in an emergency
condition in the financial affairs of a Member.
Any withdrawals under this Section 7.2.3 shall be limited to the total amount of Elective
Contributions made, and investment earnings allocable thereto as of December 31, 1988, which have
not previously been withdrawn, and shall exclude any amounts attributable to qualified nonelective
contributions as defined in Section 3.5.4. The amount withdrawn under this Section 7.2.3 shall
not exceed the amount necessary to meet the hardship plus the amount necessary to pay any federal,
state or local income taxes or penalties that the Member reasonably anticipates will result from
the withdrawal.
7.2.4
Elective Account After Age 59-1/2
. After attaining age 59-1/2, a Member may
elect, no more frequently than once in any twelve-month period nor more than twice in any
sixty-month period, to withdraw from the Plan all or any portion of his Elective Account.
7.2.5
Age 70-1/2 Withdrawal
. A Member may elect to withdraw the entire balance of his
Accounts as of April 1 following the calendar year in which he attains age 70-1/2, and thereafter,
but no more than once in any calendar year after the year of the first such withdrawal, to withdraw
the entire balance of his Accounts attributable to contributions made since the prior such
withdrawal.
7.2.6
Withdrawal Request
. A withdrawal request shall be made by filing the
Appropriate Form with the Committee, which prior to August 1, 2006 may, in the discretion of the
Committee require that the spouse of the Member, if any, execute a notarized written consent
thereto. The Appropriate Form in the case of a withdrawal under Section 7.2.3 shall include an
agreement by the Member to the suspension of contributions described in Section 3.1.5.1, and to a
similar suspension of elective deferrals (as defined in section 402(g)(3) of the Code) and of
employee contributions under this Plan and all other qualified and nonqualified plans of deferred
compensation (excluding mandatory employee contributions under any defined benefit plan), or stock
option, stock purchase, or similar plans, of any Employer or Affiliate for six months from the date
of such withdrawal (or until January 1, 2002, if later). Each such other
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plan shall be deemed amended by reason of this provision and the Members execution of the
Appropriate Form to the extent necessary to give full effect to such agreement.
7.2.7
Home Purchases with Mortgage
. A Member shall be entitled to a hardship
withdrawal under Section 7.2.3 if (a) he meets all requirements therefor other than the receipt of
all amounts available to him as a loan, (b) the need is for funds to purchase a principal residence
of the Member, (c) the obtaining of loans other than the mortgage loan in connection with such
purchase would disqualify the Member from obtaining the necessary amount of mortgage loan, and (d)
the Member demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Committee that the amount to be withdrawn for
the purpose of such purchase cannot be obtained from other resources that are reasonably available
to the Member (including assets of the Members spouse that are reasonably available to the
Member).
7.3
Loans during Employment
. Upon the application of a Member who has been a Member
for at least twelve months, who is a party in interest with respect to the Plan (within the
meaning of section 3(14) of ERISA), and who has not applied for a loan during the preceding six
months, the Committee or its delegate (in either case, the Loan Administrator) shall instruct the
Trustee to make a loan to such Member from his Accounts provided that such loan meets the
requirements of Section 7.4. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, an Eligible Employee may
apply for a loan from his Rollover Account without regard to whether he has become a Member in
accordance with Section 2.1 or to the period, if any, for which he has been a Member. The loan
request, which shall specify the use to be made of the loan proceeds, shall be made on the
Appropriate Form and submitted to the Loan Administrator, together with such application fee as may
be required under procedures adopted by the Loan Administrator. The Loan Administrator shall
notify such Member in writing within a reasonable time of the approval or denial of such loan
request, and such notification shall be final. If a Member obtains a loan under this Section 7.3,
his status as a Member in the Plan and his rights with respect to his Plan benefits shall not be
affected, except to the extent that the Member has assigned his interest in his Accounts pursuant
to the various applicable provisions of Section 7.4, and except as provided in Section 7.11. All
loans shall be granted according to rules applicable to all Members on a uniform and
nondiscriminatory basis. No more than two loans may be outstanding at any time. The Committee may
suspend authorization for future loans to Members, but no such suspension shall affect any loan
then outstanding under this Section 7.3.
7.3.1 In applying the limitations on the amount of loans permitted under this Article VII, any
prior loan that is in default shall be treated as outstanding, and effective March 17, 2003, the
number of loans available to a Member shall be reduced by the number of prior loans currently in
default.
7.4
Loan Requirements
. A loan pursuant to Section 7.3 shall not be made to a Member
unless such loan meets all of the following requirements:
7.4.1
Amount
. Such loan must be in an amount of not less than one thousand dollars
($1,000), and shall not exceed the lowest of (a) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), (b) one-half of
the Vested Percentage of the Members Account balances, or (c) such lesser amount as may be
determined by the Loan Administrator in the event that the Members Accounts are invested (in whole
or in part) in an Investment Fund that prohibits the liquidation
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of investments to fund Member loans. The limitation under clause (a) or (b) above shall be
reduced by the outstanding balance (if any) of all other loans to the Member from (i) this Plan and
(ii) all other qualified employer plans (as described in section 72(p)(4) of the Code) which are
maintained by the Company or any related employer referred to in section 72(p)(2)(D) of the Code,
and (iii) any contract purchased under this Plan or a plan described in the preceding clause (ii)
(including any assignment or pledge with respect to such a contract). The fifty thousand dollars
($50,000) in clause (a) above shall be further reduced by the excess, if any, of the highest
outstanding loan balance of all loans described in the preceding sentence during the twelve (12)
month period preceding the loan, over the outstanding loan balance of all loans described in the
preceding sentence. If there is a loan from another qualified
employer plan(as described in
clause (ii), above) currently outstanding, one-half the value of the Members vested interest under
the plan from which such loan was made shall be added to the amount determined under clause (b),
above, but the limitation under clause (b) shall in no event be less than the limit determined by
disregarding both loans from other plans and the value of the Members vested interest therein.
7.4.2
Adequate Security
. Such loan must be adequately secured. No more than one-half
of the value of the Members fully vested Accounts, including his Loan Account, may be assigned as
collateral security. If the Loan Administrator subsequently determines that the loan is no longer
adequately secured, additional security may be required.
7.4.3
Interest
. Such loan must bear interest, payable at quarterly intervals (or more
frequent intervals, if the Loan Administrator shall so require), at a rate commensurate with the
interest rates charged by persons in the business of lending money for loans which would be made
under similar circumstances. The Loan Administrator shall at regular intervals (but not less
frequently than quarterly) determine such rate on the basis of a review of pertinent information.
7.4.4
Repayment Term
. Such loan must provide for substantially level amortization
(within the meaning of section 72(p)(2)(C) of the Code) with payments made at least quarterly for a
period to end no later than the earlier of:
(a) The expiration of a fixed term not to exceed four and one-half (4-1/2) years, or ten (10)
years in the case of a loan used to acquire any dwelling unit which within a reasonable time
(determined at the time the loan is made) is to be used as the principal residence of the Member (a
principal residence loan); or
(b) The date on which distribution of the Members Accounts is made or otherwise commences
following the Members Termination of Employment.
7.4.5
Suspension During Leave of Absence
. Loan repayments may be suspended under the
Plan during an authorized leave of absence that is either unpaid or at a rate of pay (after
applicable employment tax withholding) that is less than the payments required by the loan, for up
to one year, provided that the loan, including interest accrued during the period of absence, must
be paid in full within five years from the date of the loan (ten years in the case of a principal
residence loan). Notwithstanding the foregoing, loan repayments may be suspended for a period
which is greater than a year if the Member is performing service in the
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uniformed services, as described in section 414(u)(4) of the Code. The interest rate applied
to a suspended loan during such period of military service may not exceed 6%. After a suspension
for military service the loan, including interest accrued during the period of absence must be paid
in full within a period that does not exceed five years (ten years in the case of a principal
residence loan) plus the period of military leave from the date of the loan. Once repayments begin
after any suspension under this Section 7.4.5, the loan may be repaid either (i) in installments in
the same amount as the original installments with a balloon payment at the end of the required
period, or (ii) by increased level installments which repay the entire amount by the end of the
required period.
7.4.6
Binding Agreement
. Such loan must be evidenced by a legally binding agreement,
either written or the legal equivalent thereof (which effective August 1, 2006 may consist of the
Members endorsement of the loan check after notice of the applicable loan terms), containing such
terms and provisions as the Loan Administrator shall in its sole discretion determine. Prior to
August 1, 2006, but not thereafter (unless required under the terms of the Plans QDRO procedures),
the Loan Administrator may require a certification or representation from the Member that he is not
then legally married, or (b) consent by the Members spouse at the time of the making of the loan
in a notarized writing executed within the 90-day period before the making of the loan. The Loan
Administrator shall be entitled to rely on any such certification or representation with respect to
marital status made by a Member in his request for a loan, and the Plan, the Trustee, the
Committee, Employers, and their employees and agents shall be fully protected in respect of any
action taken or suffered by them in reliance thereon.
7.5
Loan Expenses
. The Loan Administrator may determine to charge any fees, taxes,
charges or other expenses (including, without limitation, any asset liquidation charge or similar
extraordinary expense) incurred in connection with a loan to the Accounts of the Member obtaining
such loan. Such charges shall be imposed on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis.
7.6
Funding
.
7.6.1
Funding of Loans
. A Members loan shall be funded solely by reduction of the
Members Account balances as of the effective date of the loan. Unless the Member specifies a
different order, such reduction shall apply to the Members Accounts in the following order: (1)
Rollover Account; (2) Matching Account and (3) Elective Account. The loan obligation created
pursuant to Section 7.4.6 shall be held by the Trustee in a Loan Fund and allocated solely to the
Accounts of the Member who receives the loan. For all purposes hereunder, the value of such loan
obligation at any date shall be considered to be the unpaid principal amount of the note plus
accrued interest. Interest attributable to such notes shall be held in the Loan Fund until
reallocation pursuant to Section 7.7.
7.6.2
Loan Account
. A Loan Account shall be maintained for each Member who has been
granted a loan pursuant to Section 7.3, in which shall be entered the amount of such Members loan.
Such Loan Account shall remain in effect until such Members loan has been repaid and the amount
in the Loan Fund attributable to his Loan Account transferred to another Investment Fund.
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7.7
Repayment
. The total amount of principal and interest payments on a Members loan
shall be allocated to the Members Accounts in proportion to the share of the loan funded from each
Account. Unless the Member specifies a different order, such payments shall be applied to restore
the Accounts in the following order: (1) Elective Account; (2) Matching Account; and (3) Rollover
Account. Payments of principal and interest on a Members loan shall be initially deposited in the
Loan Fund for allocation to such Members Loan Account and shall be reallocated as of the first
Valuation Date coincident with or next following such deposit to such other Investment Funds as the
Member shall have designated for future contributions pursuant to Section 5.2.
7.8
Valuation
. The value of that portion of a Members Accounts to be withdrawn
pursuant to Section 7.2 or that portion of a Members Accounts to be borrowed pursuant to Section
7.3 shall be determined as of the Valuation Date immediately following the date on which the
withdrawal or loan request is received by the Committee or the Loan Administrator, as the case may
be (or, if the Committee or Loan Administrator shall so direct, any later Valuation Date prior to
the distribution of funds).
7.9
Allocation among Investment Funds
. A Member may direct on the Appropriate Form,
at such time coincident with or following his loan or withdrawal request as the Committee or Loan
Administrator, as the case may be, may allow, and subject to the Committees or Loan
Administrators consent, the proportions in which any withdrawal pursuant to Section 7.2 or loan
pursuant to Section 7.3 shall be allocated among the Investment Funds; provided, however, that
failing such direction or consent, and in all cases on or after August 1, 2006, the allocation
shall be made pro rata among the Investment Funds in which each Account that is reduced to fund the
loan is invested.
7.10
Disposition of Loan Upon Certain Events
. Subject to the provision of Section
7.4.4 authorizing prepayment of a loan, in the event of the retirement, Termination of Employment,
Disability, or death of a Member before the Member repays all outstanding loans, the unpaid balance
of the loan shall be due and payable. If the loan is not repaid within 60 days following such
event, the Trustee shall reduce the value of the Members Loan Account by the amount of the
Members outstanding loan (including accrued interest), and before making a cash distribution to
the Member or his Beneficiary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, effective October 19, 2005, if a
Member ceases to be an employee of the Company or any other Employer as a result of a sale of
assets or stock or similar corporate transaction, and the asset or stock purchase agreement or
similar agreement so provides, any loan note held in the Account of a Member affected thereby may
be transferred or rolled over from the Plan to another qualified plan maintained by the purchaser
of such stock or assets (or any affiliate thereof) in accordance with such procedures as the
Committee may establish therefor.
7.11
Withdrawals from Plan While Loan is Outstanding
. The amount otherwise available
for withdrawal from the Plan under Section 7.2 shall be reduced by the amount of any loan
outstanding at the time a withdrawal request is made.
7.12
Compliance with Applicable Law
. The Loan Administrator shall take such actions
as he may deem appropriate in order to assure full compliance with all applicable laws and
regulations relating to Member loans and the granting and repayment thereof.
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7.13
Default
. A loan made pursuant to Section 7.3 shall be in default if a scheduled
payment of principal or interest is not received by the Loan Administrator within thirty (30) days
following the scheduled payment date. The Loan Administrator may establish a cure period during
which repayment of the missing scheduled payment, plus interest, may be made, which cure period
shall not continue beyond the last day of the calendar quarter following the calendar quarter in
which the payment was due. Upon default, the outstanding principal amount and accrued interest of
the loan shall become immediately due and payable, and the Loan Administrator may execute upon the
Plans security interest in the Members Accounts to satisfy the debt; provided, however, that the
execution shall not occur until such time as the Members Account(s) against which execution is
proposed could be distributed to the Member consistent with the requirements for qualification of
the Plan under section 401(a) of the Code. Furthermore, the Loan Administrator may take any other
action he deems appropriate to obtain payment of the outstanding amount of principal and accrued
interest, which may include accepting payments of principal and interest that were not made on
schedule and permitting the loan to remain outstanding under its original payment schedule. Any
costs incurred by the Loan Administrator in collecting, or attempting to collect, amounts in
default shall be charged against the Members Accounts. If the Loan Administrator is unable to
obtain payment of the outstanding principal and accrued interest (or, in his discretion, payment of
only the overdue amount of such principal), the Loan Administrator shall take such further action
as he deems appropriate to prevent loss to the Plan as a result of the default. Any discretion by
the Loan Administrator in this regard shall be exercised in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner.
7.14
Conversion of Loan to Hardship Distribution
. If a Member fails to make timely
repayment of a loan, the Loan Administrator, upon application of the Member, shall recharacterize
the loan as a hardship distribution, but only if the loan proceeds were used to meet a need set
forth in Section 7.2.3 and provided that the suspension requirements referred to in Section 7.2.6
are satisfied.
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ARTICLE VIII
Payment of Benefits
8.1
Payment of Benefits
.
8.1.1
In General
. The amounts distributable to a Member pursuant to Section 7.1 on
Termination of Employment shall be paid in cash in a single sum, except as otherwise provided
below. If the amount so distributable exceeds $5,000, the Member may, in lieu of a single sum
payment, elect to receive distribution either (a) in two or more payments, at such times and in
such amounts as he may elect, provided that each such payment other than the last shall be not less
than $1,000, or (b) in substantially equal installments over 5, 10, 15 or 20 years, to be made
monthly, quarterly, or annually as the Member may elect. A Member may prospectively revoke any
election described in clause (a) or (b) above and substitute therefor a different election of any
of such forms, or an election of a single sum payment, which shall apply to the then remaining
balance in his Vested Accounts. Any undistributed balance of a Members Accounts shall continue to
be adjusted in accordance with Article V until distribution thereof is completed. Distribution
shall not be made without the Members consent, in writing or its equivalent, prior to the time
that distribution is required under Section 8.6 unless the total vested balance of the Members
Accounts (including his Rollover Account) does not exceed $5,000. In the event that a Member is
ineligible to, and/or does not elect to receive, distribution in two or more payments or in
installments as above provided, and the Committee determines that the vested balance of the
Members Accounts does not exceed $5,000, distribution of such vested balance shall be made in a
lump sum after (x) the Member has been notified that such a small benefit cashout is to be made and
of his right to receive such distribution as a direct rollover, (y) the Members election to
receive cash or a direct rollover is received or the time for making such election has expired, and
(z) the amount so distributable does not rise to more than $5,000 as of the date used to review
Account values for purposes of distribution under the procedures adopted by the Plan recordkeeper.
Except as the Member otherwise elects, expressly or by failure to request distribution after
receipt of notice advising of the right to so elect, distribution shall in all events commence no
later than 60 days after the close of the Plan Year in which occurs the later of his most recent
Termination of Employment or his Normal Retirement Date, except to the extent a contribution
pursuant to Article III of the Plan which the Member is entitled to share in has not yet been
acquired by the Fund.
8.1.2
Default Rollover of Small Benefits Cashouts
. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for
distributions to a Member on or after March 28, 2005 and prior to the Members Normal Retirement
Date, in the event that the amount of the distribution exceeds $1,000 but does not exceed $5,000,
and the Member does not make an election whether or not to directly rollover his distribution
within the time and in the manner prescribed by the Committee, such distribution shall be made to
an individual retirement account selected by the Committee and meeting the requirements for the
safe harbor regulations issued by the Department of Labor, 29 C.F.R. section 2520.404a-2 (or any
corresponding successor regulations).
8.1.3
Notice Period
. If a distribution is one to which sections 401(a)(11) and 417 of
the Code do not apply, such distribution may commence less than 30 days after the notice required
under Treas. Reg. section 1.411(a)-11(c) provided that: (a) the Committee
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clearly informs the Member that the Member has a right to a period of at least 30 days after
receiving the notice to consider the decision of whether or not to elect a distribution (and, if
applicable, a particular distribution option), and (b) the Member, after receiving the notice,
affirmatively elects a distribution.
8.2
Death Benefits
.
8.2.1
In General
. In the event of the death of a Member prior to his Termination of
Employment, the balances in his Accounts shall be distributed to his Beneficiary. If the
Beneficiary is the Members spouse, the spouse shall be entitled to receive distribution beginning
within 90 days of the Members death if reasonably practicable and otherwise as soon as
practicable, or, if the Member had attained his Normal Retirement Date prior to his death,
beginning not later than 60 days following the close of the Plan Year in which his death occurs.
8.2.2
Installment Payments on Death
. If so elected by the Member prior to his death,
or thereafter by his Beneficiary, payments following a Members death may be paid in substantially
equal installments over 5, 10, 15, or 20 years from the Members death, to be made monthly,
quarterly or annually as specified in such election. Any amount so distributable shall be held in
the Members Accounts, invested pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.4, and adjusted as provided
in Section 5.5 until distribution is completed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the total vested
account of Member allocable to a Beneficiary does not exceed $5,000, the distribution shall be
subject to the small benefit cashout rules set forth in Sections 8.1.1 and 8.1.2 as if the
Beneficiary were a Member.
8.3
Non-Alienation of Benefits
. Except as otherwise required by a qualified domestic
relations order (as defined in section 414(p) of the Code), or by other applicable law recognized
as a permitted exception to this provision by section 401(a)(13) of the Code and regulations
thereunder, no benefit, interest, or payment under the Plan shall be subject in any manner to
anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge, whether
voluntary or involuntary, and no attempt to so anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign,
pledge, encumber or charge the same shall be valid nor shall any such benefit, interest, or payment
be in any way liable for or subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements or torts of
the person entitled to such benefit, interest, or payment or be subject to attachment, garnishment,
levy, execution or other legal or equitable process.
8.4
Doubt as to Right to Payment
. In the event that at any time any doubt exists as
to the right of any person to any payment hereunder or the amount or time of such payment
(including, without limitation, any case of doubt as to identity, or any case in which any notice
has been received from any other person claiming any interest in amounts payable hereunder, or any
case in which a claim from other persons may exist by reason of community property or similar
laws), the Committee shall be entitled, in its discretion, to direct the Trustee to hold such sum
as a segregated amount in trust until such right or amount or time is determined or until order of
a court of competent jurisdiction, or to pay such sum into court in accordance with appropriate
rules of law in such case then provided, or to make payment only upon receipt of a bond or similar
indemnification (in such amount and in such form as is satisfactory to the Committee).
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8.5
Incapacity
. If any benefits hereunder are due to a legally incompetent person,
the Committee may, in its sole discretion, direct that any distribution due such person be made (a)
directly to such person, or (b) to his duly appointed legal representative, and any distribution so
made shall completely discharge the liabilities of the Plan therefor.
8.6
Time of Commencement of Benefits
.
8.6.1 Subject to Sections 8.6.2 through 8.6.5, payment to a Member under this Article VIII
shall be made or commenced not later than the 60th day after the close of the Plan Year in which
occurs the later of his most recent Termination of Employment or his Normal Retirement Date.
8.6.2 Distribution of the benefits of a Member shall be required hereunder (a) for a Member
who is a five percent (5%) owner with respect to the Plan Year in which he attained age 70-1/2, by
April 1 following such year, and (b) in any other case, by April 1 following the calendar year in
which the Member attains age 70-1/2 or terminates employment, whichever is later. Distributions
shall be made pursuant to this Section 8.6.2 as though the Member had retired.
8.6.3 If a Member receives a single sum distribution pursuant to Section 8.6.2, any
contributions made to the Plan subsequently (and any forfeitures in lieu thereof) allocable to the
Members Accounts shall be paid to the Member as soon as practicable after the end of the Plan Year
for which such contributions are made.
8.6.4 Notwithstanding any provisions of this Plan to the contrary, in the event that the
amount of a payment required to commence on the date otherwise determined under this Plan cannot be
ascertained by such date, or if it is not possible to make such payment on such date because the
Committee has been unable to locate the Member (or, in the case of a deceased Member, his
Beneficiary) after making reasonable efforts to do so, a payment retroactive to such date may be
made no later than 60 days after the earliest date on which the amount of such payment can be
ascertained under this Plan or the date on which the Member (or Beneficiary) is located, whichever
is applicable.
8.6.5 Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, with respect to distributions
under the Plan made for calendar years, 2001 and 2002, the Plan will apply the minimum distribution
requirements of section 401(a)(9) of the Code, including the incidental death benefit requirement,
in accordance with the regulations under section 401(a)(9) that were proposed on January 17, 2001,
and for the calendar year 2003 in accordance with the regulations under section 401(a)(9)
published on April 17, 2002, and thereafter in accordance with the final regulations under section
401(a)(9) published on June 15, 2004.
8.6.6 Effective with respect to the 2009 calendar year, no minimum required distribution shall
be required or made in respect of such calendar year absent an affirmative election on the
Applicable Form by the Member to the contrary in accordance with such procedures as the Committee
shall establish.
8.7
Payments to Minors
. If at any time a person entitled to receive any payment
hereunder is a minor, such payment may, in the sole discretion of the Committee, be
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made for the benefit of such minor to his parent, guardian or the person with whom he resides,
or to the minor himself, and the release of any such parent, guardian, person or minor shall be a
valid and complete discharge for such payment.
8.8
Identity of Proper Payee
. The determination of the Committee as to the identity
of the proper payee of any payment and the amount properly payable shall be conclusive, and payment
in accordance with such determination shall constitute a complete discharge of all obligations on
account thereof.
8.9
Inability to Locate Distributee
. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan,
in the event that the Committee cannot locate any person to whom a payment is due under this Plan,
the benefit in respect of which such payment is to be made shall be forfeited at such time as the
Committee shall determine in its sole discretion (but in all events prior to the time such benefit
would otherwise escheat under any applicable law); provided, that such benefit shall be reinstated
if such person subsequently makes a valid claim for such benefit prior to termination of the Plan.
8.10
Estoppel of Members and Their Beneficiaries
. The Employer, Committee and Trustee
may rely upon any certificate, statement or other representation made to them by any employee,
Member, spouse or other beneficiary with respect to age, length of service, leave of absence, date
of Termination of Employment, marital status or other fact required to be determined under any of
the provisions of this Plan, and shall not be liable on account of the payment of any moneys or the
doing of any act in reliance upon any such certificate, statement or other representation. Any
such certificate, statement or other representation made by an employee or Member shall be
conclusively binding upon such employee or Member and his spouse or other beneficiary, and such
employee, Member, spouse or beneficiary shall thereafter and forever be estopped from disputing the
truth and correctness of such certificate, statement or other representation. Any such
certificate, statement or other representation made by a Members spouse or other beneficiary shall
be conclusively binding upon such spouse or beneficiary, and such spouse or beneficiary shall
thereafter and forever be estopped from disputing the truth and correctness of such certificate,
statement or other representation.
8.11
Qualified Domestic Relations Orders
.
8.11.1
Definition
. For purposes of this Section 8.11, Qualified Domestic Relations
Order means any judgment, decree or order (including approval of a property settlement) made
pursuant to a state domestic relations law (including a community property law) which relates to
the provision of child support, alimony payments or marital property to a spouse, former spouse,
child or other dependent of a Member and which creates or recognizes the existence of a right of
(or assigns such a right to) such spouse, former spouse, child or other dependent (the Alternate
Payee) to receive all or a portion of the benefits payable with respect to a Member under the
Plan. A Qualified Domestic Relations Order must clearly specify the amount or percentage of the
Members benefits to be paid to the Alternate Payee by the Plan (or the manner in which such amount
or percentage is to be determined). A Qualified Domestic Relations Order (a) may not require the
Plan (i) to provide any form or type of benefits or any option not otherwise provided under the
Plan, (ii) to pay benefits to an Alternate Payee under such order which are required to be paid to
another Alternate Payee under another such order
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previously filed with the Plan, or (iii) to provide increased benefits (determined on the
basis of actuarial equivalents), but (b) may require payment of benefits to the Alternate Payee
under the order (i) at any time after the date of the order, (ii) as if the Member had retired on
the date on which such payment is to begin under such order (taking into account only the benefits
in which the Member is then vested) and (iii) in any form in which such benefits may be paid to the
Member.
8.11.2
Distributions
. The Committee shall recognize and honor any judgment, decree or
order entered on or after January 1, 1985 under a state domestic relations law which the Committee
determines to be a Qualified Domestic Relations Order in accordance with such reasonable procedures
to determine such status as the Committee shall establish. Without limitation of the foregoing,
the Committee shall notify a Member and the person entitled to benefits under a judgment, decree or
order which purports to be a Qualified Domestic Relations Order of (a) the receipt thereof, (b) the
Plans procedures for determining whether such judgment, decree or order is a Qualified Domestic
Relations Order and (c) any determination made with respect to such status. During any period
during which the Committee is determining whether any judgment, decree or order is a Qualified
Domestic Relations Order, any amount which would have been payable to any person pursuant to such
order shall be separately accounted for (and adjusted to reflect its appropriate share of the
Investment Adjustment as of each Valuation Date pursuant to Article V) pending payment to the
proper recipient thereof. Any such amount, as so adjusted, shall be paid to the person entitled to
such payment under any such judgment, decree or order if the Committee determines such judgment,
decree or order to be a Qualified Domestic Relations Order within 18 full calendar months
commencing with the date on which the first payment would be required to be made under such
judgment, decree or order. If the Committee is unable to make such a determination within such
time period, payment under the Plan shall be as if such judgment, decree or order did not exist and
any such determination made after such time period shall be applied prospectively only.
Distribution to an Alternate Payee under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order shall be made on a
pro rata basis from the Members Accounts in such manner as the Committee shall direct.
8.11.3
Alternate Payees Beneficiary
. In the event that an Alternate Payee is
entitled under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order to designate a Beneficiary for the Alternate
Payees interest in the Plan and fails to do so or such designation fails to be effective (such as
by reason of the prior death of the designated individual and the absence of any effective
alternative designation), the Alternate Payees Beneficiary with respect to such interest shall be
the Alternate Payees estate.
8.12
Benefits Payable Only from Fund
. All benefits payable under this Plan shall be
paid or provided solely from the Fund, and neither any Employer nor its shareholders, directors,
employees or the Committee shall have any liability or responsibility therefor. Except as
otherwise provided by law, no Employer assumes any obligations under this Plan except those
specifically stated in the Plan.
8.13
Prior Plan Distribution Forms
. The portions of the Accounts of Members
attributable to balances transferred from prior plans will be eligible for installment or annuity
forms of distributions that were available under such plans if distribution in respect thereof is
to commence as of a date on or before February 1, 2002, and the Members vested Accounts at
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termination of employment exceed $5,000. Otherwise, all amounts distributable to a Member
whose employment terminates for any reason shall be paid in accordance with the foregoing
provisions of this Article VIII.
8.14
Restrictions on Distribution
. A Members Elective Account shall not be
distributable prior to his severance from employment, disability, death, or attainment of age
59-1/2 except in cases of (a) hardship to the extent provided in Section 7.2.3 or (b) a lump sum
distribution made upon termination of the Plan without establishment or maintenance of another
defined contribution plan (other than an employee stock ownership plan as defined in section
4975(e)(7) of the Code) within the meaning of applicable regulations.
8.15
Direct Rollover of Eligible Rollover Distributions
. Notwithstanding any
provisions of this Plan that would otherwise limit a Distributees election under this Section
8.15, a Distributee may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Committee, to have
any portion of an Eligible Rollover Distribution paid in a Direct Rollover directly to an Eligible
Retirement Plan specified by the Distributee.
8.15.1
Definitions
. For purposes of this Section 8.15, the following terms shall have
the meanings specified below:
8.15.1.1
Eligible Rollover Distribution
. Any distribution of all or any portion of
the balance to the credit of a Distributee under the Plan, except that an Eligible Rollover
Distribution does not include: any distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal
periodic payments (not less frequent than annual) made for the life (or life expectancy) of the
Distributee or the joint lives (or life expectancies) of the Distributee and the Distributees
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; the portion of any distribution that
is not includible in gross income, unless the conditions of Section 8.15.4 are satisfied; any
deemed distribution occurring upon the Members Termination of Employment under which the Members
account balance is offset by the amount of an outstanding Plan loan; and any hardship withdrawal.
8.15.1.2
Eligible Retirement Plan
. An individual retirement account described in
section 408(a) of the Code, an individual retirement annuity described in section 408(b) of the
Code, an annuity plan described in section 403(a) of the Code, another employers qualified trust
described in section 401(a) of the Code, an annuity contract described in section 403(b) of the
Code, or an eligible deferred compensation plan described in section 457(b) of the Code maintained
by a State, a political subdivision of a State, or any agency or instrumentality of a State or
political subdivision of a State and which agrees to separately account for amounts transferred
into such plan from this Plan, that accepts a Distributees Eligible Rollover Distribution.
Effective for distributions on or after January 1, 2008 an Eligible Retirement Plan shall also
include a Roth IRA described in section 408A of the Code and a Distributee may make a Direct
Rollover thereto, provided that prior to January 1, 2010, the Distributee meets any applicable
income limitations.
8.15.1.3 Distributee. A Member, a Members surviving Spouse or a Members Spouse or former
Spouse who is the Alternate Payee under a Qualified Domestic
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Relations Order (as defined in section 414(p) of the Code and Section 8.11.1) or a trust
treated as such an individual.
8.15.1.4
Direct Rollover
. A payment by the Plan to an Eligible Retirement Plan
specified by a Distributee, in the manner prescribed by the Committee.
8.15.1.5
Non-spouse Beneficiary
. Effective September 1, 2007, the term Distributee
shall include a non-spouse Beneficiary who is an individual or a trust treated as such under
applicable regulations, but a direct rollover by such a Beneficiary may be made only to an
individual retirement plan described in section 408(a) or (b) of the Code, and which is established
in a manner (including title) that identifies it as an IRA with respect to both the deceased
Participant and the individual Beneficiary.
8.15.2
Limitation
. No more than one Direct Rollover may be elected by a Distributee
for each Eligible Rollover Distribution.
8.15.3
Default Procedure
. If a Member (or other Distributee, if applicable) does not
make a timely election whether or not to directly roll over his Eligible Rollover Distribution
within a reasonable period permitted by the Committee for making such election, such distribution
shall be made directly to the Member (or other Distributee, if applicable). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, effective March 28, 2005, such Eligible Rollover Distributions made to a Member prior to
Normal Retirement Date that exceed $1,000 but do not exceed $5,000 will be automatically rolled
over to an individual retirement account, as described in Section 8.1.2.
8.15.4
After-Tax Employee Contributions
. An Eligible Rollover Distribution may
include after-tax employee contributions if the Eligible Retirement Plan is either:
(a) an individual retirement account described in section 408(a) of the Code or an individual
retirement annuity described in section 408(b) of the Code; or
(b) an annuity plan described in section 403(a) of the Code or another employers qualified
trust described in section 401(a) of the Code, which agrees to separately account for such
after-tax employee contributions (and the earnings thereon).
8.16
Receipt of ESOP Beneficiarys Account
. Effective March 17, 2003, the Plan shall
accept a direct trust-to-trust transfer from the Arrow Electronics Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) of
the cash proceeds allocable to all or a portion of an account in the ESOP of a deceased member of
the ESOP upon election by a beneficiary of such ESOP to make such a transfer in accordance with
applicable provisions of the ESOP. Upon such transfer, the ESOP beneficiary directing such
transfer shall be treated as a Beneficiary under this Plan, the amount transferred shall be
credited to an Account under this Plan in the name of the deceased Member that is allocable to such
Beneficiary, and such Beneficiary shall have same right to direct the initial investment of the
amount transferred as applies in the case of amounts received as a direct rollover to a Rollover
Account. Thereafter, the Beneficiary shall have the same rights with respect to such Account that
generally apply to Beneficiaries under the Plan, including the right
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to receive distribution at the times and in the forms available under Section 8.2 and the
right to change the investment with respect to such Account as described in Section 5.3.
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ARTICLE IX
Beneficiary Designation
9.1
Designation of Beneficiary
. Subject to the further provisions of this Article IX,
each Member may designate, at such time and in such manner as the Committee shall prescribe, a
Beneficiary or Beneficiaries (who may be any one or more members of his family or any other
persons, executor, administrator, any trust, foundation or other entity) to receive any benefits
distributable hereunder to his Beneficiary after the death of the Member as provided herein. Such
designation of a Beneficiary or Beneficiaries shall not be effective for any purpose unless and
until it has been filed by the Member with the Committee, provided, however, that a designation
mailed by the Member to the Committee prior to death and received after his death shall take effect
upon such receipt, but prospectively only and without prejudice to any payor or payee on account of
any payments made before receipt by the Committee.
9.2
Spouse as Presumptive Beneficiary
. Notwithstanding Section 9.1 (but subject to
the provisions of Section 9.5), a Members sole Beneficiary shall be his surviving spouse, if the
Member has a surviving spouse, unless the Member has designated another Beneficiary with the
written consent of such spouse (in which consent such Beneficiary is specified by name or class,
and the effect of such designation is acknowledged) witnessed by a notary public or Plan
representative. Any such consent shall be irrevocable. The Committee may, in its sole discretion,
waive the requirement of spousal consent if the Committee is satisfied that the spouse cannot be
located, or if the Member can show by court order that he has been abandoned by the spouse within
the meaning of local law, or if otherwise permitted under applicable regulations.
9.3
Change of Beneficiary
. A Member may, from time to time in such manner as the
Committee shall prescribe, change his designated Beneficiary or Beneficiaries, but any such
designation which has the effect of naming a person other than the surviving spouse as sole
Beneficiary is subject to the spousal consent requirement of Section 9.2.
9.4
Failure to Designate
. If a Member has failed effectively to designate a
Beneficiary to receive the Members death benefits, or a Beneficiary previously designated has
predeceased the Member and no alternative designation has become effective, such benefits shall be
distributed to the Members surviving spouse, if any, or if no spouse survives the Member, to the
Members estate.
9.5
Effect of Marriage, Divorce or Annulment, or Legal Separation
. This Section 9.5
shall be effective in determining the identity of a Participants Beneficiary at any time on or
after September 1, 2006. In accordance with Section 1.50 but subject to the following provisions
of this Section 9.5, the term spouse for purposes of this Article IX means the individual to whom
the Member is married on the date of reference, determined under applicable state law, except than
no individual of the same gender as the Member shall be deemed such a spouse. Notwithstanding the
foregoing:
9.5.1 If a court of competent jurisdiction has issued a legal separation order, the parties to
whom that order pertains shall not be deemed to be married to each other,
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even if their marriage has not been annulled or terminated by divorce; provided, however, that
to the extent that a Qualified Domestic Relations Order as defined in Section 8.11 (QDRO)
specifies that a former spouse (or legally separated spouse) of the Member is to be treated as the
Members spouse, such specified former spouse (or legally separated individual) shall be treated as
the Members spouse under the Plan to the extent required in such QDRO, to the exclusion of any
subsequent spouse.
9.5.2 Except to the extent otherwise provided in an applicable QDRO, a designation of the
Members spouse as Beneficiary will automatically be cancelled if the marriage terminates by
divorce or is annulled or such a legal separation order is issued unless the designation clearly
states that the individual named as Beneficiary is to continue as such following termination of the
marriage or such separation.
9.5.3 Nothing herein shall prohibit a spouse from disclaiming the benefit to which he or she
would otherwise be entitled as the Members sole Beneficiary, in whole or in part, in which event
the Beneficiary with respect to the interest so disclaimed shall be determined as if the spouse had
predeceased the Member.
9.5.4 Upon the marriage of a Member, any designation of Beneficiaries made by the Member prior
to the date of the marriage shall become null and void as of the date of the marriage. Subsequent
divorce, legal separation or dissolution of the marriage shall not reinstate any designation that
became null and void as of the date of such marriage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the
Employer, the Trustee or Committee, nor any other fiduciary, shall be liable for, and each of them
shall be fully protected, as to amounts paid to one or more Beneficiary(ies) of the Member
subsequent to the marriage of the Member and after the death of the Member, but prior to their
receipt of effective written notification of the marriage.
9.6
Proof of Death, etc
. Before making distribution to a Beneficiary, the Committee
may require such proof of death and such evidence of the right of any person to receive all or part
of the death benefit of a deceased Member as the Committee may deem desirable. The Committees
determination of the fact of death of a Member and of the right of any person to receive
distributions as a result thereof shall be conclusive upon such person or persons having or
claiming any right in the Fund on account of such Member.
9.7
Discharge of Liability
. If distribution in respect of a Members Accounts is made
to a person reasonably believed by the Committee or his delegate (taking into account any document
purporting to be a valid consent of the Members spouse, or any representation by the Member that
he is not married) to properly qualify as the Members Beneficiary under the foregoing provisions
of this Article IX, the Plan shall have no further liability with respect to such Accounts (or the
portion thereof so distributed).
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ARTICLE X
Administration of the Plan
10.1
Committee
. The Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors shall
appoint a Management Pension Investment and Oversight Committee (the Committee), which shall
consist of not less than three persons to serve at the pleasure of the Corporate Governance
Committee of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy on the Committee, arising for any reason
whatsoever, shall be filled by the Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors. The
Committee shall hold meetings upon such notice, at such place or places, at such time or times and
in such manner (including meetings in which members may participate through teleconferencing or
similar means) as it may from time to time determine. A majority of the members of the Committee
at the time in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and action by a
majority of those present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall constitute action by
the Committee. The Committee may also act without a meeting by instrument in writing signed by a
majority of the members of the Committee, or by one or more members to whom the Committee has
previously delegated the authority to take such action. Effective September 21, 2004, the
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors shall succeed to the duties of the Corporate
Governance Committee under this Section 10.1.
10.2
Named Fiduciary
. The named fiduciary under the Plan shall be the Committee,
which shall have authority to control and manage the operation and administration of the Plan
except that the Committee shall have no authority or responsibility with respect to those matters
which under any applicable trust agreement, insurance policy or similar contract are the
responsibility, or subject to the authority, of the Trustee, any insurance company or similar
organization. The members of the Committee shall have the right, by written instrument executed by
them or otherwise, to allocate fiduciary responsibilities among themselves, and any one or more of
such members may designate other persons to carry out fiduciary or other responsibilities under the
Plan.
10.3
Powers and Discretion of the Named Fiduciary
. The Committee shall have all
powers and discretion necessary or helpful for carrying out its responsibilities, including,
without limitation, the power and complete discretion:
(a) to establish such rules or procedures as it may deem necessary or desirable;
(b) to employ such persons as it shall deem necessary or desirable to assist in the
administration of the Plan;
(c) to determine any question arising in the administration, interpretation and application of
the Plan, including without limitation questions of fact and of construction;
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(d) to correct defects, rectify errors, supply omissions, clarify ambiguities, and reconcile
inconsistencies to the extent it deems necessary or desirable to effectuate the Plan or preserve
qualification of the Plan under section 401(a) of the Code;
(e) to decide all questions relating to eligibility and payment of benefits hereunder,
including, without limitation, the power and discretion to determine the eligibility of persons to
receive benefits hereunder;
(f) to establish procedures for determining whether a domestic relations order is a qualified
domestic relations order (QDRO) as described in Section 8.11 and for complying with any such
QDRO;
(g) to direct the Trustee with respect to benefits payable under the Plan (including, without
limitation, the persons to be paid or methods of payment) and all distributions of the assets of
the Fund;
(h) to make a determination as to the rights of any person to a benefit and to afford any
person dissatisfied with such determination the right to an appeal;
(i) to determine the character and amount of expenses that are properly payable by the Plan as
reasonable administration expenses, and to direct the Trustee with respect to the payment thereof
(including, without limitation, the persons to be paid and the method of payment);
(j) to compromise or settle claims against the Plan and to direct the Trustee to pay amounts
required in any such settlements or compromise;
(k) to determine the method of making corrections necessary or advisable as a result of
operating defects in order to preserve qualification of the Plan under section 401(a) of the Code
pursuant to procedures of the Internal Revenue Service applicable in such cases (such as those set
forth in Revenue Procedure 2008-50 and similar guidance); and
(l) to make appropriate provision for the investment and reinvestment of the Fund, including,
as named fiduciary with respect to the control and management of the assets of the Plan, to appoint
in its discretion an investment manager or managers (as defined in section 3(38) of ERISA) to
manage (including the power to acquire and dispose of) any assets of the Plan.
The determinations of the Committee shall be conclusive and binding on all persons to the maximum
extent permitted by law. The expenses of the Committee and all other expenses of the Plan shall be
paid by the Fund to the extent not paid by the Company, and such expenses shall include any
expenses authorized by the Board of Directors as necessary or desirable in the administration of
the Plan.
10.4
Advisers
. Any named fiduciary under the Plan, and any fiduciary designated by a
named fiduciary to whom such power is granted by a named fiduciary under the Plan, may employ one
or more persons to carry out such responsibilities as may be specified by
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such fiduciary and to render advice with regard to any responsibility such fiduciary has under
the Plan.
10.5
Service in Multiple Capacities
. Any person or group of persons may serve in more
than one fiduciary capacity with respect to the Plan.
10.6
Limitation of Liability; Indemnity
.
10.6.1 Except as otherwise provided by law, if any duty or responsibility of any person
serving as a named fiduciary has been allocated or delegated to any other person in accordance with
any provision of this Plan, then such fiduciary shall not be liable for any act or omission of such
other person in carrying out such duty or responsibility.
10.6.2 Except as otherwise provided by law, no person who is a member of the Committee or is
an employee, director or officer of any Employer who is a fiduciary under the Plan or the trust
thereunder, or otherwise has responsibility with respect to administration of the Plan or trust,
shall incur any liability whatsoever on account of any matter connected with or related to the Plan
or trust or the administration thereof, unless such person shall have acted in bad faith or been
guilty of willful misconduct or gross negligence in respect of his duties, actions or omissions in
respect of the Plan or trust.
10.6.3 The Company shall indemnify and save harmless each Committee member and each employee,
director or officer of any Employer serving as a trustee or other fiduciary from and against any
and all loss, liability, claim, damage, cost and expense which may arise by reason of, or be based
upon, any matter connected with or related to the Plan or trust or the administration thereof
(including, but not limited to, any and all expenses whatsoever reasonably incurred in
investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or in
settlement of any such claim whatsoever), unless such person shall have acted in bad faith or been
guilty of willful misconduct or gross negligence in respect of his duties, actions or omissions in
respect of the Plan or trust.
10.7
Reliance on Information
. The Committee and any Employer and its officers,
directors and employees shall be entitled to rely upon all tables, valuations, certificates,
opinions and reports furnished by any accountant, trustee, insurance company, counsel or other
expert who shall be engaged by an Employer or the Committee, and the Committee and any Employer and
its officers, directors and employees shall be fully protected in respect of any action taken or
suffered by them in good faith in reliance thereon, and all action so taken or suffered shall be
conclusive upon all persons affected thereby.
10.8
Subcommittees, Counsel and Agents
. The Committee may appoint from its members
such subcommittees (of one or more such members), with such powers as the Committee shall
determine. The Committee may employ such counsel (including legal counsel, who may be counsel for
the Company or an Employer), accountants, and agents and such clerical and other services as it may
require in carrying out the provisions of the Plan, and may charge the fees, charges and costs
resulting from such employment as an expense to the Fund to the extent not paid by the Company.
Unless otherwise required by law, persons employed by the Committee as counsel, or as its agents or
otherwise, may include members of the Committee, or
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employees of the Company. Persons serving on the Committee, or on any such subcommittee shall
be fully protected in acting or refraining to act in accordance with the advice of legal or other
counsel.
10.9
Funding Policy
. The Committee shall establish and carry out, or cause to be
established and carried out by those persons (including, without limitation, any trustee) to whom
responsibility or authority therefor has been allocated or delegated in accordance with the Plan or
the Trust Agreement, a funding policy and method consistent with the objectives of the Plan and the
requirements of ERISA. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is recognized that
Members (and their Beneficiaries) have many differing individual financial situations, and the
funding policy of the Plan is therefore to allow Members and their Beneficiaries to choose, from a
broad range of diversified investment options, the Investment Fund or Investment Funds which they
believe best suit their individual objectives. In the event of the elimination of a preexisting
Investment Fund option or a merger or spin-off of assets from another plan into this Plan, the
foregoing principle shall not preclude the adoption of mapping rules under which assets previously
invested for the benefit of the Member or Beneficiary in one or more investment options that are no
longer available are transferred to specific Investment Funds under this Plan, subject to the right
of Members (or Beneficiaries) to then reallocate their accounts among Investment Funds. The Plan
is intended to satisfy the requirements of section 404(c) of ERISA with respect to investment
elections by Members or their Beneficiaries if reasonably practicable, but (as provided in
accordance with applicable law) any failure to meet any of such requirements shall create no
adverse inference with respect to the compliance by the Plan and its fiduciaries with such general
requirements as prudence and diversification. To the extent permitted by law, none of the Company,
any Employer, the Committee, the Trustee nor any other fiduciary of the Plan shall be liable for
any loss resulting from a Members (or Beneficiarys) exercise of his right to direct the
investment of his Accounts.
10.10
Proper Proof
. In any case in which an Employer or the Committee shall be
required under the Plan to take action upon the occurrence of any event, they shall be under no
obligation to take such action unless and until proper and satisfactory evidence of such occurrence
shall have been received by them.
10.11
Genuineness of Documents
. The Committee, and any Employer and its respective
officers, directors and employees, shall be entitled to rely upon any notice, request, consent,
letter, telegram or other paper or document believed by them or any of them to be genuine, and to
have been signed or sent by the proper person, and shall be fully protected in respect of any
action taken or suffered by them in good faith in reliance thereon.
10.12
Members May Direct Investments
. The Committee shall permit, pursuant to
Sections 5.2 and 5.3, a Member or Beneficiary to exercise control over assets in his Accounts by
directing the Trustee with respect to the extent permitted by law and manner of investment of such
assets, and if a Member or Beneficiary exercises such control, then notwithstanding any other
provision of this Plan or the Trust Agreement:
10.12.1 such Member or Beneficiary shall not be deemed to be a fiduciary under the Plan or
this Trust by reason of such exercise, and
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10.12.2 no person who is otherwise a fiduciary (including, without limitation, the Trustee and
any Committee member) shall be liable for any loss, or by reason of any breach, which results from
such Members or Beneficiarys exercise of control.
10.13
Records and Reports
. The Committee shall maintain or cause to be maintained
such records, as it deems necessary or advisable in connection with the administration of the Plan.
10.14
Recovery of Overpayments
. Without limiting the generality of the Committees
power and discretion under Section 10.3(d) to rectify errors and supply omissions, in the event
that the Committee determines that overpayments have been made to a Member or his spouse or
Beneficiary, the Committee shall take such steps as it shall deem appropriate under the relevant
facts and circumstances to recover such payments, with or without interest, and in case repayment
is not otherwise made, to offset the amount to be recovered against subsequent payments otherwise
becoming due to or in respect of such Member, spouse or Beneficiary at such time and to such extent
as it shall deem appropriate.
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ARTICLE XI
The Trust Agreement
11.1
The Trust Agreement
. The Committee, on behalf of the Company and each other
Employer, shall have power to appoint and remove a Trustee and to enter into or amend a Trust
Agreement with the Trustee providing for the establishment of a Fund hereunder. The Trust
Agreement shall be deemed to form a part of this Plan, and any and all rights which may accrue to
any person under this Plan shall be subject to all the terms and provisions of such Trust
Agreement. Copies of the Trust Agreement shall be filed with the Committee and, upon reasonable
application and notice, shall be made available for inspection by any Member.
11.2
No Diversion of Fund
. The Fund shall in no event (within the taxable year or
thereafter) be used for or diverted to purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of Members and
their Beneficiaries (including the payment of the expenses of the administration of the Plan and of
the Trust Fund), except that at the Committees request:
(a) A contribution that is made by an Employer by a mistake of fact may be returned to such
Employer within one year after the payment of the contribution; and
(b) A contribution that is conditioned upon its deductibility under section 404 of the Code
pursuant to Section 3.10 may be returned to the contributing Employer, to the extent that the
contribution is disallowed as a deduction, within one year after such disallowance.
11.3
Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee
. The Trustee will hold and invest all
funds as provided herein and in the Trust Agreement. The Trustee will make, at the direction of
the Committee, all payments to Members and their Beneficiaries.
The Trustee shall not be required to make any payment of benefits or distributions out of the
Fund, or to allocate or reallocate any amounts, except upon the written direction of the Committee.
The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any action by the Board of Directors or of the
Termination of Employment of any Member, unless it shall be given written notice of such event by
the Committee.
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ARTICLE XII
Amendment
12.1
Right of the Company to Amend the Plan
. The Company shall have the right at any
time and from time to time to amend any or all of the provisions of this Plan by resolution of the
Board of Directors, by action of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors by action of
the Company Representative, and all Employers and Members (and their Beneficiaries) shall be bound
thereby. Except as provided in Section 12.3, no such amendment shall authorize or permit any part
of the Fund to be used for or diverted to purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of the
Members and their Beneficiaries, nor shall any amendment reduce any amount then credited to the
individual accounts of any Member, reduce any Members vested interest in his account, or affect
the rights, duties and responsibilities of the Trustee without his written consent.
12.2
Plan Merger
. The Plan may be amended in accordance with Section 12.1 to provide
for the merger of the Plan, in whole or in part, or a transfer of all or part of its assets, into
or to any other qualified plan within the meaning of section 401(a) of the Code, including such a
merger or transfer in lieu of a distribution which might otherwise be required under the Plan. In
the case of any merger or consolidation with, or transfer of assets or liabilities to, any other
plan, each Member shall be entitled to a benefit immediately after the merger, consolidation or
transfer (if such other plan then terminated) 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 been terminated).
12.3
Amendments Required by Law
. All provisions of this Plan, and all benefits and
rights granted hereunder, are subject to any amendments, modifications or alterations which are
necessary from time to time, (a) to qualify the Plan under section 40l(a) of the Code, (b) to
continue the Plan as so qualified, or (c) to comply with any other provision of law. Accordingly,
notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, the Company may amend, modify or alter the Plan
with retroactive effect in any respect or manner necessary to qualify the Plan under section 40l(a)
of the Code, to continue the Plan as so qualified, or to comply with any other provision of
applicable law.
12.4
Right to Terminate
. The Plan may be terminated at any time by resolution of the
Board of Directors, provided that no such action shall permit any part of the corpus or income of
the Fund to be used for or diverted to purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of the Members
and their beneficiaries under the Plan and for the payment of the administrative costs of the Plan.
12.5
Termination of Trust
. If the Plan is terminated pursuant to Section 12.4, and
the Board of Directors determines that the Fund shall be terminated, all of the Members Accounts
shall be nonforfeitable, the Fund shall be revalued as if the termination date were a Valuation
Date, and the current value of all Accounts shall be distributed in accordance with Article VII, as
if such Plan termination were a Termination of Employment, but only to the extent permitted under
Section 8.14; provided, however, that the value of such Accounts shall be adjusted to reflect the
expenses of termination to the extent such expenses are not paid by the
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Company. Until all Accounts are fully distributed, any remaining Accounts held in the Fund
shall continue to be adjusted in accordance with Article V, and to reflect the expenses of
termination.
