Common
Stock, $.625 par value
|
126,387,854
|
|
First
|
Second
|
|||||||||||
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
Liens
|
Liens
|
HELOC
|
|||||||||
Fair
value on January 1, 2006
|
$ |
1,318,219
|
$ |
5,470
|
$ |
14,384
|
||||||
Addition
of mortgage servicing rights
|
303,791
|
15,532
|
5,421
|
|||||||||
Reductions
due to loan payments
|
(191,239 | ) | (2,924 | ) | (6,143 | ) | ||||||
Changes
in fair value due to:
|
||||||||||||
Changes
in current market interest rates
|
33,536
|
34
|
1,090
|
|||||||||
Changes
in assumptions
|
-
|
722
|
8
|
|||||||||
Other
changes in fair value
|
53
|
17
|
370
|
|||||||||
Fair
value on September 30, 2006
|
$ |
1,464,360
|
$ |
18,851
|
$ |
15,130
|
||||||
Fair
value on January 1, 2007
|
$ |
1,495,215
|
$ |
24,091
|
$ |
14,636
|
||||||
Addition
of mortgage servicing rights
|
282,341
|
11,582
|
1,919
|
|||||||||
Reductions
due to loan payments
|
(173,323 | ) | (7,106 | ) | (3,961 | ) | ||||||
Changes
in fair value due to:
|
||||||||||||
Changes
in current market interest rates
|
(387 | ) |
98
|
(39 | ) | |||||||
Reclassification
to trading assets
|
(174,547 | ) |
-
|
-
|
||||||||
Other
changes in fair value
|
(54 | ) |
82
|
42
|
||||||||
Fair
value on September 30, 2007
|
$ |
1,429,245
|
$ |
28,747
|
$ |
12,597
|
Other
|
||||||||
Intangible
|
||||||||
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
Goodwill
|
Assets*
|
||||||
December
31, 2005
|
$ |
281,440
|
$ |
76,647
|
||||
Amortization
expense
|
-
|
(9,002 | ) | |||||
Additions
|
4,871
|
6,124
|
||||||
Divestitures
|
(11,777 | ) | (3,223 | ) | ||||
September
30, 2006
|
$ |
274,534
|
$ |
70,546
|
||||
December
31, 2006
|
$ |
275,582
|
$ |
64,530
|
||||
Amortization
expense
|
-
|
(8,095 | ) | |||||
Impairment**
|
(13,010 | ) | (910 | ) | ||||
Divestitures
|
-
|
(93 | ) | |||||
Additions***
|
4,656
|
3,306
|
||||||
September
30, 2007
|
$ |
267,228
|
$ |
58,738
|
||||
* Represents customer lists, acquired contracts, premium on purchased
deposits, covenants not to compete and assets related to the minimum
pension liability.
|
||||||||
**
See Note 2 - Acquisition/Divestitures for further details.
|
||||||||
***
Preliminary purchase price allocations on acquisitions are based
upon
estimates of fair value and are subject to change.
|
Three
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
|||||||||||||||
September
30
|
September
30
|
|||||||||||||||
(In
thousands, except per share data)
|
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||||
Net
(loss)/income from continuing operations
|
$ (14,365 | ) |
$
67,179
|
$
77,886
|
$
174,522
|
|||||||||||
Income/(loss)
from discontinued operations, net of tax
|
209
|
(69 | ) |
628
|
210,580
|
|||||||||||
Cumulative
effect of changes in accounting
|
||||||||||||||||
principle,
net of tax
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,345
|
||||||||||||
Net
(loss)/income
|
$ (14,156 | ) |
$
67,110
|
$
78,514
|
$
386,447
|
|||||||||||
Weighted
average common shares
|
126,058
|
124,150
|
125,760
|
124,431
|
||||||||||||
Effect
of dilutive securities
|
-
|
3,373
|
2,063
|
3,531
|
||||||||||||
Diluted
average common shares
|
126,058
|
127,523
|
127,823
|
127,962
|
||||||||||||
Earnings
per common share:
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
(loss)/income from continuing operations
|
$ (.11 | ) |
$
.54
|
$
.62
|
$
1.40
|
|||||||||||
Income
from discontinued operations, net of tax
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1.69
|
||||||||||||
Cumulative
effect of changes in accounting
|
||||||||||||||||
principle,
net of tax
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
.02
|
||||||||||||
Net
(loss)/income
|
$ (.11 | ) |
$
.54
|
$
.62
|
$
3.11
|
|||||||||||
Diluted
earnings per common share:
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
(loss)/income from continuing operations
|
$ (.11 | ) |
$
.53
|
$
.61
|
$
1.36
|
|||||||||||
Income
from discontinued operations, net of tax
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1.65
|
||||||||||||
Cumulative
effect of changes in accounting
|
||||||||||||||||
principle,
net of tax
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
.01
|
||||||||||||
Net
(loss)/income
|
$ (.11 | ) |
$
.53
|
$
.61
|
$
3.02
|
Equity
awards of 17,811 and 6,730 with a weighted average exercise price
of
$34.76 and $42.34 per share for the three months ended September
30, 2007
and
2006 and of 9,876 and 6,174 with weighted average exercise prices
of
$37.81 and $42.56 per share for the nine months ended September
30, 2007
and
2006, respectively, were not included in the computation of
diluted earnings per common share because such shares would have
had an
antidilutive effect
on
earnings per common share.
|
In
first quarter 2006, FHN purchased four million shares of its
common stock.
This share repurchase program was concluded for an
adjusted
purchase price of $165.1 million in second quarter
2006.
|
Pension
Benefits
|
Postretirement
Benefits
|
|||||||||||||||
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||||
Components
of net periodic benefit cost/(benefit)
|
||||||||||||||||
Service
cost
|
$
4,324
|
$
4,521
|
$
74
|
$
83
|
||||||||||||
Interest
cost
|
6,153
|
5,485
|
278
|
279
|
||||||||||||
Expected
return on plan assets
|
(10,638 | ) | (8,945 | ) | (440 | ) | (421 | ) | ||||||||
Amortization
of prior service cost/(benefit)
|
220
|
211
|
(44 | ) | (44 | ) | ||||||||||
Recognized
losses/(gains)
|
2,226
|
1,769
|
(177 | ) | (141 | ) | ||||||||||
Amortization
of transition obligation
|
-
|
-
|
247
|
248
|
||||||||||||
Net
periodic cost/(benefit)
|
$
2,285
|
$
3,041
|
$ (62 | ) |
$
4
|
Pension
Benefits
|
Postretirement
Benefits
|
|||||||||||||||
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||||
Components
of net periodic benefit cost/(benefit)
|
||||||||||||||||
Service
cost
|
$
12,978
|
$
13,561
|
$
224
|
$
249
|
||||||||||||
Interest
cost
|
18,461
|
16,456
|
834
|
837
|
||||||||||||
Expected
return on plan assets
|
(31,912 | ) | (26,834 | ) | (1,322 | ) | (1,262 | ) | ||||||||
Amortization
of prior service cost/(benefit)
|
660
|
633
|
(132 | ) | (132 | ) | ||||||||||
Recognized
losses/(gains)
|
5,846
|
5,306
|
(533 | ) | (422 | ) | ||||||||||
Amortization
of transition obligation
|
-
|
-
|
741
|
742
|
||||||||||||
Net
periodic cost/(benefit)
|
$
6,033
|
$
9,122
|
$ (188 | ) |
$
12
|
Three
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
|||||||||||||||
September
30
|
September
30
|
|||||||||||||||
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||||
Total
Consolidated
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
interest income
|
$
237,804
|
$
251,621
|
$
714,655
|
$
750,940
|
||||||||||||
Provision
for loan losses
|
43,352
|
23,694
|
116,246
|
60,146
|
||||||||||||
Noninterest
income
|
203,475
|
317,927
|
766,962
|
850,549
|
||||||||||||
Noninterest
expense
|
421,622
|
452,899
|
1,281,874
|
1,310,991
|
||||||||||||
Pre-tax
(loss)/income
|
(23,695 | ) |
92,955
|
83,497
|
230,352
|
|||||||||||
(Benefit)/provision
for income taxes
|
(9,330 | ) |
25,776
|
5,611
|
55,830
|
|||||||||||
(Loss)/income
from continuing operations
|
(14,365 | ) |
67,179
|
77,886
|
174,522
|
|||||||||||
Income/(loss)
from discontinued operations, net of tax
|
209
|
(69 | ) |
628
|
210,580
|
|||||||||||
(Loss)/income
before cumulative effect of changes
|
||||||||||||||||
in
accounting principle
|
(14,156 | ) |
67,110
|
78,514
|
385,102
|
|||||||||||
Cumulative
effect of changes in
|
||||||||||||||||
accounting
principle, net of tax
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,345
|
||||||||||||
Net
(loss)/income
|
$ (14,156 | ) |
$
67,110
|
$
78,514
|
$ 386,447
|
|||||||||||
Average
assets
|
$
37,754,038
|
$
39,519,765
|
$
38,487,137
|
$
38,574,766
|
Three
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
|||||||||||||||
September
30
|
September
30
|
|||||||||||||||
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||||
Retail/Commercial
Banking
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
interest income
|
$ |
219,579
|
$ |
232,830
|
$ |
661,591
|
$ |
691,066
|
||||||||
Provision
for loan losses
|
43,349
|
23,549
|
108,689
|
59,936
|
||||||||||||
Noninterest
income
|
95,397
|
111,594
|
305,005
|
333,317
|
||||||||||||
Noninterest
expense
|
193,269
|
205,416
|
597,681
|
638,526
|
||||||||||||
Pre-tax
income
|
78,358
|
115,459
|
260,226
|
325,921
|
||||||||||||
Provision
for income taxes
|
27,792
|
35,470
|
80,824
|
92,680
|
||||||||||||
Income
from continuing operations
|
50,566
|
79,989
|
179,402
|
233,241
|
||||||||||||
Income/(loss)
from discontinued operations, net of tax
|
209
|
(69 | ) |
628
|
210,580
|
|||||||||||
Income
before cumulative effect
|
50,775
|
79,920
|
180,030
|
443,821
|
||||||||||||
Cumulative
effect of changes in
|
||||||||||||||||
accounting
principle, net of tax
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
522
|
||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$ |
50,775
|
$ |
79,920
|
$ |
180,030
|
$ |
444,343
|
||||||||
Average
assets
|
$ |
23,782,612
|
$ |
23,419,421
|
$ |
23,723,556
|
$ |
23,136,168
|
||||||||
Mortgage
Banking
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
interest income
|
$ |
20,590
|
$ |
21,266
|
$ |
62,286
|
$ |
72,598
|
||||||||
Provision
for loan losses
|
3
|
145
|
(115 | ) |
210
|
|||||||||||
Noninterest
income
|
42,158
|
90,376
|
193,859
|
293,711
|
||||||||||||
Noninterest
expense
|
108,580
|
136,804
|
329,476
|
366,715
|
||||||||||||
Pre-tax
loss
|
(45,835 | ) | (25,307 | ) | (73,216 | ) | (616 | ) | ||||||||
Benefit
from income taxes
|
(16,612 | ) | (10,283 | ) | (36,887 | ) | (1,685 | ) | ||||||||
(Loss)/income
before cumulative effect
|
(29,223 | ) | (15,024 | ) | (36,329 | ) |
1,069
|
|||||||||
Cumulative
effect of changes in
|
||||||||||||||||
accounting
principle, net of tax
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
414
|
||||||||||||
Net
(loss)/income
|
$ | (29,223 | ) | $ | (15,024 | ) | $ | (36,329 | ) | $ |
1,483
|
|||||
Average
assets
|
$ |
6,663,005
|
$ |
6,333,165
|
$ |
6,578,956
|
$ |
6,387,233
|
||||||||
Capital
Markets
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
interest expense
|
$ | (2,169 | ) | $ | (1,531 | ) | $ | (11,871 | ) | $ | (11,867 | ) | ||||
Noninterest
income
|
61,847
|
98,498
|
241,193
|
299,229
|
||||||||||||
Noninterest
expense
|
67,339
|
81,778
|
220,911
|
248,008
|
||||||||||||
Pre-tax
(loss)/income
|
(7,661 | ) |
15,189
|
8,411
|
39,354
|
|||||||||||
(Benefit)/provision
for income taxes
|
(2,957 | ) |
5,682
|
3,001
|
14,681
|
|||||||||||
(Loss)/income
before cumulative effect
|
(4,704 | ) |
9,507
|
5,410
|
24,673
|
|||||||||||
Cumulative
effect of changes in
|
||||||||||||||||
accounting
principle, net of tax
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
179
|
||||||||||||
Net
(loss)/ income
|
$ | (4,704 | ) | $ |
9,507
|
$ |
5,410
|
$ |
24,852
|
|||||||
Average
assets
|
$ |
3,441,451
|
$ |
5,183,369
|
$ |
4,081,671
|
$ |
5,014,073
|
Three
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
|||||||||||||||
September
30
|
September
30
|
|||||||||||||||
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||||
Corporate
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
interest (expense)/income
|
$ (196 | ) | $ (944 | ) |
$
2,649
|
$ (857 | ) | |||||||||
Provision
for loan losses
|
-
|
-
|
7,672
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Noninterest
income/(expense)
|
4,073
|
17,459
|
26,905
|
(75,708 | ) | |||||||||||
Noninterest
expense
|
52,434
|
28,901
|
133,806
|
57,742
|
||||||||||||
Pre-tax
loss
|
(48,557 | ) | (12,386 | ) | (111,924 | ) | (134,307 | ) | ||||||||
Benefit
from income taxes
|
(17,553 | ) | (5,093 | ) | (41,327 | ) | (49,846 | ) | ||||||||
Loss
before cumulative effect
|
(31,004 | ) | (7,293 | ) | (70,597 | ) | (84,461 | ) | ||||||||
Cumulative
effect of changes in
|
||||||||||||||||
accounting
principle, net of tax
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
230
|
||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
$ (31,004 | ) | $ (7,293 | ) | $ (70,597 | ) | $ (84,231 | ) | ||||||||
Average
assets
|
$ 3,866,970
|
$ 4,583,810
|
$ 4,102,954
|
$
4,037,292
|
·
|
Expense
of $18.8 million associated with organizational and compensation
changes
for right sizing operating segments and consolidating functional
areas.
|
·
|
Non-core
business repositioning costs of $17.4 million, including costs associated
with the exit of the collectible coin merchandising business and
the
transition of the non-prime mortgage origination business to a broker
model.
|
·
|
Expense
of $14.3 million related to other restructuring, repositioning, and
efficiency initiatives, including facilities consolidation, procurement
centralization, multi-sourcing and the divestiture of certain loan
portfolios.
|
·
|
Costs
of $18.0 million related to the divestiture of 34 full-service First
Horizon Bank locations in Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, and Texas,
including $13.9 million for the writedown of
intangibles.
|
·
|
Expense
of $3.6 million related to the restructuring of mortgage operations
through office closures, associated sales force decreases, and the
reduction of management and support staff and downsizing of national
lending operations through the reduction of consumer and construction
sales forces and decreasing management, support staff and back-office
costs.
|
Three
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
|||||||
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
September
30, 2007
|
September
30, 2007
|
||||||
Charged
to
|
Charged
to
|
|||||||
Expense
|
Liability
|
Expense
|
Liability
|
|||||
Beginning
Balance
|
$ -
|
$
10,849
|
$
-
|
$
-
|
||||
Severance
and other employee related costs*
|
9,258
|
9,258
|
17,255
|
17,255
|
||||
Facility
consolidation costs
|
2,836
|
2,836
|
6,624
|
6,624
|
||||
Other
exit costs, professional fees and other
|
2,933
|
2,933
|
5,902
|
5,902
|
||||
Total
Accrued
|
15,027
|
25,876
|
29,781
|
29,781
|
||||
Payments**
|
-
|
8,690
|
-
|
12,595
|
||||
Accrual
Reversals
|
-
|
294
|
-
|
294
|
||||
Restructuring
& Repositioning Reserve Balance
|
$
15,027
|
$
16,892
|
$
29,781
|
$
16,892
|
||||
Other
Restructuring & Repositioning Expenses:
|
||||||||
Loan
Portfolio Divestiture
|
-
|
7,672
|
||||||
Impairment
of Premises and Equipment
|
3,876
|
9,035
|
||||||
Impairment
of Intangible Assets
|
13,919
|
13,919
|
||||||
Impairment
of Other Assets
|
-
|
11,733
|
||||||
Total
Other Restructuring & Repositioning Expenses
|
17,795
|
42,359
|
||||||
Total
Charged to Expense
|
$ 32,822
|
$
72,140
|
§
|
Retail/Commercial
Banking offers financial products and services, including traditional
lending and deposit-taking, to retail and commercial
customers. Additionally, the retail/commercial bank provides
investments, insurance, financial planning, trust services and asset
management, credit card, cash management, check clearing, and
correspondent services. On March 1, 2006, FHN sold its national merchant
processing business. The divestiture which was included in the
Retail/Commercial Banking segment was accounted for as a discontinued
operation.
|
§
|
Mortgage
Banking helps provide home ownership through First Horizon Home Loans,
a
division of First Tennessee Bank National Association (FTBNA), which
operates offices in 44 states and is one of the top 20 mortgage servicers
and top 20 originators of mortgage loans to consumers. This
segment consists of core mortgage banking elements including originations
and servicing and the associated ancillary revenues related to these
businesses.
|
§
|
Capital
Markets provides a broad spectrum of financial services for the investment
and banking communities through the integration of traditional capital
markets securities activities, structured finance, equity research,
investment banking, loan sales, portfolio advisory, and the sale
of
bank-owned life insurance.
|
§
|
Corporate
consists of unallocated corporate expenses including restructuring,
repositioning and efficiency charges, expense on subordinated debt
issuances and preferred stock, bank-owned life insurance, unallocated
interest income associated with excess equity, net impact of raising
incremental capital, revenue and expense associated with deferred
compensation plans, funds management and venture
capital.
|
·
|
Expense
associated with organizational and compensation changes for right
sizing
operating segments and consolidating functional
areas.
|
·
|
Non-core
business repositioning costs including costs associated with the
exit of
the collectible coin merchandising business and the transition of
the
non-prime mortgage origination business to a broker
model.
|
·
|
Expense
related to other restructuring, repositioning, and efficiency initiatives,
including facilities consolidation, procurement centralization,
multi-sourcing and the divestiture of certain loan
portfolios.
|
·
|
Costs
related to the divestiture of 34 full-service First Horizon Bank
locations
in Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, and Texas, including $13.9 million
for the
writedown of intangibles.
|
·
|
Expense
related to the restructuring of mortgage operations through office
closures, associated sales force decreases, and the reduction of
management and support staff and downsizing of national lending operations
through the reduction of consumer and construction sales forces and
decreasing management, support staff and back-office
costs.
|
·
|
Expense
of $18.8 million associated with organizational and compensation
changes
for right sizing operating segments and consolidating functional
areas.
|
·
|
Non-core
business repositioning costs of $17.4 million, including costs associated
with the exit of the collectible coin merchandising business and
the
transition of the non-prime mortgage origination business to a broker
model.
|
·
|
Expense
of $14.3 million related to other restructuring, repositioning, and
efficiency initiatives, including facilities consolidation, procurement
centralization, multi-sourcing and the divestiture of certain loan
portfolios.
|
·
|
Costs
of $18.0 million related to the divestiture of 34 full-service First
Horizon Bank locations in Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, and Texas,
including $13.9 million for the writedowns of
intangibles.
|
·
|
Expense
of $3.6 million related to the restructuring of mortgage operations
through office closures, associated sales force decreases, and the
reduction of management and support staff and downsizing of national
lending operations through the reduction of consumer and construction
sales forces and decreasing management, support staff and back-office
costs.
|
Three
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
|||||||
September
30
|
September
30
|
|||||||
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
2007
|
2007
|
||||||
Provision
for loan losses
|
$
-
|
$ 7,672
|
||||||
Noninterest
expense:
|
||||||||
Employee
compensation, incentives and benefits
|
9,269
|
17,266
|
||||||
Occupancy
|
5,074
|
8,800
|
||||||
Equipment
rentals, depreciation and maintenance
|
846
|
6,067
|
||||||
Operations
services
|
25
|
25
|
||||||
Communications
and courier
|
27
|
27
|
||||||
Goodwill
impairment
|
13,010 | 13,010 | ||||||
All
other expense
|
4,571
|
19,273
|
||||||
Total
noninterest expense
|
32,822
|
64,468
|
||||||
Loss
before income taxes
|
$
32,822
|
$
72,140
|
Three
Months Ended
|
||||||||
September
30
|
||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Consolidated
yields and rates:
|
||||||||
Loans,
net of unearned income
|
7.39 | % | 7.59 | % | ||||
Loans
held for sale
|
6.72
|
6.88
|
||||||
Investment
securities
|
5.57
|
5.66
|
||||||
Capital
markets securities inventory
|
5.59
|
5.41
|
||||||
Mortgage
banking trading securities
|
12.21
|
11.31
|
||||||
Other
earning assets
|
5.02
|
5.09
|
||||||
Yields
on earning assets
|
7.02
|
7.03
|
||||||
Interest-bearing
core deposits
|
3.40
|
3.17
|
||||||
Certificates
of deposits $100,000 and more
|
5.40
|
5.36
|
||||||
Federal
funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to
repurchase
|
4.82
|
4.83
|
||||||
Capital
markets trading liabilities
|
5.28
|
5.61
|
||||||
Commercial
paper and other short-term borrowings
|
5.05
|
5.25
|
||||||
Long-term
debt
|
5.84
|
5.80
|
||||||
Rates
paid on interest-bearing liabilities
|
4.81
|
4.79
|
||||||
Net
interest spread
|
2.21
|
2.24
|
||||||
Effect
of interest-free sources
|
.66
|
.65
|
||||||
FHN
- NIM
|
2.87 | % | 2.89 | % |
Three
Months Ended
|
Percent
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
Percent
|
||||
September
30
|
Change
|
September
30
|
Change
|
||||
2007
|
2006
|
(%)
|
2007
|
2006
|
(%)
|
||
Noninterest
income
(thousands)
:
|
|||||||
Origination
(loss)/ income
|
$ (17,494)
|
$ 64,248
|
NM
|
$ 113,428
|
$ 238,869
|
52.5 -
|
|
Servicing
income
|
49,738
|
15,701
|
216.8 +
|
49,250
|
25,691
|
91.7 +
|
|
Other
|
6,778
|
5,986
|
13.2 +
|
20,741
|
18,529
|
11.9 +
|
|
Total
mortgage banking noninterest income
|
$ 39,022
|
$ 85,935
|
54.6 -
|
$ 183,419
|
$ 283,089
|
35.2 -
|
|
Mortgage
banking statistics
(millions)
:
|
|||||||
Refinance
originations
|
$ 2,067.1
|
$ 2,091.8
|
1.2 -
|
$ 7,909.8
|
$ 7,389.2
|
7.0 +
|
|
Home-purchase
originations
|
4,605.2
|
4,258.7
|
8.1 +
|
13,157.3
|
13,308.1
|
1.1 -
|
|
Mortgage
loan originations
|
$ 6,672.3
|
$ 6,350.5
|
5.1 +
|
$ 21,067.1
|
$ 20,697.3
|
1.8 +
|
|
Servicing
portfolio
|
$108,400.8
|
$100,245.7
|
8.1 +
|
$108,400.8
|
$100,245.7
|
8.1 +
|
Three
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
|||||||||
September
30
|
Growth
|
September
30
|
Growth
|
|||||||
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
2007
|
2006
|
Rate
(%)
|
2007
|
2006
|
Rate
(%)
|
||||
Noninterest
income:
|
||||||||||
Fixed
income
|
$46,003
|
$41,503
|
10.8 +
|
$140,574
|
$133,948
|
4.9 +
|
||||
Other
product revenue
|
17,719
|
53,712
|
67.0 -
|
95,315
|
156,290
|
39.0 -
|
||||
Total
capital markets noninterest income
|
$63,722
|
$95,215
|
33.1 -
|
$235,889
|
$290,238
|
18.7 -
|
Three
Months Ended
|
||||||||
September
30
|
||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Total
commercial
|
.55 | % | .28 | % | ||||
Retail
real estate
|
.50
|
.25
|
||||||
Other
retail
|
3.59
|
2.71
|
||||||
Credit
card receivables
|
3.01
|
1.99
|
||||||
Total
net charge-offs
|
.57
|
.30
|
* Net
charge-off ratios are calculated based in average loans, net of unearned
income.
