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EXHIBIT 10.4
FIRST AMENDMENT
OF THE
SKY FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PENSION PLAN
(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 1999)
WHEREAS, Sky Financial Group, Inc. (the "Company") maintains the Sky
Financial Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Pension Plan (the "Plan"); and
WHEREAS, the Company previously amended the Plan and now considers it
desirable to further amend the Plan;
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the power reserved to the Company by Section
9.01 of the Plan, and by virtue of the authority delegated to the undersigned
officer by resolution of the Company's Board of Directors, the Plan, as
previously amended, is hereby further amended, effective as of June 30, 1999,
in the following particulars:
1. By adding the following to the end of the second paragraph of the
Introduction of the Plan:
"Effective as of June 30, 1999, the portion of the Sky Financial Group, Inc.
Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan (the 'Sky 401(k) Plan') that was invested in
Qualifying Employer Securities and designed to qualify as a stock bonus plan
and an employee stock ownership plan under Code Section 4975(e)(7) was spun-off
from the Sky 401(k) Plan and merged into this Plan. In addition, effective as
of September 30, 1999, the portion of the Sky 401(k) Plan that had been spun-
off from the frozen Mid Am, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and merged into the Sky
401(k) Plan, and that was invested in Sky Financial Group, Inc. common stock,
was spun-off from the Sky 401(k) Plan and merged into this Plan."
2. By substituting the following for Section 1.30 of the Plan:
"1.30 Valuation Date. 'Valuation Date' shall mean each business day on
which the Nasdaq Stock Market is open."
3. By adding the following to the Plan as a new Section 3.03,
immediately following Section 3.02 thereof:
"3.03 Transfer of ESOP Accounts from Sky Financial Group, Inc. Profit Sharing
and 401(k) Plan Effective June 30, 1999. Effective as of June 30, 1999, the
portion of the Sky Financial Group, Inc. Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan (the
'Sky 401(k) Plan') that was invested in Qualifying Employer Securities and
designed to qualify as a stock bonus plan and an employee stock ownership
plan under Code Section 4975(e)(7) was spun-off from the Sky 401(k) Plan and
merged into this Plan. With respect to those Participants for whom an amount
was transferred from the Sky 401(k) Plan pursuant to this Section, the amount
transferred was allocated to his or her Plan Account as of the day of the
transfer."
4. By adding the following to the Plan as a new Section 3.04,
immediately following Section 3.03 thereof:
"3.04 Transfer of Frozen Plan Accounts from Sky Financial Group, Inc. Profit
Sharing and 401(k) Plan Effective September 30, 1999. Prior to September 30,
1999, some participants in the Sky 401(k) Plan had special accounts under the
Sky 401(k) Plan containing assets that had been spun-off from the frozen Mid
Am, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and merged into the Sky 401(k) Plan, and that were
invested in Sky Financial Group, Inc. common stock (the 'Frozen Plan
Accounts'). Effective as of September 30, 1999, the portion of the Sky 401(k)
Plan containing those Frozen Plan Accounts was spun-off from the Sky 401(k)
Plan and merged into this Plan. With respect to those Participants for whom an
amount was transferred from the Sky 401(k) Plan pursuant to this Section, the
amount transferred was allocated to the Participant's Plan Account as of the
day of the transfer."
5. By adding the following to the Plan as a new Section 6.09,
immediately following Section 6.08 thereof:
"6.09 In-Service Distributions for Certain Participants. Participants for
whom an amount was transferred pursuant to Section 3.03 (the 'Special
Participants') have the additional hardship distribution right described in
this Section 6.09 with regard to that amount transferred to their Account under
Section 3.03 (the 'Transferred Amount'). The Plan Administrator may direct the
Trustee to make an in-service distribution of the nonforfeitable portion of the
Transferred Amount in a Special Participant's Account to the Special
Participant on account of a financial need (excluding (i) amounts credited to
the Transferred Amount and transferred to such Account within the last two
years, if the Special Participant has participated in the Plan less than five
years and (ii) amounts credited to the Transferred Amount on or after January
1, 1999) in accordance with the following terms and conditions:
(a) The distribution must be on account of a financial need due
to the purchase (excluding mortgage payments) of a principal residence for the
Special Participant. Distributions pursuant to this section are subject to the
spousal consent requirements contained in Code Sections 401(a)(11) and 417.
(b) A distribution will be considered as necessary to satisfy a
financial need of the Participant only if:
(1) the Participant has obtained all available distributions,
other than hardship distributions, under this Plan and all other plans
maintained by the Employer;
(2) the Participant shall not be permitted to make compensation
deferral contributions under any plan of the Employer for a period of 12 months
after the receipt of the hardship distribution; and
(3) the distribution is not in excess of the amount of the
financial need."
6. By adding the following to the Plan as a new Section 6.10,
immediately following Section 6.09 thereof:
"6.10 Repayment of Loans for Certain Participants. Some Participants for whom
an amount was transferred pursuant to Section 3.03 or Section 3.04 (the
'Special Transfer Participants') had a plan loan outstanding against the amount
transferred at the time of the transfer. A Special Transfer Participant will
be permitted to repay his or her loan to this Plan according to the terms of
the promissory note he or she signed, and subject to the following provisions:
(a) The Plan Administrator or the Trustee shall be entitled to
exercise all legal and equitable rights available to it in order to enforce the
collection of any unpaid loan balance.
(b) If any loan to a Special Transfer Participant is unpaid on the
date that the Participant, or his beneficiary or estate, becomes entitled to
receive benefits from the Trust, such unpaid portion shall, as of that date,
become due and the amount thereof, together with any unpaid interest thereon,
shall be deducted from any benefits that the Participant, his beneficiary or
his estate otherwise would have been entitled to receive.
(c) All loans shall be subject to such administrative procedures
and other rules as the Plan Administrator deems necessary.
Except in the limited circumstances described in this Section 6.10 for
loan repayments, loans to Participants shall not be permitted under the Plan."
* * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, on behalf of the Company, the undersigned officer has
executed this amendment this 21st day of October, 1999.
SKY FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
/s/ W. Granger Souder
By: W. Granger Souder
Its: Executive Vice President / General Counsel
SKY FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PENSION PLAN
(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 1999)
EXECUTION PAGE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, on behalf of Sky Financial Group, Inc., the
undersigned officer has executed this amendment and restatement of the Sky
Financial Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Pension Plan, effective
January 1, 1999.
Dated this 30th day of December 1998.
SKY FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
/s/ W. Granger Souder
By: W. Granger Souder
Its: Executive Vice President/
General Counsel
(Seal)
SKY FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PENSION PLAN
(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 1999)
Table of Contents
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS ............................................ 1
1.01 Annual Compensation .............................. 1
1.02 Annuity Starting Date ............................ 2
1.03 Applicable Period ................................ 2
1.04 Break in Service ................................. 2
1.05 Code ............................................. 2
1.06 Company .......................................... 2
1.07 Company Stock .................................... 3
1.08 Disability ....................................... 3
1.09 Employee ......................................... 3
1.10 Employer ......................................... 3
1.11 Entry Date ....................................... 3
1.12 ERISA ............................................ 3
1.13 ESOP ............................................. 3
1.14 Hour of Service .................................. 4
1.15 Named Fiduciary .................................. 4
1.16 Normal Retirement Age ............................ 4
1.17 Normal Retirement Date ........................... 4
1.18 Participant ...................................... 4
1.19 Plan ............................................. 5
1.20 Plan Administrator ............................... 5
1.21 Plan Year ........................................ 5
1.22 Qualified Election ............................... 5
1.23 Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity ............. 5
1.24 Qualified Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity ........ 5
1.25 Qualifying Employer Securities ................... 5
1.26 Related Entity ................................... 5
1.27 Trust ............................................ 5
1.28 Trustee .......................................... 5
1.29 Trust Fund ....................................... 6
1.30 Valuation Date ................................... 6
1.31 Year of Service .................................. 6
ARTICLE II
ELIGIBILITY ............................................ 7
2.01 Eligibility ...................................... 7
2.02 Eligibility Upon Re-employment ................... 7
2.03 Participation Upon Change of Job Status .......... 7
ARTICLE III
CONTRIBUTIONS .......................................... 8
3.01 Employer Contributions ........................... 8
3.02 Special Rules Relating to Veterans
Re-employment Rights Under USERRA ............. 8
ARTICLE IV
ALLOCATIONS ............................................ 10
4.01 Participant Accounts ............................. 10
4.02 Allocation of Employer Contributions ............. 10
4.03 Allocation of Investment Gain or Loss ............ 10
4.04 Allocation of Cash Dividends ..................... 10
4.05 Annual Report to Participants .................... 10
ARTICLE V
BENEFITS TO PARTICIPANTS ............................... 11
5.01 Upon Retirement or Disability .................... 11
5.02 Upon Death ....................................... 11
5.03 Nonforfeitable Interest Upon Termination
of Employment ................................. 11
5.04 October 2, 1998 Change in Control ................ 12
5.05 Forfeiture Upon Termination of Employment ........ 12
ARTICLE VI
DISTRIBUTIONS .......................................... 14
6.01 Commencement of Benefits ......................... 14
6.02 Payment of Benefits .............................. 14
6.03 Optional Forms of Benefit ........................ 14
6.04 Definitions ...................................... 15
6.05 Mandatory Commencement of Benefits ............... 17
6.06 Distributions After Death of a Participant ....... 18
6.07 Special ESOP Distribution Requirements ........... 18
6.08 Right to Have Accounts Transferred ............... 19
ARTICLE VII
LIMITATION ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS ............... 21
7.01 Definitions ...................................... 21
7.02 Limitation on Annual Additions ................... 21
7.03 Limitation of Benefits Under All Plans ........... 22
ARTICLE VIII
TRUST FUND ............................................. 23
8.01 Cash Dividend Option ............................. 23
8.02 Participants' Right to Vote Company Stock ........ 23
8.03 Diversification of Employer Securities
Investments ................................... 23
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION ............................... 25
9.01 Amendment ........................................ 25
9.02 Plan Termination or Discontinuance of
Contributions ................................. 25
9.03 Merger, Consolidation or Transfer of Assets ...... 25
ARTICLE X
ADMINISTRATION ......................................... 26
10.01 Plan Administrator's Powers and Duties ........... 26
10.02 Records and Reports .............................. 26
10.03 Committee ........................................ 26
10.04 Payment of Expenses .............................. 27
10.05 Claims Procedure ................................. 27
ARTICLE XI
PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS ................................ 28
11.01 Commencement ..................................... 28
11.02 Termination ...................................... 28
11.03 Single Plan ...................................... 28
11.04 Delegation of Authority .......................... 28
11.05 Disposition of Assets or Subsidiary .............. 28
ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS .......................................... 29
12.01 Participant's Rights ............................. 29
12.02 Assignment or Alienation of Benefits ............. 29
12.03 Reversion of Funds to Employer ................... 29
12.04 Action by Company ................................ 30
12.05 Allocation of Responsibilities ................... 30
12.06 Construction of Plan ............................. 30
12.07 Gender and Number ................................ 30
12.08 Headings ......................................... 30
12.09 Voting Company Stock ............................. 30
12.10 Payment of Expenses .............................. 31
12.11 Incapacity ....................................... 31
12.12 Employee Data .................................... 31
12.13 Reduction for Overpayment ........................ 31
12.14 Invalidity of Certain Provisions ................. 31
12.15 Plan Supplements ................................. 31
ARTICLE XIII
EXEMPT LOAN ............................................ 32
13.01 Definition of Exempt Loan ........................ 32
13.02 Requirements for an Exempt Loan .................. 32
13.03 Right of First Refusal ........................... 33
13.04 Annual Additions ................................. 33
ARTICLE XIV
TOP HEAVY PROVISIONS ................................... 34
14.01 Definitions ...................................... 34
14.02 Determination of Top Heavy Status ................ 35
14.03 Combination of Defined Benefit and
Defined Contribution Plan ..................... 35
14.04 Minimum Contribution ............................. 35
14.05 Minimum Vesting .................................. 36
SKY FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PENSION PLAN
(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 1999)
INTRODUCTION
Prior to October 2, 1998, Mid Am, Inc. ("Mid Am") maintained the Mid Am
Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Pension Plan (the "Mid Am Plan"). Mid Am merged
into Citizens Bancshares, Inc. ("Citizens") effective October 2, 1998 (the
"Merger Date"), with the resulting corporation renamed Sky Financial Group,
Inc. (the "Company"). The Company became the sponsor of the Mid Am Plan on the
Merger Date, and hereby amends and restates the Mid Am Plan effective January
1, 1999 in the form of this Sky Financial Group, Inc. Employee Stock
Ownership Pension Plan (the "Plan"). Effective on the January 1, 1999
amendment and restatement date, the eligible employees of Citizens and The Ohio
Bank, and the eligible employees of their respective subsidiaries, become
eligible to participate in the Plan.