12.6
Continuation of Trust
. If the Plan is terminated by the Board of Directors but
the Board of Directors determines that the Fund shall be continued pursuant to its terms and the
provisions of this Section 12.6, no further contributions shall be made, the Members Accounts
shall be nonforfeitable, and the Fund shall be administered as though the Plan were otherwise in
full force and effect. If the Fund is subsequently terminated, the provisions of Section 12.5
shall then apply.
12.7
Discontinuance of Contributions
. Any Employer may at any time, by resolution of
its board of directors, completely discontinue its participation in and contributions under the
Plan, either completely or with respect to any specified group of its employees, and unless
otherwise agreed to by the Board of Directors or the Company Representative, shall discontinue its
participation and all contributions if it ceases for any reason to be a member of a controlled
group of trades or businesses including the Company, within the meaning of section 414(b) or 414(c)
of the Code. The Committee shall make such current or deferred distributions with respect to the
Members affected by such discontinuance as it shall deem appropriate and in accordance with the
Plan and applicable law, or the Committee may, subject to Section 12.2, direct that the portion of
the Trust Fund allocable to such Members be transferred to a successor qualified plan or funding
medium covering such Members. If such Employer completely discontinues contributions under the
Plan, either by resolution of its board of directors or for any other reason, and such
discontinuance is deemed a partial termination of the Plan within the meaning of section 411(d)(3)
of the Code, the amounts credited to the Accounts of all affected Members (other than Members who,
in connection with the discontinuance of Employer contributions, transfer employment to an Employer
which continues to contribute under the Plan) shall be nonforfeitable.
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ARTICLE XIII
Miscellaneous Provisions
13.1
Plan Not a Contract of Employment
. Neither the establishment of the Plan created
hereby, nor any amendment thereof, nor the creation of any Fund or Account, nor the payment of any
benefits hereunder, shall be construed as giving to any Member or other person any legal or
equitable right against any Employer, any officer or employee thereof, the Board of Directors or
any member thereof, the Committee or any Trustee, except as provided herein and under no
circumstances shall the terms of employment of any Member be in any way affected hereby.
13.2
Merger
. The merger or consolidation of the Company with any other company or the
transfer of the assets of the Company to any other company by sale, exchange, liquidation or
otherwise, or the merger of this Plan with any other retirement plan, shall not in and of itself
result in the termination of the Plan, or be deemed a Termination of Employment of any employee.
13.3
Claims Procedure
. The Committee shall establish a claims procedure in accordance
with applicable law, under which any Member or Beneficiary whose claim for benefits has been denied
shall have a reasonable opportunity for a full and fair review of the decision denying such claim.
13.4
Controlling Law
. The validity of this Plan or of any of its provisions shall be
determined under, and shall be construed and administered according to, the laws of the State of
New York (without regard to its choice of law principles), except to the extent preempted by ERISA,
or any other applicable laws of the United States of America. No action (whether at law, in equity
or otherwise) shall be brought by or on behalf of any person for or with respect to benefits due
under this Plan unless the person bringing such action has timely exhausted the Plans claim review
procedure. Any action (whether at law, in equity or otherwise) must be commenced within three (3)
years from the earlier of (a) the date a final determination denying such benefit, in whole or in
part, is issued under the Plans claim review procedure and (b) the date such persons cause of
action first accrued.
13.5
Separability
. If any provision of the Plan or the Trust Agreement is held
invalid or unenforceable, its invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions
of the Plan or the Trust Agreement, and the Plan and Trust Agreement shall be construed and
enforced as if such provision had not been included therein.
13.6
Captions
. The captions contained herein are inserted only as a matter of
convenience and for reference and in no way define, limit, enlarge or describe the scope or intent
of the Plan nor in any way shall affect the Plan or the construction of any provision thereof.
13.7
Usage
. Whenever applicable, the masculine gender, when used in the Plan, shall
include the feminine or neuter gender, and the singular shall include the plural.
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ARTICLE XIV
Leased Employees
14.1
Definitions
. For purposes of this Article XIV, the term Leased Employee means
any person (a) who performs or performed services for an Employer or Affiliate (hereinafter
referred to as the Recipient) pursuant to an agreement between the Recipient and any other person
(hereinafter referred to as the Leasing Organization), (b) who has performed such services for
the Recipient or for the Recipient and related persons (within the meaning of section 144(a)(3) of
the Code) on a substantially full-time basis for a period of at least one year, and (c) whose
services are (effective January 1, 1997) performed under primary direction or control by the
Recipient.
14.2
Treatment of Leased Employees
. For purposes of this Plan, a Leased Employee
shall be treated as an employee of an Affiliate whose service for the Recipient (including service
during the one-year period referred to in Section 14.1) is to be taken into account in determining
compliance with the service requirements of the Plan relating to participation and vesting.
However, the Leased Employee shall not be entitled to share in contributions or forfeitures under
the Plan with respect to any service or compensation attributable to the period during which he is
a Leased Employee, and shall not be eligible to become a Member eligible to accrue benefits under
the Plan unless and except to the extent that he shall at some time, either before or after his
service as a Leased Employee, qualify as an Eligible Employee without regard to the provisions of
this Article XIV (in which event, status as a Leased Employee shall be determined without regard to
clause (b) of Section 14.1, to the extent required by applicable law).
14.3
Exception for Employees Covered by Plans of Leasing Organization
. Section 14.2
shall not apply to any Leased Employee if such employee is covered by a money purchase pension plan
of the Leasing Organization meeting the requirements of section 414(n)(5)(B) of the Code and Leased
Employees do not constitute more than twenty percent (20%) of the aggregate nonhighly compensated
work force (as defined in section 414(n)(5)(C)(ii) of the Code) of all Employers and Affiliates.
14.4
Construction
. The purpose of this Article XIV is to comply with the provisions
of section 4l4(n) of the Code. All provisions of this Article shall be construed consistently
therewith, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no individual shall be treated as
a Leased Employee except as required under such section.
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ARTICLE XV
Top-Heavy Provisions
15.1
Determination of Top-Heavy Status
.
15.1.1
Applicable Plans
. For purposes of this Article XV, Applicable Plans shall
include (a) each plan of an Employer or Affiliate in which a Key Employee (as defined in Section
15.1.2 for this Plan, and as defined in section 416(i) of the Code for each other Applicable Plan)
participates during the five (5)-year period ending on such plans determination date (as
described in Section 15.1.4 below) and (b) each other plan of an Employer or Affiliate which,
during such period, enables any plan in clause (a) of this sentence to meet the requirements of
section 401(a)(4) or 410 of the Code. Any plan not required to be included under the preceding
sentence may also be included, at the option of the Company, provided that the requirements of
sections 401(a)(4) and 410 of the Code continue to be satisfied for the group of Applicable Plans
after such inclusion. Applicable Plans shall include terminated plans, frozen plans, and to the
extent that benefits are provided with respect to service with an Employer or an Affiliate,
multiemployer plans (described in section 414(f) of the Code) and multiple employer plans
(described in section 413(c) of the Code) to which an Employer or an Affiliate makes contributions.
15.1.2
Key Employee
. For purposes of this Article XV, Key Employee for any Plan
Year shall mean an employee (including a former employee, whether or not deceased) of an Employer
or Affiliate who, at any time during a given Plan Year (or, for Plan Years beginning prior to
January 1, 2002, any of the four (4) preceding Plan Years), is one or more of the following:
(a) An officer of an Employer or Affiliate having Total Earnings greater than:
(i) for Plan Years ending prior to January 1, 2002, fifty percent (50%) of the dollar amount
in effect under section 415(b)(1)(A) of the Code for any such Plan Year; and
(ii) for Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 2002, $130,000 (as adjusted under section
416(i) of the Code);
provided that the number of employees treated as officers shall be no more than fifty (50) or, if
fewer, the greater of three (3) employees or ten percent (10%) of the employees (exclusive of
employees described in section 414(q)(5) of the Code).
(b) For Plan Years ending prior to January 1, 2002, one of the ten (10) employees (i) having
Total Earnings from the Employer or Affiliate of more than the dollar amount described in Section
6.2 and (ii) owning (or considered as owning, within the meaning of section 416(i) of the Code),
the largest percentage interests in value of an Employer or Affiliate, provided that such
percentage interest exceeds one-half percent (.5%) in value. If two employees have the same
interest in the Employer or Affiliate, the employee having greater Total Earnings shall be treated
as having a larger interest.
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(c) A person owning (or considered as owning, within the meaning of section 416(i) of the
Code) more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding stock of the Employer or Affiliate, or stock
possessing more than five percent (5%) of the total combined voting power of all stock of the
Employer or Affiliate (or having more than five percent (5%) of the capital or profits interest in
any Employer or Affiliate that is not a corporation, determined under similar principles).
(d) A one percent (1%) owner of an Employer or an Affiliate having Total Earnings of more than
one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000). One percent (1%) owner means any person who would
be described in paragraph (c) of this Section 15.1.2 if one percent (1%) were substituted for
five percent (5%) in each place where it appears in paragraph (iii).
15.1.3
Top Heavy Condition
. In any Plan Year during which the sum, for all Key
Employees (as defined in Section 15.1.2 for this Plan and as defined in section 416(i) of the Code
for each other Applicable Plan) of the present value of the cumulative accrued benefits under all
Applicable Plans which are defined benefit plans (determined based on the actuarial assumptions set
forth in the top-heavy provisions of such plans) and the aggregate of the accounts under all
Applicable Plans which are defined contribution plans, exceeds sixty percent (60%) of a similar sum
determined for all members in such plans (but excluding members who are former Key Employees), the
Plan shall be deemed Top-Heavy.
15.1.4
Determination Date
. The determination as to whether this Plan is Top-Heavy
for a given Plan Year shall be made on the last day of the preceding Plan Year (the Determination
Date); and other plans shall be included in determining whether this Plan is Top-Heavy based on
the determination date as defined in Code section 416(g)(4)(C) for each such plan which occurs in
the same calendar year as such Determination Date for this Plan.
15.1.5
Valuation
. The value of account balances and the present value of accrued
benefits for each Applicable Plan will be determined subject to Code section 416 and the
regulations thereunder, as of the most recent Valuation Date occurring within the l2-month period
ending on the applicable determination date for such plan.
15.1.6
Distribution within Determination Period
. Subject to Section 15.1.7,
distributions from the Plan or any other Applicable Plan on account of severance from employment,
death, or disability, made during the one (1)-year period ending on the applicable determination
date and other distributions from the Plan or any other Applicable Plan during the five (5)-year
period ending on the applicable determination date (or, prior to January 1, 2002, all distributions
from the Plan during the five (5)-year period ending on the applicable determination date) shall be
taken into account in determining whether the Plan is Top-Heavy.
15.1.7
No Services within Determination Period
. Benefits and distributions shall not
be taken into account with respect to any individual who has not rendered any services to any
Employer or Affiliate at any time during the one (1)-year period (or prior to January 1, 2002
during the five (5)-year period) ending on the applicable Determination Date.
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15.1.8
Compliance with Code Section 416
. The calculation of the Top-Heavy ratio,
and the extent to which distributions, rollovers and transfers are taken into account will be made
in accordance with Code section 416.
15.1.9
Deductible Employee Contributions
. Deductible employee contributions will not
be taken into account for purposes of computing the Top-Heavy ratio.
15.1.10
Beneficiaries
. The terms Key Employee and Member include their
beneficiaries.
15.1.11
Accrued Benefit Under Defined Benefit Plans
. Solely for purposes of
determining whether this Plan or any other Applicable Plan is Top-Heavy for a given Plan Year,
the accrued benefit under any defined benefit plan of a Member other than a Key Employee shall be
determined under (a) the method, if any, that uniformly applies for accrual purposes under all
defined benefit plans maintained by the Employer or an Affiliate, or (b) if there is no such
method, as if such benefit accrued not more rapidly than at the slowest accrual rate permitted
under the fractional accrual rule of section 411(b)(1)(C) of the Code.
15.2
Provisions Applicable in Top-Heavy Plan Years
. For any Plan Year in which the
Plan is deemed to be Top-Heavy, the following provisions shall apply to any Member who has not
terminated employment before such Plan Year:
15.2.1
Required Allocation
. The amount of Employer contributions and forfeitures
which shall be allocated to the account of any active Member who (a) is employed by an Employer or
Affiliate on the last day of the Plan Year and (b) is not a Key Employee shall be (i) at least
three percent (3%) of such Members Total Earnings for such Plan Year up to the Compensation Limit
of the Plan Year (as defined in Section 1.13 hereof), or, (ii) if less, an amount equal to such
Total Earnings multiplied by the highest allocation rate for any Key Employee. For purposes of the
preceding sentence, the allocation rate for each individual Key Employee shall be determined by
dividing the employer contributions and forfeitures allocated to such Key Employees account
(including Elective Contributions) under all Applicable Plans, considered together by his Total
Earnings up to such Compensation Limit; provided, however, that clause (ii) above does not apply if
this Plan enables a defined benefit plan required to be so aggregated under Section 15.1.1 above to
meet the requirements of section 401(a)(4) or 410 of the Code. The minimum allocation provisions
of this Section 15.2.1 shall, to the extent necessary, be satisfied by special Employer
contributions made by the Employer for that purpose. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the minimum
allocations otherwise required by this Section 15.2.1 shall not be required to be made for any
Member (y) if such Member is covered under a defined benefit plan maintained by an Employer or an
Affiliate which provides the minimum benefit required under section 416(c)(1) of the Code, and/or
(z) to the extent that the minimum allocation otherwise required by this Section 15.2.1 is made
under another defined contribution plan maintained by an Employer or an Affiliate. In addition,
any minimum allocation required to be made for a Member who is not a Key Employee shall be deemed
satisfied to the extent of the benefits provided by any other qualified plan maintained by an
Employer or an Affiliate. Elective Contributions by a non-Key Employee shall be disregarded in
determining the amount of contributions required to be allocated for his benefit under this
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Section 15.2.1, but for Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 2002, Matching Contributions by a
non-Key Employee shall be taken into account.
15.2.2
Vesting
. Any Member shall be vested in the aggregate of his Matching
Accounts on a basis at least as favorable as is provided under the following schedule:
|
|
|
Years of Employment
|
|
Percentage Vested
|
Less Than 2 Years
|
|
0%
|
|
|
|
2 Years But Less Than 3
|
|
20%
|
|
|
|
3 Years But Less Than 4
|
|
40%
|
|
|
|
4 Years But Less Than 5
|
|
60%
|
|
|
|
5 Years But Less Than 6
|
|
80%
|
|
|
|
6 Years Or More
|
|
100%
|
In any Plan Year in which the Plan is not deemed to be Top-Heavy, the minimum vested
percentage of any Matching Account shall be no less than that which was determined as of the last
day of the last Plan Year in which the Plan was deemed to be Top-Heavy. The minimum vesting
schedule set out above shall apply to all benefits within the meaning of Code section 411(a)(7)
except those attributable to employee contributions, including benefits accrued before the
effective date of this Article XV and benefits accrued before the Plan became Top-Heavy. Any
vesting schedule change caused by alterations in the Plans Top-Heavy status shall be deemed to
result from a Plan amendment giving rise to the right of election required by Code section
411(a)(10)(B).
15.2.3
Bargaining Unit Employees
. The provisions of Sections 15.2.1 and
15.2.3 shall not apply to any employee included in a unit of employees covered by a collective
bargaining agreement if, within the meaning of section 416(i)(4) of the Code, retirement benefits
were the subject of good faith bargaining.
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ARTICLE XVI
Catch-Up Contributions
16.1
General
. All employees who are eligible to make Elective Contributions
under this Plan and who have attained or are projected to attain age 50 before the close of the
Plan Year (Catch-up Eligible Members) shall be eligible to make catch-up contributions in excess
of an otherwise applicable statutory or Plan limit in accordance with, and subject to the
limitations of this Article XVI.
16.2
Method of Contribution
. Contributions intended to qualify as Catch-up
Contributions shall be made in accordance with such procedures as the Committee may specify from
time to time. Such procedures shall, without limitation, permit a Catch-up Eligible Member for a
calendar year to elect to make Elective Contributions in excess of any percentage limit lower
than 75% otherwise applicable under Section 3.1.1, in an amount for each pay period equal to the
total amount of catch-up contributions permitted for the calendar year under Section 16.4 divided
by the number of payroll periods (or remaining payroll periods) applicable to the Member in such
year, or in any greater amount the Member may specify that the Committee determines is permitted
under such procedures, and to suspend and reinstate such elections in accordance with such
procedures.
16.3
Ineligibility for Matching Contributions
. Catch-up Contributions, and
any amounts so designated under Section 16.2 (whether or not they qualify as Catch-up
Contributions under Section 16.6) shall not be eligible for Matching Contributions.
16.4
Limit on Catch-Up Contribution
. The total amount of Catch-up
Contributions allowed for any calendar year for any Member under this Plan and any similar
contributions under any other plan of an Employer or Affiliate shall not exceed the limit
applicable under section 414(v) of the Code, which as adjusted for the calendar years after 2006 is
the amount applicable under the following table:
|
|
|
Calendar Year
|
|
Limit
|
2007
|
|
$5,000
|
2008
|
|
$5,000
|
2009
|
|
$5,500
|
The limit for years after 2009 shall be adjusted for cost of living increases in accordance with
section 414(v) of the Code.
16.5
Treatment of Catch-up Contributions
. Contributions made pursuant to a
Members election under Section 16.2 shall be credited to the Members Elective Account and shall
be treated as Elective Contributions, except to the extent that a different treatment is specified
in this Article XVI.
16.6
Qualification as Catch-up Contributions
. Elective Contributions made
pursuant to Section 16.2 shall be treated as Catch-up Contributions for the Plan Year to the extent
that (i) the Members Elective Contributions for the year exceed the Elective Deferral
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Limit for the corresponding calendar year or (ii) as of the end of the year, the total amount of Elective
Contributions made pursuant to such election and under Section 3.1 exceeds the applicable
percentage limit under Section 3.1.1 multiplied by the Members total Compensation for the entire
Plan Year or portion thereof during which the Member was eligible to make Elective Contributions.
To the extent a Catch-up Eligible Member has not made the maximum amount of Catch-up Contributions
permitted for a calendar year, any Excess Contributions otherwise distributable to the Member under
Section 3.3 in order to comply with ADP test limits shall be recharacterized as Catch-up
Contributions to the maximum extent permitted under Section 16.4.
16.7
Catch-up Contributions Disregarded for Certain Purposes
. Elective
Contributions qualifying as Catch-up Contributions under Section 16.6 shall not be taken into
account for purposes of the provisions of the Plan implementing the regular dollar limitations of
Code section 402(g) (Sections 1.20 and 3.1.6) and Code section 415 (Section 3.3.5 and Article VI). The Plan shall not be treated as failing
to satisfy the provisions of the Plan implementing the requirements of Code section 401(k)(3) (such
as Section 3.3), 410(b), or 416 of the Code, as applicable, by reason of the making of such
Catch-up Contributions.
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ARTICLE XVII
Auto-enrollment
17.1
Employees Subject to Auto-enrollment.
This Article XVII applies to
each Eligible Employee who is first hired as an Eligible Employee, or returns to employment as an
Eligible Employee after a separation from service, or transfers to employment as an Eligible
Employee from other employment with an Affiliate or Employer, on or after January 1, 2008.
17.2
Auto-enrollment
. Each Eligible Employee eligible for auto-enrollment
under Section 17.1, on initially qualifying as a Member under Section 2.1, requalifying as a
Member under Section 2.6, or initially or requalifying as a Member under Section 2.4.1, shall be
deemed to have elected to contribute three percent (3%) of his/her Compensation under the Plan as
Elective Contributions unless such employee makes an election to have no Elective Contributions
made on his behalf, or to contribute a different percentage, prior to the deadline established by
the Committee for his electing out of auto-enrollment under this Section 17.2 (his Auto-enrollment
Effective Date). Such deemed election shall be treated as a Contribution Agreement for all
purposes of the Plan and shall continue in effect unless and until such time (if any) as (i) such
Member suspends his/her deferrals thereunder or elects another amount or percentage of deferrals in
accordance with Plan provisions and procedures for making such changes, or (ii) such deferrals are
suspended by reason of any other provision of the Plan. Unless the Member elects a different
Investment Fund in accordance with Plan procedures prior to the Auto-enrollment Effective Date,
Elective Contributions made pursuant to this Article XVII shall be invested in such Default
Investment Fund or Funds that the Committee shall from time to time designate and shall remain so
invested until and unless the Member files an investment election in accordance with Section 5.2 or
5.3, as applicable. The Committee may establish and adopt rules, regulations and/or administrative
guidelines to facilitate the administration and operation of the provisions of this Article XVII as
it may deem necessary or advisable in its sole discretion.
17.3
Initial Notice
. Any Eligible Employee to whom this Article XVII
applies shall be provided with an initial notice at least 30 days prior to his Auto-enrollment
Effective Date. Such notice shall describe (i) the level of contributions which will be made
absent an affirmative election, (ii) the right to elect a different contribution level or to elect
not to make any contributions, (iii) the right to make investment elections under the Plan, and
(iv) how contributions and earnings will be invested if no election is made. The deadline by which
an Eligible Employee must file an election to opt-out of the default contribution level and/or
Default Investment Fund shall in no event be earlier than the 30
th
day after the giving
of such notice.
17.4
Annual Notice
. Notice shall be given annually to each Covered
Employee, at least 30 days prior to each Plan Year or within such other time as may be required
under applicable law or regulations, which shall explain (i) the auto-enrollment rules described in
this Article XVII, including the default rate of contribution and the right not to make Elective
Contributions and (ii) the right of each Member to designate how contributions and earnings under
the Plan will be invested, and how they will be invested in the absence of any such investment
election. For purposes of this Section 17.4, a Covered Employee is an Eligible Employee who has
been enrolled pursuant to Section 17.2 and has not since made an affirmative
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election to (i) cease all Elective Contributions, or (ii) change the amount or percentage of Elective Contributions, with
respect to his or her Account.
17.5
Notice Procedures
. Notice shall be treated as duly given or provided
for purposes of this Article
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if it has been mailed by first class mail to the last
known address of the Eligible Employee on the records of the Employer and the mailing has not been
returned to the Employer, or is furnished by any other form of delivery, including electronic, in
conformity with applicable regulations.
17.6
Election to Disenroll
. Effective, January 1, 2010, and in accordance
with Treas. Reg. § 1.414(w)-1, an Eligible Employee who has been enrolled in the Plan pursuant to
this Article XVII may elect to disenroll and have the Elective Contributions made on his behalf,
unadjusted for losses, returned to him, provided that he notifies the Company of his election to
withdraw, on the Appropriate Form within 90 days of the day the first Compensation that was
withheld pursuant to this Article XVII would have been paid to him.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC. has caused this instrument to be executed by its
duly authorized officer, and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed, this 9
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 1
In connection with the acquisition by the Company of the electronics distribution
businesses of Ducommun Incorporated (the Ducommun Acquisition), the Plan is amended in the
following respects:
S1.1 In the case of any individual who became an Eligible Employee on or about
January 11, 1988 in connection with the Ducommun Acquisition, and who remained an Eligible Employee
continuously from that time through December 31, 1989, the term Year of Service shall include,
effective on and after January 1, 1990, any Plan Year (i) during which such Eligible Employee was
employed by Ducommun and (ii) which would have been a Plan Year of Employment had such Eligible
Employee been employed instead by an Employer.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 2
In connection with the acquisition by the Company of all of the issued and outstanding shares
of common stock of Lex Electronics Inc., which at the time of such acquisition owned all of the
issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Almac Electronics Corporation, the Plan is amended
in the following respects:
S2.1 As used in this Supplement No. 2, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this
Section S2.1.
(a) Lex Plan means the Lex Service (U.S.) Performance Incentive Plan (named the Lex
Electronics (U.S.) Performance Incentive Plan prior to September 18, 1991).
(b) Lex Transferee means an individual who becomes an Eligible Employee on or about
September 27, 1991 in connection with the Acquisition.
S2.2 Any Lex Transferee who on September 27, 1991 was eligible to become a member of the Lex
Plan pursuant to section 2.01 thereof shall become a Member of the Plan immediately upon becoming
an Eligible Employee. Any other Lex Transferee shall become a Member of the Plan in accordance
with Section 2.1. For purposes of satisfying the requirements of Section 2.1, the following
provisions shall apply:
(a) A Lex Transferee who would have become eligible for membership in the Lex Plan pursuant to
section 2.01 thereof upon completion of a 12-month computation period in which he was credited with
1,000 hours of service shall be credited with Hours of Service under the Plan equal in number to
the number of hours of service credited to him under the Lex Plan during the computation period in
effect on September 27, 1991.
(b) A Lex Transferee who would have become eligible for membership in the Lex Plan pursuant to
section 2.01 thereof upon completion of six months of service within the meaning of section 1.35 of
the Lex Plan shall be credited under the Plan with the period of service credited to him under the
Lex Plan as of September 27, 1991, converted to Hours of Service on the basis that one month equals
190 Hours, one week equals 45 Hours, and one day equals 10 Hours.
S2.3 For purposes of determining a Lex Transferees Years of Service, he shall be credited
with the number of full years of service credited to him as of September 27, 1991 for purposes of
vesting under the Lex Plan and with any fractional year thus credited to him, which fractional year
shall be converted to Hours of Service on the basis that one month equals 190 Hours, one week
equals 45 Hours, and one day equals 10 Hours.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 3
In connection with the acquisition by the Company of certain assets of Zeus Components, Inc.
(the Zeus Acquisition), the Plan is amended in the following respects:
S3.1 In the case of an individual who becomes employed by an Employer or Affiliate on or about
May 19, 1993 in connection with the Zeus Acquisition (a Zeus Transferee), service with Zeus
Components, Inc. shall be treated for purposes of Section 2.1 as though it were service with an
Employer or Affiliate. For this purpose, any service measured in terms of elapsed time shall be
converted to Hours of Service on the basis that one month equal 190 Hours, one week equals 45 Hours
and one day equals 10 Hours.
S3.2 A Zeus Transferee who, taking account of Section S3.1, satisfies the eligibility
requirements set forth in Section 2.1 on May 19, 1993 shall become a Member on such date.
S3.3 In the case of a Zeus Transferee who continues to be employed by an Employer or Affiliate
through December 31, 1994, service with Zeus Components, Inc. shall be treated, on and after
January 1, 1995, as service with an Employer or Affiliate for purposes of determining such Zeus
Transferees Years of Service under the Plan. For this purpose, any service measured in terms of
elapsed time shall be converted to Hours of Service on the basis that one month equal 190 Hours,
one week equals 45 Hours and one day equals 10 Hours.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 4
In connection with the acquisition by Arrow Electronics, Inc. of all of the issued and
outstanding shares of common stock of Gates/FA Distributing, Inc. (the Gates Acquisition), the
Plan is amended as follows:
S4.1 In the case of an individual who becomes an employee of an Employer or Affiliate on or
about September 23, 1994 in connection with the Gates Acquisition, service with Gates/FA
Distributing, Inc. shall be treated, for purposes of Section 2.1 and for purposes of determining
such individuals Years of Service under the Plan, as though it were service with an Employer or
Affiliate. For this purpose, any service measured in terms of elapsed time shall be converted to
Hours of Service on the basis that one month equals 190 Hours of Service, one week equals 45 Hours
of Service and one day equals 10 Hours of Service. An individual described in this Section S4.1
shall become a Member on the first Entry Date on or after January 1, 1995 on which he has satisfied
the requirements of Section 2.1.
S4.2 On or about March 1,1996, participant accounts in the Gates/FA Distributing, Inc. 401(k)
Plan (the Gates Plan) shall, to the extent attributable to employee salary deferrals, be
transferred to Elective Accounts under the Plan. Other amounts in participant accounts under the
Gates Plan shall, to the extent not distributed to Members, be transferred to Rollover Accounts
under the Plan.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 5
In connection with the acquisition by Arrow Electronics, Inc. of all of the issued and
outstanding shares of common stock of Anthem Electronics, Inc. (the Anthem Acquisition), the Plan
is amended as follows:
S5.1 In the case of an individual who becomes an employee of an Employer or Affiliate on or
about November 20, 1994 in connection with the Anthem Acquisition, service with Anthem Electronics,
Inc. shall be treated, for purposes of Section 2.1 and for purposes of determining such
individuals Years of Service under the Plan, as though it were service with an Employer or
Affiliate. For this purpose, any service measured in terms of elapsed time shall be converted to
Hours of Service on the basis that one month equals 190 Hours of Service, one week equals 45 Hours
of Service and one day equals 10 Hours of Service. An individual described in this Section S5.1
shall become a Member on September 1, 1995 if he has then satisfied the requirements of Section
2.1, and otherwise on the first Entry Date thereafter on which he has satisfied such requirements.
S5.2 On or about October 1, 1995, participant accounts in the Anthem Electronics, Inc. Salary
Savings Plan (the Anthem Plan) shall, to the extent attributable to employee salary deferrals, be
transferred to Elective Accounts under the Plan. Other amounts in participant accounts in the
Anthem Plan shall, to the extent not distributed to Members, be transferred to Rollover Accounts
under the Plan. Amounts required to be distributed in order to satisfy nondiscrimination testing
of the Anthem Plan for 1995 may be paid from the Plan.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 6
TO THE
ARROW ELECTRONICS SAVINGS PLAN
Special Provisions Applicable
to Former Members of the Capstone Electronics Profit-Sharing Plan
Effective as of December 31, 1996, the Capstone Electronics Profit-Sharing Plan (the Capstone
Plan) merged into this Plan, and the terms of this Plan superseded in all respects the terms of
the Capstone Plan. This Supplement No. 6 provides for such merger (the Merger) and sets forth
special provisions of the Plan that apply to former members of the Capstone Plan.
S6.1
Special Definitions
. For purposes of this Supplement 6:
S6.1.1
Capstone
means Capstone Electronics Corp., a Delaware corporation.
S6.1.2
Capstone Account
means the account maintained under the Capstone Plan for
each Capstone Member immediately prior to the Merger.
S6.1.3
Capstone Member
means a member of the Capstone Plan who had an undistributed
Capstone Account immediately prior to the Merger or who was eligible under section 4.2 of the
Capstone Plan to share in the Capstone Plan contribution (if any) made with respect to the 1996
Plan Year.
S6.1.4
Capstone Plan
means the Capstone Electronics Profit- Sharing Plan, as in
effect prior to the Merger.
S6.1.5
Capstone Trust Fund
means the trust fund maintained under the Capstone Plan
immediately prior to the Merger.
S6.2
Membership in Plan Effective December 31, 1996
. Capstone Members will become
Members of the Plan effective on December 31, 1996.
S6.3
Merger
. Effective as of December 31, 1996, the Capstone Plan and Capstone Trust
Fund are merged into this Plan and the trust thereunder, respectively, and the terms of this Plan
supersede in all respects the terms of the Capstone Plan with respect to the Capstone Accounts.
All persons (including current and former employees and their beneficiaries) having an interest
under the Capstone Plan prior to December 31, 1996 shall, on and after December 31, 1996, be
entitled to benefits provided solely from this Plan (including this Supplement No. 6), in lieu of
any and all interest which they had or may have had under the Capstone Plan.
S6.4
Transfer of Capstone Trust Fund
. The assets held by the trustees of the Capstone
Trust Fund shall be transferred to the Trustee on December 31, 1996 or as soon as
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practicable thereafter. If and to the extent that such transfer is not completed on December
31, 1996, such trustees shall hold such assets, as adjusted for investment gain or loss thereon and
expenses attributable thereto, as an additional trustee under this Plan, until such transfer is
completed.
S6.5
Allocation to Accounts
. Funds transferred to the Trustee in respect of a
Members Capstone Account shall be allocated under the Plan to such Members existing Matching
Account (if any) and otherwise to a Matching Account of such Member established to receive the
transferred funds.
S6.6
Investment of Transferred Accounts
. Funds transferred to the Trustee in respect
of a Members Capstone Account pursuant to Section S6.4 shall be invested in the same Investment
Funds in the same proportions as the Members Capstone Account was invested immediately prior to
such transfer. Thereafter, the Member may change the percentage of his Matching Account that is
invested in each Investment Fund in accordance with Article V of the Plan.
S6.7
Credit Under the Plan for Years of Service with Capstone
. A Capstone Members
Years of Service under the Plan shall be the service credited to such Member for vesting purposes
under the Capstone Plan as of December 31, 1996 plus any additional service credited under the
rules of this Plan for periods before or after January 1, 1997 but without duplication.
S6.8
Pre-Merger Elections and Designations
. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Plan, (a) elections as to timing or form of benefit made, (b) designations of beneficiaries
made, and (c) provisions that became applicable based on a failure to make an available election or
designation, under the Capstone Plan on or before December 31, 1996, shall be given effect with
respect to Capstone Members who retired or terminated employment under the terms of the Capstone
Plan, or died, on or before December 31, 1996, and distribution shall be made in respect of such
Members in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Capstone Plan as in effect at the
relevant time or times prior to such date.
S6.9
Beneficiary Designation
. Beneficiary designations made under the Capstone Plan
on or before December 31, 1996 by Capstone Members shall be given effect as if made under the Plan,
unless and until superseded by a different actual or deemed designation (such as may occur on
marriage of a single Member) under this Plan.
S6.10
Contributions
. Prior to the filing deadline for its 1996 federal income tax
return, Capstone may, in its sole discretion, make a contribution to the Capstone Plan with respect
to each Capstone Member who was eligible to share in such a contribution under section 4.2 of the
Capstone Plan, by paying such contribution into the Plan as the continuation of the Capstone Plan
by reason of the Merger. Such contribution shall be allocated among such Capstone Members in
accordance with the provisions of the Capstone Plan governing contributions for the 1996 Year and
accounted for under the Plan in the Members Matching Account.
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S6.11
Capstone Plan Amended
. The provisions of this Supplement 6 shall be treated as
an amendment to and part of the Capstone Plan, effective December 31, 1996, to the extent necessary
to give full effect to this Supplement
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 7
TO
ARROW ELECTRONICS SAVINGS PLAN
Special Provisions Applicable to
Former Employees of Farnell Electronic Services
In connection with the acquisition by the Company of all the issued and outstanding shares of
common stock of Farnell Holding, Inc. (the Farnell Acquisition), which wholly owns Farnell
Electronics, Inc., of which Farnell Electronic Services is a division, the Plan is amended in the
following respects:
S7.1
Special Definitions
. For purposes of this Supplement No. 7:
S7.1.1
Elective Subaccount
means a subaccount within a Members Elective Account to
which elective deferrals made under the Farnell Plan are transferred.
S7.1.2
Farnell
means Farnell Electronic Services.
S7.1.3
Farnell Account
means an account maintained under the Farnell Plan
immediately prior to the Farnell Plan Termination containing elective deferrals, matching
contributions, profit-sharing contributions and rollover contributions, as applicable, for a
Farnell Member.
S7.1.4
Farnell Member
means a participant in the Farnell Plan who had an
undistributed account thereunder immediately prior to the Farnell Plan Termination.
S7.1.5
Farnell Plan
means the Farnell Electronic Services 401(k) Savings Plan as in
effect prior to the Farnell Plan Termination.
S7.1.6
Farnell Plan Termination
means the termination of the Farnell Plan effective
March 24, 2000.
S7.1.7
Farnell Transferee
means a Farnell Member who becomes employed by an Employer
on or about May 26, 1997 in connection with the Farnell Acquisition.
S7.1.8
Farnell Trust Fund
means the trust fund maintained under the Farnell Plan
immediately prior to the Farnell Plan Termination.
S7.1.9
Rollover Subaccount
means a subaccount within a Members Rollover Account to
which, with respect to Farnell Transferees, matching, profit-sharing and rollover contributions but
not elective deferrals made under the Farnell Plan were transferred and, with respect to all other
Farnell Members, elective deferrals, matching contributions, profit-sharing contributions and
rollover contributions made under the Farnell Plan were transferred.
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S7.2
Membership in Plan
. Each Farnell Transferee shall become a Member of the Plan on
May 26, 1997. On March 24, 2000, each other Farnell Member shall also become a Member, but solely
with respect to such Members Rollover Subaccount, and shall be treated for all purposes of the
Plan as a Member who has terminated employment.
S7.3
Transfer of Farnell Trust Fund
. The assets held by the trustees of the Farnell
Trust Fund shall be transferred to the Trustee on March 24, 2000 or as soon as practicable
thereafter. If and to the extent such transfer is not completed on March 24, 2000, such trustees
shall hold such assets as adjusted for investment gain or loss thereon and expenses attributable
thereto, as an additional trustee under the Plan, until such transfer is completed.
S7.4
Allocation of Transferred Accounts
. Funds transferred to the Trustee shall be
allocated as follows: in respect of a Farnell Transferees Farnell Account, to such Farnell
Members Elective or Rollover Subaccounts, as applicable; in respect of all other Farnell Accounts,
to a Rollover Subaccount.
S7.5
Investment of Transferred Assets
. Funds transferred to the Trustee pursuant to
Section S7.3 shall be invested in Fidelity Retirement Government Money Market Fund. Thereafter,
the Member may change the portion of his Accounts that are invested in each Investment Fund in
accordance with Article V of the Plan.
S7.6
Credit Under the Plan for Service with Farnell
. Eligibility to participate,
Hours of Service and Years of Service under the Plan shall be determined by taking into account
employment with Farnell prior to May 26, 1997 as if Farnell had been an Affiliate for the period
during which it maintained the Farnell Plan, and any additional period credited for vesting
purposes under the Farnell Plan and not disregarded under the break in service rules under the
Farnell Plan or this Plan. The Committee may use and rely upon records maintained by Farnell to
compute Hours of Service in order to determine the Years of Service to be credited to such former
employee and his eligibility to participate in accordance with Section 2.1 based on his employment
with Farnell.
S7.7
Alternative Forms of Payment Preserved to February 1, 2002
. Any individual who
is a Farnell Transferee at the time of his termination of employment, and any other Farnell Member
who is not employed by an Employer or Affiliate, who has vested Accounts exceeding $5,000 and who
elects on the Appropriate Form to receive a distribution commencing as of a date on or before
February 1, 2002 may on such form elect one of the following with respect to the vested amounts
held in his Elective and Rollover Subaccounts:
(a) an annuity, which in the case of a married Member shall, except as provided below, be in
the form of a Joint and Fifty-Percent Survivor Annuity (
i.e.
, an annuity for the life of the
Member with a survivor annuity for the life of his spouse which is fifty percent of the amount of
the annuity payable during the joint lives of the Member and his spouse), and which in the case of
an unmarried Member, or of a married Member who has waived the Joint and Fifty-Percent Survivor
Annuity option with spousal consent in accordance with applicable regulations, shall be in the form
of a straight-life annuity, in each case to be provided by the purchase of an annuity contract on a
unisex basis;
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(b) a series of installment payments made on a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis over a
reasonable fixed period of time not exceeding the life expectancy of the Member;
(c) a single sum payment.
S7.8
Withdrawals During Employment
.
S7.8.1
Withdrawals During Employment Irrespective of Age
. A Farnell Transferee who is
employed by an Employer or Affiliate may elect, no more frequently than once in any six-month
period, to withdraw from the Plan all or any portion of any of his benefit amounts attributable to
his Rollover Subaccounts (including investment earnings allocable thereto).
S7.8.2
Withdrawals During Employment After Age 59-1/2
. After attaining age 59-1/2, a
Farnell Transferee who is employed by an Employer or Affiliate may elect, no more frequently than
once in any six-month period, to withdraw from the Plan all or any portion of any of his benefit
amounts attributable to his Elective and Rollover Subaccounts (including investment earnings
allocable thereto).
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 8
TO
ARROW ELECTRONICS SAVINGS PLAN
Special Provisions Applicable
to Employees of Consan, Incorporated
Effective as of July 3, 2000, the Consan, Incorporated 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (the Consan
Plan) merged into this Plan, and the terms of this Plan superseded the terms of the Consan Plan.
This Supplement No. 8 provides for such merger (Merger) and sets forth special provisions that
apply to employees of Consan, Incorporated on and after its adoption of this Plan effective April
26, 1997.
S8.1
Special Definitions
. For purposes of this Supplement No. 8:
S8.1.1
Consan
means Consan, Incorporated.
S8.1.2
Consan Account
means an account maintained under the Consan Plan immediately
prior to the Merger containing elective deferrals for a Consan Member.
S8.1.3
Consan Member
means a participant in the Consan Plan who had an undistributed
account thereunder immediately prior to the Merger.
S8.1.4
Consan Plan
means the Consan, Incorporated 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan as in
effect prior to the Merger.
S8.1.5
Consan Trust Fund
means the trust fund maintained under the Consan Plan
immediately prior to the Merger.
S8.1.6
Elective Subaccount
means a subaccount within a Members Elective Account to
which elective deferrals made under the Consan Plan are transferred.
S8.2
Continuation of Consan Contributions Under This Plan
. Consan maintained a
program of making elective deferral contributions through the Consan Plan through April 25, 1997,
and effective April 26, 1997, transferred such program to this Plan by becoming an Employer under
this Plan, making contributions herewith in lieu of contributions under the Consan Plan and
arranging for the merger of the Consan Plan with this Plan.
S8.3
Membership in Plan Effective April 26, 1997
. Each Consan Member who is employed
by an Employer on April 26, 1997 shall become a Member of the Plan on that date. Any other
employee of Consan who is employed by an Employer on such date who then satisfies the minimum age
and 90-day waiting period requirements of Section 2.1 (after giving effect to Section S8.9) shall
become a Member on the first date that such employee receives Compensation from such Employer,
which date shall constitute the Entry Date for such employee. Each Consan Member who is not then
employed by an Employer shall become a
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Member on July 3, 2000, but solely with respect to his Consan Account unless he otherwise
qualifies as Member under the Plan.
S8.4
Merger
. Effective July 3, 2000, the Consan Plan and the Consan Trust Fund are
merged into this Plan, and the terms of this Plan supersede the terms of the Consan Plan. All
persons (including current and former employees and their beneficiaries) having an interest under
the Consan Plan immediately prior to July 3, 2000 shall, on and after July 3, 2000, be entitled to
benefits solely from the Plan (including this Supplement No. 8), in lieu of any and all interest
which they had or may have had under the Consan Plan.
S8.5
Transfer of Consan Trust Fund
. The assets held by the trustees of the Consan
Trust Fund shall be transferred to the Trustee on July 3, 2000 or as soon as practicable
thereafter. If and to the extent that such transfer is not completed on July 3, 2000, such
trustees shall hold such assets as adjusted for investment gain or loss thereon and expenses
attributable thereto, as an additional trustee under this Plan, until such transfer is completed.
S8.6
Allocation of Transferred Accounts
. Funds transferred to the Trustee in respect
of a Members Consan Account shall be allocated under the Plan to such Members Elective
Subaccount.
S8.7
Investment of Transferred Assets
. Funds transferred to the Trustee pursuant to
Section S8.5 shall be invested in accordance with Section S8.8. Thereafter, a Member may change
the portion of his Account that is invested in each Investment Fund in accordance with Article V of
the Plan.
S8.8
Fund Mapping
. The following fund mapping shall become effective upon the
transfer pursuant to Section S8.5:
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Credit Under the Plan for Service with Consan
. Eligibility to participate, Hours
of Service and Years of Service under the Plan shall be determined by taking into account
employment with Consan prior to April 26, 1997 as if Consan had been an Affiliate for the period
during which it maintained the Consan Plan, and any additional period credited for vesting purposes
under the Consan Plan and not disregarded under the break in service rules
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under the Consan Plan or this Plan. Such employee shall be credited with (i) a number of
Years of Service equal to the number of 1-year periods of service that was credited as of April 25,
1997 to him under the elapsed time method employed by the Consan Plan plus (ii) for any additional
fractional part of the year credited to him as of April 25, 1997, a number of Hours of Service for
the 1997 Plan Year equal to 190 Hours of Service for each month or part of a month during which
such employee completes one Hour of Service, for the purposes of determining Years of Service to be
credited to him and his eligibility to participate in accordance with Section 2.1 based on his
employment with Consan.
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Alternative Forms of Payment Preserved to February 1, 2002
. Any individual who
is a Consan Member at the time of his termination of employment with an Employer or Affiliate, and
any other Consan Member who is not employed by an Employer or Affiliate, who has vested Accounts
exceeding $5,000 and who elects on the Appropriate Form to receive a distribution commencing as of
a date on or before February 1, 2002 may on such form elect one of the following with respect to
the amounts held in his Elective Subaccount:
(a) an annuity, which in the case of a married Member shall, except as provided below, be in
the form of a Joint and Fifty-Percent Survivor Annuity (
i.e.
, an annuity for the life of the
Member with a survivor annuity for the life of his spouse which is fifty percent of the amount of
the annuity payable during the joint lives of the Member and his spouse), and which in the case of
an unmarried Member, or of a married Member who has waived the Joint and Fifty-Percent Survivor
Annuity option with spousal consent in accordance with applicable regulations, shall be in the form
of a straight-life annuity, in each case to be provided by the purchase of an annuity contract on a
unisex basis;
(b) a series of installment payments made over a fixed period of time not exceeding the life
expectancy of the Member; or
(c) a single sum payment.
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Withdrawals During Employment After Age 59-1/2
. After attaining age 59-1/2, a
Consan Member who is employed by an Employer or Affiliate may elect, no more frequently than once
in any six-month period, to withdraw from the Plan all or any portion of any of his benefit amounts
attributable to his Elective Subaccount (including investment earnings allocable thereto).
S8.12
Right to Elect to Defer Distributions Until Age 70-1/2
. A Consan Member who
hereunder may elect a distribution of his benefit amounts attributable to his Consan Account
(including investment earnings allocable thereto) on account of a separation from service may elect
to defer such distribution until he attains age 70-1/2.
S8.12.1
Consan Plan Amended
. The provisions of this Supplement No. 8 shall be treated
as an amendment to and a part of the Consan Plan to the extent necessary to give full effect to
this Supplement. The provisions of this Plan, in its capacity as a continuation and amendment of
the Consan Plan, shall apply and be effective with respect to the Consan Plan for periods prior to
July 3, 2000 to the extent necessary for the Consan Plan to meet applicable requirements of all
provisions of law that became effective since the last
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determination letter with respect to the Consan Plan, including, without limitation, the
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (also referred to as GATT), the Uniformed Services Employment and
Reemployment Rights Act, the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, the Taxpayer Relief Act of
1997, the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 and the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of
2000, effective as of their respective effective dates; such Plan provisions include, without
limitation, the following:
(a) Sections 1.13 and 1.44, relating to compensation being determined before giving effect to
any salary reductions under section 132(f)(4) of the Code, effective January 1, 2001;
(b) Section 6.1.2, relating to earnings being determined for purposes of section 415 of the
Code before giving effect to any salary reductions under section 132(f)(4) of the Code, effective
January 1, 2001;
(c) Section 1.27, relating to the definition of highly compensated employee, effective January
1, 1997;
(d) Section 3.3.4, relating to the distributions of aggregate excess deferrals based on the
amount of contribution by or on behalf of each highly compensated employee and attributable first
to the highly compensated employee with the greatest dollar amount of elective deferrals, effective
January 1, 1997;
(e) Section 3.14, relating to contributions in respect of periods of qualified military
service as required under section 414(u) of the Code, effective December 12, 1994;
(f) Section 6.2, relating to the adjustment under section 415(d) of the Code of the $30,000
annual addition limitation under section 415(c)(1), effective January 1, 1995;
(g) Section 6.3, relating to limiting the application of section 415(e) of the Code to
limitation years beginning before January 1, 2000;
(h) Section 8.15, relating to exclusion of hardship distributions from the definition of
eligible rollover distribution in accordance with section 402(c)(4) of the Code, effective January
1, 1999;
(i) Section 13.4, relating to the repeal of the family aggregation rules, effective January 1,
1997; and
(j) Section 14.1, relating to the definition of leased employee as defined under section
414(n) of the Code, effective January 1, 1997.
S8-4
SUPPLEMENT NO. 9
TO
ARROW ELECTRONICS SAVINGS PLAN
Special Provisions Applicable
to Employees of Richey Electronics, Inc
.
Effective as of May 1, 1999, the Richey Electronics, Inc. Employee Retirement Plan (the
Richey Plan) merged into this Plan, and the terms of this Plan superseded the terms of the Richey
Plan. This Supplement No. 9 provides for such merger (Merger) and sets forth special provisions
that apply to employees of Richey Electronics, Inc.
S9.1
Special Definitions
. For purposes of this Supplement No. 9:
S9.1.1
Elective Subaccount
means a subaccount within a Members Elective Account to
which elective deferrals made under the Richey Plan are transferred.
S9.1.2
Matching Subaccount
means a subaccount within a Members Matching Account to
which matching contributions made under the Richey Plan are transferred.
S9.1.3
Richey
means Richey Electronics, Inc.
S9.1.4
Richey Account
means an account maintained under the Richey Plan immediately
prior to the Merger containing elective deferrals, matching contributions, and rollover
contributions (as applicable) for a Richey Member.
S9.1.5
Richey Member
means a participant in the Richey Plan who had an undistributed
account thereunder immediately prior to the Merger.
S9.1.6
Richey Plan
means the Richey Electronics, Inc. Employee Retirement Plan as in
effect prior to the Merger.
S9.1.7
Rollover Subaccount
means a subaccount within a Members Rollover Account to
which rollover contributions made under the Richey Plan are transferred.
S9.1.8
Richey Trust Fund
means the trust fund maintained under the Richey Plan
immediately prior to the Merger.
S9.2
Richey Plan Superseded By This Plan
. Richey maintained a program of making
elective deferral contributions and related matching contributions through the Richey Plan.
Effective January 8, 1999, the Company acquired Richey and its employees transferred to the employ
of the Company. As of that date, the Company adopted the Richey Plan and through March 31, 1999
continued the Richey program of making elective deferral contributions and related matching
contributions for Richey Members through the Richey Plan. Effective April 1, 1999, the Company
transferred such program to this Plan, by making such contributions
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hereunder in lieu of contributions under the Richey Plan and by arranging for the merger of
the Richey Plan with this Plan as soon as practicable thereafter.
S9.3
Merger
. Effective May 1, 1999, the Richey Plan and the Richey Trust Fund are
merged into this Plan, and the terms of this Plan supersede the terms of the Richey Plan. All
persons (including current and former employees and their beneficiaries) having an interest under
the Richey Plan prior to May 1, 1999 shall, on and after May 1, 1999, be entitled to benefits
solely from the Plan (including this Supplement No. 9), in lieu of any and all interest which they
had or may have had under the Richey Plan.
S9.4
Transfer of Richey Trust Fund
. The assets held by the trustees of the Richey
Trust Fund shall be transferred to the Trustee on May 1, 1999 or as soon as practicable thereafter.
If and to the extent that such transfer is not completed on May 1, 1999, such trustees shall hold
such assets as adjusted for investment gain or loss thereon and expenses attributable thereto, as
an additional trustee under this Plan, until such transfer is completed.
S9.5
Allocation of Transferred Accounts
. Funds transferred to the Trustee in respect
of a Members Richey Account shall be allocated under the Plan to such Members Elective, Matching,
and Rollover Subaccounts, as applicable.
S9.6
Investment of Transferred Assets
. Funds transferred to the Trustee pursuant to
Section S9.4 shall be invested in accordance with Section S9.7. Thereafter, a Member may change
the portion of his Account that is invested in each Investment Fund in accordance with Article V of
the Plan.
S9.7
Fund Mapping
. The following fund mapping shall become effective upon the
transfer pursuant to Section S9.4:
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From the Following Richey Plan Funds
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Into Investment Fund
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Fidelity Fund
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Fidelity Spartan U.S. Equity Index Fund
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Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Fund
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Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund
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Fidelity Retirement Growth Fund
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Same fund
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Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund
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Fidelity Magellan
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Fidelity Retirement Govt Money Market
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Same fund
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S9.8
Credit Under the Plan for Service with Richey
. Eligibility to participate, Hours
of Service and Years of Service under the Plan shall be determined by taking into account
employment with Richey prior to April 1, 1999 as if Richey had been an Affiliate for the period
during which it maintained the Richey Plan, and any additional period credited for vesting purposes
under the Richey Plan and not disregarded under the break in service rules under the Richey Plan or
this Plan. The Committee may use and rely upon records maintained by Richey to compute Hours of
Service in order to determine the Years of Service to be credited to such
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employee and his eligibility to participate in accordance with Section 2.1 based on his
employment by Richey.
S9.9
Vesting of Matching Subaccounts
. The Matching Subaccount of a Member employed by
Richey shall be fully vested and nonforfeitable effective May 1, 1999.
S9.10
Alternative Forms of Payment Preserved to February 1, 2002
. Any individual who
is a Richey Member at the time of his termination of employment with an Employer or Affiliate, and
any other Richey Member who is not employed by an Employer or Affiliate, who has vested Accounts
exceeding $5,000 and who elects on the Appropriate Form to receive a distribution commencing as of
a date on or before February 1, 2002 may on such form elect one of the following with respect to
the vested amounts held in his Elective, Matching, and Rollover Subaccounts:
(a) a series of installment payments made over a fixed period of time not exceeding the life
expectancy of the Member; or
(b) a single sum payment.