|
Table
7
provides information on the relative size of each loan
portfolio.
|
Third
Quarter
|
||||||||
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Allowance
for loan losses:
|
||||||||
Beginning
balance on June 30
|
$
229,919
|
$
199,835
|
||||||
Provision
for loan losses
|
43,352
|
23,694
|
||||||
Divestitures/acquisitions/transfers
|
(5,276 | ) | (275 | ) | ||||
Charge-offs
|
(35,858 | ) | (19,782 | ) | ||||
Recoveries
|
4,474
|
3,357
|
||||||
Ending
balance on September 30
|
$
236,611
|
$
206,829
|
||||||
Reserve
for off-balance sheet commitments
|
9,002
|
9,230
|
||||||
Total
allowance for loan losses and reserve for off-balance sheet
commitments
|
$
245,613
|
$ 216,059
|
||||||
September
30
|
||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Retail/Commercial
Banking:
|
||||||||
Nonperforming
loans
|
$
189,798
|
$
63,956
|
||||||
Foreclosed
real estate
|
37,796
|
29,947
|
||||||
Total
Retail/Commercial Banking
|
227,594
|
93,903
|
||||||
Mortgage
Banking:
|
||||||||
Nonperforming
loans - held for sale
|
18,508
|
10,488
|
||||||
Foreclosed
real estate
|
22,250
|
13,598
|
||||||
Total
Mortgage Banking
|
40,758
|
24,086
|
||||||
Total
nonperforming assets
|
$ 268,352
|
$ 117,989
|
||||||
Total
loans, net of unearned income
|
$21,973,004
|
$21,955,030
|
||||||
Insured
loans
|
(928,238 | ) | (730,453 | ) | ||||
Loans
excluding insured loans
|
$21,044,766
|
$21,224,577
|
||||||
Foreclosed
real estate from GNMA loans
|
$
15,610
|
$
21,679
|
||||||
Potential
problem assets*
|
171,426
|
148,356
|
||||||
Loans
30 to 89 days past due
|
179,014
|
104,957
|
||||||
Loans
30 to 89 days past due - guaranteed portion**
|
157
|
179
|
||||||
Loans
90 days past due
|
42,515
|
28,246
|
||||||
Loans
90 days past due - guaranteed portion**
|
179
|
185
|
||||||
Loans
held for sale 30 to 89 days past due
|
38,233
|
30,288
|
||||||
Loans
held for sale 30 to 89 days past due - guaranteed
portion**
|
31,804
|
24,226
|
||||||
Loans
held for sale 90 days past due
|
164,145
|
132,416
|
||||||
Loans
held for sale 90 days past due - guaranteed portion**
|
158,601
|
130,188
|
||||||
Off-balance
sheet commitments***
|
7,106,326
|
7,415,880
|
||||||
Allowance
to total loans
|
1.08 | % | .94 | % | ||||
Allowance
to loans excluding insured loans
|
1.12
|
.97
|
||||||
Allowance
to nonperforming loans in the loan portfolio
|
125
|
323
|
||||||
Nonperforming
assets to loans, foreclosed real estate and other assets
|
||||||||
(Retail/Commercial
Banking)
|
1.05
|
.44
|
||||||
Nonperforming
assets to unpaid principal balance of servicing portfolio (Mortgage
Banking)
|
.04
|
.02
|
||||||
Allowance
to annualized net charge-offs
|
1.88
|
x |
3.15
|
x |
Three
Months Ended
|
||||||||||||||||||||
September
30
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Percent
|
Growth
|
Percent
|
||||||||||||||||||
(Dollars
in millions)
|
2007
|
of
Total
|
|
Rate
|
2006
|
of
Total
|
||||||||||||||
Commercial:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Commercial,
financial and industrial
|
$ 7,061.1
|
32 | % | 3.8 | % |
$ 6,803.5
|
31 | % | ||||||||||||
Real
estate commercial (a)
|
1,363.4
|
6
|
11.6
|
1,221.4
|
6
|
|||||||||||||||
Real
estate construction (b)
|
2,875.3
|
13
|
11.6
|
2,575.6
|
12
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
commercial
|
11,299.8
|
51
|
6.6
|
10,600.5
|
49
|
|||||||||||||||
Retail:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Real
estate residential (c)
|
7,601.4
|
34
|
(10.7 | ) |
8,512.6
|
39
|
||||||||||||||
Real
estate construction (d)
|
2,144.9
|
10
|
3.8
|
2,065.9
|
9
|
|||||||||||||||
Other
retail
|
149.7
|
1
|
(6.7 | ) |
160.4
|
1
|
||||||||||||||
Credit
card receivables
|
194.4
|
1
|
(3.4 | ) |
201.3
|
1
|
||||||||||||||
Real
estate loans pledged
|
||||||||||||||||||||
against
other collateralized borrowings (e)
|
808.2
|
3
|
NM
|
268.1
|
1
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
retail
|
10,898.6
|
49
|
(2.8 | ) |
11,208.3
|
51
|
||||||||||||||
Total
loans, net of unearned
|
$
22,198.4
|
100 | % | 1.8 | % |
$
21,808.8
|
100 | % |
Certain
previously reported amounts have been reclassified to agree with
current
presentation.
|
(a)
Includes nonconstruction income property loans
|
(b)
Includes homebuilder, condominium, and income property construction
loans
|
(c)
Includes primarily home equity loans and lines of credit (average
for
third quarter 2007 and 2006 - $3.7 billion and $4.8 billion,
respectively)
|
(d)
Includes one-time close product
|
(e)
Includes on-balance sheet securitizations of home equity
loans
|
Total
Number of
|
Maximum
Number
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
Number
|
Shares
Purchased
|
of
Shares that May
|
||||||||||||||
of
Shares
|
Average
Price
|
as
Part
of Publicly
|
Yet
Be
Purchased
|
|||||||||||||
(Volume
in thousands)
|
Purchased
|
Paid
per Share
|
Announced
Programs
|
Under
the Programs
|
||||||||||||
2007
|
||||||||||||||||
July
1
to July 31
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
30,402
|
||||||||||||
August
1 to August 31
|
*
|
39.20
|
*
|
30,402
|
||||||||||||
September
1 to September 30
|
*
|
30.37
|
*
|
30,402
|
||||||||||||
Total
|
*
|
$
35.90
|
*
|
*
Amount is less than 1,000 shares
|
|
Compensation
Plan Programs:
|
|
-
|
A
consolidated compensation plan share purchase program was announced
on
August 6, 2004. This plan consolidated into a single
share
|
purchase
program all of the previously authorized compensation plan share
programs
as well as the renewal of the authorization to purchase
|
|
shares
for use in connection with two compensation plans for which the
share
purchase authority had expired. The total amount
originally
|
|
authorized
under this consolidated compensation plan share purchase program
is 25.1
million shares. On April 24, 2006, an increase to
the
|
|
authority
under this purchase program of 4.5 million shares was announced
for a new
total authorization of 29.6 million shares. The
shares
|
|
may
be
purchased over the option exercise period of the various compensation
plans on or before December 31, 2023. Stock options
granted
|
|
after
January 2, 2004, must be exercised no later than the tenth anniversary
of
the grant date. On September 30, 2007, the maximum
number
|
|
of
shares that may be purchased under the program was 28.8 million
shares.
|
|
Other
Programs:
|
|
-
|
A
non-stock option plan-related authority was announced on October
18, 2000,
authorizing the purchase of up to 9.5 million shares. On
October 16,
|
2001,
it was announced that FHN's board of directors extended the expiration
date of this program from June 30, 2002, until December 31,
2004.
|
|
On
October 19, 2004, the board of directors extended the authorization
until
December 31, 2007. On September 30, 2007, the maximum
number
|
|
of
shares that may be purchased under the program was 1.6 million
shares.
|
|
See
also Subsequent Events section of the
MD&A.
|
Three
Months Ended
|
||||||||
September
30
|
||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Prepayment
speeds
|
||||||||
Actual
|
13.3 | % | 16.8 | % | ||||
Estimated*
|
14.7
|
15.0
|
(a)
|
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. FHN’s management, with
the participation of FHN’s chief executive officer and chief financial
officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation
of
FHN’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange
Act Rule
13a-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly
report.
Based on that evaluation, the chief executive officer and chief
financial
officer have concluded that FHN’s disclosure controls and procedures are
effective to ensure that material information relating to FHN
and FHN’s
consolidated subsidiaries is made known to such officers by others
within
these entities, particularly during the period this quarterly
report was
prepared, in order to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure.
|
(b)
|
Changes
in Internal Control over Financial Reporting. There have not
been any changes in FHN’s internal control over financial reporting during
FHN’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably
likely to materially affect, FHN’s internal control over financial
reporting.
|
(a)
|
None
|
|
(b)
|
Not
applicable
|
(c)
|
The
Issuer Purchase of Equity Securities Table is incorporated herein
by
reference to the table included in Item 2
of
|
|
Part
I – First Horizon National Corporation – Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations at page 44.
|
Exhibit
No.
|
Description
|
|
3.2
|
Bylaws
of the Corporation, as amended and restated as of October 16, 2007,
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Corporation’s
Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 16,
2007.
|
|
4
|
Instruments
defining the rights of security holders, including
indentures.*
|
|
10.1(a3)**
|
Form
of
Amendment to Directors and Executives Deferred Compensation
Plan.
|
|
10.1(c)**
|
Form
of
First Horizon National Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan as
Amended
and Restated.
|
|
10.1(i)**
|
Form
of
First Horizon Deferred Compensation Plan as Amended and
Restated.
|
|
10.1(j)**
|
Form
of
FTN Financial Deferred Compensation Plan Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2008.
|
|
10.2(b2)**
|
Amendment
to 1992 Restricted Stock Incentive
Plan.
|
|
10.2(e2)**
|
Amendment
to 2000 Employee Stock Option Plan.
|
|
10.2(f2)**
|
Amendment
to 2003 Equity Compensation Plan.
|
|
10.6(a2)**
|
Amendment
to 2002 Management Incentive Plan.
|
10.6(c2)**
|
Amendment
to Capital Markets Incentive Compensation
Plan.
|
|
10.7(a3)**
|
Form
of
Amendment to pre-2007 form of change-in-control severance agreement
between the registrant and its executive officers. This is an amendment
to
exhibit 10.7(a1) to the registrant’s annual report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2006.
|
|
10.7(a4)**
|
Form
of
Amendment to 2007 form of change-in-control severance agreement between
the registrant and its executive officers. This is an amendment to
exhibit
10.7(a2) to the registrant’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2006.
|
|
10.7(a5)**
|
October
16, 2007 form of change-in-control severance agreement offered to
executive officers.
|
|
10.7(e)**
|
Form
of
Pension Restoration Plan (amended and restated as of January 1,
2008).
|
|
10.7(i)**
|
Description
of Certain Benefits Available to Executive
Officers
|
|
10.7(k2)**
|
Form
of
Amendment to Limited Confidentiality and Non-Compete Agreement with
Mr.
Jim L. Hughes .
|
|
13
|
The
“Risk Management-Interest Rate Risk Management” subsection of the
Management’s Discussion and Analysis section and the “Interest Rate Risk
Management” subsection of Note 25 to the Corporation’s consolidated
financial statements, contained, respectively, at pages 23-25 and
page 108
in the Corporation’s 2006 Annual Report to shareholders furnished to
shareholders in connection with the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
on
April 17, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference. Portions of
the
Annual Report not incorporated herein by reference are deemed not
to be
“filed” with the Commission with this
report.
|
|
31(a)
|
Rule
13a-14(a) Certifications of CEO (pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)
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31(b)
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Rule
13a-14(a) Certifications of CFO (pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)
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32(a)
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18
USC
1350 Certifications of CEO (pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002)
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32(b)
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18
USC
1350 Certifications of CFO (pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002)
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*
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The
Corporation agrees to furnish copies of the instruments, including
indentures, defining the rights of the holders of the long-term debt
of
the Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries to the Securities
and
Exchange Commission upon request.
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**
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This
is
a management contract or compensatory plan required to be filed as
an
exhibit.
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FIRST
HORIZON NATIONAL CORPORATION
(Registrant)
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DATE:
November
7, 2007
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By:
/s/ D. Bryan Jordan
D. Bryan Jordan
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Duly Authorized
Officer and Principal Financial
Officer)
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
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3.2
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Bylaws
of the Corporation, as amended and restated as of October 16, 2007,
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Corporation’s
Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 16,
2007.
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4
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Instruments
defining the rights of security holders, including
indentures.*
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10.1(a3)**
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Form
of
Amendment to Directors and Executives Deferred Compensation
Plan.
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10.1(c)**
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Form
of
First Horizon National Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan as
Amended
and Restated.
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10.1(i)**
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Form
of
First Horizon Deferred Compensation Plan as Amended and
Restated.
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10.1(j)**
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Form
of
FTN Financial Deferred Compensation Plan Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2008.
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10.2(b2)**
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Amendment
to 1992 Restricted Stock Incentive
Plan.
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10.2(e2)**
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Amendment
to 2000 Employee Stock Option Plan.
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10.2(f2)**
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Amendment
to 2003 Equity Compensation Plan.
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10.6(a2)**
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Amendment
to 2002 Management Incentive Plan.
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10.6(c2)**
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Amendment
to Capital Markets Incentive Compensation
Plan.
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10.7(a3)**
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Form
of
Amendment to pre-2007 form of change-in-control severance agreement
between the registrant and its executive officers. This is an amendment
to
exhibit 10.7(a1) to the registrant’s annual report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2006.
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10.7(a4)**
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Form
of
Amendment to 2007 form of change-in-control severance agreement between
the registrant and its executive officers. This is an amendment to
exhibit
10.7(a2) to the registrant’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2006.
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10.7(a5)**
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October
16, 2007 form of change-in-control severance agreement offered to
executive officers.
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10.7(e)**
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Form
of
Pension Restoration Plan (amended and restated as of January 1,
2008).
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10.7(i)**
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Description
of Certain Benefits Available to Executive
Officers
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10.7(k2)**
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Form
of
Amendment to Limited Confidentiality and Non-Compete Agreement with
Mr.
Jim L. Hughes .
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13
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The
“Risk Management-Interest Rate Risk Management” subsection of the
Management’s Discussion and Analysis section and the “Interest Rate Risk
Management” subsection of Note 25 to the Corporation’s consolidated
financial statements, contained, respectively, at pages 23-25 and
page 108
in the Corporation’s 2006 Annual Report to shareholders furnished to
shareholders in connection with the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
on
April 17, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference. Portions of
the
Annual Report not incorporated herein by reference are deemed not
to be
“filed” with the Commission with this
report.
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31(a)
|
Rule
13a-14(a) Certifications of CEO (pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)
|
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31(b)
|
Rule
13a-14(a) Certifications of CFO (pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)
|
|
32(a)
|
18
USC
1350 Certifications of CEO (pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002)
|
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32(b)
|
18
USC
1350 Certifications of CFO (pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002)
|
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*
|
The
Corporation agrees to furnish copies of the instruments, including
indentures, defining the rights of the holders of the long-term debt
of
the Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries to the Securities
and
Exchange Commission upon request.
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**
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This
is
a management contract or compensatory plan required to be filed as
an
exhibit.
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1.
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I
have
reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of First Horizon National
Corporation;
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2.
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Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
report;
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3.
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Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects
the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;
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4.
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The
registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have:
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a)
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Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
ensure
that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is
being
prepared;
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b)
|
Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,
to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
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c)
|
Evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of
the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
covered by this report based on such evaluation;
and
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d)
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Disclosed
in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent
fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case
of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
to
materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial
reporting; and
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5.
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The
registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based
on our
most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
to
the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's
board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):
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a)
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All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to
record,
process, summarize and report financial information;
and
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b)
|
Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal
control
over financial reporting.
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Date
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November
7, 2007
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1.
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I
have
reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of First Horizon National
Corporation;
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2.
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Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
report;
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3.
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Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects
the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;
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4.
|
The
registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have:
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a)
|
Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
ensure
that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is
being
prepared;
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b)
|
Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,
to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
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c)
|
Evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of
the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
covered by this report based on such evaluation;
and
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d)
|
Disclosed
in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent
fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case
of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
to
materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial
reporting; and
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5.
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The
registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based
on our
most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
to
the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's
board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):
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a)
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All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to
record,
process, summarize and report financial information;
and
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b)
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Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal
control
over financial reporting.
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Date
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November
7, 2007
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1.
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The
Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 2007, (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
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2.
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The
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Corporation.
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1.
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The
Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 2007, (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
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2.
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The
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations
of the
Corporation.
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2.1
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Account.
Account means a bookkeeping account maintained by the Committee
to record
the payment obligation of a Participating Employer to a Participant
as
determined under the terms of the Plan. The Committee may maintain
an
Account to record the total obligation to a Participant and component
Accounts to reflect amounts payable at different times and in different
forms. Reference to an Account means any such Account established
by the
Committee, as the context requires. Accounts are intended to constitute
unfunded obligations within the meaning of Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3)
and
401(a)(1) of ERISA.
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2.2
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Account
Balance.
Account Balance means, with respect to any Account, the total
payment obligation owed to a Participant from such Account as of
the most
recent Valuation Date.
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2.3
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Adopting
Employer.
Adopting Employer means an Affiliate who, with the consent
of the Company, has adopted the Plan for the benefit of its eligible
employees.
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2.4
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Affiliate.
Affiliate means a corporation, trade or business that, together
with
the Company, is treated as a single employer under Code Section
414(b) or
(c).
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2.5
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Beneficiary.
Beneficiary means a natural person, estate, or trust designated
by a
Participant to receive payments to which a Beneficiary is entitled
in
accordance with provisions of the Plan. The Participant’s spouse, if
living, otherwise the Participant’s estate, shall be the Beneficiary if:
(i)the Participant has failed to properly designate a Beneficiary,
or (ii)
all designated Beneficiaries have predeceased the
Participant.
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2.6
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Business
Day
.
A Business Day is each day on
which the
New York Stock Exchange is open for
business.
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2.7
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Change
in Control
.
Change in Control, with respect
to a Participating Employer that is organized as a corporation,
occurs on
the date on which any of the following events occur (i) a change
in the
ownership of the Participating Employer; (ii) a change in the effective
control of the Participating Employer; (iii) a change in the ownership
of
a substantial portion of the assets of the Participating
Employer.
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2.8
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Claimant.
Claimant means a Participant or Beneficiary filing a claim
under
Article XII of this Plan.
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2.9
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Code.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to
time.
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2.10
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Code
Section 409A.
Code Section 409A means section 409A of the Code, and
regulations and other guidance issued by the Treasury Department
and
Internal Revenue Service
thereunder.
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2.11
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Committee.
Committee means the Human Resources Committee of the Board of Directors
of
the Company.
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2.12
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Company.
Company means First Horizon National
Corporation.
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2.13
|
Company
Contribution.
Company Contribution means a credit by a Participating
Employer to a Participant’s Account(s) in accordance with the provisions
of Article V of the Plan. Company Contributions are credited at
the sole
discretion of the Participating Employer and the fact that a Company
Contribution is credited in one year shall not obligate the Participating
Employer to continue to make such Company Contribution in subsequent
years. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, a reference
to
Company Contribution shall include Earnings attributable to such
contribution.
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2.15
|
Compensation.
Compensation means a Participant’s base salary, bonus, commission,
Restricted Stock Units, and such other cash or equity-based compensation
(if any) approved by the Committee as Compensation that may be
deferred
under this Plan. Compensation shall not include any
compensation that has been previously deferred under this Plan
or any
other arrangement subject to Code Section
409A.
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2.16
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Compensation
Deferral Agreement.
Compensation Deferral Agreement means an agreement
between a Participant and a Participating Employer that specifies
(i) the
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2.17
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Death
Benefit.
Death Benefit means the benefit payable under the Plan to
a
Participant’s Beneficiary(ies) upon the Participant’s death as provided in
Section 6.1 of the Plan.
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2.18
|
Deferral
.
Deferral means a credit to a Participant’s Account(s) that records that
portion of the Participant’s Compensation that the Participant has elected
to defer to the Plan in accordance with the provisions of Article
IV.
Unless the context of the Plan clearly indicates otherwise, a reference
to
Deferrals includes Earnings attributable to such
Deferrals.
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2.19
|
Disability
Benefit.
Disability Benefit means the benefit payable under the Plan
to a Participant in the event such Participant is determined to
be
Disabled.
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2.20
|
Disabled.
Disabled means that a Participant is, by reason of any
medically-determinable physical or mental impairment which can
be expected
to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous
period of
not less than twelve months, (i) unable to engage in any substantial
gainful activity, or (ii) receiving income replacement benefits
for a
period of not less than three months under an accident and health
plan
covering employees of the Participant’s employer. The Committee shall
determine whether a Participant is Disabled in accordance with
Code
Section 409A provided, however, that a Participant shall be deemed
to be
Disabled if determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security
Administration or the Railroad Retirement Board, or if the Participant
is
determined to be Disabled under the Company disability insurance
program
utilizing the definition provided
herein.
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2.21
|
Earnings.
Earnings means an adjustment to the value of an Account in accordance
with
Article VIII.
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2.22
|
Effective
Date.
Effective Date means January 1,
2008.
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2.23
|
Eligible
Employee.
Eligible Employee means a member of a “select group of
management or highly compensated employees” of a Participating Employer
within the meaning of Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1)
of ERISA,
and a non-employee director of the Company or a Participating Employer
who
is an independent contractor, as determined by the Committee from
time to
time in its sole discretion.
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2.24
|
Employee.
Employee means a common-law employee of an
Employer.
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2.25
|
Employer.
Employer means, with respect to Employees it employs, the Company
and each
Affiliate.
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2.26
|
ERISA.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as
amended from time to time.
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2.27
|
Fiscal
Year Compensation.
Fiscal Year Compensation means Compensation earned
during one or more consecutive fiscal years of a Participating
Employer,
all of which is paid after the last day of such fiscal year or
years.
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2.28
|
Grandfathered
Account.
Grandfathered Account means amounts deferred under the Plan
prior to January 1, 2005 that were vested as of December 31, 2004,
and
Earnings on such amounts.
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2.29
|
Participant.
Participant means an Eligible Employee or an independent contractor
who
has received notification of his or her eligibility to defer Compensation
under the Plan under Section 3.1 and any other person with an Account
Balance greater than zero, regardless of whether such individual
continues
to be an Eligible Employee. A Participant’s continued participation in the
Plan shall be governed by Section 3.2 of the
Plan.
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2.30
|
Participating
Employer.
Participating Employer means the Company and each Adopting
Employer.
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2.31
|
Payment
Schedule.
Payment Schedule means the date as of which payment of an
Account under the Plan will commence and the form in which payment
of such
Account will be made.
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2.32
|
Performance-Based
Compensation.
Performance-Based Compensation means Compensation where
the amount of, or entitlement to, the Compensation is contingent
on the
satisfaction of pre-established organizational or individual performance
criteria relating to a performance period of at least twelve consecutive
months. Organizational or individual performance criteria are considered
pre-established if established in writing by not later than ninety
(90)
days after the commencement of the period of service to which the
criteria
relate, provided that the outcome is substantially uncertain at
the time
the criteria are established. The determination of whether Compensation
qualifies as
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2.33
|
Plan.
Generally, the term Plan means the “First Horizon National Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan” as documented herein and as may be amended
from time to time hereafter. However, to the extent permitted or
required
under Code Section 409A, the term Plan may in the appropriate context
also
mean a portion of the Plan that is treated as a single plan under
Treas.
Reg. Section 1.409A-1(c), or the Plan or portion of the Plan and
any other
nonqualified deferred compensation plan or portion thereof that
is treated
as a single plan under such
section.
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2.34
|
Plan
Year.
Plan Year means January 1 through December
31.
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2.35
|
Retirement.
Retirement means the first to occur of: (i) a Participant’s Separation
from Service after attainment of age 55 and completion of 15 Years
of
Service; or (ii) a Participant’s Separation from Service after attainment
of age 65 and completion of 5 Years of
Service.