The Company intends this Plan to be a money purchase pension plan and an
employee stock ownership plan under Code Section 4975(e)(7). The Plan is
intended to be invested primarily in qualifying employer securities as defined
in ERISA Section 407(d)(5), including Qualifying Employer Securities. At any
time, up to 100% of the assets of the Plan may be invested in qualifying
employer securities as defined in ERISA Section 407(d)(5), including
Qualifying Employer Securities.
The Plan was originally established as the Mid Am, Inc. Employee Stock
Ownership Pension Plan and originally became effective on July 1, 1989. Mid Am
amended the Plan from time to time and last amended and restated the Plan
effective January 1, 1995.
The Company intends that the Plan, together with the Trust Agreement,
meet all the pertinent requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,
and shall be interpreted, wherever possible, to comply with the terms of the
Code and ERISA.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
In addition to other terms defined elsewhere in this Plan document, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
1.01 Annual Compensation. "Annual Compensation" means a Participant's
earned income, wages, salaries, fees for professional services, and other
amounts received for personal services actually rendered in the course of
employment with the Employers (including, but not limited to, commissions paid
to salesmen, compensation for services on the basis of a percentage of profits,
commissions on insurance premiums, tips and bonuses), but excluding the
following:
(1) Employer contributions to a plan of deferred compensation,
including this Plan, that are not included in the Employee's gross income for
the taxable year in which contributed, Employee contributions under a
simplified employee pension plan to the extent such contributions are
deductible by the Employee or any distributions from a plan of deferred
compensation.
(2) amounts realized from the exercise of a non-qualified stock
option, or when restricted stock (or property) held by the Employee either
becomes freely transferable or is no longer subject to a substantial risk of
forfeiture;
(3) amounts realized from the sale, exchange or other disposition
of stock acquired under a qualified stock option;
(4) reimbursements or other expense allowances, fringe benefits
(cash and noncash), moving expenses, deferred compensation and welfare benefits
(even if included in gross income); and
(5) other amounts that received special tax benefits or
contributions made by the Employer (whether or not under a salary reduction
agreement) towards the purchase of an annuity described in Code Section 403(b)
(whether or not the amounts are actually excludible from the gross income of
the Employee).
Annual Compensation includes a Participant's voluntary reductions in cash
consideration made in accordance with arrangements established by the Employer
under Code Section 125 and Code Section 401(k).
In addition to other applicable limitations set forth in the Plan, and
notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Annual
Compensation of each Employee taken into account under the Plan shall not
exceed the OBRA '93 annual compensation limit. The OBRA '93 annual
compensation limit is $150,000, as adjusted by the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue for the cost-of-living in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(17)(B).
The cost-of-living adjustment in effect for a calendar year applies to any
period, not exceeding twelve (12) months, over which Compensation is determined
(determination period) beginning in such calendar year. If a determination
period consists of fewer than twelve (12) months, the OBRA '93 annual
compensation limit will be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is
the number of months in the determination period, and the denominator of which
is 12. Any reference in this Plan to the limitation under Code Section
401(a)(17) shall mean the OBRA '93 annual compensation limit set forth in this
provision.
1.02 Annuity Starting Date. "Annuity Starting Date" is defined in
Section 6.04.
1.03 Applicable Period. The "Applicable Period" is defined in Section
6.04.
1.04 Break in Service. "Break in Service" means a Plan Year in which
an Employee has not completed more than 500 Hours of Service.
1.05 Code. "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
1.06 Company. "Company" means Sky Financial Group, Inc.
1.07 Company Stock. "Company Stock" means the common stock of Sky
Financial Group, Inc.
1.08 Disability. "Disability" means a permanent physical or mental
condition of a Participant resulting from a bodily injury or disease or mental
disorder that renders the Participant eligible for a disability award under the
Social Security Act.
1.09 Employee. "Employee" means each and every person employed by an
Employer in a common law employer-employee relationship; provided that, only
individuals who are paid as common law employees from the payroll of an
Employer shall be deemed to be Employees for purposes of the Plan. No person
who is an independent contractor shall be eligible to participate in this Plan.
No person who is a "leased employee" shall be eligible to participate in this
Plan. "Leased employee" shall mean any person who is not an Employee but who
provides services to an Employer if:
(a) such services are provided pursuant to an agreement between
the Employer and any leasing organization;
(b) such person has performed services for the Employer (or for
the Employer and any related person within the meaning of Section 414(n)(6) of
the Code) on a substantially full-time basis for a period of at least one (1)
year; and
(c) such services are performed under the primary direction or
control of the Employer.
Except as provided below, a "leased employee" shall be treated as an
employee of an Employer for nondiscrimination testing and other purposes
specified in Code Section 414(n). However, contributions or benefits provided
by the leasing organization, which are attributable to services performed for
an Employer, shall be treated as provided by the Employer. A "leased
employee" shall not be treated as an employee if such "leased employee" is
covered by a money purchase pension plan of the leasing organization, and the
number of leased employees does not constitute more than twenty percent (20%)
of the Employers' "non-highly compensated work force" as defined by Code
Section 414(n)(5)(C). The money purchase pension plan of the leasing
organization must provide benefits equal to or greater than: (i) a non-
integrated employer contribution rate of at least ten percent (10%) of
compensation, (ii) immediate participation, and (iii) full and immediate
vesting.
1.10 Employer. "Employer" means any Related Entity with respect to the
Company that adopts this Plan pursuant to Article XI. The term also includes
the Company, unless the context otherwise requires.
1.11 Entry Date. "Entry Date" means the first day of each Plan Year.
1.12 ERISA. "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended.
1.13 ESOP. "ESOP" means an Employee Stock Ownership Plan as defined in
Code Section 4975(e)(7).
1.14 Hour of Service. "Hour of Service" means:
(a) Each hour for which an Employee is directly or indirectly paid or
entitled to payment by either the Company or the Employer for the performance
of duties;
(b) Each hour for which an Employee is directly or indirectly paid, or
entitled to payment, by either the Company or the Employer for reasons (such as
vacation, sickness, disability, or similar leave of absence) other than for the
performance of duties, and for military leaves, maternity/paternity leaves or
leaves for jury duty; and
(c) Each hour for which back pay, irrespective of mitigation of
damages, has been either awarded or agreed to by either the Company or the
Employer provided that the same Hours of Service shall not be credited under
this Section (c) and Sections (a) or (b) above, as the case may be.
(d) An Employee shall also be credited with one Hour of Service for
each hour that otherwise would normally have been credited to the Employee but
during which such Employee is absent from work for any period (i) by reason of
the Employee's pregnancy, (ii) by reason of the birth of the Employee's child,
(iii) by reason of the placement of a child with such Employee in connection
with an adoption of such child by the Employee or (iv) for purposes of caring
for a child for a period beginning immediately following birth or placement,
provided that an Employee shall be credited with no more than 501 Hours of
Service on account of any single continuous period of absence by reason of any
such pregnancy, birth or placement and provided further that Hours of Service
credited to an individual on account of such a period of absence shall be
credited only for the Break in Service computation period in which such absence
begins if an Employee would otherwise fail to be credited with 501 or more
Hours of Service in such period or, in any other case, in the immediately
following computation period.
Hours of Service computed hereunder shall be computed in accordance with
Section 2530.200b-2 (b) and (c) of the Department of Labor Regulations, which
is incorporated herein by reference. In no event shall more than 501 Hours of
Service be credited for any one continuous period of absence during or for
which the employee receives payment for nonperformance of duties whether or not
such period occurs in a single computation period.
1.15 Named Fiduciary. "Named Fiduciary" means a fiduciary named in
this document, or who, pursuant to a procedure specified in the Plan, is
identified as a Named Fiduciary.
1.16 Normal Retirement Age. "Normal Retirement Age" means age sixty-
five (65) years.
1.17 Normal Retirement Date. "Normal Retirement Date" means the first
day of the month coinciding with or next following the date on which a
Participant attains Normal Retirement Age.
1.18 Participant. "Participant" means an Employee who has satisfied
the eligibility requirements for the participation in the Plan.
1.19 Plan. "Plan" means the Sky Financial Group, Inc. Employee Stock
Ownership Pension Plan.
1.20 Plan Administrator. "Plan Administrator" means the Company,
unless the Company has appointed a Committee as the Plan Administrator pursuant
to Article XI hereof. The Plan Administrator shall be the Plan's Named
Fiduciary. The Plan Administrator shall have no responsibility for the custody
or management of the Trust Fund.
1.21 Plan Year. "Plan Year" means the 12-month period beginning on
January 1 and ending on the following December 31 of each year.
1.22 Qualified Election. "Qualified Election" is defined in Section
6.04.
1.23 Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity. "Qualified Joint and
Survivor Annuity" is defined in Section 6.04.
1.24 Qualified Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity. "Qualified Pre-
Retirement Survivor Annuity" is defined in Section 6.04.
1.25 Qualifying Employer Securities. "Qualifying Employer Securities"
means an Employer security that is common stock issued by the Company having a
combination of voting power and dividend rights equal to or in excess of the
class of Company common stock having the greatest voting power and the class of
Company common stock having the greatest dividend rights.