S9.11
Withdrawals During Employment After Age 59-1/2
. After attaining age 59-1/2, a
Richey Member who is employed by an Employer or Affiliate may elect, no more frequently than once
in any six-month period, to withdraw from the Plan all or any portion of any of his benefit amounts
attributable to his Elective, Matching, and Rollover Subaccounts (including investment earnings
allocable thereto).
S9.12
Richey Plan Amended
. The provisions of this Supplement No. 9 shall be treated
as an amendment to and a part of the Richey Plan to the extent necessary to give full effect to
this Supplement. The provisions of this Plan, in its capacity as a continuation and amendment of
the Richey Plan, shall apply and be effective with respect to the Richey Plan for periods prior to
May 1, 1999 to the extent necessary for the Richey Plan to meet applicable requirements of all
provisions of law that became effective since the last determination letter with respect to the
Richey Plan, including, without limitation, the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (also referred to as
GATT), the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, the Small Business Job
Protection Act of 1996, the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of
1998 and the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000, effective as of their respective effective
dates; such Plan provisions include, without limitation, the following:
(a) Sections 1.13 and 1.44, relating to compensation being determined before giving effect to
any salary reductions under sections 132(f)(4) of the Code, effective January 1, 2001;
(b) Section 6.1.2, relating to earnings being determined for purposes of section 415 of the
Code before giving effect to any salary reductions under section 132(f)(4) of the Code, effective
January 1, 2001;
(c) Section 1.27, relating to the definition of highly compensated employee, effective January
1, 1998;
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(d) Section 3.14, relating to contributions in respect of periods of qualified military
service as required under section 414(u) of the Code, effective December 12, 1994;
(e) Section 3.3.3, relating to the distributions of aggregate excess deferrals based on the
amount of contribution by or on behalf of each highly compensated employee and attributable first
to the highly compensated employee with the greatest dollar amount of elective deferrals, effective
January 1, 1997;
(f) Section 6.2, relating to the adjustment under section 415(d) of the Code of the $30,000
annual addition limitation under section 415(c)(1) of the Code, effective January 1, 1995;
(g) Section 6.3, relating to limiting the application of section 415(e) of the Code to
limitation years beginning before January 1, 2000;
(h) Section 8.15, relating to exclusion of hardship distributions from the definition of
eligible rollover distribution in accordance with section 402(c)(4) of the Code, effective January
1, 1999;
(i) Section 13.4, relating to the repeal of the family aggregation rules, effective January 1,
1997; and
(j) Section 14.1, relating to the definition of leased employee as defined under section
414(n) of the Code, effective January 1, 1997;
provided, however, in determining the permitted actual deferral percentage and contribution
percentage for highly compensated employees for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 1997
for periods prior to May 1, 1999, the applicable plan year for non-highly compensated employees
shall be the immediately preceding plan year.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 10
TO
ARROW ELECTRONICS SAVINGS PLAN
Special Provisions Applicable
to Employees of Scientific & Business Minicomputers, Inc
.
Effective as of August 1, 2000, the Scientific & Business Minicomputers, Inc. 401(k) Profit
Sharing Plan (the SBM Plan) merged into this Plan, and the terms of this Plan superseded the
terms of the SBM Plan. This Supplement No. 10 provides for such merger (Merger) and sets forth
special provisions that apply to employees of Scientific & Business Minicomputers, Inc. on or after
its adoption of this Plan effective July 1, 1999.
S10.1
Special Definitions
. For purposes of this Supplement No. 10:
S10.1.1
Elective Subaccount
means a subaccount within a Members Elective Account to
which elective deferrals made under the SBM Plan are transferred.
S10.1.2
Matching Subaccount
means a subaccount within a Members Matching Account to
which matching contributions made under the SBM Plan are transferred.
S10.1.3
Rollover Subaccount
means a subaccount with a Members Rollover Account to
which rollover contributions made under the SBM Plan are transferred.
S10.1.4
SBM
means Scientific & Business Minicomputers, Inc.
S10.1.5
SBM Account
means an account maintained under the SBM Plan immediately prior
to the Merger containing elective deferrals, matching contributions and rollover contributions (as
applicable) for an SBM Member.
S10.1.6
SBM Member
means a participant in the SBM Plan who had an undistributed
account thereunder immediately prior to the Merger.
S10.1.7
SBM Plan
means the Scientific & Business Minicomputers, Inc. 401(k) Profit
Sharing Plan as in effect prior to the Merger.
S10.1.8
SBM Trust Fund
means the trust fund maintained under the SBM Plan
immediately prior to the Merger.
S10.2
Continuation of SBM Contributions Under This Plan
. SBM maintained a program of
making elective deferral contributions and related matching contributions through the SBM Plan
through June 30, 1999, and effective July 1, 1999, transferred such program to this Plan by
becoming an Employer under this Plan, making contributions herewith in lieu of
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contributions under the SBM Plan and arranging for the merger of the SBM Plan with this Plan
as soon as practicable thereafter.
S10.3
Membership in Plan Effective July 1, 1999
. Each SBM Member who is employed by
an Employer on July 1, 1999 shall become a Member of the Plan on that date. Any other employee of
SBM who is employed by an Employer on such date who then satisfies the minimum age and 90-day
waiting period requirements of Section 2.1 (after giving effect to Section S10.9) shall become a
Member on the first date that such employee receives Compensation from such Employer, which date
shall constitute the Entry Date for such employee. Each SBM Member who is not then employed by an
Employer shall become a Member on August 1, 2000, but solely with respect to his SBM Account unless
he otherwise qualifies as Member under the Plan.
S10.4
Merger
. Effective August 1, 2000, the SBM Plan and the SBM Trust Fund are
merged into this Plan, and the terms of this Plan supersede the terms of the SBM Plan. All persons
(including current and former employees and their beneficiaries) having an interest under the SBM
Plan prior to August 1, 2000 shall, on and after August 1, 2000, be entitled to benefits solely
from the Plan (including this Supplement No. 10), in lieu of any and all interest which they had or
may have had under the SBM Plan.
S10.5
Transfer of SBM Trust Fund
. The assets held by the trustees of the SBM Trust
Fund shall be transferred to the Trustee on August 1, 2000 or as soon as practicable thereafter.
If and to the extent that such transfer is not completed on August 1, 2000 such trustees shall hold
such assets as adjusted for investment gain or loss thereon and expenses attributable thereto, as
an additional trustee under this Plan, until such transfer is completed.
S10.6
Allocation of Transferred Accounts
. Funds transferred to the Trustee in respect
of a Members SBM Account shall be allocated under the Plan to such Members Elective, Matching,
and Rollover Subaccounts, as applicable.
S10.7
Investment of Transferred Assets
. Funds transferred to the Trustee pursuant to
Section S10.5 shall be invested in accordance with Section S10.8. Thereafter, the Member may
change the portion of his Account that is invested in each Investment Fund in accordance with
Article V of the Plan.
S10.8
Fund Mapping
. The following fund mapping shall become effective upon the
transfer pursuant to Section S10.5:
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From the Following SBM Plan Funds
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Into Investment Fund
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Guaranteed Certificate
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Fidelity Retirement Govt. Money Market
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Short Term Fund I
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Fidelity Retirement Govt. Money Market
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Maxim Bond Index
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Fidelity Intermediate Bond
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Maxim Loomis Sayles Corp. Bond
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Fidelity Intermediate Bond
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Maxim US Govt. Mortgage Sec.
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Fidelity Retirement Govt. Money Market
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Maxim Global Bond
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Fidelity Retirement Govt. Money Market
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Maxim Money Market
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Fidelity Retirement Govt. Money Market
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Maxim Index European
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Fidelity Retirement Govt. Money Market
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Fidelity Advisor Overseas
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Fidelity Retirement Govt. Money Market
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Maxim Invesco ADR
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Fidelity Retirement Govt. Money Market
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Putnam Global Growth
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Fidelity Retirement Govt. Money Market
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AIM Charter
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Fidelity Magellan
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Orchard Index 500
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Fidelity Spartan US Equity Index
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Maxim Founders Growth & Income
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Fidelity Spartan US Equity Index
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American Century Ultra
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Fidelity Magellan
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AIM Weingarten
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Fidelity Retirement Growth
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Maxim Growth Index
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Fidelity Magellan
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Fidelity Advisor Equity Income
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Fidelity Equity Income
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Fidelity Advisor Growth Opp.
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Fidelity Magellan
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Putnam Fund for Growth & Income
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Fidelity Equity Income
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Maxim Value Index
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Fidelity Equity Income
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AIM Constellation
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Fidelity Retirement Growth
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Maxim T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth
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Fidelity Retirement Growth
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Profile Series I
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Fidelity Magellan
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Profile Series II
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Fidelity Asset Management: Growth
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Profile Series III
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Fidelity Asset Management.
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Profile Series IV
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Fidelity Asset Management:
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Profile Series V
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Fidelity Asset Management: Income
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Orchard Index 600
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Fidelity Retirement Growth
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Maxim Ariel Small-Cap Value
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Fidelity Value
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Maxim Loomis Sayles Small-Cap Value
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Fidelity Value
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S10.9
Credit Under the Plan for Service with SBM Eligibility to Participate
.
Eligibility to participate, Hours of Service and Years of Service under the Plan shall be
determined by taking into account employment with SBM prior to July 1, 1999 as if SBM had been an
Affiliate for the period during which it maintained the SBM Plan, and any additional period
credited for vesting purposes under the SBM Plan and not disregarded under the break in service
rules under the SBM Plan or this Plan. The Committee may use and rely upon records maintained by
SBM to compute Hours of Service in order to determine Years of Service to be credited to such
employee and his eligibility to participate in accordance with Section 2.1 based on his employment
with SBM.
S10.10
Vesting of Matching Subaccount
. The Matching Subaccount of a Member employed
by SBM shall be fully vested and nonforfeitable effective August 1, 2000.
S10.11
Alternative Forms of Payment Preserved to February 1, 2002
. Any individual who
is a SBM Member at the time of his termination of employment with an Employer or Affiliate, and any
other SBM Member who is not employed by an Employer or Affiliate, who has vested Accounts exceeding
$5,000 and who elects on the Appropriate Form to receive a distribution commencing as of a date on
or before February 1, 2002 may on such form elect one of the following with respect to the vested
amounts held in his Elective, Matching, and Rollover Subaccounts:
(a) an annuity, which in the case of a married Member shall, except as provided below, be in
the form of a Joint and Fifty-Percent Survivor Annuity (
i.e.
, an annuity for the life of the
Member with a survivor annuity for the life of his spouse which is fifty percent of the amount of
the annuity payable during the joint lives of the Member and his spouse), and which in the case of
an unmarried Member, or of a married Member who has waived the Joint and Fifty-Percent Survivor
Annuity option with spousal consent in accordance with applicable regulations, shall be in the form
of a straight-life annuity, in each case to be provided by the purchase of an annuity contract on a
unisex basis;
(b) a series of installment payments made on a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis over a
reasonable fixed period of time not exceeding the life expectancy of the Member; or
(c) a single sum payment.
S10.12
Withdrawals During Employment
.
S10.12.1
Withdrawals During Employment Irrespective of Age
. An SBM Member who is
employed by an Employer or Affiliate may elect, no more frequently than once in any six-month
period, to withdraw from the Plan all or any portion of any of his benefit amounts attributable to
his Rollover Subaccount (including investment earnings allocable thereto).
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S10.12.2
Withdrawals During Employment After Age 59-1/2
. After attaining age 59-1/2,
an SBM Member who is employed by an Employer or Affiliate may elect, no more frequently than once
in any six-month period, to withdraw from the Plan all or any portion of any of his benefit amounts
attributable to his Elective and Matching Subaccounts (including investment earnings allocable
thereto).
S10.12.3
SBM Plan Amended
. The provisions of this Supplement No. 10 shall be treated
as an amendment to and a part of the SBM Plan to the extent necessary to give full effect to this
Supplement. The provisions of this Plan, in its capacity as a continuation and amendment of the
SBM Plan, shall apply and be effective with respect to the SBM Plan for periods prior to August 1,
2000 to the extent necessary for the SBM Plan to meet applicable requirements of all provisions of
law that became effective since the last determination letter with respect to the SBM Plan,
including, without limitation, the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (also referred to as GATT), the
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, the Small Business Job Protection Act of
1996, the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 and the
Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000, effective as of their respective effective dates; such
Plan provisions include, without limitation, the following:
(a) Sections 1.13 and 1.44, relating to compensation being determined before giving effect to
any salary reductions under section 132(f)(4) of the Code, effective January 1, 2001;
(b) Section 6.1.2, relating to earnings being determined for purposes of section 415 of the
Code before giving effect to any salary reductions under section 132(f)(4) of the Code, effective
January 1, 2001;
(c) Section 1.27, relating to the definition of highly compensated employee, effective January
1, 1997;
(d) Section 3.3.3, relating to the distributions of aggregate excess deferrals based on the
amount of contribution by or on behalf of each highly compensated employee and attributable first
to the highly compensated employee with the greatest dollar amount of elective deferrals, effective
January 1, 1997;
(e) Section 3.14, relating to contributions in respect of periods of qualified military
service as required under section 414(u) of the Code, effective December 12, 1994;
(f) Section 6.2, relating to the adjustment under section 415(d) of the Code of the $30,000
annual addition limitation under section 415(c)(1), effective January 1, 1995;
(g) Section 6.3, relating to limiting the application of section 415(e) of the Code to
limitation years beginning before January 1, 2000;
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(h) Section 8.15, relating to exclusion of hardship distributions from the definition of
eligible rollover distribution in accordance with section 402(c)(4) of the Code, effective January
1, 1999;
(i) Section 13.4, relating to the repeal of the family aggregation rules, effective January 1,
1997; and
(j) Section 14.1, relating to the definition of leased employee as defined under section
414(n) of the Code, effective January 1, 1997.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 11
TO
ARROW ELECTRONICS SAVINGS PLAN
Special Provisions Applicable
to Employees of Support Net, Inc.
Effective as of April 1, 2000, the Support Net, Inc. 401(k) Plan (the Support Net Plan)
merged into this Plan, and the terms of this Plan superseded the terms of the Support Net Plan.
This Supplement No. 11 provides for such merger (Merger) and sets forth special provisions that
apply to employees of Support Net, Inc. on and after its adoption of this Plan effective January 1,
2000.
S11.1
Special Definitions
. For purposes of this Supplement No. 11:
S11.1.1
Elective Subaccount
means a subaccount within a Members Elective Account to
which elective deferrals made under the Support Net Plan are transferred.
S11.1.2
Matching Subaccount
means a subaccount within a Members Matching Account to
which matching contributions made under the Support Net Plan are transferred.
S11.1.3
Rollover Subaccount
means a subaccount within a Members Rollover Account to
which rollover contributions made under the Support Net Plan are transferred.
S11.1.4
Support Net
means Support Net, Inc.
S11.1.5
Support Net Account
means an account maintained under the Support Net Plan
immediately prior to the Merger containing elective deferrals, matching contributions and rollover
contributions (as applicable) for a Support Net Member.
S11.1.6
Support Net Member
means a participant in the Support Net Plan who had an
undistributed account thereunder immediately prior to the Merger.
S11.1.7
Support Net Plan
means the Support Net, Inc. 401(k) Plan as in effect prior
to the Merger.
S11.1.8
Support Net Trust Fund
means the trust fund maintained under the Support Net
Plan immediately prior to the Merger.
S11.2
Continuation of Support Net Contributions Under This Plan
. Support Net
maintained a program of making elective deferral contributions and related matching contributions
through the Support Net Plan through December 31, 1999, and effective January 1, 2000, transferred
such program to this Plan by becoming an Employer under this Plan, making
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contributions herewith in lieu of contributions under the Support Net Plan and arranging for
merger of the Support Net Plan with this Plan as soon as practicable thereafter.
S11.3
Membership in Plan Effective January 1, 2000
. Each Support Net Member who is
employed by an Employer on January 1, 2000 shall become a Member of the Plan on that date. Any
other employee of Support Net who is employed by an Employer on such date who then satisfies the
minimum age and 90-day waiting period requirements of Section 2.1 (after giving effect to Section
S11.9) shall become a Member on the first date that such employee receives Compensation from such
Employer, which date shall constitute the Entry Date for such employee. Each Support Net Member who
is not then employed by an Employer shall become a Member on April 1, 2000, but solely with respect
to his Support Net Account unless he otherwise qualifies as a Member under the Plan.
S11.4
Merger
. Effective April 1, 2000, the Support Net Plan and the Support Net Trust
Fund are merged into this Plan and the trust thereunder, and the terms of this Plan supersede the
terms of the Support Net Plan. All persons (including current and former employees and their
beneficiaries) having an interest under the Support Net Plan immediately prior to April 1, 2000
shall, on and after April 1, 2000, be entitled to benefits solely from this Plan (including this
Supplement No. 11), in lieu of any and all interest which they had or may have had under the
Support Net Plan.
S11.5
Transfer of Support Net Trust Fund
. The assets held by the trustees of the
Support Net Trust Fund shall be transferred to the Trustee on April 1, 2000 or as soon as
practicable thereafter. If and to the extent that such transfer is not completed on April 1, 2000,
such trustees shall hold such assets as adjusted for investment gain or loss thereon and expenses
attributable thereto, as an additional trustee under this Plan, until such transfer is completed.
S11.6
Allocation of Transferred Accounts
. Funds transferred to the Trustee in respect
of a Members Support Net Account shall be allocated under the Plan to such Members Elective,
Matching, and Rollover Subaccounts, as applicable.
S11.7
Investment of Transferred Assets
. Funds transferred to the Trustee pursuant to
Section S11.5 shall be invested in accordance with Section S11.8. Thereafter, a Member may change
the portion of his Account that is invested in each Investment Fund in accordance with Article V of
the Plan.
S11.8
Fund Mapping
. The following fund mapping shall take place upon the transfer
pursuant to Section S11.5:
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From the Support Net Plan Funds
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Into Investment Fund
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EuroPacific Growth
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Fidelity Retirement Govt Money Market
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The Growth Fund of America
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Fidelity Retirement Growth
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The Investment Co. of America
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Fidelity Magellan Fund
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Capital Income Builder
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Fidelity Asset Manager Income
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Cash Management Trust of America
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Fidelity Retirement Govt.
Money Market
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Washington Mutual Investors
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Fidelity Equity Income Fund
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The Bond Fund of America
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Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund
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S11.9
Credit Under the Plan for Service with Support Net
. Eligibility to participate,
Hours of Service and Years of Service under the Plan shall be determined by taking into account
employment with Support Net prior to January 1, 2000 as if Support Net had been an Affiliate for
the period during which it maintained the Support Net Plan, and any additional period credited for
vesting purposes under the Support Net Plan and not disregarded under the break in service rules
under the Support Net Plan or this Plan. The Committee may use and rely upon records maintained by
Support Net to compute Hours of Service in order to determine Years of Service to be credited to
such employee and his eligibility to participate in accordance with Section 2.1 based on his
employment with Support Net.
S11.10
Vesting of Matching Subaccount
. The Matching Subaccount of a Member employed
by Support Net shall be fully vested and nonforfeitable effective April 1, 2000.
S11.11
Withdrawals During Employment
.
S11.11.1
Withdrawals During Employment Irrespective of Age
. A Support Net Member who
is employed by an Employer or Affiliate may elect, no more frequently than once in any six-month
period, to withdraw from the Plan all or any portion of any of his benefit amounts attributable to
his Rollover Subaccount (including investment earnings allocable thereto).
S11.11.2
Withdrawals During Employment After Age 59-1/2
. After attaining age 59-1/2,
a Support Net Member who is employed by an Employer or Affiliate may elect, no more frequently than
once in any six-month period, to withdraw from the Plan all or any portion of any of his benefit
amounts attributable to his Elective and Matching Subaccounts (including investment earnings
allocable thereto).
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S11.11.3
Support Net Plan Amended
. The provisions of this Supplement No. 11 shall be
treated as an amendment to and a part of the Support Net Plan to the extent necessary to give full
effect to this Supplement. The provisions of this Plan, in its capacity as a continuation and
amendment of the Support Net Plan, shall apply and be effective with respect to the Support Net
Plan for periods prior to April 1, 2000 to the extent necessary for the Support Net Plan to meet
applicable requirements of all provisions of law that became effective since the last determination
letter with respect to the Support Net Plan, including, without limitation, the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act (also referred to as GATT), the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment
Rights Act, the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, the IRS
Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 and the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000, effective as
of their respective effective dates; such Plan provisions include, without limitation, the
following:
(a) Sections 1.13 and 1.44, relating to compensation being determined before giving effect to
any salary reductions under section 132(f)(4) of the Code, effective January 1, 2001;
(b) Section 6.1.2, relating to earnings being determined for purposes of section 415 of the
Code before giving effect to any salary reductions under section 132(f)(4) of the Code, effective
January 1, 2001;
(c) Section 1.27, relating to the definition of highly compensated employee, effective January
1, 1997;
(d) Section 3.3.3, relating to the distributions of aggregate excess deferrals based on the
amount of contribution by or on behalf of each highly compensated employee and attributable first
to the highly compensated employee with the greatest dollar amount of elective deferrals, effective
January 1, 1997;
(e) Section 3.14, relating to contributions in respect of periods of qualified military
service as required under section 414(u) of the Code, effective December 12, 1994;
(f) Section 6.2, relating to the adjustment under section 415(d) of the Code of the $30,000
annual addition limitation under section 415(c)(1), effective January 1, 1995;
(g) Section 6.3, relating to limiting the application of section 415(e) of the Code to
limitation years beginning before January 1, 2000;
(h) Section 8.15, relating to exclusion of hardship distributions from the definition of
eligible rollover distribution in accordance with section 402(c)(4) of the Code, effective January
1, 1999;
(i) Section 13.4, relating to the repeal of the family aggregation rules, effective January 1,
1997; and
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(j) Section 14.1, relating to the definition of leased employee as defined under section
414(n) of the Code, effective January 1, 1997;
provided, however, in determining the permitted actual deferral percentages and contribution
percentages for highly compensated employees for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 1997
for periods prior to April 1, 2000, the applicable plan year for non-highly compensated employees
shall be the immediately preceding plan year.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 12
TO
ARROW ELECTRONICS
SAVINGS PLAN
Special Provisions Applicable
to Former Participants in the VEBA Electronics Inc. 401(k) Plan
Effective as of April 2, 2001, the VEBA Electronics Inc. 401(k) Plan (the VEBA Plan) merged
into this Plan, and the terms of this Plan superseded the terms of the VEBA Plan. This Supplement
No. 12 provides for such merger (Merger) and sets forth special provisions that apply to former
participants in the VEBA Plan.
S12.1
Special Definitions
. For purposes of this Supplement No. 12:
S12.1.1
Elective Subaccount
means a subaccount within a Members Elective Account to
which elective deferrals made under the VEBA Plan are transferred.
S12.1.2
Matching Subaccount
means a subaccount within a Members Matching Account to
which matching contributions made under the VEBA Plan are transferred.
S12.1.3
Rollover Subaccount
means a subaccount with a Members Rollover Account to
which rollover contributions and after-tax contributions made under the VEBA Plan are transferred.
S12.1.4
VEBA
means Atlas Business Services, VEBA Electronics, Inc., Atlas Systems,
Wyle Electronics and Wyle Systems.
S12.1.5
VEBA Account
means an account maintained under the VEBA Plan immediately
prior to the Merger containing elective deferrals, matching contributions, rollover contributions
and after-tax contributions (as applicable) for a VEBA Member.
S12.1.6
VEBA Member
means a participant in the VEBA Plan who had an undistributed
account thereunder immediately prior to the Merger.
S12.1.7
VEBA Plan
means the VEBA Electronics Inc. 401(k) Plan as in effect prior to
the Merger.
S12.1.8
VEBA Trust Fund
means the trust fund maintained under the VEBA Plan
immediately prior to the Merger.
S12.2
VEBA Plan Superseded By This Plan
. VEBA maintained a program of making elective
deferral contributions and related matching contributions through the VEBA Plan. The Company
acquired VEBA effective January 16, 2000. During the period
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commencing on that date and through December 31, 2000, a number of VEBA employees transferred
to the employ of the Company. The remainder of VEBA employees transferred to the employ of the
Company effective January 1, 2001. As of January 16, 2000 and through December 31, 2000, the
Company adopted the VEBA Plan with respect to those VEBA Members who transferred to its employ and
continued the VEBA program of making elective deferral contributions and related matching
contributions for them through the VEBA Plan. Effective January 1, 2001, the Company adopted the
VEBA Plan with respect to all VEBA Members and effective the same date transferred the
above-described program of contributions to this Plan, by making such contributions hereunder in
lieu of contributions under the VEBA Plan and by arranging for the merger of the VEBA Plan with
this Plan as soon as practicable thereafter.
S12.3
Membership in Plan Effective January 1, 2001
. Each VEBA Member who is employed
by an Employer on January 1, 2001 shall become a Member of the Plan on that date. Any other
employee of VEBA who is employed by an Employer on such date who then satisfies the minimum age and
90-day waiting period requirements of Section 2.1 (after giving effect to Section S12.9) shall
become a Member on the first date that such employee receives Compensation from such Employer,
which date shall constitute the Entry Date for such employee. Each VEBA Member who is not then
employed by an Employer shall become a member on April 2, 2001, but solely with respect to his VEBA
Account unless he otherwise qualifies as a Member under the Plan.
S12.4
Merger
. Effective April 2, 2001, the VEBA Plan and the VEBA Trust Fund are
merged into this Plan, and the terms of this Plan supersede the terms of the VEBA Plan. All persons
(including current and former employees and their beneficiaries) having an interest under the VEBA
Plan prior to April 2, 2001 shall, on and after April 2, 2001, be entitled to benefits solely from
the Plan (including this Supplement No. 12), in lieu of any and all interest which they had or may
have had under the VEBA Plan.
S12.5
Transfer of VEBA Trust Fund
. The assets held by the trustees of the VEBA Trust
Fund shall be transferred to the Trustee on April 2, 2001 or as soon as practicable thereafter. If
and to the extent that such transfer is not completed on April 2, 2001 such trustees shall hold
such assets as adjusted for investment gain or loss thereon and expenses attributable thereto, as
an additional trustee under this Plan, until such transfer is completed.
S12.6
Allocation of Transferred Accounts
. Funds transferred to the Trustee in respect
of a Members VEBA Account shall be allocated under the Plan to such Members Elective, Matching,
and Rollover Subaccounts, as applicable.
S12.7
Investment of Transferred Assets
. Funds transferred to the Trustee pursuant to
Section S12.5 shall be invested in accordance with Section S12.8. Thereafter, the Member may change
the portion of his Account that is invested in each Investment Fund in accordance with Article V of
the Plan.
S12.8
Fund Mapping
. The following fund mapping shall become effective upon the
transfer pursuant to Section S12.5:
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From the Following VEBA Plan Funds
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Into Plan Investment Funds
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BT Investment Equity 500 Index
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Spartan U.S. Equity Index
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Dreyfus Premier Tech. Growth Fund
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OTC Portfolio
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GIC Account 1 - VEBA
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Retirement Govt M.M.
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Mass Investors Growth Stock Fund
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Magellan
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Massachusetts Investors Trust
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Magellan
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MFS Bond Fund
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Inter. Bond
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MFS Capital Opportunities Fund
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Magellan
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MFS Emerging Growth Fund
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OTC Portfolio
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MFS Equity Income Fund
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Equity Income
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MFS Global Governments Fund
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Retirement Govt M.M.
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MFS Global Growth Fund
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Retirement Govt M.M.
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MFS Government Securities Fund
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Inter. Bond
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MFS High Income Fund
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Retirement Govt M.M.
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MFS Institutional Fixed Fund
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Retirement Govt M.M.
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MFS Midcap Growth Fund
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OTC Portfolio
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MFS Money Market Fund
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Retirement Govt M.M.
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MFS New Discovery Fund
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OTC Portfolio
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MFS Research Fund
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Magellan
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MFS Total Return Fund
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Asset Manager
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S12.9
Credit Under the Plan for Service with VEBA
. Eligibility to participate, Hours
of Service and Years of Service under the Plan shall be determined by taking into account
employment with VEBA prior to January 1, 2001 as if VEBA had been an Affiliate for the period
during which it maintained the VEBA Plan, and any additional period credited for vesting purposes
under the VEBA Plan and not disregarded under the break in service rules under the VEBA Plan or
this Plan. The Committee may use and rely upon records maintained by VEBA to compute Hours of
Service in order to determine Years of Service to be credited to such employee
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and his eligibility to participate in accordance with Section 2.1 based on his employment with VEBA.
S12.10
Vesting of Matching Subaccount
. The Matching Subaccount of a Member employed
by VEBA shall be fully vested and nonforfeitable effective April 2, 2001.
S12.11
Alternative Forms of Payment Preserved to February 1, 2002
. Any individual who
is a VEBA Member at the time of his termination of employment with an Employer or Affiliate, and
any other VEBA Member who is not employed by an Employer or Affiliate, who was a participant in the
Wyle Electronics Capital Accumulation Plan on or before June 30, 1996, who has vested Accounts
exceeding $5,000 and who elects on the Appropriate Form to receive a distribution commencing as of
a date on or before February 1, 2002 may on such form elect one of the following with respect to
the vested amounts held in his Elective, Matching, and Rollover Subaccounts:
(a) an annuity, which in the case of a married Member shall, except as provided below, be in
the form of a Joint and Fifty-Percent Survivor Annuity (
i.e.
, an annuity for the life of the
Member with a survivor annuity for the life of his spouse which is fifty percent of the amount of
the annuity payable during the joint lives of the Member and his spouse), and which in the case of an unmarried Member,
or of a married Member who has waived the Joint and Fifty-Percent Survivor Annuity option with spousal consent
in accordance with applicable regulations, shall be in the form of a straight-life annuity, in each case to be provided by the
purchase of an annuity contract on a unisex basis;
(b) a series of installment payments over a reasonable fixed period of time not exceeding the
life expectancy of the Member; or
(c) a single sum payment.
S12.12
Withdrawals During Employment
.
S12.12.1
Withdrawals During Employment Irrespective of Age
. A VEBA Member who is
employed by an Employer or Affiliate may elect, no more frequently than once in any one-year
period, to withdraw from the Plan all or any portion of any of his benefit amounts attributable to
his Rollover Subaccount (including investment earnings allocable thereto).
S12.12.2
Withdrawals During Employment After Age 59-1/2
. After attaining age 59-1/2,
an VEBA Member who is employed by an Employer or Affiliate may elect, no more frequently than once
in any one-year period, to withdraw from the Plan all or any portion of any of his benefit amounts
attributable to his Elective and Matching Subaccounts (including investment earnings allocable
thereto).
S12.12.3
VEBA Plan Amended
. The provisions of this Supplement No. 12 shall be treated
as an amendment to and a part of the VEBA Plan to the extent necessary to give full effect to this
Supplement.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 13
TO
ARROW ELECTRONICS SAVINGS PLAN
Special provisions applicable to
Residents of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
S13.1
Purpose and Effect
. This Supplement 13, effective as of May 13, 1991, is
intended to comply with the requirements of the applicable provisions of the tax code of Puerto
Rico, currently Section 1165(a) and (e) of the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code of 1994 (the
PRIRC). The provisions of this Supplement 13 shall only apply to any resident of the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Supplement 13 Participant) who is employed by an Employer.
S13.2
Type of Plan
. It is the intent of the Company that the Plan be a profit sharing
plan as defined in Article 1165-1 of the Puerto Rico Income Tax Regulations and that it include a
qualified cash or deferred arrangement pursuant to Section 1165(e) of PRIRC.
S13.3
Compensation
. Compensation received from sources in Puerto Rico and which is
excludable from the gross income of a Supplement 13 Member under Section 933 of the Code shall be
considered Compensation under Section 1.13 of the Plan.
S13.4
Elective Contributions
. A Supplement 13 Participants Elective Contributions
under the Plan may not in any event exceed the lesser of ten percent (10%) of the Supplement 13
Participants Compensation or $7,500, as adjusted under PRIRC ($8,000 as of January 1, 1998).
S13.5
Average Deferral Percentage Limits
. In addition to the limitations described in
Section 3.3 of the Plan, the average deferral percentage (as defined in Section 3.3.2 of the
Plan) for Highly Compensated Supplement 13 Participants (as defined below) for each Plan Year shall
not exceed the limitations of Section 3.3 of the Plan applied by substituting the terms Highly
Compensated Supplement 13 Participants and Not Highly Compensated Supplement 13 Participants for
the terms Highly Compensated Employees and not Highly Compensated Employees, respectively.
S13.5.1 The average deferral percentage under this Section S13.5 shall be calculated without
regard to the limitations of Section 401(a)(17) of the Code.
S13.5.2 For purposes of this Section S13.5, the term Highly Compensated Supplement 13
Participant means any Supplement 13 Member who is eligible to participate in the Plan and is more
highly compensated than two-thirds of all other Supplement 13 Participants eligible to participate
in the Plan and employed by the same Employer. Any other Supplement 13 Member is a Not Highly
Compensated Supplement 13 Participant.
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S13.5.3 For purposes of this Section S13.5, if more than one plan providing a cash or deferred
arrangement (within the meaning of Section 1165(e) of PRIRC) is maintained by the Employer or an
Affiliate, the average deferral percentage (as defined in Section 3.3.2 of the Plan) of any
Highly Compensated Supplement 13 Member who participates in more than one such plan or arrangement
shall be determined as if all such arrangements were a single plan or arrangement.
S13.5.4 If two or more plans are aggregated for purposes of Sections 1165(a)(3) or 1165(a)(4)
of PRIRC, such plans shall be aggregated for purposes of determining the average deferral
percentage of Supplement 13 Participants as if all such plans were a single plan.
S13.6
Distribution of Puerto Rico Excess Contributions
. Puerto Rico Excess
Contributions shall be determined by reducing the amount of Elective Contributions (and the amounts
taken into account as Elective Contributions) to be permitted on behalf of Highly Compensated
Supplement 13 Participants in the order of the average deferral percentages, beginning with the
highest of such percentages. To the extent permitted under applicable laws and regulations, Puerto
Rico Excess Contributions for a Plan Year, plus any income or minus any loss allocable thereto,
shall be distributed no later than the close of the following Plan Year. For purposes of this
Section S13.6, the term Puerto Rico Excess Contributions means the Elective Contributions by
Highly Compensated Supplement 13 Participants in excess of the limitations of Section 3.3 of the
Plan, as modified by Section S13.5.
S13.7
Matching Contributions Only for Permissible Elective Contributions
. To the
extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations, no Matching Contributions shall be made with
respect to Puerto Rico Excess Contributions distributable pursuant to Section S13.6 or Elective
Contributions in excess of the limitations of Section S13.4.
S13.8
Contributions May Not Exceed Amount Deductible
. In no event shall Employer
contributions under Article III of the Plan for any taxable year exceed the maximum amount
(including amounts carried forward) deductible for that taxable year under Section 1023(n) of
PRIRC.
S13.9
Contributions Conditioned on Deductibility and Savings Plan Qualification
. Each
contribution by an Employer under Article III of the Plan is conditioned on the deductibility of
such contribution under Section 1023(n) of PRIRC for the taxable year for which contributed, and on
the initial qualification of the Plan under Section 1165(a) of PRIRC.
S13.10
Rollover Contributions
. Contributions by a Supplement 13 Member under Section
3.6 of the Plan are limited to amounts distributed from an employee retirement plan that also
qualifies under Section 1165(a) of PRIRC.
S13.11
Payment of Contributions
. Contributions to the Plan by an Employer engaged in
business in Puerto Rico shall be paid to the Trustee not later than the due date for filing its
Puerto Rico Income Tax Return for the taxable year in which such payroll period falls, including
any extension thereof.
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S13.12
Use of Terms
. All terms and provisions of the Plan shall apply to this
Supplement 13, except that where the terms and provisions of the Plan and this Supplement 13
conflict, the terms and provisions of this Supplement 13 shall govern.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 14
TO
ARROW ELECTRONICS SAVINGS PLAN
Special Provisions Applicable to
Former Employees of Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Inc.
The following special provisions have been adopted in connection with the acquisition by the
Company of substantially all of the assets of Pioneer-Standards Industrial Electronics Division of
Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Inc. (Pioneer) and the resulting transfer of certain employees of
Pioneer to the employ of the Company effective March 1, 2003.
S14.1
Date of Membership
. In the case of a Pioneer employee who became an Eligible
Employee as of March 1, 2003, in connection with the above-described acquisition (a Pioneer
Employee):
(a) A Pioneer Employee who had been continuously employed at Pioneer for at least three months
immediately prior to his transfer to the Company will become a Member effective March 1, 2003 if he
is then age 21 or older, and otherwise on the first Entry Date on which he is at least age 21 (and
remains an Eligible Employee).
(b) Any other Pioneer Employee who qualifies as a Regular Employee as defined in Section 2.1
will become a Member effective July 1, 2003 if he is then an Eligible Employee who is age 21 or
older, and otherwise on the first Entry Date on which he is at least age 21 (and remains an
Eligible Employee).
(c) A Pioneer Employee who is not described in paragraph (a) above and is not a Regular
Employee shall be entitled to become a Member only upon satisfying the requirements of the second
sentence of Section 2.1, applied without regard to his prior employment with Pioneer.
S14.2
Vesting
. Years of Service for a Pioneer Employee described in paragraph (a) or
(b) of Section S14.1 shall take into account his employment with Pioneer prior to March 1, 2003, as
follows:
(a) The Pioneer Employee shall be credited with 190 Hours of Service for each of January and
February of 2003 if he had any paid working hour with Pioneer in such month.
(b) A Pioneer Employee shall be credited with Years of Service for periods prior to January 1,
2003 equal to the number of full years of his most recent continuous period of employment with
Pioneer prior to January 1, 2003 plus any fraction of such a year in excess of 6 months.
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(c) A Pioneer Employee who was employed by the Company within 90 days prior to the
commencement of employment with Pioneer shall be entitled to reinstatement of his Years of Service
prior to such employment with Pioneer, whether or not such Years of Service would otherwise be
disregarded under any break rule of the Plan.
S14.3
Pioneer Records
. The Committee may use and rely upon records maintained by
Pioneer and apply such conventions it deems necessary or desirable to determine Years of Service to
be credited to such Pioneer Employee and his eligibility to participate in accordance with Section
2.1 and this Supplement 14 based on his employment with Pioneer.
S14.4
Rollover to Plan of After-Tax Contributions
. Notwithstanding Section 3.6 of the
Plan, in connection with the above acquisition, Pioneer Employees may make Rollover Contributions
to the Plan from the Retirement Plan of Pioneer-Standard Electronics Inc. that include after-tax
employee contributions.
S14.5
Rollovers of Loans
. A Pioneer Employees Rollover Contribution may include a
loan note if such note is transferred in a direct rollover to the Plan from the Retirement Plan of
Pioneer-Standard Electronics Inc., subject to any rules adopted by the Committee to ensure that any
such loan note has complied with the rules and regulations governing participant loans under Code
section 4975 and ERISA section 408(b)(1). Any loan note rolled over to the Plan pursuant to this
Section S14.5 shall be regarded as an outstanding loan for purposes of Section 7.3. For purposes
of this section, the term loan note includes any legally enforceable obligation to repay a
participant loan from another qualified plan.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 15
TO
ARROW ELECTRONICS
SAVINGS PLAN
Special Provisions Applicable to Eligible Employees of RAD Technologies
Effective October 19, 2005, and without limiting the generality of Members rights otherwise
to make rollovers of eligible rollover distributions in accordance with Section 8.15, Members who
are Eligible RAD Employees shall have the opportunity to transfer the assets in their respective
Accounts, including any loan note therein, in a direct rollover to the RAD Technologies 401(k) Plan
and Trust.
S15.1
Special Definitions
. For purposes of this Supplement No. 15
S15.1.1
Eligible RAD Employee
means a former employee of the Company who became an
employee of RAD Technologies in connection with the sale of certain Company assets to RAD
Technologies effective May 31, 2005.
S15.1.2
RAD Plan
shall mean the RAD Technologies 401(k) Plan and Trust, as amended
from time to time.
S15.1.3
RAD Technologies
means RAD Technologies LLC.
S15.2 A transfer of assets in connection with this Supplement 15 to the RAD Plan shall be made
in accordance with such procedures as the Committee shall establish for the purpose in accordance
with Sections 8.15 and 12.2.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 16
TO
ARROW ELECTRONICS
SAVINGS PLAN
Special Provisions Applicable
to Former Employees of Alternative Data Technology, Inc.
Effective as of March 1, 2007, the Alternative Data Technology, Inc. Profit Sharing & 401(k)
Plan (the ADT Plan) shall merge into this Plan, and the terms of the Plan shall supersede the
terms of the ADT Plan. This Supplement No. 16 provides for such merger (Merger) and sets forth
special provisions that apply to former employees of Alternative Data Technologies, Inc. (ADT).
S16.1
Special Definitions
. For purposes of this Supplement No. 16:
S16.1.1
Elective Subaccount
means a subaccount within a Members Elective Account to
which elective deferrals made under the ADT Plan are transferred.
S16.1.2
Rollover Subaccount
means a subaccount with a Members Rollover Account to
which rollover contributions made under the ADT Plan are transferred.
S16.1.3
ADT
means Alternative Data Technology, Inc., a Colorado corporation acquired
by the Company on November 30, 2006.
S16.1.4
ADT Account
means an account maintained under the ADT Plan immediately prior
to the Merger containing elective deferrals and rollover contributions, if any, for an ADT Member.
S16.1.5
ADT Employee
means an individual who was employed by ADT on or before
November 30, 2006 and was thereafter employed by an Employer.
S16.1.6
ADT Member
means a participant in the ADT Plan who had an undistributed
account thereunder immediately prior to the Merger.
S16.1.8
ADT Plan
means the Alternative Data Technology, Inc. Profit Sharing & 401(k)
Plan as in effect prior to the Merger.
S16.1.9
ADT Trust Fund
means the trust fund maintained under the ADT Plan
immediately prior to the Merger.
S16.2
Membership in Plan, Generally Effective January 1, 2007
. Each ADT Employee who
was employed by ADT on November 30, 2006 and was an Eligible Employee on January 1, 2007 shall
become a Member of the Plan on that date without respect to the Plans age and service requirements
for participation. Each ADT Member who is not then employed by an
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Employer shall become a member on March 1, 2007, but solely with respect to his ADT Account
unless he otherwise qualifies as a Member under the Plan.
S16.3
Merger
. Effective March 1, 2007, the ADT Plan and the ADT Trust Fund are merged
into this Plan and the trust fund thereunder, and the terms of this Plan supersede the terms of the
ADT Plan. All persons (including current and former employees and their beneficiaries) having an
interest under the ADT Plan prior to March 1, 2007 shall, on and after March 1, 2007, be entitled
to benefits solely from the Plan, including this Supplement No. 16, in lieu of any and all interest
which they had or may have had under the ADT Plan.
S16.4
Transfer of ADT Trust Fund
. The assets held by the trustees of the ADT Trust
Fund shall be transferred to the Trustee on March 1, 2007 or as soon as practicable thereafter. If
and to the extent that such transfer is not completed on March 1, 2007 such trustees shall hold
such assets, as adjusted for investment gain or loss thereon and expenses attributable thereto, as
an additional trustee under this Plan, until such transfer is completed.
S16.5
Allocation of Transferred Accounts
. Funds transferred to the Trustee in respect
of a Members ADT Account shall be allocated under the Plan to such Members Elective and Rollover
Subaccounts, as applicable.
S16.6
Investment of Transferred Assets
. Funds transferred to the Trustee pursuant to
Section S16.4 shall be invested in accordance with Section S16.8. Thereafter, the Member may change
the portion of his Account that is invested in each Investment Fund in accordance with Article V of
the Plan.
S16.7
Fund Mapping
. The following fund mapping shall become effective upon the
transfer pursuant to Section S16.4:
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Into Plan Investment Funds
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SSgA Government Money Market
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Fidelity Retirement Govt. MMKT
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PIMCO Total Return Fund Class A
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Fidelity Intermediate Bond
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DWS High Inc. Plus Fund Class S
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Fidelity Intermediate Bond
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SSgA S&P 500 Index Fund
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Fidelity Spartan US Equity Index Inv
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SSgA Russell 2000 Index Strategy
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Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Instl.
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SSgA S&P MidCap 400 Index
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AllianceBenstein Growth and Inc A
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Fidelity Equity Income
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DWS Large Cap Value Fund A
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Fidelity Equity Income
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Allianz NFJ Small-Cap Value A
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Credit Under the Plan for Service with ADT
. Effective on and after January1,
2007, and ADT Employees eligibility to participate, Hours of Service and Years of Service under
the Plan shall be determined by taking into account (a) employment with ADT prior to November 30,
2006 as if ADT had been an Affiliate for the period during which it maintained the ADT Plan, and
(b) any additional period credited for vesting purposes under the ADT Plan and not disregarded
under the break in service rules under the ADT Plan or this Plan. The Committee may use and rely
upon records maintained by ADT to compute Hours of Service in order to determine Years of Service
to be credited to such employee and his eligibility to participate in accordance with Section 2.1
based on his employment with ADT.
S16.9
Withdrawals During Employment
.
S16.9.1
Withdrawals During Employment Irrespective of Age
. An ADT Member who is
employed by an Employer or Affiliate may elect to withdraw from the Plan all or any portion of any
of his benefit amounts attributable to his Rollover Subaccount (if any) (including investment
earnings allocable thereto) at any time.
S16.9.2
Withdrawals During Employment After Age 59-1/2
. After attaining age 59-1/2,
an ADT Member who is employed by an Employer or Affiliate may elect to withdraw from the Plan all
or any portion of any of his benefit amounts attributable to his Elective and Rollover Subaccounts
(including investment earnings allocable thereto) at any time.
S16.10
ADT Plan Amended
. The provisions of this Supplement No. 16 shall be treated as
an amendment to and a part of the ADT Plan to the extent necessary to give full effect to this
Supplement.
S16-3
SUPPLEMENT NO. 17
TO
ARROW ELECTRONICS
SAVINGS PLAN
Special Provisions Applicable
to Former Employees of Keylink Systems
Effective as of April 1, 2007, Arrow Electronics, Inc., Arrow Electronics Canada LTD and
Support Net, Inc. purchased certain assets of the Keylink Systems business unit from Agilysys, Inc.
and Agilysys Canada Inc., pursuant to an asset purchase agreement dated January 2, 2007. This
Supplement No. 17 sets forth special provisions that apply to certain employees of the Keylink
Systems business unit who became employed by the Company or another Employer as a result of the
above transaction.
S17.1
Special Definitions
. For purposes of this Supplement No. 17:
S17.1.3
Keylink
means the business unit acquired by the Company and its above
referenced subsidiaries pursuant to an asset purchase on April 1, 2007.
S17.1.5
Keylink Employee
means an individual who was employed by Keylink immediately
prior to April 1, 2007, other than an employee employed by Agilysys Canada, and who became employed
by an Employer or Affiliate on April 1, 2007.
S17.1.6
Agilysys Member
means a Keylink Employee who is a participant in the
Agilysys Plan with an undistributed account thereunder.
S17.1.8
Agilysys Plan
means the Retirement Plan of Agilysys, Inc., a section 401(k)
plan sponsored by Agilysys, Inc.
S17.2
Rollovers from the Agilysys Plan
. Keylink Employees shall be eligible to roll
over their accounts from the Agilysys Plan to the Plan on and after June 2, 2007.
S17.2.1
Allocation of Rollovers
. Funds rolled over to the Trustee in respect of a
Members Agilysys Plan account shall be allocated under the Plan to such Members Rollover Account.
S17.2.2
Rollovers of Loans
. A Keylink Employees Rollover Contribution may include a
loan note if such note is transferred in a direct rollover to the Plan from the Agilysys Plan,
subject to any rules adopted by the Committee to ensure that any such loan note has complied with
the rules and regulations governing participant loans under Code section 4975 and ERISA section
408(b)(1). Any loan note rolled over to the Plan pursuant to this Section S17.2.2 shall be
regarded as an outstanding loan for purposes of Section 7.3. For
S17-1
purposes of this section, the term loan note includes any legally enforceable obligation to
repay a participant loan from another qualified plan.
S17.3
Waiver of Applicable Waiting Period Credit Under the Plan for Service with
Keylink
. Effective on and after April 1, 2007, Keylink Employees shall be eligible to
participate in the Plan without regard the applicable waiting period of Section 2.1. Hours of
Service and Years of Service under the Plan for such Keylink Employees shall be determined by
taking into account the most recent period of employment with Keylink and its predecessors, based
on dates of hire furnished by Agilysys, Inc. The Committee may use and rely upon records
maintained by Agilysys, Inc., and may use such equivalencies as the Committee determines is
appropriate, to compute Hours of Service in order to determine Years of Service to be credited to
such employee based on his employment with Keylink.
S17-2
SUPPLEMENT NO. 18
TO
ARROW ELECTRONICS
SAVINGS PLAN
Special Provisions Applicable to
Former Employees of ACI Electronics, Inc.
The following special provisions have been adopted in connection with the acquisition by the
Company of the operating assets of ACI Electronics, LLC, (ACI) and the resulting transfer of
certain employees of ACI to the employ of the Company effective March 1, 2008.
S18.1
ACI
means ACI Electronics, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
S18.2
Membership in Plan
. Each individual who was employed by ACI on February 29,
2008 and was an Eligible Employee on March 1, 2008 (an ACI Employee) shall become a Member of the
Plan on that date without respect to the Plans age and service requirements for participation.
S18.3
Credit Under the Plan for Service with ACI
. Effective on and after March 1,
2008, an ACI Employees Hours of Service and Years of Service under the Plan shall be determined by
taking into account employment with ACI prior to March 1, 2008 as if ACI had been an Affiliate
prior to such date. The Committee may use and rely upon records maintained by ACI to compute Hours
of Service in order to determine Years of Service to be credited to each ACI Employee.
S18-1
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Affiliate
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Applicable Plan Year
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Appropriate Form
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Beneficiary
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Board of Directors
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1.7
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Code
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1.8
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Catch-up Contributions
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1.9
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Committee
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Common Stock
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Company
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Company Representative
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Compensation
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Compensation Limit
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1.15
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Contribution Agreement
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1.16
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Disability
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Effective Date
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Elective Account
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1.19
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Elective Contributions
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1.20
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Elective Deferral Limit
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1.21
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Eligible Employee
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1.22
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Employer
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1.23
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Entry Date
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1.24
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ERISA
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1.25
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ESOP Contributions
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1.26
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Fund or Trust Fund
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1.27
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Highly Compensated Employee
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1.28
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Hour of Service
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1.29
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Investment Adjustments
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1.30
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Investment Fund
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1.31
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Loan Account
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Loan Fund
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1.33
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Matching Account
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1.34
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Matching Contributions
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1.35
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Member
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1.36
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Normal Retirement Date
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1.37
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One-Year Break in Service
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1.38
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Plan
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1.39
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Plan Year
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1.40
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Rollover Account
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1.41
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Rollover Contribution
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1.42
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Section 401(k) Member
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Termination of Employment
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Total Earnings
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1.45
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Trust Agreement
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1.46
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Trustee
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1.47
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Valuation Date
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10
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1.48
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Vested Percentage
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10
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Year of Service
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1.50
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Same-sex Marriages
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ARTICLE II
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MEMBERSHIP
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2.1
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Membership
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2.2
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Service with Affiliates
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2.3
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Contribution Agreement
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2.4
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Transfers
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2.5
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Transfers Between Employers
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2.6
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Reemployment
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2.7
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Service with Predecessors or Affiliates, or as an Ineligible Employee
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ARTICLE III
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CONTRIBUTIONS
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3.1
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Elective Contributions
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3.2
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Matching Contributions
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3.3
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Section 401(k) Limit on Elective Contributions
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3.4
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Section 401(m) Limit on Matching Contributions
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3.5
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Special Rules
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3.6
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Rollovers
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3.7
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Maximum Limit on Allocation
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3.8
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Form and Time of Payment
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3.9
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Contributions May Not Exceed Amount Deductible
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3.10
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Contributions Conditioned on Deductibility and Plan Qualification
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3.11
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Expenses
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3.12
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No Employee Contributions
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3.13
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Profits Not Required
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3.14
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Contributions for Military Service
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ARTICLE IV
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VESTING
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4.1
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Elective Account and Rollover Account
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4.2
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Matching Account
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4.3
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Forfeitures
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4.4
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Irrevocable Forfeitures
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Application of Forfeitures
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ARTICLE V
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ACCOUNTS AND DESIGNATION OF INVESTMENT FUNDS
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5.1
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Investment of Account Balances
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5.2
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Designation of Investment Funds for Future Contributions
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Designation of Investment Funds for Existing Account Balances
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Valuation of Investment Funds
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5.5
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Correction of Error
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Allocation Shall Not Vest Title
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5.7
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Statement of Accounts
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5.8
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Daily Valuation
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ARTICLE VI
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LIMITATION ON MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS UNDER ALL PLANS
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6.1
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Definitions
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Limitation on Annual Additions
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Application
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Limitation Year
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Correlation with Higher ESOP Limit
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ARTICLE VII
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DISTRIBUTIONS, WITHDRAWALS AND LOANS
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7.1
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Distribution on Termination of Employment
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Withdrawals during Employment
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Loans during Employment
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Loan Requirements
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Loan Expenses
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Funding
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Repayment
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Valuation
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7.9
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Allocation among Investment Funds
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Disposition of Loan Upon Certain Events
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Withdrawals from Plan While Loan is Outstanding
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Compliance with Applicable Law
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Default
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Conversion of Loan to Hardship Distribution
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ARTICLE VIII
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PAYMENT OF BENEFITS
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Payment of Benefits
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Death Benefits
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Non-Alienation of Benefits
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Doubt as to Right to Payment
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Incapacity
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Time of Commencement of Benefits
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Payments to Minors
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Identity of Proper Payee
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Inability to Locate Distributee
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Estoppel of Members and Their Beneficiaries
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Qualified Domestic Relations Orders
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Benefits Payable Only from Fund
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Prior Plan Distribution Forms
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Restrictions on Distribution
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Direct Rollover of Eligible Rollover Distributions
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Receipt of ESOP Beneficiarys Account
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ARTICLE IX
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BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION
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Designation of Beneficiary
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Spouse as Presumptive Beneficiary
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Change of Beneficiary
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Failure to Designate
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Effect of Marriage, Divorce or Annulment, or Legal Separation
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Proof of Death, etc.