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2.36
|
Retirement
Benefit.
Retirement Benefit means the benefit payable to a Participant
under the Plan following the Retirement of the
Participant.
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2.37
|
Retirement/Termination
Account.
Retirement/Termination Account means an Account established
by the Committee to record the amounts payable to a Participant
that have
not been allocated to a Specified Date Account. Unless the Participant
has
established a Specified Date Account, all Deferrals and Company
Contributions shall be allocated to a Retirement/Termination Account
on
behalf of the Participant.
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2.38
|
Separation
from Service.
An Employee incurs a Separation from Service upon
termination of employment with the Employer. Whether a Separation
from
Service has occurred shall be determined by the Committee in accordance
with Code Section 409A. Except in the case of an Employee on a
bona fide
leave of absence as provided below, an Employee is deemed to have
incurred
a Separation from Service if the Employer and the Employee reasonably
anticipated that the level of services to be performed by the Employee
after a date certain would be reduced to 20% or less of the average
services rendered by the Employee during the immediately preceding
36-month period (or the total period of employment, if less than
36
months) disregarding periods during which the Employee was on a
bona fide
leave of absence.
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2.39
|
Specified
Date Account.
A Specified Date Account means an Account established
pursuant to Section 4.3 that will be paid (or that will commence
to be
paid) at a future date as specified in the Participant’s Compensation
Deferral Agreement. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee,
a
Participant may maintain no more than three Specified Date Accounts.
A
Specified Date Account may be identified in enrollment materials
as an
“In-Service Account”.
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2.40
|
Specified
Date Benefit.
Specified Date Benefit means the benefit payable to a
Participant under the Plan in accordance with Section
6.1(C).
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2.41
|
Specified
Employee.
Specified Employee means an Employee who, as of the date of
his Separation from Service, is a “key employee” of the Company or any
Affiliate, any stock of which is actively traded on an established
securities market or otherwise.
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2.42
|
Specified
Employee Identification Date.
Specified Employee Identification Date
means September 30, unless the Employer has elected a different
date
through action that is legally binding with respect to all nonqualified
deferred compensation plans maintained by the
Employer.
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2.43
|
Specified
Employee Effective Date.
Specified Employee Effective Date means the
first day of the fourth month following the Specified Employee
Identification Date, or such earlier date as is selected by the
Committee.
|
2.44
|
Substantial
Risk of Forfeiture.
Substantial Risk of Forfeiture shall have the
meaning specified in Treas. Reg. Section
1.409A-1(d).
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2.45
|
Termination
Benefit.
Termination Benefit means the benefit payable to a
Participant under the Plan following the Participant’s Separation from
Service prior to Retirement.
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2.46
|
Unforeseeable
Emergency.
An Unforeseeable Emergency means a severe financial
hardship to the Participant resulting from an illness or accident
of the
Participant, the Participant’s spouse, the Participant’s dependent (as
defined in Code section 152(a)), or a Beneficiary; loss of the
Participant’s property due to casualty (including the need to rebuild a
home following damage to a home not otherwise covered by insurance,
for
example, as a result of a natural disaster); or other similar
extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result
of
events beyond the control of the Participant. The types of events
which
may qualify as an Unforeseeable Emergency shall be specified by
the
Committee in administrative documents or
forms.
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2.47
|
Valuation
Date.
Valuation Date shall mean each Business
Day.
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2.48
|
Year
of Service
. A Year of Service shall mean each 12-month period of
continuous service with the
Employer.
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3.1
|
Eligibility
and Participation.
An Eligible Employee becomes a Participant upon the
earlier to occur of (i) a credit of Company Contributions under
Article V
or (ii) receipt of notification of eligibility to
participate.
|
3.2
|
Duration.
A Participant shall be eligible to defer Compensation and receive
allocations of Company Contributions, subject to the terms of the
Plan,
for as long as such Participant remains an Eligible Employee. A
Participant who is no longer an Eligible Employee but has not Separated
from Service may not defer Compensation under the Plan but may
otherwise
exercise all of the rights of a Participant under the Plan with
respect to
his or her Account(s). On and after a Separation from Service,
a
Participant shall remain a Participant as long as his or her Account
Balance is greater than zero and during such time may continue
to make
allocation elections as provided in Section 8.4. An individual
shall cease
being a Participant in the Plan when all benefits under the Plan
to which
he or she is entitled have been
paid
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4.1
|
Deferral
Elections, Generally.
|
|
(a)
|
An
Eligible Employee shall submit a Compensation Deferral Agreement
during
the enrollment periods established by the Committee and in the
manner
specified by the Committee, but in any event, in accordance with
Section
4.2. A Compensation Deferral Agreement that is not timely filed
with
respect to a service period or component of Compensation shall
be
considered void and shall have no effect with respect to such service
period or Compensation. The Committee may modify any Compensation
Deferral
Agreement prior to the date the election becomes irrevocable under
the
rules of Section 4.2.
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|
(b)
|
The
Participant shall specify on his or her Compensation Deferral Agreement
whether to allocate Deferrals to a Retirement/Termination Account
or to a
Specified Date Account. If no designation is made, all Deferrals
shall be
allocated to the Retirement/Termination Account. A Participant
may also
specify in his or her Compensation Deferral Agreement the Payment
Schedule
applicable to his or her Plan Accounts. If the Payment Schedule
is not
specified in a Compensation Deferral Agreement, the Payment Schedule
shall
be the Payment Schedule specified in Section
6.2.
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|
(a)
|
First
Year of Eligibility.
In the case of the first year in which an
Eligible Employee becomes eligible to participate in the Plan,
he has up
to 30 days following his initial eligibility to submit a Compensation
Deferral Agreement
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A
Compensation Deferral Agreement filed under this paragraph applies
to
Compensation earned on and after the date the Compensation Deferral
Agreement becomes irrevocable.
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(b)
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Prior
Year Election.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4.2,
Participants may defer Compensation by filing a Compensation Deferral
Agreement no later than December 31 of the year prior to the year
in which
the Compensation to be deferred is earned. A Compensation Deferral
Agreement described in this paragraph shall become irrevocable
with
respect to such Compensation as of January 1 of the year in which
such
Compensation is earned.
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(c)
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Performance-Based
Compensation.
Participants may file a Compensation Deferral Agreement
with respect to Performance-Based Compensation no later than the
date that
is six months before the end of the performance period, provided
that:
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i.
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the
Participant performs services continuously from the later of the
beginning
of the performance period or the date the criteria are established
through
the date the Compensation Deferral Agreement is submitted;
and
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ii.
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the
Compensation is not readily ascertainable as of the date the Compensation
Deferral Agreement is filed.
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(d)
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Sales
Commissions.
Sales commissions (as defined in Treas. Reg. Section
1.409A-2(a)(12)(i)) are considered to be earned in the taxable
year of the
Participant in which the sale occurs. The Compensation Deferral
Agreement
must be filed before the last day of the year preceding the year
in which
the sales commissions are earned and becomes irrevocable after
that
date.
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(e)
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Investment
Commissions.
Investment commissions (as defined in Treas. Reg.
Section 1.409A-2(a)(12)(ii)) are considered to be earned in the
12-month
period immediately preceding the date assets are valued for purposes
of
calculating the
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(f)
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Fiscal
Year Compensation.
A Participant may defer Fiscal Year Compensation
by filing a Compensation Deferral Agreement prior to the first
day of the
fiscal year or years in which such Fiscal Year Compensation is
earned. The
Compensation Deferral Agreement described in this paragraph becomes
irrevocable on the first day of the fiscal year or years to which
it
applies.
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(g)
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Short-Term
Deferrals.
Compensation that meets the definition of a “short-term
deferral” described in Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) may be deferred
in accordance with the rules of Article VII, applied as if the
date the
Substantial Risk of Forfeiture lapses is the date payments were
originally
scheduled to commence, provided, however, that the provisions of
Section
7.3 shall not apply to payments attributable to a Change in
Control.
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(h)
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Certain
Forfeitable Rights.
With respect to a legally binding right to a
payment in a subsequent year that is subject to a forfeiture condition
requiring the Participant’s continued services for a period of at least
twelve months from the date the Participant obtains the legally
binding
right, an election to defer such Compensation may be made on or
before the
30th day after the Participant obtains the legally binding right
to the
Compensation, provided that the election is made at least twelve
months in
advance of the earliest date at which the forfeiture condition
could
lapse. The Compensation Deferral Agreement described in this paragraph
becomes irrevocable after such 30th day. If the forfeiture condition
applicable to the payment lapses before the end of the required
service
period as a result of the Participant’s death or Disability or upon a
Change in Control, the Compensation Deferral Agreement will be
void unless
it would be considered timely under another rule described in this
Section.
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(i)
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Company
Awards.
Participating Employers may unilaterally provide for
deferrals of Company awards prior to the date of such awards. Deferrals
of
Company awards (such as sign-on, retention, or severance pay) may
be
negotiated with a Participant prior to the date the Participant
has a
legally binding right to such
Compensation.
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(j)
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“Evergreen”
Deferral Elections.
The Committee, in its discretion, may provide in
the Compensation Deferral Agreement that such Compensation Deferral
Agreement will continue in effect for each subsequent year or performance
period. Such “evergreen” Compensation Deferral Agreements will become
effective with respect to an item of Compensation on the date such
election becomes irrevocable under this Section 4.2. An evergreen
Compensation Deferral Agreement may be terminated or modified
prospectively with respect to Compensation for which such election
remains
revocable under this Section 4.2. A Participant whose Compensation
Deferral Agreement is cancelled
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4.3
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Allocation
of Deferrals.
A Compensation Deferral Agreement may allocate Deferrals
to one or more Specified Date Accounts and/or to the
Retirement/Termination Account. The Committee may, in its discretion,
establish a minimum deferral period for Specified Date Accounts
(for
example, the third Plan Year following the year Compensation subject
to
the Compensation Deferral Agreement is
earned).
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4.4
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Deductions
from Pay.
The Committee has the authority to determine the payroll
practices under which any component of Compensation subject to
a
Compensation Deferral Agreement will be deducted from a Participant’s
Compensation.
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4.5
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Vesting.
Participant Deferrals shall be 100% vested at all
times.
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4.6
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Cancellation
of Deferrals.
The Committee may cancel a Participant’s Deferrals (i)
for the balance of the Plan Year in which an Unforeseeable Emergency
payment is made, (ii) if the Participant receives a hardship distribution
under the Employer’s qualified 401(k) plan, through the end of the Plan
Year in which the six-month anniversary of the hardship distribution
falls, and (iii) during periods in which the Participant is unable
to
perform the duties of his or her position or any substantially
similar
position due to a mental or physical impairment that can be expected
to
result in death or last for a continuous period of at least six
months. In
the event a Participant receives a voluntary withdrawal from a
Grandfathered Account, the Participant shall not be permitted to
make
Deferrals to the Plan in the Plan Year following the Plan Year
in which
the withdrawal is made.
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5.1
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Discretionary
Company Contributions.
The Company may, from time to time in its sole
and absolute discretion, credit Company Contributions to any Participant
in any amount determined by the Company. Such contributions will
be
credited to a Participant’s Retirement/Termination
Account.
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5.2
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Vesting.
Company Contributions described in Section 5.1, above, and
the
Earnings thereon, shall vest in accordance with the vesting schedule(s)
established by the Committee at the time that the Company Contribution
is
made. The Participating Employer may, at any time, in its sole
discretion, increase a Participant’s vested interest in a Company
Contribution. The portion of a Participant’s Accounts that remains
unvested upon his or her Separation from Service after the application
of
the terms of this Section 5.2 shall be
forfeited.
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6.1
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Benefits,
generally.
A Participant shall be entitled to the following benefits
under the Plan:
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(a)
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Retirement
Benefit.
Upon the Participant’s Separation from Service due to
Retirement, he or she shall be entitled to a Retirement Benefit.
The
Retirement Benefit shall be equal to the vested portion of the
Retirement/Termination Account and the vested portion of balances
in any
Specified Date Accounts that are not in pay status. The Retirement
Benefit
shall be based on the value of that Account as of the end of the
month in
which Separation from Service occurs. Payment of the Retirement
Benefit
will be made or begin on or after the first day of the month following
the
month in which Separation from Service occurs, provided, however,
that
with respect to a Participant who is a Specified Employee as of
the date
such Participant incurs a Separation from Service, payment will
be made or
begin on the first day of the seventh month following the month
in which
such Separation from Service occurs. If the Retirement Benefit
is to be
paid in the form of installments, any subsequent installment payments
to a
Specified Employee will be paid on the anniversary of the date
the first
payment would have been made had the Participant not been classified
as a
Specified Employee.
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(b)
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Termination
Benefit.
Upon the Participant’s Separation from Service for reasons
other than death, Disability or Retirement, he or she shall be
entitled to
a Termination Benefit. The Termination Benefit shall be equal to
the
vested portion of the Retirement/Termination Account and the vested
portion of any unpaid
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(c)
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Specified
Date Benefit.
If the Participant has established one or more
Specified Date Accounts, he or she shall be entitled to a Specified
Date
Benefit with respect to each such Specified Date Account. The Specified
Date Benefit shall be equal to the vested portion of the Specified
Date
Account, based on the value of that Account as of the end of the
month
designated by the Participant at the time the Account was established.
Payment of the Specified Date Benefit will be made or begin on
or after
the first day of the month following the designated
month.
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(d)
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Disability
Benefit.
Upon a determination by the Committee that a Participant
is
Disabled, he or she shall be entitled to a Disability Benefit.
The
Disability Benefit shall be equal to the vested portion of the
Retirement/Termination Account and the vested portion of any unpaid
balances in any Specified Date Accounts. The Disability Benefit
shall be
based on the value of the Accounts as of the last day of the month
in
which Disability occurs and will be paid on or after the first
day of the
following month.
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(e)
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Death
Benefit
.
In the event of the Participant’s death, his or her
designated Beneficiary(ies) shall be entitled to a Death Benefit.
The
Death Benefit shall be equal to the vested portion of the
Retirement/Termination Account and the vested portion of any unpaid
balances in any Specified Date Accounts. The Death Benefit shall
be based
on the value of the Accounts as of the end of the month in which
death
occurred, with payment made on or after the first day of the following
month.
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(f)
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Unforeseeable
Emergency Payments.
A Participant who experiences an Unforeseeable
Emergency may submit a written request to the Committee to receive
payment
of all or any portion of his or her vested Accounts. Whether a
Participant
or Beneficiary is faced with an Unforeseeable Emergency permitting
an
emergency payment shall be determined by the Committee based on
the
relevant facts and circumstances of each case, but, in any case,
a
distribution on account of Unforeseeable Emergency may not be made
to the
extent that such emergency is or may be reimbursed through insurance
or
otherwise, by liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the extent the
liquidation of such assets would not cause severe financial hardship,
or
by cessation of Deferrals under this Plan. If an emergency payment
is
approved by the Committee, the amount of
the
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(g)
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Voluntary
Withdrawals of Grandfathered Accounts.
A Participant may elect at any
time to voluntarily withdraw the amounts credited to his or her
Grandfathered Account. If such a withdrawal is requested, the Participant
shall forfeit an amount equal to 10% of the balance of the Grandfathered
Account, and he or she shall not be permitted to make Deferrals
to the
Plan in the Plan Year following the Plan Year in which the withdrawal
is
made.
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6.2
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Form
of Payment.
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(a)
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Retirement
Benefit.
A Participant who is entitled to receive a Retirement
Benefit shall receive payment of such benefit in a single lump
sum, unless
the Participant elects on his or her initial Compensation Deferral
Agreement to have such benefit paid in one of the following alternative
forms of payment (i) substantially equal annual installments over
a period
of two to five years, as elected by the Participant; or (ii) a
lump sum
payment of a percentage of the balance in the Retirement/ Termination
Account, with the balance paid in substantially equal annual installments
over a period of two to five years, as elected by the
Participant.
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(b)
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Termination
Benefit.
A Participant who is entitled to receive a Termination
Benefit shall receive payment of such benefit in a single lump
sum.
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(c)
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Specified
Date Benefit.
The Specified Date Benefit shall be paid in a single
lump sum, unless the Participant elects on the Compensation Deferral
Agreement with which the account was established to have the Specified
Date Account paid in substantially equal annual installments over
a period
of two to five years, as elected by the
Participant.
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(d)
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Disability
Benefit.
A Participant who is entitled to receive a Disability
Benefit shall receive payment of such benefit in a single lump
sum.
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(e)
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Death
Benefit.
A Designated Beneficiary who is entitled to receive a Death
Benefit shall receive payment of such benefit in a single lump
sum.
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(f)
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Small
Account Balances.
The Committee may, in its sole discretion which
shall be evidenced in writing no later than the date of payment,
elect to
pay the value of the Participant’s Accounts upon a Separation from Service
in a single lump sum if the balance of such Accounts is not greater
than
the applicable dollar amount under Code Section 402(g)(1)(B), provided
the
payment represents the complete liquidation of the Participant’s interest
in the Plan.
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(g)
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Rules
Applicable to Installment Payments.
If a Payment Schedule specifies
installment payments, annual payments will be made beginning as
of the
payment commencement date for such installments and shall continue
on each
anniversary thereof until the number of installment payments specified
in
the Payment Schedule has been paid. The amount of each installment
payment
shall be determined by dividing (a) by (b), where (a) equals the
Account
Balance as of the Valuation Date and (b) equals the remaining number
of
installment payments.
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6.3
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Acceleration
of or Delay in Payments.
The Committee, in its sole and absolute
discretion, may elect to accelerate the time or form of payment of a
benefit owed to the Participant hereunder, provided such acceleration
is
permitted under Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(j)(4). The Committee
may
also, in its sole and absolute discretion, delay the time for payment
of a
benefit owed to the Participant hereunder, to the extent permitted
under
Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-2(b)(7). If the Plan receives a domestic
relations order (within the meaning of Code Section 414(p)(1)(B))
directing that all or a portion of a Participant’s Accounts be paid to an
“alternate payee,” any amounts to be paid to the alternate payee(s) shall
be paid in a single lump sum.
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7.1
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Participant’s
Right to Modify.
A Participant may modify any or all of the
alternative Payment Schedules with respect to an Account, consistent
with
the permissible Payment Schedules available under the Plan, provided
such
modification complies with the requirements of this Article
VII.
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7.2
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Time
of Election.
The date on which a modification election is submitted to
the Committee must be at least twelve months prior to the date
on which
payment is scheduled to commence under the Payment Schedule in
effect
prior to the modification.
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7.3
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Date
of Payment under Modified Payment Schedule.
Except with respect to
modifications that relate to the payment of a Death Benefit or
a
Disability Benefit, the date payments are to commence under the
modified
Payment Schedule must be no earlier than five years after the date
payment
would have commenced under the original Payment Schedule. Under
no
circumstances may a modification election result in an acceleration
of
payments in violation of Code Section
409A.
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7.4
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Effective
Date.
A modification election submitted in accordance with this
Article VII is irrevocable upon receipt by the Committee and becomes
effective 12 months after such
date.
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7.5
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Effect
on Accounts.
An election to modify a Payment Schedule is specific to
the Account or payment event to which it applies, and shall not
be
construed to affect the Payment Schedules of any other
Accounts.
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7.6
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Modifications
to Grandfathered Accounts.
Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of
this Article VII, a Participant may modify the time or form of
payment
applicable to a Grandfathered Account at any time, provided the
modification is submitted in writing at least 13 months in advance
of the
date the Grandfathered Account is scheduled to be
paid.
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8.1
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Valuation.
Deferrals shall be credited to appropriate Accounts on the date
such
Compensation would have been paid to the Participant absent the
Compensation Deferral Agreement. Company Contributions shall be
credited
to the Retirement/Termination Account at the times determined by
the
Committee. Valuation of Accounts shall be performed under procedures
approved by the Committee.
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8.2
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Earnings
Credit.
Each Account will be credited with Earnings on each Business
Day, based upon the Participant’s investment allocation among a menu of
investment options selected in advance by the Committee, in accordance
with the provisions of this Article VIII (“investment
allocation”).
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8.3
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Investment
Options
. Investment options will be determined by the Committee. The
Committee, in its sole discretion, shall be permitted to add or
remove
investment options from the Plan menu from time to time, provided
that any
such additions or removals of
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8.4
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Investment
Allocations.
A Participant’s investment allocation constitutes a
deemed, not actual, investment among the investment options comprising
the
investment menu. At no time shall a Participant have any real or
beneficial ownership in any investment option included in the investment
menu, nor shall the Participating Employer or any trustee acting
on its
behalf have any obligation to purchase actual securities as a result
of a
Participant’s investment allocation. A Participant’s investment allocation
shall be used solely for purposes of adjusting the value of a
Participant’s Account Balances.
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8.5
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Unallocated
Deferrals and Accounts.
If the Participant fails to make an investment
allocation with respect to an Account, such Account shall be invested
in
an investment option, the primary objective of which is the preservation
of capital, as determined by the
Committee.
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9.1
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Plan
Administration
. This Plan shall be administered by the Committee which
shall have discretionary authority to make, amend, interpret and
enforce
all appropriate rules and regulations for the administration of
this Plan
and to utilize its discretion to decide or resolve any and all
questions,
including but not limited to eligibility for benefits and interpretations
of this Plan and its terms, as may arise in connection with the
Plan.
Claims for benefits shall be filed with the Committee and resolved
in
accordance with the claims procedures in Article
XII.
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9.2
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Administration
Upon Change in Control.
Upon a Change in Control, the Committee, as
constituted immediately prior to such Change in Control, shall
continue to
act as the Committee. The individual who was the Chief Executive
Officer
of the Company (or if such person is unable or unwilling to act,
the next
highest ranking officer) prior to the Change in Control shall have
the
authority (but shall not be obligated) to appoint an independent
third
party to act as the Committee.
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9.3
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Withholding.
The Participating Employer shall have the right to withhold from
any
payment due under the Plan (or with respect to any amounts credited
to the
Plan) any taxes required by law to be withheld in respect of such
payment
(or credit). Withholdings with respect to amounts credited to the
Plan
shall be deducted from Compensation that has not been deferred
to the
Plan.
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9.4
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Indemnification.
The Participating Employers shall indemnify and hold harmless each
employee, officer, director, agent or organization, to whom or
to which
are delegated duties, responsibilities, and authority under the
Plan or
otherwise with respect to administration of the Plan, including,
without
limitation, the Committee and its agents, against all claims, liabilities,
fines and penalties, and all expenses reasonably incurred
by
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9.5
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Delegation
of Authority.
In the administration of this Plan, the Committee may,
from time to time, employ agents and delegate to them such administrative
duties as it sees fit, and may from time to time consult with legal
counsel who shall be legal counsel to the
Company.
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9.6
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Binding
Decisions or Actions.
The decision or action of the Committee in
respect of any question arising out of or in connection with the
administration, interpretation and application of the Plan and
the rules
and regulations thereunder shall be final and conclusive and binding
upon
all persons having any interest in the
Plan.
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10.1
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Amendment
and Termination.
The Company may at any time and from time to time
amend the Plan or may terminate the Plan as provided in this Article
X.
Each Participating Employer may also terminate its participation
in the
Plan.
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10.2
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Amendments.
The Company, by action taken by its Board of Directors, may amend
the Plan
at any time and for any reason, provided that any such amendment
shall not
reduce the vested Account Balances of any Participant accrued as
of the
date of any such amendment or restatement (as if the Participant
had
incurred a voluntary Separation from Service on such date) or reduce
any
rights of a Participant under the Plan or other Plan features with
respect
to Deferrals made prior to the date of any such amendment or restatement
without the consent of the Participant. The Board of Directors
of the
Company may delegate to the Committee the authority to amend the
Plan
without the consent of the Board of Directors for the purpose of
(i)
conforming the Plan to the requirements of law, (ii) facilitating
the
administration of the Plan, (iii) clarifying provisions based on
the
Committee’s interpretation of the document and (iv) making such other
amendments as the Board of Directors may
authorize.
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10.3
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Termination.
The Company, by action taken by its Board of Directors, may terminate
the
Plan and pay Participants and Beneficiaries their Account Balances
in a
single lump sum at any time, to the extent and in accordance with
Treas.
Reg. Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix).