1.26 Related Entity. "Related Entity" means: (i) all corporations that
are members with the Company in a controlled group of corporations within the
meaning of Code Section 1563(a), determined without regard to Code Sections
1563(a)(4) and (e)(3)(c); (ii) all trades or businesses (whether or not
incorporated) that are under common control with the Company as determined by
regulations promulgated under Code Section 414(c); (iii) all trades or
businesses that are members of an affiliated service group with the Company
within the meaning of Code Section 414(m); and (iv) any other entity required
to be aggregated with the Company in accordance with regulations under Code
Section 414(o); provided, however, for purposes of Article VII, the definition
shall be modified to substitute the phrase "more than 50%" for the phrase "at
least 80%" each place it appears in Code Section 1563(a)(1). The term "Related
Entity" shall include the predecessor of the Company and any Related Entity.
1.27 Trust. "Trust" means one or more Trusts established to fund the
Plan. The Trustee shall receive any contributions paid to it. All
contributions so received together with the income therefrom shall be held,
managed and administered in the Trust pursuant to the terms of the Plan.
1.28 Trustee. "Trustee" means such individuals or entities, appointed
by the Company, which have authority and discretion to manage and control all
or a specified portion of the assets of the Plan. Any Trustee shall be a Named
Fiduciary.
1.29 Trust Fund. "Trust Fund" means all assets of whatever kind or
nature held by the Trustee pursuant to the terms of the Plan, unless indicated
otherwise. The Trust Fund may consist of more than one trust agreement with
more than one Trustee.
1.30 Valuation Date. "Valuation Date" shall the last business day on
which the Nasdaq Stock Market is open in each calendar quarter, or more
frequently, as the Plan Administrator designates.
1.31 Year of Service. For purposes of determining eligibility to
participate in the Plan in accordance with Section 2.01 hereof, "Year of
Service" a 12-consecutive month period, commencing on the date of an Employee's
first Hour of Service with an Employer, during which the Employee is
continuously employed by an Employer.
(a) For purposes of determining a Participant's nonforfeitable interest
pursuant to Section 5.03, "Year of Service" means a Plan Year during which such
participant is credited with at least 1,000 Hours of Service. For purposes of
Section 5.03, a Participant will be credited with a Year of Service if the
Participant completes 1,000 Hours of Service during said period, even though
the Participant is not employed for the full 12-month period.
(b) An Employee who does not initially meet the eligibility
requirements of Section 2.01 and later becomes a Participant, will have all
Years of Service counted for Plan purposes, both prior to and subsequent to
becoming a Participant.
(c) In the event a terminated Participant is re-hired, all Years of
Service with an Employer shall be counted for purposes of Sections 2.01 and
5.03 hereof.
(d) Solely for purposes of determining a Participant's nonforfeitable
interest pursuant to Section 5.03 hereof, "Year of Service" means any Plan Year
during which an individual was a leased employee (as defined in Code Section
414(n)) of the Company or any entity that must be aggregated with the Company
under Code Sections 414(b), (c) or (m) and during which the individual earned
at least 1,000 Hours of Service.
(e) If a Participant who has no nonforfeitable rights under Article V
has five consecutive Breaks in Service, then the Plan shall not take into
account Years of Service after such consecutive Breaks in Service for purposes
of determining the nonforfeitable percentage of the Participant's Account that
accrued before the Break in Service.
(f) If a Participant who has no nonforfeitable rights incurs a Break in
Service for the greater of (1) five or more consecutive Plan Years or (2) the
Participant's accumulated Years of Service prior to the Break in Service, then
the Plan shall not take into account Years of Service prior to such consecutive
Breaks in Service for the purpose of determining the nonforfeitable percentage
of the Participant's Accounts that accrues after the Break in Service.
ARTICLE II
ELIGIBILITY
2.01 Eligibility. Subject to the terms of the Plan, each Employee who
was a Participant in (1) the Mid Am, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Pension
Plan, (2) the Citizens Bancshares, Inc. Amended and Restated Profit Sharing
Plan, (3) the Century National Bank and Trust Company Amended and Restated
Profit Sharing/401(k) Plan, or (4) The Ohio Bank Employees' Profit Sharing
Plan, as of December 31, 1998, shall participate in the Plan on and after
January 1, 1999. Each other Employee shall participate in the Plan on the
first Entry Date coinciding with or next preceding the date the Employee meets
all of the following requirements:
(a) the Employee is credited with one (1) Year of Service;
(b) the Employee has attained age eighteen (18) years;
(c) the Employee is not a member of a collective bargaining unit
unless the collective bargaining agreement between the Employer and the union
provides for participation in this Plan; and
(d) the Employee is not a 100 percent commissioned salesperson.
2.02 Eligibility Upon Re-employment. A former Participant, or former
Employee who met the eligibility requirements of Section 2.01 for participation
in the Plan at the time he or she terminated employment, and who is
subsequently rehired, shall participate in the Plan on the Entry Date
coinciding with or next following his or her re-employment by the Employer, if
the Employee then meets the requirements for participation described in Section
2.01.
2.03 Participation Upon Change of Job Status. An individual who has
satisfied the requirements of Section 2.01(a) or (b) but who is not a
Participant because he or she is not an Employee or because he or she does not
satisfy Section 2.01(c) or (d), shall become a Participant immediately (but not
sooner than the Entry Date on which the individual would have become a
Participant had he been an Employee and had satisfied Section 2.01(c) or (d) at
all times) upon becoming an Employee and upon satisfying Section 2.01(c) and
(d).
ARTICLE III
CONTRIBUTIONS
3.01 Employer Contributions. The Employer shall contribute to the
Trust Fund on behalf of each Participant, including a Participant who continues
in the employ of the Employer after his Normal Retirement Date, an amount equal
to three percent (3%) of his Annual Compensation. For this purpose, Annual
Compensation shall (i) only include compensation earned while the Participant
was an Employee of an Employer, and (ii) include compensation for the entire
Plan Year, even if the Participant first became a Participant during the Plan
Year. The Employer shall only make a contribution on behalf of a Participant
if the Participant was employed by the Employer on the last day of such Plan
Year and was credited with at least 1,000 Hours of Service during such Plan
Year, except that the Employer shall make a contribution on behalf of a
Participant who died, retired or incurred a Disability during such Plan Year.
Employer contributions will be paid in cash or shares of Company Stock.
Shares of Company Stock will be valued at their current fair market value. To
the extent that the Trust has obligations arising from an extension of credit
to the Trust which is payable in cash within one year of the date the
Employer's contribution is made, such contribution will be paid to the Trust in
cash.
The annual contribution of the Employer shall be made to the Trustee in
full within such time as may be permitted for Federal Income tax purposes to
obtain a deduction for the contribution by the Employer for such taxable year.
3.02 Special Rules Relating to Veterans Re-employment Rights Under
USERRA. The following special provisions shall apply to an Employee or
Participant who is re-employed in accordance with the re-employment provisions
of the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act (USERRA)
following a period of qualifying military service (as determined under USERRA):
(a) Each period of qualifying military service served by an Employee or
Participant shall, upon such re-employment with an Employer, be deemed to
constitute service with the Employer for all purposes of the Plan.
(b) If the Employer made any Employer Contributions to the Plan during
the period of qualifying military service, the Employer shall make an Employer
Contribution on behalf of the Participant upon the Participant's re-employment
following his period of qualifying military service, in the amount that would
have been made on behalf of such Participant had the Participant been employed
during the period of qualifying military service.
(c) The Plan shall not (i) credit earnings to a Participant's Accounts
with respect to any Contribution before such contribution is actually made, or
(ii) make up any allocation of forfeitures, with respect to the period of
qualifying military service.
(d) For all purposes under the Plan, including an Employer's liability
for making contributions on behalf of a re-employed Participant as described
above, the Participant shall be treated as having received Annual Compensation
from the Employer based on the rate of Annual Compensation the Participant
would have received during the period of qualifying military service, or if
that rate is not reasonably certain, on the basis of the Participant's average
rate of Annual Compensation during the 12-month period immediately preceding
such period.
ARTICLE IV
ALLOCATIONS
4.01 Participant Accounts. The Plan Administrator shall direct the
Trustee to maintain such separate Accounts for each Participant as the Plan
Administrator shall from time to time determine. The amount of the Employer's
contribution to the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof and allocated
pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof, together with such Participant's share of all
income, gains and accumulations therefrom, shall be credited and losses debited
to each Participant's Account.
4.02 Allocation of Employer Contributions. Effective as of the last
day of each Plan Year, any amount contributed by the Employer pursuant to
Section 3.01 hereof shall be allocated and credited to the Account of each
eligible Participant as provided in Section 3.01 hereof. An allocation will be
made only if the Participant was employed by the Employer on the last day of
such Plan Year and was credited with at least 1,000 Hours of Service during
such Plan Year, except that any Participant who became totally and permanently
disabled, died or retired during such Plan Year will receive an allocation.
4.03 Allocation of Investment Gain or Loss. Any net gain or net loss
resulting from the operation of the Trust for such year shall be allocated by
the Trustee to Participant Accounts in proportion to the value of the
respective interests in the Trust immediately preceding such revaluation.
4.04 Allocation of Cash Dividends. Cash dividends on Company Stock
allocated to a Participant's Account shall be credited to the Participant's
Account.
4.05 Annual Report to Participants. The Plan Administrator shall
notify each Participant in writing of the financial status of his or her
Account as of the last day of each Plan Year.
ARTICLE V
BENEFITS TO PARTICIPANTS
5.01 Upon Retirement or Disability. When a Participant retires on or
after the Participant's Normal Retirement Date, or becomes totally and
permanently disabled, the entire interest in the Participant's Account,
including the amount of any contributions for the Plan Year in which the
Participant's retirement or Disability occurs, shall become nonforfeitable.
The Plan Administrator, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.01 of
the Plan, shall then direct the Trustee to distribute to such Participant the
entire interest in his or her Account. A Participant's Account shall be
nonforfeitable upon the attainment of Normal Retirement Age.
A Participant who remains in the employment of the Employer after the
Participant's Normal Retirement Date shall continue to participate in the Plan.
No distribution shall be made to the Participant until his or her actual
retirement, subject to the mandatory commencement of benefit provisions of
Section 6.05 hereof.
5.02 Upon Death. Upon the death of a Participant, the entire interest
in the Participant's Accounts, including the amount of any contributions for
the Plan Year in which the Participant's death occurs, shall become
nonforfeitable. The Plan Administrator, in accordance with the provisions of
Article VI of the Plan, shall then direct the Trustee to distribute the entire
interest in the Participant's Accounts to such Participant's designated
beneficiary or beneficiaries. The Plan Administrator may require proper proof
of death and evidence of the right of any person to receive payment of the
entire interest in the Accounts of the deceased Participant as the Plan
Administrator deems desirable and the Plan Administrator's determination shall
be conclusive. The Trustee shall make such distribution as soon as
administratively feasible following the Participant's death and in accordance
with the rules and procedures established by the Plan Administrator.