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Discharge of Liability
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ARTICLE X
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ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
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10.1
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Committee
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49
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10.2
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Named Fiduciary
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49
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10.3
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Powers and Discretion of the Named Fiduciary
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49
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10.4
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Advisers
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50
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10.5
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Service in Multiple Capacities
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51
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10.6
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Limitation of Liability; Indemnity
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51
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10.7
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Reliance on Information
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51
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10.8
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Subcommittees, Counsel and Agents
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51
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10.9
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Funding Policy
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52
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10.10
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Proper Proof
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52
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10.11
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Genuineness of Documents
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52
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10.12
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Members May Direct Investments
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52
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10.13
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Records and Reports
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53
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10.14
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Recovery of Overpayments
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53
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ARTICLE XI
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THE TRUST AGREEMENT
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54
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11.1
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The Trust Agreement
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54
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11.2
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No Diversion of Fund
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54
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11.3
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Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee
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54
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ARTICLE XII
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AMENDMENT
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55
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12.1
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Right of the Company to Amend the Plan
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55
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12.2
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Plan Merger
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55
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12.3
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Amendments Required by Law
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55
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12.4
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Right to Terminate
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55
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12.5
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Termination of Trust
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55
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12.6
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Continuation of Trust
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56
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12.7
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Discontinuance of Contributions
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56
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ARTICLE XIII
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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57
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13.1
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Plan Not a Contract of Employment
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57
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13.2
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Merger
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57
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13.3
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Claims Procedure
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57
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13.4
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Controlling Law
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57
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13.5
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Separability
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57
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13.6
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Captions
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57
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13.7
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Usage
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57
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ARTICLE XIV
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LEASED EMPLOYEES
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58
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14.1
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Definitions
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58
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14.2
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Treatment of Leased Employees
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58
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14.3
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Exception for Employees Covered by Plans of Leasing Organization
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58
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14.4
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Construction
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58
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ARTICLE XV
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TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS
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59
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15.1
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Determination of Top-Heavy Status
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59
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15.2
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Provisions Applicable in Top-Heavy Plan Years
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61
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ARTICLE XVI
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CATCH-UP CONTRIBUTIONS
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63
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16.1
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General
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63
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16.2
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Method of Contribution
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63
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16.3
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Ineligibility for Matching Contributions
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63
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16.4
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Limit on Catch-Up Contribution
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63
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16.5
|
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Treatment of Catch-up Contributions
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63
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16.6
|
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Qualification as Catch-up Contributions
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63
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16.7
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Catch-up Contributions Disregarded for Certain Purposes
|
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64
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ARTICLE XVII
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AUTO-ENROLLMENT
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65
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17.1
|
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Employees Subject to Auto-enrollment
|
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65
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17.2
|
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Auto-enrollment
|
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65
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17.3
|
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Initial Notice
|
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65
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17.4
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Annual Notice
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65
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17.5
|
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Notice Procedures
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66
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17.6
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Election to Disenroll
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66
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v
Exhibit 10(b)
WYLE ELECTRONICS RETIREMENT PLAN
(As amended and restated September 9, 2009)
Exhibit 10(b)
Table of Contents
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Page
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ARTICLE I PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
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3
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1.1 Purposes
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3
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1.2 Limitation on Reversionary Right
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|
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3
|
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1.3 Limitation on Employee Rights
|
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3
|
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ARTICLE II DEFINITION OF TERMS
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4
|
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2.1 Actuarial Value or Equivalent
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4
|
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2.2 Affiliate
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|
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4
|
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2.3 Annuity Commencement Date
|
|
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4
|
|
2.4 Armed Forces Services
|
|
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5
|
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2.5 Board of Directors
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|
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5
|
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2.6 Code
|
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6
|
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2.7 Committee
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|
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6
|
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2.8 Company
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6
|
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2.9 Company Representative
|
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6
|
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2.10 Credited Service
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6
|
|
2.11 Defined Benefit Plan
|
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8
|
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2.12 Defined Contribution Plan
|
|
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8
|
|
2.13 Domestic Partner
|
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8
|
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2.14 Effective Date
|
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8
|
|
2.15 Employee
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8
|
|
2.16 Employer
|
|
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10
|
|
2.17 ERISA
|
|
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10
|
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2.18 Final Average Earnings
|
|
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10
|
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2.19 Highly Compensated Employee
|
|
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14
|
|
2.20 Hours of Service
|
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15
|
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2.21 Leave of Absence
|
|
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17
|
|
2.22 Participant
|
|
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18
|
|
2.23 Participating Units
|
|
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18
|
|
2.24 Plan Year
|
|
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20
|
|
2.25 Termination of Employment
|
|
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20
|
|
2.26 Trustee
|
|
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20
|
|
2.27 Year of Vesting Credit Service
|
|
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20
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|
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ARTICLE III ELIGIBILITY
|
|
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22
|
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|
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ARTICLE IV RETIREMENT DATE
|
|
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23
|
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4.1 Normal Retirement Date
|
|
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23
|
|
4.2 Early Retirement Date
|
|
|
23
|
|
4.3 Deferred Retirement Date
|
|
|
24
|
|
4.4 Effect of Reemployment upon Payment and Amount
of Benefits:
|
|
|
|
|
Additional Rule for Deferred Retirement
|
|
|
25
|
|
4.5 Retirement Window
|
|
|
26
|
|
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(Continued)
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Page
|
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ARTICLE V TRANSFER OF EMPLOYEES
|
|
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28
|
|
|
|
|
|
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ARTICLE VI AMOUNT OF RETIREMENT INCOME
|
|
|
29
|
|
6.1 Amount of Retirement Benefit
|
|
|
29
|
|
6.2 Payment of Benefit
|
|
|
31
|
|
6.3 Statutory Limitations
|
|
|
31
|
|
6.4 Participation in Defined Contribution Plan
|
|
|
40
|
|
6.5 Other Definitions
|
|
|
43
|
|
6.6 Limitation on Accruals on Funding Shortfall
|
|
|
44
|
|
6.7 Restrictions on Amendments to Increase Benefits
|
|
|
45
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE VII PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS
|
|
|
46
|
|
7.1 Commencement of Payment
|
|
|
46
|
|
7.2 Absent Participant
|
|
|
47
|
|
7.3 Code Section 436 Compliance
|
|
|
47
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE VIII FORM OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS
|
|
|
50
|
|
8.1 Forms of Payment
|
|
|
50
|
|
8.2 Other Rules
|
|
|
53
|
|
8.3 Preretirement Spousal Death Benefit
|
|
|
54
|
|
8.4 Small Lump Sum Benefit
|
|
|
55
|
|
8.5 Election for Small Benefit Distributions
|
|
|
57
|
|
8.6 Sylvan Ginsbury Lump Sum or Term Certain Annuity Benefit
|
|
|
58
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE IX TERMINATION OF SERVICE
|
|
|
60
|
|
9.1 Vesting Requirement
|
|
|
60
|
|
9.2 Accrued Benefit
|
|
|
61
|
|
9.3 Reemployment After Distribution
|
|
|
61
|
|
9.4 Repayment Privilege
|
|
|
62
|
|
9.5 Direct Rollover Option
|
|
|
62
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE X COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS
|
|
|
65
|
|
10.1 Conditions on Contributions
|
|
|
65
|
|
10.2 Uses of Forfeitures
|
|
|
66
|
|
10.3 Limitations on Obligation to Contribute
|
|
|
66
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE XI COMMITTEE
|
|
|
67
|
|
11.1 Committee
|
|
|
67
|
|
11.2 Named Fiduciary
|
|
|
67
|
|
11.3 Powers and Discretion of the Named Fiduciary
|
|
|
68
|
|
11.4 Advisers
|
|
|
70
|
|
11.5 Service in Multiple Capacities
|
|
|
71
|
|
11.6 Limitation of Liability; Indemnity
|
|
|
71
|
|
11.7 Reliance on Information
|
|
|
72
|
|
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(Continued)
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|
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Page
|
|
11.8 Subcommittees Counsel and Agents
|
|
|
72
|
|
11.9 Funding Policy
|
|
|
73
|
|
11.10 Proper Proof
|
|
|
73
|
|
11.11 Genuineness of Documents
|
|
|
73
|
|
11.12 Records and Reports
|
|
|
73
|
|
11.13 Recovery of Overpayments
|
|
|
73
|
|
11.14 Professional Assistance
|
|
|
74
|
|
11.15 Spousal Claims
|
|
|
74
|
|
11.16 Claims
|
|
|
74
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE XII FUNDING
|
|
|
76
|
|
12.1 Funding Agent
|
|
|
76
|
|
12.2 Procedure for Payment of Benefits
|
|
|
76
|
|
12.3 Status of Funding Agent
|
|
|
76
|
|
12.4 The Trust Agreement
|
|
|
77
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE XIII AMENDMENTS TO PLAN
|
|
|
78
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE XIV [RESERVED]
|
|
|
79
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE XV TERMINATION OF THE PLAN
|
|
|
80
|
|
15.1 Right to Terminate - Procedure
|
|
|
80
|
|
15.2 Method of Settlement
|
|
|
85
|
|
15.3 Merger
|
|
|
85
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE XVI Leased Employees
|
|
|
86
|
|
16.1 Definitions
|
|
|
86
|
|
16.2 Treatment of Leased Employees
|
|
|
86
|
|
16.3 Exception for Employees Covered by Plans of Leasing
Organization
|
|
|
87
|
|
16.4 Construction
|
|
|
87
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE XVII MISCELLANEOUS
|
|
|
88
|
|
17.1 Antialienation
|
|
|
88
|
|
17.2 Applicable Law
|
|
|
88
|
|
17.3 Look Back Year
|
|
|
88
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE XVIII [RESERVED]
|
|
|
90
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE XIX TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS
|
|
|
91
|
|
19.1 Rules Prior to 2002
|
|
|
91
|
|
19.2 Modification of Top-Heavy Rules
|
|
|
94
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE XX SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MEMEC LLC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
|
|
|
97
|
|
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(Continued)
|
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|
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Page
|
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20.1 Special Definitions
|
|
|
97
|
|
20.2 Memec Employees
|
|
|
97
|
|
20.3 Memec Employees No Longer Active Participants Under the Plan
|
|
|
97
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE XXI Benefit Freeze
|
|
|
98
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE XXII Applicable Mortality Table on and After December 31, 2002
|
|
|
99
|
|
iv
WYLE ELECTRONICS RETIREMENT PLAN
PREAMBLE
The Wyle Electronics Retirement Plan set forth herein (the Plan) was initially adopted effective
February 1, 1973. The Plan was amended and restated effective February 1, 1989 and was
subsequently amended and restated effective December 17, 1993 to reflect, in each case, amendments
adopted since the prior restatement, to conform with applicable statutes and regulatory
requirements, and to make other changes deemed desirable in order to effect the purposes of the
Plan.
On February 15, 2002, the Plan was further restated to incorporate amendments adopted through
December 31, 2000 and in order to make changes deemed necessary or advisable to comply with changes
in applicable law, including those necessary to comply with the provisions of the Uniformed
Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (also
referred to as GATT), the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, the Taxpayer Relief Act of
1997, and the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000, as well as other amendments determined by
the Company to be appropriate to further the purposes of the Plan, effective as of the dates
required by such provisions of law or as expressly set forth provided that clarifications of
existing provisions are effective as of the same dates as the provisions which they clarify).
The Plan was further amended and restated on March 17, 2003, generally effective as of January 1,
2002 in order to comply with the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (also
referred to as EGTRRA) and to reflect certain Plan governance changes adopted July 17, 2002. The
Plan was thereafter amended on October 24, 2005 to comply with the small
1
benefit cashout provisions of Code Section 401(a)(31)(B), effective March 28, 2005. The Plan is
now hereby amended and restated to make certain changes to reflect provisions of the Pension
Protection Act of 2006, the Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004, the Heroes Earnings Assistance and
Relief Tax Act of 2008, and final regulations under Code Section 415, to update certain actuarial
assumptions, and to add a contingent annuitant option for domestic partners and same-sex spouses.
References herein to Paragraphs whose numbering changed since the prior Plan restatement shall,
where the context so requires, refer to corresponding Paragraphs of the Plan as previously in
effect.
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ARTICLE I
PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
1.1
Purposes
. The Company, in order to encourage the loyalty, efficiency, continuity
of service and productivity of its Employees, heretofore established the WYLE ELECTRONICS
RETIREMENT PLAN, which is sometimes referred to herein as the Plan.
1.2
Limitation on Reversionary Right
. Prior to the satisfaction of all liabilities
with respect to Employees and their beneficiaries under the Plan, and, subject to the provisions of
Paragraph 10.1 hereof permitting the refund of nondeductible contributions, no part of the
principal or income which is to be contributed as hereinafter described is to be used for or
diverted to purposes other than those which are for the exclusive benefit of such Employees or
their beneficiaries.
1.3
Limitation on Employee Rights
. The establishment of this Plan shall not be
construed as giving any Employee or any person any legal or equitable right as against the Company
or any other Employer or the Committee, unless such right is specifically provided for in this
document, nor shall it be construed as giving any Employee the right to be retained in the service
of any Employer.
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ARTICLE II
DEFINITION OF TERMS
The following terms shall have the meaning set forth below unless the context clearly requires
otherwise.
2.1
Actuarial Value or Equivalent
.
References to the value of benefits or their
actuarial equivalent shall mean the dollar value or amount of such benefits in the form and at the
applicable time computed on the basis of the actuarial factors or assumptions (including interest
and mortality) specified in the Plan.
2.2
Affiliate
.
Any trade or business (other than an Employer), whether or not
incorporated, which at the time of reference controls, is controlled by, or is under common control
with an Employer within the meaning of Section 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code (including any division
of an Employer not participating in the Plan) and, for purposes of Article VI, Section 415(h) of
the Code. The term Affiliate shall also mean any member of an affiliated service group, within the
meaning of Section 414(m) of the Code, that includes an Employer, or organization aggregated with
an Employer pursuant to Section 414(o) of the Code, to the extent required by such sections. No
entity shall be treated as an Affiliate for any period prior to the date on which its relationship
with the Employers described in the foregoing two sentences begins, nor any period after such
relationship ends.
2.3
Annuity Commencement Date
.
The first day of the first period for which a benefit
under this Plan is paid as an annuity or, in the case of a lump sum distribution, the scheduled
date of distribution (determined in either case without regard to administrative delays in the
making or commencement of payment). Where applicable, the Annuity
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Commencement Date with respect to an annuity shall be the date duly elected by the
Participant, such as an Early Retirement Date as described in Paragraph 4.2, or the Normal
Retirement Date (as defined in Paragraph 4.1) for a Participant who has terminated employment and
has not deferred commencement of payment to a later date (not later than the date provided in
Paragraph 7.1(b)), by either affirmative election or failure to elect his form of benefit or to
provide the information necessary for payment to commence.
2.4
Armed Forces Services
.
Effective December 12, 1994, notwithstanding any provision
of this Plan to the contrary, benefits and service credit with respect to qualified military
service will be provided in accordance with Section 414(u) of the Code. Service credits so
required that are based on Hours of Service shall be determined by crediting forty (40) Hours of
Service for each week of such absence for service in the Armed Forces of the United States. If a
Participant shall die or become disabled during his absence for military service as set forth
herein, his term of employment shall be considered as having continued up to the date of his death
or disability. Effective January 1, 2007, if a Participant dies while performing qualified
military service (as defined in Section 414(u) of the Code), the beneficiary(ies) of such
Participant shall be entitled to any additional benefits (other than benefit accruals relating to
the period of qualified military service) that would have been available had the Participant
resumed and then terminated employment on account of death, to be determined in accordance with the
Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 and guidance thereunder.
2.5
Board of Directors
.
The Board of Directors of the Company, or any duly authorized
committee thereof.
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2.6
Code
. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
2.7
Committee
. Effective July 17, 2002, the Management Pension Investment and
Oversight Committee appointed pursuant to Article XI and prior thereto, the Employee Benefits
Committee as defined in the Plan as then in effect.
2.8
Company
.
Prior to January 1, 1995, Wyle Laboratories. Effective January 1, 1995
to October 16, 2000, Wyle Electronics, a corporation organized and existing pursuant to the laws of
the State of California, and thereafter, Arrow Electronics, Inc. (successor by merger to Wyle
Electronics).
2.9
Company Representative
.
The individuals serving from time to time as members of
the Committee, but acting as the representative of the Company in exercising the rights of the
Company as settlor and plan sponsor. Such individuals shall not be deemed to be fiduciaries with
respect to the Plan when carrying out responsibilities assigned to the Company Representative under
the Plan, even though, where applicable, the same individuals may be fiduciaries when carrying out
their responsibilities as members of the Committee.
2.10
Credited Service
.
Credited Service shall consist of the number of years and full
calendar months during which a person shall have served as an Employee as defined in Paragraph 2.15
with (i) any Original Participating Unit or Units designated as such under Paragraph 2.23(a)
hereof, or (ii) any other Participating Unit, but only with respect to such service as shall be
rendered after the date specified regarding such Unit in Paragraph 2.23(b). Any calendar month
during which an Employee shall have served more than fifteen days shall be
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deemed to be a full month and any month during he shall have served less than sixteen days
shall be disregarded.
After 1994 Credited Service shall consist of all periods during which a person shall have served as
an Employee as defined in Paragraph 2.15 with (i) any Original Participating Unit or Units
designated as such under Paragraph 2.23(a) hereof, or (ii) any other Participating Unit, but only
with respect to such service as shall be rendered after the date specified regarding such Unit in
Paragraph 2.22(b); provided that Credited Service for any Employee hired after such date, or after
the Effective Date in the case of an Employee of any Original Participating Unit, shall commence on
the date of such Employees commencement of participation under the Plan as provided in Article
III. For these purposes, an Employees period of severance following a separation from service
shall not be considered as a period of employment, but any absence not occurring as consequence of
a separation from service shall be considered as a period of employment. An Employee shall be
credited with a full month of service for the month in which his or her separation from service
shall occur. With respect to Participants who do not complete an Hour of Service after January 31,
1988, Credited Service shall not include any service rendered by an Employee after (i) the date on
which he shall have attained sixty-five (65) years of age if such date shall be the first day of a
calendar month or (ii) in all other cases, after the calendar month during which he or she shall
have attained sixty-five (65) years of age. Credited Service for a Participant who transfers from
employment with another Employer to employment with Arrow Electronics, Inc. between October 16,
2000 and December 31, 2000 shall include the period of such employment with Arrow Electronics, Inc
through December 31, 2000. In accordance with Article XXI, no period after December 31, 2000 shall
be includible in Credited Service.
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2.11
Defined Benefit Plan
.
The term Defined Benefit Plan shall have the same
meaning as provided in Section 3(35) of ERISA.
2.12
Defined Contribution Plan
.
The term Defined Contribution Plan shall have the
same meaning as provided in Section 3(34) of ERISA.
2.13
Domestic Partner
. An individual is a Domestic Partner with respect to a
Participant for purposes of this Plan if (i) such individual and the Participant have a currently
registered domestic partnership with a governmental body pursuant to state or local law authorizing
such registration, or (ii) such individual and the Participant are parties to a civil union or
same-sex marriage that is lawful in the jurisdiction in which entered into. In the absence of a
formal registration, a Participant may register his or her domestic partnership with another
individual by filing an affidavit with the Company in such form as the Company shall prescribe, and
such individual shall qualify as a Domestic Partner of such Participant for purposes of this Plan
until such time, if any, as the domestic partnership shall be terminated in accordance with
applicable Company rules and procedures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an individual will not be
regarded as a Domestic Partner of a Participant if either such individual or the Participant is
married to another person (even if legally separated) or have a domestic partnership with another
person.
2.14
Effective Date
.
The original effective date of the Plan was February 1, 1973.
2.15
Employee
.
Every employee of an Employer who is employed in a Participating Unit
(as defined in Paragraph 2.23) excluding, however, the following employees:
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(a) Any employee of the Electronics Enclosures Division who is a member of a bargaining unit.
(b) Any employee of the Angle Products Division, the Lewis Machine Division, or the Central
Petroleum Division, who is a member of any union bargaining unit.
(c) Any employee of Pal-Vin Machine Division who is compensated on an hourly basis.
(d) Any employee of Redwing Carriers, Inc. who is compensated other than on a salaried basis.
(e) Any person employed by an Employer exclusively on an on call basis.
(f) Effective October 1, 1995, any nonresident alien who receives no earned income (within the
meaning of Section 911(d)(2) of the Code) from an Employer which constitutes income from sources
within the United States (within the meaning of Section 861(a)(3) of the Code).
Service with an Employer in any of the categories described in this Paragraph 2.15 (or with an
Affiliate), shall in all circumstances be taken into account in calculating the Years of Vesting
Credit Service under Paragraph 2.27 hereof.
An individual who performs services for an Employer under an agreement or arrangement (which
may be written, oral, and/or evidenced by the Employers payroll practice) with such individual or
with another organization that provides the services of such
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individual to the Employer, pursuant to which such individual is treated as a consultant or an
independent contractor or is otherwise treated as an employee of an entity other than the Employer,
shall not be an Employee, irrespective of whether such individual is treated as an employee of the
Employer under common-law employment principles or pursuant to the provisions of Section 414(m),
414(n) or 414(o) of the Code.
2.16
Employer
.
The Company and any subsidiary or other affiliate of the Company which
has adopted the Plan with the approval of the Company, subject to the terms and conditions as may
be imposed by the Company upon the participation in the Plan of such adopting Employer.
2.17
ERISA
.
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
2.18
Final Average Earnings
.
(a)
Participants Final Average Earnings
.
A Participants Final Average Earnings
shall be his average monthly compensation for the five years in his Final Employment Period during
which he shall have been most highly compensated or, if his Final Employment period shall be less
than five years, his average monthly compensation during his Final Employment Period.
For purposes of this Article, the five years referred to above shall be Plan Years to the
extent that they are years beginning before February, 1989, and shall be calendar years to the
extent that they are years beginning after 1988.
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(b)
Final Employment Period
.
A Participants Final Employment Period shall be the
most recent ten-year period of service with an Employer or any Affiliate as of December 31, 2000.
Such ten-year period shall be determined in accordance with the following table:
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First Day of
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Most Recent Ten-Year Period
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Employment
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of Service Commences
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Terminates
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Before
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Later of:
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Calendar Year
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February, 1989
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(a) Plan Year commencing in
ninth calendar year prior to
calendar year of termination
of employment
or
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of termination
of employment
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(b) Plan Year in which first
day of employment occurred
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February, 1989
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Later of:
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Calendar Year
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or later
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(a) Calendar Year commencing
in ninth calendar year prior
to calendar year of
termination of employment,
or
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of termination
of employment
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(b) Calendar Year in which
first day of employment
occurred
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Effective January 1, 1989, Calendar Year shall be substituted for Plan Year.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the accrued benefit of any Employee who was a Participant on
January 31, 1989, shall never be less than the amount of such benefit calculated by applying the
definition of Final Average Earnings and Final Employment Period in effect on January 31, 1989, the
date on which the Plan was amended to provide the definitions contained in subparagraphs (a) and
(b) of this Paragraph.
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(c)
Compensation
.
The Compensation to be taken into account is the salary, wage or
commission paid to the Employee, including overtime pay, vacation pay and bonuses, exclusive of
expenses, subsistence allowance or any other extra payments in a Plan Year. Furthermore,
compensation for those personnel who are compensated on a commission basis and who are required to
pay their own expenses from such commissions shall be an amount equal to the total commissions paid
or accrued to such personnel. Compensation shall be determined before giving effect to any
elective reductions described in Section 401(k) of the Code, or pursuant to a cafeteria plan
described in Section 125 of the Code or in accordance with Section 132(f)(4) of the Code.
Compensation of any Participant in excess of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars in any Plan Year
commencing prior to January 1, 1994, shall not be taken into account, nor Compensation in excess of
the following limits for any later year:
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Compensation
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Years
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Limit
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1994-1996
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$150,000
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1997-1999
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$160,000
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2000 and 2001
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$170,000
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(if required under top heavy rules)
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In the event that the Plan should become top-heavy for plan years beginning on or after
January 1, 2002 and it is therefore necessary to determine compensation for purposes of computing
any top-heavy minimum benefit accrual, the limit on such compensation shall be $200,000 for plan
years beginning on or after January 1, 2002, as such limit may be
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adjusted thereafter for cost of living increases pursuant to Section 401(a)(17) of the Code.
The family aggregation rules in effect prior to January 1, 1997 are repealed as of that date.
With respect only to each Participant who is a Section 401(a)(17) Employee as defined in
Treasury Regulations Section 1.401(a)(17)-1(e)(2)(i), the preceding provisions of this subparagraph
shall be applied so that such Participants accrued benefit in each Year, commencing with the Year
beginning February 1, 1989 (the statutory effective date as defined in Treasury Regulations Section
1.401(a)(17)-1(d)(1)(i)), shall consist of the greater of (A) the Participants Section 401(a)(17)
frozen accrued benefit, as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.401(a)(17)-1(e)(2)(iv), plus
the Participants accrued benefit determined under the formula applicable to benefit accruals in
the current Plan Year as applied to Years of service after the Section 401(a)(17) fresh start date
(as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.401(a)(17)-1(e)(2)(ii), or (B) the greater of (i) the
Participants Section 401(a)(17) frozen accrued benefit, as defined hereinbefore, or (ii) the
benefit calculated under the terms of the Plan as though the provisions of Code Section 401(a)(17)
had always been in force.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, after June 30, 1996, the additional benefit accrued in any Year
(hereinafter the Current Year) for any Participant hereunder shall be calculated without taking
into account with respect to any Year any compensation in excess of the amount determined under
Code Section 401(a)(17) for the Current Year as set forth above; provided, however, that no
Participant shall, by reason of the foregoing, enjoy a benefit that is less than the benefit
accrued for such Participant as of June 30, 1996.
2.19
Highly Compensated Employee
.
Effective from January 1, 1997 Highly Compensated
Employee shall have the meaning set forth in the Veba Electronics Inc.
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401(k) Plan prior to January 1, 2001, and thereafter shall have the meaning set forth in the
Arrow Electronics Savings Plan.
2.20
Hours of Service
.
Whenever Hours of Service shall be taken into account in
determining the rights or benefits hereunder with respect to any employee, such hours shall be
computed in accordance with the following rules:
(a) An Hour of Service is each hour for which an employee is directly or indirectly paid, or
entitled to payment, by an Employer or Affiliate for the performance of duties during the
applicable computation period. These hours shall be credited for the computation period or periods
in which the duties were performed.
(b) An Hour of Service is each hour for which back pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages,
has been either awarded or agreed to by the Employer or Affiliate. These hours shall be credited
for the computation period or periods to which the award or agreement pertains rather than the
computation period in which the award, agreement or payment is made. Hours shall not be credited
under both subparagraph (a) and this subparagraph (b). Thus, for example, an employee who receives
a back pay award following a determination that he or she was paid at an unlawful rate for Hours of
Service previously credited will not be entitled to additional credit for the same Hours of
Service.
(c) An Hour of Service is, in addition to Hours of Service as defined in subparagraphs (a) and
(b), each hour for which an employee is directly or indirectly paid, or entitled to such payment,
by an Employer or Affiliate for reasons (such as vacation, sickness or Disability) other than for
the performance of duties during the applicable computation period. For purposes of this
subparagraph (c), irrespective of whether these hours have accrued in other
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computation periods, these hours shall be counted in the computation period in which either
payment is actually made or amounts payable to the Employee come due. Thus, an employee who does
not perform duties during a computation period because of a prolonged illness which is compensable
by sick pay, whether previously or currently accrued, would be credited currently with Hours of
Service irrespective of whether the sick pay was actually paid. For purposes of this subparagraph
(c), Hours of Service shall be determined by dividing the payments received or due for reasons
other than the performance of duties by the lesser of:
(i) The employees most recent hourly rate of compensation for the performance of duties; or
(ii) The employees average hourly rate of compensation for performance of duties for the most
recent computation period in which the employee completed more than five hundred Hours of Service.
The method of determining the number of Hours of Service to be credited and to which
computation period hours will be credited for periods during which no duties are performed shall be
in conformity with Sections 2530.200b-2(b), (c), and (f) of Title 29 of the Code of Federal
Regulations.
(d) When it shall be necessary to calculate Hours of Service for any employee who is not
compensated on an hourly basis, such employee shall be credited with forty-five hours for each week
during which such employee shall have been directly or indirectly compensated by an Employer or
Affiliate or shall have been performing duties for an Employer or Affiliate. Such employee shall
also be credited with Hours of Service for designated absences in the same manner as provided
herein with respect to hourly Employees.
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(e)
Special Rule for Maternity or Paternity Absence
.
(i) In the case of each individual who is absent from work for any period (A) by reason of the
pregnancy of the individual, (B) by reason of the birth of a child of the individual, (C) by reason
of the placement of a child with the individual, or (D) for purposes of caring for such child for a
period beginning immediately following such birth or placement, this Plan shall treat as Hours of
Service, for the purpose of determining under this Plan whether a Break-in-Service has occurred,
the hours described in Subsection (ii) of this subparagraph.
(ii) The hours described herein are (A) the Hours of Service which otherwise would normally
have been credited to such individual but for such absence, or (B) in any case where the hours
described in subsection (i) of this subparagraph cannot be determined, eight Hours of Service per
day of such absence, except that the total number of hours treated as Hours of Service under this
clause by reason of any such pregnancy or placement shall not exceed five hundred one hours.
(iii) The hours described hereinabove shall be treated as Hours of Service as provided herein:
(A) Only in the Year in which the absence from work begins, if a Participant would be prevented
from incurring a Break-in-Service in such Year solely because the period of absence is treated as
Hours of Service as provided in subsection (i) of this Paragraph; or (B) in any other case, in the
immediately following year.
2.21
Leave of Absence
.
Any absence of an employee from active service with an
Employer or Affiliate which is not treated by the Employer or Affiliate as a Termination of
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Employment. Determinations by the Employer or Affiliate of Leaves of Absence shall be on a
like basis to all Employees and shall not be discriminatory.
2.22
Participant
.
An Employee who on or after February 1, 1973, has met all the
requirements of the Plan and who continues to have rights or contingent rights to benefits under
the Plan.
2.23
Participating Units
.
(a)
Original Participating Unit
:
Each of the following units of the Employer is an
originally designated Participating Unit for the purposes of this Plan so that service with such
unit or its predecessor as provided in Paragraph 2.10 rendered prior to January 1, 2001 shall be
taken into account in calculating Credited Service.
(i) The Companys Corporate Offices as constituted from time to time prior to January 1, 2001;
(ii) The
Scientific Services and Systems Group;
(iii) Wyle Distribution Group - Los Angeles;
(iv) Wyle Distribution Group - Seattle;
(v) Wyle Distribution Group - Phoenix;
(vi) Burton Electrical Engineering, El Segundo, California;
(vii) Electronic Enclosures, El Segundo, California, and Pennsauken, New Jersey.
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(b)
Other Participating Units
.
Each of the following units of the Company (or any
other Employer) is designated as a Participating Unit for purposes of this Plan, and service with
such unit from and after the date indicated below and prior to January 1, 2001 (or earlier
termination of such units status as a member of a controlled group (within the meaning of Section
414(b) or 414(c) of the Code) which includes the Company) shall be taken into account in
calculating Credited Service as provided in Paragraph 2.10 hereof:
(i) Angle Products Division October 31, 1968;
(ii) Lewis Machine Division October 31, 1968;
(iii) Pal-Vin Machine Division October 31, 1968;
(iv) Wyle Distribution Group, San Diego February 28, 1969;
(v) Central Petroleum Division October 31, 1968;
(vi) Wyle Data Services July 9, 1977;
(vii) Wyle Distribution Group Denver February 1, 1980;
(viii) Wyle Distribution Group Santa Clara, Inc. February 1, 1980;
(ix) Applied Research Division May 1, 1985;
(x) Sylvan Ginsbury, Ltd. January 1, 1997.
(xi) Puerto Rico Operations January 1, 1998
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(xii) VEBA Electronics, Inc. February 1, 1998
(c)
Arrow Electronics, Inc
. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan,
effective October 16, 2000, employment with Arrow Electronics, Inc. shall be treated as employment
in a Participating Unit and as Credited Service if the Employee was employed in a Participating
Unit immediately before his transfer to employment with Arrow Electronics, Inc. No other
employment with Arrow Electronics, Inc. shall be treated as employment in a Participating Unit or
be included in calculating Credited Service.
2.24
Plan Year
.
The twelve-month period beginning on February 1 and ending on January
31 of the following year. After January 31, 1993, the Plan Year shall be the eleven-month period
ending December 31, 1993, and each calendar year thereafter.
2.25
Termination of Employment
.
(a) A dismissal for any reason; (b) a refusal or
failure to return to work within five (5) working days after the date requested by an Employer or
Affiliate in a notice mailed to an employees last known address, postage prepaid; (c) a failure to
return to work at the conclusion of a Leave of Absence; (d) voluntary termination; or (e)
termination by reason of death or disability.
2.26
Trustee
.
The trustee or trustees from time to time designated under a trust
agreement under which this Plan is funded, as described in Paragraph 12.4. Where the context so
requires, the term Trustee shall also mean or include the Funding Agent as defined in Paragraph
12.1.
2.27
Year of Vesting Credit Service
.
Any calendar year during which the Participant
has completed one thousand or more Hours of Service with an Employer or its
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predecessor, or with an Affiliate, whether or not such service shall have been completed with
a Participating Unit. In calculating a Participants vested interest hereunder, all Years of
Vesting Credit Service, even though not consecutive, shall be taken into account; except that if a
Participant (a) shall incur a period of consecutive One-Year Breaks in Service at least equal to
the greater of (i) five such One-Year Breaks or (ii) the aggregate number of Years of Vesting
Credit Service before such period, and (b) shall have had no vested interest hereunder at the
commencement of said period, then Years of Vesting Credit Service prior to such period shall not be
taken into account unless such Participant shall have returned to service prior to February 1,
1990. A one-Year Break in Service is any Plan Year during which a Participant shall complete less
than five hundred Hours of Service with an Employer or Affiliate.
For periods prior to January 1, 1992, the term Plan Year is substituted for the term
calendar year in the first sentence of this Paragraph. Any Employee who completes one thousand
Hours of Service during the Plan Year ending January 31, 1992, and who also completes one thousand
or more Hours of Service for the calendar year ending December 31, 1992, shall receive credit for
two (2) Years of Vesting Credit Service hereunder as provided in Department of Labor Regulations
Section 2530.203-2(c).
No amendment to the Plan shall cause any person who is an Employee on the effective date of
the amendment to enjoy fewer years of Vesting Credit than he shall have enjoyed prior to such
amendment.
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ARTICLE III
ELIGIBILITY
All Employees shall participate in the Plan on the first day of the month coinciding with or
next following their dates of hire.
Effective January 1, 1999, no Employee who performed his or her first Hour of Service on or
after January 1, 1999 shall participate in the Plan.
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ARTICLE IV
RETIREMENT DATE
4.1
Normal Retirement Date
.
A Participants Normal Retirement Date shall be the first
day of the month coinciding with or next following his attainment of Normal Retirement Age.
A Participant shall be fully vested upon attaining his Normal Retirement Age; viz., the date
on which he or she attains sixty-five (65) years of age, but not before the fifth anniversary of
first day of the Plan Year in which he or she commenced participating in the Plan or, if earlier,
his completion of five Years of Vesting Credit Service.
4.2
Early Retirement Date
.
A Participant may elect an Early Retirement Date as of the
first day of any month after the date of such election and on or after his termination of
employment, provided that he is, by such date, at least fifty-five years of age and provided that
(i) he has completed ten Years of Vesting Credit Service or (ii) that his benefit hereunder has
become fully vested by reason of a partial termination of the Plan. The Participants Early
Retirement Benefit shall be a monthly lifetime income to commence on his Early Retirement Date in
an amount equal to (a) his benefit earned to the date on which he shall have terminated his
employment (calculated as provided in Paragraph 9.2), reduced by (b) an amount calculated by
multiplying such accrued benefit by the percentage determined in the following sentence. The
percentage referred to in the preceding sentence shall be the number of months by which the
Participants Early Retirement Date precedes his sixty-fifth birthday anniversary multiplied by
one-twelfth of five percent.
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If a Participant shall separate from the service of an Employer after having completed ten
Years of Vesting Credit Service, but before attaining fifty-five years of age, such Participant
shall be entitled to elect that his benefit shall be paid to him in conformity with the preceding
provisions of this Paragraph 4.2, commencing as of the first day of any month coinciding with or
following the date on which he shall attain fifty-five years of age.
4.3
Deferred Retirement Date
.
A Participant may continue in active service beyond his
Normal Retirement Date until his Deferred Retirement Date, which shall be the first day of the
calendar month following actual termination of service. No retirement income shall be paid to such
a Participant until his actual retirement.
Upon his Deferred Retirement Date, a Participant shall be entitled to receive a monthly
retirement income calculated as provided herein, but if such Participant shall have completed an
Hour of Service after January 31, 1988, and if such Participants Normal Retirement Date shall have
occurred before January 31, 1989, he shall be entitled to a benefit equal to the greater of the
benefit as so calculated or the benefit to which he would have been entitled had he actually
retired on January 31, 1989 (or to the benefit to which he was actually entitled if he in fact
retired before January 31, 1989), pursuant to Paragraph 4.3 as in effect on January 31, 1989, which
provided as follows:
Upon his Deferred Retirement Date, a Participant shall be entitled to receive a monthly
retirement income which shall be equal to (a) the monthly retirement income which he was
entitled to receive as of his Normal Retirement Date increased by (b) an amount calculated
by multiplying such monthly income by the percentage determined in the following sentence.
The percentage referred to in the preceding sentence shall be the
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number of months by which the Participants Deferred Retirement Date follows his sixty-fifth
birthday anniversary multiplied by one-twelfth of five percent.
4.4
Effect of Reemployment upon Payment and Amount of Benefits: Additional Rule for
Deferred Retirement
.
(a)
Reemployment Prior to Payment or Benefit Commencement
.
If a Participant is
reemployed by the Employer before the payment of his retirement income has commenced, payment of
such benefit shall not commence prior to his subsequent termination of his employment, and shall
then be calculated with reference to all of his years of Credited Service.
(b)
Reemployment While Receiving Benefits
.
If any Participant who is receiving
benefits under the Plan returns to employment and if such employment is substantial as defined in
subparagraph (d), then his retirement income shall be suspended during each calendar month of such
employment. Upon his subsequent retirement, his retirement income shall be recomputed, based on
his Credited Service prior and subsequent to such return to employment and his then attained age
and reduced on an actuarial basis to take account of monthly payments previously received by him
prior to his Normal Retirement Date. The Committee shall prepare and deliver the notice required
by subparagraph (c) to each Participant whose retirement income is to be suspended pursuant to this
Paragraph and to each Participant whose benefit payments are deferred pursuant to Paragraph 4.3.
(c)
Notice
.
The Committee shall prepare and deliver to each Participant whose
retirement income is postponed as provided in Paragraph 4.3 or suspended pursuant to subparagraph
(b), a notice containing (i) a description of the specific reasons for the deferral or suspension
of benefit payments; (ii) a general description of the Plan provisions
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relating to the deferral or suspension; (iii) a copy of such provisions; (iv) a statement to
the effect that applicable Department of Labor regulations may be found in Section 2530.203-3 of
the Code of Federal Regulations; and (v) a description of the Plans claim procedures. Such notice
shall be furnished to the Participant by personal delivery or first class mail: (1) during the
calendar month in which occurs his Normal Retirement Date, if his benefits are being deferred
pursuant to Paragraph 4.3, or (2) during the first calendar month in which his benefits are
suspended pursuant to subsection (b), whichever is applicable.
(d)
Substantial Service
.
Service is substantial only if it is Section 203(a)(3)(B)
service as defined in Department of Labor Regulations Section 2530.203-3(c). No suspension of
benefits shall occur under the provisions of Paragraph 4.3 or this Paragraph 4.4 for any period
during which service is not substantial as defined herein.
4.5
Retirement Window
.
The benefit payable to a Qualified Retiree as hereinafter
defined shall be calculated by adding three years to such Retirees Age and three Years of Credited
Service to such Retirees actual Years of Credited Service as of November 1, 1992 (but the
aggregate Years of Credited Service shall not exceed 30). In addition thereto, (a) the benefit
payable from the date on which such Retiree actually retires until the Qualified Retiree attains
the age of 65 years shall be calculated without applying the reduction otherwise imposed under the
provisions of Paragraph 6.1, and (b) the benefit (calculated as provided in this Paragraph) of any
Qualified Retiree who attained at least 65 years of age on November 1, 1992, shall be increased by
15%. For purposes of applying the provisions of Paragraph 8.1(a), a Participants monthly
retirement income does not include the adjustment provided in clause (a) of the preceding
sentence. A Qualified Retiree is a Participant:
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(i) Who on September 1, 1992, was an active employee in the Scientific Services and Systems
Group of the Company in a position junior to Group Vice-President or General Manager;
(ii) Who attained 55 years of age and had completed 10 Years of Credited Service on or before
November 1, 1992;
(iii) Who retired from the Company as of November 1, 1992;
(iv) Who was living on November 1, 1992;
(v) Who executed an agreement with the Company waiving any claims arising out of his
employment with the Company or the termination thereof and any claims arising prior to the date of
the waiver arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act; and
(vi) The sum of whose age and Years of Credited Service as of the date on which he actually
retired equaled not less than 80 years.
The term Company in the foregoing definition shall have the same meaning as under the Plan in
effect on November 1, 1992.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Paragraph shall be applied subject to
the provisions of Paragraph 6.3 hereof. Under no circumstances shall the benefit
enhancement provided under the provisions of this Paragraph be accorded to any person who
retires after November 1, 1992.
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ARTICLE V
TRANSFER OF EMPLOYEES
The transfer of a Participant to a division, Affiliate or subsidiary which is not a
Participating Unit shall not diminish the retirement benefits accrued to the credit of such
Participant as of the date of such transfer. All Years of Vesting Credit Service, whether or not
accrued in a Participating Unit, shall be included in calculating the vesting percentage calculated
under the provisions of Article IX hereof.
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ARTICLE VI
AMOUNT OF RETIREMENT INCOME
6.1
Amount of Retirement Benefit
.
Each Participant shall upon his Normal Retirement
Date be entitled to a monthly retirement income for life equal to the product of (a) forty percent
(40%) of his Final Average Earnings, as defined in Paragraph 2.18, less forty percent (40%) of his
Primary Insurance Amount, multiplied by (b) a fraction the numerator of which is such Participants
Credited Service (not in excess of 30) and the denominator of which is 30. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, (i) any person who was an Employee and a Participant in the Plan on September 30, 1980,
and who continued to be an Employee and Participant thereafter shall enjoy a benefit at least as
great as that determined as of September 30, 1980, under the provisions of the Plan as of said
date; (ii) the benefit of any Participant who shall have retired or separated on or before
September 30, 1980, and who shall not have been employed thereafter shall be determined under the
provisions of the Plan as in effect at the time of such Employees separation or retirement; (iii)
subject to the provisions of Article IX, no Participant shall enjoy a benefit that shall be less
than the benefit he shall have earned as of June 30, 1996, under the terms of the Plan as then in
effect; and (iv) any Employee who was a Participant on January 1, 1996, and who shall have
completed at least ten (10) Years of Vesting Credit Service and shall have attained at least fifty
(50) years of age on or before that date shall be entitled to a benefit calculated by substituting
the applicable percentage from the table set forth below for the percentages stated in the first
sentence of this Paragraph:
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|
|
|
Age Attained On or
|
|
Applicable
|
Before January 1, 1996
|
|
Percentage
|
50
|
|
40.67%
|
51
|
|
41.33%
|
52
|
|
42.00%
|
53
|
|
42.67%
|
54
|
|
43.33%
|
55
|
|
44.00%
|
56
|
|
44.67%
|
57
|
|
45.33%
|
58
|
|
46.00%
|
59
|
|
46.67%
|
60
|
|
47.33%
|
61
|
|
48.00%
|
62
|
|
48.67%
|
63
|
|
49.33%
|
64
|
|
50.00%
|
A Participant who separates from service with an Employer after January 1, 1989 with a vested
right to benefits hereunder shall be entitled to a minimum retirement income of $50.00 a month (if
paid as a single life annuity commencing at Normal Retirement Date).
The term Primary Insurance Amount shall mean the monthly primary old-age insurance benefit
available to a Participant at age sixty-five under the provisions of Title II of the Social
Security Act in effect at the earliest of his termination of employment, attainment of age
sixty-five or December 31, 2000, without regard to any increases in the Social Security wage base
or benefit levels that take effect after the earliest of such dates. If an Employee terminates
employment prior to age sixty-five, his Primary Insurance Amount shall be estimated by assuming
continuation of his annual compensation (taking into account the compensation described in
subparagraph (c) of Paragraph 2.18) until age sixty-five in the same amount as his
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annual Compensation for the Plan Year in which the date of his termination of employment
occurs.
Notwithstanding the foregoing in calculating the amount of offset, a Participants actual wage
history shall be used to the extent that it is available. If such actual wage record shall not be
available for all or any part of the Participants history of employment, an estimated wage history
shall be used for those periods with respect to which the actual wage history is not available.
Such estimated wages shall be calculated in conformity with any regulations or rulings that may be
applicable. Furthermore, any offset calculated on the basis of an entirely or partially estimated
salary history shall be recalculated on the basis of the actual salary history, if the Participant
shall provide the Company with documentation of his actual salary history within a reasonable time,
but not more than nine months, after the later of the date on which he is separated from the
service of his Employer or is notified of the amount of his benefit.
6.2
Payment of Benefit
.
The Participants retirement benefits shall be paid to him
pursuant to the provisions of Article VII hereof.
6.3
Statutory Limitations
.
(a)
General Rules
.
Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the annual benefit for
any Participant under this Plan for any Plan Year shall never exceed the lesser of:
(i) One hundred percent (100%) of the Participants average annual Compensation (calculated by
taking into account those elements specified in Paragraph
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2.18(c) for the three consecutive years of service during which he shall have been most highly
compensated); or
(ii) The sum of ninety thousand dollars or such greater amount as may be specified by the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue pursuant to Code Section 415(d) for the calendar year within which
the last day of the Plan Year falls; provided, however, that if the current accrued benefit of a
Participant hereunder as of January 31, 1983 shall have exceeded ninety thousand dollars, the
amount of such current accrued benefit shall be substituted for the sum of ninety thousand dollars
in applying only to the interest of such Participant hereunder the provisions of this Paragraph 6.3
and the provisions of Paragraph 6.4. The term current accrued benefit means such Participants
accrued benefit, expressed as an annual benefit (within the meaning of Section 415(b)(2) of the
Code as in effect immediately before enactment of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of
1982 (hereinafter TEFRA), without taking into account any changes in the terms and conditions of
the Plan after July 1, 1983, or any cost-of-living adjustment occurring after July 1, 1983.
(b)
Alternative Form of Payment
.
If a benefit shall be paid in a form other than a
life annuity or a form that meets the requirements of a qualified joint and survivor annuity (as
defined in Section 417(b) of the Code), then an adjustment shall be made so that the benefit
payable shall not exceed the actuarial equivalent of a life annuity that would meet the
requirements of this Paragraph 6.3. In determining actuarial equivalents under the preceding
sentence, the interest rate assumption shall not be less than five percent (5%) per year; provided,
that in the case of a lump sum distribution on or after July 7, 1995, the annual interest rate on
30-year Treasury securities, as specified by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for purposes of
Section 417(e) of the Code, for the second month preceding the first day of the Plan year in
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which the Participants distribution is to be made or begin shall apply in lieu of five
percent (5%) per year. Effective July 7, 1995, the mortality assumption shall be determined
according to the table prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for purposes of Section
417(e) of the Code. Solely for distributions starting in the limitation years ending December 31,
2004 and December 31, 2005, in determining the actuarially equivalent straight life annuity for a
lump sum or term certain benefit form subject to Section 417(e) of the Code, the following
interest rate shall be applicable: the greater of 5.5 percent or the interest rate under Section
417(e) of the Code used to calculate lump sums in the Plan. For limitation years beginning on or
after January 1, 2008, the interest rate shall be no less than the greatest of (i) 5.5%, (ii) a
rate that results in a benefit of not more than 105% of the benefit that would result from using
the rate defined in Code Section 417(e)(3), or (iii) the interest rate set forth in the Plan.
(c)
Adjustment for Early Retirement
.
If the retirement benefit of a Participant
commences before the Participants Social Security Retirement Age, the benefit payable shall not
exceed the Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation reduced (i) in the case of a Participant whose Social
Security Retirement Age is sixty-five (65) years, by five-ninths (5/9) of one percent (1%) for each
month by which benefits commence before the month in which the Participant attains sixty-five (65)
years of age or (ii) in the case of a Participant whose Social Security Retirement Age is greater
than sixty-five (65) years, by five-ninths (5/9) of one percent (1%) for each of the first
thirty-six (36) months and five-twelfths (5/12) of one percent (1%) for each of the additional
months (up to twenty-four (24)) by which benefits commence before the month in which the
Participant attains his or her Social Security Retirement Age. If the benefit begins before the
Participant attains sixty-two (62) years of age, the benefit shall be limited to the actuarial
equivalent of the Participants limitation for benefits commencing at sixty-two (62)
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years of age, with the reduced dollar limitation for such benefits further reduced for each
month by which benefits commence before the month in which the Participant attains sixty-two years
of age. Effective July 7, 1995, actuarial equivalents for this purpose shall be determined by using
which of the following two actuarial factors produce the lower maximum benefit:
(i) The factor determined by an interest rate assumption of five percent (5%) per year and the
mortality assumption determined according to the table prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue for purposes of Section 417(e) of the Code.
(ii) The factor determined by multiplying the number of months by which the Participants
Early Retirement Date (as described in Paragraph 4.2) precedes his sixty-second birthday by
one-twelfth of five percent.
The Social Security Retirement Age is age sixty-five (65) if the Participant was born before
January 1, 1938, sixty-six (66) years of age if born before January 1, 1955, and sixty-seven (67)
years of age if born after December 31, 1954.
(d)
Adjustment for Deferred Retirement
.
If the retirement benefit of a Participant
commences after the Participants Social Security Retirement Age, the Defined Benefit Dollar
Limitation shall be adjusted so that it is the actuarial equivalent of a benefit of ninety thousand
dollars beginning at the Social Security Retirement Age, multiplied by the Adjustment Factor as
provided by the Secretary of the Treasury. Effective July 7, 1995, equivalency shall be based an
interest rate assumption of five percent (5%) per year and the mortality assumption shall be
determined according to the table prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for purposes
of Section 417(e) of the Code.
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(e)
[Reserved].
(f)
Small Benefit Exclusion
.
The provisions of this Paragraph 6.3 shall not apply to
any Participant who has not at any time participated in any Defined Contribution Plan maintained by
an Employer or Affiliate if his total annual benefit under this Plan and any other Defined Benefit
Plan maintained by the Employer or Affiliate shall in the aggregate not be in excess of ten
thousand dollars for the Plan Year.
(g)
Adjustment of Limitation for Years of Service or Participation
(i)
Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation
.