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10.4
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Accounts
Taxable Under Code Section 409A.
The Plan is intended to constitute a
plan of deferred compensation that meets the requirements for deferral
of
income taxation under Code Section 409A. The Committee, pursuant
to its
authority to interpret the Plan, may sever from the Plan or any
Compensation Deferral Agreement any provision or exercise of a
right that
otherwise would result in a violation of Code Section
409A.
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11.1
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General
Assets.
Obligations established under the terms of the Plan may be
satisfied from the general funds of the Participating Employers,
or a
trust described in this Article XI. No Participant, spouse or Beneficiary
shall have any right, title or interest whatever in assets of the
Participating Employers. Nothing contained in this Plan, and no
action
taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed
to create a
trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship, between the Participating
Employers and any Employee, spouse, or Beneficiary. To the extent
that any
person acquires a right to receive payments hereunder, such rights
are no
greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of the
Participating Employer.
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11.2
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Rabbi
Trust.
A Participating Employer may, in its sole discretion, establish
a grantor trust, commonly known as a rabbi trust, as a vehicle
for
accumulating assets to pay benefits under the Plan. Payments under
the
Plan may be paid from the general assets of the Participating Employer
or
from the assets of any such rabbi trust. Payment from any such
source
shall reduce the obligation owed to the Participant or Beneficiary
under
the Plan.
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12.1
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Filing
a Claim.
Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the
Plan shall be filed in writing with the Committee which shall make
all
determinations concerning such claim. Any claim filed with the
Committee
and any decision by the Committee denying such claim shall be in
writing
and shall be delivered to the Participant or Beneficiary filing
the claim
(the “Claimant”).
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a.
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In
General.
Notice of a denial of benefits (other than Disability
benefits) will be provided within ninety (90) days of the Committee’s
receipt of the Claimant's claim for benefits. If the Committee
determines
that it needs additional time to review the claim, the Committee
will
provide the Claimant with a notice of the extension before the
end of the
initial ninety (90) day period. The extension will not be more
than ninety
(90) days from the end of the initial ninety (90)
day
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b.
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Disability
Benefits.
Notice of denial of Disability benefits will be provided
within forty-five (45) days of the Committee’s receipt of the Claimant’s
claim for Disability benefits. If the Committee determines that
it needs
additional time to review the Disability claim, the Committee will
provide
the Claimant with a notice of the extension before the end of the
initial
forty-five (45) day period. If the Committee determines that a
decision
cannot be made within the first extension period due to matters
beyond the
control of the Committee, the time period for making a determination
may
be further extended for an additional thirty (30) days. If such
an
additional extension is necessary, the Committee shall notify the
Claimant
prior to the expiration of the initial thirty (30) day extension.
Any
notice of extension shall indicate the circumstances necessitating
the
extension of time, the date by which the Committee expects to furnish
a
notice of decision, the specific standards on which such entitlement
to a
benefit is based, the unresolved issues that prevent a decision
on the
claim and any additional information needed to resolve those issues.
A
Claimant will be provided a minimum of forty-five (45) days to
submit any
necessary additional information to the Committee. In the event
that a
thirty (30) day extension is necessary due to a Claimant’s failure to
submit information necessary to decide a claim, the period for
furnishing
a notice of decision shall be tolled from the date on which the
notice of
the extension is sent to the Claimant until the earlier of the
date the
Claimant responds to the request for additional information or
the
response deadline.
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c.
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Contents
of Notice.
If a claim for benefits is completely or partially denied,
notice of such denial shall be in writing and shall set forth the
reasons
for denial in plain language. The notice shall (i) cite the pertinent
provisions of the Plan document and (ii) explain, where appropriate,
how
the Claimant can perfect the claim, including a description of
any
additional material or information necessary to complete the claim
and why
such material or information is necessary. The claim denial also
shall
include an explanation of the claims review procedures and the
time limits
applicable to such procedures, including a statement of the Claimant’s
right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA following
an
adverse decision on review. In the case of a complete or partial
denial of
a Disability benefit claim, the notice shall provide a statement
that the
Committee will provide to the Claimant, upon request and free of
charge, a
copy of any internal rule, guideline, protocol, or other similar
criterion
that was relied upon in making the
decision.
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12.2
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Appeal
of Denied Claims.
A Claimant whose claim has been completely or
partially denied shall be entitled to appeal the claim denial by
filing a
written appeal with a committee designated to hear such appeals
(the
“Appeals Committee”). A Claimant who timely requests a review of the
denied claim (or his or her authorized representative)
may
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(a)
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In
General.
Appeal of a denied benefits claim (other than a Disability
benefits claim) must be filed in writing with the Appeals Committee
no
later than sixty (60) days after receipt of the written notification
of
such claim denial. The Appeals Committee shall make its decision
regarding
the merits of the denied claim within sixty (60) days following
receipt of
the appeal (or within one hundred and twenty (120) days after such
receipt, in a case where there are special circumstances requiring
extension of time for reviewing the appealed claim). If an extension
of
time for reviewing the appeal is required because of special
circumstances, written notice of the extension shall be furnished
to the
Claimant prior to the commencement of the extension. The notice
will
indicate the special circumstances requiring the extension of time
and the
date by which the Appeals Committee expects to render the determination
on
review. The review will take into account comments, documents,
records and
other information submitted by the Claimant relating to the claim
without
regard to whether such information was submitted or considered
in the
initial benefit determination.
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(b)
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Disability
Benefits.
Appeal of a denied Disability benefits claim must be filed
in writing with the Appeals Committee no later than one hundred
eighty
(180) days after receipt of the written notification of such claim
denial.
The review shall be conducted by the Appeals Committee (exclusive
of the
person who made the initial adverse decision or such person’s
subordinate). In reviewing the appeal, the Appeals Committee shall
(i) not
afford deference to the initial denial of the claim, (ii) consult
a
medical professional who has appropriate training and experience
in the
field of medicine relating to the Claimant’s disability and who was
neither consulted as part of the initial denial nor is the subordinate
of
such individual and (iii) identify the medical or vocational experts
whose
advice was obtained with respect to the initial benefit denial,
without
regard to whether the advice was relied upon in making the decision.
The
Appeals Committee shall make its decision regarding the merits
of the
denied claim within forty-five (45) days following receipt of the
appeal
(or within ninety (90) days after such receipt, in a case where
there are
special circumstances requiring extension of time for reviewing
the
appealed claim). If an extension of time for reviewing the appeal
is
required because of special circumstances, written notice of the
extension
shall be furnished to the Claimant prior to the commencement of
the
extension. The notice
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(c)
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Contents
of Notice.
If a benefits claim is completely or partially denied on
review, notice of such denial shall be in writing and shall set
forth the
reasons for denial in plain
language.
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(d)
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For
the
denial of a Disability benefit, the notice will also include a
statement
that the Appeals Committee will provide, upon request and free
of charge,
(i) any internal rule, guideline, protocol or other similar criterion
relied upon in making the decision, (ii) any medical opinion relied
upon
to make the decision and (iii) the required statement under Section
2560.503-1(j)(5)(iii) of the Department of Labor
regulations.
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12.3
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Claims
Appeals Upon Change in Control.
Upon a Change in Control, the Appeals
Committee, as constituted immediately prior to such Change in Control,
shall continue to act as the Appeals Committee. Upon such Change
in
Control, the Company may not remove any member of the Appeals Committee,
but may replace resigning members if 2/3rds of the members of the
Board of
Directors of the Company and a majority of Participants and Beneficiaries
with Account Balances consent to the
replacement.
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12.4
|
Legal
Action.
A Claimant may not bring any legal action, including
commencement of any arbitration, relating to a claim for benefits
under
the Plan unless and until the Claimant has followed the claims
procedures
under the Plan and exhausted his or her administrative remedies
under such
claims procedures.
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12.5
|
Discretion
of Appeals Committee.
All interpretations, determinations and
decisions of the Appeals Committee with respect to any claim shall
be made
in its sole discretion, and shall be final and
conclusive.
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12.6
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Arbitration.
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(a)
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Prior
to Change in Control.
If, prior to a Change in Control, any claim or
controversy between a Participating Employer and a Participant
or
Beneficiary is not resolved through the claims procedure set forth
in
Article XII, such claim shall be submitted to and resolved exclusively
by
expedited binding arbitration by a single
arbitrator. Arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with
the following procedures:
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(b)
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Upon
Change in Control.
If, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control,
any dispute, controversy or claim arises between a Participant
or
Beneficiary and the Participating Employer out of or relating to
or
concerning the provisions of the Plan, such dispute, controversy
or claim
shall be finally settled by a court of competent jurisdiction which,
notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, shall apply a
de novo
standard of review to any determination made by the Company or
its Board
of Directors, a Participating Employer, the Committee, or the Appeals
Committee.
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13.1
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Anti-assignment
Rule.
No interest of any Participant, spouse or Beneficiary under
this
Plan and no benefit payable hereunder shall be assigned as security
for a
loan, and any such purported assignment shall be null, void and
of no
effect, nor shall any such interest or any such benefit be subject
in any
manner, either voluntarily or involuntarily, to anticipation, sale,
transfer, assignment or encumbrance by or through any Participant,
spouse
or Beneficiary. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
however,
the Committee has the discretion to make payments to an alternate
payee in
accordance with the terms of a domestic relations order (as defined
in
Code Section 414(p)(1)(B)).
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13.2
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No
Legal or Equitable Rights or Interest.
No Participant or other person
shall have any legal or equitable rights or interest in this Plan
that are
not expressly granted in this Plan. Participation in this Plan
does not
give any person any right to be retained in the service of the
Participating Employer. The right and power of a Participating
Employer to
dismiss or discharge an Employee is expressly reserved. The Participating
Employers make no representations or warranties as to the tax consequences
to a Participant or a Participant’s beneficiaries resulting from a
deferral of income pursuant to the
Plan.
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13.3
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No
Employment Contract.
Nothing contained herein shall be construed to
constitute a contract of employment between an Employee and a
Participating Employer.
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13.4
|
Notice.
Any notice or filing required or permitted to be delivered to the
Committee under this Plan shall be delivered in writing, in person,
or
through such electronic means as is established by the Committee.
Notice
shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if delivery
is made
by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark on the receipt for
registration or certification. Written transmission shall be sent
by
certified mail to:
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13.5
|
Headings.
The headings of Sections are included solely for convenience of
reference,
and if there is any conflict between such headings and the text
of this
Plan, the text shall control.
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13.6
|
Invalid
or Unenforceable Provisions.
If any provision of this Plan shall be
held invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability
shall
not affect any other provisions
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13.7
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Lost
Participants or Beneficiaries.
Any Participant or Beneficiary who is
entitled to a benefit from the Plan has the duty to keep the Committee
advised of his or her current mailing address. If benefit payments
are
returned to the Plan or are not presented for payment after a reasonable
amount of time, the Committee shall presume that the payee is missing.
The
Committee, after making such efforts as in its discretion it deems
reasonable and appropriate to locate the payee, shall stop payment
on any
uncashed checks and may discontinue making future payments until
contact
with the payee is restored.
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13.8
|
Governing
Law.
To the extent not preempted by ERISA, the laws of the State
of
Tennessee shall govern the construction and administration of the
Plan.
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2.1
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Account.
Account means a bookkeeping account maintained by the Committee
to record
the payment obligation of a Participating Employer to a Participant
as
determined under the terms of the Plan. The Committee may maintain
an
Account to record the total
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2.2
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Account
Balance.
Account Balance means, with respect to any Account, the total
payment obligation owed to a Participant from such Account as of
the most
recent Valuation Date.
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2.3
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Adopting
Employer.
Adopting Employer means an Affiliate who, with the consent
of the Company, has adopted the Plan for the benefit of its eligible
employees.
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2.4
|
Affiliate.
Affiliate means a corporation, trade or business that, together
with
the Company, is treated as a single employer under Code Section
414(b) or
(c).
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2.5
|
Beneficiary.
Beneficiary means a natural person, estate, or trust designated
by a
Participant to receive payments to which a Beneficiary is entitled
in
accordance with provisions of the Plan. The Participant’s spouse, if
living, otherwise the Participant’s estate, shall be the Beneficiary if:
(i)the Participant has failed to properly designate a Beneficiary,
or (ii)
all designated Beneficiaries have predeceased the
Participant.
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2.6
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Business
Day
.
A Business Day is each day on
which the
New York Stock Exchange is open for
business.
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2.7
|
Change
in Control
.
Change in Control, with respect
to a Participating Employer that is organized as a corporation,
occurs on
the date on which any of the following events occur (i) a change
in the
ownership of the Participating Employer; (ii) a change in the effective
control of the Participating Employer; (iii) a change in the ownership
of
a substantial portion of the assets of the Participating
Employer.
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2.8
|
Claimant.
Claimant means a Participant or Beneficiary filing a claim
under
Article XII of this Plan.
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2.9
|
Code.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to
time.
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2.10
|
Code
Section 409A.
Code Section 409A means section 409A of the Code, and
regulations and other guidance issued by the Treasury Department
and
Internal Revenue Service
thereunder.
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2.11
|
Committee.
Committee means the Human Resources Committee of the Board of Directors
of
the Company.
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2.12
|
Company.
Company means First Horizon National
Corporation.
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2.13
|
Company
Contribution.
Company Contribution means a credit by a Participating
Employer to a Participant’s Account(s) in accordance with the provisions
of Article V of the Plan. Company Contributions are credited at
the sole
discretion of the Participating Employer and the fact that a Company
Contribution is credited in one year shall not obligate the Participating
Employer to continue to make such Company Contribution in subsequent
years. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, a reference
to
Company Contribution shall include Earnings attributable to such
contribution.
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2.15
|
Compensation.
Compensation means a Participant’s base salary, bonus, commission,
(including mortgage production incentives), and such other cash
or
equity-based compensation (if any) approved by the Committee as
Compensation that may be deferred under this Plan. Compensation
shall not include any compensation that has been previously deferred
under
this Plan or any other arrangement subject to Code Section
409A.
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2.16
|
Compensation
Deferral Agreement.
Compensation Deferral Agreement means an agreement
between a Participant and a Participating Employer that specifies
(i) the
amount of each component of Compensation that the Participant has
elected
to defer to the Plan in accordance with the provisions of Article
IV, and
(ii) the Payment Schedule applicable to one or more Accounts. The
Committee may permit different deferral amounts for each component
of
Compensation and may establish a minimum or maximum deferral amount
for
each such component. Unless otherwise specified by the Committee
in the
Compensation Deferral Agreement, Participants may defer up to 80%
of their
base salary and up to 100% of other types of Compensation for a
Plan Year.
A Compensation Deferral Agreement may also specify the investment
allocation described in Section
8.4.
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2.17
|
Death
Benefit.
Death Benefit means the benefit payable under the Plan to
a
Participant’s Beneficiary(ies) upon the Participant’s death as provided in
Section 6.1 of the Plan.
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2.18
|
Deferral
.
Deferral means a credit to a Participant’s Account(s) that records that
portion of the Participant’s Compensation that the Participant has elected
to defer to the Plan in accordance with the provisions of Article
IV.
Unless the context of the Plan clearly indicates otherwise, a reference
to
Deferrals includes Earnings attributable to such
Deferrals.
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2.19
|
Disability
Benefit.
Disability Benefit means the benefit payable under the Plan
to a Participant in the event such Participant is determined to
be
Disabled.
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2.20
|
Disabled.
Disabled means that a Participant is, by reason of any
medically-determinable physical or mental impairment which can
be expected
to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous
period of
not less than twelve months, (i) unable to engage in any substantial
gainful activity, or (ii) receiving income replacement benefits
for a
period of not less than three months under an accident and health
plan
covering employees of the Participant’s employer. The Committee shall
determine whether a
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2.21
|
Earnings.
Earnings means an adjustment to the value of an Account in accordance
with
Article VIII.
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2.22
|
Effective
Date.
Effective Date means January 1,
2008.
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2.23
|
Eligible
Employee.
Eligible Employee means a member of a “select group of
management or highly compensated employees” of a Participating Employer
within the meaning of Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1)
of ERISA as
determined by the Committee from time to time in its sole
discretion.
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2.24
|
Employee.
Employee means a common-law employee of an
Employer.
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2.25
|
Employer.
Employer means, with respect to the Employees it employs, First
Horizon
Home Loan Corporation and its subsidiaries, and each Adopting Employer
(if
any).
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2.26
|
ERISA.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as
amended from time to time.
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2.27
|
Fiscal
Year Compensation.
Fiscal Year Compensation means Compensation earned
during one or more consecutive fiscal years of a Participating
Employer,
all of which is paid after the last day of such fiscal year or
years.
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2.28
|
Grandfathered
Account.
Grandfathered Account means amounts deferred under the Plan
prior to January 1, 2005 that were vested as of December 31, 2004,
and
Earnings on such amounts.
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2.29
|
Participant.
Participant means an Eligible Employee or an independent contractor
who
has received notification of his or her eligibility to defer Compensation
under the Plan under Section 3.1 and any other person with an Account
Balance greater than zero, regardless of whether such individual
continues
to be an Eligible Employee. A Participant’s continued participation in the
Plan shall be governed by Section 3.2 of the
Plan.
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2.30
|
Participating
Employer.
Participating Employer means the Employer and each Adopting
Employer.
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2.31
|
Payment
Schedule.
Payment Schedule means the date as of which payment of an
Account under the Plan will commence and the form in which payment
of such
Account will be made.
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2.32
|
Performance-Based
Compensation.
Performance-Based Compensation means Compensation where
the amount of, or entitlement to, the Compensation is contingent
on the
satisfaction of pre-established organizational or individual performance
criteria relating to a performance period of at least twelve consecutive
months. Organizational or individual performance criteria are considered
pre-established if established in writing by not later than ninety
(90)
days after the commencement of the period of service to which the
criteria
relate, provided that the outcome is substantially uncertain at
the time
the criteria are established. The determination of whether Compensation
qualifies as “Performance-Based Compensation” will be made in accordance
with Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(e) and subsequent
guidance.
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2.33
|
Plan.
Generally, the term Plan means the “First Horizon Deferred
Compensation Plan” as documented herein and as may be amended from time to
time hereafter. However, to the extent permitted or required under
Code
Section 409A, the term Plan may in the appropriate context also
mean a
portion of the Plan that is treated as a single plan under Treas.
Reg.
Section 1.409A-1(c), or the Plan or portion of the Plan and any
other
nonqualified deferred compensation plan or portion thereof that
is treated
as a single plan under such
section.
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2.34
|
Plan
Year.
Plan Year means January 1 through December
31.
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2.35
|
Retirement.
Retirement means the first to occur of: (i) a Participant’s Separation
from Service after attainment of age 55 and completion of 15 Years
of
Service; or (ii) a Participants Separation from Service after attainment
of age 65 and completion of 5 Years of
Service.
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2.36
|
Retirement
Benefit.
Retirement Benefit means the benefit payable to a Participant
under the Plan following the Retirement of the
Participant.
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2.37
|
Retirement/Termination
Account.
Retirement/Termination Account means an Account established
by the Committee to record the amounts payable to a Participant
that have
not been allocated to a Specified Date Account. Unless the Participant
has
established a Specified Date Account, all Deferrals and Company
Contributions shall be allocated to a Retirement/Termination Account
on
behalf of the Participant.
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2.38
|
Separation
from Service.
An Employee incurs a Separation from Service upon
termination of employment with the Employer. Whether a Separation
from
Service has occurred shall be determined by the Committee in accordance
with Code Section 409A. Except in the case of an Employee on a
bona fide
leave of absence as provided below, an Employee is deemed to have
incurred
a Separation from Service if the Employer and the
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2.39
|
Specified
Date Account.
A Specified Date Account means an Account established
pursuant to Section 4.3 that will be paid (or that will commence
to be
paid) at a future date as specified in the Participant’s Compensation
Deferral Agreement. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee,
a
Participant may maintain no more than three Specified Date Accounts.
A
Specified Date Account may be identified in enrollment materials
as an
“In-Service Account”.
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2.40
|
Specified
Date Benefit.
Specified Date Benefit means the benefit payable to a
Participant under the Plan in accordance with Section
6.1(C).
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2.41
|
Specified
Employee.
Specified Employee means an Employee who, as of the date of
his Separation from Service, is a “key employee” of the Company or any
Affiliate, any stock of which is actively traded on an established
securities market or otherwise.
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2.42
|
Specified
Employee Identification Date.
Specified Employee Identification Date
means September 30, unless the Employer has elected a different
date
through action that is legally binding with respect to all nonqualified
deferred compensation plans maintained by the
Employer.
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2.43
|
Specified
Employee Effective Date.
Specified Employee Effective Date means the
first day of the fourth month following the Specified Employee
Identification Date, or such earlier date as is selected by the
Committee.
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2.44
|
Substantial
Risk of Forfeiture.
Substantial Risk of Forfeiture shall have the
meaning specified in Treas. Reg. Section
1.409A-1(d).
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2.45
|
Termination
Benefit.
Termination Benefit means the benefit payable to a
Participant under the Plan following the Participant’s Separation from
Service prior to Retirement.
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2.46
|
Unforeseeable
Emergency.
An Unforeseeable Emergency means a severe financial
hardship to the Participant resulting from an illness or accident
of the
Participant, the Participant’s spouse, the Participant’s dependent (as
defined in Code section 152(a)), or
a
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2.47
|
Valuation
Date.
Valuation Date shall mean each Business
Day.
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2.48
|
Year
of Service
. A Year of Service shall mean each 12-month period of
continuous service with the
Employer.
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3.1
|
Eligibility
and Participation.
An Eligible Employee becomes a Participant upon the
earlier to occur of (i) a credit of Company Contributions under
Article V
or (ii) receipt of notification of eligibility to
participate.
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3.2
|
Duration.
A Participant shall be eligible to defer Compensation and receive
allocations of Company Contributions, subject to the terms of the
Plan,
for as long as such Participant remains an Eligible Employee. A
Participant who is no longer an Eligible Employee but has not Separated
from Service may not defer Compensation under the Plan but may
otherwise
exercise all of the rights of a Participant under the Plan with
respect to
his or her Account(s). On and after a Separation from Service,
a
Participant shall remain a Participant as long as his or her Account
Balance is greater than zero and during such time may continue
to make
allocation elections as provided in Section 8.4. An individual
shall cease
being a Participant in the Plan when all benefits under the Plan
to which
he or she is entitled have been
paid
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4.1
|
Deferral
Elections, Generally.
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(a)
|
An
Eligible Employee shall submit a Compensation Deferral Agreement
during
the enrollment periods established by the Committee and in the
manner
specified by the Committee, but in any event, in accordance with
Section
4.2. A Compensation Deferral Agreement that is not timely filed
with
respect to a service period or component of Compensation shall
be
considered void and shall have no effect with respect to such service
period or Compensation. The
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(b)
|
The
Participant shall specify on his or her Compensation Deferral Agreement
whether to allocate Deferrals to a Retirement/Termination Account
or to a
Specified Date Account. If no designation is made, all Deferrals
shall be
allocated to the Retirement/Termination Account. A Participant
may also
specify in his or her Compensation Deferral Agreement the Payment
Schedule
applicable to his or her Plan Accounts. If the Payment Schedule
is not
specified in a Compensation Deferral Agreement, the Payment Schedule
shall
be the Payment Schedule specified in Section
6.2.
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(a)
|
First
Year of Eligibility.
In the case of the first year in which an
Eligible Employee becomes eligible to participate in the Plan,
he has up
to 30 days following his initial eligibility to submit a Compensation
Deferral Agreement with respect to Compensation to be earned during
such
year. The Compensation Deferral Agreement described in this paragraph
becomes irrevocable upon the end of such 30-day period. The determination
of whether an Eligible Employee may file a Compensation Deferral
Agreement
under this paragraph shall be determined in accordance with the
rules of
Code Section 409A, including the provisions of Treas. Reg. Section
1.409A-2(a)(7).
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A
Compensation Deferral Agreement filed under this paragraph applies
to
Compensation earned on and after the date the Compensation Deferral
Agreement becomes irrevocable.
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(b)
|
Prior
Year Election.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4.2,
Participants may defer Compensation by filing a Compensation Deferral
Agreement no later than December 31 of the year prior to the year
in which
the Compensation to be deferred is earned. A Compensation Deferral
Agreement described in this paragraph shall become irrevocable
with
respect to such Compensation as of January 1 of the year in which
such
Compensation is earned.