If the Participant was married at the time of his or her death, the
Trustee shall make all payments to the Participant's spouse in the form of a
Qualified Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity pursuant to Section 6.02, unless the
Participant has made a Qualified Election. Each Participant, by written
instrument delivered to the Plan Administrator, shall have the unqualified
right to designate, and from time to time change, the beneficiary or
beneficiaries to receive the entire interest in his or her Account in the event
of death, subject to the Qualified Election requirements in Section 6.04(e).
In the event the Participant fails to designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries,
the entire interest in the Participant's Account shall be distributed first to
the Participant's spouse if then living, or second to the Participant's estate.
5.03 Nonforfeitable Interest Upon Termination of Employment. Upon
termination of a Participant's employment for any reason other than retirement,
Disability or death, the Trustee shall, in accordance with the provisions of
Section 6.01 of the Plan and at the instruction of the Plan Administrator,
distribute to the Participant the entire interest then constituting his or her
Account based on the Participant's Years of Service determined in accordance
with the applicable schedule below:
Years of Service Nonforfeitable Interest
Less than 2 0%
2 but less than 3 40%
3 but less than 4 60%
4 but less than 5 80%
5 or more 100%
(a) Any Participant who, prior to January 1, 1999, was a Participant in
the Mid Am Plan, and who has completed at least three Years of Service as of
January 1, 1999, may elect in writing to have his or her nonforfeitable
interest computed under the Plan's five year cliff vesting schedule in effect
prior to January 1, 1999, by the later of: (1) the Participant's termination of
employment, or (2) the date that is 60 days after the day the Plan
Administrator gives written notice of the Plan amendment to the Participant.
(b) In the event the nonforfeitable interest schedule is amended, or
the nonforfeitable interest schedule of an existing plan is amended by the
Plan, then any Participant who has completed at least three Years of Service on
the later of the date the amendment is adopted, or the date the amendment is
effective may elect in writing to have his or her nonforfeitable interest
computed under the prior applicable nonforfeitable interest schedule, beginning
on the date the Plan amendment is adopted and ending on the later of: (1) the
Participant's termination of employment, (2) the date that is 60 days after the
day the Plan amendment is adopted, (3) the date that is 60 days after the day
the Plan amendment becomes effective, or (4) the date that is 60 days after the
day the Plan Administrator gives written notice of the Plan amendment to the
Participant.
5.04 October 2, 1998 Change in Control. Each Participant in the Mid Am
Plan on October 2, 1998, the effective date of the merger of Mid Am into
Citizens, acquired a 100% nonforfeitable interest in his or her Account under
the Mid Am Plan as of that date. The Employer contributions made under the Mid
Am Plan, and under this Plan, on and after October 2, 1998, shall be subject to
the vesting schedule contained in this Article, based on all of the
Participant's Years of Service before and after that date.
5.05 Forfeiture Upon Termination of Employment. If a Participant
terminates employment, and the value of the Participant's vested Account is not
(or at the time of any prior, periodic distribution was not) greater than
$5,000, the Participant will receive a distribution of the value of the entire
vested portion of his or her Accounts and the unvested portion will be treated
as a forfeiture.
(a) If a Participant terminates service and elects to receive the
vested portion of his Accounts pursuant to Article VI of the Plan, the
non-vested portion will be treated as a forfeiture.
(b) If distribution is made to a Participant on account of termination
of employment, which is less than the value of the Participant's Account, prior
to the date on which the Participant has a Break in Service for five
consecutive Plan Years and the Participant returns to employment covered by the
Plan, the Participant's Account shall subsequently be determined without regard
to the portion thereof derived from predistribution employment, provided the
Participant (1) received distribution of the entire present value of the
nonforfeitable portion of his or her Account at the time of distribution, (2)
the amount of the distribution did not exceed the dollar limit under Code
Section 411(a)(11)(A), or the Participant (with spousal consent, if applicable)
voluntarily elected to receive the distribution, and (3) the Participant upon
return to employment covered by the Plan does not repay the full amount of the
distribution before the earlier of suffering five consecutive one year Breaks
in Service, or at the close of the first period of five consecutive one year
Breaks in Service commencing after the distribution. If the Participant makes
a timely repayment, the Participant's Account shall equal the sum of the
repayment and the forfeitable portion of the Participant's Account on the date
of distribution, unadjusted by gains or losses subsequent to the
distribution. Restoration of forfeitures under this paragraph shall be made,
to the extent necessary, first from forfeitures in the Plan Year of repayment
and second from Employer contributions.
(c) If a Participant does not receive a distribution pursuant to
Article VI, the non-vested portion of the Participant's Account will be treated
as a forfeiture on the last day of the Plan Year in which the Participant
terminated employment.
(d) Except as provided in paragraph (b) above, forfeitures will be used
to reduce the contribution due from the Employer for the Plan Year in which the
forfeiture occurs, or the immediately following the Plan Year.
(e) For purposes of this Section 5.05, if a Participant does not have
any nonforfeitable interest in his Accounts, he will be deemed to have received
a distribution of the entire vested portion of his Accounts in accordance with
the provisions of subparagraph (a) above without having submitted any
application for benefits to the Plan Administrator. If such Participant
returns to active service with an Employer prior to incurring five consecutive
Breaks in Service, the Participant will be deemed to have paid back the
distribution and his Accounts will be restored as provided in subparagraph (b)
above.
ARTICLE VI
DISTRIBUTIONS
6.01 Commencement of Benefits. The Plan shall distribute a
Participant's Account as soon as administratively feasible after the
Participant's termination of employment, except as provided below. If the
nonforfeitable portion of the Participant's Account exceeds (or at the time
of any prior, periodic distribution ever exceeded) $5,000, (i) the Plan shall
not distribute the Participant's Account before the Participant attains Normal
Retirement Date unless the Participant consents to such distribution in
writing, and (ii) if the Participant is married on the date the Plan is to
distribute his or her Account, the Plan will not distribute the Participant's
Account without the consent of the Participant and the Participant's spouse
pursuant to a Qualified Election under Section 6.04(e). The Plan Administrator
shall notify the Participant of the right to defer the distribution of his or
her Account, subject to the limitations of Section 6.05 below. The notice of
the right to defer distributions shall also give a general description of the
material features, and an explanation of the relative values, of the normal and
optional forms of benefit available under the Plan in a manner that would
satisfy the notice requirements of Code Section 417(a)(3). The Plan
Administrator must give such notice no less than 30 days and no more than 90
days prior to the Annuity Starting Date, unless the Participant waives the
notice requirement as provided in Code Section 417(a)(7)(B) or the requirements
of Code Section 417(a)(7)(A) are met.
If the Participant does not consent to distribution, the Participant's
Account shall be retained in the Trust Fund until such later date as the
Participant requests distribution. If the Participant does not request
distribution prior to the Participant's Normal Retirement Date or death, the
Plan shall distribute the Participant's Account as soon as administratively
feasible after the Valuation Date next following the first to occur of the
Participant's Normal Retirement Date or death (provided the Plan Administrator
receives notice of the Participant's death).
6.02 Payment of Benefits. The normal form of benefit under the Plan is
the "Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity," unless the Participant and his or
her spouse execute a "Qualified Election" selecting an optional form of benefit
within the 90-day period ending on the date the Plan is to commence benefit
payments.
If the Participant is married and dies prior to the commencement of his
or her benefits, the Participant's Account shall be used to provide a
"Qualified Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity" for the Participant's spouse unless
the Participant and his or her spouse execute a "Qualified Election"
selecting another form of distribution, within the "Election Period."
6.03 Optional Forms of Benefit. A Participant may elect to waive the
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity and have his or her Account distributed in
one of the following optional forms of distribution:
(a) a lump sum payment;
(b) a straight life annuity for the Participant's life; or
(c) substantially equal monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual
installments over any period of time not exceeding the Participant's then life
expectancy or the joint and last survivor expectancy of the Participant and a
designated beneficiary. If there is any remaining balance in the Participant's
Account upon his or her death, such balance shall be payable as a death benefit
in accordance with Section 6.06 below.
If the Participant's entire Account is to be distributed in other than a
lump sum, then the amount to be distributed each year must be at least an
amount equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant's entire
interest by the life expectancy of the Participant or joint and last survivor
expectancy of the Participant and designated beneficiary. Life expectancy and
joint and last survivor life expectancy are computed by the use of the return
multiples contained in Section 1.72-9 of the Income Tax Regulations. For
purposes of this computation, a Participant's life expectancy may be
recalculated no more frequently than annually, however, the life expectancy of
a non-spouse beneficiary may not be recalculated. If the Participant's spouse
is not the designated beneficiary, the method of distribution selected must
assure that more than 50% of the present value of the amount available for
distribution is paid within the life expectancy of the Participant. All
distributions must be the minimum distribution incidental benefit requirements
in Section 1.401(a)(9)-2 of the proposed regulations.
6.04 Definitions. The following definitions shall apply to this
Article VI:
(a) Annuity Starting Date. "Annuity Starting Date" mean the first day
of the first period for which an amount is paid as an annuity, regardless of
when or whether payment is actually made. In the case of benefits not payable
as an annuity, the Annuity Starting Date is the date on which all events have
occurred that entitle the Participant to a benefit.
(b) Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity. "Qualified Joint and
Survivor Annuity" means an annuity for the life of the Participant with a
survivor annuity for the life of the spouse that is not less than 50% and not
more than 100% of the amount of the annuity that is payable during the joint
lives of the Participant and the spouse, which is the actuarial equivalent of
the normal form of benefit, or if greater, any optional form of benefit. A
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity for a Participant who is not married shall
be an annuity for the life of such Participant.
(c) Qualified Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity. "Qualified Pre-
Retirement Survivor Annuity" means an annuity for the life of the Participant's
surviving spouse, if any, applying the Participant's vested Account to purchase
such life annuity. The spouse of the deceased Participant may elect to receive
the full value of such Participant's Account in a lump sum in lieu of the
Qualified Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity.
The surviving spouse shall begin to receive payments immediately, unless
such surviving spouse elects a later date, except that the surviving spouse
shall receive an immediate distribution if the value of the Participant's
vested Accounts is not (or at the time of any prior, periodic distribution was
not) greater than $5,000.
(d) Applicable Period. The "Applicable Period" for the explanation of
the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity shall be no less than 30 days (or no
less than 7 days if the Participant waives the 30-day period pursuant to Code
Section 417(a)(7)(B)) and no more than 90 days prior to the Participant's
Annuity Starting Date, or soon after the Participant's Annuity Starting Date if
the requirements of Code Section 417(a)(7)(A) are met. The "Applicable Period"
for the Qualified Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity" means, with respect to a
particular Participant, the latest of the following:
(1) The period that begins with the first day of the Plan Year in
which the Participant attains age 32 and ending with the close of the Plan Year
preceding the Plan year in which the Plan Year in which the Participant attains
age 35;
(2) a reasonable period after the Employee becomes a Participant;
(3) a reasonable period after this Section no longer applies to
the Participant; or
(4) a reasonable period after the Participant's separation from
service in the case of a Participant who separates from service before
attaining age 35.