If a Participant has completed less than ten
years of participation, the Participants accrued benefit shall not exceed the Defined Benefit
Dollar Limitation as adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is
the Participants number of years (or part thereof) of participation in the Plan, and the
denominator of which is 10.
(ii)
Other Defined Benefit Limitation
.
If a Participant has completed less than ten
years of service with the Affiliates, the limitations described in Sections 415(b)(1)(B) and
415(b)(4) of the Code shall be adjusted by multiplying such amounts by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the Participants number of years of service (or part thereof), and the denominator of
which is 10.
(iii)
Limitations on Reductions
.
In no event shall subparagraphs (i) and (ii) reduce
the limitations provided under Sections 415(b)(1) and (4) of the Code to an amount less than
one-tenth of the applicable limitation (as determined without regard to this subparagraph (g)).
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(iv)
Application to Changes in Benefit Structure
.
To the extent provided by the
Secretary of the Treasury, this subparagraph (g) shall be applied separately with respect to each
change in the benefit structure of the Plan.
(h)
Preservation of Current Accrued Benefit Under Defined Benefit Plan
.
If the
Current Accrued Benefit of an individual who is a Participant as of the first day of the Year
beginning on February 1, 1987, exceeds the benefit limitations under Section 415(b) of the Code (as
modified by subparagraphs (c), (d) and (g) of this Paragraph 6.3, then, for purposes of Code
Section 415(b) and (e), the Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation with respect to such individual shall
not be less than such Current Accrued Benefit.
(i)
Multiple Plan Participation
.
If any Participant hereunder shall also be a
Participant under any other Defined Benefit Plan maintained by an Employer or by any Affiliate, the
following rules shall apply:
(i) The annual benefits under all such Defined Benefit Plans shall be aggregated for purposes
of applying the provisions of this Paragraph 6.3.
(ii) If, with respect to any Plan Year, the aggregate benefit so determined shall exceed the
limitations set forth herein, the benefits under such other plans shall be abated to the extent
necessary to meet the limitations set forth herein.
(j) For purposes of applying the provisions of this Paragraph 6.3 and of Paragraph 6.4, the
term Compensation means a Participants wages, salaries, and bonuses, including overtime,
vacation pay, and commissions for services actually rendered in the course of employment with an
Employer, but excluding the following:
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(i) Employer contributions to a plan of deferred compensation which are not included in the
Employees gross income for the taxable year in which contributed or Employer contributions under a
simplified Employee pension plan to the extent such contributions are deductible by the Employee,
or any distributions from a plan of deferred compensation;
(ii) Amounts realized from the exercise of a nonqualified stock option, or when restricted
stock (or property) held by the Employee either becomes freely transferable or is no longer subject
to as substantial risk or forfeiture;
(iii) Amounts realized from the sale, exchange or other disposition of stock acquired under a
Qualified stock option:
(iv) Other amounts which received special tax benefits, or contributions made by the Employer
(whether or not under a salary reduction agreement) towards the purchase of an annuity described in
Section 403(b) of the Code (whether or not the amounts are actually excludable from the gross
income of the Employee).
Compensation for any limitation year is the compensation actually paid or includible in gross
income during such year.
Effective January 1, 2008, compensation taken into account under this Paragraph 6.3 for any
Plan Year shall not exceed the Code Section 401(a)(17) compensation limit for such Plan Year, and
shall in no event include severance pay however designated or parachute payments, regardless of
when paid, or any other amounts paid after severance from
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employment, provided that application of this sentence shall not reduce any Participants
accrued benefit below the benefit accrued as of December 31, 2008.
(k)
Transitional Rule for 1993
.
For the Plan Year ending December 31, 1993, the
provisions of this Paragraph 6.3 shall be applied by converting the dollar limitations referred to
in clause (ii) of subparagraph (a) and in subparagraph (h) to amounts equal to eleven-twelfths of
the limitations so stipulated.
(l)
Limitations on Benefits for Plan Years Ending After December 31, 2001.
(i)
Effective date
. This subparagraph (l) shall be effective for Plan Years beginning
on or after January 1, 2002.
(ii)
Effect on Participants
. Nothing in this subparagraph (l) shall amend or override
the provisions of Article XXI under which all benefits under the Plan were frozen effective
December 31, 2000. Accordingly, the provisions of this subparagraph (l) shall not apply to
increase any benefits for any participant accrued prior to January 1, 2002. The sole purpose of
this subparagraph (l) is to define limitations on any benefits that might accrue, notwithstanding
Article XXI, in the event that the Plan were to become top-heavy and additional benefits were
required to accrue by reason thereof.
(iii)
Definitions.
(A)
Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation
. The Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation is
$160,000, as adjusted, effective January 1 of each year, under Section 415(d) of the Code in such
manner as the Secretary shall prescribe, and payable in the form of a straight
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life annuity. A limitation as adjusted under Section 415(d) will apply to Plan Years ending
with or within the calendar year for which the adjustment applies.
(B)
Defined Benefit Compensation Limit
. The Defined Benefit Compensation Limit is
100% of compensation (as defined in 6.4(j)) for the three consecutive years of service during which
he shall have been most highly compensated.
(C)
Maximum Permissible Benefit
. The maximum permissible benefit is the lesser of
the Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation or the Defined Benefit Compensation Limitation (both adjusted
where required, as provided in (a) and, if applicable, in (b) or (c) below).
(a) If the Participant has fewer than 10 years of participation in the plan,
the Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation shall be multiplied by a fraction, (1) the
numerator of which is the number of years (or part thereof) of participation in the
plan and (2) the denominator of which is 10. In the case of a Participant who has
fewer than 10 years of service with the employer, the Defined Benefit Compensation
Limitation shall be multiplied by a fraction, (1) the numerator of which is the
number of years (or part thereof) of service with the employer and (2) the
denominator of which is 10.
(b) If the benefit of a Participant begins prior to age 62, the Defined Benefit
Dollar Limitation applicable to the Participant at such earlier age is an annual
benefit payable in the form of a straight life annuity beginning at the earlier age
that is the actuarial equivalent of the Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation applicable
to the Participant at age 62 (adjusted under (a) above, if required). The
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Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation applicable at an age prior to age 62 is
determined as the lesser of (1) the actuarial equivalent (at such age) of the
Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation computed after the reduction provided for in
Paragraph 4.2 and (2) the actuarial equivalent (at such age) of the Defined Benefit
Dollar Limitation computed using a 5 percent interest rate and the applicable
mortality table as defined in Article XXII. Any decrease in the Defined Benefit
Dollar Limitation determined in accordance with this paragraph (b) shall not reflect
a mortality decrement if benefits are not forfeited upon the death of the
Participant. If any benefits are forfeited upon death, the full mortality decrement
is taken into account.
(c) If the benefit of a Participant begins after the Participant attains age
65, the Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation applicable to the Participant at such
later age shall be the same as the annual benefit payable at age 65 but determined
based on the defined Benefit Dollar Limitation in effect on the Participants
Annuity Commencement Date.
(m)
Final 415 Regulations
. Effective for limitation years beginning January 1, 2008
and thereafter, the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 6.3 shall be applied with such
modifications or clarifications as may be required in order that accruals and payments under the
Plan comply with Section 415(b) of the Code and the final regulations thereunder effective for such
years.
6.4
Participation in Defined Contribution Plan
.
The following rules shall apply for
Plan Years commencing prior to January 1, 2000 with respect to any Employee who is
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a Participant in this Plan and who is or at any time has been a Participant in any Defined
Contribution Plan maintained by an Employer or by an Affiliate:
(a)
Basic Limitation
.
In the case of an Employee who is a Participant in this Plan
and such Defined Contribution Plan (or Plans), the sum of the Defined Benefit Plan fraction and the
Defined Contribution Plan fraction for any Plan Year shall not exceed 1.0. In the event the sum of
such fractions shall exceed 1.0 for any Plan Year, then the projected annual benefit under this
Plan shall be reduced for such Year so that neither Plan is disqualified under the Code.
(b)
Defined Benefit Fraction Definition
.
The Defined Benefit Plan fraction for any
Plan Year is a fraction the numerator of which is the Participants projected annual benefit under
the Plan (determined as of the close of the Year and the denominator of which is the smaller of (i)
one hundred forty percent (140%) of the amount which may be taken into account for such Year with
respect to such Participant under the provisions of Section 415(b)(1)(B) of the Code, or (ii) one
hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the dollar limitation in effect for such Year under Section
415(b)(1)(A). If a Participant shall have participated in more than one Defined Benefit Plan, the
numerator of the fraction shall be the sum of the projected benefits under all such Plans.
A Participants projected annual benefit shall be an annuity, payable on a monthly basis for
the Participants lifetime commencing on the first day of the month following the date on which the
Participant shall attain his Normal Retirement Age calculated on the assumptions that he continues
to earn compensation at the same rate as in effect in the Plan Year under consideration until the
date of his Normal Retirement Age and that all other relevant
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factors used to determine benefits under the Plan remain constant as of the current Plan Year
for all future Plan Years.
(c)
Defined Contribution Fraction Definition
.
The Defined Contribution Plan fraction
for any Plan Year is a fraction the numerator of which is the sum of the annual additions to the
Participants account in such Plan Year and for all prior Plan Years, and the denominator of which
is the sum of the applicable Defined Contribution Maximum amounts for the Plan Year and each
prior Plan Year during which the Participant was an Employee. The Defined Contribution Maximum
amount for a Year is the lesser of one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the dollar limitation
in effect for any Year under Section 415(c)(l)(A) or one hundred forty percent (140%) of the amount
which may be taken into account for such Year under Section 415(c)(1)(B). In making such
calculation the aggregate amount of annual additions for Plan Years before January 1, 1976, shall
not exceed the maximum amount of such additions which could have been made under Section 415(c) for
such Years. Furthermore, the Committee may calculate the Defined Contribution Plan fraction for
any Participant by applying either or both transitional rules specified in Section 415(e)(6) of the
Code or Section 235(g)(3) of TEFRA.
For purposes of computing the Defined Contribution Plan fraction of Section 415(e)(1) of the
Code, Annual Addition shall mean the amount allocated to a Participants account during the
Limitation Year as a result of:
(i) Employer contributions,
(ii) Employee contributions,
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(iii) Forfeitures, and
(iv) Amounts described in Sections 415(1)(l) and 419A(d)(2) of the Code.
The Annual Addition for any Limitation Year beginning before January 1, 1987 shall not be
recomputed to treat all Employee Contributions as an Annual Addition.
If the Plan satisfied the applicable requirements of Section 415 of the Code as in effect for
all Limitation Years beginning before January 1, 1987, an amount shall be subtracted from the
numerator of the Defined Contribution Plan fraction (not exceeding such numerator) as prescribed by
the Secretary of the Treasury so that the sum of the Defined Benefit Plan fraction and Defined
Contribution Plan fraction computed under Section 415(e)(1) of the Code (as revised by this
subparagraph (c)) does not exceed 1.0 for such Limitation Year.
6.5
Other Definitions
.
For purposes of this Article, the following definitions shall
apply:
(a)
Adjustment Factor
:
The cost-of-living adjustment factor prescribed by the
Secretary of the Treasury under Section 415(d) of the Code for years beginning after December 31,
1987, applied to such items and in such manner as the Secretary shall prescribe.
(b)
Current Accrued Benefit
:
A Participants accrued benefit under the Plan,
determined as if the Participant had separated from service as of the close of the last Limitation
Year beginning before January 1, 1987, when expressed as an annual benefit within
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the meaning of Section 415(b)(2) of the Code. In determining the amount of a Participants
Current Accrued Benefit, the following shall be disregarded:
(i) any change in the terms and conditions of the Plan after May 5, 1986; and
(ii) any cost of living adjustment occurring after May 5, 1986.
(c)
Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation
:
The limitation set forth in Section 415(b)(1)
of the Code.
(d)
Employee Contributions
:
Contributions to the Plan made by a Participant during
the Plan year.
(e)
Social Security Retirement Age
:
The age used as the retirement age for the
Participant under Section 216(1) of the Social Security Act, except that such section shall be
applied without regard to the age increase factor, and as if the early retirement age under Section
216(1)(2) of such Act were sixty-two years.
6.6
Limitation on Accruals on Funding Shortfall
.
Effective January 1, 2008, if and at
such time as the benefit freeze effected by Article XXI is removed and the Plan is amended to
provide for additional benefit accruals, in any Plan Year for which the Plans Adjusted Funding
Target Attainment Percentage (as defined in Paragraph 7.3) is less than 60%, benefit accruals shall
cease as of the valuation date for the Plan Year as provided in Code
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Section 436(e)(1) after application of 436(e)(2) and guidance thereunder applicable to the
circumstances presented.
6.7
Restrictions on Amendments to Increase Benefits
. Effective January 1, 2008, to
the extent required by Code Section 436(c)(1) after giving effect to the provisions of subsections
436(c)(2) and 436(c)(3), no amendment to the Plan which has the effect of increasing liabilities of
the Plan by reason of increases in benefits, establishment of new benefits, changing the rate of
benefit accrual, or changing the rate at which benefits become nonforfeitable may take effect
during any Plan Year if the Plans Adjusted Funding Target Attainment Percentage for such Plan Year
is less than 80 percent, or would be less than 80 percent taking into account such amendment. If
an amendment cannot be given effect as a result of the provisions of this Paragraph 6.7, such
amendment shall be permanently void and to no effect from the date adopted.
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ARTICLE VII
PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS
7.1
Commencement of Payment
.
A Participants retirement benefits hereunder shall
commence as of his Normal Retirement Date, except as follows:
(a) A Participant who has met the requirement therefor may elect to receive benefits
commencing as of an Early Retirement Date in accordance with Paragraph 4.2; and a Participant who
has met such requirements other than attainment of age fifty-five (55), and who has terminated with
vested rights under Article IX and completed at least ten Years of Vesting Service, shall have the
same right to elect an Early Retirement Date on or after his attainment of age fifty-five (55).
(b) If the Participant does not make an election with respect to his form of benefits in
accordance with Article VIII, benefits shall not begin until such election and the information
required in connection therewith are provided; provided, however, that, except as otherwise
provided in a qualified election, benefit payments shall in all events commence not later than
April 1 of the calendar year following the year in which the Participant shall attain the age of
seventy and one-half (70-1/2) years. A qualified election is an election duly made before January
1, 1984, in conformity with rules set forth in Internal Revenue Service Notice 83-23. Unless the
Participant otherwise elects or fails to make an appropriate claim, payments shall in no event
commence later than the sixtieth day after the last day of the Plan Year during which the later of
the following events shall occur:
(i) The date on which the Employee shall have actually terminated his service; or
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(ii) The date on which he shall have attained the age of sixty-five (65) years.
(c) No benefits shall be paid to any Participant while he is employed by an Employer except as
specifically provided herein. No benefits shall be paid to any Participant prior to his Normal
Retirement Age while he is employed by any Affiliate.
7.2
Absent Participant
.
If on the due date of any payment hereunder, the recipient of
such payment cannot be located, the payment due to such person shall be retained by the Funding
Agent until delivery of such payment may be made. If the person to whom payment is to be made is
not located within one year after the due date of such payment, the amount payable shall be treated
as forfeited as provided in Treasury Regulations Section 1-411(a)-4(b)(6); provided, however, that
such forfeited benefit shall be reinstated and paid in full if such person shall thereafter make a
claim for it.
7.3
Code Section 436 Compliance
. The provisions of this Paragraph 7.3 are effective
January 1, 2008, and are applicable if and at such time as the benefit freeze effected by Article
XXI is removed and the Plan is amended to provide for additional benefit accruals.
(a) If the Plans Adjusted Funding Target Attainment Percentage for a Plan Year is less than
60%, the Plan may not make a Prohibited Payment after the valuation date for such Plan Year.
(b) If the Company is a debtor in a case under Title 11 of the US Code, or similar Federal or
State law, the Plan may not make a Prohibited Payment until the date on
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which it receives certification that the Adjusted Funding Target Attainment Percentage is not
less than 100 percent.
(c) If the Plans Adjusted Funding Target Attainment Percentage for a Plan Year is at least 60
percent but less than 80 percent, the Plan may not make a Prohibited Payment after the valuation
date for such Plan Year to the extent the amount of the payment exceeds the lesser of (i) 50
percent of scheduled payment or (ii) the present value of the maximum guarantee with respect to the
Participant under Section 4022 of ERISA. Only one such Prohibited Payment may be made with respect
to any participant during the applicable limitation period, as determined under Code Section
436(d)(3)(B). A Participant who requests such a Prohibited Payment shall be permitted to elect any
other benefit option available for which he is eligible.
(i) Treatment of Beneficiaries. For purposes of this Paragraph 7.3, a Participant and any
beneficiary or alternate payee shall be treated as one Participant, and any payment hereunder shall
be allocated among such persons in the same manner as the accrued benefit is allocated unless
otherwise provided in a qualified domestic relations order (as defined in Section 414(p) of the
Code).
(ii) Prohibited Payment. For purposes of this Paragraph 7.3, a Prohibited Payment shall
mean (1) any payment, in excess of the monthly amount paid under a single life annuity (plus any
social security supplements that are provided under the Plan), to a Participant or beneficiary
whose annuity starting date occurs during the applicable limitation period as determined under Code
Section 436(d)(3)(B), (2) any payment for the purchase of an irrevocable commitment from an insurer
to pay benefits, or (3) any other payment specified by
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the Secretary by regulations, but shall not include a payment which may be immediately
distributable under Code Section 411(a)(11) without the consent of the Participant.
(iii) For purposes of this Paragraph 7.3, the Plans Adjusted Funding Target Attainment
Percentage shall have the meaning prescribed in Section 436(j) of the Code and guidance thereunder
applicable to the circumstances presented.
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ARTICLE VIII
FORM OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS
8.1
Forms of Payment
.
A Participant who retires, or otherwise terminates employment
with vested rights as provided in Article IX, shall receive his retirement benefit in conformity
with the following provisions:
(a)
Ordinary Form of Payment
.
The retirement income payable to a Participant who is
legally married on the Annuity Commencement Date shall, unless the Participant otherwise elects, be
a monthly retirement income calculated as provided herein and payable for the lifetime of the
Participant, with one-half of the amount payable to the Participant continued thereafter for the
lifetime of his spouse. The amount of the monthly retirement income payable under such joint and
survivor annuity form shall be the amount of income payable as a life income pursuant to Paragraph
6.1 of Article VI adjusted by taking into account the Joint and Survivor Factors set forth in
Exhibit A.
The retirement income payable to any Participant who is not legally married at the Annuity
Commencement Date and who does not otherwise elect shall be the retirement income calculated under
the provisions of Article VI payable as provided therein. A Participant may elect during the
election period applicable described in Paragraph 8.2(c) to cause his retirement income to be
payable under the provisions of subparagraph (b) or (c) of this Paragraph 8.1.
Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, as a result of the merger of this Plan
and the Sylvan Ginsbury, Ltd. Pension Plan, all optional forms of benefits
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available to the Participants of the Sylvan Ginsbury, Ltd. Pension Plan as of January 1, 1997
shall continue to apply with respect to those accrued benefits earned under the terms of that Plan.
(b)
Other Spousal Benefit Arrangements
.
In lieu of the form of benefit described in
subparagraph (a), the Participant may elect to receive a monthly pension payable to the Participant
during the joint lifetime of the Participant and his or her spouse with one hundred percent (100%),
sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%), or effective January 1, 2008, seventy-five percent
(75%), of such monthly pension payable at the death of the Participant to such spouse. Calculation
of the amount of the benefit so payable shall be made in conformity with the Joint and Survivor
Factors set forth in Exhibit A.
(c)
Contingent Annuity for Domestic Partners.
Effective, January 1, 2010, in lieu of the form
of benefit described in subparagraph (a), the Participant may elect to receive a monthly retirement
income payable for the lifetime of the Participant with an amount equal to fifty (50%), sixty-six
and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%), seventy-five percent (75%), or one hundred percent (100%), of
such monthly retirement income payable at the death of the Participant to such Domestic Partner.
Calculation of the amount of the benefit so payable shall be made in conformity with the Joint and
Survivor Factors set forth in Exhibit A. Such form of benefit shall be subject to the incidental
death benefit requirement of Section 401(a)(9) of the Code and Regulations thereunder.
(d)
Life Annuity
.
In lieu of the form of benefit described in subparagraph (a), the
Participant may elect to receive an annuity payable for his lifetime without a survivor benefit
(i.e., the normal form of retirement benefit).
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(e)
Spouse Defined
.
The term spouse as used in this Paragraph 8.1 and in
Paragraph 8.3 shall mean the person to whom the Participant is married at the time of his death,
and who was married to the Participant on the Annuity Commencement Date if such date shall have
preceded the Participants death. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Participant has previously
begun to receive a qualified joint and survivor annuity with respect to a former spouse, or to the
extent provided under a qualified domestic relations order (as defined in Section 414(p) of the
Code) applicable to a former spouse, the term spouse or surviving spouse shall include such
former spouse.
(f)
Spousal Election Requirements
.
An election to take benefits other than in the
form of a qualified joint and survivor annuity as provided in subparagraph (a) or (b) shall not be
effective unless the spouse of the Participant shall consent to such election in a written
instrument witnessed by a Notary Public or a Plan official. In all cases under the provisions of
this Plan, if the Participant establishes to the satisfaction of a Plan representative that written
consent may not be obtained because there is no spouse or because the spouse cannot be located,
because the Participant is legally separated or has been abandoned (within the meaning of local
law) and the Participant has a court order to such effect, or because of such other circumstances
as may be prescribed by applicable law, then the consent of the spouse shall be deemed to have been
obtained for all purposes hereunder. Any consent of a spouse under the provisions of this Plan
will be valid only with respect to the spouse who signs the consent or in the event of a deemed
consent, the designated spouse.
(g)
Restriction on Early Payment
.
Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, no
distribution hereunder shall commence prior to the date on which the Participant shall attain (or
would have attained if he shall be deceased) his Normal Retirement
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Age (or age sixty-two (62) if later), unless the Participant shall consent in writing to the
earlier distribution of benefits and such consent shall be given within one hundred eighty (180)
days of the commencement of such distribution.
(h)
Form of Benefit for Small Benefits
.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, and in
accordance with Paragraphs 8.4 and 8.5 hereof, (i) if benefit payments have not commenced, (ii) if
the value of the Participants entire interest hereunder shall be no more than Five Thousand
Dollars ($5,000), and (iii) if benefits are otherwise distributable, the Participants benefit may
only be distributed to the Participant in a single sum, and the forms of benefit under paragraphs
8.1(a) and (b) shall not apply.
8.2
Other Rules
.
The provisions of Paragraph 8.1 shall be subject to the following
additional terms:
(a)
Participants Death Before Annuity Commencement Date
.
If a Participant dies prior
to his Annuity Commencement Date, no benefit will be payable to any person, except as provided in
Paragraph 8.3.
(b)
Joint Pensioners Death Before Annuity Commencement Date
.
If the joint pensioner
dies before the Participants Annuity Commencement Date, a retirement income in the normal form
(i.e., a lifetime annuity without a survivor benefit) and amount will be payable to the Participant
upon his Annuity Commencement Date.
(c)
Notice
.
Within the period beginning no more than 180 days before the Annuity
Commencement Date, a Participant shall be provided by mail or personal delivery with a nontechnical
description of the qualified joint and survivor annuity described in Paragraph
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8.1(a) hereof, the Participants right to make and the effect of an election to waive the
qualified joint and survivor form; the rights of the Participants spouse as set forth in Paragraph
8.1(e); and the right to make and the effect of a revocation of a previous election to waive the
joint and survivor annuity; the circumstances under which such annuity will be paid if elected, and
a general description of the material features, including an explanation of the relative values, of
the optional forms of benefit available under the Plan in a manner that would satisfy the notice
requirements of Code section 417(e) and Treas. Reg. 1.417(a)(3)-1. Notwithstanding the preceding
sentence, the Participant may be provided with the nontechnical description described above at a
later date, which may be after the Participants Annuity Commencement Date, provided that the
election period will not end until the 30th day after the nontechnical description is provided and
payments do not begin until 7 days thereafter. Any Participant may, after receiving the information
described herein, elect to receive his retirement benefits in one of the forms described in
subparagraph (b) or (c) of Paragraph 8.1 rather than the form described in Paragraph 8.1(a) hereof.
Such election may be made at any time during the applicable election period, namely, the 180-day
period preceding the Annuity Commencement Date; but such election period shall in no event be less
than 180 days after the date on which the information described herein shall have been furnished to
the Participant. The election shall be made in a written instrument subscribed by the Participant
and delivered to the Committee. Any election so made may be revoked by a written instrument
subscribed by the Participant and delivered to the Committee before the last day of the period
during which such election may be made as hereinabove provided.
8.3
Preretirement Spousal Death Benefit
.
In the case of a Participants death prior
to his Annuity Commencement Date, the Participants spouse (as defined in
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Paragraph 8.1(d)) shall be entitled to receive a pension in the same amount as the retirement
income that would have been payable under the provisions of Paragraph 8.1(a) (or, if an election
had been made under Paragraph 8.1(b), the retirement that would have been payable under such
Paragraph) had the Participant separated from service on the date of death, survived to Normal
Retirement Age, and retired with an immediate qualified joint and survivor annuity at such age.
The benefit payable to the surviving spouse under this Paragraph 8.3 shall commence with the month
in which the Participant would have reached Normal Retirement Age. The Participants spouse may
direct that payment of the benefit shall commence at an earlier date but not earlier than the month
in which the Participant would have attained the earliest retirement date hereunder, in which case
the benefit shall be reduced as provided in Paragraph 4.2. For the purpose of this Paragraph only,
a Participant means any vested participant whether or not an Employee who has a nonforfeitable
right to any portion of his accrued benefit.
8.4
Small Lump Sum Benefit
.
Notwithstanding any other provision hereof (but subject
to Paragraph 8.5 for distributions on or after March 28, 2005), if the value of the Participants
vested entire interest hereunder shall be no more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), the
Participants vested benefit hereunder upon retirement or other termination of employment shall be
distributed to the Participant in a single sum upon his separation from service. Effective January
1, 2000, if (a) a Participants accrued vested benefit exceeds such amount, (b) before such
Participants Annuity Commencement Date the actuarial assumptions used under this Paragraph 8.4
have changed, and (c) the Participants accrued vested benefit as redetermined under such
assumptions does not exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), such benefit shall thereupon be
distributed under this Paragraph 8.4. The value of a Participants
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benefit for purposes of this Paragraph 8.4 shall be determined based on the following
actuarial assumptions:
(a) For distributions made prior to January 1, 2000, the interest rate or rates which would be
used as of the first day of the Plan Year in which distribution occurs by the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation for purposes of determining the present value of that Participants benefits
under the Plan if the Plan had terminated on the date distribution commences with insufficient
assets to provide benefits guaranteed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation on that Date, and
Mortality Table UP 1984.
(b) For distributions made on or after January 1, 2000 and prior to February 15, 2002
,
either
the interest rate and mortality assumptions determined in accordance with subparagraph (a) or the
interest rate and mortality assumptions determined in accordance with subparagraph (c), whichever
yields a greater benefit.
(c) For distributions made on or after February 15, 2002 and prior to January 1, 2008, the
annual interest rate on 30-year Treasury securities, as specified by the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue for purposes of Section 417(e) of the Code, for the second month preceding the first day of
the Plan Year in which the Participants distribution is to be made, and the mortality table
prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for purposes of Section 417(e) of the Code.
(d) For distributions made on or after January 1, 2008, (i) the annual interest rates as
specified by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for purposes of Section 417(e) of the Code for
the fourth month preceding the first day of the Plan Year in which the Participants distribution
is to be made. and (ii) the mortality table specified by the
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Commissioner of the Internal Revenue for purposes of Section 417(e) of the Code. However,
for benefits commencing in the Plan Year commencing January 1, 2008, the interest rates shall not
exceed 4.6% for the first segment, 4.82% for the second segment, and 4.91% for the third segment.
(e) For distributions made on or after January 1, 2008 and prior to January 1, 2009, either
the interest rate and mortality assumptions determined in accordance with subparagraph (c) or the
interest rate and mortality assumptions determined in accordance with subparagraph (d), whichever
yields a greater benefit.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the value of a terminated Participants vested benefit
shall not be less than the value of such Participants vested benefit on January 31, 1989
calculated by applying the Lump Sum Factors set forth in Exhibit A (which appear in Exhibit A for
the sole purpose of calculating a terminated Participants vested benefit under this Paragraph
8.4(f) and no other purpose). Distribution, in accordance with this Paragraph 8.4, is referred to
as a Termination Distribution.
8.5
Election for Small Benefit Distributions
.
(a) For distributions on or after March 28, 2005, small benefit cashout under Paragraph 8.4
shall only be made if
(i) the amount thereof is no more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000), or
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(ii) the Participant elects to receive such distribution as a direct rollover in accordance
with Paragraph 9.5 or elects to receive such distribution in cash (less applicable tax
withholding), or
(iii) the Participant has attained his Normal Retirement Date.
(b) If the Participant fails to make an election described in Paragraph 8.5(a)(ii) within the
time prescribed by the Committee, payment of the Participants benefits in a single sum may be made
at any later date on which (A) the requirements of any of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) are satisfied
in accordance with such procedures as the Committee may establish, and (B) the single sum cashout
amount, as redetermined as of the proposed distribution date in accordance with clause (c) of
Paragraph 8.4, is no more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000). In the event that the value of the
Participants vested benefit as so determined shall exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000),
distribution in a lump sum shall not be available unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan,
and payment shall be made only at the time and in the annuity forms available under the Plan for
benefits not subject to Paragraph 8.4.
(c) If the benefit payable to a surviving spouse under Paragraph 8.3 shall have an actuarial
present value of no more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) as determined in accordance with
clause (c) of Paragraph 8.4, such present value shall be paid to the spouse in a single lump sum
payment as soon as practicable without regard to the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 8.5,
subject to the spouses right to roll over such distribution in accordance with Paragraph 9.5.
8.6
Sylvan Ginsbury Lump Sum or Term Certain Annuity Benefit
. Participants of the
Sylvan Ginsbury, Ltd. Pension Plan as of January 1, 1997 are eligible to
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receive their accrued benefits earned under the terms of the Plan in the form of a single lump
sum or term annuity benefit. Effective for distribution made on or after August 1, 2008, the
periodic amount of the benefit shall be determined as the greater of (a) and (b) below.
(a) The lump sum or periodic amount of the term certain annuity benefit using the definition
of Actuarial Equivalent specified in the Sylvan Ginsbury, Ltd. Pension Plan and set forth in
Exhibit B hereto.
(b) The lump sum or periodic amount of the term certain annuity benefit determined using
Actuarial Equivalence on the basis of annual interest rates as specified by the Commissioner of the
Internal Revenue for purposes of Section 417(e) of the Code for the fourth month preceding the
first day of the Plan Year in which the Participants distribution is to be made and the mortality
table as specified by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for purposes of Section 417(e) of the
Code.
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ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION OF SERVICE
9.1
Vesting Requirement
.
If for any reason, other than death or Early, Normal or late
Retirement, the employment of a Participant is terminated, such Participant shall be entitled to
receive a retirement income commencing on his Normal Retirement Date in an amount equal to such
Participants retirement income benefits earned as of his date of termination if (and only if) such
Participant shall have accumulated not less than five Years of Vesting Credit Service as of such
date (or was affected by a partial termination of the Plan within the meaning of Section 411(d)(3)
of the Code). Any Participant who shall separate from the service of an Employer or Affiliate
prior to accumulating five (5) Years of Vesting Credit Service (other than as a result of such a
partial termination) shall be deemed to have received all benefits to which he is entitled under
the Plan and forfeit all rights hereunder provided, however, that such Participant shall be
credited for benefit accrual purposes with all service completed prior to such separation if such
Participant shall return to employment with an Employer or Affiliate subsequent to such separation
and prior to incurring a period of One-Year Breaks in Service equal to the greater of (i) five (5)
such One-Year Breaks or (ii) the aggregate number of Years of Credited Service before such period
(and prior to complete termination of the Plan).
A terminating Participant who shall have completed at least ten Years of Vesting Credit
Service may elect an Early Retirement Date for the commencement of benefits as provided in
Paragraph 4.2.
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9.2
Accrued Benefit
.
(a)
Amount
. A Participants benefit earned to the date of his termination of
employment for purposes of this Article IX is equal to the Normal Retirement benefit to which he is
entitled under the provisions of Paragraph 6.1 of Article VI hereof on the basis of the number of
years of Credited Service of such Employee as of the date of such termination of employment. In
calculating a Participants accrued benefit as of any date all Years of Credited Service through
December 31, 2000 shall be taken into account; except that if a Participant (a) shall incur a
period of consecutive One-Year Breaks in Service at least equal to the greater of (i) five such
One-Year Breaks or (ii) the aggregate number of years of Credited Service before such period, and
(b) shall have had no vested interest hereunder at the commencement of said period, then Years of
Credited Service prior to such period shall not be taken into account unless such Participant shall
have returned to service prior to February 1, 1990.
(b)
Benefits from Merged Plans
. Effective as of January 1, 1997, a Participants
accrued benefit shall also include, for any plan previously maintained by a Participating Unit that
has been merged to this Plan, the benefits accrued under such other plan as of the date of merger.
(c)
Method of Payment
.
The benefit payable to a terminating Participant shall be paid
in conformity with the provisions of Articles VII and VIII.
9.3
Reemployment After Distribution
.
If an Employee who has received a Termination
Distribution (as defined in Paragraph 8.4) subsequently becomes a Participant hereunder, such
Employees benefits shall be determined without reference to service performed
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and Compensation earned prior to such Termination Distribution; provided, however, that the
benefits of any such Participant shall be computed without regard to the preceding provisions of
this Paragraph and as though such Participant had not received a Termination Distribution if such
Participant shall make the payment described in Paragraph 9.4.
9.4
Repayment Privilege
.
When an employee who has received a Termination Distribution
(as defined in Paragraph 8.4) is reemployed by an Employer, he may at his option and under the
conditions specified herein repay to the Funding Agent designated by the Committee an amount equal
to the amount of such Termination Distribution plus interest thereon (calculated as hereinafter
described) to be commingled with and held as part of all other funds held under the Contract. Such
payment may be referred to herein as a Paragraph 9.4 Payment. Interest payable as a part of the
Paragraph 9.4 Payment shall be calculated on the amount of the Termination Distribution for the
period beginning on the date of such distribution and ending on the date of the payment at the rate
used in making actuarial computations under this Plan during such period. The interest rate
referred to in the preceding sentence for any Year shall not exceed the amount determined for such
Year pursuant to the provisions of Section 411(c)(2)(C) of the Code. In any event, any payment
made pursuant to this Paragraph 9.4 shall be made in a single sum not later than the date on which
the Participant shall incur five consecutive One-Year Breaks in Service.
9.5
Direct Rollover Option
.
(a)
Election Conferred
.
This Paragraph applies to distributions made on or after
January 1, 1993. Notwithstanding any provision of the plan to the contrary that would otherwise
limit a Distributees election under this Paragraph, a Distributee may elect, at
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the time and in the manner prescribed by the plan administrator, to have any portion of an
Eligible Rollover Distribution paid directly to an Eligible Retirement Plan specified by the
Distributee in a direct rollover.
(b)
Definitions
.
(i)
Eligible Rollover Distribution
:
An Eligible Rollover Distribution is any
distribution of all or any portion of the balance to the credit of the Distributee except that an
Eligible 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 Distributees 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 and the portion of any distribution prior to January 1, 2002 that is not includible in gross
income (determined without regard to the exclusion for net unrealized appreciation with respect to
Employer securities).
(ii)
Eligible Retirement Plan
:
An Eligible Retirement Plan is an individual
retirement account described in Section 408(a) of the Code, an annuity plan described in Section
403(a) of the Code, or a qualified trust described in Section 401(a) of the Code that accepts the
Distributees Eligible Rollover Distribution. Effective for distributions made 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 a state,
political subdivision of a state, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or political
subdivision of a state and which agrees to separately account for amounts
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transferred into such plan from this Plan. In the case of an Eligible Rollover Distribution
to the surviving spouse prior to January 1, 2002, or to a non spouse beneficiary, an Eligible
Retirement Plan shall only be an individual retirement account or individual retirement annuity.
Effective for distributions on or after January 1, 2008 an Eligible Retirement Plan shall also
include a Roth IRA described in Section 408A of the Code and a Distributee may make a Direct
Rollover thereto, provided that prior to January 1, 2010, the Distributee meets any applicable
income limitations.
(iii)
Distributee
:
A Distributee includes an Employee or former Employee. In
addition, the Employees or former Employees surviving spouse and the Employee is or former
Employees spouse or former spouse who is the alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations
order, as defined in Section 414(p) of the Code, are Distributees with regard to the interest of
the spouse or former spouse. Effective January 1, 2009, Distributee shall also mean an individual
or trust treated as an individual under applicable regulations who is an Employees designated
beneficiary.
(iv)
Direct Rollover
:
A Direct Rollover is a payment by the Plan to the Eligible
Retirement Plan specified by the Distributee.
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ARTICLE X
COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS
10.1
Conditions on Contributions
.
Any and all contributions made to the Plan by an
Employer shall be irrevocable and shall be transferred by the Employer to the Funding Agent under
the Plan to be used in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and the Contract to provide the
benefits of the Plan, and neither such contribution nor income therefrom shall be used for or
diverted to purposes other than the exclusive benefit of Participants, retired Participants, their
contingent annuitants, or other beneficiaries under the Plan prior to the satisfaction of all
liabilities under the Plan with respect to such Participants, retired Participants, their
contingent annuitants or other beneficiaries.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision hereof, any contribution made by an
Employer under this Plan is conditioned upon its being deductible by the Employer under Section 404
of the Code. Consequently, if by reason of a good faith mistake in calculating the amount
allowable as a deduction for any year, an amount in excess of such amount shall have been
contributed by an Employer for such year, then upon demand by the Employer, such excess amount
shall be repaid to the Employer. Such repayment shall not be made later than one year after the
date on which the deduction shall have been disallowed by the Internal Revenue Service.
Furthermore, if an Employer shall have made a contribution by reason of a good faith mistake of
fact, the Funding Agent shall repay to the Employer the amount attributable to such mistake, but
such repayment shall not be made later than one year after the date on which the mistaken
contribution shall have been made. In any event, the amount which may be returned shall never be
greater than an amount equal to the excess of (a) the amount contributed over (b) the amount that
would have been contributed had there not occurred a
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mistake of fact or a mistake in determining the deduction. Earnings attributable to the
excess contribution may not be returned to the Employer, but losses thereto must reduce the amount
to be so returned.
10.2
Uses of Forfeitures
.
Forfeitures under the Plan with respect to any Participant
who ceases to be an Employee of the Employer whether by death, discharge, or otherwise, and who is
not then entitled to any benefits under the Plan, will not be applied to increase the benefits any
Employee would otherwise receive under the Plan.
10.3
Limitations on Obligation to Contribute
.
Notwithstanding any other provision
hereof and regardless of whether an Employer shall previously have failed to make any contribution
otherwise required hereunder, an Employer shall have no obligation to make contributions under this
Plan in the event of its termination, or to fund benefits which become vested or payable by reason
of a partial termination, except to the extent required by ERISA.
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ARTICLE XI
COMMITTEE
11.1
Committee
.
The provisions of this Article XI are effective July 17, 2002. The
Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors shall appoint a Management Pension
Investment and Oversight Committee (the Committee), which shall consist of not less than three
persons to serve at the pleasure of the Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors.
Any vacancy on the Committee, arising for any reason whatsoever, shall be filled by the Corporate
Governance Committee of the Board of Directors. The Committee shall hold meetings upon such notice,
at such place or places, at such time or times and in such manner (including, meetings in which
members may participate through teleconferencing or similar means) as it may from time to time
determine. A majority of the members of the Committee at the time in office shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business, and action by a majority of those present at any meeting at
which a quorum is present shall constitute action by the Committee. The Committee may also act
without a meeting by instrument in writing signed by a majority of the members of the Committee, or
by one or more members to whom the Committee has previously delegated the authority to take such
action.
11.2
Named Fiduciary
.
The named fiduciary under the Plan shall be the Committee,
which shall have authority to control and manage the operation and administration of the Plan
except that the Committee shall have no authority or responsibility with respect to those matters
which under any applicable trust agreement, insurance policy or similar contract are the
responsibility, or subject to the authority of the Trustee or any Funding Agent described in
Article XII, any insurance company or similar organization. The members of the Committee shall
have the right, by written instrument executed by them or otherwise, to allocate fiduciary
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responsibilities among themselves, and to designate other persons to carry out fiduciary
responsibilities under the Plan.
11.3
Powers and Discretion of the Named Fiduciary
.
The Committee shall have all
powers and discretion necessary or helpful for carrying out its responsibilities, including,
without limitation, the power and complete discretion:
(a) to establish such rules or procedures as it may deem necessary or desirable;
(b) to employ such persons as it shall deem necessary or desirable to assist in the
administration of the Plan;
(c) to determine any question arising in the administration, interpretation and application of
the Plan, including without limitation questions of fact and of construction;
(d) to correct defects, rectify errors, supply omissions, clarify ambiguities, and reconcile
inconsistencies to the extent it deems necessary or desirable to effectuate the Plan or preserve
qualification of the Plan under Section 401(a) of the Code;
(e) to decide all questions relating to eligibility and payment of benefits hereunder,
including, without limitation, the power and discretion to determine the eligibility of persons to
receive benefits hereunder;
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(f) to establish procedures for determining whether a domestic relations order is a qualified
domestic relations order (QDRO) as described in Section 414(p) of the Code and for complying with
any such QDRO;
(g) to direct the Trustee or Funding Agent with respect to benefits payable under the Plan
(including, without limitation, the persons to be paid or methods of payment) and all distributions
of the assets of the Plan;
(h) to make a determination as to the rights of any person to a benefit and to afford any
person dissatisfied with such determination the right to an appeal;
(i) to determine the character and amount of expenses that are properly payable by the Plan as
reasonable administration expenses, and to direct the Trustee with respect to the payment thereof
(including, without limitation, the persons to be paid and the method of payment);
(j) to compromise or settle claims against the Plan and to direct the Trustee to pay amounts
required in any such settlements or compromise;
(k) to determine the method of making corrections necessary or advisable as a result of
operating defects in order to preserve qualification of the Plan under Section 401(a) of the Code
pursuant to procedures of the Internal Revenue Service applicable in such cases (such as those set
forth in Revenue Procedure 2008-50 and similar guidance);
(l) to make appropriate provision for the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the
Plan, including, as named fiduciary with respect to the control and management of the assets of the
Plan, to appoint in its discretion an investment manager or
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managers (as defined in Section 3(38) of ERISA) to manage (including the power to acquire and
dispose of) any assets of the Plan;
(m) to determine all questions relating to the administration of the Plan (1) when disputes
arise between an Employer and a Participant or his beneficiary, spouse or legal representatives,
and (2) in order to promote the uniform administration of the Plan for the benefit of all parties
concerned;
(n) to compute the amount of retirement income and any other benefits payable, and direct the
Trustee or Funding Agent as to the method by which and persons to whom benefits or expenses
hereunder will be paid; and
(o) to adopt from time to time assumptions for use in all actuarial calculations required in
connection with the Plan, and determine with the advice of its actuarial consultant the minimum
contribution required to be paid by an Employer, as provided in Article X.
The determinations of the Committee shall be conclusive and binding on all persons to the maximum
extent permitted by law.
All expenses of the Committee shall be paid by the Fund to the extent not paid by the Company, and
such expenses shall include any expenses authorized by the Board of Directors as necessary or
desirable in the administration of the Plan.
11.4
Advisers
.
Any named fiduciary under the Plan, and any fiduciary designated by a
named fiduciary to whom such power is granted by a named fiduciary under the Plan, may employ one
or more persons to carry out such responsibilities as may be specified by
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such fiduciary and to render advice with regard to any responsibility such fiduciary has under
the Plan.
11.5
Service in Multiple Capacities
.
Any person or group of persons may serve in more
than one fiduciary capacity with respect to the Plan.
11.6
Limitation of Liability; Indemnity
.
(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, if any duty or responsibility of a named fiduciary
has been allocated or delegated to any other person in accordance with any provision of this Plan,
then such named fiduciary shall not be liable for any act or omission of such person in carrying
out such duty or responsibility.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by law, no person who is a member of the Committee or is an
employee, director or officer of any Employer who is a fiduciary under the Plan or trust, or
otherwise has responsibility with respect to administration of the Plan or trust, shall incur any
liability whatsoever on account of any matter connected with or related to the Plan or trust or the
administration thereof, unless such person shall have acted in bad faith or been guilty of willful
misconduct or gross negligence in respect of his duties, actions or omissions in respect of the
Plan or trust.
(c) The Company shall indemnify and save harmless each Committee member and each employee,
director or officer of any Employer serving as a trustee or other fiduciary from and against any
and all loss, liability, claim, damage, cost and expense which may arise by reason of, or be based
upon, any matter connected with or related to the Plan or trust or the administration thereof
(including, but not limited to, any and all expenses whatsoever
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reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced
or threatened, or in settlement of any such claim whatsoever), unless such person shall have acted
in bad faith or been guilty of willful misconduct or gross negligence in respect of his duties,
actions or omissions in respect of the Plan or trust.
11.7
Reliance on Information
.
The Committee and any Employer and its officers,
directors and employees shall be entitled to rely upon all tables, valuations, certificates,
opinions and reports furnished by any accountant, trustee, insurance company, counsel or other
expert who shall be engaged by an Employer or the Committee, and the Committee and any Employer and
its officers, directors and employees shall be fully protected in respect of any action taken or
suffered by them in good faith in reliance thereon, and all action so taken or suffered shall be
conclusive upon all persons affected thereby.
11.8
Subcommittees Counsel and Agents
. The Committee may appoint from its members
such subcommittees (of one or more such members), with such powers, as the Committee shall
determine. The Committee may employ such counsel (including legal counsel, who may be counsel for
the Company or an Employer), accountants, and agents and such clerical and other services as either
may require in carrying out the provisions of the Plan, and may charge the fees, charges and costs
resulting from such employment as an expense to the Plan to the extent not paid by the Company.
Unless otherwise required by law, persons employed by the Committee as counsel, or as its agents or
otherwise, may include members of the Committee, or employees of the Company. Persons serving on
the Committee, or on any such subcommittee shall be fully protected in acting or refraining to act
in accordance with the advice of legal or other counsel.
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11.9
Funding Policy.
The Committee shall establish and carry out, or cause to be
established and carried out by those persons (including, without limitation, the Trustee or Funding
Agent) to whom responsibility or authority therefor has been allocated or delegated in accordance
with the Plan or trust agreement thereunder or any similar contract, a funding policy and method
consistent with the objectives of the Plan and the requirements of ERISA.
11.10
Proper Proof.
In any case in which an Employer or the Committee shall be
required under the Plan to take action upon the occurrence of any event, they shall be under no
obligation to take such action unless and until proper and satisfactory evidence of such occurrence
shall have been received by them.
11.11
Genuineness of Documents.
The Committee, and any Employer and its respective
officers, directors and employees, shall be entitled to rely upon any notice, request, consent,
letter, telegram or other paper or document believed by them or any of them to be genuine, and to
have been signed or sent by the proper person, and shall be fully protected in respect of any
action taken or suffered by them in good faith in reliance thereon.
11.12
Records and Reports.
The Committee shall maintain or cause to be maintained
such records, as it deems necessary or advisable in connection with the administration of the Plan.
11.13
Recovery of Overpayments.
Without limiting the generality of the Committees
power and discretion under Paragraph 11.3(d) to rectify errors and supply omissions, in the event
that the Committee determines that overpayments have been made to a Participant or his spouse or
beneficiary, the Committee shall take such steps as it shall deem appropriate under the relevant
facts and circumstances to recover such payments, with or without
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interest, and in case repayment is not otherwise made, to offset the amount to be recovered
against subsequent payments otherwise becoming due to or in respect of such Participant, spouse or
beneficiary at such time and to such extent as it shall deem appropriate.
11.14
Professional Assistance
.
The Committee shall be entitled to rely upon tables,
valuation certificates, and reports furnished by the Enrolled Actuary for the Plan and upon
certificates, reports and opinions made or given by any accountant or investment counsel selected
or approved by the Committee; and the members of the Committee, the Board of Directors, the
Company, and the officers of the Company shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by them in good faith, or for any such action in reliance upon any such actuary,
accountant, or counsel.
11.15
Spousal Claims
.
If the Committee shall receive written notice that the spouse,
former spouse, or successor in interest of a spouse or former spouse of a Participant claims a
right to receive any amount otherwise distributable to the Participant, the Committee shall have
the power to take such action as, in its discretion, it shall determine to be necessary or
appropriate to ascertain and resolve the interests of the parties involved. To this end, the
Committee may in writing direct the Trustee or Funding Agent to withhold payment of any benefits
the disposition of which is subject to a bona fide dispute, and may through its authorized agents
enter into negotiations and agreements with all interested parties in order to make a determination
of the amount and manner of payment of any benefits or funds to any such spouse, former spouse or
successor.
11.16
Claims
.
Any person who believes he is entitled to a benefit under the Plan may
file a claim in writing for such benefit with the Committee in accordance with the
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claims review procedure established by the Committee. Any action (whether at law, in equity or
otherwise) must be commenced within three (3) years from the earlier of (a) the date a final
determination denying such benefit, in whole or in part, is issued under the Plans claim review
procedure and (b) the date such persons cause of action first accrued.
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ARTICLE XII
FUNDING
12.1
Funding Agent
.
The Company has heretofore entered into a contract with THE
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP, Des Moines, Iowa (the Principal), to provide for the investment of
funds held hereunder and to facilitate payment of the benefits described herein. The contract
provides for the establishment and maintenance of a fund or funds by the Principal to which amounts
will be credited and from which will be withdrawn the sums necessary to pay the pension benefits
provided hereunder. The Committee may enter into such contracts or agreements as it may deem
appropriate with any other insurance company, trust company, institution, person or persons
designated by it to facilitate the investment of funds and the payment of benefits hereunder, and
such designated party or parties may act in addition to or in place of the Principal. Thereupon
and thereafter an Employer may make all or any part of the contributions required to be made
hereunder to such designated person, persons, or entity, and the funds so contributed and the
earnings thereon shall be held, managed, and invested as provided in such contract or agreement.
The Principal or any such designated person, persons, or entity shall be referred to as the Funding
Agent.
12.2
Procedure for Payment of Benefits
.
When any benefits shall become payable to any
Participant hereunder, the Committee shall notify the Funding Agent designated by it, and such
Agent shall take such action as is necessary to provide for the payment of such benefits out of the
funds held by it, and in accordance with the terms of the contract or other instrument establishing
the arrangement.
12.3
Status of Funding Agent
.
The Funding Agent shall not be a party to this Plan and
shall not have any responsibility for the validity of the Plan or for any action taken by
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the Committee. The Funding Agent shall be fully protected in dealing with the Committee in all matters
and in accepting contributions from an Employer, and in making payments to or on direction of the
Committee or the Company, without liability as to the application of such payments.
12.4
The Trust Agreement
.
Effective July 17, 2002, the Committee, on behalf of itself
and each other Employer, shall have the power to appoint and remove a Trustee and enter into or
amend a trust agreement with the Trustee providing for the establishment of a fund hereunder. The
trust agreement shall be deemed to form a part of this Plan, and any and all rights which may accrue to any person
under this Plan shall be subject to all the terms and provisions of such trust agreement. Copies
of the trust agreement shall be filed with the Committee and, upon reasonable application and
notice, shall be made available for inspection by any Participant.
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ARTICLE XIII
AMENDMENTS TO PLAN
The Plan may be amended in whole or in part at any time, and from time to time, by resolution
of the Board of Directors, by action of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, or
effective July 17, 2002, by written action of the Company Representative, and all Employers and
Participants (and their spouse or beneficiaries) shall be bound thereby, provided that:
(a) No amendment shall be effective unless the Plan, as so amended, shall be for the exclusive
benefit of the Participants, retired Participants, their contingent annuitants, or other
beneficiaries;
(b) No amendment shall operate to deprive any of the foregoing persons of any rights or
benefits irrevocably vested in them under the Plan prior to such amendment, except that the Company
may make any and all changes or modifications necessary to qualify the Plan or to keep the Plan
qualified under the Code and the regulations thereunder, or any amendment thereto;
(c) No amendment shall result in discrimination in favor of Highly Compensated Employees; and
(d) The power to amend the Plan to provide additional benefits shall be reserved solely to the
Board of Directors.
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ARTICLE XIV
[RESERVED]
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ARTICLE XV
TERMINATION OF THE PLAN
15.1
Right to Terminate Procedure
.