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(c)
|
Performance-Based
Compensation.
Participants may file a Compensation Deferral Agreement
with respect to Performance-Based Compensation no later than the
date that
is six months before the end of the performance period, provided
that:
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|
i.
|
the
Participant performs services continuously from the later of the
beginning
of the performance period or the date the criteria are established
through
the date the Compensation Deferral Agreement is submitted;
and
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(d)
|
Sales
Commissions.
Sales commissions (as defined in Treas. Reg. Section
1.409A-2(a)(12)(i)) are considered to be earned in the taxable
year of the
Participant in which the sale occurs. The Compensation Deferral
Agreement must be filed before the last day of the year preceding
the year
in which the sales commissions are earned and becomes irrevocable
after
that date.
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(e)
|
Investment
Commissions.
Investment commissions (as defined in Treas. Reg.
Section 1.409A-2(a)(12)(ii)) are considered to be earned in the
12-month
period immediately preceding the date assets are valued for purposes
of
calculating the commission. Investment Commissions must be deferred
under
the timing rules set forth in this Section
4.2.
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(f)
|
Fiscal
Year Compensation.
A Participant may defer Fiscal Year Compensation
by filing a Compensation Deferral Agreement prior to the first
day of the
fiscal year or years in which such Fiscal Year Compensation is
earned. The
Compensation Deferral Agreement described in this paragraph becomes
irrevocable on the first day of the fiscal year or years to which
it
applies.
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(g)
|
Short-Term
Deferrals.
Compensation that meets the definition of a “short-term
deferral” described in Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) may be deferred
in accordance with the rules of Article VII, applied as if the
date the
Substantial Risk of Forfeiture lapses is the date payments were
originally
scheduled to commence, provided, however, that the provisions of
Section
7.3 shall not apply to payments attributable to a Change in
Control.
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(h)
|
Certain
Forfeitable Rights.
With respect to a legally binding right to a
payment in a subsequent year that is subject to a forfeiture condition
requiring the Participant’s continued services for a period of at least
twelve months from the date the Participant obtains the legally
binding
right, an election to defer such Compensation may be made on or
before the
30th day after the Participant obtains the legally binding right
to the
Compensation, provided that the election is made at least twelve
months in
advance of the earliest date at which the forfeiture condition
could
lapse. The Compensation Deferral Agreement described in this paragraph
becomes irrevocable after such 30th day. If the forfeiture
condition
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(i)
|
Company
Awards.
Participating Employers may unilaterally provide for
deferrals of Company awards prior to the date of such awards. Deferrals
of
Company awards (such as sign-on, retention, or severance pay) may
be
negotiated with a Participant prior to the date the Participant
has a
legally binding right to such
Compensation.
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(j)
|
“Evergreen”
Deferral Elections.
The Committee, in its discretion, may provide in
the Compensation Deferral Agreement that such Compensation Deferral
Agreement will continue in effect for each subsequent year or performance
period. Such “evergreen” Compensation Deferral Agreements will become
effective with respect to an item of Compensation on the date such
election becomes irrevocable under this Section 4.2. An evergreen
Compensation Deferral Agreement may be terminated or modified
prospectively with respect to Compensation for which such election
remains
revocable under this Section 4.2. A Participant whose Compensation
Deferral Agreement is cancelled in accordance with Section 4.6
will be
required to file a new Compensation Deferral Agreement under this
Article
IV in order to recommence Deferrals under the
Plan.
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4.3
|
Allocation
of Deferrals.
A Compensation Deferral Agreement may allocate Deferrals
to one or more Specified Date Accounts and/or to the
Retirement/Termination Account. The Committee may, in its discretion,
establish a minimum deferral period for Specified Date Accounts
(for
example, the third Plan Year following the year Compensation subject
to
the Compensation Deferral Agreement is
earned).
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4.4
|
Deductions
from Pay.
The Committee has the authority to determine the payroll
practices under which any component of Compensation subject to
a
Compensation Deferral Agreement will be deducted from a Participant’s
Compensation.
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4.5
|
Vesting.
Participant Deferrals shall be 100% vested at all
times.
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4.6
|
Cancellation
of Deferrals.
The Committee may cancel a Participant’s Deferrals (i)
for the balance of the Plan Year in which an Unforeseeable Emergency
payment is made, (ii) if the Participant receives a hardship distribution
under the Employer’s qualified 401(k) plan, through the end of the Plan
Year in which the six-month anniversary of the hardship distribution
falls, and (iii) during periods in which the Participant is unable
to
perform the duties of his or her position or any substantially
similar
position due to a mental or physical impairment that can be expected
to
result in death or last for a continuous period of at least six
months. In
the event a Participant receives a voluntary withdrawal from a
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5.1
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Discretionary
Company Contributions.
The Company may, from time to time in its sole
and absolute discretion, credit Company Contributions to any Participant
in any amount determined by the Company. Such contributions will
be
credited to a Participant’s Retirement/Termination
Account.
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5.2
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Vesting.
Company Contributions described in Section 5.1, above, and
the
Earnings thereon, shall vest in accordance with the vesting schedule(s)
established by the Committee at the time that the Company Contribution
is
made. The Participating Employer may, at any time, in its sole
discretion, increase a Participant’s vested interest in a Company
Contribution. The portion of a Participant’s Accounts that remains
unvested upon his or her Separation from Service after the application
of
the terms of this Section 5.2 shall be
forfeited.
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6.1
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Benefits,
Generally.
A Participant shall be entitled to the following benefits
under the Plan:
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(a)
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Retirement
Benefit.
Upon the Participant’s Separation from Service due to
Retirement, he or she shall be entitled to a Retirement Benefit.
The
Retirement Benefit shall be equal to the vested portion of the
Retirement/Termination Account and the vested portion of balances
in any
Specified Date Accounts that are not in “pay status”. The Retirement
Benefit shall be based on the value of that Account as of the end
of the
month in which Separation from Service occurs. Payment of the Retirement
Benefit will be made or begin on or after the first day of the
month
following the month in which Separation from Service occurs, provided,
however, that with respect to a Participant who is a Specified
Employee as
of the date such Participant incurs a Separation from Service,
payment
will be made or begin on the first day of the seventh month following
the
month in which such Separation from Service occurs. If the Retirement
Benefit is to be paid in the form of installments, any subsequent
installment payments to a Specified Employee will be paid on the
anniversary of the date the first payment would have been made
had the
Participant not been classified as a Specified
Employee.
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(b)
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Termination
Benefit.
Upon the Participant’s Separation from Service for reasons
other than death, Disability or Retirement, he or she shall be
entitled to
a Termination Benefit. The Termination Benefit shall be equal to
the
vested portion of the Retirement/Termination Account and the vested
portion of any unpaid balances in any Specified Date Accounts.
The
Termination Benefit shall be based on the value of the
Retirement/Termination Account as of the end of the month in which
Separation from Service occurs. Payment of the Termination Benefit
will be
made or begin on or after the first day of the month following
the month
in which Separation from Service occurs, provided, however, that
with
respect to a Participant who is a Specified Employee as of the
date such
Participant incurs a Separation from Service, payment will be made
or
begin on the first day of the seventh month following the month
in which
such Separation from Service
occurs.
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(c)
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Specified
Date Benefit.
If the Participant has established one or more
Specified Date Accounts, he or she shall be entitled to a Specified
Date
Benefit with respect to each such Specified Date Account. The Specified
Date Benefit shall be equal to the vested portion of the Specified
Date
Account, based on the value of that Account as of the end of the
month
designated by the Participant at the time the Account was established.
Payment of the Specified Date Benefit will be made or begin on
or after
the first day of the month following the designated
month.
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(d)
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Disability
Benefit.
Upon a determination by the Committee that a Participant
is
Disabled, he or she shall be entitled to a Disability Benefit.
The
Disability Benefit shall be equal to the vested portion of the
Retirement/Termination Account and the vested portion of any unpaid
balances in any Specified Date Accounts. The Disability Benefit
shall be
based on the value of the Accounts as of the last day of the month
in
which Disability occurs and will be paid on or after the first
day of the
following month.
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(e)
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Death
Benefit
.
In the event of the Participant’s death, his or her
designated Beneficiary(ies) shall be entitled to a Death Benefit.
The
Death Benefit shall be equal to the vested portion of the
Retirement/Termination Account and the vested portion of any unpaid
balances in any Specified Date Accounts. The Death Benefit shall
be based
on the value of the Accounts as of the end of the month in which
death
occurred, with payment made on or after the first day of the following
month.
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(f)
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Unforeseeable
Emergency Payments.
A Participant who experiences an Unforeseeable
Emergency may submit a written request to the Committee to receive
payment
of all or any portion of his or her vested Accounts. Whether a
Participant
or Beneficiary is faced with an Unforeseeable Emergency permitting
an
emergency payment shall be determined by the Committee based on
the
relevant facts and circumstances of each case, but, in any case,
a
distribution on
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(g)
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Voluntary
Withdrawals of Grandfathered Accounts.
A Participant may elect at any
time to voluntarily withdraw the amounts credited to his or her
Grandfathered Account. If such a withdrawal is requested, the Participant
shall forfeit an amount equal to 10% of the balance of the Grandfathered
Account. The Plan as it pertains to Grandfathered Accounts is
hereby modified in accordance with Reg. 1.409A -6(a)(4)(i)(B),
such that
the Deferrals of a Participant receiving a voluntary withdrawal
in
accordance herewith shall not be cancelled or revoked during the
remainder
of the Plan Year in which the voluntary withdrawal occurred, but
said
Participant shall not be permitted to make Deferrals to the Plan
in the
Plan Year following the Plan Year in which the withdrawal is
made.
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6.2
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Form
of Payment.
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(a)
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Retirement
Benefit.
A Participant who is entitled to receive a Retirement
Benefit shall receive payment of such benefit in a single lump
sum, unless
the Participant elects on his or her initial Compensation Deferral
Agreement to have such benefit paid in one of the following alternative
forms of payment (i) substantially equal annual installments over
a period
of two to five years, as elected by the Participant; or (ii) a
lump sum
payment of a percentage of the balance in the Retirement/ Termination
Account, with the balance paid in substantially equal annual installments
over a period of two to five years, as elected by the
Participant.
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(b)
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Termination
Benefit.
A Participant who is entitled to receive a Termination
Benefit shall receive payment of such benefit in a single lump
sum.
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(c)
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Specified
Date Benefit.
The Specified Date Benefit shall be paid in a single
lump sum, unless the Participant elects on the Compensation Deferral
Agreement with
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(d)
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Disability
Benefit.
A Participant who is entitled to receive a Disability
Benefit shall receive payment of such benefit in a single lump
sum.
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(e)
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Death
Benefit.
A Designated Beneficiary who is entitled to receive a Death
Benefit shall receive payment of such benefit in a single lump
sum.
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(f)
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Small
Account Balances.
The Committee may, in its sole discretion which
shall be evidenced in writing no later than the date of payment,
elect to
pay the value of the Participant’s Accounts upon a Separation from Service
in a single lump sum if the balance of such Accounts is not greater
than
the applicable dollar amount under Code Section 402(g)(1)(B), provided
the
payment represents the complete liquidation of the Participant’s interest
in the Plan.
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(g)
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Rules
Applicable to Installment Payments.
If a Payment Schedule specifies
installment payments, annual payments will be made beginning as
of the
payment commencement date for such installments and shall continue
on each
anniversary thereof until the number of installment payments specified
in
the Payment Schedule has been paid. The amount of each installment
payment
shall be determined by dividing (a) by (b), where (a) equals the
Account
Balance as of the Valuation Date and (b) equals the remaining number
of
installment payments.
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6.3
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Acceleration
of or Delay in Payments.
The Committee, in its sole and absolute
discretion, may elect to accelerate the time or form of payment
of a
benefit owed to the Participant hereunder, provided such acceleration
is
permitted under Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(j)(4). The Committee
may
also, in its sole and absolute discretion, delay the time for payment
of a
benefit owed to the Participant hereunder, to the extent permitted
under
Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-2(b)(7). If the Plan receives a domestic
relations order (within the meaning of Code Section 414(p)(1)(B))
directing that all or a portion of a
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7.1
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Participant’s
Right to Modify.
A Participant may modify any or all of the
alternative Payment Schedules with respect to an Account, consistent
with
the permissible Payment Schedules available under the Plan, provided
such
modification complies with the requirements of this Article
VII.
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7.2
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Time
of Election.
The date on which a modification election is submitted to
the Committee must be at least twelve months prior to the date
on which
payment is scheduled to commence under the Payment Schedule in
effect
prior to the modification.
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7.3
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Date
of Payment under Modified Payment Schedule.
Except with respect to
modifications that relate to the payment of a Death Benefit or
a
Disability Benefit, the date payments are to commence under the
modified
Payment Schedule must be no earlier than five years after the date
payment
would have commenced under the original Payment Schedule. Under
no
circumstances may a modification election result in an acceleration
of
payments in violation of Code Section
409A.
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7.4
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Effective
Date.
A modification election submitted in accordance with this
Article VII is irrevocable upon receipt by the Committee and becomes
effective 12 months after such
date.
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7.5
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Effect
on Accounts.
An election to modify a Payment Schedule is specific to
the Account or payment event to which it applies, and shall not
be
construed to affect the Payment Schedules of any other
Accounts.
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7.6
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Modifications
to Grandfathered Accounts.
Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of
this Article VII, a Participant may modify the time or form of
payment
applicable to a Grandfathered Account at any time, provided the
modification is submitted in writing at least 13 months in advance
of the
date the Grandfathered Account is scheduled to be
paid.
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8.1
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Valuation.
Deferrals shall be credited to appropriate Accounts on the date
such
Compensation would have been paid to the Participant absent the
Compensation Deferral Agreement. Company Contributions shall be
credited
to the Retirement/Termination Account at the times determined by
the
Committee. Valuation of Accounts shall be performed under procedures
approved by the Committee.
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8.2
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Earnings
Credit.
Each Account will be credited with Earnings on each Business
Day, based upon the Participant’s investment allocation among a menu of
investment options selected in advance by the Committee, in accordance
with the provisions of this Article VIII (“investment
allocation”).
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8.3
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Investment
Options
. Investment options will be determined by the Committee. The
Committee, in its sole discretion, shall be permitted to add or
remove
investment options from the Plan menu from time to time, provided
that any
such additions or removals of investment options shall not be effective
with respect to any period prior to the effective date of such
change.
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8.4
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Investment
Allocations.
A Participant’s investment allocation constitutes a
deemed, not actual, investment among the investment options comprising
the
investment menu. At no time shall a Participant have any real or
beneficial ownership in any investment option included in the investment
menu, nor shall the Participating Employer or any trustee acting
on its
behalf have any obligation to purchase actual securities as a result
of a
Participant’s investment allocation. A Participant’s investment allocation
shall be used solely for purposes of adjusting the value of a
Participant’s Account Balances.
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8.5
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Unallocated
Deferrals and Accounts.
If the Participant fails to make an investment
allocation with respect to an Account, such Account shall be invested
in
an investment
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9.1
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Plan
Administration
. This Plan shall be administered by the Committee which
shall have discretionary authority to make, amend, interpret and
enforce
all appropriate rules and regulations for the administration of
this Plan
and to utilize its discretion to decide or resolve any and all
questions,
including but not limited to eligibility for benefits and interpretations
of this Plan and its terms, as may arise in connection with the
Plan.
Claims for benefits shall be filed with the Committee and resolved
in
accordance with the claims procedures in Article
XII.
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9.2
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Administration
Upon Change in Control.
Upon a Change in Control, the Committee, as
constituted immediately prior to such Change in Control, shall
continue to
act as the Committee. The individual who was the Chief Executive
Officer
of the Company (or if such person is unable or unwilling to act,
the next
highest ranking officer) prior to the Change in Control shall have
the
authority (but shall not be obligated) to appoint an independent
third
party to act as the Committee.
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9.3
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Withholding.
The Participating Employer shall have the right to withhold from
any
payment due under the Plan (or with respect to any amounts credited
to the
Plan) any taxes required by law to be withheld in respect of such
payment
(or credit). Withholdings with respect to amounts credited to the
Plan
shall be deducted from Compensation that has not been deferred
to the
Plan.
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9.4
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Indemnification.
The Participating Employers shall indemnify and hold harmless each
employee, officer, director, agent or organization, to whom or
to which
are delegated duties, responsibilities, and authority under the
Plan or
otherwise with respect to administration of the Plan, including,
without
limitation, the Committee and its agents, against all claims, liabilities,
fines and penalties, and all expenses reasonably incurred by or
imposed
upon him or it (including but not limited to reasonable attorney
fees)
which arise as a result of his or its actions or failure to act
in
connection with the operation and administration of the Plan to
the extent
lawfully allowable and to the extent that such claim, liability,
fine,
penalty, or expense is not paid for by liability insurance purchased
or
paid for by the Participating Employer. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the
Participating Employer shall not indemnify any person or organization
if
his or its actions or failure to act are due to gross negligence
or
willful misconduct or for any such amount incurred through any
settlement
or compromise of any action unless the Participating Employer consents
in
writing to such settlement or
compromise.
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9.5
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Delegation
of Authority.
In the administration of this Plan, the Committee may,
from time to time, employ agents and delegate to them such administrative
duties as it sees fit, and may from time to time consult with legal
counsel who shall be legal counsel to the
Company.
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9.6
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Binding
Decisions or Actions.
The decision or action of the Committee in
respect of any question arising out of or in connection with the
administration, interpretation and application of the Plan and
the rules
and regulations thereunder shall be final and conclusive and binding
upon
all persons having any interest in the
Plan.
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10.1
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Amendment
and Termination.
The Company may at any time and from time to time
amend the Plan or may terminate the Plan as provided in this Article
X.
Each Participating Employer may also terminate its participation
in the
Plan.
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10.2
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Amendments.
The Company, by action taken by its Board of Directors, may amend
the Plan
at any time and for any reason, provided that any such amendment
shall not
reduce the vested Account Balances of any Participant accrued as
of the
date of any such amendment or restatement (as if the Participant
had
incurred a voluntary Separation from Service on such date) or reduce
any
rights of a Participant under the Plan or other Plan features with
respect
to Deferrals made prior to the date of any such amendment or restatement
without the consent of the Participant. The Board of Directors
of the
Company may delegate to the Committee the authority to amend the
Plan
without the consent of the Board of Directors for the purpose of
(i)
conforming the Plan to the requirements of law, (ii) facilitating
the
administration of the Plan, (iii) clarifying
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10.3
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Termination.
The Company, by action taken by its Board of Directors, may terminate
the
Plan and pay Participants and Beneficiaries their Account Balances
in a
single lump sum at any time, to the extent and in accordance with
Treas.
Reg. Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix). If a Participating Employer terminates
its participation in the Plan, the benefits of affected Employees
shall be
paid at the time provided in Article
VI.
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10.4
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Accounts
Taxable Under Code Section 409A.
The Plan is intended to constitute a
plan of deferred compensation that meets the requirements for deferral
of
income taxation under Code Section 409A. The Committee, pursuant
to its
authority to interpret the Plan, may sever from the Plan or any
Compensation Deferral Agreement any provision or exercise of a
right that
otherwise would result in a violation of Code Section
409A.
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11.1
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General
Assets.
Obligations established under the terms of the Plan may be
satisfied from the general funds of the Participating Employers,
or a
trust described in this Article XI. No Participant, spouse or Beneficiary
shall have any right, title or interest whatever in assets of the
Participating Employers. Nothing contained in this Plan, and no
action
taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed
to create a
trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship, between the Participating
Employers and any Employee, spouse, or Beneficiary. To the extent
that any
person acquires a right to receive payments hereunder, such rights
are no
greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of the
Participating Employer.
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11.2
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Rabbi
Trust.
A Participating Employer may, in its sole discretion, establish
a grantor trust, commonly known as a rabbi trust, as a vehicle
for
accumulating assets to pay benefits under the Plan. Payments under
the
Plan may be paid from the general assets of the Participating Employer
or
from the assets of any such rabbi trust. Payment from any such
source
shall reduce the obligation owed to the Participant or Beneficiary
under
the Plan.
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12.1
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Filing
a Claim.
Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the
Plan shall be filed in writing with the Committee which shall make
all
determinations concerning such claim. Any claim filed with the
Committee
and any decision by the Committee denying
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a.
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In
General.
Notice of a denial of benefits (other than Disability
benefits) will be provided within ninety (90) days of the Committee’s
receipt of the Claimant's claim for benefits. If the Committee
determines
that it needs additional time to review the claim, the Committee
will
provide the Claimant with a notice of the extension before the
end of the
initial ninety (90) day period. The extension will not be more
than ninety
(90) days from the end of the initial ninety (90) day period and
the
notice of extension will explain the special circumstances that
require
the extension and the date by which the Committee expects to make
a
decision.
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b.
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Disability
Benefits.
Notice of denial of Disability benefits will be provided
within forty-five (45) days of the Committee’s receipt of the Claimant’s
claim for Disability benefits. If the Committee determines that
it needs
additional time to review the Disability claim, the Committee will
provide
the Claimant with a notice of the extension before the end of the
initial
forty-five (45) day period. If the Committee determines that a
decision
cannot be made within the first extension period due to matters
beyond the
control of the Committee, the time period for making a determination
may
be further extended for an additional thirty (30) days. If such
an
additional extension is necessary, the Committee shall notify the
Claimant
prior to the expiration of the initial thirty (30) day extension.
Any
notice of extension shall indicate the circumstances necessitating
the
extension of time, the date by which the Committee expects to furnish
a
notice of decision, the specific standards on which such entitlement
to a
benefit is based, the unresolved issues that prevent a decision
on the
claim and any additional information needed to resolve those issues.
A
Claimant will be provided a minimum of forty-five (45) days to
submit any
necessary additional information to the Committee. In the event
that a
thirty (30) day extension is necessary due to a Claimant’s failure to
submit information necessary to decide a claim, the period for
furnishing
a notice of decision shall be tolled from the date on which the
notice of
the extension is sent to the Claimant until the earlier of the
date the
Claimant responds to the request for additional information or
the
response deadline.
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c.
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Contents
of Notice.
If a claim for benefits is completely or partially denied,
notice of such denial shall be in writing and shall set forth the
reasons
for denial in plain language. The notice shall (i) cite the pertinent
provisions of the Plan document and (ii) explain, where appropriate,
how
the Claimant can perfect the claim, including a description of
any
additional material or information necessary to complete the claim
and why
such material or information is necessary. The claim denial also
shall
include an explanation of the claims review procedures and the
time limits
applicable to such procedures, including a statement of the Claimant’s
right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA following
an
adverse decision on review. In the case of a complete or partial
denial of
a Disability
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12.2
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Appeal
of Denied Claims.
A Claimant whose claim has been completely or
partially denied shall be entitled to appeal the claim denial by
filing a
written appeal with a committee designated to hear such appeals
(the
“Appeals Committee”). A Claimant who timely requests a review of the
denied claim (or his or her authorized representative) may review,
upon
request and free of charge, copies of all documents, records and
other
information relevant to the denial and may submit written comments,
documents, records and other information relevant to the claim
to the
Appeals Committee. All written comments, documents, records, and
other
information shall be considered “relevant” if the information (i) was
relied upon in making a benefits determination,(ii) was submitted,
considered or generated in the course of making a benefits decision
regardless of whether it was relied upon to make the decision,
or (iii)
demonstrates compliance with administrative processes and safeguards
established for making benefit decisions. The Appeals Committee
may, in
its sole discretion and if it deems appropriate or necessary, decide
to
hold a hearing with respect to the claim
appeal.
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(a)
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In
General.
Appeal of a denied benefits claim (other than a Disability
benefits claim) must be filed in writing with the Appeals Committee
no
later than sixty (60) days after receipt of the written notification
of
such claim denial. The Appeals Committee shall make its decision
regarding
the merits of the denied claim within sixty (60) days following
receipt of
the appeal (or within one hundred and twenty (120) days after such
receipt, in a case where there are special circumstances requiring
extension of time for reviewing the appealed claim). If an extension
of
time for reviewing the appeal is required because of special
circumstances, written notice of the extension shall be furnished
to the
Claimant prior to the commencement of the extension. The notice
will
indicate the special circumstances requiring the extension of time
and the
date by which the Appeals Committee expects to render the determination
on
review. The review will take into account comments, documents,
records and
other information submitted by the Claimant relating to the claim
without
regard to whether such information was submitted or considered
in the
initial benefit determination.