Within the Applicable Period, the Plan Administrator shall give the
Participant written notification of the availability of the Qualified Election
with respect to the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity. The notification
shall explain the terms and conditions of the Qualified Joint and Survivor
Annuity, the rights of the spouse, the effect of electing not to take such
annuity, and the right to revoke a previous election to waive such annuity.
The Participant (and the Participant's spouse) must complete the election on or
before the Annuity Starting Date, or after the Annuity Starting Date if the
requirements of Code Section 417(a)(7)(A) are met. The Participant may revoke
an election not to take the Joint and Survivor Annuity or choose again to take
such annuity at any time and any number of times within the applicable election
period. If a Participant requests additional information within 60 days after
receipt of the notification of election, the minimum election period shall be
extended an additional 60 days following the Participant's receipt of such
additional information.
Within the Applicable Period, the Plan Administrator shall give each
Participant a written explanation of the Qualified Pre-Retirement Survivor
Annuity which shall contain the following: (i) the terms and conditions of a
Qualified Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity; (ii) the Participant's right to make
and the effect of an election to waive this form of benefit; (iii) the rights
of the Participant's spouse; and (iv) the right to make, and the effect of, a
revocation of a previous election to waive the Qualified Pre-Retirement
Survivor Annuity. In the case of a Participant who enters the Plan after the
first day of the Plan Year in which the Participant attained age 32, the Plan
Administrator shall provide the required notice no later than the close of the
second Plan Year succeeding the entry of the Participant in the Plan.
(e) Qualified Election. "Qualified Election" means an election by a
Participant to (i) waive the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity or Qualified
Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity, pursuant to Section 6.02, with his or her
spouse' consent, and elect an optional form of distribution, or (ii) begin
distributions prior to the Participant's Normal Retirement Date, pursuant
to Section 6.01, which satisfies the following consent requirements:
(1) The spouse's consent shall be witnessed by a Plan
representative or notary public.
(2) The spouse's consent must acknowledge the effect of the
election, including that the spouse had the right to limit consent only to a
specific beneficiary or a specific form of benefit, if applicable, and that the
relinquishment of one or both such rights was voluntary. Unless the consent of
the spouse expressly permits designations by the Participant without a
requirement of further consent by the spouse, the spouse's consent must be
limited to the form of benefit, if applicable, and the beneficiary, class of
beneficiaries, or contingent beneficiary named in the election.
(3) Spousal consent is not required if the Participant
establishes to the satisfaction of the plan representative that the consent of
the spouse cannot be obtained because there is no spouse or the spouse cannot
be located.
(4) A spouse's consent under this Section shall not be valid with
respect to any other spouse.
(5) A Participant may revoke a prior election without the consent
of the spouse. Any new election will require a new spousal consent, unless the
consent of the spouse expressly permits such election by the Participant
without further consent by the spouse.
(6) A spouse's consent may be revoked at any time within the
Participant's election period.
6.05 Mandatory Commencement of Benefits. In no event other than the
written direction of the Participant will distributions under the Plan commence
later than the 60th day after the end of the Plan Year in which the later of
the following events occurs:
(a) The Participant attains Normal Retirement Age;
(b) The tenth anniversary of the year in which the Participant
commences participation in the Plan; or
(c) The Participant terminates his employment with the Employer.
A Participant may elect to defer the commencement of distributions under
the Plan to a date later than set forth above, provided, however, that the
Participant must make any such election by submitting to the Plan Administrator
a signed written statement describing the method and medium of distribution and
the date on which such distribution shall commence.
Anything above to the contrary notwithstanding, distributions of a
Participant's benefits must commence by April 1 of the calendar year following
the later of (i) the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 70 1/2
or (ii) the calendar year in which the Participant retires, in accordance with
the minimum distribution requirements of Code Section 401(a)(9). Notwith-
standing the foregoing sentence, for any Participant who is a 5-percent owner
of an Employer, the distributions of benefits must commence by April 1 of the
calendar year following the calendar year in which the Participant attains age
70 1/2. A Participant who attained age 70 1/2 during the 1998 calendar year and
who is not a 5-percent owner may elect to postpone receiving such distributions
until April 1 of the calendar year following the year in which the Participant
retires, as long as he or she so elects in the manner prescribed by the Plan
Administrator before April 1, 1999. For purposes of this minimum distribution,
the Participant may elect prior to the date of the first required distribution
to have his life expectancy and his spouse's life expectancy recalculated
annually. Such election shall be irrevocable once made, and shall apply for
all subsequent Plan Years. The Participant and his spouse shall have the right
to separately elect as to whether each wants his life expectancy recalculated,
and the election of one shall not affect the election of the other. In the
event that either the Participant or his spouse fails to make an election,
his life expectancy shall be recalculated annually.
6.06 Distributions After Death of a Participant. Subject to the
provisions of Section 6.02 above, if a Participant dies before the Plan has
distributed any portion of his or her Account, the Plan shall distribute the
Participant's Account in one of the following methods:
(a) The Plan shall distribute the Participant's Account no later than
December 31 of the calendar year that contains the fifth anniversary of the
date of the Participant's death, regardless of who is to receive the
distribution; or
(b) If the distribution is to be made to a designated beneficiary, the
distribution of a Participant's interest shall commence not later than December
31 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the
Participant died, and payments shall occur over a period not extending beyond
the life expectancy of such designated beneficiary. If distribution is to be
made to the Participant's surviving spouse, distribution must commence on or
before the later of: (1) December 31 of the calendar year immediately following
the calendar year in which the Participant died, or (2) December 31 of the
calendar year in which the Participant would have attained age 70 1/2. Such
distribution shall occur over a period not extending beyond the life
expectancy of such designated beneficiary.
A Participant or the Participant's spouse or designated beneficiary,
subject to a Qualified Election, may elect the method of distribution described
in subparagraph (b) above. Such election must be made no later than the
earlier of: (1) the date that distribution would have to occur according to
the provisions of subparagraph (a) above, or (2) the date that distribution
would have to occur according to the provisions of subparagraph (b) above. As
of such date, the election is irrevocable and shall apply for all subsequent
years and any subsequent beneficiaries. If no such election is made,
distribution shall be made in accordance with subparagraph (a) or (b) above.
If the Participant's surviving spouse dies before the Plan begins
distributions to such spouse, the payment of the Participant's interest shall
be made as if the surviving spouse were the Participant.
6.07 Special ESOP Distribution Requirements. This Section 6.07 shall
apply to distributions of a Participant's Account, and shall not act to
eliminate any form or time of distribution otherwise available under the Plan.
(a) Time of Distribution. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Plan, other than such provisions as require the consent of the Participant and
the Participant's spouse to an immediate distribution of the Participant's
vested Account if the value of such Account at the time of the Participant's
termination of service (or at the time of any prior, periodic distribution)
exceeded $5,000, a Participant may elect to have the portion of his Account
attributable to Qualifying Employer Securities acquired by the Plan after
December 31, 1986 distributed as follows:
(1) If the Participant separates from service by reason of the
attainment of Normal Retirement Age, death or Disability, the distribution of
such portion of the Participant's Account will begin not later than one year
after the close of the Plan Year in which such event occurs unless the
Participant otherwise elects pursuant to Section 6.01 hereof.
(2) If the Participant separates from service for any reason
other than those enumerated in paragraph (1) above, and is not re-employed by
the Employer at the end of the fifth Plan Year following the Plan Year of such
separation from service, distribution of such portion of the Account will begin
not later than one year after the close of the fifth Plan Year following the
Plan year in which the Participant separated from service unless the
Participant otherwise elects pursuant to Section 6.01 hereof.
(3) If the Participant separates from service for a reason other
than those described in paragraph (1) above, and is employed by the Employer as
of the last day of the fifth Plan Year following the Plan year of such
separation from service, distribution to the Participant, prior to any
subsequent separation from service, shall be in accordance with Section 6.01
hereof.
For purposes of this Section 6.07, Qualifying Employer Securities shall
not include any Employer securities acquired with the proceeds of a loan
described in Article XIII hereof until the close of the Plan Year in which such
loan is repaid in full.
(b) Form of Distribution. Distribution may be made either in whole
shares of Company Stock or in cash as the Plan Administrator shall decide,
provided that any distribution in cash shall only be made after a Participant
has been offered the right to receive such distribution in shares of Company
Stock. In the event the distribution is to be made in Company Stock, any
balance in a Participant's Account will be applied to acquire for distribution
the maximum number of whole shares of Company Stock at the applicable value.
Any fractional share value unexpended balance will be distributed in cash. If
the Company Stock is not available for purchase by the Trustee, then the
Trustee shall hold such balance until Company Stock is acquired and then make
such distribution. The Trustee will make distribution from the Trust only on
instructions from the Plan Administrator.
(c) Period for Payment. Distributions required under this Section 6.07
shall be made in substantially equal annual payments over a period of five
years unless the Participant otherwise elects under the provisions of Section
6.01 hereof. In no event shall such distribution period exceed the period
permitted in Code Section 401(a)(9).
6.08 Right to Have Accounts Transferred. Notwithstanding any provision
of the Plan to the contrary that would otherwise limit an "eligible
distributee" election under this Article VI, an eligible distributee may elect,
at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Plan Administrator, to have any
portion of an "eligible rollover distribution" paid directly to an "eligible
retirement plan" specified by the eligible distributee in a "direct rollover."
(a) "Eligible rollover distribution" means any distribution of $200 or
more of all or any portion of the balance to the credit of the eligible
distributee, except that an eligible rollover distribution shall not include:
any distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal periodic
payments (not less frequently than annually) made for the life (or life
expectancy) of the distributee or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies)
of the eligible distributee and the eligible distributee's designated
beneficiary, or for a specified period of ten years or more; any distribution
to the extent such distribution is required under Code Section 401(a)(9); and
the portion of any distribution that is not includible in gross income
(determined without regard to the exclusion for net unrealized appreciation
with respect to employer securities).
(b) "Eligible retirement plan" means an individual retirement account
described in Code Section 408(a), an individual retirement annuity described in
Code Section 408(b), an annuity plan described in Code Section 403(a), or a
qualified trust described in Code Section 401 (a), that accepts the eligible
distributee's rollover distribution. However, in the case of an eligible
rollover distribution to the surviving spouse, an eligible retirement plan
shall only be an individual retirement account or individual retirement
annuity.
(c) An "eligible distributee" means Employee or former Employee. In
addition, the Employee's or former Employee's surviving spouse and the
Employee's or former Employee's spouse who is the alternate payee under a
qualified domestic relations order, as defined in Section 414(p), are eligible
distributees with regard to the interest of the spouse or former spouse.