The Company may at any time, by action of its
Board of Directors, terminate the Plan. In the event of termination of the Plan, each
Participants rights to accrued benefits hereunder shall become fully vested and nonforfeitable to
the extent funded on the date of such termination. In the event of a partial termination of the
Plan, the rights of each Participant affected by such termination to accrued benefits hereunder
shall become fully vested and nonforfeitable to the extent funded on the date of such partial
termination. No person shall upon such complete or partial termination be entitled to seek
satisfaction of any benefit provided hereunder except as provided by the funds held pursuant hereto
at the time of said termination or as otherwise provided by law including Title IV of ERISA.
(a)
Allocation of Assets
.
Upon the termination of the Plan, the assets of the Plan
shall be allocated for the purpose of paying benefits to the Participants and beneficiaries in the
following order of precedence:
(i) To each benefit payable as an annuity which was in pay status as of the beginning of the
three-year period ending on the Plan Termination Date (at the lowest level of benefit in pay status
in that period and based on the provisions of the Plan as in effect during the five years prior to
the Plan Termination Date under which such benefit would be the least);
(ii) To each benefit payable as an annuity which would have been in pay status within three
years prior to the Plan Termination Date had the Participant then
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been retired and had his benefits
commenced then (based on provisions of the Plan as in effect during the five years prior to Plan
Termination Date under which such benefit would be the least);
(iii) To each benefit guaranteed under Title IV of ERISA (determined without regard to Section
4022g(b)(5) relating to certain limitations on benefits);
(iv) To each benefit which would be guaranteed under Title IV of ERISA if neither Section
4022(b)(5) nor Section 4022(b)(6), relating to certain guaranty limitations, applied;
(v) To all other vested benefits under the Plan;
(vi) To all other benefits under the Plan.
(b)
Sequential Adjustment
.
The amount allocated with respect to any benefit under
subparagraph (a), above, shall be properly adjusted for any allocation of assets with respect to
that benefit under a prior category of benefits described in subparagraph (a).
(c)
Lateral Adjustment
.
If the assets available for allocation under any clause of
subparagraph (a), above, are insufficient to satisfy in full the benefits of all individuals who
are described in such clause. the assets shall be allocated pro rata among such individuals on the
basis of the present value (as of the Plan Termination Date) of their respective benefits described
therein.
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(d)
Category (v) Adjustment
.
If the assets available for allocation under
subparagraph (v) of subparagraph (a) are not sufficient to satisfy in full the benefits of
individuals described therein, then such assets shall be allocated in the following manner:
(i) The assets shall be allocated to the benefits of individuals described in said
subparagraph (v) on the basis of the benefits of individuals who would have been described in said
subparagraph (v) under the Plan as in effect at the beginning of the five-year period ending on the
Plan Termination Date
(ii) If the assets available for allocation under section (i) of this subparagraph (d) are
sufficient to satisfy in full the benefits described therein (without regard to this section (ii),
then for purposes of said section (i), benefits of individuals described therein shall be
determined on the basis of the Plan as amended by the most recent Plan amendment effective during
such five-year period under which the assets available for allocation are sufficient to satisfy in
full the benefits of individuals described in said section (i) and any assets remaining to be
allocated under such section shall be allocated thereunder on the basis of the Plan as amended by
the next succeeding Plan amendment effective during such period.
(e)
Adjustment to Prevent Discrimination
. If the Secretary of the Treasury determines
that the allocation made pursuant to this Paragraph (without regard to this subparagraph (e))
results in discrimination prohibited by the Code, then, if required to prevent disqualification of the
Plan under the Code, the assets allocated under sections (iii), (iv), (v), and (vi) of subparagraph
(a) shall be reallocated to the extent necessary to avoid such discrimination.
Further, in the event the Plan is terminated, the benefit of any Highly Compensated Employee
(or any former Highly Compensated Employee), as determined under
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the provisions of Code Section 401(a)(17), shall be limited to a benefit that is nondiscriminatory under Section 401(a)(4).
(f)
Residual Assets
. Following termination, any residual assets of the Plan shall be
distributed to the Company after all liabilities of the Plan to Participants and their
beneficiaries have been satisfied, provided that the distribution does not contravene any provision
of law.
(g)
Limitation on Reversion
. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Plan is terminated
after a Change in Control shall have occurred, then:
(i) The retirement benefits provided under the Plan shall be increased upon such termination
in a manner that precludes discrimination in favor of highly compensated employees (within the
meaning of Section 414(q) of the Code) to the maximum extent possible without causing the Plan to
lose its qualified status under Section 401 of the Code and without causing a funding deficiency to
occur by reason of such termination;
(ii) In implementing such termination, each Plan Participant shall be entitled to receive
distribution of such Participants benefit in cash (and such cash amount shall be determined on the
assumption that the Participant retires at the earliest possible date under the Plan) or an annuity
contract which may be issued only by an insurance company enjoying the highest rating accorded by
both Standard & Poors and Moodys;
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(iii) Any assets remaining after the satisfaction of all liabilities shall be applied by the
Trustees directly for the exclusive benefit of Participants in the Plan and other employees of the
Company who may be participants in the plan maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 401(k) of the
Code (the 401(k) Plan) by adding such assets to the 401(k) Plan, or by using such assets as an
initial contribution to establish one or more plans qualified under Section 401 of the Code
(including but not limited to one or more defined contribution plans as defined in Section 3(34) of
ERISA; and, to the extent that the Trustees determine that all or any part of such remaining assets
cannot be so applied within a reasonable time after such termination, they shall apply the balance
of such remaining assets to augment or establish one or more employee welfare benefit plans, as
defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA, for the benefit of employees of the Company as the Trustees shall
determine in their discretion; and
(iv) A Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred if (A) any person (as such term
is used in Sections 13(d) and (14(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, hereinafter the
Exchange Act) is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation representing 35% or more of the
combined voting power of the Corporations then outstanding securities; or (B) during any period of
two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of
Directors (the Board) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, unless the
election or the nomination for election by the Corporations shareholders of each new Board member
was approved by a vote of at least three-fourths of the Board members then still in office who were
Board members at the beginning of such period.
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(h)
Termination Date
. The Plan Termination Date, as used in this Article XV, shall
be:
(i) The date established by the Company and agreed to by the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation, if the Plan is terminated in accordance with Section 4041 of ERISA;
(ii) The date established by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation in accordance with
Section 4042 of ERISA; or
(iii) The date established by a court of competent jurisdiction if the Plan is terminated in
accordance with either of the foregoing sections of ERISA, but no agreement is reached between the
Company and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or a judicially appointed trustee.
15.2
Method of Settlement
.
The allocation and provision for retirement benefit shall
be accomplished as determined by the Committee in conformity with applicable law.
15.3
Merger
.
If this Plan or the Trust created pursuant hereto shall be merged or
consolidated with any other plan or trust, or if the assets or liabilities thereof shall be
transferred to any other plan or trust, each Participant hereunder shall have a benefit under the
merged or transferee plan (calculated as though said plan were terminated immediately after such
merger or transfer) which such Participant would have enjoyed under this Plan if this Plan had been
terminated immediately before such merger or transfer.
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ARTICLE XVI
Leased Employees
16.1
Definitions
. For purposes of this Article XVI, the term Leased Employee means
any person (a) who performs or performed services for an Employer or Affiliate (hereinafter
referred to as the Recipient) pursuant to an agreement between the Recipient and any other person
(hereinafter referred to as the Leasing Organization), (b) who has performed such services for
the Recipient or for the Recipient and related persons (within the meaning of Section 144(a)(3) of
the Code) on a substantially full-time basis for a period of at least one year, and (c) whose
services are:
(i) effective January 1, 1997, performed under primary direction or control by the Recipient,
(ii) prior to January 1, 1997, of a type historically performed, in the business field of the
recipient, by employees.
16.2
Treatment of Leased Employees
.
For purposes of this Plan, a Leased Employee
shall be treated as an employee of an Affiliate whose service for the Recipient (including service
during the one-year period referred to in Paragraph 16.1) is to be taken into account in
determining compliance with the service requirements of the Plan relating to vesting. However, the
Leased Employee shall not be entitled to share in accrued benefits under the Plan with respect to
any service or compensation attributable to the period during which he is a Leased Employee, and
shall not be eligible to become a Participant eligible to accrue benefits under the Plan unless and
except to the extent that he shall at some time, either before or after his
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service as a Leased Employee, qualify as a Participant eligible to accrue benefits under the Plan without regard to the
provisions of this Article XVI (determined without regard to clause (b) of Paragraph 16.1).
16.3
Exception for Employees Covered by Plans of Leasing Organization
.
Paragraph 16.2
shall not apply to any Leased Employee if such employee is covered by a money purchase pension plan
of the Leasing Organization meeting the requirements of Section 414(n)(5)(B) of the Code and Leased
Employees do not constitute more than twenty percent (20%) of the aggregate nonhighly compensated work force
(as defined in Section 414(n)(5)(C)(ii) of the Code) of all Employers and Affiliates.
16.4
Construction
.
The purpose of this Article XVI is to comply with the provisions
of Section 4l4(n) of the Code. All provisions of this Article shall be construed consistently
therewith, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no individual shall be treated as
a Leased Employee except as required under such section.
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ARTICLE XVII
MISCELLANEOUS
17.1
Antialienation
.
No benefit payable under the Plan shall be subject in any manner
to anticipation, assignment, garnishment, or pledge; and any attempt to anticipate, assign,
garnish, or pledge the same shall be void; and no such benefits shall be in any manner liable for
or subject to the debts, liabilities, engagements, or torts of any Participants, and if any
Participant shall become bankrupt or attempt to anticipate, assign, or pledge any benefits, then
such benefits shall, at the discretion of the Committee, cease, and in the event the Committee
shall have the authority to cause the same, or any part thereof, to be held or applied to or for
the benefit of such Participant, his spouse, his children, or other dependents, or any of them in
such manner and in such proportion as the Committee may think proper.
Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Paragraph, payments may be made in conformity
with a qualified domestic relations order, within the meaning of Section 414(p) of the Code, under
procedures to be adopted in conformity with said Section.
17.2
Applicable Law
.
Except as otherwise provided by ERISA, this Plan is established
with reference to, and shall be construed, regulated and administered under, the laws of the State
of California. If any provision hereof shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to
be invalid or infeasible, the remaining provisions shall nevertheless continue in full force And
effect.
17.3
Look Back Year
.
The determination of Highly Compensated Employees in conformity
with the requirements of Treasury Regulations Section 1.414(q)-1T shall be made
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for the years 1995 and 1996 utilizing the current Plan Year as both the look-back year and the determination year.
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ARTICLE XVIII
[RESERVED]
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ARTICLE XIX
TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS
19.1
Rules Prior to 2002
. The Plan shall be considered to be top-heavy in any Year if
as of the determination date the present value of all benefits of Key Employees (as defined in
subparagraph (e) hereof ) under this Plan and all other Plans in the aggregation group as defined
herein shall exceed sixty percent (60%) of a similar sum determined for all Employees under such
plans. Effective July 7, 1995, in determining the present value of benefits, the actuarial
assumptions shall be those in effect on the determination date for purposes of applying the
provisions of Code Section 417(e)(3). The determination date for any Year is the last day of the
preceding Year. The Aggregation Group shall consist of this Plan, each other Plan maintained by
the Employer in which a Key Employee shall be a Participant, and any other Plan the maintenance of
which is necessary to permit this Plan or any Plan in which a Key Employee is a Participant to
satisfy the provision of Section 410 or 401(a)(4) of the Code. In particular, any distribution to
an Employee during the five-year period ending on the determination date shall be taken into
account in determining the accrued benefit of such Employee, as provided in Section 416(g)(3) of
the Code; any rollover contribution made after December 31, 1983 will not be taken into account in
determining whether the Plan is top-heavy, as provided in Section 416(g)(4)(A) of said Code; and
the accrued benefit or account balance of any former Key Employee who is no longer a Key Employee
shall not be taken into account as provided in Section 416(g)(4)(B) of said Code.
In determining the amount of benefits to be taken into account under the provisions of the
first sentence of this Paragraph, the present value of benefits shall be calculated under the
actuarial assumptions used in determining the funding requirements of the Plan; the
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valuation shall be as of the last valuation date which is within a twelve-month period ending
on the determination date; the rules set forth in Paragraphs (3) and (4) of Section 416(g) of the
Code shall be followed; and the accrued benefit of an Employee other than a Key Employee (within
the meaning of Section 416(i)(1) of the Code) shall be determined under (a) the method, if any,
that uniformly applies for accrual purposes under all plans maintained by the Affiliates, or (b) if
there is no such method, as if such benefit accrued not more rapidly than the slowest accrual rate
permitted under the fractional accrual rate of Section 411(b)(1)(c) of the Code. If the Plan shall
be top-heavy in any Year, the following provisions shall apply notwithstanding any other provisions
hereof:
(a)
Vesting
.
Each Participants vested interest in his accrued benefit shall be
determined using the following vesting schedule rather than under the provisions of Article IX
hereof:
|
|
|
Years of
|
|
Vested
|
Vesting Credit Service
|
|
Percentage
|
1
|
|
0%
|
2
|
|
20%
|
3
|
|
40%
|
4
|
|
60%
|
5
|
|
80%
|
6
|
|
100%
|
If in any subsequent Year the Plan shall cease to be top-heavy, each Participants vested
interest in his accrued benefit as of the last day of the Year in which the Plan was top-heavy
shall be preserved, but except as to long-term Employees additional vesting in such accrued benefit
and in all future accruals shall be determined under the provisions of Article IX (so long as the
Plan shall not be top-heavy). A long-term Employee is any Employee who
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was a Participant during a Year in which the Plan was top-heavy and who, as of the first day
of the Year with respect to which the top-heavy restrictions shall have become inapplicable, shall
have completed at least five Years of Vesting Credit Service. The vested interest of a long-term
Employee in all benefits hereunder shall be determined under the vesting schedule set forth in this
Article.
(b)
Minimum Benefit
.
If the Plan shall be top-heavy in any Year, the minimum accrued
benefit for each Employee who shall have completed a Year of Credited Service during such Year and
who is not a Key Employee (as hereinbefore defined) shall be an annual lifetime retirement benefit
commencing at Normal Retirement Age equal to the applicable percentage as hereinafter defined of
such Participants average compensation for a five-year period during which such Employees
compensation shall have been the greatest. The term applicable percentage means the lesser of
twenty percent (20%) or two percent (2%) multiplied by the number of the Employees Years of
Credited Service subsequent to December 31, 1983, and during which the Plan was top-heavy. If the
Participants benefit hereunder shall be paid as other than a single-life annuity commencing at
Normal Retirement Age, then the Participant shall receive a benefit payment calculated under the
preceding provisions hereof.
(c)
Additional Limitations
.
In applying the provisions of subparagraphs (a) and (b)
of this Paragraph, contributions or benefits under the Social Security Act, the Federal Insurance
Contributions Act, or any similar federal or state law shall not be taken into account. The
provisions of said Paragraphs shall not, however, apply in any event to any Employee included in a
unit of Employees covered by an agreement which the Secretary of Labor finds to be a collective
bargaining agreement between Employee representatives and one
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or more Employers if there is evidence that retirement benefits were the subject of good faith
bargaining between such Employee representatives and such Employer or Employees.
(d)
Benefit Limitations
.
If a Plan shall be top-heavy in any Year prior to January 1,
2000, then all references in Paragraph 6.4 to one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the dollar
limitation shall be deemed to refer to one hundred percent (100%) of such limitation.
(e) A Key Employee is any Employee or former Employee who at any time during the Plan Year
containing the determination date or the four preceding Plan Years is or was (1) an officer of the
Employer having annual compensation for such Plan Year which is in excess of fifty percent (50%) of
the dollar limit in effect under Section 415(b)(1)(A) of the Code for the calendar year in which
such Plan Year ends; (2) an owner of (or considered as owning within the meaning of Code Section
318) both more than a one-half percent (.5%) interest as well as one of the ten (10) largest
interests in the Employer and having annual compensation greater than the dollar limit in effect
under Code Section 415(c)(1)(A) for the year; (3) a five percent (5%) owner of the Employer; or (4)
a one percent (1%) owner of the Employer who has annual compensation of more than $150,000. For
purposes of determining five-percent and one-percent owners, neither the aggregation rules nor the
rules of subsections (b), (c), and (m) of Code Section 414 apply. Beneficiaries of an Employee
acquire the character of the Employee who performed service for the Employer, and inherited
benefits will retain the character of the benefits of the Employee who performed services for the
Employer.
19.2
Modification of Top-Heavy Rules
. This Paragraph shall apply for purposes of
determining whether the Plan is a top-heavy plan under Section 416(g) of the Code
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for Plan Years beginning January 1, 2002, and whether the Plan satisfies the minimum benefits
requirements of Section 416(c) of the Code for such years. This Paragraph amends Paragraph 19.1 of
the Plan.
(a)
Determination of Top-Heavy Status
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(i)
Key Employee
. Key Employee means any employee or former employee (including any
deceased employee) who at any time during the Plan Year that includes the determination date was an
officer of the employer having annual Compensation greater than $130,000 (as adjusted under Section
416(i)(1) of the Code for plan years beginning after December 31, 2002), a 5-percent owner of the
employer, or a 1-percent owner of the employer having annual compensation of more than $150,000.
For this purpose, annual compensation means compensation within the meaning of Section 415(c)(3) of
the Code. The determination of who is a Key Employee will be made in accordance with Section
416(i)(1) of the Code and the applicable regulations and other guidance of general applicability
issued thereunder.
(ii)
Determination of Present Values and Amounts
. This Paragraph 19.2(a)(ii) shall
apply for purposes of determining the present values of accrued benefits and the amounts of account
balances of employees as of the determination date.
(A)
Distributions During Year Ending on the Determination Date
. The present values of
accrued benefits and the amounts of account balances of an employee as of the determination date
shall be increased by the distributions made with respect to the employee under the Plan and any
Plan aggregated with the plan under Section 416(g)(2) of the Code during the 1-year period ending
on the determination date. The preceding sentence shall also apply to
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distributions under a terminated plan which, had it not been terminated, would have been
aggregated with the plan under Section 416(g)(2)(A)(i) of the Code. In the case of a distribution
made for a reason other than separation from service, death, or disability, this provision shall be
applied by substituting 5-year period for 1-year period.
(B)
Employees Not Performing Services During Year Ending on the Determination
Date
. The accrued benefits and accounts of any individual who has not performed services for
the employer during the 1-year period ending on the determination date shall not be taken into
account.
(b)
Minimum Benefits
. For purposes of satisfying the minimum benefit requirements of
Section 416(c)(1) of the Code and the Plan, in determining years of service with the employer, any
service with the employer shall be disregarded to the extent that such service occurs during a Plan
Year when the Plan benefits (within the meaning of Section 410(b) of the Code) no Key Employee or
former Key Employee.
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ARTICLE XX
SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MEMEC LLC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
20.1
Special Definitions
.
For purposes of this Article XX, the following terms have
the following meanings unless different meaning is clearly required by the context:
(a)
Closing
means October 16, 2000 (the date of the closing under the Share Purchase
Agreement dated August 7, 2000 (the SPA) between VEBA Electronics GmbH and others, and E.ON AG,
on the one hand, and Arrow Electronics, Inc., Cherry Bright Limited and Avnet, Inc.).
(b)
Memec
means Memec LLC and its subsidiaries, Impact Semiconductor Technologies
LLC, Insight Electronics LLC, and Unique Semiconductor Technologies Inc..
20.2
Memec Employees
.
Memec Employees means individuals who are active Participants
immediately prior to the Closing and become employees of Memec upon the Closing.
20.3
Memec Employees No Longer Active Participants Under the Plan
.
Effective as of
the Closing, Memec Employees shall accrue no further benefits under the Plan, and Memec Employees
shall be fully vested in their benefits already accrued as of the Closing.
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ARTICLE XXI
Benefit Freeze
No Participant shall accrue any further benefits under the Plan after December 31, 2000. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, no period after December 31, 2000 shall be includible in
Credited Service, no compensation after December 31, 2000 shall be taken into account in
determining Final Average Earnings, and the Primary Insurance Amount under Paragraph 6.1 shall be
determined for each Participant as if the Participant had terminated employment on December 31,
2000, based on Social Security benefit levels and law then in effect.
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ARTICLE XXII
Applicable Mortality Table on and After December 31, 2002
This Article shall apply to distributions with Annuity Commencement Dates on or after December
31, 2002. Notwithstanding any other plan provisions to the contrary, the applicable mortality
table used for purposes of adjusting any benefit or limitation under Sections 415(b)(2)(B), (C),
or(D) of the Code as set forth in Paragraph 6.3 and the applicable mortality table used for
purposes of satisfying the requirements of Section 417(e) of the Code as set forth in Paragraph
8.4, Article XIX, and Exhibit A of the Plan is the table prescribed in Rev. Rul. 2001-62.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC., successor by merger to Wyle Electronics, has
caused this instrument to be executed by its duly authorized officer, and its corporate seal to be
hereunto affixed, this 9
th
day of September, 2009.
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ATTEST:
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ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
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/s/ Peter S. Brown
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By:
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/s/ Paul J. Reilly
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Secretary
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Senior Vice President
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EXHIBIT A
JOINT AND SURVIVOR FACTORS
In determining the factors in this exhibit, the ages of both the employee and the spouse are
determined as age nearest birthday and the factors are rounded to 3 decimal places before being
applied to a monthly straight life annually.
The applicable Joint and Survivor Factors are as follows
(1) For Benefit Commencement Dates before August 1, 2008:
(a) For an employee with a spouse less than five years younger or older, a reduction of: 20%
times the survivor percentage.
(b) For an employee with a spouse more than five years younger, a reduction of: 20% plus 1%
for every year over five that the spouse is younger, times the survivor percentage.
(c) For an employee with a spouse more than five years older, a reduction of: 20% minus 1%
for every year over five that the spouse is older, times the survivor percentage. (If a spouse is
more than 25 years older than the employee, there is no reduction.)
Examples:
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Spouses Age Compared
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Joint and Survivor Factors
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to Employees Age
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100%
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75%
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66-2/3%
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50%
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10 years younger or more
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9 years younger
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.760
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.820
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.840
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.880
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8 years younger
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.770
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.828
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.847
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.885
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7 years younger
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.780
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.835
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.853
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.890
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6 years younger
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.790
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.843
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.860
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.895
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5 years younger to
5 years older
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.800
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.850
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.867
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.900
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6 years older
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.810
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.858
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.873
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.905
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7 years older
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.820
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.865
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.880
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.910
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8 years older
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.830
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.873
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.887
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.915
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9 years older
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.840
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.880
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.893
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.920
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10 years older or more
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Apply factors to monthly straight-life annuity benefit. Determine ages of both employee and spouse
as age nearest birthday.
(2) For Benefit Commencement Dates on or after August 1, 2008, each factor is determined as the
greater of the factors in (1), above or as set forth below.
The factor determined so that the Joint and Survivor annuity is the Actuarial Equivalent of a
monthly straight life annuity. For this purpose, Actuarial Equivalence shall be determined on the
basis of the interest rate specified by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for purposes of
Section 417(e) of the Code for the fourth month preceding the first day of the Plan Year in which
the Participants distributions is to be made and the mortality table prescribed by the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue for purposes of Section 417(e) of the Code.
(3) Effective for Benefit Commencement Dates on or after August, 1, 2008, for participants of the
Sylvan Ginsbury, Ltd. Pension Plan (the Sylvan Plan) as of January 1, 1997 with respect to
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the portion of the accrued benefit earned under that Plan, the factors set forth in (1), (2), or
those under the terms of the Sylvan Plan, whichever yields a greater benefit.
EXHIBIT A Continued
LUMP SUM FACTORS
APPLICABLE AS OF JANUARY 31, 1989 TO PARAGRAPH 8.4(c)
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Age Nearest
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Birthday
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Factor
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(Apply to 12 times the monthly benefit)
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Under 35
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1.0
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35 - 39
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1.5
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40 - 44
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2.0
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45 - 49
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2.5
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50 - 54
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3.5
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55 - 59
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5.0
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60 and over
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8.0
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Miscellaneous
An interest rate of seven percent (7%) per year and the mortality table prescribed by the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue for purposes of Section 417(e) of the Code shall be used for
determining all actuarial equivalents under the Plan for which actuarial assumptions or factors are
not otherwise specifically provided.
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EXHIBIT B
SYLVAN GINSBURY ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENCE
For purposes of Paragraph 8.6, the meaning of Actuarial Equivalent under the Sylvan Plan is as
follows:
Actuarial Equivalent means a benefit of value equivalent to the value of the benefit
replaced, based on the following actuarial assumptions:
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Mortality, pre-retirement -
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none
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Mortality, post-retirement -
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1971 Individual Annuity Mortality Table for
Males
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Interest, pre-retirement -
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6 %
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Interest, post-retirement -
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5% (6% effective March 31, 1994)
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However, a single lump sum Actuarial Equivalent of an annuity benefit shall be calculated with
interest at the rates specified above or at the applicable PBGC rate if lower. For this purpose,
the applicable PBGC rate shall mean the applicable rate or rates for the immediate or deferred
annuity benefit in question as adopted by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to determine the
sufficiency of plans terminating on the first day of the Plan Year in which the lump sum is paid;
provided, however, that if the present value of a lump sum benefit using such rate or rates exceeds
$25,000, the applicable PBGC rate shall instead mean 120 percent of such rate or rates, but only
to the extent that the lump sum value is not thereby reduced below $25,000.
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Exhibit 10(c)
ARROW ELECTRONICS STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
(Amended and Restated through September 9, 2009)
Table of Contents
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ARTICLE I
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Definitions
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4
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1.1
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Account
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4
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1.2
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Affiliate
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4
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1.3
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Beneficiary
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4
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1.4
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Board of Directors
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4
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1.5
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Category of Common Stock
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4
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1.6
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Committee
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4
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1.7
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Common Stock
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4
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1.8
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Company
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4
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1.9
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Company Representative
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4
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1.10
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Compensation
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5
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1.11
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Compensation Limit
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5
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1.12
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Disability
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5
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1.13
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Effective Date
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5
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1.14
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Earnings
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5
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1.15
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Employee
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6
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1.16
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Employer
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7
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1.17
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Entry Date
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7
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1.18
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Exempt Loan
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7
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1.19
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Fund or Trust Fund
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7
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1.20
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General Account
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7
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1.21
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Highly Compensated Employee
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1.22
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Hour of Service
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7
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1.23
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Member
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10
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1.24
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Normal Retirement Date
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10
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1.25
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One-Year Break in Service
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10
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1.26
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PAYSOP Account
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10
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1.27
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Plan
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10
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1.28
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Suspense Account
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10
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1.29
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Termination of Employment
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10
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1.30
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Trust Agreement
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10
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1.31
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Trustee
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10
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1.32
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Vested Percentage
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10
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1.33
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Year
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11
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1.34
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Year of Membership
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11
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1.35
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Year of Service
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11
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1.36
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Same-Sex Marriage
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11
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ARTICLE II
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Membership
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11
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2.1
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In General
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11
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2.2
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Service with Affiliates
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11
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2.3
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Transfers
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11
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2.4
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Reemployment
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12
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2.5
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Service with Predecessors or Affiliates, or as an Ineligible Employee
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12
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ARTICLE III
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Contributions
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13
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3.1
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Source of Contributions
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3.2
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Amount of Contributions
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13
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3.3
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Maximum Limitation
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13
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3.4
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Contributions Conditional
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14
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ARTICLE IV
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Accounts
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14
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4.1
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Accounts
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14
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4.2
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Eligibility to Share in Contributions and Forfeitures
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14
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4.3
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Allocation of Contributions and Forfeitures
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14
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4.4
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Crediting the Earnings and Other Amounts Received in Respect of Common Stock
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15
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4.5
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Reallocation of Common Stock
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16
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4.6
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Common Stock Withdrawn from the Suspense Account
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16
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4.7
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Maximum Limitation
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16
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4.8
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Administration of Accounts
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17
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4.9
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Voting of Common Stock
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17
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4.10
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Vesting
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18
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4.11
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Diversification of Investments
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19
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4.12
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Military Service
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20
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4.13
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Notification of Members
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20
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ARTICLE V
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Retirement Benefits
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20
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5.1
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Payment of Retirement Benefits
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20
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ARTICLE VI
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Termination of Employment
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20
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6.1
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Benefits upon Termination of Employment
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20
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6.2
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Payment of Benefits upon Termination of Employment
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6.3
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Forfeitures
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21
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6.4
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Source of Restored Amounts
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22
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6.5
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Irrevocable Forfeitures
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22
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ARTICLE VII
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Withdrawal upon Full Vesting
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23
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7.1
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Withdrawal Rights
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23
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7.2
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Distribution
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23
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7.3
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Direct Transfer to Arrow Savings Plan
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23
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ARTICLE VIII
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Death Benefits
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23
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8.1
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Death Benefits
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23
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Proof of Death
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Designation of Method of Distribution
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8.6
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Direct Transfer to Arrow Savings Plan
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8.7
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Undistributed Balance of Terminated Member
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Discharge of Liability
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9.1
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Form of Distribution of Benefits
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Put Options
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9.3
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Minimum Required Distributions
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Special Rule for Exempt Loan
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Qualified Domestic Relations Orders
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Direct Rollover of Eligible Rollover Distributions
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Administration of the Plan
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Committee
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Named Fiduciary
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10.3
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Advisers
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10.5
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Service in Multiple Capacities
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10.6
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Limitation of Liability; Indemnity
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10.7
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Reliance on Information
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10.8
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Subcommittees, Counsel and Agents
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10.9
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Funding Policy
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10.10
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Proper Proof
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Genuineness of Documents
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10.12
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Records and Reports
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10.13
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Recovery of Overpayments
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The Trust Agreement
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11.2
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Rights of the Company
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Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee
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11.4
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Leveraged Purchases
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Amendment
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Right of the Company to Amend the Plan
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Plan Merger
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Amendments Required by Law
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Discontinuance of Contributions and Termination of the Plan
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Right to Terminate the Plan or Discontinue Contributions
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13.2
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Manner of Termination
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13.3
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Effect of Termination
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13.4
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Distribution of the Fund
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13.5
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Expenses of Termination
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ARTICLE XIV
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Miscellaneous Provisions
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Plan Not a Contract of Employment
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Source of Benefits
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14.3
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Spendthrift Clause
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14.4
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Merger
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14.5
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Valuation of Common Stock
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14.6
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Inability to Locate Distributee
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Payment to a Minor or Incompetent
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Doubt as to Right to Payment
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14.9
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Estoppel of Members and Beneficiaries
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Claims Procedure
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Controlling Law
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Separability
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Captions
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Usage
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ARTICLE XV
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Exempt Loans
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Application of Article
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Use of Proceeds
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15.3
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Non-Recourse Requirement
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15.4
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Permitted Collateral
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15.5
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Default
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15.6
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Release from Encumbrance
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15.7
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Suspense Account
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15.8
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Put Option
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15.9
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Other Terms of Loan
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ARTICLE XVI
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Leased Employees
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16.1
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Definitions
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16.2
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Treatment of Leased Employees
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16.3
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Exception for Employees Covered by Plans of Leasing Organization
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16.4
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Construction
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ARTICLE XVII
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Top-Heavy Provisions
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17.1
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Determination of
Top-Heavy Status
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17.2
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Provisions Applicable in
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 2
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 3
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S3-1
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 4
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 5
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S5-1
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 6
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S6-1
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 7
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S7-1
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 8
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 9
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 10
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 11
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 12
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 13
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 14
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 15
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ARROW ELECTRONICS STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
INTRODUCTION
As used herein, the term Plan means the Arrow Electronics Stock Ownership Plan,
initially adopted effective January 1, 1974 (as the Employee Stock Ownership Plan for the
Employees of Arrow Electronics, Inc.) and amended from time to time. The Plan was amended
effective as of January 1, 1977 to include a TRASOP, and it then comprised: (a) as Part I,
the Plan substantially as in effect theretofore, with changes deemed advisable in light of the
adoption of the TRASOP, and further changes deemed necessary or advisable in order to comply
with applicable law; and (b) Part II, a TRASOP administered by means of accounts separate from
the accounts established pursuant to Part I. Arrow Electronics, Inc. and its participating
subsidiaries adopted and have maintained the Plan for the purpose of giving eligible employees
an interest in the business of Arrow Electronics, Inc. through indirect stock ownership, with
the benefits and risks attendant upon stock ownership.
The Plan was further amended and restated effective as of June 1, 1979 and January 7,
1980. Effective as of June 1, 1982, the Plan was amended and restated to include as Part III
a Capital Accumulation Plan administered by means of accounts separate from the accounts
established pursuant to Part I and Part II. Effective as of January 1, 1983, the Plan was
further amended and restated to make changes in Part II deemed necessary or advisable in order
to comply with the provisions of applicable law that substituted a payroll-based tax credit
employee stock ownership plan (PAYSOP) for a TRASOP, and further changes deemed necessary or
advisable in light of the adoption of Part III of the Plan and of changes in applicable law.
Pursuant to a restatement dated January 1, 1985, the Plan was further amended to comply
with applicable law and to reflect the adoption by the Company of two new plans (the New
Plans), the Arrow Electronics ESOP and the Arrow Electronics Capital Accumulation Plan, both
effective as of January 1, 1984. The Arrow Electronics ESOP was a qualified stock bonus plan
within the meaning of section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
Code), and an employee stock ownership plan as defined in section 4975(e)(7) of the Code and
regulations and rulings thereunder, and section 407(d)(6) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and regulations and rulings thereunder (an ESOP).
Membership in Parts I and III of the Plan was closed after the Entry Date of July l, 1983
and no contributions were made to Part I or Part III for any Year ending after December 31,
1983. Members of the Plan who were eligible became members of the New Plans as of December
31, 1983. Other eligible individuals subsequently became members of the New Plans in
accordance with the terms thereof. Part II of the Plan remained open to new Members in accordance with its terms, but no Company contributions were made to it
after that for the Year ended December 31, 1986. The cessation of contributions was the
result of the termination of the tax credit formerly provided under section 41 of the 1954
Code (and predecessor statutes).
The Plan was further amended and restated effective as of the close of business on
December 31, 1988 for the following purposes: (i) to delete Part III and to transfer all
assets and liabilities thereof to a separate plan called the Arrow Electronics Savings Plan;
(ii) to combine Parts I and II and to merge the Arrow Electronics ESOP into the Plan as thus
amended, and to make further changes deemed necessary or advisable in light of the merger,
including changing the name of the Plan to the Arrow Electronics Stock Ownership Plan; and
(iii) to make changes deemed necessary or advisable to comply with changes in applicable law,
effective on such dates as required by law, and to make other changes deemed desirable in
order to effect the purposes of the Plan. Provisions of this document having effective dates
prior to December 31, 1988 govern Parts I and II of the Plan as constituted prior thereto and
the Arrow Electronics ESOP. The Plan is designated as an employee stock ownership plan as
defined in section 4975(e)(7) of the Code and regulations and rulings thereunder, and is
designed to invest primarily in qualifying employer securities within the meaning of section
409(1) of the Code.
The Plan was further amended and restated to incorporate further amendments adopted
through December 28, 1994 in order to make changes deemed necessary or advisable to comply
with changes in applicable law, effective as of such dates as are required by law, and to make
other changes deemed desirable in order to effect the purposes of the Plan.
The Plan was further amended and restated February 15, 2002, to include additional
amendments, including those deemed necessary or advisable to comply with the provisions of the
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (also referred to as GATT), the Small Business Job Protection Act
of 1996, the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, and
the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000, as well as other amendments determined by the
Company to be appropriate to further the purposes of the Plan, and to eliminate certain
provisions no longer necessary, including those distinguishing Class Year Accounts (which have
all become fully vested and no longer require separate accounting) from the General Accounts
and most special provisions relating to PAYSOP Accounts, which are consolidated into General
Accounts where applicable to create a single Account for each Member on and after January 1,
2001.
On March 17, 2003, the Plan was further amended and restated to effect certain plan
design changes, eliminate additional deadwood provisions, and to reflect the provisions of
the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, effective as of January 1, 2002
or as otherwise expressly set forth or required by law, provided that clarifications of
existing provisions are effective as of the same dates as the provisions which they clarify.
Additional changes were adopted by amendments dated March 7, 2005, October 24, 2005 (in order
to reflect the change in the automatic cashout provisions), and September 5, 2005 (directing
changes in the definition of Spouse and the effect of divorce or other events on beneficiary
designations). The Plan was thereafter further amended and restated on April 17, 2007 to incorporate prior free-standing amendments, to revise the
definition of Compensation as approved by the Management Pension Investment and Oversight
Committee on September 17, 2006, and to make changes required or deemed advisable under the
Pension Protection Act of 2006 (the PPA).
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The Plan is now hereby amended and restated to further reflect the changes required by
PPA, to reflect the final regulations under Section 415 of the Code, to permit taxable
rollovers from the Plan to a Roth IRA, to incorporate changes required by the Heroes
Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008, and to make such other clarifying and
simplifying changes as are deemed necessary or advisable.
The Plan as so amended and restated reads as set forth below. References herein to
sections that have been renumbered as a result of any of the foregoing changes shall, where
the context requires, include references to corresponding sections of the Plan as previously
in effect.
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ARTICLE I
Definitions
1.1
Account
. A Members account established pursuant to Section 4.1.
1.2
Affiliate
. Any of the following:
1.2.1
Controlled Group Affiliate
. Any corporation (other than an Employer) of which
80% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote is owned at
the time of reference, directly or indirectly, by the Company, and any other trade or business
(other than an Employer), whether or not incorporated, which, at the time of reference, controls,
is controlled by or under common control with an Employer within the meaning of section 414(b) or
414(c) of the Code, including any division of an Employer not participating in the Plan and, for
purposes of Section 3.3, section 415(h) of the Code (a Controlled Group Affiliate).
1.2.2
Affiliated Service Groups, etc
. Any (a) member of an affiliated service group,
within the meaning of section 414(m) of the Code, that includes an Employer, or (b) organization
aggregated with an Employer pursuant to section 414(o) of the Code, to the extent required by such
sections.
1.3
Beneficiary
. A person or persons entitled pursuant to the Plan to receive any
benefits payable upon or after the death of a Member.
1.4
Board of Directors
. The Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee thereof (such as the Compensation Committee).
1.5
Category of Common Stock
. Shares of Common Stock which are treated as having the
same cost or other basis to the Fund are regarded as being of the same Category of Common Stock.
Shares of Common Stock may be assigned to a Category of Common Stock for this purpose based on the
average cost thereof determined in accordance with applicable regulations.
1.6
Committee
. Effective July 17, 2002, the Management Pension Investment and
Oversight Committee appointed to serve as named fiduciary of the Plan pursuant to Article X, and
prior thereto, the Administrator as defined in the Plan as then in effect.
1.7
Common Stock
. The common stock of the Company having a par value of $1.00 per
share, or any other common stock into which it may be reclassified.
1.8
Company
. Arrow Electronics, Inc., a New York corporation, and any company
acquiring the business of Arrow Electronics, Inc. and which, within a reasonable time thereafter,
adopts this Plan as of the effective date of such acquisition.
1.9
Company Representative
. The individuals serving from time to time as members of
the Committee, but acting as the representative of the Company in exercising the
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rights of the Company as settlor and plan sponsor. Such individuals shall not be deemed to be
fiduciaries with respect to the Plan when carrying out responsibilities assigned to the Company
Representative under the Plan, even though, where applicable, the same individuals may be
fiduciaries when carrying out their responsibilities as members of the Committee.
1.10
Compensation
. Gross cash compensation paid by an Employer in any Year to an
Employee while he is a Member of the Plan not in excess of the Compensation Limit for such Year;
provided, however, that if an Employee becomes a Member on July 1 of any Year (or any other date
other than January 1 of such year), his Compensation for such Year shall be one-half of his actual
gross cash compensation from the Employer for such Year (or otherwise prorated in such manner as
the Committee shall deem appropriate in order to reflect the portion of such Year during which he
was a Member). Compensation shall be determined before giving effect to any salary reduction
agreement under the Arrow Electronics Savings Plan (or any other cash or deferred arrangement
described in section 401(k) of the Code) or to any similar reduction agreement pursuant to any
cafeteria plan (within the meaning of section 125 of the Code) or for purposes of receiving
qualified transportation fringe benefits (as described in section 132(f)(4) of the Code).
Compensation shall not include any payments made pursuant to stock appreciation rights or otherwise
pursuant to any plan for the grant of stock options, stock, or other stock rights, expense
reimbursements (such as but not limited to relocation and tuition expense reimbursements and
nontaxable car allowances), or salary continuation or other amounts paid under arrangements entered
into on or after December 1, 2006 or under prior arrangements if paid after March 31, 2007 that are
effectively in the nature of severance pay however designated, but shall include taxable car
allowances. Effective January 1, 2008, Compensation shall not include parachute payments within
the meaning of section 280G of the Code made after termination of employment and other amounts paid
after termination of employment, unless paid for services rendered prior to termination and paid
either within the calendar year of termination or no later than 2-1/2 months after the date of
termination (but excluding post-severance payments in the nature of unused accrued sick, vacation
or other bona fide leave payments).
1.11
Compensation Limit
. The limit on the amount of compensation taken into account
for any Member for any Year which, effective beginning on or after January 1, 2002, is two hundred
thousand dollars ($200,000), as adjusted from time to time for increases in the cost of living in
accordance with section 401(a)(17) of the Code.
1.12
Disability
. A physical or mental condition which would, upon proper application,
entitle the Member to disability benefits under the Social Security Act.
1.13
Effective Date
. January 1, 1974.
1.14
Earnings
. Total compensation reportable on Form W-2 actually paid by all
Employers and Affiliates. Earnings shall be determined before giving effect to any salary
reduction agreement under the Arrow Electronics Savings Plan (or similar contributions under any
other cash or deferred arrangement within the meaning of section 401(k) of the Code) or to any
similar reduction agreement pursuant to any cafeteria plan (within the meaning of section 125 of
the Code) or for purposes of receiving transportation fringe benefits (as described in section
132(f)(4) of the Code), and shall not exceed the Compensation Limit. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, effective for amounts paid on or after January 1, 2008, Earnings shall not include
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severance pay or parachute payments excludable from Compensation under Section 1.10 above, and
other amounts paid after termination of employment, unless paid for services rendered prior to
termination and paid either within the calendar year of termination or no later than 2-1/2 months
after the date of termination (but excluding post-severance payments in the nature of unused
accrued sick, vacation or other bona fide leave payments).
1.15
Employee
. Any person employed by the Company or any other Employer, subject to
such terms and conditions as may apply to such Employer pursuant to Section 1.16 and subject also
to the following:
1.15.1 An employee who is employed primarily to render services within the jurisdiction of a
union and whose compensation, hours of work, or conditions of employment are determined by
collective bargaining with such union shall not be an Employee unless the applicable collective
bargaining agreement expressly provides that such employee shall be eligible to participate in this
Plan, in which event, however, he shall be entitled to participate in this Plan only to the extent
and on the terms and conditions specified in such collective bargaining agreement.
1.15.2 The board of directors of an Employer may, in its discretion, determine that
individuals employed in a specified division, subdivision, plant, location or job classification of
such Employer shall not be Employees, provided that any such determination shall not discriminate
in favor of Highly Compensated Employees so as to prevent the Plan from qualifying under section
401(a) of the Code.
1.15.3 An individual who performs services for an Employer under an agreement or arrangement
(which may be written, oral, and/or evidenced by the Employers payroll practice) with such
individual or with another organization that provides the services of such individual to the
Employer, pursuant to which such individual is treated as an independent contractor or is otherwise
treated as an employee of an entity other than the Employer, shall not be an Employee, irrespective
of whether such individual is treated as an employee of the Employer under common-law employment
principles or pursuant to the provisions of section 414(m), 414(n) or 414(o) of the Code.
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1.16
Employer
. The Company and any subsidiary of the Company which has adopted the
Plan with the approval of the Company, subject to such terms and conditions as may be imposed by
the Company upon the participation in the Plan of such adopting Employer.
1.17
Entry Date
. Each January 1 and July 1.
1.18
Exempt Loan
. A loan to the Plan (including a purchase by the Plan on deferred
payment terms) which is made by or guaranteed by the Company or another disqualified person with
respect to the Plan. The term loan, for purposes of this Plan, shall include a non-recourse loan
by the Company to the Plan which is repayable only out of contributions by the Company and earnings
described in Section 15.3.
1.19
Fund or Trust Fund
. The trust fund held under the Trust Agreement pursuant to
Section 11.1.
1.20
General Account
. A separate Account maintained for a Member pursuant to Section
4.1 as in effect prior to January 1, 2001.
1.21
Highly Compensated Employee
. A highly compensated employee as defined in
section 414(q) of the Code and applicable regulations. Effective January 1, 1997 Highly
Compensated Employee means an employee who received Earnings during the prior Year in excess of
$80,000 (as adjusted pursuant to section 414(q) of the Code) or who was a five percent (5%) owner
(as described in Section 17.1.2(c)) at any time during the current or prior Year.
1.22
Hour of Service
. For all purposes of this Plan, Hour of Service shall mean
each hour includible under any of Sections 1.22.1 through 1.22.4, applied without duplication, but
subject to the provisions of Sections 1.22.5 through 1.22.8.
1.22.1
Paid Working Time
. Each hour for which an employee is paid, or entitled to
payment, for the performance of duties for an Employer;
1.22.2
Paid Or Other Approved Absence
. Each regularly scheduled working hour during a
period for which an employee is paid, or entitled to payment, by an Employer on account of a period
of time during which no duties are performed (irrespective of whether the employment relationship
has terminated) due to vacation, holiday, illness, incapacity (including disability or pregnancy),
layoff, jury duty, military duty or leave of absence, or during any other period of authorized
leave if employee returns to employment with the Employer on the expiration of such leave.
1.22.3
Military Service
. Each regularly scheduled working hour which would constitute
an Hour of Service under Section 1.22.1 or 1.22.2 but for the employees absence for qualified
military service (as defined in section 414(u) of the Code) (Military Service) by the employee,
provided that such employee is entitled to reemployment under such chapter with respect to such
service, and that such employee re-enters the employ of an Employer within the period during which
his reemployment rights are protected by law; and
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1.22.4
Back Pay Awards
. Each hour for which back pay, irrespective of mitigation of
damages, is either awarded or agreed to by an Employer.
1.22.5
Crediting Hour of Service
. Hours of Service shall be credited as follows:
(a)
Paid Working Time
. Hours of Service described in Section 1.22.1 shall be credited
to the Year in which the duties were performed;
(b)
Paid Absence and Military Service
. Hours of Service described in Sections 1.22.2
and 1.22.3 shall be credited to the Year in which occur the regularly scheduled working hours with
respect to which such Hours of Service are determined, beginning with the first such hours;
(c)
Back Pay Awards
. Hours of Service described in Section 1.22.4 shall be credited
to the Year or Years to which the back pay award or agreement pertains (rather than to the Year in
which the award, agreement or payment is made).
1.22.6
Limitations on Hours of Service for Paid Absences
. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Plan, Hours of Service otherwise required to be credited pursuant to Section
1.22.2 (relating to paid absences), or Section 1.22.4 (relating to an award or agreement for back
pay) to the extent the award or agreement described therein is made with respect to a period
described in such subsection, shall be subject to the following limitations and rules:
(a)
501 Hour Limitation
. No more than 501 of such Hours of Service are required to be
credited on account of any single continuous period during which the Employee performs no duties
(whether or not such period occurs in a single Year);
(b)
Payments Required by Law
. An hour for which an Employee is directly or indirectly
paid, or entitled to payment, on account of a period during which no duties are performed is not
required to be credited to the Employee if such payment is made or due under a plan maintained
solely for the purpose of complying with applicable workmens compensation, unemployment
compensation or disability insurance laws;
(c)
Medical and Severance Payments Excluded
. Hours of Service are not required to be
credited for a payment which solely reimburses an Employee for medical or medically related
expenses incurred by the Employee, or constitutes a retirement, termination, or other severance pay
or benefit, however designated; and
(d)
Indirect Payments
. A payment shall be deemed to be made by or due from an
Employer regardless of whether such payment is made by or due from the Employer directly, or
indirectly through, among others, a trust, fund, or insurer, to which the Employer contributes or
pays premiums.
1.22.7
Determinations by Committee
. The Committee shall have the power and final
authority:
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(a) To determine the Hours of Service of any individual for all purposes of the Plan, and to
that end may, in its discretion, adopt such rules, presumptions and procedures permitted by
applicable law as it shall deem appropriate or desirable;
(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to provide that the regularly scheduled
working hours to be credited under Sections 1.22.2, 1.22.3 and 1.22.4 to an Employee without a
regular work schedule shall be determined on the basis of a 40-hour work week, or an 8-hour work
day, or on any other reasonable basis which reflects the average hours worked by the Employee or by
other Employees in the same job classification over a representative period of time, provided that
the basis so used is consistently applied with respect to all Employees within the same job
classifications, reasonably defined.
1.22.8
Monthly Equivalency
. An Employee who customarily works for an Employer for 20
or more hours per week throughout each Year (except for holidays and vacations) shall be credited
with exactly 190 Hours of Service for each month with respect to which he completes at least one
Hour of Service in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.22 (regardless of
whether the number of Hours of Service actually completed in such month exceeds 190), subject to
Section 1.22.6.
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1.23
Member
. Every individual who on December 31, 1988 was a Member of Part I or Part
II of this Plan (as then in effect) or of the Arrow Electronics ESOP, and every individual who
shall have become a Member pursuant to Article II hereof, and whose Membership shall not have
terminated.
1.24
Normal Retirement Date
. The 65th anniversary of a Members date of birth.
1.25
One-Year Break in Service
. A Year in which the individual has no more than 500
Hours of Service. For purposes of determining whether a One-Year Break in Service has occurred, an
individual who is absent from work by reason of a maternity or paternity absence shall receive
credit for the Hours of Service which would have been credited to such individual but for such
absence, or, in any case in which such Hours cannot be determined, eight Hours of Service per day
of such absence, but in no event more than 501 Hours of Service. Such Hours of Service shall be
credited (a) only in the Year in which the absence begins if necessary to prevent a One-Year Break
in Service in that Year, or (b) in all other cases, in the following Year. For purposes of this
Section 1.25, maternity or paternity absence means an absence from active employment beginning on
or after January 1, 1985 by reason of (a) the individuals pregnancy, (b) the birth of a child of
the individual, (c) the placement of a child with the individual in connection with the adoption of
such child by such individual, or (d) for purposes of caring for any such child for a period
beginning immediately following such birth or placement. Nothing in this Plan shall be construed
to give an employee a right to a leave of absence for any reason.
1.26
PAYSOP Account
. A separate Account maintained prior to January 1, 2001 for each
Member who at December 31, 1988 had a balance in an account established for him under Part II of
this Plan as in effect prior to the close of business on December 31, 1988, and earnings thereon.
1.27
Plan
. The Arrow Electronics Stock Ownership Plan, which as currently in effect
is set forth in this instrument.
1.28
Suspense Account
. A suspense account created and maintained pursuant to Section
15.7.
1.29
Termination of Employment
. A Members employment shall be treated as terminated
on the date that he ceases to be an Employee, subject to Section 2.3.
1.30
Trust Agreement
. The agreement by and between the Company and the Trustee under
which this Plan is funded, as from time to time amended.
1.31
Trustee
. The trustee or trustees from time to time designated under the Trust
Agreement.
1.32
Vested Percentage
. The percentage of a Members Account or a subaccount thereof
which is nonforfeitable pursuant to Article IV.
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1.33
Year
. The period of time commencing with the first day of January and ending
with the last day of December.
1.34
Year of Membership
. With respect to any Member, a Year as of the end of which an
Account (including any predecessor account under this Plan or a predecessor Plan described in
Section 4.1) is or was maintained on behalf of a Member.
1.35
Year of Service
. A Year during which an employee has not less than one thousand
(1,000) Hours of Service, excluding any Year prior to the Year in which the employee attained age
18, and any Year disregarded pursuant to Section 2.4 (relating to the effect of One-Year Breaks in
Service).
1.36
Same-Sex Marriage
. In order to ensure compliance with those provisions of the
Code that limit the term spouse to parties to a marriage of individuals of opposite sex, as
required by the Federal Defense of Marriage Act, 1 U.S.C.§ 7, the term spouse as used in this
Plan shall be limited to an individual of opposite sex from the Member, effective September 1,
2006. However, nothing in this Section 1.36 shall limit the ability of any Member to designate a
spouse of the same sex as a Beneficiary in accordance with the same rules that permit designation
of a non-spouse Beneficiary.
ARTICLE II
Membership
2.1
In General
. An Employee who has not previously become a Member shall become a
Member on the first Entry Date coincident with or next following the later of his reaching age 21
or his completing a consecutive 12-month period in which he is credited with 1,000 Hours of
Service, provided he is then an Employee. The first consecutive 12-month period taken into account
for this purpose shall start on the date on which he first performs an Hour of Service described in
Section 1.22.1. If an Employee does not complete 1,000 Hours of Service within that first
consecutive 12-month period, the subsequent 12-month periods shall be Years, beginning with the
first Year after such date. An Employee who starts work on the first business day of a January or
July shall become a Member no later than if he started work on the first day of January or July.