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(b)
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Disability
Benefits.
Appeal of a denied Disability benefits claim must be filed
in writing with the Appeals Committee no later than one hundred
eighty
(180) days after receipt of the written notification of such claim
denial.
The review shall be conducted by the Appeals Committee (exclusive
of the
person who made the initial adverse decision or such person’s
subordinate). In reviewing the appeal, the Appeals Committee shall
(i) not
afford deference to the initial denial of the claim, (ii) consult
a
medical professional who has appropriate training and experience
in the
field of medicine relating to the Claimant’s disability and who was
neither
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(c)
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Contents
of Notice.
If a benefits claim is completely or partially denied on
review, notice of such denial shall be in writing and shall set
forth the
reasons for denial in plain
language.
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(d)
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For
the
denial of a Disability benefit, the notice will also include a
statement
that the Appeals Committee will provide, upon request and free
of charge,
(i) any internal rule, guideline, protocol or other similar criterion
relied upon in making the decision, (ii) any medical opinion relied
upon
to make the decision and (iii) the required statement under Section
2560.503-1(j)(5)(iii) of the Department of Labor
regulations.
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12.3
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Claims
Appeals Upon Change in Control.
Upon a Change in Control, the Appeals
Committee, as constituted immediately prior to such Change in Control,
shall continue to act as the Appeals Committee. Upon such Change
in
Control, the Company may not remove any member of the Appeals Committee,
but may replace resigning members if 2/3rds of the members of the
Board of
Directors of the Company and a majority of Participants and Beneficiaries
with Account Balances consent to the
replacement.
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12.4
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Legal
Action.
A Claimant may not bring any legal action, including
commencement of any arbitration, relating to a claim for benefits
under
the Plan unless and until the Claimant has followed the claims
procedures
under the Plan and exhausted his or her administrative remedies
under such
claims procedures.
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12.5
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Discretion
of Appeals Committee.
All interpretations, determinations and
decisions of the Appeals Committee with respect to any claim shall
be made
in its sole discretion, and shall be final and
conclusive.
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12.6
|
Arbitration.
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(a)
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Prior
to Change in Control.
If, prior to a Change in Control, any claim or
controversy between a Participating Employer and a Participant
or
Beneficiary is not resolved through the claims procedure set forth
in
Article XII, such claim shall be submitted to and resolved exclusively
by
expedited binding arbitration by a single
arbitrator. Arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with
the following procedures:
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(b)
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Upon
Change in Control.
If, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control,
any dispute, controversy or claim arises between a Participant
or
Beneficiary and the Participating Employer out of or relating to
or
concerning the provisions of the Plan, such dispute, controversy
or claim
shall be finally settled by a court of competent jurisdiction which,
notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, shall apply a
de novo
standard of review to any determination made by the Company or
its Board
of Directors, a Participating Employer, the Committee, or the Appeals
Committee.
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13.1
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Anti-assignment
Rule.
No interest of any Participant, spouse or Beneficiary under
this
Plan and no benefit payable hereunder shall be assigned as security
for a
loan, and any such purported assignment shall be null, void and
of no
effect, nor shall any such interest or any such benefit be subject
in any
manner, either voluntarily or involuntarily, to anticipation, sale,
transfer, assignment or encumbrance by or through any Participant,
spouse
or Beneficiary. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
however,
the Committee has the discretion to make payments to an alternate
payee in
accordance with the terms of a domestic relations order (as defined
in
Code Section 414(p)(1)(B)).
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13.2
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No
Legal or Equitable Rights or Interest.
No Participant or other person
shall have any legal or equitable rights or interest in this Plan
that are
not expressly granted in this Plan. Participation in this Plan
does not
give any person any right to be retained in the service of the
Participating Employer. The right and power of a Participating
Employer to
dismiss or discharge an Employee is expressly reserved. The Participating
Employers make no representations or warranties as to the tax consequences
to a Participant or a Participant’s beneficiaries resulting from a
deferral of income pursuant to the
Plan.
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13.3
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No
Employment Contract.
Nothing contained herein shall be construed to
constitute a contract of employment between an Employee and a
Participating Employer.
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13.4
|
Notice.
Any notice or filing required or permitted to be delivered to the
Committee under this Plan shall be delivered in writing, in person,
or
through such electronic means as is established by the Committee.
Notice
shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if delivery
is made
by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark on the receipt for
registration or certification. Written transmission shall be sent
by
certified mail to:
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13.5
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Headings.
The headings of Sections are included solely for convenience of
reference,
and if there is any conflict between such headings and the text
of this
Plan, the text shall control.
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13.6
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Invalid
or Unenforceable Provisions.
If any provision of this Plan shall be
held invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability
shall
not affect any other provisions hereof and the Committee may elect
in its
sole discretion to construe such invalid or unenforceable provisions
in a
manner that conforms to applicable law or as if such provisions,
to the
extent invalid or unenforceable, had not been
included.
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13.7
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Lost
Participants or Beneficiaries.
Any Participant or Beneficiary who is
entitled to a benefit from the Plan has the duty to keep the Committee
advised of his or her current mailing address. If benefit payments
are
returned to the Plan or are not presented for payment after a reasonable
amount of time, the Committee shall presume that the payee is missing.
The
Committee, after making such efforts as in its discretion it deems
reasonable and appropriate to locate the payee, shall stop payment
on any
uncashed checks and may discontinue making future payments until
contact
with the payee is restored.
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13.8
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Governing
Law.
To the extent not preempted by ERISA, the laws of the State
of
Tennessee shall govern the construction and administration of the
Plan.
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2.1
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Account.
Account means a bookkeeping account maintained by the Committee
to record
the payment obligation of a Participating Employer to a Participant
as
determined under the terms of the Plan. The Committee may maintain
an
Account to record the total obligation to a Participant and component
Accounts to reflect amounts payable at different times and in different
forms. Reference to an Account means any such Account established
by the
Committee, as the context requires. Accounts are intended to constitute
unfunded obligations within the meaning of Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3)
and
401(a)(1) of ERISA.
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2.2
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Account
Balance.
Account Balance means, with respect to any Account, the total
payment obligation owed to a Participant from such Account as of
the most
recent Valuation Date.
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2.3
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Adopting
Employer.
Adopting Employer means an Affiliate who, with the consent
of the Company, has adopted the Plan for the benefit of its eligible
employees.
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2.4
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Affiliate.
Affiliate means a corporation, trade or business that, together
with
the Employer, is treated as a single employer under Code Section
414(b) or
(c).
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2.5
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Beneficiary.
Beneficiary means a natural person, estate, or trust designated
by a
Participant to receive payments to which a Beneficiary is entitled
in
accordance with provisions of the Plan. The Participant’s spouse, if
living, otherwise the Participant’s estate, shall be the Beneficiary if:
(i)the Participant has failed to properly designate a Beneficiary,
or (ii)
all designated Beneficiaries have predeceased the
Participant.
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2.6
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Business
Day
.
A Business Day is each day on
which the
New York Stock Exchange is open for
business.
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2.7
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Change
in Control
.
Change in Control, with respect
to a Participating Employer that is organized as a corporation,
occurs on
the date on which any of the following events occur (i) a change
in the
ownership of the Participating Employer; (ii) a change in the effective
control of the Participating Employer; (iii) a change in the ownership
of
a substantial portion of the assets of the Participating
Employer.
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2.8
|
Claimant.
Claimant means a Participant or Beneficiary filing a claim
under
Article XII of this Plan.
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2.9
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Code.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to
time.
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2.10
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Code
Section 409A.
Code Section 409A means section 409A of the Code, and
regulations and other guidance issued by the Treasury Department
and
Internal Revenue Service
thereunder.
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2.11
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Committee.
Committee means a committee of at least three (3) persons comprised
of
employees of the Employer who shall serve until the earlier of
termination
of service or appointment of a replacement by the remaining members
of the
Committee. The initial members of the Committee shall be the Chief
Executive Officer of the Employer, the Chief Financial Officer
of the
Employer and the Chief Risk Officer of the
Employer.
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2.12
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Company.
Company means First Horizon National
Corporation.
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2.13
|
Company
Contribution.
Company Contribution means a credit by a Participating
Employer to a Participant’s Account(s) in accordance with the provisions
of Article V of the Plan. Company Contributions are credited at
the sole
discretion of the Participating Employer and the fact that a Company
Contribution is credited in one year shall not obligate the Participating
Employer to continue to make such Company Contribution in subsequent
years. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, a reference
to
Company Contribution shall include Earnings attributable to such
contribution.
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2.15
|
Compensation.
Compensation means a Participant’s base salary, bonus, commission, and
such other cash or equity-based compensation (if any) approved
by the
Committee as Compensation that may be deferred under this
Plan. Compensation shall not include any compensation that has
been previously deferred under this Plan or any other arrangement
subject
to Code Section 409A.
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2.16
|
Compensation
Deferral Agreement.
Compensation Deferral Agreement means an agreement
between a Participant and a Participating Employer that specifies
(i) the
amount of each component of Compensation that the Participant has
elected
to defer to the Plan in accordance with the provisions of Article
IV, and
(ii) the Payment Schedule applicable to one or more Accounts. The
Committee may permit different deferral amounts for each component
of
Compensation and may establish a minimum or maximum deferral amount
for
each such component. Unless otherwise specified by the Committee
in the
Compensation Deferral Agreement, Participants may defer up to 55%
of their
base salary (if any), commission, and bonus for a Plan Year. A
Compensation Deferral Agreement may also specify the investment
allocation
described in Section 8.4.
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2.17
|
Death
Benefit.
Death Benefit means the benefit payable under the Plan to
a
Participant’s Beneficiary(ies) upon the Participant’s death as provided in
Section 6.1 of the Plan.
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2.18
|
Deferral
.
Deferral means a credit to a Participant’s Account(s) that records that
portion of the Participant’s Compensation that the Participant has elected
to defer to the Plan in accordance with the provisions of Article
IV.
Unless the context of the Plan clearly indicates otherwise, a reference
to
Deferrals includes Earnings attributable to such
Deferrals.
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2.19
|
Disability
Benefit.
Disability Benefit means the benefit payable under the Plan
to a Participant in the event such Participant is determined to
be
Disabled.
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2.20
|
Disabled.
Disabled means that a Participant is, by reason of any
medically-determinable physical or mental impairment which can
be expected
to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous
period of
not less than twelve months, (i) unable to engage in any substantial
gainful activity, or (ii) receiving income replacement benefits
for a
period of not less than three months under an accident and health
plan
covering employees of the Participant’s employer. The Committee shall
determine whether a Participant is Disabled in accordance with
Code
Section 409A provided, however, that a Participant shall be deemed
to be
Disabled if determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security
Administration or the Railroad Retirement Board or if the Participant
is
determined to be Disabled under the Company disability insurance
program
utilizing the definition provided
herein.
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2.21
|
Earnings.
Earnings means an adjustment to the value of an Account in accordance
with
Article VIII.
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2.22
|
Effective
Date.
Effective Date means January 1,
2008.
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2.23
|
Eligible
Employee.
Eligible Employee means a member of a “select group of
management or highly compensated employees” of a Participating Employer
within the meaning of Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1)
of ERISA as
determined by the Committee from time to time in its sole
discretion.
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2.24
|
Employee.
Employee means a common-law employee of an
Employer.
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2.25
|
Employer.
Employer means, with respect to Employees it employs, FTN Financial
Group,
a division of the Company, and each other Adopting Employer (if
any).
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2.26
|
ERISA.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as
amended from time to time.
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2.27
|
Fiscal
Year Compensation.
Fiscal Year Compensation means Compensation earned
during one or more consecutive fiscal years of a Participating
Employer,
all of which is paid after the last day of such fiscal year or
years.
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2.28
|
Grandfathered
Account.
Grandfathered Account means amounts deferred under the Plan
prior to January 1, 2005 that were vested as of December 31, 2004,
and
Earnings on such amounts.
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2.29
|
Participant.
Participant means an Eligible Employee or an independent contractor
who
has received notification of his or her eligibility to defer Compensation
under the Plan under Section 3.1 and any other person with an Account
Balance greater than zero, regardless of whether such individual
continues
to be an Eligible Employee. A Participant’s continued participation in the
Plan shall be governed by Section 3.2 of the
Plan.
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2.30
|
Participating
Employer.
Participating Employer means the Employer and each Adopting
Employer.
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2.31
|
Payment
Schedule.
Payment Schedule means the date as of which payment of an
Account under the Plan will commence and the form in which payment
of such
Account will be made.
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2.32
|
Performance-Based
Compensation.
Performance-Based Compensation means Compensation where
the amount of, or entitlement to, the Compensation is contingent
on the
satisfaction of pre-established organizational or individual performance
criteria relating to a performance period of at least twelve consecutive
months. Organizational or individual performance criteria are considered
pre-established if established in writing by not later than ninety
(90)
days after the commencement of the period of service to which the
criteria
relate, provided that the outcome is substantially uncertain at
the time
the criteria are established. The determination of whether Compensation
qualifies as “Performance-Based Compensation” will be made in accordance
with Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(e) and subsequent
guidance.
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2.33
|
Plan.
Generally, the term Plan means the “FTN Financial Deferred
Compensation Plan” as amended and restated herein and as may be further
amended from time to time hereafter. However, to the extent permitted
or
required under Code Section 409A, the term Plan may in the appropriate
context also mean a portion of the Plan that is treated as a single
plan
under Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(c), or the Plan or portion of
the Plan
and any other nonqualified deferred compensation plan or portion
thereof
that is treated as a single plan under such
section.
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2.34
|
Plan
Year.
Plan Year means January 1 through December
31.
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2.35
|
Retirement.
Retirement means the first to occur of: (i) a Participant’s Separation
from Service after attainment of age 55 and completion of 10 Years
of
Service; or (ii) a Participant’s Separation from Service after attainment
of age 65.
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2.36
|
Retirement
Benefit.
Retirement Benefit means the benefit payable to a Participant
under the Plan following the Retirement of the
Participant.
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2.37
|
Retirement/Termination
Account.
Retirement/Termination Account means an Account established
by the Committee to record the amounts payable to a Participant
that have
not been allocated to a Specified Date Account. Unless the Participant
has
established a Specified Date Account, all Deferrals and Company
Contributions shall be allocated to a Retirement/Termination Account
on
behalf of the Participant.
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2.38
|
Separation
from Service.
An Employee incurs a Separation from Service upon
termination of employment with the Employer. Whether a Separation
from
Service has occurred shall be determined by the Committee in accordance
with Code Section 409A. Except in the case of an Employee on a
bona fide
leave of absence as provided below, an Employee is deemed to have
incurred
a Separation from Service if the Employer and the Employee reasonably
anticipated that the level of services to be performed by the Employee
after a date certain would be reduced to 20% or less of the average
services rendered by the Employee during the immediately preceding
36-month period (or the total period of employment, if less than
36
months) disregarding periods during which the Employee was on a
bona fide
leave of absence.
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2.39
|
Specified
Date Account.
A Specified Date Account means an Account established
pursuant to Section 4.3 that will be paid (or that will commence
to be
paid) at a future date as specified in the Participant’s Compensation
Deferral Agreement. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee,
a
Participant may maintain no more than three Specified Date Accounts.
A
Specified Date Account may be identified in enrollment materials
as an
“In-Service Account”.
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2.40
|
Specified
Date Benefit.
Specified Date Benefit means the benefit payable to a
Participant under the Plan in accordance with Section
6.1(C).
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2.41
|
Specified
Employee.
Specified Employee means an Employee who, as of the date of
his Separation from Service, is a “key employee” of the Company or any
Affiliate, any stock of which is actively traded on an established
securities market or otherwise.
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2.42
|
Specified
Employee Identification Date.
Specified Employee Identification Date
means September 30, unless the Employer has elected a different
date
through action that is legally binding with respect to all nonqualified
deferred compensation plans maintained by the
Employer.
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2.43
|
Specified
Employee Effective Date.
Specified Employee Effective Date means the
first day of the fourth month following the Specified Employee
Identification Date, or such earlier date as is selected by the
Committee.
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2.44
|
Substantial
Risk of Forfeiture.
Substantial Risk of Forfeiture shall have the
meaning specified in Treas. Reg. Section
1.409A-1(d).
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2.45
|
Termination
Benefit.
Termination Benefit means the benefit payable to a
Participant under the Plan following the Participant’s Separation from
Service prior to Retirement.
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2.46
|
Unforeseeable
Emergency.
An Unforeseeable Emergency means a severe financial
hardship to the Participant resulting from an illness or accident
of the
Participant, the Participant’s spouse, the Participant’s dependent (as
defined in Code section 152(a)), or a Beneficiary; loss of the
Participant’s property due to casualty (including the need to rebuild a
home following damage to a home not otherwise covered by insurance,
for
example, as a result of a natural disaster); or other similar
extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result
of
events beyond the control of the Participant. The types of events
which
may qualify as an Unforeseeable Emergency shall be specified by
the
Committee in administrative documents or
forms.
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2.47
|
Valuation
Date.
Valuation Date shall mean each Business
Day.
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2.48
|
Year
of Service
. A Year of Service shall mean each 12-month period of
continuous service with the
Employer.
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3.1
|
Eligibility
and Participation.
An Eligible Employee becomes a Participant upon the
earlier to occur of (i) a credit of Company Contributions under
Article V
or (ii) receipt of notification of eligibility to
participate.
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3.2
|
Duration.
A Participant shall be eligible to defer Compensation and receive
allocations of Company Contributions, subject to the terms of the
Plan,
for as long as such Participant remains an Eligible Employee. A
Participant who is no longer an Eligible Employee but has not Separated
from Service may not defer Compensation under the Plan but may
otherwise
exercise all of the rights of a Participant under the Plan with
respect to
his or her Account(s). On and after a Separation from Service,
a
Participant shall remain a Participant as long as his or her Account
Balance is greater than zero and during such time may continue
to make
allocation elections as provided in Section 8.4. An individual
shall cease
being a Participant in the Plan when all benefits under the Plan
to which
he or she is entitled have been
paid
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4.1
|
Deferral
Elections, Generally.
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(a)
|
A
Participant shall submit a Compensation Deferral Agreement during
the
enrollment periods established by the Committee and in the manner
specified by the Committee, but in any event, in accordance with
Section
4.2. A Compensation Deferral Agreement that is not timely filed
with
respect to a service period or component of Compensation shall
be
considered void and shall have no effect with respect to such service
period or Compensation. The Committee may modify any Compensation
Deferral
Agreement prior to the date the election becomes irrevocable under
the
rules of Section 4.2.
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(b)
|
The
Participant shall specify on his or her Compensation Deferral Agreement
whether to allocate Deferrals to a Retirement/Termination Account
or to a
Specified Date Account. If no designation is made, all Deferrals
shall be
allocated to the Retirement/Termination Account. A Participant
may also
specify in his or her Compensation Deferral Agreement the Payment
Schedule
applicable to his or her Plan Accounts. If the Payment Schedule
is not
specified in a Compensation Deferral Agreement, the Payment Schedule
shall
be the Payment Schedule specified in Section
6.2.
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(a)
|
First
Year of Eligibility.
In the case of the first year in which an
Eligible Employee becomes eligible to participate in the Plan,
he has up
to 30 days following his initial eligibility to submit a Compensation
Deferral Agreement with respect to Compensation to be earned during
such
year. The Compensation Deferral Agreement described in this paragraph
becomes irrevocable upon the end of such 30-day period. The determination
of whether an Eligible Employee may file a Compensation Deferral
Agreement
under this paragraph shall be determined in accordance with the
rules of
Code Section 409A, including the provisions of Treas. Reg. Section
1.409A-2(a)(7).
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A
Compensation Deferral Agreement filed under this paragraph applies
to
Compensation earned on and after the date the Compensation Deferral
Agreement becomes irrevocable.
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(b)
|
Prior
Year Election.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4.2,
Participants may defer Compensation by filing a Compensation Deferral
Agreement no later than December 31 of the year prior to the year
in which
the Compensation to be deferred is earned. A Compensation Deferral
Agreement described in this paragraph shall become irrevocable
with
respect to such Compensation as of January 1 of the year in which
such
Compensation is earned.
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(c)
|
Performance-Based
Compensation.
Participants may file a Compensation Deferral Agreement
with respect to Performance-Based Compensation no later than the
date that
is six months before the end of the performance period, provided
that:
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|
i.
|
the
Participant performs services continuously from the later of the
beginning
of the performance period or the date the criteria are established
through
the date the Compensation Deferral Agreement is submitted;
and
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ii.
|
the
Compensation is not readily ascertainable as of the date the Compensation
Deferral Agreement is filed.
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(d)
|
Sales
Commissions.
Sales commissions (as defined in Treas. Reg. Section
1.409A-2(a)(12)(i)) are considered to be earned in the taxable
year of the
Participant in which the sale occurs. The Compensation Deferral
Agreement
must be filed before the last day of the year preceding the year
in which
the sales commissions are earned and becomes irrevocable after
that
date.
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(e)
|
Investment
Commissions.
Investment commissions (as defined in Treas. Reg.
Section 1.409A-2(a)(12)(ii)) are considered to be earned in the
12-month
period immediately preceding the date assets are valued for purposes
of
calculating the commission. Investment Commissions must be deferred
under
the timing rules set forth in this Section
4.2.
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(f)
|
Fiscal
Year Compensation.
A Participant may defer Fiscal Year Compensation
by filing a Compensation Deferral Agreement prior to the first
day of the
fiscal year or years in which such Fiscal Year Compensation is
earned. The
Compensation Deferral Agreement described in this paragraph becomes
irrevocable on the first day of the fiscal year or years to which
it
applies.
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(g)
|
Short-Term
Deferrals.
Compensation that meets the definition of a “short-term
deferral” described in Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) may be deferred
in accordance with the rules of Article VII, applied as if the
date the
Substantial Risk of Forfeiture lapses is the date payments were
originally
scheduled to commence, provided, however, that the provisions of
Section
7.3 shall not apply to payments attributable to a Change in
Control.
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(h)
|
Certain
Forfeitable Rights.
With respect to a legally binding right to a
payment in a subsequent year that is subject to a forfeiture condition
requiring the Participant’s continued services for a period of at least
twelve months from the date the Participant obtains the legally
binding
right, an election to defer such Compensation may be made on or
before the
30th day after the Participant obtains the legally binding right
to the
Compensation, provided that the election is made at least twelve
months in
advance of the earliest date at which the forfeiture condition
could
lapse. The Compensation Deferral Agreement described in this paragraph
becomes irrevocable after such 30th day. If the forfeiture condition
applicable to the payment lapses before the end of the required
service
period as a result of the Participant’s death or Disability or upon a
Change in Control, the Compensation Deferral Agreement will be
void unless
it would be considered timely under another rule described in this
Section.
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(i)
|
Company
Awards.
Participating Employers may unilaterally provide for
deferrals of Company awards prior to the date of such awards. Deferrals
of
Company awards (such as sign-on, retention, or severance pay) may
be
negotiated with a Participant prior to the date the Participant
has a
legally binding right to such
Compensation.
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(j)
|
“Evergreen”
Deferral Elections.
The Committee, in its discretion, may provide in
the Compensation Deferral Agreement that such Compensation Deferral
Agreement will continue in effect for each subsequent year or performance
period. Such “evergreen” Compensation Deferral Agreements will become
effective with respect to an item of Compensation on the date such
election becomes irrevocable under this Section 4.2. An evergreen
Compensation Deferral Agreement may be terminated or modified
prospectively with respect to Compensation for which such election
remains
revocable under this Section 4.2. A Participant whose Compensation
Deferral Agreement is cancelled in accordance with Section 4.6
will be
required to file a new Compensation Deferral Agreement under this
Article
IV in order to recommence Deferrals under the
Plan.
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4.3
|
Allocation
of Deferrals.