(d) A "direct rollover" means a payment by the plan to the eligible
retirement plan specified by the eligible distributee.
If a distribution is one to which Code Sections 401(a)(11) and 417 do not
apply, such distribution may commence less than 30 days after the notice
required under Section 1.411(a)-11(c) of the Income Tax Regulations is given,
provided that: (i) the Plan Administrator clearly informs the Participant that
the Participant has a right to a period of at least 30 days after receiving
the notice to consider the decision of whether or not to elect a distribution
(and, if applicable, a particular distribution option); and (ii) the
Participant, after receiving the notice, affirmatively elects a distribution.
ARTICLE VII
LIMITATION ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS
7.01 Definitions. The following definitions shall apply for purposes
of this Section 7.01:
(a) Annual Addition. "Annual Addition" means for each Plan Year the
sum of the following amounts credited to a Participant's Account for the
Limitation Year under all Defined Contribution Plans maintained by the
Employer:
(1) Employer contributions,
(2) Forfeitures, and
(3) Any amounts allocated to an individual medical account (as
defined in Code Section 415(l)(2) that is part of any pension or annuity plan
maintained by the Employer are treated as Annual Additions to a Defined
Contribution Plan. Amounts derived from contributions paid or accrued after
December 31, 1985 in taxable years ending after such date that are attributable
to post retirement medical benefits allocated to the separate account of a key
employee under a welfare benefit fund (as defined in Code Section 419(e))
maintained by the Employer are treated as Annual Additions to a Defined
Contribution Plan. These amounts are treated as Annual Additions but are not
subject to the 25% of Annual Compensation limit.
(b) Defined Contribution Plan. "Defined Contribution Plan" means a
pension plan or profit sharing plan that provides for an individual account for
each Participant and for benefits based solely upon the amount contributed to
the Participant's Account and any income, expenses, gains, losses and any
forfeitures of Accounts of other Participants that may be allocated to such
Participant's Account.
(c) Limitation Year. "Limitation Year" means the Plan Year.
7.02 Limitation on Annual Additions. Any other provision of this Plan
to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum Annual Addition to the Accounts of
any Participant under the Plan and any other Defined Contribution Plan
maintained by an Employer may not exceed the lesser of:
(a) Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000) or, if greater, twenty-five
percent (25%) of the defined benefit dollar limitation set forth in Code
Section 415(b)(1) in effect for the Limitation Year, or
(b) Twenty-five percent (25%) of the Participant's Annual Compensation
for the Limitation Year.
If, as the result of a reasonable error in estimating a Participant's
Annual Compensation, the allocation of forfeitures, or under other limited
facts and circumstances as may be provided under the Regulations to Code
Section 415, the Annual Addition exceeds the maximum under this and any other
Defined Contribution Plan maintained by the Employer, the Sky Financial Group,
Inc. Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan shall distribute an amount necessary to
eliminate the excess Annual Addition, or as much of the excess as possible, as
permitted by Code Section 415 or the regulations thereunder.
7.03 Limitation of Benefits Under All Plans. Where an Employee is a
Participant under the Plan and a defined benefit plan maintained by the
Employer, the sum of the defined contribution fraction and the defined benefit
fraction for any Limitation Year may not exceed 1.0 as computed under the terms
and conditions as set forth under Code Section 415(e). For purposes of
computing the defined contribution fraction for any Limitation Year, the
numerator shall be the sum of the Annual Addition to the Participant's Account
during such Limitation Year and for all prior Limitation years, and the
denominator shall be the lesser of:
(a) the product of 1.25 multiplied by the maximum permissible dollar
amount under Code Section 415(c)(1)(A) for such year and for all prior years
or,
(b) the product of 1.4 multiplied by the maximum permissible percentage
of Annual Compensation contributed under Code Section 415(c)(1)(B) for such
year and for all prior years.
For purposes of computing the defined benefit plan fraction for any
Limitation year, the numerator shall be the Participant's projected annual
benefit under the defined benefit plan as of the end of the Limitation year and
the denominator shall be the lesser of:
(c) the product of 1.25 multiplied by the maximum permissible dollar
amount of benefit in effect under Code Section 415(b)(1)(A) for such year; or
(d) the product of 1.4 multiplied by the maximum permissible percentage
of Annual Compensation limitation of the amount of benefit in effect under Code
Section 415(b)(1)(B) for such year.
If the Defined Contribution Plans and the defined benefit plans in which
an Employee is a Participant satisfy the requirements of Code Section 415 in
effect for all Limitation Years beginning prior to January 1, 1987, where
necessary, an amount shall be subtracted from the numerator of the defined
contribution fraction (not to exceed such numerator) as prescribed by the
Secretary of the Treasury so that the sum of the defined benefit plan fraction
and the defined contribution fraction computed under Code Section 415(e)(1)
does not exceed 1.0 for such Limitation Year.
ARTICLE VIII
TRUST FUND
8.01 Cash Dividend Option. A Participant shall have the option to
elect to receive dividends on Company Stock in cash or in Company Stock. This
election shall apply to all Participants who have a 100% nonforfeitable
interest in their Account pursuant to Section 5.03.
Participants may elect to receive quarterly dividends in cash as of the
end of June and the end of December. Each June election shall apply to the
next following September 30 and December 31 quarterly dividends. Each December
election shall apply to the next following March 31 and June 30 quarterly
dividends. Participant elections shall be made in writing in accordance with
procedures and forms provided by the Plan Administrator. Employer dividends
not elected in cash shall be reinvested in additional shares of Company Stock.
8.02 Participants' Right to Vote Company Stock. Each Participant shall
be entitled to direct the exercise of voting rights with respect to the whole
shares of Company Stock allocated to said Participant's Account. The Company
shall provide to each Participant materials pertaining to the exercise of such
rights containing all the information distributed to shareholders as part of
its distribution of such information to shareholders. A Participant shall have
the opportunity to exercise any such rights within the same time period as
shareholders of the Company. In the exercise of voting rights, votes
representing fractional shares of Company Stock and shares of Company Stock
held in unallocated inventory shall be voted in the same ratio for the election
of directors and for and against each issue as the applicable vote directed by
Participants with respect to whole shares of Company Stock.
8.03 Diversification of Employer Securities Investments. This Section
applies only to the Qualified Employer Securities portion of a Participant's
Account.
(a) Definitions.
(1) "Qualified Participant" means a Participant who has attained
age 55 and who has completed at least ten years of participation in this Plan
(or any prior plan of the Employer that was merged into or amended and restated
in the form of this Plan).
(2) "Qualified Election Period" means the Plan Year in which a
Participant becomes a Qualified Participant and the five succeeding Plan Years
thereafter.
(b) Election by Qualified Participants. Each Qualified Participant
shall be permitted to direct the Plan, within 90 days following the end of a
Plan Year in the Qualified Election Period, as to the investment of 25% of the
value of that portion of the Participant's Account invested in Qualifying
Employer Securities. A Qualified Participant in the final year of his or her
Qualified Election Period may direct the Plan as to the investment of 50% of
the value of that portion of his Account. Amounts for which diversification
elections pursuant to this Section 8.03 are made will reduce the amount to
which any future election under this Section in a later Plan Year may be
applied.
(c) Method of Directing Investment. The Participant's direction shall
be provided to the Plan Administrator in writing; shall be effective no later
than 180 days after the close of the Plan Year to which the direction applies;
and shall specify which, if any, of the options set forth in Section (d) below
the Participant selects.
(d) Investment Options. The Plan shall give each Qualified Participant
an opportunity to elect between the following:
(1) To have the Plan distribute (notwithstanding Code Section
409(d)) the portion of the Participant's Account that is covered by the
election within 90 days after the last day of the period during which the
election can be made. This paragraph (d)(1) shall apply notwithstanding any
other provision of the Plan other than such provision as require the consent of
the Participant to a distribution with a present value in excess of $5,000. If
the Participant does not consent, such amount shall be retained in this Plan.
(2) In lieu of distribution under Section 8.03(d)(1) hereof, the
Qualified Participant who has the right to receive a cash distribution under
Section 8.03(d)(1) hereof may direct the Plan to transfer the portion of the
Participant's Account that is covered by the election to another qualified plan
of the Employer which accepts such transfers, provided that such Plan permits
Employee-directed investment and does not invest in Qualifying Employer
Securities to a substantial degree. Such transfer shall be made no later than
90 days after the 1st day of the period during which the election can be made.
(3) In lieu of alternatives (1) and (2) of this Section 8.03(d),
the Participant shall be provided an opportunity to select among at least three
investment options to include, but not limited to, a stock fund, a bond fund
and a money market or cash equivalent fund. The Participant's election shall
be made in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Committee
with amounts invested in one or more funds in increments of at least 10%.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION
9.01 Amendment. The Company reserves the right, at any time and from
time to time, to amend in whole or in part either retroactively or
prospectively any or all of the provisions of the Plan without the consent of
any Employer or Participant. Such amendment shall be stated in a written
instrument adopted or executed by the Company. Upon the Company's adoption or
execution of any amendment, the Plan shall be deemed to have been amended and
the Company, the Employers and all Plan Participants and their beneficiaries
shall be bound thereby; provided, however, that no amendment shall:
(a) authorize, cause or permit any part of the Trust Fund (other than
such part as is required to pay taxes and administrative expenses) to be used
or diverted to purposes other than the benefit of the Participants, former
Participants or their beneficiaries or estates (except as described in Section
12.03);
(b) affect the rights, duties or responsibilities of the Trustee
without its consent; or
(c) have any retroactive effect so as to deprive any Participant of his
or her nonforfeitable interest already accrued, or eliminate an optional form
of benefit, except only that any amendment may be made retroactive which is
necessary to conform the Plan to mandatory provisions of Federal or State law,
regulations or rulings.
9.02 Plan Termination or Discontinuance of Contributions. The Company
shall have the right, at any time, to terminate the Plan. Upon such
termination, or any partial termination, the entire interest of each affected
Participant's Account shall become nonforfeitable. Upon the discontinuance of
Employer contributions or suspension thereof on other than a temporary basis,
the entire interest of each affected Participant's Account shall become
nonforfeitable. Any unallocated funds existing at the time of such termination
or discontinuance shall be allocated to the then affected Participants in the
same manner as Employer contributions under Section 4.02.
9.03 Merger, Consolidation or Transfer of Assets. The Company may
merge or consolidate the Plan with, or transfer the Plan's assets or
liabilities to, any other plan, provided each Participant would receive a
benefit immediately after such merger, consolidation or transfer, if the
successor plan then terminated, that is equal to or greater than the benefit
the Participant would have received immediately prior to such merger,
consolidation or transfer if the Plan were to have terminated on such date.
ARTICLE X
ADMINISTRATION
10.01 Plan Administrator's Powers and Duties. The Plan Administrator
shall administer the Plan in accordance with its terms, and shall have all
powers necessary to administer the Plan in accordance with the provisions set
forth in the Plan. The Plan Administrator shall interpret the Plan and shall
determine all questions arising in the administration, interpretation and
application of the Plan. Any such determination by the Plan Administrator
shall be conclusive and binding on all persons, subject to the claims procedure
as set forth in Section 10.05 of the Plan.