2.2
Service with Affiliates
. Solely for the purposes of determining (a) whether an
employee has met the length of service requirement imposed as a prerequisite for membership in the
Plan, or (b) the Hours of Service credited to an employee under the Plan, service with any
Affiliate shall be treated as service with an Employer. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Plan, a Member shall be eligible to share in contributions and forfeitures under the Plan only
with respect to Compensation paid by an Employer for service as an Employee (as distinguished from
service for any Affiliate).
2.3
Transfers
.
2.3.1
Transfer to Eligible Employment
. If an individual is transferred to employment
eligible for membership in this Plan from employment with an Affiliate or with an
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Employer in a position not so eligible, he shall become a Member on the later of (a) the date
of such transfer, or (b) the Entry Date on which he would have become a Member if his prior
employment by the Employer or Affiliate had been in a position eligible for membership in the Plan.
2.3.2
Transfer to Affiliate or Ineligible Employment
. If a Member is transferred to
employment with (a) an Affiliate or (b) an Employer in a position ineligible for membership in the
Plan, he shall not be deemed to have retired or terminated his employment for the purposes of the
Plan until such time as he is employed neither by an Employer nor by any Affiliate. Such a Member
shall be eligible to share in contributions and forfeitures under the Plan for the Year of such
transfer, provided that he remains an employee of an Employer or any Controlled Group Affiliate as
of the last day of that Year, or he ceased to be such an employee during the Year by reason of
death or Disability, or on or after attainment of his Normal Retirement Date, but he shall not be
eligible to share in contributions or forfeitures for subsequent Years unless and until he returns
to employment as an Employee in a position not excluded from active membership pursuant to Section
1.15. For purposes of this Section 2.3.2, for any period after a Members Vested Percentage in his
Account is 100%, Affiliate shall not include an organization described only in Section 1.2.2.
2.4
Reemployment
. If a Member whose Account is not vested in whole or in part, or an
employee who has not become a Member, terminates employment and is subsequently rehired after five
or more consecutive One-Year Breaks in Service, and the number of such consecutive One-Year Breaks
in Service exceeds the number of Years in which he had not less than one thousand (1,000) Hours of
Service (excluding Years disregarded by a prior application of this Section 2.4 or any
corresponding provision of the Plan as previously in effect), he shall upon rehire be treated as a
new employee for all purposes of this Plan and all Hours of Service and Years of Service previously
credited shall thereafter be disregarded for all purposes. In all other cases, an employee who is
rehired shall retain credit for his prior Hours of Service and Years of Service in determining both
eligibility to become a Member and vesting, and if previously a Member, shall qualify as a Member
immediately upon rehire as an Employee; and any such employee who meets the age and service
requirements for Membership in this Plan as of an Entry Date during a period of absence from
employment shall become a Member upon the termination of such absence if he is then an Employee.
2.5
Service with Predecessors or Affiliates, or as an Ineligible Employee
.
2.5.1 In determining when an Employee shall become a Member and such Employees Hours of
Service and Years of Service, employment with (i) one or more predecessors of an Employer or
Affiliate or (ii) a corporation or other entity which was not an Employer or Affiliate at the time
of reference but which later became such, shall not be taken into account except as otherwise
provided in Section 2.5.2 or any Supplement.
2.5.2 In determining when an Employee shall become a Member and such Employees Hours of
Service and Years of Service, employment with or severance from (i) one or more predecessors of an
Employer or Affiliate or (ii) a corporation or other entity which was not an Employer or Affiliate
at the time of reference but which later became such, shall be treated as employment with or
severance from an Employer or Affiliate to the extent required by
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law or to the extent determined by the Company Representative in its discretion exercised in a
manner that does not discriminate in favor of Highly Compensated Employees.
ARTICLE III
Contributions
3.1
Source of Contributions
. All contributions to the Fund will be made by the
Employers. Contributions by Members shall not be required or permitted. The Company may, in its
discretion, make the contribution to the Fund required of any other Employer hereunder, as agent
for such Employer.
3.2
Amount of Contributions
. For each Year that the Plan is in effect, the Company
and each other Employer shall contribute to the Fund such amount (if any) as the Board of Directors
shall determine in its sole discretion. The Company may make the contribution so determined for
any other Employer as agent for and on behalf of such Employer. Such contributions shall be
transferred to the Trustee in cash or in Common Stock, as the Board of Directors shall determine,
from time to time during the Year, or after the close of the Year, but within the time prescribed
by law for the filing of the Companys federal income tax return for such Year; provided, however,
that if the amounts so contributed shall be determined to be less than the amount required by the
preceding sentence, the Board of Directors or the Company Representative may, in its discretion,
direct that all or a portion of the forfeitures under Section 6.3 that have not been previously
allocated to Members be applied to meet all or a portion of any such shortfall in the amount
contributed. Any forfeitures not so applied shall be allocated at the end of the Year of
forfeiture as provided in Section 4.3.
3.3
Maximum Limitation
. The following provisions shall apply effective January 1,
2002, notwithstanding any provision of Article IV to the contrary:
3.3.1
Maximum Limitation
. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.3.2, the
contributions and forfeitures allocated to a Members Account under this Plan for any Year, when
added to (a) the contributions and forfeitures allocable to his account under the Arrow Electronics
Savings Plan or under any other plan (or portion thereof) of any Employer or any of its Affiliates
subject to section 415(c) of the Code, (b) employee contributions under all such plans (or portions
thereof) but not including rollover contributions, loan repayments or repayments of prior
distributions upon exercise of buy-back rights, and (c) amounts described in section 419A(d)(2) of
the Code (relating to post-retirement medical benefits of key employees) or allocated to a pension
plan individual medical account described in section 415(l) of the Code, to the extent includible
for purposes of section 415(c)(2) of the Code, shall not exceed the lesser of (a) $40,000 (as
adjusted pursuant to section 415(d) of the Code) or (b) 100% of the Members Earnings for such
Year. Employer and employee contributions taken into account as Annual Additions shall include
excess contributions as defined in section 401(k)(8)(B) of the Code, excess aggregate
contributions as defined in section 401(m)(6)(B) of the Code, and excess deferrals as described
in section 402(g) of the Code (to the extent such excess deferrals are not distributed to the
employee before the April 15 following the taxable year of the employee in which such deferrals
were made), regardless of whether such amounts are distributed or
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forfeited. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for any Year that this Plan satisfies all of the
requirements of section 4l5(c)(6) of the Code, the provisions of this Section 3.3.1, shall be
applied by disregarding (y) any contributions for a Year which are applied to the payment of
interest on a loan incurred for the purpose of acquiring Common Stock and are charged against a
Members Account, and (z) forfeitures of Common Stock that was acquired with the proceeds of a
loan. For purposes of this Section 3.3.1, forfeitures of Common Stock shall be valued as of the
day of reallocation, i.e., December 31 of such Year.
3.3.2
Adjustment of Limitation
. The limitation described in Section 3.3.1 shall be
applied taking into account the special rule in section 415(c)(6) of the Code.
3.3.3
Valuation of Common Stock from Suspense Account
. For purposes of this Section
3.3, shares of Common Stock that are withdrawn from the Suspense Account in any Year by reason of
Employer contributions for such Year (and allocable to a Members Account as of the last day of
such Year in accordance with Section 4.6) shall be taken into account in an amount equal to the
lesser of (a) the amount of such Employer contributions, or (b) the fair market value of such
shares as of the last day of such Year.
3.4
Contributions Conditional
. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan or
the Trust Agreement, all contributions under the Plan are conditioned on the deductibility of such
contributions under section 404(a) of the Code for the taxable year for which contributed, and on
initial qualification of the Plan under section 401(a) of the Code.
ARTICLE IV
Accounts
4.1
Accounts
. The Committee shall maintain an account or accounts for each Member, in
which the number of shares or fractions of a share (to the nearest one-hundredth) allocated to each
Member shall be recorded. Such Accounts shall be credited with contributions and forfeitures
allocated pursuant to Section 4.3, and with future earnings in respect of Common Stock credited to
such Account. Effective as of January 1, 2001 all separate Accounts for a Member were consolidated
into a single Account for each Member, including the Members General Account and PAYSOP Account as
previously constituted.
4.2
Eligibility to Share in Contributions and Forfeitures
. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Plan, a Member shall be eligible to share in contributions or forfeitures for a
Year (a Participating Member) only if he has not less than 1,000 Hours of Service during such
Year; provided, however, that if such Member retires at or after Normal Retirement Date or,
effective January 1, 2002, his Early Retirement Date as defined in Section 4.3, suffers
Disability or dies during such Year, the 1,000 Hours of Service requirement shall be pro-rated.
4.3
Allocation of Contributions and Forfeitures
. As of the last day of each Year, the
Common Stock contributed for that Year, or purchased with cash contributions for that Year, or
attributable to forfeitures for that Year, shall be allocated to the Accounts of all Members who
are Employees as of the last day of that Year or whose employment terminated during that Year (a)
at or after attaining either their Normal Retirement Date or effective for
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Members retiring on or after January 1, 2002, their Early Retirement Date (which shall be
the first date on which they are at least age 60 and have completed at least 10 Years of Service),
or (b) on account of death or Disability, and are Participating Members. Such Common Stock shall
be allocated in the ratio which the Compensation of each Participating Member bears to the total
Compensation of all Participating Members for such Year. In allocating forfeitures of Common
Stock, the Committee shall allocate each Category of Common Stock proportionately to the Accounts
of each Member to whom forfeited Common Stock is allocated.
4.4
Crediting the Earnings and Other Amounts Received in Respect of Common Stock
. All
distributions (except distributions of Common Stock) received in respect of Common Stock previously
allocated to Members Accounts, including, without limitation, cash dividends, shall, to the extent
not applied toward payment of an Exempt Loan in accordance with Section 15.3, be applied to the
purchase of Common Stock which shall be credited to the Accounts of Members in proportion to the
amount of Common Stock held in such Accounts when such distributions accrued. All distributions
(except distributions of Common Stock) received in respect of Common Stock not previously allocated
to Members Accounts, but subsequently allocated as of the close of the Year, shall, to the extent
not applied toward payment of an Exempt Loan in accordance with Section 15.3, be applied to the
purchase of Common Stock which shall be credited to the Accounts of Participating Members (as
defined in Section 4.2) as of the end of the Year in proportion to the crediting of such
unallocated Common Stock to Members Accounts at the end of the Year, except as otherwise provided
in Section 4.7. Distributions with respect to which there is an ex-dividend date shall be deemed
to accrue on the first day on which the Common Stock sells ex-dividend.
In the event that the distribution received in respect of Common Stock previously
allocated to Members Accounts is additional Common Stock, such additional Common Stock shall
be allocated to the Accounts of Members in proportion to the amount of Common Stock in their
Accounts when the right to such additional Common Stock accrues.
In the event that the distribution received in respect of Common Stock not previously
allocated to Members Accounts, but subsequently allocated as of the close of the Year, is
additional Common Stock, such additional Common Stock shall be allocated to the Accounts of
Participating Members in proportion to the allocation at the end of the Year of such
previously unallocated Common Stock, except as otherwise provided in Section 4.7.
All distributions received in respect of Common Stock held in the Suspense Account and
not allocated to Members Accounts at or before the close of the Year, to the extent not
applied toward repayment of an Exempt Loan in accordance with Section 15.3, shall (unless made
in the form of Common Stock) be applied to the purchase of Common Stock, and the Common Stock
so purchased (or distributed) shall be credited to the Accounts of Participating Members as of
the end of the Year in the proportion in which they are eligible to share in Employer
contributions for such Year as provided in Section 4.3 except as otherwise provided in Section
4.7.
Distributions described in this Section 4.4 may not be used to pay an Exempt Loan except
to the extent permitted under Section 15.3. To the extent so used, the foregoing
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provisions of this Section 4.4 shall not apply, and such distributions shall be treated
as applied to purchase the Common Stock withdrawn from the Suspense Account by reason of such
payment, and such Common Stock shall be allocated as provided in Section 4.6.
4.5
Reallocation of Common Stock
. Common Stock once allocated to the Account of a
Member shall not be reallocated to the Account of any other Member except as follows:
4.5.1
Forfeited Common Stock
. Common Stock forfeited by Members shall be reallocated
as provided in Section 4.3.
4.5.2
Cash Distributed In Lieu of Common Stock
. In the event that the Trustee
distributes cash in lieu of a fractional share of Common Stock in a Members Account, this Common
Stock shall, for purposes of allocation to the Accounts of other Members, be treated as having been
purchased by the Trustee during the Year in which such distribution is made for the amount so
distributed in cash. However, the Common Stock so allocated by the Trustee shall remain in the
same Category of Common Stock in the Accounts of the Members to whom reallocated as it was in the
Account of the Member to whom previously allocated.
4.6
Common Stock Withdrawn from the Suspense Account
. Common Stock withdrawn from the
Suspense Account for any Year pursuant to Section 15.7 shall be allocated as of the last day of
such Year among Members in the following manner:
4.6.1
Employer Contributions
. To the extent that such Common Stock was withdrawn from
the Suspense Account by reason of Employer contributions for such Year, or by reason of earnings on
Plan assets held in the Suspense Account and not allocated to Members Accounts on or before the
end of such Year, such Common Stock shall be allocated among Participating Members for such Year in
the proportion in which they are eligible to share in Employer contributions for such Year as
provided in Section 4.3.
4.6.2
Income on Common Stock
. To the extent that such Common Stock was withdrawn from
the Suspense Account by reason of dividends or other distributions on Common Stock allocated to
Members Accounts on or before the last day of such Year, such Common Stock shall be allocated
among Members in proportion to their respective interests in the Common Stock in respect of which
such dividends or other distributions were made, in the manner provided in Section 4.4.
4.7
Maximum Limitation
. If the total allocation to a Members Account in any one Year
under Section 4.3 and (with respect to allocations of earnings and other amounts received in
respect of Common Stock not previously allocated to Members Accounts) Section 4.4 and Section
4.6.1 would exceed the limitations set forth in Section 3.3, such excess shall be used to reduce
contributions (including allocation of any forfeitures) for such Member in the next Year and each
succeeding Year if necessary; provided, if the Member is not covered by this Plan at the end of the
Year, the portion exceeding the limitations set forth in Section 3.3 shall be held by the Trustee
in escrow (with the Plan as beneficiary) to be allocated to the Members Accounts in the next
succeeding Year or Years in the manner set forth in Section 4.3, and in proportion to the
Compensation for such later Year or Years, as soon as permitted after giving effect to Section
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3.3. Any distributions or other earnings received for any Year on assets remaining in such
escrow as of the close of such Year shall also be held in such escrow. In the event of a
termination of the Plan, unallocated amounts held in such escrow shall be allocated to the extent
possible under this Article IV for the Year of termination. Any amount remaining in such escrow
upon termination of the Plan shall then be returned to the Company or other Employer,
notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or Trust Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the correction methods under the 1981 regulations shall not as such apply for limitation years
beginning on or after July 1, 2007 (i.e., for Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 2008),
and in lieu thereof, corrections shall if applicable be made under the correction programs of Rev.
Proc. 2008-50 or corresponding successor guidance (EPCRS).
4.8
Administration of Accounts
. Contributions, forfeitures and Common Stock withdrawn
from the Suspense Account shall be allocated annually as of the close of each Year. All other
allocations provided for in this Article IV shall be made quarterly, semi-annually or annually, as
directed by the Committee.
4.9
Voting of Common Stock
.
4.9.1
Members Rights
. Each Member shall have the right to direct the Trustee as to
the manner in which shares of Common Stock allocated to his Account are to be voted. The Company
shall furnish the Trustee and the Members with notices and information statements when voting
rights are to be exercised, in such time and manner as may be required by applicable law and the
Companys Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws. Such statements shall be substantially the
same for Members as for holders of Common Stock in general. The Member may, in his discretion,
grant proxies for the exercise of his voting rights under this Section 4.9 in accordance with proxy
provisions of general application. The Trustee shall vote such Common Stock in accordance with the
direction of the Member or, if permitted by the Member, in its sole discretion. Fractional shares
of Common Stock allocated to Members Accounts shall be combined to the largest number of whole
shares and voted by the Trustee to reflect to the extent possible the voting direction of the
Members holding fractional shares.
4.9.2
Vote by Trustee
. Any Common Stock held in escrow under Section 4.7 or in the
Suspense Account under Section 15.7, or otherwise not allocated to a Members Account at the time
of reference, and any Common Stock with respect to which a Member (or his Beneficiary) has voting
rights under this Section 4.9 that are not timely and properly exercised, may be voted by the
Trustee in its sole discretion. Whenever the Trustee may vote any Common Stock in its sole
discretion under this Section 4.9, the Trustee shall do so in a manner that the Trustee judges to
be in the best interest of the Members and their Beneficiaries. This may include, if the Trustee
judges it appropriate, the voting of such Common Stock so as to reflect the voting directions given
by the Members with respect to Common Stock with respect to which they have voting rights under
this Section 4.9.
4.9.3
Rights of Beneficiaries
. All rights of Members under this Section 4.9 shall,
upon the death of a Member, be exercisable by such Members Beneficiary until such time as the
Members Account shall have been fully distributed to such Beneficiary.
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4.9.4
Tender Offers, etc
. In the event of a tender offer for Common Stock, the rules
set forth above (with such modifications as may be appropriate to reflect the difference between a
vote and a response to an offer) shall govern the response by the Trustee. Accordingly, the
Trustee shall make appropriate arrangements for the Members (or their Beneficiaries) to be
furnished with information provided by the offeror or others to holders of Common Stock in
connection with the offer and advise the Members (or their Beneficiaries) that the Trustee will
respond to the offer with respect to Common Stock allocated to each Members Account in accordance
with timely instructions provided by the Member (or Beneficiary) to an agent appointed by the
Trustee for the purpose in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the Trustee. For any Common
Stock with respect to which a Member (or Beneficiary) fails to provide such instructions, and any
Common Stock not allocated to a Members Account, the Trustee shall either respond to the offer in
such manner as it deems prudent and in the best interests of the Members and their Beneficiaries or
appoint an independent fiduciary (who may serve as a named fiduciary, an investment manager within
the meaning of section 3(38) of ERISA, or co-trustee for such purpose). The Trustee shall also be
entitled in its discretion to appoint an independent fiduciary to vote shares of Common Stock with
respect to which no voting instructions are timely received by the agent appointed by the Trustee
in accordance with applicable procedures, or which are not allocated to Members Accounts, in the
event of a proxy contest or similar major matter requiring a vote by Members.
4.10
Vesting
.
4.10.1
Normal Retirement, Disability or Death
. Upon a Members Termination of
Employment on account of death or Disability, or upon his attainment of his Normal Retirement Date
(or any higher age) while employed by an Employer or an Affiliate, his Account shall have a Vested
Percentage of 100%.
4.10.2
Vesting Schedule
. Upon a Members Termination of Employment for a reason other
than death, retirement at or after his Normal Retirement Date, or Disability, he shall be entitled
to receive the Vested Percentage of the balance in his Account, determined on the basis of the
Members Years of Service, as follows:
The portion of a Members Account attributable to contributions for Plan Years beginning on or
after January 1, 2007 (post-2006 Account) shall vest as follows:
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Years of Service
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Vested Percentage
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Less than 2 years
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0
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%
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2 years but less than 3
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20
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%
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3 years but less than 4
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40
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%
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4 years but less than 5
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60
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5 or more years
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100
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%
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The portion of a Members Account attributable to contributions for Plan Years ending prior to
January 1, 2007 shall vest as follows:
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Years of Service
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Vested Percentage
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5 or more
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100
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%
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less than 5
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0
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%
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Member who had a vested or partially vested account under Part I
of the Plan on January 1, 1984, or who had a PAYSOP Account transferred to his Account as of
January 1, 2001, shall have a Vested Percentage of 100%, without regard of his actual Years of
Service.
4.11
Diversification of Investments
.
4.11.1
Definitions
. For purposes of this Section 4.11, Qualified Member means a
Member who has attained age 55 and who has completed 10 Years of Membership in the Plan, and
Qualified Election Period means the six-Year period beginning the Year in which the Member first
becomes a Qualified Member.
4.11.2
Election by Qualified Member
. Effective January 1, 2002, if the fair market
value of the Common Stock ever allocated to the Accounts of a Qualified Member exceeds $500 at the
end of a Year in such Members Qualified Election Period, then all shares of Common Stock acquired
by the Plan and ever allocated to the Accounts of the Qualified Member shall be subject to a
diversification election within 90 days of such Year-end and within 90 days of the end of each
remaining Year in the Qualified Members Qualified Election Period. Within each such 90-day period
except the last one, the Qualified Member shall be permitted to direct the Plan to transfer to the
Arrow Electronics Savings Plan a number of shares up to (a) 25% of the total number of shares of
Common Stock acquired by the Plan and ever allocated to the Accounts of the Qualified Member on or
before the last day of the Year just ended, less (b) the number of such shares previously
distributed, transferred, or diversified pursuant to an election made under this Section 4.11.2.
In the last election permitted to a Qualified Member, 50% shall be substituted for 25% in
clause (a) of the preceding sentence. The Qualified Members direction to the Plan shall be given
in such manner and at such time as the Committee shall prescribe.
4.11.3
Additional Diversification
. The Committee may in its discretion permit
Qualified Members to direct the Plan to diversify, in the manner set out in Section 4.11.2, a
number of shares greater than the number specified in such Section; provided, that any such
additional diversification shall be made available to Qualified Members in a manner that does not
discriminate in favor of Highly Compensated Employees.
4.11.4
Transfer of Account
. Whenever a Qualified Member makes an election pursuant to
Section 4.11.2, the Committee shall within 90 days of the end of the Qualified Members 90-day
election period sell the number of shares for which diversification has been elected and transfer
the proceeds, net of brokerage fees, to the Qualified Members rollover contributions account in
the Arrow Electronics Savings Plan. In lieu of such a sale, the
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Committee may credit the Qualified Member with cash derived from contributions or dividends in
an amount equal to the value of such shares, and apply the cash to the Arrow Electronics Savings
Plan as though it were sale proceeds. If the Qualified Member has no account under the Arrow
Electronics Savings Plan, he shall be required to open one prior to the transfer from this Plan.
The Member shall direct in accordance with procedures established by the Committee the transfer of
the proceeds of diversification to his rollover contributions account in the Arrow Electronics
Savings Plan, where it shall initially be invested according to the instructions that he shall give
with respect to such transfer.
4.11.5
Recharacterization of Diversification Election
. Effective January 1, 2002, if
a Member makes an election pursuant to Section 4.11.2, but such Member is not a Qualified Member as
defined in Section 4.11.1, then the Member will be deemed not to have made an election pursuant to
this Section 4.11 and to have instead made an election pursuant to Section 7.3.
4.12
Military Service
. Effective December 12, 1994, notwithstanding any provisions of
this Plan to the contrary, contributions and service credit will be provided with respect to
Military Service (as defined in Section 1.22.3) to the extent required by Chapter 43 of Title 38 of
the United States Code (USERRA) and in accordance with section 414(u) of the Code.
4.13
Notification of Members
. Annually, after all allocations required hereunder for
each Year have been made, the Committee shall provide each Member with a statement of the amount of
Common Stock in his Account.
ARTICLE V
Retirement Benefits
5.1
Payment of Retirement Benefits
. A Member who terminates employment on or after
his Normal Retirement Date shall be entitled to receive in a single distribution the entire amount
of Common Stock in his Account as of the date on which he actually retires, which right shall be
nonforfeitable upon his Normal Retirement Date. Any amounts credited to his Account as of the last
day of the Year in which he retires shall also be distributed to him. Pending distribution, the
Members Account shall be credited with additional Common Stock (if any) creditable thereto
pursuant to Section 4.4 or 4.6.2.
ARTICLE VI
Termination of Employment
6.1
Benefits upon Termination of Employment
.
6.1.1
Disability Benefits
. Upon a Members Termination of Employment on account of
Disability, he shall be 100% vested in the amount of Common Stock in his Account as of the date on
which his Disability occurs, and shall be entitled to receive the
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total balance in his Account. Any amounts credited to his Account as of the last day of the
Year in which his Disability occurs shall also be distributed to him.
6.1.2
Other Terminations
. Upon a Members Termination of Employment for reasons other
than death, retirement at or after his Normal Retirement Date, or Disability, the Member shall be
entitled to receive the Vested Percentage of the balance of his Account as determined under Section
4.10.2.
6.2
Payment of Benefits upon Termination of Employment
.
6.2.1
In General
. Subject to the provisions of Section 9.4, the benefits
distributable to a Member pursuant to this Article VI on Termination of Employment shall be
distributed in a single distribution no later than December 31 of the Year following the Year in
which he terminates employment, provided, that if the total vested balance of a Members Account as
of December 31 of the year of Termination of Employment exceeds $5,000, such Members benefits
shall not be distributed without the Members written consent until required pursuant to Section
9.3. Except as the Member otherwise elects, expressly or by failure to request distribution after
receipt of notice advising of the right to so elect, distribution shall in all events commence no
later than 60 days after the close of the Year in which the Member attains age 65 (or termination
of employment, if later), except to the extent that the Common Stock to be so distributed has not
yet been acquired by the Fund. Pending distribution, a Members Account shall be credited with
additional Common Stock (if any) creditable thereto pursuant to Section 4.4 or 4.6.2. If the
nonforfeitable balance of a Members Account is zero, the Member shall be deemed to have received a
single-sum distribution of such nonforfeitable balance upon his Termination of Employment. The
nonvested portion of the Account of a Member who is deemed to have received a single-sum
distribution of his nonforfeitable balance under this Section 6.2.1 shall be forfeited pursuant to
Section 6.3.
6.2.2
Notice Period
. Distribution may commence less than 30 days after the notice
required under Treas. Reg. section 1.411(a)-11(c) provided that: (a) the Committee clearly informs
the Member that the Member has a right to a period of at least 30 days after receiving the notice
to consider the decision of whether or not to elect a distribution (and, if applicable, a
particular distribution option), and (b) the Member, after receiving the notice, affirmatively
elects a distribution.
6.3
Forfeitures
.
6.3.1
Termination with no Vesting
. In the event that a Member upon Termination of
Employment has no vested interest in his or her Account, the Members entire Account shall be
forfeited on the last day of the calendar quarter (last day of the Year for forfeitures occurring
prior to January 1, 2004) coincident with or next following the date of his or her Termination of
Employment, unless he or she is reemployed prior to such date. If the Member has been so
reemployed, no portion of the Members Account shall be forfeited on such day. If the Member is
reemployed by an Employer or Affiliate after such a forfeiture but before incurring five
consecutive One-Year Breaks in Service, the previously forfeited balance in the Members Account
(including both whole and fractional shares) shall be restored.
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6.3.2
Termination with Partial Vesting
. In the event that a Member upon Termination
of Employment is partially vested in his or her post-2006 Account (as defined in Section 4.10.2),
the non-vested portion of the terminated Members Account shall be forfeited upon the distribution
of the vested portion of the Members Account. If such a Member is reemployed by an Employer or
Affiliate before incurring five consecutive One-Year Breaks in Service, the forfeited balances
(including both whole and fractional shares) shall be restored to the Members Account, and the
Member shall resume his or her place on the respective vesting schedules set forth in Section
4.10.2. However, the Members vested interest in his or her post-2006 Account after restoration
of the non-vested balance therein shall be expressed by the formula:
X=P(A + D) - D
where X is the Members vested balance in the post-2006 Account; P is the Members Vested
Percentage in his or her post-2006 Account determined under Section 4.10.2 without regard to this
sentence; A is the amount of the balance of such Account after restoration; and D is the amount of
the distribution (expressed in whole and fractional shares) previously made in respect of the
Members post-2006 Account.
6.3.3
Application of Forfeitures
. All forfeitures shall be applied in accordance with
Section 3.2 to the extent so determined by the Board of Directors or the Company Representative,
and any balance of such forfeitures not so applied shall be reallocated among the remaining Members
as provided in Article IV.
6.4
Source of Restored Amounts
. The restoration of a portion of any Account shall be
made from forfeitures occurring at the end of the calendar quarter (end of the Year for forfeitures
occurring prior to January 1, 2004) in which such restoration occurs, and if necessary, by a
special Employer contribution made for that purpose.
6.5
Irrevocable Forfeitures
. The unvested portion of a Members Account shall be
irrevocably forfeited if he incurs five consecutive One-Year Breaks in Service, and shall not be
restored thereafter notwithstanding any reemployment of the Member.
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ARTICLE VII
Withdrawal upon Full Vesting
7.1
Withdrawal Rights
. If a Members Account has a Vested Percentage of 100%, he may
withdraw, at such time and in such manner as the Committee shall prescribe, any portion thereof not
to exceed one-half of the balance of such Account. No more than one withdrawal under this Article
VII may be made in any l2-month period, and no more than two such withdrawals may be made in any
60-month period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, shares of Common Stock acquired with the proceeds
of an Exempt Loan may not be withdrawn prior to the close of the Year in which the Exempt Loan is
repaid in full. The restriction imposed by the immediately preceding sentence and the restriction
to no more than two withdrawals in any 60-month period do not apply to Qualified Members during
their Qualified Election Periods (as such terms are defined in Section 4.11).
7.2
Distribution
. Except for transfers to the Arrow Electronics Savings Plan
described in Section 7.3, distribution upon a withdrawal pursuant to Section 7.1 (whether made
directly to the Member or in a direct rollover to an individual retirement arrangement or other
eligible retirement plan) shall be made in whole shares of Common Stock, and effective December 19,
2003, cash in lieu of any fractional shares, if applicable.
7.3
Direct Transfer to Arrow Savings Plan
. If a Member directs that a withdrawal
under this Article VII be transferred under Section 9.6 as a direct rollover to the Arrow
Electronics Savings Plan (the Savings Plan), the Committee shall sell the number of shares
designated by such Member and transfer the proceeds in cash, net of brokerage fees and any other
direct expenses arising from such sale, to the Savings Plan. Such sale shall be made in accordance
with procedures established by the Committee, and within 90 days after the Committee receives such
a direction from a Member. The amounts so transferred shall be held and invested in accordance
with the procedures established under the Savings Plan for rollover contributions.
ARTICLE VIII
Death Benefits
8.1
Death Benefits
. In the event of the death of a Member prior to his Termination of
Employment, the amount of Common Stock in his Account as of the date of his death shall be
distributed to his Beneficiary. Any amounts credited to the deceased Members Account as of the
last day of the Year in which he dies shall also be distributed to his Beneficiary. Both of these
distributions shall be made not later than December 31 of the Year following the Year in which the
Members death occurs, except to the extent that the Common Stock in respect of which distribution
is to be made has not yet been acquired by the Fund; provided, that if the Member had attained his
Normal Retirement Date prior to his death, distribution shall be made not later than 60 days
following the close of the Year in which his death occurs unless his Beneficiary elects otherwise.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Beneficiary is the Members spouse, distribution shall be
made within 90 days of the Members
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death if reasonably practicable and otherwise as soon as practicable unless the spouse elects
otherwise. Pending distribution, the deceased Members Account shall be credited with additional
Common Stock (if any) creditable thereto pursuant to Section 4.4 and Section 4.6.2, and his
Beneficiary shall be entitled to vote the Common Stock in his Account pursuant to Section 4.9.3.
Effective January 1, 2007, if a Participant dies while performing qualified military service (as
defined in Section 414(u) of the Code), the beneficiary(ies) of such Participant shall be entitled
to any additional benefits (other than benefit accruals relating to the period of qualified
military service) that would have been available had the Participant resumed and then terminated
employment on account of death, to be determined in accordance with the Heroes Earnings Assistance
and Relief Tax Act of 2008 and guidance thereunder.
8.2
Designation of a Beneficiary
.
8.2.1
Designation of Beneficiary
. Subject to the further provisions of this Section
8.2, each Member may designate, at such time and in such manner as the Committee shall prescribe, a
Beneficiary or Beneficiaries (who may be any one or more members of his family or any other
persons, executor, administrator, any trust, foundation or other entity) to receive any benefits
distributable hereunder to his Beneficiary after the death of the Member as provided herein. Such
designation of a Beneficiary or Beneficiaries shall not be effective for any purpose unless and
until it has been filed by the Member with the Committee, provided, however, that a designation
mailed by the Member to the Committee prior to death and received after his death shall take effect
upon such receipt, but prospectively only and without prejudice to any payor or payee on account of
any payments made before receipt by the Committee.
8.2.2
Spouse as Presumptive Beneficiary
. Notwithstanding Section 8.2.1 (but subject
to the provisions of Section 8.3), a Members sole Beneficiary shall be his surviving spouse, if
the Member has a surviving spouse, unless the Member has designated another Beneficiary with the
written consent of such spouse (in which consent such Beneficiary is specified by name or class,
and the effect of such designation is acknowledged) witnessed by a notary public or Plan
representative. Any such consent shall be irrevocable. The Committee may, in its sole discretion,
waive the requirement of spousal consent if the Member is legally separated or if the Committee is
satisfied that the spouse cannot be located, or if the Member can show by court order that he has
been abandoned by the spouse within the meaning of local law, or if otherwise permitted under
applicable regulations.
8.2.3
Change of Beneficiary
. A Member may, from time to time in such manner as the
Committee shall prescribe, change his designated Beneficiary or Beneficiaries, but any such
designation which has the effect of naming a person other than the surviving spouse as sole
Beneficiary is subject to the spousal consent requirement of Section 8.2.2.
8.2.4
Failure to Designate
. If a Member has failed effectively to designate a
Beneficiary to receive the Members death benefits, or a Beneficiary previously designated has
predeceased the Member and no alternative designation has become effective, such benefits shall be
distributed to the Members surviving spouse, if any, or if no spouse survives the Member, to the
Members estate.
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8.3
Effect of Marriage, Divorce or Annulment, or Legal Separation
. This Section 8.3
shall be effective in determining the identity of a Participants Beneficiary at any time on or
after September 1, 2006. In accordance with Section 1.36 but subject to the following provisions
of this Section 8.3, the term spouse for purposes of this Article VIII means the individual to
whom the Member is married on the date of reference, determined under applicable state law, except
than no individual of the same gender as the Member shall be deemed such a spouse. Notwithstanding
the foregoing:
8.3.1 If a court of competent jurisdiction has issued a legal separation order, the parties to
whom that order pertains shall not be deemed to be married to each other, even if their marriage
has not been annulled or terminated by divorce; provided, however, that to the extent that a
Qualified Domestic Relations Order as defined in Section 9.5 (QDRO) specifies that a former
spouse (or legally separated spouse) of the Member is to be treated as the Members spouse, such
specified former spouse (or legally separated individual) shall be treated as the Members spouse
under the Plan to the extent required in such QDRO, to the exclusion of any subsequent spouse.
8.3.2 Except to the extent otherwise provided in an applicable QDRO, a designation of the
Members spouse as Beneficiary will automatically be cancelled if the marriage terminates by
divorce or is annulled or such a legal separation order is issued unless the designation clearly
states that the individual named as Beneficiary is to continue as such following termination of the
marriage or such separation.
8.3.3 Nothing herein shall prohibit a spouse from disclaiming the benefit to which he or she
would otherwise be entitled as the Members sole Beneficiary, in whole or in part, in which event
the Beneficiary with respect to the interest so disclaimed shall be determined as if the spouse had
predeceased the Member.
8.3.4 Upon the marriage of a Member, any designation of Beneficiaries made by the Member prior
to the date of the marriage shall become null and void as of the date of the marriage. Subsequent
divorce, legal separation or dissolution of the marriage shall not reinstate any designation that
became null and void as of the date of such marriage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the
Employer, the Trustee or Committee, nor any other fiduciary, shall be liable for, and each of them
shall be fully protected, as to amounts paid to one or more Beneficiary(ies) of the Member
subsequent to the marriage of the Member and after the death of the Member, but prior to their
receipt of effective written notification of the marriage.
8.4
Proof of Death
. The Committee may require such proof of death and such evidence
of the right of any person to receive all or part of the death benefit of a deceased Member as the
Committee may deem desirable. The Committees determination of the fact of death of a Member and
of the right of any person to receive distributions as a result thereof shall be conclusive upon
such Member and all persons having or claiming any right in the Fund on account of such Member.
8.5
Designation of Method of Distribution
. Notwithstanding Section 8.1, a Member (or,
after his death, his Beneficiary) may direct the Committee to cause any distribution in respect of
his account following his death to be paid in installments over a period not to
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exceed five years, by filing with the Committee a designation of method of payment in such
form as may be prescribed or approved by the Committee.
8.6
Direct Transfer to Arrow Savings Plan
. Effective March 17, 2003, a Beneficiary
may direct that all or a portion of his interest in a deceased Members account be transferred
directly to the Arrow Electronics Savings Plan (the Savings Plan). Upon such election by a
Beneficiary, the Committee shall sell the number of shares designated by the Beneficiary and
transfer the proceeds in cash, net of brokerage fees and any other direct expenses arising from
such sale, to the Savings Plan. Such sale shall be made in accordance with procedures established
by the Committee, and within 90 days after the Committee receives such a direction from a
Beneficiary. The amounts so transferred shall be held and invested in accordance with the
procedures established by the Committee under the Savings Plan.
8.7
Undistributed Balance of Terminated Member
. In the event that a Member shall
terminate employment with a vested balance in his Account and shall die prior to the complete
distribution of such vested balance, the undistributed portion of such vested balance shall be
distributed to his Beneficiary, in the manner provided for in the foregoing provisions of this
Article VIII. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee and Trustee shall be fully protected in
making distribution in the name of any such Member prior to the Trustees receiving actual notice
of the death of such Member, and no Beneficiary of a deceased Member shall have any interest in
such Members vested Account balances to the extent that any such distribution shall have been
made.
8.8
Discharge of Liability
. If distribution in respect of a Members Account is made
to a person reasonably believed by the Committee or his delegate (taking into account any document
purporting to be a valid consent of the Members spouse, or any representation by the Member that
he is not married) to properly qualify as the Members Beneficiary under the foregoing provisions
of this Article VIII, the Plan shall have no further liability with respect to such account (or the
portion thereof so distributed).
ARTICLE IX
Distribution of Benefits
9.1
Form of Distribution of Benefits
. A Member or Beneficiary who is eligible for a
benefit as provided herein shall receive distribution thereof in Common Stock, with a cash payment
in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock. The Trustee may, however, distribute whole shares
of Common Stock which are made up of fractions of various Categories of Common Stock. The
Committee shall apprise the distributee of the basis to the Fund of the Common Stock (and fractions
of Common Stock in the event that the whole shares of Common Stock distributed are made up of
fractions having different bases) distributed to him.
9.2
Put Options
. All Common Stock distributed by the Plan shall be subject to the
provisions of Section 15.8 as if it were acquired with the proceeds of an Exempt Loan. No put
option may be granted with respect to any Common Stock under this Plan except as provided in this
Section 9.2 and in Section 15.8.
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9.3
Minimum Required Distributions
.
9.3.1
Governing Regulations
. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan to the
contrary, with respect to distributions made for calendar years beginning on January 1, 2001 and
2002, the Plan will apply the minimum distribution requirements of section 401(a)(9) of the Code,
including the incidental death benefit requirement, in accordance with the regulations under
section 401(a)(9) that were proposed on January 17, 2001, and for calendar years beginning on or
after January 1, 2003, in accordance with the regulations under section 401(a)(9) published on
April 17, 2002, as amended and supplemented on June 15, 2004.
9.3.2
Required Beginning Date
. Distribution of benefits for Members who are not 5%
owners (as described in Section 17.1.2(c)) must begin by April 1 of the calendar year following the
later of (a) the calendar year in which the Member reaches age 70-1/2, and (b) the calendar year in
which the Member terminates employment. However, if a Member is a 5% owner during the Year in
which he reaches age 70-1/2, distribution of the Members benefit must begin by April 1, of such
year.
9.3.3
Subsequent Distributions
. If a Member receives a single sum distribution
pursuant to Section 9.3.1 or 9.3.2, any shares of Common Stock subsequently allocated to the
Members Account shall be distributed to the Member as soon as practicable after the end of the
Year for which such allocation is made.
9.3.4
Delay of Payment
. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in
this Plan, in the event that the amount of a payment required to commence on the date otherwise
determined under this Plan cannot be ascertained by such date, or if it is not possible to make
such payment on such date because the Committee has been unable to locate the Member (or, in the
case of a deceased Member, his Beneficiary) after making reasonable efforts to do so, a payment
retroactive to such date may be made no later than 60 days after the earliest date on which the
amount of such payment can be ascertained under this Plan or the date on which the Member (or
Beneficiary) is located, whichever is applicable.
9.3.5
2009 MRD Suspension
. Effective with respect to the 2009 calendar year, no
minimum required distribution shall be required or made in respect of such calendar year absent an
affirmative election by the Member to the contrary in accordance with such procedures as the
Committee shall establish.
9.4
Special Rule for Exempt Loan
. In the case of Common Stock acquired with the
proceeds of an Exempt Loan, no distribution shall be required pursuant to Article VI until the
close of the Year in which the loan is repaid in full.
9.5
Qualified Domestic Relations Orders
.
9.5.1
Definition
. For purposes of this Section 9.5.1, Qualified Domestic Relations
Order means any judgment, decree or order (including approval of a property settlement) made
pursuant to a state domestic relations law (including a community property law) which relates to
the provision of child support, alimony payments or marital property to a spouse, former spouse,
child or other dependent of a Member and which creates or recognizes the existence of a right of
(or assigns such a right to) such spouse, former spouse,
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child or other dependent (the Alternate Payee) to receive all or a portion of the benefits
payable with respect to a Member under the Plan. A Qualified Domestic Relations Order must clearly
specify the amount or percentage of the Members benefits to be paid to the Alternate Payee by the
Plan (or the manner in which such amount or percentage is to be determined). A Qualified Domestic
Relations Order (a) may not require the Plan (i) to provide any form or type of benefits or any
option not otherwise provided under the Plan, (ii) to pay benefits to an Alternate Payee under such
order which are required to be paid to another Alternate Payee under another such order previously
filed with the Plan, or (iii) to provide increased benefits (determined on the basis of actuarial
equivalents), but (b) may require payment of benefits to the Alternate Payee under the order (i) at
any time after the date of the order, (ii) as if the Member had retired on the date on which such
payment is to begin under such order (taking into account only the benefits in which the
Participant is then vested) and (iii) in any form in which such benefits may be paid to the Member.
9.5.2
Distributions
. The Committee shall recognize and honor any judgment, decree or
order entered on or after January 1, 1985 under a state domestic relations law which the Committee
determines to be a Qualified Domestic Relations Order in accordance with such reasonable procedures
to determine such status as the Committee shall establish. Without limitation of the foregoing,
the Committee shall notify a Member and the person entitled to benefits under a judgment, decree or
order which purports to be a Qualified Domestic Relations Order of (a) the receipt thereof, (b) the
Plans procedures for determining whether such judgment, decree or order is a Qualified Domestic
Relations Order and (c) any determination made with respect to such status. During any period
during which the Committee is determining whether any judgment, decree or order is a Qualified
Domestic Relations Order, any amount which would have been payable to any person pursuant to such
order shall be separately accounted for pending payment to the proper recipient thereof. Any such
amount, as so adjusted, shall be paid to the person entitled to such payment under any such
judgment, decree or order if the Committee determines such judgment, decree or order to be a
Qualified Domestic Relations Order within 18 full calendar months commencing with the date on which
the first payment would be required to be made under such judgment, decree or order. If the
Committee is unable to make such a determination within such time period, payment under the Plan
shall be as if such judgment, decree or order did not exist and any such determination made after
such time period shall be applied prospectively only.
9.5.3
Alternate Payees Beneficiary
. In the event that an Alternate Payee is entitled
under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order to designate a Beneficiary for the Alternate Payees
interest in the Plan and fails to do so or such designation fails to be effective (such as by
reason of the prior death of the designated individual and the absence of any effective alternative
designation), the Alternate Payees Beneficiary with respect to such interest shall be the
Alternate Payees estate.
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9.6
Direct Rollover of Eligible Rollover Distributions
. Notwithstanding any
provisions of this Plan that would otherwise limit a Distributees election under this Section 9.6,
a Distributee may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Committee, to have any
portion of an Eligible Rollover Distribution paid in a Direct Rollover directly to an Eligible
Retirement Plan specified by the Distributee.
9.6.1
Definitions
. For purposes of this Section 9.6, the following terms shall have
the meanings specified below:
9.6.1.1
Eligible Rollover Distribution
. Any distribution of all or any portion of the
balance to the credit of a Distributee under the Plan, except that an Eligible Rollover
Distribution does not include: any distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal
periodic payments (not less frequent than annual) made for the life (or life expectancy) of the
Distributee or the joint lives (or life expectancies) of the Distributee and the Distributees
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; the portion of any distribution that
is not includible in gross income, unless the conditions of Section 9.6.5 are satisfied; any deemed
distribution occurring upon the Members Termination of Employment under which the Members account
balance is offset by the amount of an outstanding Plan loan; and any hardship withdrawal.
9.6.1.2
Eligible Retirement Plan
. An individual retirement account described in
section 408(a) of the Code, an individual retirement annuity described in section 408(b) of the
Code, an annuity plan described in section 403(a) of the Code, another employers qualified trust
described in section 401(a) of the Code, an annuity contract described in section 403(b) of the
Code, or an eligible deferred compensation plan described in section 457(b) of the Code maintained
by a State, a political subdivision of a State, or any agency or instrumentality of a State or
political subdivision of a State and which agrees to separately account for amounts transferred
into such plan from this Plan, that accepts a Distributees Eligible Rollover Distribution.
Effective for distributions on or after January 1, 2008 an Eligible Retirement Plan shall also
include a Roth IRA described in section 408A of the Code and a Distributee may make a Direct
Rollover thereto, provided that prior to January 1, 2010, the Distributee meets any applicable
income limitations.
9.6.1.3
Distributee
. A Member, a Members surviving Spouse or a Members Spouse or
former Spouse who is the Alternate Payee under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (as defined in
section 414(p) of the Code and Section 9.6.1) or a trust treated as an individual under applicable
regulations. Effective January 1, 2007, the term Distributee shall include a non-spouse
Beneficiary who is an individual or a trust treated as such under applicable regulations, but a
direct rollover by such a Beneficiary may be made only to an individual retirement plan described
in section 408(a) or (b) of the Code, and which is established in a manner (including title) that
identifies it as an IRA with respect to both the deceased participant and the individual
Beneficiary.
9.6.1.4
Direct Rollover
. A payment by the Plan to an Eligible Retirement Plan
specified by a Distributee, in the manner prescribed by the Committee.
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9.6.2
Limitation
. No more than one Direct Rollover may be elected by a Distributee
for each Eligible Rollover Distribution.
9.6.3
Default Procedures
. If a Member (or other Distributee, if applicable) does not
make a timely election whether or not to directly roll over his Eligible Rollover Distribution
within a reasonable period permitted by the Committee for making such election, such distribution
shall be made directly to the Member (or other Distributee, if applicable). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, effective March 28, 2005, such Eligible Rollover Distributions made to a Member prior to
Normal Retirement Date that exceed $1,000 in value but do not exceed $5,000 will be automatically
rolled over to an IRA in accordance with Section 9.6.4.
9.6.4
Automatic Distribution of Small Accounts
. If, upon Termination of Employment,
the value of a Members vested interest in his Account does not exceed $5,000, and such Member does
not make a timely election under this Section 9.6 to make a Direct Rollover, the vested balance in
the Members Account shall be distributed to the Member in accordance with Section 6.2.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for distributions to a Member on or after March 28, 2005 and prior
to the Members Normal Retirement Date, in the event that the distribution exceeds $1,000 in value
or amount but does not exceed $5,000, and the Member does not make an election whether or not to
make a Direct Rollover of his distribution within the time and in the manner prescribed by the
Committee, if the value or amount of the distribution remains no more than $5,000 at the date on
which distribution is to be made, the Committee shall direct the Trustee to sell all of the shares
of Common Stock in the Members Account and transfer the proceeds in cash, net of brokerage fees
and any other direct expenses arising from such sale, to an individual retirement account selected
by the Committee and meeting the requirements for the safe harbor regulations issued by the
Department of Labor, 29 C.F.R. section 2520.404a-2 (or any corresponding successor regulations).
Such sale of shares and transfer shall be made in accordance with procedures established by the
Committee, and may, if the Committee so directs, be effected through application of the shares to
meet purchase requirements of the Plan then outstanding.
9.6.5
After-Tax Employee Contributions
. An Eligible Rollover Distribution may include
after-tax employee contributions if the Eligible Retirement Plan is either:
(a) an individual retirement account described in section 408(a) of the Code or an individual
retirement annuity described in section 408(b) of the Code; or
(b) an annuity plan described in section 403(a) of the Code or another employers qualified
trust described in section 401(a) of the Code, which agrees to separately account for such
after-tax employee contributions (and the earnings thereon).
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ARTICLE X
Administration of the Plan
10.1
Committee
. The Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors shall
appoint a Management Pension Investment and Oversight Committee (the Committee), which shall
consist of not less than three persons to serve at the pleasure of the Corporate Governance
Committee of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy on the Committee, arising for any reason
whatsoever, shall be filled by the Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors. The
Committee shall hold meetings upon such notice, at such place or places, at such time or times and
in such manner (including meetings in which members may participate through teleconferencing or
similar means) as it may from time to time determine. A majority of the members of the Committee
at the time in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and action by a
majority of those present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall constitute action by
the Committee. The Committee may also act without a meeting by instrument in writing signed by a
majority of the members of the Committee, or by one or more members to whom the Committee has
previously delegated the authority to take such action. Effective September 21, 2004, the
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors shall succeed to the duties of the Corporate
Governance Committee under this Section 10.1.
10.2
Named Fiduciary
. The named fiduciary under the Plan shall be the Committee,
which shall have authority to control and manage the operation and administration of the Plan
except that the Committee shall have no authority or responsibility with respect to those matters
which under any applicable trust agreement, insurance policy or similar contract are the
responsibility, or subject to the authority, of the Trustee, any insurance company or similar
organization. The members of the Committee shall have the right, by written instrument executed by
them or otherwise, to allocate fiduciary responsibilities among themselves, and any one or more of
such members may designate other persons to carry out fiduciary or other responsibilities under the
Plan.
10.3
Powers and Discretion of the Named Fiduciary
. The Committee shall have all
powers and discretion necessary or helpful for carrying out its responsibilities, including,
without limitation, the power and complete discretion:
(a) to establish such rules or procedures as it may deem necessary or desirable;
(b) to employ such persons as it shall deem necessary or desirable to assist in the
administration of the Plan;
(c) to determine any question arising in the administration, interpretation and application of
the Plan, including without limitation questions of fact and of construction;
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(d) to correct defects, rectify errors, supply omissions, clarify ambiguities, and reconcile
inconsistencies to the extent it deems necessary or desirable to effectuate the Plan or preserve
qualification of the Plan under section 401(a) of the Code;
(e) to decide all questions relating to eligibility and payment of benefits hereunder,
including, without limitation, the power and discretion to determine the eligibility of persons to
receive benefits hereunder;
(f) to establish procedures for determining whether a domestic relations order is a qualified
domestic relations order (QDRO) as described in Section 9.5 and for complying with any such QDRO;
(g) to direct the Trustee with respect to benefits payable under the Plan (including, without
limitation, the persons to be paid or methods of payment) and all distributions of the assets of
the Fund;
(h) to make a determination as to the rights of any person to a benefit and to afford any
person dissatisfied with such determination the right to an appeal;
(i) to determine the character and amount of expenses that are properly payable by the Plan as
reasonable administration expenses, and to direct the Trustee with respect to the payment thereof
(including, without limitation, the persons to be paid and the method of payment);
(j) to compromise or settle claims against the Plan and to direct the Trustee to pay amounts
required in any such settlements or compromise; and
(k) to determine the method of making corrections necessary or advisable as a result of
operating defects in order to preserve qualification of the Plan under section 401(a) of the Code
pursuant to procedures of the Internal Revenue Service applicable in such cases (such as those set
forth in Revenue Procedure 2008-50 and similar guidance).
The determinations of the Committee shall be conclusive and binding on all persons to the maximum
extent permitted by law. The expenses of the Committee and all other expenses of the Plan shall be
paid by the Fund to the extent not paid by the Company, and such expenses shall include any
expenses authorized by the Board of Directors as necessary or desirable in the administration of
the Plan.
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10.4
Advisers
. Any named fiduciary under the Plan, and any fiduciary designated by a
named fiduciary to whom such power is granted by a named fiduciary under the Plan, may employ one
or more persons to carry out such responsibilities as may be specified by such fiduciary and to
render advice with regard to any responsibility such fiduciary has under the Plan.
10.5
Service in Multiple Capacities
. Any person or group of persons may serve in more
than one fiduciary capacity with respect to the Plan.
10.6
Limitation of Liability; Indemnity
.