A Compensation Deferral Agreement may allocate Deferrals
to one or more Specified Date Accounts and/or to the
Retirement/Termination Account. The Committee may, in its discretion,
establish a minimum deferral period for Specified Date Accounts
(for
example, the third Plan Year following the year Compensation subject
to
the Compensation Deferral Agreement is
earned).
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4.4
|
Deductions
from Pay.
The Committee has the authority to determine the payroll
practices under which any component of Compensation subject to
a
Compensation Deferral Agreement will be deducted from a Participant’s
Compensation.
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4.5
|
Vesting.
Participant Deferrals shall be 100% vested at all
times.
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4.6
|
Cancellation
of Deferrals.
The Committee may cancel a Participant’s Deferrals (i)
for the balance of the Plan Year in which an Unforeseeable Emergency
payment is made, (ii) if the Participant receives a hardship distribution
under the Employer’s qualified 401(k) plan, through the end of the Plan
Year in which the six-month anniversary of the hardship distribution
falls, and (iii) during periods in which the Participant is unable
to
perform the duties of his or her position or any substantially
similar
position due to a mental or physical impairment that can be expected
to
result in death or last for a continuous period of at least six
months.
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5.1
|
Discretionary
Company Contributions.
The Company may, from time to time in its sole
and absolute discretion, credit Company Contributions to any Participant
in any amount determined by the Company. Such contributions will
be
credited to a Participant’s Retirement/Termination
Account.
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5.2
|
Vesting.
Company Contributions described in Section 5.1, above, and
the
Earnings thereon, shall vest in accordance with the vesting schedule(s)
established by the Committee at the time that the Company Contribution
is
made. The Participating Employer may, at any time, in its sole
discretion, increase a Participant’s vested interest in a Company
Contribution. The portion of a Participant’s Accounts that remains
unvested upon his or her Separation from Service after the application
of
the terms of this Section 5.2 shall be
forfeited.
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6.1
|
Benefits,
Generally.
A Participant shall be entitled to the following benefits
under the Plan:
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(a)
|
Retirement
Benefit.
Upon the Participant’s Separation from Service due to
Retirement, he or she shall be entitled to a Retirement Benefit.
The
Retirement Benefit shall be equal to the vested portion of the
Retirement/Termination Account and the vested portion of any Specified
Date Accounts that are not in “pay status”. The Retirement Benefit shall
be based on the value of that Account as of the end of the month
in which
Separation from Service occurs. Payment of the Retirement Benefit
will be
made or begin on or after the first day of the month following
the month
in which Separation from Service occurs, provided, however, that
with
respect to a Participant who is a Specified Employee as of the
date such
Participant incurs a Separation from Service, payment will be made
or
begin on the first day of the seventh month following the month
in which
such Separation from Service occurs. If the Retirement Benefit
is to be
paid in the form of installments, any subsequent installment payments
to a
Specified Employee will be paid on the anniversary of the date
the first
payment would have been made had the Participant not been classified
as a
Specified Employee.
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(b)
|
Termination
Benefit.
Upon the Participant’s Separation from Service for reasons
other than death, Disability or Retirement, he or she shall be
entitled to
a Termination Benefit. The Termination Benefit shall be equal to
the
vested portion of the Retirement/Termination Account and the vested
portion of any unpaid balances in any Specified Date Accounts.
The
Termination Benefit shall be based on the value of the
Retirement/Termination Account as of the end of the month in which
Separation from Service occurs. Payment of the Termination Benefit
will be
made or begin on or after the first day of the month following
the month
in which Separation from Service occurs, provided, however, that
with
respect to a Participant who is a Specified Employee as of the
date such
Participant incurs a Separation from Service, payment will be made
or
begin on the first day of the seventh month following the month
in which
such Separation from Service
occurs.
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(c)
|
Specified
Date Benefit.
If the Participant has established one or more
Specified Date Accounts, he or she shall be entitled to a Specified
Date
Benefit with respect to each such Specified Date Account. The Specified
Date Benefit shall be equal to the vested portion of the Specified
Date
Account, based on the value of that Account as of the end of the
month
designated by the Participant at the time the Account was established.
Payment of the Specified Date Benefit will be made or begin on
or after
the first day of the month following the designated
month.
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(d)
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Disability
Benefit.
Upon a determination by the Committee that a Participant
is
Disabled, he or she shall be entitled to a Disability Benefit.
The
Disability Benefit shall be equal to the vested portion of the
Retirement/Termination Account and the vested portion of any unpaid
balances in any Specified Date Accounts. The Disability Benefit
shall be
based on the value of the Accounts as of the last day of the month
in
which Disability occurs and will be paid on or after the first
day of the
following month.
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(e)
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Death
Benefit
.
In the event of the Participant’s death, his or her
designated Beneficiary(ies) shall be entitled to a Death Benefit.
The
Death Benefit shall be equal to the vested portion of the
Retirement/Termination Account and the vested portion of any unpaid
balances in any Specified Date Accounts. The Death Benefit shall
be based
on the value of the Accounts as of the end of the month in which
death
occurred, with payment made on or after the first day of the following
month.
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(f)
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Unforeseeable
Emergency Payments.
A Participant who experiences an Unforeseeable
Emergency may submit a written request to the Committee to receive
payment
of all or any portion of his or her vested Accounts. Whether a
Participant
or Beneficiary is faced with an Unforeseeable Emergency permitting
an
emergency payment shall be determined by the Committee based on
the
relevant facts and circumstances of each case, but, in any case,
a
distribution on account of Unforeseeable Emergency may not be made
to the
extent that such emergency is or may be reimbursed through insurance
or
otherwise, by liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the extent the
liquidation of such assets would not cause severe financial hardship,
or
by cessation of Deferrals under this Plan. If an emergency payment
is
approved by the Committee, the amount of the payment shall not
exceed the
amount reasonably necessary to satisfy the need, taking into account
the
additional compensation that is available to the Participant as
the result
of cancellation of deferrals to the Plan, including amounts necessary
to
pay any taxes or penalties that the Participant reasonably anticipates
will result from the payment. The amount of the emergency payment
shall be
subtracted first from the vested portion of the Participant's
Retirement/Termination Account until depleted and then from the
vested
Specified Date Accounts, beginning with the Specified Date Account
with
the latest payment commencement date. Emergency payments shall
be paid in
a single lump sum within the 90-day period following the date the
payment
is approved by the Committee.
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(g)
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Voluntary
Withdrawals of Grandfathered Accounts.
A Participant may elect at any
time to voluntarily withdraw the amounts credited to his or her
Grandfathered Account. If such a withdrawal is requested, the Participant
shall forfeit an amount equal to 10% of the balance of the Grandfathered
Account. The Plan as it pertains to Grandfathered Accounts is
hereby modified in accordance with Reg. 1.409A -6(a)(4)(i)(B),
such that
the Deferrals of a Participant receiving a voluntary withdrawal
in
accordance herewith shall not be cancelled or revoked during the
remainder
of the Plan Year in which the voluntary withdrawal occurred, but
said
Participant shall not be permitted to make Deferrals to the Plan
in the
Plan Year following the Plan Year in which the withdrawal is
made.
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6.2
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Form
of Payment.
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(a)
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Retirement
Benefit.
A Participant who is entitled to receive a Retirement
Benefit shall receive payment of such benefit in a single lump
sum, unless
the Participant elects on his or her initial Compensation Deferral
Agreement to have such benefit paid in one of the following alternative
forms of payment (i) substantially equal annual installments over
a period
of two to twenty years, as elected by the Participant; or (ii)
a lump sum
payment of a percentage of the balance in the Retirement/ Termination
Account, with the balance paid in substantially equal annual installments
over a period of two to twenty years, as elected by the
Participant.
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(b)
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Termination
Benefit.
A Participant who is entitled to receive a Termination
Benefit shall receive payment of such benefit in a single lump
sum.
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(c)
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Specified
Date Benefit.
The Specified Date Benefit shall be paid in a single
lump sum, unless the Participant elects on the Compensation Deferral
Agreement with which the account was established to have the Specified
Date Account paid in substantially equal annual installments over
a period
of two to five years, as elected by the
Participant.
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(d)
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Disability
Benefit.
A Participant who is entitled to receive a Disability
Benefit shall receive payment of such benefit in accordance with
the
Payment Schedule applicable to the Retirement
Benefit.
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(e)
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Death
Benefit.
A Designated Beneficiary who is entitled to receive a Death
Benefit shall receive payment of such benefit in a single lump
sum.
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(f)
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Small
Account Balances.
The Committee may, in its sole discretion which
shall be evidenced in writing no later than the date of payment,
elect to
pay the value of the Participant’s Accounts upon a Separation from Service
in a single lump sum if the balance of such Accounts is not greater
than
the applicable dollar amount under Code Section 402(g)(1)(B), provided
the
payment represents the complete liquidation of the Participant’s interest
in the Plan.
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(g)
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Rules
Applicable to Installment Payments.
If a Payment Schedule specifies
installment payments, annual payments will be made beginning as
of the
payment commencement date for such installments and shall continue
on each
anniversary thereof until the number of installment payments specified
in
the Payment Schedule has been paid. The amount of each installment
payment
shall be determined by dividing (a) by (b), where (a) equals the
Account
Balance as of the Valuation Date and (b) equals the remaining number
of
installment payments.
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6.3
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Acceleration
of or Delay in Payments.
The Committee, in its sole and absolute
discretion, may elect to accelerate the time or form of payment
of a
benefit owed to the Participant hereunder, provided such acceleration
is
permitted under Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(j)(4). The Committee
may
also, in its sole and absolute discretion, delay the time for payment
of a
benefit owed to the Participant hereunder, to the extent permitted
under
Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-2(b)(7). If the Plan receives a domestic
relations order (within the meaning of Code Section 414(p)(1)(B))
directing that all or a portion of a Participant’s Accounts be paid to an
“alternate payee,” any amounts to be paid to the alternate payee(s) shall
be paid in a single lump sum.
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7.1
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Participant’s
Right to Modify.
A Participant may modify any or all of the
alternative Payment Schedules with respect to an Account, consistent
with
the permissible Payment Schedules available under the Plan, provided
such
modification complies with the requirements of this Article
VII.
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7.2
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Time
of Election.
The date on which a modification election is submitted to
the Committee must be at least twelve months prior to the date
on which
payment is scheduled to commence under the Payment Schedule in
effect
prior to the modification.
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7.3
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Date
of Payment under Modified Payment Schedule.
Except with respect to
modifications that relate to the payment of a Death Benefit or
a
Disability Benefit, the date payments are to commence under the
modified
Payment Schedule must be no earlier than five years after the date
payment
would have commenced under the original Payment Schedule. Under
no
circumstances may a modification election result in an acceleration
of
payments in violation of Code Section
409A.
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7.4
|
Effective
Date.
A modification election submitted in accordance with this
Article VII is irrevocable upon receipt by the Committee and becomes
effective 12 months after such
date.
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7.5
|
Effect
on Accounts.
An election to modify a Payment Schedule is specific to
the Account or payment event to which it applies, and shall not
be
construed to affect the Payment Schedules of any other
Accounts.
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7.6
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Modifications
to Grandfathered Accounts.
Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of
this Article VII, a Participant may modify the time or form of
payment
applicable to a Grandfathered Account at any time, provided the
modification is submitted in writing at least 13 months in advance
of the
date the Grandfathered Account is scheduled to be
paid.
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8.1
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Valuation.
Deferrals shall be credited to appropriate Accounts on the date
such
Compensation would have been paid to the Participant absent the
Compensation Deferral Agreement. Company Contributions shall be
credited
to the Retirement/Termination Account at the times determined by
the
Committee. Valuation of Accounts shall be performed under procedures
approved by the Committee.
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8.2
|
Earnings
Credit.
Each Account will be credited with Earnings on each Business
Day, based upon the Participant’s investment allocation among a menu of
investment options selected in advance by the Committee, in accordance
with the provisions of this Article VIII (“investment
allocation”).
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8.3
|
Investment
Options
. Investment options will be determined by the Committee. The
Committee, in its sole discretion, shall be permitted to add or
remove
investment options from the Plan menu from time to time, provided
that any
such additions or removals of investment options shall not be effective
with respect to any period prior to the effective date of such
change.
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8.4
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Investment
Allocations.
A Participant’s investment allocation constitutes a
deemed, not actual, investment among the investment options comprising
the
investment menu. At no time shall a Participant have any real or
beneficial ownership in any investment option included in the investment
menu, nor shall the Participating Employer or any trustee acting
on its
behalf have any obligation to purchase actual securities as a result
of a
Participant’s investment allocation. A Participant’s investment allocation
shall be used solely for purposes of adjusting the value of a
Participant’s Account Balances.
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8.5
|
Unallocated
Deferrals and Accounts.
If the Participant fails to make an investment
allocation with respect to an Account, such Account shall be invested
in
an investment option, the primary objective of which is the preservation
of capital, as determined by the
Committee.
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9.1
|
Plan
Administration
. This Plan shall be administered by the Committee which
shall have discretionary authority to make, amend, interpret and
enforce
all appropriate rules and regulations for the administration of
this Plan
and to utilize its discretion to decide or resolve any and all
questions,
including but not limited to eligibility for benefits and interpretations
of this Plan and its terms, as may arise in connection with the
Plan.
Claims for benefits shall be filed with the Committee and resolved
in
accordance with the claims procedures in Article
XII.
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9.2
|
Administration
Upon Change in Control.
Upon a Change in Control, the Committee, as
constituted immediately prior to such Change in Control, shall
continue to
act as the Committee. The individual who was the Chief Executive
Officer
of the Company (or if such person is unable or unwilling to act,
the next
highest ranking officer) prior to the Change in Control shall have
the
authority (but shall not be obligated) to appoint an independent
third
party to act as the Committee.
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9.3
|
Withholding.
The Participating Employer shall have the right to withhold from
any
payment due under the Plan (or with respect to any amounts credited
to the
Plan) any taxes required by law to be withheld in respect of such
payment
(or credit). Withholdings with respect to amounts credited to the
Plan
shall be deducted from Compensation that has not been deferred
to the
Plan.
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9.4
|
Indemnification.
The Participating Employers shall indemnify and hold harmless each
employee, officer, director, agent or organization, to whom or
to which
are delegated duties, responsibilities, and authority under the
Plan or
otherwise with respect to administration of the Plan, including,
without
limitation, the Committee and its agents, against all claims, liabilities,
fines and penalties, and all expenses reasonably incurred by or
imposed
upon him or it (including but not limited to reasonable attorney
fees)
which arise as a result of his or its actions or failure to act
in
connection with the operation and administration of the Plan to
the extent
lawfully allowable and to the extent that such claim, liability,
fine,
penalty, or expense is not paid for by liability insurance purchased
or
paid for by the Participating Employer. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the
Participating Employer shall not indemnify any person or organization
if
his or its actions or failure to act are due to gross negligence
or
willful misconduct or for any such amount incurred through any
settlement
or compromise of any action unless the Participating Employer consents
in
writing to such settlement or
compromise.
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9.5
|
Delegation
of Authority.
In the administration of this Plan, the Committee may,
from time to time, employ agents and delegate to them such administrative
duties as it sees fit, and may from time to time consult with legal
counsel who shall be legal counsel to the
Company.
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9.6
|
Binding
Decisions or Actions.
The decision or action of the Committee in
respect of any question arising out of or in connection with the
administration, interpretation and application of the Plan and
the rules
and regulations thereunder shall be final and conclusive and binding
upon
all persons having any interest in the
Plan.
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10.1
|
Amendment
and Termination.
The Company may at any time and from time to time
amend the Plan or may terminate the Plan as provided in this Article
X.
Each Participating Employer may also terminate its participation
in the
Plan.
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10.2
|
Amendments.
The Company, by action taken by its Board of Directors, may amend
the Plan
at any time and for any reason, provided that any such amendment
shall not
reduce the vested Account Balances of any Participant accrued as
of the
date of any such amendment or restatement (as if the Participant
had
incurred a voluntary Separation from Service on such date) or reduce
any
rights of a Participant under the Plan or other Plan features with
respect
to Deferrals made prior to the date of any such amendment or restatement
without the consent of the Participant. The Board of Directors
of the
Company may delegate to the Committee the authority to amend the
Plan
without the consent of the Board of Directors for the purpose of
(i)
conforming the Plan to the requirements of law, (ii) facilitating
the
administration of the Plan, (iii) clarifying provisions based on
the
Committee’s interpretation of the document and (iv) making such other
amendments as the Board of Directors may
authorize.
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10.3
|
Termination.
The Company, by action taken by its Board of Directors, may terminate
the
Plan and pay Participants and Beneficiaries their Account Balances
in a
single lump sum at any time, to the extent and in accordance with
Treas.
Reg. Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix). If a Participating Employer terminates
its participation in the Plan, the benefits of affected Employees
shall be
paid at the time provided in Article
VI.
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10.4
|
Accounts
Taxable Under Code Section 409A.
The Plan is intended to constitute a
plan of deferred compensation that meets the requirements for deferral
of
income taxation under Code Section 409A. The Committee, pursuant
to its
authority to interpret the Plan, may sever from the Plan or any
Compensation Deferral Agreement any provision or exercise of a
right that
otherwise would result in a violation of Code Section
409A.
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11.1
|
General
Assets.
Obligations established under the terms of the Plan may be
satisfied from the general funds of the Participating Employers,
or a
trust described in this Article XI. No Participant, spouse or Beneficiary
shall have any right, title or interest whatever in assets of the
Participating Employers. Nothing contained in this Plan, and no
action
taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed
to create a
trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship, between the Participating
Employers and any Employee, spouse, or Beneficiary. To the extent
that any
person acquires a right to receive payments hereunder, such rights
are no
greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of the
Participating Employer.
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11.2
|
Rabbi
Trust.
A Participating Employer may, in its sole discretion, establish
a grantor trust, commonly known as a rabbi trust, as a vehicle
for
accumulating assets to pay benefits under the Plan. Payments under
the
Plan may be paid from the general assets of the Participating Employer
or
from the assets of any such rabbi trust. Payment from any such
source
shall reduce the obligation owed to the Participant or Beneficiary
under
the Plan.
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12.1
|
Filing
a Claim.
Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the
Plan shall be filed in writing with the Committee which shall make
all
determinations concerning such claim. Any claim filed with the
Committee
and any decision by the Committee denying such claim shall be in
writing
and shall be delivered to the Participant or Beneficiary filing
the claim
(the “Claimant”).
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a.
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In
General.
Notice of a denial of benefits (other than Disability
benefits) will be provided within ninety (90) days of the Committee’s
receipt of the Claimant's claim for benefits. If the Committee
determines
that it needs additional time to review the claim, the Committee
will
provide the Claimant with a notice of the extension before the
end of the
initial ninety (90) day period. The extension will not be more
than ninety
(90) days from the end of the initial ninety (90) day period and
the
notice of extension will explain the special circumstances that
require
the extension and the date by which the Committee expects to make
a
decision.
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b.
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Disability
Benefits.
Notice of denial of Disability benefits will be provided
within forty-five (45) days of the Committee’s receipt of the Claimant’s
claim for Disability benefits. If the Committee determines that
it needs
additional time to review the Disability claim, the Committee will
provide
the Claimant with a notice of the extension before the end of the
initial
forty-five (45) day period. If the Committee determines that a
decision
cannot be made within the first extension period due to matters
beyond the
control of the Committee, the time period for making a determination
may
be further extended for an additional thirty (30) days. If such
an
additional extension is necessary, the Committee shall notify the
Claimant
prior to the expiration of the initial thirty (30) day extension.
Any
notice of extension shall indicate the circumstances necessitating
the
extension of time, the date by which the Committee expects to furnish
a
notice of decision, the specific standards on which such entitlement
to a
benefit is based, the unresolved issues that prevent a decision
on the
claim and any additional information needed to resolve those issues.
A
Claimant will be provided a minimum of forty-five (45) days to
submit any
necessary additional information to the Committee. In the event
that a
thirty (30) day extension is necessary due to a Claimant’s failure to
submit information necessary to decide a claim, the period for
furnishing
a notice of decision shall be tolled from the date on which the
notice of
the extension is sent to the Claimant until the earlier of the
date the
Claimant responds to the request for additional information or
the
response deadline.
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c.
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Contents
of Notice.
If a claim for benefits is completely or partially denied,
notice of such denial shall be in writing and shall set forth the
reasons
for denial in plain language. The notice shall (i) cite the pertinent
provisions of the Plan document and (ii) explain, where appropriate,
how
the Claimant can perfect the claim, including a description of
any
additional material or information necessary to complete the claim
and why
such material or information is necessary. The claim denial also
shall
include an explanation of the claims review procedures and the
time limits
applicable to such procedures, including a statement of the Claimant’s
right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA following
an
adverse decision on review. In the case of a complete or partial
denial of
a Disability benefit claim, the notice shall provide a statement
that the
Committee will provide to the Claimant, upon request and free of
charge, a
copy of any internal rule, guideline, protocol, or other similar
criterion
that was relied upon in making the
decision.
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12.2
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Appeal
of Denied Claims.
A Claimant whose claim has been completely or
partially denied shall be entitled to appeal the claim denial by
filing a
written appeal with a committee designated to hear such appeals
(the
“Appeals Committee”). A Claimant who timely requests a review of the
denied claim (or his or her authorized representative) may review,
upon
request and free of charge, copies of all documents, records and
other
information relevant to the denial and may submit written comments,
documents, records and other information relevant to the claim
to the
Appeals Committee. All written comments, documents, records, and
other
information shall be considered “relevant” if the information (i) was
relied upon in making a benefits determination,(ii) was submitted,
considered or generated in the course of making a benefits decision
regardless of whether it was relied upon to make the decision,
or (iii)
demonstrates compliance with administrative processes and safeguards
established for making benefit decisions. The Appeals Committee
may, in
its sole discretion and if it deems appropriate or necessary, decide
to
hold a hearing with respect to the claim
appeal.
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(a)
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In
General.
Appeal of a denied benefits claim (other than a Disability
benefits claim) must be filed in writing with the Appeals Committee
no
later than sixty (60) days after receipt of the written notification
of
such claim denial. The Appeals Committee shall make its decision
regarding
the merits of the denied claim within sixty (60) days following
receipt of
the appeal (or within one hundred and twenty (120) days after such
receipt, in a case where there are special circumstances requiring
extension of time for reviewing the appealed claim). If an extension
of
time for reviewing the appeal is required because of special
circumstances, written notice of the extension shall be furnished
to the
Claimant prior to the commencement of the extension. The notice
will
indicate the special circumstances requiring the extension of time
and the
date by which the Appeals Committee expects to render the determination
on
review. The review will take into account comments, documents,
records and
other information submitted by the Claimant relating to the claim
without
regard to whether such information was submitted or considered
in the
initial benefit determination.
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(b)
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Disability
Benefits.
Appeal of a denied Disability benefits claim must be filed
in writing with the Appeals Committee no later than one hundred
eighty
(180) days after receipt of the written notification of such claim
denial.
The review shall be conducted by the Appeals Committee (exclusive
of the
person who made the initial adverse decision or such person’s
subordinate). In reviewing the appeal, the Appeals Committee shall
(i) not
afford deference to the initial denial of the claim, (ii) consult
a
medical professional who has appropriate training and experience
in the
field of medicine relating to the Claimant’s disability and who was
neither consulted as part of the initial denial nor is the subordinate
of
such individual and (iii) identify the medical or vocational experts
whose
advice was obtained with respect to the initial benefit denial,
without
regard to whether the advice was relied upon in making the decision.
The
Appeals Committee shall make its decision regarding the merits
of the
denied claim within forty-five (45) days following receipt of the
appeal
(or within ninety (90) days after such receipt, in a case where
there are
special circumstances requiring extension of time for reviewing
the
appealed claim). If an extension of time for reviewing the appeal
is
required because of special circumstances, written notice of the
extension
shall be furnished to the Claimant prior to the commencement of
the
extension. The notice will indicate the special circumstances requiring
the extension of time and the date by which the Appeals Committee
expects
to render the determination on review. Following its review of
any
additional information submitted by the Claimant, the Appeals Committee
shall render a decision on its review of the denied
claim.
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(c)
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Contents
of Notice.
If a benefits claim is completely or partially denied on
review, notice of such denial shall be in writing and shall set
forth the
reasons for denial in plain
language.