The Plan Administrator may adopt such by-laws and regulations as it deems
desirable for the conduct of its affairs, and may appoint such accountant,
counsel, specialists, and other persons as it deems necessary or desirable in
connection with the administration of the Plan. The Plan Administrator shall
be entitled to rely conclusively upon, and shall be fully protected in any
action taken by it in good faith in relying upon, any opinions or reports that
shall be furnished to it by any such accountant, counsel or other specialists.
10.02 Records and Reports. The Plan Administrator shall keep a record
of all its proceedings and acts, and shall keep all such books of accounts,
records and other data as may be necessary for the proper administration of the
Plan. The Plan Administrator shall notify the Company and the Trustee of any
action taken by it and, when required, shall notify any other interested person
or persons.
10.03 Committee. The Company may appoint a Committee as the Plan
Administrator under the Plan. The Committee members may be officers, board
members or employees of the Employers. No member shall be disqualified from
exercising the powers and discretion herein conferred by reason of the fact
that such member is or may thereafter be a Participant or entitled to
benefits hereunder. The Company may add or remove members of the Committee at
any time, in its sole discretion, by written notice to the Committee and any
affected member. Any Committee member may resign by delivering his or her
written resignation to the Company and the Committee.
(a) Organization and Operation of Committee. If the Company has
appointed a Committee as the Plan Administrator, the Committee shall act by a
majority of its members at that time in office and such action may be taken
either by a vote at a meeting or taken in writing by unanimous consent without
a meeting.
The Committee may authorize any one or more of its members to execute any
document or documents on behalf of the Committee, in which event the Committee
shall notify the Trustee in writing of such action and the name or names of its
member or members so designated. The Trustee thereafter may accept and rely
upon any document executed by such member or members as representing action by
the Committee until the Committee shall file with the Trustee a written
revocation of such designation.
The Committee may appoint a subcommittee to approve distributions from
the Plan. Such subcommittee will consist of not less than two members of the
Committee, and will have authority to approve distributions on behalf of the
Committee.
(b) Limitation on Liability. The Company intends to allocate to the
Committee only those responsibilities included in this Section. The Employers
shall indemnify each Committee member against personal loss by reason of
service as a Committee member.
10.04 Payment of Expenses. Reasonable and necessary expenses of
administering the Plan may include expenses incurred to properly communicate
the Plan to Employees, and may be paid from the Trust Fund. The members of the
Committee shall serve without compensation for services as such, but the
Employers shall pay all expenses of the Committee. Such expenses shall
include any expenses incident to the functioning of the Committee, including
but not limited to, fees of accountants, legal counsel, investment counsel and
other specialists, and other costs of administering the Plan.
10.05 Claims Procedure. A claim for a Plan benefit shall be deemed
filed when the Plan Administrator receives a written communication made by a
Participant or beneficiary, or the authorized representative of either.
If the Plan Administrator wholly or partially denies a claim, the Plan
Administrator shall give written notice of such denial to the claimant within
90 days after the Plan Administrator receives the claim. Such notice shall set
forth, in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant: (1) the
specific reason or reasons for the denial; (2) specific reference to pertinent
Plan provisions on which the denial is based; (3) a description of any
additional material or information necessary to perfect the claim and an
explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and (4) an
explanation of the Plan's claim review procedure.
Within 90 days from the receipt of the notice of denial, a claimant may
appeal such denial to the Plan Administrator for a full and fair review. The
review shall be instituted by the filing of a written request for review by the
claimant or his or her authorized representative within the 90 day period
stated above. A request for review shall be deemed filed as of the date the
Plan Administrator receives such written request. The claimant or his or her
authorized representative shall have the right to review all pertinent
documents, may submit issues and comments in writing and may do such other
appropriate things as the Plan Administrator may allow. The Plan Administrator
shall make its decision not later than 60 days after it receives the request
for review; unless special circumstances, such as the need to hold a hearing,
require an extension of time, in which case, the Plan Administrator shall
render a decision not later than 120 days after it receives a request for
review, which decision shall be final and binding on such claimant.
ARTICLE XI
PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS
11.01 Commencement. Subject to the terms of the Plan, each Employer
that was an Employer under the Mid Am Plan, the Citizens Bancshares, Inc.
Amended and Restated Profit Sharing Plan, the Century National Bank and Trust
Company Amended and Restated Profit Sharing/401(k) Plan, or The Ohio Bank
Employees' Profit Sharing Plan as of December 31, 1998, shall be an Employer
under the Plan on January 1, 1999. On and after that date, any entity that is
a Related Entity with respect to the Company may, with the Company's
permission, elect to adopt this Plan and the accompanying Trust Agreement.
11.02 Termination. The Company may determine at any time that any
Employer shall withdraw and establish a separate plan and fund. The Company
shall effect the withdrawal by delivering a duly executed instrument to the
Trustee instructing it to segregate the assets of the Trust Fund allocable to
the Employees of such Employer and pay them over to the separate fund.
Any Employer under the Plan that ceases to be a Related Entity, shall
automatically be withdrawn from the Plan, effective on the date the Employer
ceases to be a Related Entity.
11.03 Single Plan. The Plan shall at all times be administered and
interpreted as a single plan for the benefit of the Employees of the Company
and all Employers.
11.04 Delegation of Authority. Each Employer, by adopting the Plan,
acknowledges that the Company has all the rights and duties thereof under the
Plan and the Trust Agreement, including the right to amend the same.
11.05 Disposition of Assets or Subsidiary. Distributions may be made in
connection with the Company's disposition of assets or a subsidiary to those
Employees who continue in employment with the purchaser of the assets or with
the subsidiary, provided that the purchaser or the subsidiary does not maintain
the Plan after the disposition.
ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS
12.01 Participant's Rights. Neither the establishment of the Plan, nor
any modification thereof, nor the creation of any fund or account, nor any
distributions hereunder, shall be construed as giving to any Participant or
other person any legal or equitable right against the Employer, or any officer
or Employee thereof, or the Trustee, or the Plan Administrator except as
herein provided. Under no circumstances shall the terms of employment of any
Participant be modified or in any way affected thereby.
12.02 Assignment or Alienation of Benefits. No benefit or interest
available hereunder will be subject to assignment or alienation, either
voluntarily or involuntarily. The preceding sentence shall also apply to the
creation, assignment, or recognition of a right to any benefit with respect to
a participant pursuant to a domestic relations order entered before January 1,
1985, or a domestic relations order that is not a Qualified Domestic Relations
Order. For purposes of this Section 12.02, "Qualified Domestic Relations
Order" means any domestic relations order that creates or recognizes the
existence of an alternate payee's right to, or assigns to an alternate payee
the right to, receive all or a portion of the benefits payable with respect to
a Participant, and that otherwise meets the requirements of Code Section
414(p).
As soon as practical after receipt of a domestic relations order, the
Plan Administrator shall determine whether it is a Qualified Domestic Relations
Order. If the domestic relations order is determined to be a Qualified
Domestic Relations Order, the Plan Administrator shall be permitted, in
accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the Internal Revenue
Service and the rules and regulations established by the Plan Administrator, to
direct the Trustee to make an immediate distribution to the alternate payee (i)
if the amount is less than $5,000, (ii) as provided in any such Order, or (iii)
as elected by the alternate payee. Such distribution shall be permitted
regardless of the age or employment of the Participant and regardless of
whether not the Participant is otherwise entitled to a distribution, but only
from the Participant's vested Accounts.
12.03 Reversion of Funds to Employer. All Employer contributions are
conditioned upon their deductibility pursuant to Code Section 404. An Employer
shall not directly or indirectly receive any refund on contributions made to
the Trust Fund except in the following circumstances:
(a) Mistake of Fact. In the case of a contribution made by a good
faith mistake of fact, the Trustee shall return the erroneous portion of the
contribution, without increase for investment earnings, but with decrease for
investment losses, if any, within one year after payment of the contribution to
the Trust Fund.
(b) Deductibility. To the extent deduction of any contribution
determined by an Employer in good faith to be deductible is disallowed, the
Trustee, at the option of the Employer, shall return that portion of the
contribution, without increase for investment earnings but with decrease for
investment losses, if any, for which deduction has been disallowed within one
year after the disallowance of the deduction.
(c) Initial Qualification. In the event there is a determination that
the Plan does not initially satisfy all applicable requirements of Code Section
401, all contributions made by an Employer incident to that initial
qualification shall be returned to the Employer by the Trustee within one year
after the date on which the initial qualification is denied, but only if the
Company submitted an application for such initial determination by the due date
of the Company's income tax return for the taxable year in which the Plan was
adopted, or such later date as the Treasury Secretary may prescribe.
(d) Limitation. No return of contribution shall be made under this
Section which adversely affects the Plan's qualified status under regulations,
rulings or other published positions of the Internal Revenue Service or reduces
a Participant's Account below the amount it would have been had such
contribution not been made.
Earnings attributable to any contribution subject to refund shall not be
refunded. The amount subject to refund shall be reduced by any loss
attributable thereto, and by any amount that would cause the individual account
of any Participant to be reduced to less than the balance which would have been
in the account had the contribution subject to refund not been made. The
return of the contribution shall be made within one (1) year of the mistaken
payment, the disallowance of deduction (to the extent disallowed) or the denial
of qualification, as the case may be. This Section shall not preclude refunds
made in accordance with Article XIV.
12.04 Action by Company. Any action by the Company or an Employer under
this Plan may be by resolution of the Board of Directors, or by any person or
persons duly authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors or by the By-
Laws of the Company (or Employer) to take such action. Whenever the Company or
an Employer, under the terms of the Plan, is permitted or required to do or
perform any act or matter or thing, it shall be done and performed by any
officer thereunto duly authorized.
12.05 Allocation of Responsibilities. None of the allocated
responsibilities or any other responsibilities shall be shared by any two or
more Named Fiduciaries unless such sharing is provided by a specific provision
of the Plan. Whenever one Named Fiduciary is required to follow the directions
of another Named Fiduciary, the responsibility shall be that of the Named
Fiduciary giving the directions.
12.06 Construction of Plan. To the extent not in conflict with the
provisions of ERISA, all questions of interpretation of the Plan shall be
governed by the laws of the State of Ohio.
12.07 Gender and Number. Wherever any words are used herein in the
masculine gender, they shall be construed as though they were also used in the
feminine gender in all cases where they would so apply, and wherever any words
are used herein in the singular form, they shall be construed as though they
were also used in the plural form in all cases where they would so apply.
12.08 Headings. Headings of sections are for general information only,
and the Plan is not to be construed by reference thereto.