10.6.1 Except as otherwise provided by law, if any duty or responsibility of any person
serving as a named fiduciary has been allocated or delegated to any other person in accordance with
any provision of this Plan, then such fiduciary shall not be liable for any act or omission of such
other person in carrying out such duty or responsibility.
10.6.2 Except as otherwise provided by law, no person who is a member of the Committee or is
an employee, director or officer of any Employer who is a fiduciary under the Plan or the trust
thereunder, or otherwise has responsibility with respect to administration of the Plan or trust,
shall incur any liability whatsoever on account of any matter connected with or related to the Plan
or trust or the administration thereof, unless such person shall have acted in bad faith or been
guilty of willful misconduct or gross negligence in respect of his duties, actions or omissions in
respect of the Plan or trust.
10.6.3 The Company shall indemnify and save harmless each Committee member and each employee,
director or officer of any Employer serving as a trustee or other fiduciary from and against any
and all loss, liability, claim, damage, cost and expense which may arise by reason of, or be based
upon, any matter connected with or related to the Plan or trust or the administration thereof
(including, but not limited to, any and all expenses whatsoever reasonably incurred in
investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or in
settlement of any such claim whatsoever), unless such person shall have acted in bad faith or been
guilty of willful misconduct or gross negligence in respect of his duties, actions or omissions in
respect of the Plan or trust.
10.7
Reliance on Information
. The Committee and any Employer and its officers,
directors and employees shall be entitled to rely upon all tables, valuations, certificates,
opinions and reports furnished by any accountant, trustee, insurance company, counsel or other
expert who shall be engaged by an Employer or the Committee, and the Committee and any Employer and
its officers, directors and employees shall be fully protected in respect of any action taken or
suffered by them in good faith in reliance thereon, and all action so taken or suffered shall be
conclusive upon all persons affected thereby.
10.8
Subcommittees, Counsel and Agents
. The Committee may appoint from its members
such subcommittees (of one or more such members), with such powers, as the Committee shall
determine. The Committee may employ such counsel (including legal counsel, who may be counsel for
the Company or an Employer), accountants, and agents and such clerical and other services as either
may require in carrying out the provisions of the Plan, and may
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charge the fees, charges and costs resulting from such employment as an expense to the Fund to
the extent not paid by the Company. Unless otherwise required by law, persons employed by the
Committee as counsel, or as its agents or otherwise, may include members of the Committee, or
employees of the Company. Persons serving on the Committee, or on any such subcommittee shall be
fully protected in acting or refraining to act in accordance with the advice of legal or other
counsel.
10.9
Funding Policy
. The funding policy and method of the Plan shall consist of the
receipt of contributions and the investment thereof pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, taking
into account the objectives of the Plan as stated in the Introduction.
10.10
Proper Proof
. In any case in which an Employer or the Committee shall be
required under the Plan to take action upon the occurrence of any event, they shall be under no
obligation to take such action unless and until proper and satisfactory evidence of such occurrence
shall have been received by them.
10.11
Genuineness of Documents
. The Committee, and any Employer and its respective
officers, directors and employees, shall be entitled to rely upon any notice, request, consent,
letter, telegram or other paper or document believed by them or any of them to be genuine, and to
have been signed or sent by the proper person, and shall be fully protected in respect of any
action taken or suffered by them in good faith in reliance thereon.
10.12
Records and Reports
. The Committee shall maintain or cause to be maintained
such records, as it deems necessary or advisable in connection with the administration of the Plan.
10.13
Recovery of Overpayments
. Without limiting the generality of the Committees
power and discretion under Section 10.3(d) to rectify errors and supply omissions, in the event
that the Committee determines that overpayments have been made to a Member or his spouse or
Beneficiary, the Committee shall take such steps as it shall deem appropriate under the relevant
facts and circumstances to recover such payments, with or without interest, and in case repayment
is not otherwise made, to offset the amount to be recovered against subsequent payments otherwise
becoming due to or in respect of such Member, spouse or Beneficiary at such time and to such extent
as it shall deem appropriate.
ARTICLE XI
The Trust Agreement
11.1
The Trust Agreement
. Effective July 17, 2002, the Committee, on behalf of itself
and each other Employer, shall have power to appoint and remove a Trustee and to enter into or
amend a Trust Agreement with the Trustee providing for the establishment of a Fund hereunder. The
Trust Agreement shall be deemed to form a part of this Plan, and any and all rights which may
accrue to any person under this Plan shall be subject to all the terms and provisions of such Trust
Agreement. Copies of the Trust Agreement shall be filed with the Committee and, upon reasonable
application and notice, shall be made available for inspection by any Member.
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11.2
Rights of the Company
. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Trust
Agreement or in Section 4.7, upon the transfer by an Employer of any money or assets to the Fund,
all interest of the Employer therein shall cease and terminate, legal title to such Fund shall be
vested absolutely in the Trustee and no part of the Fund or income therefrom shall be used for or
diverted to purposes other than the exclusive benefit of the Members and their Beneficiaries as
provided herein; provided, however, that:
(a) A contribution that is made by an Employer by a mistake of fact may be returned to the
Employer upon its request within one year after the payment of the contribution; and
(b) A contribution that is conditioned upon its deductibility under section 404(a) of the Code
may be returned to the Employer upon its request, to the extent that the contribution is disallowed
as a deduction, within one year after such disallowance.
11.3
Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee
. The Trustee will hold and invest all
funds as provided herein and in the Trust Agreement. The Trustee will make, at the direction of
the Committee, all payments to Members and their Beneficiaries.
The Trustee shall invest the assets in the Fund in the Common Stock of the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee may make such short-term fixed income investments as it
shall deem necessary to hold (i) cash contributions pending investment in Common Stock when such
contributions are made prior to settlement of trades, (ii) amounts deemed necessary or advisable to
fund the distribution in respect of fractional shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section
7.2 or rollovers into a safe harbor individual retirement account under Section 9.6.4, and (iii)
the proceeds of sales of Common Stock pending transfer of such proceeds to the Arrow Electronics
Savings Plan in accordance with Sections 4.11.4, 7.3, and 8.5 or to such a safe harbor individual
retirement account.
The Trustee shall not be required to make any payment of benefits or distributions out of the
Fund, or to allocate or reallocate any amounts, except upon the written direction of the Committee.
The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any action by the Board of Directors or of the
termination of employment, retirement, Disability or death of any Member, unless it shall be given
written notice of such event by the Committee.
11.4
Leveraged Purchases
. The Trustee shall be entitled to borrow funds for the
purpose of purchasing Common Stock, either from the Company or from shareholders of the Company.
Any such loan that is an Exempt Loan shall comply with the provisions of Article XV.
ARTICLE XII
Amendment
12.1
Right of the Company to Amend the Plan
. The Company shall have the right at any
time and from time to time to amend any or all of the provisions of this Plan by resolution of the
Board of Directors, by action of the Compensation Committee of the Board of
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Directors, or effective July 17, 2002, by action of the Company Representative, and all
Employers and Members (and their Beneficiaries) shall be bound thereby. Except as provided in
Section 12.3, no such amendment shall authorize or permit any part of the Fund to be used for or
diverted to purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of the Members and their Beneficiaries,
nor shall any amendment reduce any amount then credited to the individual accounts of any Member,
reduce any Members vested interest in his account, or affect the rights, duties and
responsibilities of the Trustee without his written consent.
12.2
Plan Merger
. The Plan may be amended in accordance with Section 12.1 to provide
for the merger of the Plan, in whole or in part, or a transfer of all or part of its assets, into
or to any other qualified plan within the meaning of section 401(a) of the Code, including such a
merger or transfer in lieu of a distribution which might otherwise be required under the Plan. In
the case of any merger or consolidation with, or transfer of assets or liabilities to, any other
plan, each Member shall be entitled to a benefit immediately after the merger, consolidation or
transfer (if such other plan then terminated) 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 been terminated).
12.3
Amendments Required by Law
. All provisions of this Plan, and all benefits and
rights granted hereunder, are subject to any amendments, modifications or alterations which are
necessary from time to time, (a) to qualify the Plan under section 40l(a) of the Code and the
regulations and rulings thereunder, (b) to continue the Plan as so qualified, (c) to qualify the
Plan as an employee stock ownership plan within the meaning of section 4975(e)(7) of the Code and
the regulations and rulings thereunder, and within the meaning of section 407(d)(6) of ERISA and
the regulations and rulings thereunder, (d) to comply with any other provision of law.
Accordingly, notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, the Company may amend, modify or
alter the Plan with retroactive effect in any respect or manner necessary to qualify the Plan under
section 40l(a) of the Code, to continue the Plan as so qualified, to meet the aforementioned
statutory requirements or to comply with any other provision of applicable law.
ARTICLE XIII
Discontinuance of Contributions
and Termination of the Plan
13.1
Right to Terminate the Plan or Discontinue Contributions
. The Employers have
established the Plan with the bona fide intention and expectation that from year to year they will
be able to and will deem it advisable to make contributions as herein provided. In any given Year,
however, the board of directors of an Employer may determine that circumstances make it impossible
or inadvisable for the Employer to make contributions in respect of that Year. The failure of such
board of directors to authorize contributions in respect of any Year shall not constitute a
termination of the Plan. However, the Company reserves the right to terminate the Plan or
completely discontinue contributions thereto at any time, with respect to any or all Employers
hereunder.
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13.2
Manner of Termination
. In the event the Board of Directors decides it is
impossible or inadvisable to continue the Plan, the Board of Directors shall have the power to
terminate the Plan by appropriate resolution. A certified copy of such resolution or resolutions
shall be delivered to the Committee, and as soon as possible thereafter the Committee shall deliver
to the Trustee a copy of the resolution or resolutions and shall give appropriate notice to the
Members.
13.3
Effect of Termination
. In the event of the complete or partial termination
(within the meaning of section 411(d)(3) of the Code) of the Plan or a complete discontinuance of
contributions by the Employers, the rights of all affected Members to their Accounts as of the date
of such termination or such complete discontinuance of contributions shall be fully vested and
nonforfeitable (within the meaning of section 411 of the Code and regulations thereunder). After
the date of a complete termination specified in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board
of Directors, the Employers shall make no further contributions under the Plan. In the event of a
complete discontinuance of contributions without a termination of the Plan, the Committee shall
remain in existence and all provisions of the Plan shall remain in force which are necessary in the
opinion of the Committee, other than the provisions for contributions, and the Fund shall remain in
existence and all provisions of the Trust Agreement shall remain in force which are necessary in
the sole opinion of the Committee, other than provisions relating to contributions.
13.4
Distribution of the Fund
. In the event of a termination of the Plan, the Trustee
shall apply each Members account to the benefit of such Member (or his Beneficiary) in accordance
with the instructions of the Committee. Except as specifically provided in Section 4.7 or 11.2 or
in the Trust Agreement, no assets will revert from the Fund to any Employer.
13.5
Expenses of Termination
. In the event of the complete or partial termination of
the Plan, the expenses incident thereto shall be a prior claim and lien upon the assets of the
Fund, and shall be paid or provided for prior to the distribution of any benefits pursuant to such
termination.
ARTICLE XIV
Miscellaneous Provisions
14.1
Plan Not a Contract of Employment
. Neither the establishment of the Plan created
hereby, nor any amendment thereof, nor the creation of any fund or account, nor the payment of any
benefits hereunder, shall be construed as giving to any Member or other person any legal or
equitable right against any Employer, any officer or employee thereof, the Board of Directors or
any member thereof, the Committee, or any Trustee, except as provided herein and under no
circumstances shall the terms of employment of any Member be in any way affected hereby.
14.2
Source of Benefits
. All benefits payable under the Plan shall be paid or
provided for solely from the Fund and the Employers assume no liability or responsibility therefor.
The Employers are under no legal obligation to make any contributions to the Fund.
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No action or suit shall be brought by any Employee or Beneficiary, or by any Trustee, against
any Employer for any such contribution.
14.3
Spendthrift Clause
. Except as may be otherwise required by a qualified domestic
relations order (as defined in section 414(p) of the Code), or by other applicable law recognized
as a permitted exception to this provision by section 401(a)(13) of the Code and regulations
thereunder, no benefit or payment under the Plan shall be subject in any manner to anticipation,
alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge, whether voluntary or
involuntary, and no attempt so to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber or
charge the same shall be valid, nor shall any such benefit or payment be in any way liable for or
subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements or torts of any person entitled to such
benefit or payment, or subject to attachment, garnishment, levy, execution or other legal or
equitable process.
14.4
Merger
. The merger or consolidation of the Company with any other company or the
transfer of the assets of the Company to any other company by sale, exchange, liquidation or
otherwise or the merger of this Plan with any other retirement plan shall not in and of itself
result in the termination of the Plan or be deemed a Termination of Employment of any Employee.
14.5
Valuation of Common Stock
. Except as otherwise expressly provided, for all
purposes of this Plan, the value of Common Stock on any day on which a national securities exchange
is open for trading in Common Stock shall be (a) the mean between the high and low prices at which
Common Stock was traded on such exchange on such day, or (b) if there were no trades of Common
Stock on such exchange on such day, the mean between the high bid and low asked prices for Common
Stock on such day. In the event that the value of Common Stock is to be determined under this Plan
as of a day on which there was no national exchange open for trading in Common Stock, the value of
Common Stock on such day shall be the value of Common Stock on the most recent day on which a
national exchange was open for trading in Common Stock, as determined in accordance with the
preceding sentence.
14.6
Inability to Locate Distributee
. Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Plan, in the event that the Committee cannot locate any person to whom a payment or distribution is
due under the Plan, and no other payee has become entitled thereto pursuant to any provision of the
Plan, the account in respect of which such payment or distribution is to be made shall be forfeited
at the close of the third Year following the Year in which such payment or distribution first
became due (but in all events prior to the time such account would otherwise escheat under any
applicable state law); provided, that any account so forfeited shall be reinstated if such person
subsequently makes a valid claim for such benefit.
14.7
Payment to a Minor or Incompetent
. If any amount is payable to a minor or other
legally incompetent person, such amount may be paid in any of the following ways, as the Committee
in its sole discretion shall determine:
(a) To the legal representatives of such minor or other incompetent person;
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(b) Directly to such minor or other incompetent person;
(c) To a parent or guardian of such minor, or to a custodian for such minor under the Uniform
Transfers to Minors Act (or similar statute) of any jurisdiction or to the person with whom such
minor shall reside.
Payment to such minor or incompetent person, or to such other person as may be determined by
the Committee, as above provided, shall discharge all Employers, the Committee, the Trustees and
any insurance company or other person or corporation making such payment pursuant to the direction
of the Committee, and none of the foregoing shall be required to see to the proper application of
any such payment to such person pursuant to the provisions of this Section 14.8.
14.8
Doubt as to Right to Payment
. If at any time any doubt exists as to the right of
any person to any payment hereunder or as to the amount or time of such payment (including, without
limitation, any doubt as to identity, or any case in which any notice has been received from any
other person claiming any interest in amounts payable hereunder, or any case in which a claim from
other persons may exist by reason of community property or similar laws) the Committee shall be
entitled, in its discretion, to direct the Trustee (or any insurance company) to hold such sum as a
segregated amount in trust until such right or amount or time is determined or until order of a
court of competent jurisdiction, or to pay such sum into court in accordance with appropriate rules
of law in such case then provided, or to make payment only upon receipt of a bond or similar
indemnification (in such amount and in such form as is satisfactory to the Committee).
14.9
Estoppel of Members and Beneficiaries
. The Employers, Committee, and Trustee may
rely upon any certificate, statement or other representation made to them by any Employee, Member
or Beneficiary with respect to age, length of service, leave of absence, date of cessation of
employment or other fact required to be determined under any of the provisions of the Plan, and
shall not be liable on account of the payment of any benefits or the doing of any act in reliance
upon any such certificate, statement or other representation. Any such certificate, statement or
other representation made by an Employee or Member shall be conclusively binding upon such Employee
or Member and his Beneficiary and estate, and such Employee, Member, Beneficiary and estate shall
thereafter and forever be estopped from disputing the truth and correctness of such certificate,
statement or other representation. Any such certificate, statement or other representation made by
a Beneficiary shall be conclusively binding upon such Beneficiary, and such Beneficiary shall
thereafter and forever be estopped from disputing the truth and correctness of such certificate,
statement or other representation.
14.10
Claims Procedure
. The Committee shall establish a claims procedure in
accordance with applicable law, under which any Member or Beneficiary whose claim for benefits has
been denied shall have a reasonable opportunity for a full and fair review of the decision denying
such claim.
14.11
Controlling Law
. The validity of this Plan or of any of its provisions shall be
determined under, and shall be construed and administered according to, the laws of the State of
New York (without regard to its choice of law principles), except to the extent preempted by
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ERISA, or any other applicable laws of the United States of America. No action (whether at
law, in equity or otherwise) shall be brought by or on behalf of any person for or with respect to
benefits due under this Plan unless the person bringing such action has timely exhausted the Plans
claim review procedure. Any action (whether at law, in equity or otherwise) must be commenced
within three (3) years from the earlier of (a) the date a final determination denying such benefit,
in whole or in part, is issued under the Plans claim review procedure and (b) the date such
persons cause of action first accrued.
14.12
Separability
. If any provision of the Plan or the Trust Agreement is held
invalid or unenforceable, its invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions
of the Plan and/or the Trust Agreement, and the Plan and Trust Agreement shall be construed and
enforced as if such provision had not been included therein.
14.13
Captions
. The captions contained herein are inserted only as a matter of
convenience and for reference and in no way define, limit, enlarge or describe the scope or intent
of the Plan nor in any way shall affect the Plan or the construction of any provision thereof.
14.14
Usage
. Whenever applicable, the masculine gender, when used in the Plan, shall
include the feminine or neuter gender, and the singular shall include the plural.
ARTICLE XV
Exempt Loans
15.1
Application of Article
. This Article XV shall apply in the event that the
Trustee shall purchase Common Stock with loan proceeds (including a purchase on deferred payment
terms), and the loan is made by or guaranteed by the Company or another disqualified person with
respect to the Plan. Any such loan must be primarily for the benefit of the Members participating
in the Plan and their Beneficiaries.
15.2
Use of Proceeds
. The proceeds of an Exempt Loan must be used within a reasonable
time after their receipt by the Plan only for any or all of the following purposes: (a) to acquire
Common Stock; (b) to repay such loan; (c) to repay a prior Exempt Loan.
15.3
Non-Recourse Requirement
. An Exempt Loan shall be without recourse against the
Plan. Such loan shall be payable only out of contributions (other than contributions of Common
Stock or other employer securities) that are made by the Employers under the Plan in order to meet
their obligations under the loan, collateral given for the loan (if any), and earnings attributable
to the investment of such contributions or to such collateral (including dividends or other
distributions in respect of Common Stock acquired with the proceeds of an Exempt Loan). The
payments made with respect to an Exempt Loan by the Plan during a Year shall not exceed the excess
of (a) the amount of such contributions and earnings received during or prior to the Year over (b)
the amount of such payments in prior Years. Such contributions and earnings shall be accounted for
separately in the records of the Plan until the loan is repaid.
15.4
Permitted Collateral
. The only assets of the Plan that may be given as
collateral on an Exempt Loan are Common Stock acquired with the proceeds of the loan, and
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Common Stock that was collateral on a prior Exempt Loan repaid with the proceeds of the
current Exempt Loan.
15.5
Default
. In the event of default upon an Exempt Loan, the value of Plan assets
transferred in satisfaction of the loan shall not exceed the amount of default. If the lender
(not including for this purpose a mere guarantor) is a disqualified person with respect to the
Plan, the loan must provide for a transfer of Plan assets on default only upon and to the extent of
the failure of the Plan to meet the payment schedule of the loan.
15.6
Release from Encumbrance
. In the event that an Exempt Loan is secured by
collateral in accordance with Section 15.4, such loan must provide for the release of such
collateral in accordance with applicable regulations.
15.7
Suspense Account
. All Common Stock acquired with the proceeds of an Exempt Loan
shall be added to and maintained in a Suspense Account. In the event that all of such Common Stock
shall be pledged as collateral for such loan, such Common Stock shall be withdrawn from the
Suspense Account at the rate at which it is released from such pledge as provided in Section 15.6.
In all other cases, such Common Stock shall be withdrawn from the Suspense Account at the rate that
would apply under the foregoing provisions of this Section 15.7 if all such Common Stock had been
so pledged. For such purpose, the rate of withdrawal from the Suspense Account shall be determined
under applicable regulations based on the proportion of payments of both principal and interest
paid for the Year, unless (a) the Committee shall elect to determine the rate of withdrawal solely
with reference to principal payments and (b) a withdrawal based solely on principal payments shall
be permissible under applicable regulations.
15.8
Put Option
. Except as provided in the following provisions of this Section 15.8,
Common Stock acquired with the proceeds of an Exempt Loan shall not be subject to a put, call or
other option, or buy-sell or similar arrangement while held by and when distributed by the Plan,
whether or not the Plan is then an ESOP.
15.8.1
Legal Requirement
. Common Stock acquired with the proceeds of an Exempt Loan
shall be subject to a put option on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 15.8, which
terms and conditions shall be construed and applied so as at all times to comply with applicable
regulations under section 4975 of the Code and section 407(d)(6) of ERISA. Without limiting the
generality of Sections 12.1 and 12.3, or any other provision of the Plan, in the event that
applicable provisions of law, or regulations, are subsequently modified so as to require or permit
a change in any of such terms or conditions, or to require or permit new, different or additional
terms or conditions, the Company reserves the right to amend this Section 15.8 in any respect or
manner which it may deem necessary or desirable in order to comply with or conform to applicable
law or regulations as so modified.
15.8.2
Put Options
. If Common Stock acquired with the proceeds of an Exempt Loan,
when distributed, is not publicly traded or is subject to a restriction under federal or state
securities laws or regulations thereunder, or under an agreement affecting such Common Stock which
would make such stock not as freely tradable as stock not subject to such a restriction, a Member
shall have the option to put such stock to the Company at a price equal to
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the fair market value thereof, as determined under a fair valuation formula in compliance with
any applicable regulations. Solely for the purposes of this Section 15.8, a Member shall mean a
Member (or former Member) or his Beneficiary to whom the Plan has distributed shares of Common
Stock acquired with the proceeds of an Exempt Loan, or a donee of either thereof or any person
(including an estate or its distributee) to whom such Common Stock passes by reason of the death of
a Member (or former Member) or a Beneficiary. Under no circumstances may the put option bind the
Plan; however, the Trustee in its discretion may elect to assume the rights and obligations of the
Company with respect to any put option at the time it is exercised by giving written notice thereof
(in such form as the Trustee shall in its discretion determine) to the Member exercising the put
option. If it is known at the time an Exempt Loan is made that federal or state law will be
violated by the Companys honoring the put option described in this Section 15.8.2, a Member shall
have the option to put the Common Stock subject to this Section 15.8.2 in a manner consistent with
such federal or state law, to such affiliate or shareholder (other than this Plan) of the Company
as the Company, in its discretion, may designate (and in such case the provisions of this Section
15.8 shall be applied as if such shareholder or affiliate were the Company to the extent necessary
or appropriate); provided, however, that any such affiliate or shareholder shall have substantial
net worth at the time the Exempt Loan is made and such net worth is reasonably expected to remain
substantial.
15.8.3
Period of Exercisability
. The put option shall be exercisable for a period of
at least 60 days following the date of distribution of Common Stock subject to a put option under
this Section 15.8 and, if the option is not exercised within such 60-day period, for an additional
period of at least 60 days in the following year. In no event shall any period during which a put
option is otherwise exercisable under this subsection 15.8.3 include any time during which a Member
is unable to exercise such option because the Company (or other party bound by the put option) is
prohibited from honoring it by applicable federal or state law, and the period during which a put
option is so exercisable shall be extended by the amount of time during which such prohibition was
in effect.
15.8.4
Payment
. The Company (or the Plan if it assumes the Companys obligations
pursuant to Section 15.8.2, shall make full payment of the purchase price for Common Stock which is
the subject of a put option that is properly exercised by a Member within 30 days after the Member
surrenders to the Company (or the Plan) certificates representing such Common Stock, duly endorsed
or accompanied by a stock power duly executed, in either case with his signature duly guaranteed,
and accompanied by all required stock transfer stamps; provided, that in the event the shares put
to the Company pursuant to Section 15.8.2 were distributed to the Member as part of a total
distribution, the Company may elect to make such payment in substantially equal annual installments
over a period beginning within 30 days after the date the put option is exercised and not exceeding
five years if the Company provides adequate security and pays a reasonable interest rate with
respect thereto. Payment under a put option may not be restricted by the provisions of an Exempt
Loan or any other loan or arrangement entered into on or after November 1, 1977 to which the
Company or the Plan is a party or by which either is bound, unless so required by applicable state
law.
15.8.5
Nonterminable Rights
. The protections and rights provided by this Section
15.8.5 shall be nonterminable. Thus, if the Plan holds or has distributed Common Stock
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acquired with the proceeds of an Exempt Loan, and either such loan is repaid or the Plan
ceases to be an ESOP, such protections and rights shall continue.
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15.9
Other Terms of Loan
. An Exempt Loan must be for a specific term, and may not be
payable on demand except in the case of default. Such loan shall, at the time it is made, be on
terms at least as favorable to the Plan as the terms of a comparable loan resulting from arms
length negotiations between independent parties, and shall not require the payment of interest in
excess of a reasonable rate of interest.
ARTICLE XVI
Leased Employees
16.1
Definitions
. For purposes of this Article XVI, the term Leased Employee means
any person (a) who performs or performed services for an Employer or Affiliate (hereinafter
referred to as the Recipient) pursuant to an agreement between the Recipient and any other person
(hereinafter referred to as the Leasing Organization), (b) who has performed such services for
the Recipient or for the Recipient and related persons (within the meaning of section 144(a)(3) of
the Code) on a substantially full-time basis for a period of at least one year, and (c) whose
services are performed under primary direction or control by the Recipient.
16.2
Treatment of Leased Employees
. For purposes of this Plan, a Leased Employee
shall be treated as an ineligible employee of an Affiliate, whose service for the Recipient
(including service during the one-year period referred to in Section 16.1) is to be taken into
account in determining compliance with the service requirements of the Plan relating to
participation and vesting. However, the Leased Employee shall not be entitled to share in
contributions or forfeitures under the Plan with respect to any service or compensation
attributable to the period during which he is a Leased Employee, and shall not be eligible to
become a Member eligible to accrue benefits under the Plan unless and except to the extent that he
shall at some time, either before or after his service as a Leased Employee, qualify as an Employee
without regard to the provisions of this Article XVI (in which event, status as a Leased Employee
shall be determined without regard to clause (b) of Section 16.1, to the extent required by
applicable law).
16.3
Exception for Employees Covered by Plans of Leasing Organization
. Section 16.2
shall not apply to any Leased Employee if such employee is covered by a money purchase pension plan
of the Leasing Organization meeting the requirements of section 414(n)(5)(B) of the Code and Leased
Employees do not constitute more than 20% of the aggregate nonhighly compensated work force (as
defined in section 414(n)(5)(C)(ii) of the Code) of all Employers and Affiliates.
16.4
Construction
. The purpose of this Article XVI is to comply with the provisions
of section 4l4(n) of the Code. All provisions of this Article shall be construed consistently
therewith, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no individual shall be treated as
a Leased Employee except as required under such section.
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ARTICLE XVII
Top-Heavy Provisions
17.1
Determination of Top-Heavy Status
.
17.1.1
Applicable Plans
. For purposes of this Article XVII, Applicable Plans shall
include (a) each plan of an Employer or Affiliate in which a Key Employee (as defined in Section
17.1.2 for this Plan, and as defined in section 416(i) of the Code for each other Applicable Plan)
participates during the five-year period ending on such plans determination date (as described
in Section 17.1.4) and (b) each other plan of an Employer or Affiliate which, during such period,
enables any plan in clause (a) of this sentence to meet the requirements of sections 401(a)(4) and
410 of the Code. Any plan not required to be included under the preceding sentence may also be
included, at the option of the Company, provided that the requirements of sections 401(a)(4) and
410 of the Code continue to be satisfied for the group of Applicable Plans after such inclusion.
Applicable Plans shall include terminated plans, frozen plans, and to the extent that benefits are
provided with respect to service with an Employer or an Affiliate, multiemployer plans (described
in section 414(f) of the Code) and multiple employer plans (described in section 413(c) of the
Code) to which an Employer or an Affiliate makes contributions.
17.1.2
Key Employee
. For purposes of this Article XVII, Key Employee for any Year
shall mean an employee (including a former employee, whether or not deceased) of an Employer or
Affiliate who, at any time during a given Year (or, for Years beginning prior to January 1, 2002,
any of the four (4) preceding Years), is one or more of the following:
(a) An officer of an Employer or Affiliate having Earnings greater than:
(i) for Years ending prior to January 1, 2002, fifty percent (50%) of the dollar amount in
effect under section 415(b)(1)(A) of the Code for any such Year; and
(ii) for Years beginning on or after January 1, 2002, $130,000 (as adjusted under section
416(i) of the Code);
provided that the number of employees treated as officers shall be no more than fifty (50) or, if
fewer, the greater of three (3) employees or ten percent (10%) of the employees including Leased
Employees as described in Section 16.1 (exclusive of employees described in section 414(q)(5) of
the Code).
(b) For Years ending prior to January 1, 2002, one of the ten (10) employees (i) having
Earnings of more than the dollar amount described in Section 3.3.1 and (ii) owning (or considered
as owning, within the meaning of section 416(i) of the Code), the largest percentage interests in
value of an Employer or Affiliate, provided that such percentage interest exceeds one-half percent
(.5%) in value. If two employees have the same interest in the
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Employer or Affiliate, the employee having greater Earnings shall be treated as having a
larger interest.
(c) A person owning (or considered as owning, within the meaning of section 416(i) of the
Code) more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding stock of the Employer or Affiliate, or stock
possessing more than five percent (5%) of the total combined voting power of all stock of the
Employer or Affiliate (or having more than five percent (5%) of the capital or profits interest in
any Employer or Affiliate that is not a corporation, determined under similar principles).
(d) A one percent (1%) owner of an Employer or an Affiliate having Earnings of more than one
hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000). One percent (1%) owner means any person who would be
described in Section 17.1.2(c) if one percent (1%) were substituted for five percent (5%) in
each place where it appears in Section 17.1.2(c) paragraph (iii).
17.1.3
Top Heavy Condition
. In any Year during which the sum, for all Key Employees,
of the present value of the cumulative accrued benefits under all Applicable Plans which are
defined benefit plans (determined based on the actuarial assumptions set forth in the top-heavy
provisions of such plans) and the aggregate of the accounts under all Applicable Plans which are
defined contribution plans, exceeds 60% of a similar sum determined for all members in such plans
(but excluding members who are former Key Employees), the Plan shall be deemed Top-Heavy.
17.1.4
Determination Date
. The determination as to whether this Plan is Top-Heavy
for a given Year shall be made on the last day of the preceding Year (the Determination Date);
and other plans shall be included in determining whether this Plan is Top-Heavy based on the
determination date as defined in Code section 416(g)(4)(c) for each such plan which occurs in the
same calendar year as such Determination Date for this Plan.
17.1.5
Valuation
. The value of the account balance of accrued benefits for each
Applicable Plan will be determined subject to Code section 416 and the regulations thereunder, as
of the most recent Valuation Date occurring within the 12-month period ending on the applicable
determination date for such plan.
17.1.6
Distributions within Determination Period
. Subject to Section 17.1.7,
distributions from the Plan or any other Applicable Plan on account of severance from employment,
death or disability, made during the one (1)-year period ending on the applicable Determination
Date and other distributions from the Plan during the five (5)-year period ending on the applicable
determination date (or, prior to January 1, 2002, all distributions from the Plan (or any other
Applicable Plan) during the five (5)-year period ending on the applicable Determination Date) shall
be taken into account in determining whether the Plan is Top-Heavy, subject to Section 17.1.8 in
the case of transferees to or from other plans.
17.1.7
No Services within Determination Period
. Benefits and distributions shall not
be taken into account with respect to any individual who has not rendered
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any services to any Employer or Affiliate at any time during the one (1)-year period (or prior
to January 1, 2002, during the five (5)-year period) ending on the applicable Determination Date.
17.1.8
Compliance with Code Section 416
. The calculation of the Top-Heavy ratio,
and the extent to which distributions, rollovers and transfers from this Plan or any other
Applicable Plan shall be taken into account, will be made in accordance with Code section 416 and
applicable regulations thereunder.
17.1.9
Beneficiaries
. The terms Key Employee and Member include their
beneficiaries.
17.1.10
Accrued Benefit Under Defined Benefit Plans
. Solely for purposes of
determining whether this Plan or any other Applicable Plan is Top-Heavy for a given Year, the
accrued benefit under any defined benefit plan of a Member other than a Key Employee shall be
determined under (a) the method, if any, that uniformly applies for accrual purposes under all
defined benefit plans maintained by the Employer or an Affiliate, or (b) if there is no such
method, as if such benefit accrued not more rapidly than at the slowest accrual rate permitted
under the fractional accrual rule of section 411(b)(1)(C) of the Code.
17.2
Provisions Applicable in Top-Heavy Years
. For any Year in which the Plan is
deemed to be Top-Heavy, the following provisions shall apply to any Member who has not terminated
employment before such Year.
17.2.1
Required Allocation
. The amount of Employer contributions and forfeitures
which shall be allocated to the account of any active Member who (a) is employed by an Employer or
Affiliate on the last day of the Year and (b) is not a Key Employee shall be (i) at least 3% of
such Members Earnings for such Year up to the amount determined in accordance with section
401(a)(17) of the Code, or, (ii) if less, an amount equal to such Earnings multiplied by the
highest allocation rate for any Key Employee. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the
allocation rate for each individual Key Employee shall be determined by dividing the Employer
contributions and forfeitures allocated to such Key Employees account under all Applicable Plans
considered together, by his Earnings; provided, however, that clause (ii) does not apply if this
Plan enables a defined benefit plan required to be so aggregated under Section 17.1.1 to meet the
requirements of section 401(a)(4) or 410 of the Code. The minimum-allocation provisions of this
Section 17.2.1 shall, to the extent necessary, be satisfied by special Employer contributions made
by the Employer for that purpose. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the minimum allocations otherwise
required by this Section 17.2.1 shall not be required to be made for any Member if such Member is
covered under a defined benefit plan maintained by an Employer or an Affiliate which provides the
minimum benefit required under section 416(c)(1) of the Code, and/or to the extent that the minimum
allocation otherwise required by this Section 17.2.1 is made under another defined contribution
plan maintained by an Employer or an Affiliate. In addition, any minimum allocation required to be
made for a Member who is not a Key Employee shall be deemed satisfied to the extent of the benefits
provided by any other qualified plan maintained by an Employer or an Affiliate.
17.2.2
Vesting
. Any Member shall be vested in his account on a basis at least as
favorable as is provided under the following schedule:
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In any Year in which the Plan is not deemed to be Top- Heavy, the minimum Vested Percentage
of any account shall be no less than that which was determined as of the last day of the last Year
in which the Plan was deemed to be Top-Heavy. The minimum vesting schedule set out above shall
apply to all benefits within the meaning of Code section 411(a)(7) except those attributable to
employee contributions, including benefits accrued before the effective date of this Article XVII
and benefits accrued before the Plan became Top-Heavy. Any vesting schedule change caused by
alterations in the Plans Top-Heavy status shall be deemed to result from a Plan amendment giving
rise to the right of election required by Code section 411(a)(10)(B).
The provisions of Sections 17.2.1 and 17.2.2 shall not apply to any employee included in a
unit of employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement if, within the meaning of section
416(i)(4) of the Code, retirement benefits were the subject of good faith bargaining.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC. has caused this instrument to be executed by its
duly authorized officer, and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed, this 9
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day of
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 1
In connection with the acquisition by the Company of the electronics distribution businesses
of Ducommun Incorporated (the Ducommun Acquisition), the Plan is amended in the following
respects:
S1.1 In the case of any individual who became an Employee on or about January
11, 1988 in connection with the Ducommun Acquisition, and who remained an Employee
continuously from that time through December 31, 1989, the term Year of Service
shall include, effective on and after January 1, 1990, any Year (i) during which
such Employee was employed by Ducommun and (ii) which would have been a Year of
Employment had such Employee been employed instead by an Employer.
S1-1
SUPPLEMENT NO. 2
In connection with the acquisition by the Company of all of the issued and outstanding shares
of common stock of Lex Electronics Inc. (Lex), the Plan is amended as follows, effective
September 27, 1991:
S2.1 Solely for purposes of Section 2.1 of the Plan, an individual who became
an employee of an Employer or Affiliate on or about September 27, 1991 in connection
with the acquisition by the Company of all of the issued and outstanding shares of
common stock of Lex shall be credited with Hours of Service for his service with Lex
or its subsidiary Almac Electronics Corporation, such service to be converted to
Hours of Service on the basis that one month equals 190 Hours of Service, one week
equals 45 Hours of Service and one day equals 10 Hours of Service.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 3
In connection with the acquisition by the Company of certain assets of Zeus Components, Inc.
(the Zeus Acquisition), the Plan is amended in the following respects:
S3.1 In the case of an individual who becomes employed by an Employer or
Affiliate on or about May 19, 1993 in connection with the Zeus Acquisition (a Zeus
Transferee), service with Zeus Components, Inc. shall be treated for purposes of
Section 2.1 as though it were service with an Employer or Affiliate. For this
purpose, any service measured in terms of elapsed time shall be converted to Hours
of Service on the basis that one month equals 190 Hours, one week equals 45 Hours
and one day equals 10 Hours.
S3.2 In the case of a Zeus Transferee who continues to be employed by an
Employer or Affiliate through December 31, 1994, service with Zeus Components, Inc.
shall be treated, on and after January 1, 1995, as service with an Employer or
Affiliate for purposes of determining such Zeus Transferees Years of Service under
the Plan. For this purpose, any service measured in terms of elapsed time shall be
converted to Hours of Service on the basis that one month equals 190 Hours, one week
equals 45 Hours and one day equals 10 Hours.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 4
In connection with the acquisition by Arrow Electronics, Inc. of all of the issued and
outstanding shares of common stock of Gates/FA Distributing, Inc. (the Gates Acquisition), the
Plan is amended as follows:
S4.1 In the case of an individual who becomes an employee of an Employer or
Affiliate on or about September 23, 1994 in connection with the Gates Acquisition,
service with Gates/FA Distributing, Inc. shall be treated, for purposes of Section
2.1 and for purposes of determining such individuals Years of Service under the
Plan, as though it were service with an Employer or Affiliate. For this purpose,
any service measured in terms of elapsed time shall be converted to Hours of Service
on the basis that one month equals 190 Hours of Service, one week equals 45 Hours of
Service and one day equals 10 hours of Service. An individual described in this
Section S4.1 shall become a Member on the first Entry Date on or after January 1,
1995 on which he has satisfied the requirements of Section 2.1.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 5
In connection with the acquisition by Arrow Electronics, Inc. of all of the issued and
outstanding shares of common stock of Anthem Electronics, Inc. (the Anthem Acquisition), the Plan
is amended as follows:
S5.1 In the case of an individual who becomes an employee of an Employer or
Affiliate on or about November 20, 1994 in connection with the Anthem Acquisition,
service with Anthem Electronics, Inc. shall be treated, for purposes of Section 2.1
and for purposes of determining such individuals Years of Service under the Plan,
as though it were service with an Employer or Affiliate. For this purpose, any
service measured in terms of elapsed time shall be converted to Hours of Service on
the basis that one month equals 190 Hours of Service, one week equals 45 Hours of
Service and one day equals 10 hours of Service. An individual described in this
Section S5.1 shall become a Member on the first Entry Date on or after January 1,
1995 on which he has satisfied the requirements of Section 2.1.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 6
TO THE
ARROW ELECTRONICS STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
Special Provisions Applicable
to Employees of Capstone Electronics Corp
.
Effective as of January 1, 1997 Capstone Electronics Corp. adopted this Plan with the approval
of the Company. This Supplement No. 6 provides for such adoption and sets forth special provisions
of the Plan that apply to certain individuals who were employed by Capstone prior to January 1,
1997.
S6.1
Special Definitions
. For purposes of this Supplement 6:
S6.1.1
Capstone
means Capstone Electronics Corp., a Delaware
corporation.
S6.1.2
Capstone Account
means the account maintained under the
Capstone Plan for each Capstone Member immediately prior to December 31, 1996.
S6.1.3
Capstone Member
means a member of the Capstone Plan who had
an undistributed Capstone Account immediately prior to December 31, 1996 or who was
eligible under section 4.2 of the Capstone Plan to share in the Capstone Plan
contribution (if any) made with respect to the 1996 Year.
S6.1.4
Capstone Plan
means the Capstone Electronics Profit- Sharing
Plan, as in effect prior to December 31, 1996.
S6.2
Membership in Plan Effective January 1, 1997
. Capstone shall be
an Employer under the Plan effective on and after January 1, 1997, which shall be
the first Entry Date under the Plan applicable to Employees of Capstone. Employees
then employed by Capstone shall become Members on such Entry Date if they were
members of the Capstone Plan on December 31, 1996, or if they otherwise satisfy the
requirements of Article II to become a Member of the Plan on January 1, 1997.
S6.3
Credit Under the Plan for Years of Service with Capstone
. A Capstone Members Years
of Service under the Plan shall be the service credited to such Member for vesting purposes under
the Capstone Plan as of December 31, 1996 plus any additional service credited under the rules of
this Plan for periods before or after January 1, 1997 but without duplication.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 7
TO
ARROW ELECTRONICS STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
Special Provisions Applicable to
Former Employees of Farnell Electronic Services
In connection with the acquisition by the Company, effective January 31, 1997, of all the
issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Farnell Holding, Inc., which wholly owns Farnell
Electronics, Inc., of which Farnell Electronic Services (Farnell) is a division, the Plan is
amended in the following respects:
S7.1
Credit Under the Plan for Service with Farnell
. In the case of a Farnell employee
who transferred to the employ of the Company on or about January 31, 1997 in connection with the
above-described acquisition of Farnell, eligibility to participate, Hours of Service and Years of
Service under the Plan shall be determined by taking into account employment his most recent period
of employment with Farnell immediately prior to January 31, 1997 as if Farnell had been an
Affiliate for such period. The Committee may use and rely upon records maintained by Farnell to
compute Hours of Service in order to determine the Years of Service to be credited to such former
employee and his eligibility to participate in accordance with Section 2.1 based on his employment
with Farnell.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 8
TO
ARROW ELECTRONICS STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
Special Provisions Applicable
to Employees of Consan, Incorporated
Effective as of February 4, 1997 Consan, Incorporated (Consan) adopted this Plan with the
approval of the Company. This Supplement No. 8 provides for such adoption and sets forth special
provisions of the Plan that apply to certain individuals who were employed by Consan prior to
February 4, 1997.
S8.1
Membership in Plan Effective February 4, 1997
. Consan shall be an Employer
under the Plan effective on and after February 4, 1997. Employees then employed by Consan (Consan
Employees) shall become Members of the Plan in accordance with Section 2.1.
S8.2
Credit Under the Plan for Service with Consan
. Eligibility to participate, Hours of
Service and Years of Service under the Plan shall be determined by taking into account a Consan
Employees most recent period of employment with Consan immediately prior to February 4, 1997 as if
Consan had been an Affiliate for such period. The Committee may use and rely upon records
maintained by Consan to compute Hours of Service in order to determine Years of Service to be
credited to such employee and his eligibility to participate in accordance with Section 2.1 based
on his employment with Consan.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 9
TO
ARROW ELECTRONICS STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
Special Provisions Applicable to
Former Employees of Richey Electronics, Inc
In connection with the acquisition by the Company of all the issued and outstanding shares of
common stock of Richey Electronics, Inc. (Richey), effective January 8, 1999, the Plan is amended
in the following respects:
S9.1
Credit Under the Plan for Service with Richey
. In the case of a Richey employee who
transferred to the employ of the Company on or about January 8, 1999 in connection with the
above-described acquisition of Richey, eligibility to participate, Hours of Service and Years of
Service under the Plan shall be determined by taking into account his most recent period of
employment with Richey immediately prior to January 8, 1999 as if Richey had been an Affiliate for
such period. The Committee may use and rely upon records maintained by Richey to compute Hours of
Service in order to determine the Years of Service to be credited to such former employee and his
eligibility to participate in accordance with Section 2.1 based on his employment with Richey.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 10
TO
ARROW ELECTRONICS STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
Special Provisions Applicable
to Employees of Scientific & Business Minicomputers, Inc
.
Effective as of May 1, 1998 Scientific & Business Minicomputers, Inc. (SBM) adopted this
Plan with the approval of the Company. This Supplement No. 10 provides for such adoption and sets
forth special provisions of the Plan that apply to certain individuals who were employed by SBM
prior to May 1, 1998.
S10.1
Membership in Plan Effective May 1, 1998
. SBM shall be an Employer under the
Plan effective on and after May 1, 1998. Employees then employed by SBM (SBM Employees) shall
become Members of the Plan in accordance with Section 2.1.
S10.2
Credit Under the Plan for Service with SBM
. Eligibility to participate, Hours of
Service and Years of Service under the Plan shall be determined by taking into account an SBM
Employees most recent period of employment with SBM immediately prior to January 1, 1999 as if SBM
had been an Affiliate for such period. The Committee may use and rely upon records maintained by
SBM to compute Hours of Service in order to determine Years of Service to be credited to such
employee and his eligibility to participate in accordance with Section 2.1 based on his employment
with SBM.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 11
TO
ARROW ELECTRONICS STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
Special Provisions Applicable
to Employees of Support Net, Inc
.
Effective as of January 1, 1999 Support Net, Inc. (Support Net) adopted this Plan with the
approval of the Company. This Supplement No. 11 provides for such adoption and sets forth special
provisions of the Plan that apply to certain individuals who were employed by Support Net prior to
January 1, 1999.
S11.1
Membership in Plan Effective January 1, 1999
. Support Net shall be an Employer
under the Plan effective on and after January 1, 1999, which shall be the first Entry Date under
the Plan applicable to Employees of Support Net. Employees then employed by Support Net (Support
Net Employees) shall become Members of the Plan in accordance with Section 2.1.
S11.2
Credit Under the Plan for Service with Support Net
. Eligibility to participate,
Hours of Service and Years of Service under the Plan shall be determined by taking into account a
Support Net Employees most recent period of employment with Support Net immediately prior to
January 1, 1999 as if Support Net had been an Affiliate for such period. The Committee may use and
rely upon records maintained by Support Net to compute Hours of Service in order to determine Years
of Service to be credited to such employee and his eligibility to participate in accordance with
Section 2.1 based on his employment with Support Net.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 12
TO
ARROW ELECTRONICS STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
Special Provisions Applicable to
Former Employees of Wyle Electronics, Inc
In connection with the acquisition by the Company of all the issued and outstanding shares of
common stock of Wyle Electronics, Inc. (Wyle), effective October 16, 2000, and the subsequent
transfer of employees of Wyle to the employ of the Company effective January 1, 2001, the Plan is
amended in the following respects:
S12.1
Credit Under the Plan for Service with Wyle
. In the case of a Wyle employee
who became an employee of the Company in connection with the above-described acquisition of Wyle,
eligibility to participate, Hours of Service and Years of Service under the Plan shall be
determined by taking into account his most recent period of employment with Wyle immediately prior
to his transfer to employment with the Company as if Wyle had been an Affiliate for such period.
The Committee may use and rely upon records maintained by Wyle to compute Hours of Service in order
to determine the Years of Service to be credited to such former employee and his eligibility to
participate in accordance with Section 2.1 based on his employment with Wyle.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 13
TO
ARROW ELECTRONICS STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
Special Provisions Applicable to
Former Employees of Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Inc
.
The following special provisions have been adopted in connection with the acquisition by the
Company of substantially all of the assets of Pioneer-Standards Industrial Electronics Division of
Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Inc. (Pioneer) and the resulting transfer of certain employees of
Pioneer to the employ of the Company effective March 1, 2003.
S13.1
Date of Membership
. In the case of a Pioneer employee who became an Employee
on March 1, 2003, in connection with the above-described acquisition (a Pioneer Employee):
(a) A Pioneer Employee who was employed by Pioneer on July 2, 2002 will become a
Member effective July 1, 2003 if he is then age 21 or older and an Employee, and otherwise
on the first Entry Date thereafter on which he is at least 21 (and remains an Employee).
(b) Any other Pioneer Employee who was employed by Pioneer on January 1, 2003 will (i)
be credited with his first Hour of Service under the Plan as of January 1, 2003, and (ii) be
credited with 190 Hours of Service for January and February, 2003, if he had any paid
working hour with Pioneer in such month (and shall be eligible to become a Member on January
1, 2004 if he is thereby credited with at least 1,000 Hours of Service during the calendar
year 2003 and is then age 21 or older and an Employee).
(c) A Pioneer Employee who is not described in paragraph (a) or (b) above shall be
entitled to become a Member only upon satisfying the requirements of Section 2.1, applied
without regard to his prior employment with Pioneer.
S13.2
Vesting
. Years of Service for a Pioneer Employee described in paragraph (a) or
(b) of Section S13.1 shall take into account his employment with Pioneer prior to March 1, 2003, as
follows:
(a) The Pioneer Employee shall be credited with 190 Hours of Service for each of
January and February 2003 if he had any paid working hour with Pioneer in such month.
(b) A Pioneer Employee shall be credited with Years of Service for periods prior to
January 1, 2003 equal to the number of full years of his most recent continuous period of
employment with Pioneer prior to January 1, 2003 plus any fraction of such a year in excess
of 6 months.
(c) A Pioneer Employee who was employed by the Company within 90 days prior to the
commencement of his employment with Pioneer shall be entitled to reinstatement of his Years
of Service prior to such employment with Pioneer, whether or
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not such Years of Service would otherwise be disregarded under any break rule of the Plan.
S13.3
Pioneer Records
. The Committee may use and rely upon records maintained by
Pioneer and apply such conventions it deems necessary or desirable to determine Years of Service to
be credited to such Pioneer Employee and his eligibility to participate in accordance with Section
2.1 and this Supplement 13 based on his employment with Pioneer.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 14
TO
ARROW ELECTRONICS STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
On April 1, 2007, Arrow Electronics, Inc., Arrow Electronics Canada Ltd. and Support Net Inc.
(Arrow) acquired certain assets of Keylink Systems, a business of Agilysys, Inc. and Agilysys
Canada Inc. (such acquired business, Keylink) (such acquisition, the Acquisition). This
Supplement No. 14 sets forth special provisions of the Plan that apply to certain individuals who
transferred from the employ of Keylink in connection with the Acquisition.
S14.1 In the case of an individual who becomes an employee of an Employer or Affiliate on or
about April 1, 2007 in connection with the Acquisition, (i) the applicable waiting period of
Section 2.1 shall be waived and (ii) service with Keylink shall be treated for purposes of
determining such individuals Years of Service under the Plan, as though it were service with an
Employer or Affiliate. The Committee may use and rely upon records maintained by Agilysys, Inc.,
and may use such equivalencies as the Committee determines is appropriate, to compute Hours of
Service in order to determine Years of Service to be credited to such employee based on his
employment with Keylink.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 15
TO
ARROW ELECTRONICS STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
In connection with the acquisition by Arrow Electronics, Inc., of Alternative Data Technology,
Inc. (Alt Tech), this Supplement No. 15 sets forth special provisions of the Plan that apply to
certain individuals who transferred from the employ of Alt Tech on or about November 30, 2006.
S15.1 In the case of an individual who becomes an employee of an Employer or Affiliate on or
about November 30, 2006 in connection with the acquisition of Alt Tech, service with Alt Tech shall
be treated, for purposes of Section 2.1 and for purposes of determining such individuals Years of
Service under the Plan, as though it were service with an Employer or Affiliate. The Committee may
use and rely upon records maintained by Alt Tech, and may use such equivalencies as the Committee
determines is appropriate to compute Hours of Service in order to determine Years of Service to be
credited to such employee based on his employment with Alt Tech.
S15.2 An individual described in Section S15.1 shall become a Member on the first Entry Date
on or after January 1, 2007, on which he has satisfied the requirements of Section 2.1.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 16
TO
ARROW ELECTRONICS STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
Special Provisions Applicable to
Former Employees of ACI Electronics, Inc.
The following special provisions have been adopted in connection with the acquisition by the
Company of the operating assets of ACI Electronics, LLC, (ACI) and the resulting transfer of
certain employees of ACI to the employ of the Company effective March 1, 2008.
S16.1
ACI
means ACI Electronics, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
S16.2
Credit Under the Plan for Service with ACI
. Effective on and after March 1,
2008, for purposes of determining eligibility to participate and vesting, an ACI Employees Hours
of Service and Years of Service under the Plan shall be determined by taking into account
employment with ACI prior to March 1, 2008 as if ACI had been an Affiliate prior to such date. The
Committee may use and rely upon records maintained by ACI to compute Hours of Service in order to
determine Years of Service to be credited to each ACI Employee.
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