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(d)
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For
the
denial of a Disability benefit, the notice will also include a
statement
that the Appeals Committee will provide, upon request and free
of charge,
(i) any internal rule, guideline, protocol or other similar criterion
relied upon in making the decision, (ii) any medical opinion relied
upon
to make the decision and (iii) the required statement under Section
2560.503-1(j)(5)(iii) of the Department of Labor
regulations.
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12.3
|
Claims
Appeals Upon Change in Control.
Upon a Change in Control, the Appeals
Committee, as constituted immediately prior to such Change in Control,
shall continue to act as the Appeals Committee. Upon such Change
in
Control, the Company may not remove any member of the Appeals Committee,
but may replace resigning members if 2/3rds of the members of the
Board of
Directors of the Company and a majority of Participants and Beneficiaries
with Account Balances consent to the
replacement.
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12.4
|
Legal
Action.
A Claimant may not bring any legal action, including
commencement of any arbitration, relating to a claim for benefits
under
the Plan unless and until the Claimant has followed the claims
procedures
under the Plan and exhausted his or her administrative remedies
under such
claims procedures.
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12.5
|
Discretion
of Appeals Committee.
All interpretations, determinations and
decisions of the Appeals Committee with respect to any claim shall
be made
in its sole discretion, and shall be final and
conclusive.
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12.6
|
Arbitration.
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(a)
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Prior
to Change in Control.
If, prior to a Change in Control, any claim or
controversy between a Participating Employer and a Participant
or
Beneficiary is not resolved through the claims procedure set forth
in
Article XII, such claim shall be submitted to and resolved exclusively
by
expedited binding arbitration by a single
arbitrator. Arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with
the following procedures:
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(b)
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Upon
Change in Control.
If, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control,
any dispute, controversy or claim arises between a Participant
or
Beneficiary and the Participating Employer out of or relating to
or
concerning the provisions of the Plan, such dispute, controversy
or claim
shall be finally settled by a court of competent jurisdiction which,
notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, shall apply a
de novo
standard of review to any determination made by the Company or
its Board
of Directors, a Participating Employer, the Committee, or the Appeals
Committee.
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13.1
|
Anti-assignment
Rule.
No interest of any Participant, spouse or Beneficiary under
this
Plan and no benefit payable hereunder shall be assigned as security
for a
loan, and any such purported assignment shall be null, void and
of no
effect, nor shall any such interest or any such benefit be subject
in any
manner, either voluntarily or involuntarily, to anticipation, sale,
transfer, assignment or encumbrance by or through any Participant,
spouse
or Beneficiary. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
however,
the Committee has the discretion to make payments to an alternate
payee in
accordance with the terms of a domestic relations order (as defined
in
Code Section 414(p)(1)(B)).
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13.2
|
No
Legal or Equitable Rights or Interest.
No Participant or other person
shall have any legal or equitable rights or interest in this Plan
that are
not expressly granted in this Plan. Participation in this Plan
does not
give any person any right to be retained in the service of the
Participating Employer. The right and power of a Participating
Employer to
dismiss or discharge an Employee is expressly reserved. The Participating
Employers make no representations or warranties as to the tax consequences
to a Participant or a Participant’s beneficiaries resulting from a
deferral of income pursuant to the
Plan.
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13.3
|
No
Employment Contract.
Nothing contained herein shall be construed to
constitute a contract of employment between an Employee and a
Participating Employer.
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13.4
|
Notice.
Any notice or filing required or permitted to be delivered to the
Committee under this Plan shall be delivered in writing, in person,
or
through such electronic means as is established by the Committee.
Notice
shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if delivery
is made
by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark on the receipt for
registration or certification. Written transmission shall be sent
by
certified mail to:
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13.5
|
Headings.
The headings of Sections are included solely for convenience of
reference,
and if there is any conflict between such headings and the text
of this
Plan, the text shall control.
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13.6
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Invalid
or Unenforceable Provisions.
If any provision of this Plan shall be
held invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability
shall
not affect any other provisions hereof and the Committee may elect
in its
sole discretion to construe such invalid or unenforceable provisions
in a
manner that conforms to applicable law or as if such provisions,
to the
extent invalid or unenforceable, had not been
included.
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13.7
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Lost
Participants or Beneficiaries.
Any Participant or Beneficiary who is
entitled to a benefit from the Plan has the duty to keep the Committee
advised of his or her current mailing address. If benefit payments
are
returned to the Plan or are not presented for payment after a reasonable
amount of time, the Committee shall presume that the payee is missing.
The
Committee, after making such efforts as in its discretion it deems
reasonable and appropriate to locate the payee, shall stop payment
on any
uncashed checks and may discontinue making future payments until
contact
with the payee is restored.
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13.8
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Governing
Law.
To the extent not preempted by ERISA, the laws of the State
of
Tennessee shall govern the construction and administration of the
Plan.
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5.
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Compensation Upon Termination or During
Disability; Other Agreements.
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6.
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Obligations
Following Termination of
Employment.
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7.
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Successors; Binding Agreement.
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1.1
Background of Plan
...................................................................................................................................1
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1.2
Purpose of Plan
........................................................................................................................................1
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1.3
Applicability of Plan
...................................................................................................................................1
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2.1
Actuarial Equivalent
...................................................................................................................................2
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2.2
Affiliate
.....................................................................................................................................................2
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2.3
Beneficiary
...............................................................................................................................................2
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2.4
Board
......................................................................................................................................................2
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2.5
Change in Control
.....................................................................................................................................2
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2.6
Code
.......................................................................................................................................................3
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2.7
Committee
................................................................................................................................................3
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2.8
Company
.................................................................................................................................................4
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2.9
Employee
.................................................................................................................................................4
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2.10
Employer
................................................................................................................................................4
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2.11
ERISA
...................................................................................................................................................4
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2.12
Normal Retirement Date
............................................................................................................................4
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2.13
Participant
...............................................................................................................................................4
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2.14
Pension Plan
...........................................................................................................................................4
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2.15
Plan
.......................................................................................................................................................4
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2.16
Plan Year
...............................................................................................................................................4
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2.17
Separation from Service
...........................................................................................................................4
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2.18
Ten-Year Certain and Life Annuity
..............................................................................................................5
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2.19
Vesting Service
.......................................................................................................................................6
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3.1
Eligibility
..................................................................................................................................................7
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3.2
Duration
...................................................................................................................................................7
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4.1
Retirement Benefits
....................................................................................................................................8
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4.2
Preretirement Death Benefits
......................................................................................................................10
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4.3
Change in Control
....................................................................................................................................11
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4.4
Permissible Delays or Accelerations
...........................................................................................................13
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5.1
Financing
................................................................................................................................................14
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5.2
Unsecured Interest
...................................................................................................................................14
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6.1
Administration
..........................................................................................................................................15
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6.2
Appeals from Denial of Claims
...................................................................................................................15
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6.3
Tax Withholding
.......................................................................................................................................16
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6.4
Expenses
...............................................................................................................................................16
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7.1
Adoption of the Plan by Affiliate
..................................................................................................................17
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7.2
Amendment and Termination
......................................................................................................................17
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7.3
Successors
............................................................................................................................................17
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8.1
No Contract of Employment
......................................................................................................................18
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8.2
Nonalienation of Benefits
...........................................................................................................................18
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8.3
Severability
............................................................................................................................................18
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8.4
Applicable Law
........................................................................................................................................18
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(a)
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any
corporation while it is a member of the same “controlled group” of
corporations (within the meaning of Code section 414(b)) as the
Company;
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(b)
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any
other trade or business (whether or not incorporated) while it
is under
“common control” (within the meaning of Code section 414(c)) with the
Company;
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(c)
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any
organization during any period in which it (along with the Company)
is a
member of an “affiliated service group” (within the meaning of Code
section 414(m)); or
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(d)
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any
other entity during any period in which it is required to be aggregated
with the Company under Code section
414(o).
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(a)
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the
occurrence of an acquisition (“Acquisition”) by any individual, entity, or
group (“Person”) within the meaning of section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) of
beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d−3 promulgated
under the Exchange Act) of a percentage of the combined voting
power of
the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled
to vote
generally in the election of directors (“Company Voting Securities”) that
is 30 percent or more of the Company Voting Securities, but
excluding:
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(1)
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any
acquisition directly from the Company (other than an acquisition
by virtue
of the exercise of a conversion privilege of a security that was
not
acquired directly from the
Company),
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(2)
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any
acquisition by the Company or an Affiliate,
and
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(3)
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any
acquisition by an employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored
or
maintained by the Company or any
Affiliate;
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(b)
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during
any 12-month period, a majority of the directors who at the beginning
of
such period constitute the Board are replaced by directors whose
appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members
of
the Board before the date of the appointment or
election;
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(c)
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the
consummation of a merger, consolidation, reorganization, or similar
corporate transaction, whether or not the Company is the surviving
company
in such transaction, other than a merger, consolidation, or reorganization
that would result in the Persons who are beneficial owners of the
Company
Voting Securities outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing
to
beneficially own, directly or indirectly, in substantially the
same
proportions, at least 50 percent of the combined voting power of the
Company Voting Securities (or the voting securities of the surviving
entity) outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation
or
reorganization; or
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(d)
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the
sale or other disposition of the assets of the Company during any
period
of 12 consecutive months having a total gross fair market value equal
to or more than 40 percent of the total gross fair market value
of the
assets of the Company and its Affiliates immediately before such
sale or
disposition.
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(a)
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A
Separation from Service shall be deemed to have occurred if an
Employee
and the Company or any Affiliate reasonably anticipate, based on
the facts
and circumstances, that either:
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(1)
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the
Employee will not provide any additional services for the Company
or an
Affiliate after a certain date; or
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(2)
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the
level of bona fide services performed by the Employee after a certain
date
will permanently decrease to no more than 20 percent of the average
level
of bona fide services performed by the Employee over the immediately
preceding 36 months.
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(b)
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If
an
Employee is absent from employment due to military leave, sick
leave, or
any other bona fide leave of absence authorized by the Company
or an
Affiliate and there is a reasonable expectation that the Employee
will
return to perform services for the Company or an Affiliate, a Separation
from Service shall not occur until the later
of:
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(1)
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the
first date immediately following the date that is six months after
the
first date that an Employee was absent from employment;
and
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(2)
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to
the
extent the Employee retains a right to reemployment with the Company
or
any Affiliates under applicable law or by contract, the date the
Employee
no longer retains a right to
reemployment.
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(a)
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Death
of Beneficiary
. If a Beneficiary dies after payments begin to the
Beneficiary, but before a total of 120 payments have been made
to the
Participant and the Beneficiary, the Actuarial Equivalent value
of any
remaining payments shall be paid in a single sum to the Beneficiary’s
estate.
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(b)
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Death
of Participant
. If a Participant dies before receiving
120 monthly payments and there is no surviving designated
Beneficiary, the Actuarial Equivalent value of any payments shall
be paid
in a single sum to:
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(1)
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the
Participant’s surviving spouse;
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(2)
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if
there is no surviving spouse, to the Participant’s surviving children and
children of deceased children per
stirpes;
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(3)
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if
there are no surviving children or grandchildren, to the Participant’s
surviving parents in equal shares;
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(4)
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if
there are no surviving parents, to the Participant’s surviving brothers
and sisters and nephews and nieces who are children of deceased
brothers
and sisters per stirpes; or
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(5)
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if
there are no surviving brothers, sisters, nephews, or nieces, to
the
Participant’s estate.
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(a)
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the
date as of which the Employee is designated by the Committee as
a
Participant; or
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(b)
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in
the
case of an Employee who has been designated by the Board as an
executive
officer, the date as of which his or her participation in the Plan
is
approved by the Human Resources Committee of the
Board.
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(a)
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his
or
her Separation from Service; or
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(b)
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a
declaration by the Committee that he or she is no longer eligible
to
participate in the Plan.
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(a)
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Eligibility
.
A Participant who incurs a Separation from Service after attaining
age 65
or after attaining age 55 and completing at least 15 years of Vesting
Service shall be eligible for a retirement benefit under this section
4.1.
This retirement benefit shall be calculated as a Ten-Year Certain
and Life
Annuity payable at the time specified in subsection (d) or (f).
Except as otherwise provided in section 4.3, a Participant who incurs
a Separation from Service or who ceases to be an Employee before
attaining
age 65 or before attaining age 55 and completing 15 years of Vesting
Service shall not be entitled to any benefit under this
Plan.
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(b)
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Amount
.
A Participant who is eligible for a retirement benefit under subsection
(a) shall be entitled to receive a benefit as of his or her Normal
Retirement Date equal to the difference between (1) and (2)
where—
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(1)
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is
the
benefit accrued through the commencement date determined under
this Plan
that would be payable to the Participant under the Pension Plan
as of his
or her Normal Retirement Date, calculated without regard to the
benefit
limits in effect under Code sections 401(a)(17) and 415;
and
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(2)
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is
the
benefit accrued through the commencement date determined under
this Plan
that would be payable to the Participant under the Pension Plan
as of his
or her Normal Retirement Date.
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(c)
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Early
Commencement
. Except as otherwise provided in section 4.3, if
payment of a Participant’s retirement benefit commences or is paid before
his or her Normal Retirement Date, the benefit amount calculated
pursuant
to subsection (b) shall be reduced for early commencement in accordance
with the early retirement reduction factors applicable to calculation
of
the Participant’s benefit under the Pension
Plan.
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(d)
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Commencement
Date
. Except as otherwise elected by a Participant pursuant
to
subsection (f), payment of a Participant’s retirement benefit shall
commence as of the first day of the month coinciding with or next
following the six-month anniversary of the Participant’s Separation from
Service. In any case where the payment of benefits is delayed pursuant
to
this subsection, the Participant’s retirement benefit shall be calculated
as of the first day of the month coinciding with or next following
the
Participant’s Separation from Service. The payments to which the
Participant would be entitled during the first six months after
his or her
Separation from Service shall be accumulated and paid to the Participant
as of the first day of the month coinciding with or next following
the
six-month anniversary of the Participant’s Separation from
Service.
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(e)
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Form
of Payment
. Except as otherwise elected by a Participant pursuant
to subsection (f), benefits under this section shall be paid in the
form of a Ten-Year Certain and Life Annuity. In lieu of this form
of
payment, a Participant may elect to receive his or her benefit
in an
optional method of payment that is the Actuarial Equivalent of
the
Ten-Year Certain and Life Annuity. The optional forms of payment
shall be
a single life annuity option, a contingent annuity option, and
a lump sum
payment.
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(1)
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Single
Life Annuity Option.
The single life annuity option is an annuity
providing equal monthly payments for the lifetime of the Participant
with
no survivor benefits.
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(2)
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Contingent
Annuity Option.
The contingent annuity option is a reduced
monthly benefit payable to the Participant for life and to a surviving
named Beneficiary for the lifetime of the Beneficiary in an amount
equal
to 50 percent, 75 percent, or 100 percent (as elected by the
Participant) of the amount payable during the Participant’s
lifetime.
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(3)
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Lump
Sum Payment.
A Participant may elect to receive his or her
benefit in a single lump sum.
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(f)
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Election
Procedures.
A Participant may elect, at a time and in a manner
specified by the Committee, to receive benefits in an optional
form of
payment described in subsection (e) and as of a benefit commencement
date
that is one, two, three, four, or five years after the first day
of the
month coinciding with or next following his or her Separation from
Service. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any election pursuant
to
this subsection shall be void if the Participant’s benefit commencement
date would be delayed later than the first day of the month coinciding
with or next following his 70th
birthday.
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(1)
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Elections
After Participation Begins.
Except to the extent permitted under
regulations or other regulatory guidance issued under Code section
409A,
if a Participant makes any such election after he or she becomes
a
Participant—
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(A)
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the
election may not take effect until at least 12 months after the
date on
which the election is made;
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(B)
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the
first payment made pursuant to the election must be deferred for
a period
of five years from the date when the payment would otherwise have
been made; and
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(C)
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the
election may not be made less than 12 months before the date when
the
first payment was scheduled to be
paid.
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(2)
|
Exceptions
to Election Restrictions.
An election by a Participant shall not
be subject to the restrictions in paragraph (1)
if:
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(A)
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the
election is made prior to January 1, 2008 and the election does
not apply
to payments that the Participant would otherwise receive prior
to 2008 and
does not cause payments to be made prior to 2008;
or
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(B)
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the
Participant elects before his or her benefit commencement date
to change
from a Ten-Year Certain and Life Annuity described in section 2.18
or an
annuity form of payment described in subsection (e)(1) or (2) to
a
different annuity form of payment described in those
provisions.
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(a)
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Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the benefits payable under the
Plan (both
benefits that have accrued at the time of a Change in Control and
those
that accrue thereafter) may not be reduced or terminated after
a Change in
Control for any individual who was a participant in the Plan at
the time
of the Change in Control.
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(b)
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Notwithstanding
anything in the Plan to the contrary, in the event a Change in
Control or
the “Pre-Change in Control Date” (as defined below) occurs, the Company
shall make a lump sum payment (“Payment”) to each Participant not
currently receiving benefits under the Plan on a date (the “Distribution
Date”) no later than two business days after the Change in Control has
occurred (or, if an agreement to effectuate a Change in Control
pursuant
to a Business Combination has been executed, on the date (the “Pre-Change
in Control Date”) that is the third business day prior to the date the
Chief Executive Officer of the Company believes in good faith will
be the
effective date of such Change in Control, but in any event prior
to the
effective date of such Change in
Control).
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(1)
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The
Payment shall be in an amount equal to the Actuarial Equivalent
present
value of the accrued benefit (the “Accrued Benefit”) under the Plan as of
the Distribution Date, calculated in accordance with paragraphs
(2)
through (5) below. For purposes of determining this present value
amount,
the mortality table specified under the Pension Plan and an interest
rate
of 4.2% shall be used.
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(2)
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If
a
Participant is age 65 or older as of the Distribution Date, the
Accrued
Benefit shall be converted to an Actuarially Equivalent lump sum
assuming
that such Participant retired on the Distribution Date and immediately
commenced receipt of the Accrued Benefit in the normal form of
benefit
under the Pension Plan.
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(3)
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If
a
Participant has not attained age 65 as of the Distribution Date,
but is at
least age 55, the Accrued Benefit shall be converted to an
Actuarially Equivalent lump sum assuming that such Participant
retired on
the Distribution Date, the Accrued Benefit was reduced for early
commencement using the reduction factors specified in the Pension
Plan
determined without regard to section 11.3(b) of the Pension Plan, and
such Participant immediately commenced receipt of such reduced
Accrued
Benefit in the normal form of benefit under the Pension
Plan.
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(4)
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If
a
Participant has not attained age 55 as of the Distribution Date,
the
Accrued Benefit shall first be converted to an Actuarially Equivalent
lump
sum assuming that such Participant was age 55 on the Distribution
Date,
the Accrued Benefit was reduced for early commencement using the
reduction
factors specified in the Pension Plan determined without regard
to
section 11.3(b) of the Pension Plan for a Participant retiring at age
55, and such Participant commenced receipt at age 55 of such reduced
Accrued Benefit in the normal form of benefit under the Pension
Plan. Such
Actuarially Equivalent lump sum shall then be further reduced from
age 55
to such Participant’s actual age as of the Distribution Date, using an
interest rate of 4.2 percent, but without any reduction for
mortality.
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(5)
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In
the
event the Plan is continued and not terminated following a Change
in
Control, any amount finally determined under section 4.1 of the
Plan upon
such Participant’s Separation from Service shall be offset by the amount
of the Accrued Benefit (as converted to the applicable form of
benefit)
determined under this section 4.3. To the extent that a Participant
is
entitled to an additional retirement benefit following a Change
in Control
as a result of continued employment with an Employer, such benefit
shall
be paid to the Participant in accordance with section
4.1.
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(c)
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For
purposes of the Plan, a “CIC Participant” is any Participant who
is:
|
(1)
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a
party
to a Tier I change in control agreement (“CIC Agreement”) with the
Company, as determined under the standard policies and procedures
of the
Company;
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(2)
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becomes
entitled to a payment under and in accordance with Section 5(iv)
of the
standard form of CIC Agreement in effect for new agreements as
of
March 1, 2007, or any successor thereto, as a result of a termination
of employment as contemplated in such CIC Agreement;
and
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(3)
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at
the
time of such termination of employment has both attained at least
age 50
and been credited with not fewer than ten years of Vesting
Service.
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(A)
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The
CIC
Participant’s Payment under subsection (b) shall be recalculated as of the
date of Separation from Service as if that date were the date that
the
Change in Control occurred. For purposes of recalculating the Payment
to
the CIC Participant (and only for those purposes), the calculation
of
Accrued Benefits under section 4.1 of the Plan will be modified
by
crediting the CIC Participant with three additional years of age
and three
additional years of benefit service, in each case additional to
the CIC
Participant’s actual age and years of service at the date of Separation
from Service.
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(B)
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The
Initial Lump Sum paid shall be subtracted from the Payment as recalculated
pursuant to paragraph (A), without actuarial or other adjustment
for the
time value of the amount and timing of the Initial Lump Sum payment.
The
difference resulting from that subtraction is the 50/10 Enhancement
Lump
Sum. The 50/10 Enhancement Lump Sum amount cannot be less than
zero.
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(a)
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the
specific reasons for the denial;
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(b)
|
a
specific reference to the Plan provisions on which the denial is
based;
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(c)
|
a
description of any additional material or information necessary
for the
claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why this material
or
information is necessary;
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(d)
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an
explanation that a full and fair review by the Committee of the
decision
denying the claim may be requested by the claimant or an authorized
representative by filing with the Committee, within 60 days after the
notice has been received, a written request for review;
and
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(e)
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a
statement of the claimant’s right to bring a civil action under ERISA
section 502(a) following an adverse decision upon
review.
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1)
|
If
the
Board has authorized a stock repurchase program, an executive may
request
the repurchase of shares of the registrant at the day’s volume-weighted
average price with no payment of any fees or commissions if the
repurchase
of the shares is otherwise permissible under the authorized
program.
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2)
|
An
automobile allowance is paid to certain executive officers and
others up
to a limit. The current limit for the CEO is $17,150 per year,
and the
annual limit for next lowest benefit level is $14,650. Certain
maintenance
and repair expenses associated with automobiles are included in
the
allowance.
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3)
|
Employees
above a certain grade level, including executive officers, who
are members
of a country club or other social organization and who use the
club in
part for business purposes may request payment of 50% of the annual
dues
associated with the club.
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4)
|
The
registrant’s disability insurance program generally is available to
employees. Persons above a certain grade level, including executive
officers, receive an additional benefit and are paid an amount
each year
intended to reimburse premiums associated with the additional
benefit.
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5)
|
The
registrant makes available or pays for tax preparation, tax consulting,
estate planning, and financial counseling services for executive
officers.
Current limits on this benefit applicable to executives
are: $15,000 per year for the CEO ($22,500 in any year in which
a new financial counseling firm is engaged); and $5,000 per year
for other
executives ($7,500 in any year in which a new financial counseling
firm is
engaged).
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6)
|
The
registrant occasionally allows certain employees, including executive
officers, or their spouses to travel for personal purposes in company
aircraft on trips that occur for business reasons. Such cases typically
result in no additional costs for the registrant, since the seat
filled
would have otherwise been empty, but do result in the recognition
of
taxable income for the employee
involved.
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7)
|
On
occasion spouses of certain employees, including executive officers,
are
asked by the registrant, for business reasons, to accompany the
employee
on a business trip or function. In those cases the registrant
may pay the travel, accommodation, and other expenses of the spouse
incidental to the trip or function, some or all of which can result
in
taxable income for the employee. Also, on occasion the
registrant may provide or pay for a memento, gift, or other gratuity
that
the employee or spouse receives in connection with the business
trip or
function.
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8)
|
The
registrant provides a relocation benefit to a wide range of employees,
including executive officers, under varying circumstances and subject
to
certain constraints. The benefit may be in the form of an allowance
or a
reimbursement of actual expenses.
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9)
|
The
registrant offers certain health club benefits to a wide range
of
employees, including executive
officers.
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10)
|
The
registrant provides a cash allowance to certain employees, including
executive officers, which is intended to defray expenses associated
with
goods and services purchased personally and used at least in part
for
business purposes (such as cell phone
service).
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