12.09 Voting Company Stock. The Trustee shall vote all allocated shares
of Company Stock in accordance with Participants' directions. The Trustee
shall vote shares of Company Stock for which no voting instructions are
received and shares of Company Stock that are not allocated to any
Participant's Account or held in a suspense account pursuant to Section 13.02
in the same ratio as it votes the Company Stock for which voting instructions
from Participants are received.
12.10 Payment of Expenses. Pursuant to instructions of the Company, the
Trustee shall pay from the Trust Fund all reasonable and necessary expenses,
taxes and charges incurred on behalf of the Fund or the income thereof in
connection with the administration or operation of the Trust Fund to the extent
that such items are not otherwise paid. No provision of this Plan shall be
construed to provide for payment to or the reimbursement of the Trustee (or any
employee or agent of the Trustee) with respect to any liability or expense
(including counsel fees) that may be incurred by the Trustee (or any employee
or agent) having been found to have breached any responsibility it may have
under the other provisions of this Plan or any responsibility or prohibition
imposed upon it by ERISA.
12.11 Incapacity. If the Plan Administrator determines that a person
entitled to receive any benefit payment is under a legal disability or is
incapacitated in any way so as to be unable to manage his financial affairs,
the Plan Administrator may make payments to such person for his benefit, or
apply the payments for the benefit of such person in such manner as the Plan
Administrator considers advisable. Any payment of a benefit in accordance with
the provisions of this Section shall be a complete discharge of any liability
to make such payment.
12.12 Employee Data. The Plan Administrator or the Trustee may require
that each Employee provide such data as it deems necessary upon becoming a
Participant in the Plan. Each Employee, upon becoming a Participant, shall be
deemed to have approved of and to have acquiesced in each and every provision
of the Plan for himself, his personal representatives, distributees, legatees,
assigns, and beneficiaries.
12.13 Reduction for Overpayment. The Plan Administrator shall, whenever
it determines that a person has received benefit payments under this Plan in
excess of the amount to which the person is entitled under the terms of the
Plan, make reasonable attempts to collect such overpayment from the person.
12.14 Invalidity of Certain 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 Plan shall be construed
and enforced as if such provisions, to the extent invalid or unenforceable, had
not been included.
12.15 Plan Supplements. The provisions of this Plan may be modified by
Supplements or Appendices to the Plan. The terms and provisions of each
Supplement or Appendix are part of the Plan and supersede the provisions of the
Plan to the extent necessary to eliminate any inconsistencies between the Plan
and the Supplements or Appendices.
ARTICLE XIII
EXEMPT LOAN
13.01 Definition of Exempt Loan. An Exempt Loan is a direct loan of
such, a purchase money transaction, an assumption of the obligation of the
Plan, or a guarantee of the obligation of the Plan assumed in conjunction with
one of the above between the Plan and a party-in-interest as defined in
Section 3(14) of ERISA.
13.02 Requirements for an Exempt Loan. Any Exempt Loan entered into by
the Plan shall meet the following requirements:
(a) The loan shall primarily be for the benefit of Participants. The
rate of interest shall be reasonable and the net effect of the rate of interest
and the price of the securities to be acquired with the loan shall be such that
Plan assets would not be depleted. The loan shall be made only upon such terms
as would result from arm's length negotiations between the Plan and independent
third parties. The loan shall be made for a definite period of time.
(b) The proceeds received shall be used only to acquire Employer
securities, to repay the loan or to repay a prior Exempt Loan.
(c) The loan shall be made without recourse against the general assets
of the Plan. The collateral shall consist only of securities acquired with the
proceeds of the loan, or securities acquired with proceeds of a prior Exempt
Loan if the prior Exempt Loan is being paid with proceeds of the current Exempt
Loan. There shall be no right of any lender to the Plan against assets of the
Plan other than collateral given for the loan, contributions made to the Plan
to meet the obligations of the loan, and earnings attributable to collateral
and investment of the contributions made to meet the obligations of the loan.
In the event of default the amount of Company Stock transferred to the lender
in satisfaction of a default cannot exceed the amount of such default. In the
case of a default in favor of a party-in-interest, the default shall only be to
the extent of current payments due.
(d) Payments made by the Plan to repay an Exempt Loan shall not exceed
an amount equal to contributions and earnings received during or prior to the
year minus such payments in prior years. The Company Stock purchased with the
proceeds of the loan shall be held in a suspense account until the Company
Stock is released from the suspense account and allocated to the Participants'
Accounts. Company Stock released from the suspense account must be equal to
an amount calculated by multiplying the amount encumbered Company Stock by the
fraction of the principal and interest paid for the Plan Year divided by the
sum of the principal and interest paid from the Plan year plus principal and
interest for all future years.
(e) The Company Stock acquired with the proceeds of an Exempt Loan
shall not be subject to any option other than the option provided for in
Section 13.03 or a buy-sell or similar arrangement when the Company Stock is
held by or distributed from the Plan whether or not the Plan ceases to be an
ESOP or the Exempt Loan is fully repaid.
13.03 Right of First Refusal. Company Stock acquired with the assets of
an Exempt Loan may be subject to a right of First refusal in the Employer, or
in the Plan. The right of first refusal shall comply with the following
requirements:
(a) The selling price and other terms under the right of first refusal
must be not less favorable to the security holder than the greater of the fair
market value of the security, or the purchase price or other terms offered by a
third person pursuant to a good faith offer to purchase.
(b) The right of first refusal must lapse no later than 14 days after
the security holder gives written notice to the Employer that an offer by a
third party to purchase the Company Stock has been received.
13.04 Annual Additions. If the Trust has obtained an Exempt Loan, the
Annual Addition limitations of Article VII shall be determined with regard to
the contributions used by the Trust to pay the loan and not the allocation to
the Account of each Participant based upon assets withdrawn from the suspense
account established in accordance with the requirements for such Exempt Loan.
ARTICLE XIV
TOP HEAVY PROVISIONS
14.01 Definitions. The following definitions shall apply for purposes
of this Article XIV:
(a) Aggregation Group. "Aggregation Group" shall mean the following:
(1) Each plan of the Employer in which a Key Employee is a
Participant;
(2) Each other plan of the Employer (including a terminated plan
of the Employer if it was maintained within the last five (5) years ending on
the Determination Date for the Plan Year being tested for Top Heavy status)
that allows a plan covering a Key Employee to meet qualification requirements
under the coverage rules of Section 410 or the anti-discrimination rules of
Code Section 401(a)(4);
(3) At the option of the Employer, any other Plan maintained by
the Employer as long as the expanded Aggregation Group including such plan or
plans continues to satisfy the coverage rules of Section 410 and the anti-
discrimination rules of Code Section 401(a)(4).
(b) Determination Date. "Determination Date" shall mean the last day
of the Plan Year preceding the Plan year that is being tested for Top Heavy
status. In the first Plan year, the Determination Date shall mean the last day
of the Plan Year that is being tested for Top Heavy status.
(c) Key Employee. "Key Employee" means any Employee, former Employee,
or beneficiary of such Employees, who at any time during the Plan Year or the
four preceding Plan Years is:
(1) an officer having Annual Compensation from the Employer
greater than 50% of the Section 415(b)(1)(A) dollar limit (as adjusted and in
effect for that Plan Year);
(2) one of ten employees having Annual Compensation from the
Employer of more than the limitation in effect under Code Section 415(c)(1)(A),
and owning (or considered as owning within the meaning of Code Section 318)
both more than an .5% interest as well as one of the ten largest interests in
the Employer. However, if two employees have the same ownership interest in
the Employer, the Employee having the greater Annual Compensation shall be
treated as having the larger interest.
(3) a 5% owner of the Employer, or
(4) a 1% owner of the Employer having an Annual Compensation from
the Employer of more than $150,000.
For purposes of determining the top ten owners, 5% owners, or 1% owners,
ownership is determined without regard to the aggregation rules of Sections
414(b), (c) and (m) of the Code.
(d) Non-Key Employee. "Non-Key Employee" means any Employee who is not
a Key employee. Non-Key employees include Employees who are former key
Employees.
14.02 Determination of Top Heavy Status. The Plan will be considered
Top Heavy if, as of the Determination Date, the present value of cumulative
accrued benefits under the Plan for Key Employees exceeds 60% of the present
value of the cumulative accrued benefits under the Plan for all Employees. In
determining the ratio of accrued benefits for Key Employees to all other
Employees, the Plan Administrator shall use the procedure as outlined in Code
Section 416(g) which is incorporated herein by reference. In determining
whether the Plan is considered Top Heavy, all plans within the Aggregation
Group will be utilized for the calculation.
Solely for the purpose of determining if the Plan, or any other plan
included in the Aggregation Group is Top Heavy, the accrued benefit of an
Employee other than a Key Employee shall be determined under.
(a) the method; if any, that uniformly applies for accrual purposes
under all plans maintained by the Employer or the Company, or
(b) if there is no such method, as if such benefit accrued not more
rapidly than the slowest accrual rate permitted under the fractional accrual
rate of Code Section 411(b)(1)(C).
The present value of cumulative accrued benefits of a Participant who has
not been credited with an Hour of Service for the Employer maintaining the Plan
during the five year period ending on the Determination Date will be
disregarded for purposes of this Article XIV.
14.03 Combination of Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Plan. In
the event the Plan is deemed to be Top Heavy, the defined benefit and defined
contribution fraction set forth in Section 7.03 will be calculated by
substituting 1.0 for 1.25. If a Non-Key Employee participates in this Plan and
a defined benefit plan that are both Top Heavy, the minimum contribution
requirement for this Plan and the minimum benefit requirement for the defined
benefit plan, pursuant to Code Section 416, will be satisfied if such
Participant is provided with a contribution to the Plan equal to 5% of Annual
Compensation.
14.04 Minimum Contribution. In the event that the Plan in aggregation
with any other Defined Contribution Plans of the Employer is determined to be
Top Heavy, the Participants who are Non-Key Employees will be eligible for a
minimum contribution for such Plan Year. This minimum contribution that shall
be allocated to the Accounts of Participants who are Non-Key Employees, will be
contributed to this Plan in an amount equal to 3% of Annual Compensation or if
less, the largest contribution percentage of Annual Compensation provided on
behalf of any Key Employee. The minimum contribution required by this Section
shall be made on behalf of such Participants who are employed as of the last
day of the Plan year regardless of the numbers of Hours of Service credited to
each Participant for such Plan Year, regardless of such Participant's level of
Annual Compensation. If this minimum contribution is provided by another
Defined Contribution Plan of the Employer, then this Section will not apply to
this Plan. If part of this minimum contribution is provided by another Defined
Contribution Plan of the Employer, then the balance of the minimum contribution
shall be provided by this Plan.
14.05 Minimum Vesting. In the event the Plan is determined to be Top
Heavy, each Participant shall have a nonforfeitable interest in his Accounts at
least equal to the following schedule:
Years of Service Nonforfeitable Percentage
Less than 3 0%
3 or More 100%
The above schedule shall not apply where the nonforfeitable interest in
the Participant's Account would be greater under Article V of the Plan.
Dates Referenced Herein and Documents Incorporated by Reference
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