-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, RFPMYfeeQiuDjBUnczF1UwCqDljHciN+/IxzfQras5j7NMiT73BzlMwuWEG3kzda 8IYORos0XOAXAgm7+0p4VA== 0000950124-99-000636.txt : 19990203 0000950124-99-000636.hdr.sgml : 19990203 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950124-99-000636 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 FILED AS OF DATE: 19990201 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 19990201 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CORN PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001046257 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CANNED, FROZEN & PRESERVED FRUIT, VEG & FOOD SPECIALTIES [2030] IRS NUMBER: 223514823 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-71573 FILM NUMBER: 99518702 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 345 STREET 2: 6500 ARCHER RD CITY: SUMMIT STATE: IL ZIP: 60501 BUSINESS PHONE: 7085636500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: CORN PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL INC STREET 2: PO BOX 345 6500 ARCHER RD CITY: SUMMIT STATE: IL ZIP: 60501 S-8 1 FORM S-8 1 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 1, 1999 Registration No. 333- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ----------------- FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 --------------------- CORN PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 22-3514823 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) incorporation or organization) 6500 SOUTH ARCHER ROAD 60501 BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS (Zip Code) (Address of principal executive offices) CORN PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN AND CORN PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES (Full title of the plans) MARCIA E. DOANE VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND CORPORATE SECRETARY CORN PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 6500 SOUTH ARCHER ROAD BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS 60501 (708) 563-2400 (Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) with a copy to: James L. Carey Sidley & Austin One First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60603 ---------------------------- CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
==================================================================================================================== Title of Amount Proposed Proposed Securities to be to be maximum maximum Amount of registered registered offering aggregate registration fee price per share offering price - ---------------------- ----------------------- ------------------------- ----------------------- ------------------ Common Stock, 400,000 shares(1) $26.21875(2) $10,487,500 (2) $2,915.53 $.01 par value(3) ====================================================================================================================
(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plans described herein. (2) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. Estimate based on the average of the high and low share prices reported on the New York Stock Exchange for January 27, 1999. (3) Includes 400,000 associated rights ("Rights") to purchase 1/100 of a share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share. Rights initially are attached to and trade with the shares of Common Stock being registered hereby. Value attributable to such Rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of the Common Stock. =============================================================================== 2 PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION* ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION* * Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from the Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Note to Part I of Form S-8. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE. The following documents heretofore filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by Corn Products International, Inc. (the "Company") are incorporated herein by reference: (a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997 filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"); (b) The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 1998 June 30, 1998 and September 30, 1998; (c) The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 13, 1998, September 17, 1998, October 21, 1998 and December 16, 1998; (d) The description of the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company which is contained in the Company's report on Form 8-A, dated December 17, 1997; (e) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since December 31, 1997; and All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents. ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES Not applicable. ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL. None 3 ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL") provides, in summary, that directors and officers of Delaware corporations such as the Company are entitled, under certain circumstances, to be indemnified against all expenses and liabilities (including attorneys' fees) incurred by them as a result of suits brought against them in their capacity as a director or officer, if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful; provided, that no indemnification may be made against expenses in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which they shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, they are fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court shall deem proper. Any such indemnification may be made by the corporation only as authorized in each specific case upon a determination by the stockholders or disinterested directors that indemnification is proper because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct. Article VII of the Company's Amended By-Laws entitles officers, directors and controlling persons of the Company to indemnification to the full extent permitted by Section 145 of DGCL, as the same may be supplemented or amended from time to time. Article VII of the Bylaws of Corn Products International, Inc. provides: "Indemnification" Section 1. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer or employee of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or employee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, shall be indemnified by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes, penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection with such service; provided, however, that the Company shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding initiated by him only if such proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors, either generally or in the specific instance. The right to indemnification shall include the advancement of expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition in accordance with procedures established from time to time by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that, if the Delaware General Corporation Law so requires, the director, officer or employee shall deliver to the Company an undertaking to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise. Section 2. The rights of indemnification provided in this Article shall be in addition to any rights to which any person may otherwise be entitled by law or under any By-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. Such rights shall continue as to any person who has ceased to be a director, officer or employee and shall inure to the benefit of his heirs, executors and administrators, and shall be applicable to proceedings commenced after the adoption hereof, whether arising from acts or omissions occurring before or after the adoption hereof. Section 3. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance to protect any person against any liability or expense asserted against or incurred by such person in connection with any proceeding, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability or expense by law or under this Article or otherwise. The Company may create a trust fund, grant a security interest or use other means II-2 4 (including, without limitation, a letter of credit) to insure the payment of such sums as may become necessary to effect indemnification as provided herein." The Company has entered into separate indemnification agreements with directors and officers of the Company, pursuant to which the Company will indemnify such directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law and the Company's Amended By-laws, as the same may be amended from time to time. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Company has been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is therefore unenforceable. ITEM 7. EXEMPTIONS FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED. Not Applicable. ITEM 8. EXHIBITS. EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION - ------- ----------- 4(a) Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended (incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 10, as amended (File No. 1-13397)). 4(b) Amended By-laws of the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 10, as amended (File No. 1-13397)). 4(c) Rights Agreement, dated as of November 19, 1997, between the Company and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 1-13397)). 4(d) Corn Products International, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan (incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on December 30, 1987 (File No. 333-43479). * 4(e) Amendments to Corn Products International, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan. * 4(f) Corn Products International, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan for Hourly Employees. *23(a) Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP. 24 Powers of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto). - ------------------------ *Filed herewith ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS (a) The registrant hereby undertakes: (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a) (3) of the Securities Act of 1933; (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment hereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement; and II-3 5 (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement. Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if this Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. (2) That, for purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remained unsold at the termination of the offering. (b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. (d) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to comply in a timely manner with any changes to the Corn Products International, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan and the Corn Products International, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan for Hourly Employees required by the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") in order to obtain a favorable determination letter from the IRS in a timely manner. II-4 6 SIGNATURES The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bedford Park, State of Illinois on this 20th day of January, 1999. CORN PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. By: /s/ Konrad SCHLATTER ------------------------------ Konrad Schlatter Chief Executive Officer Each of the undersigned officers and directors of the Registrant hereby severally constitutes and appoints Marcia E. Doane and James W. Ripley, and each of them, their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact for the undersigned, in any and all capacities, with full power of substitution, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto each said attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the date indicated
SIGNATURE TITLE(S) DATE SIGNED --------- -------- ----------- /s/ Konrad Schlatter Chairman, Chief Executive Officer January 20, 1999 - ------------------------------- and Director Konrad Schlatter /s/ Samuel C. Scott President, Chief Operating Officer January 20, 1999 - ------------------------------- and Director Samuel C. Scott /s/ James W. Ripley Vice President - Finance and January 20, 1999 - ------------------------------- Chief Financial Officer James W. Ripley (principal financial and accounting officer) /s/ Ignacio Aranguren-Castiello Director January 20, 1999 - ------------------------------- Ignacio Aranguren-Castiello /s/ Alfred C. DeCrane, Jr. Director January 20, 1999 - ------------------------------- Alfred C. DeCrane, Jr. /s/ William C. Ferguson Director January 20, 1999 - ------------------------------- William C. Ferguson
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SIGNATURE TITLE(S) DATE SIGNED --------- -------- ----------- /s/ Richard G. Holder Director January 20, 1999 - ------------------------------- Richard G. Holder /s/ Bernard H. Kastory Director January 20, 1999 - ------------------------------- Bernard H. Kastory /s/ William S. Norman Director January 20, 1999 - ------------------------------- William S. Norman /s/ Clifford B. Storms Director January 20, 1999 - ------------------------------- Clifford B. Storms /s/ Guenter E. Greiner Director January 20, 1999 - ------------------------------- Guenter E. Greiner /s/ Ronald M. Gross Director January 20, 1999 - ------------------------------- Ronald M. Gross
The Corn Products International, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan. Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Plan administrator has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bedford Park and the State of Illinois, on this 29th day of January, 1999. CORN PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN By: /s/ John Surowiec ----------------------------------------- Name: John Surowiec Title: Plan Administrator The Corn Products International, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan for Hourly Employees. Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Plan administrator has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bedford Park and the State of Illinois, on this 29th day of January, 1999. CORN PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES By: /s/ John Surowiec ----------------------------------------- Name: John Surowiec Title: Plan Administrator II-6 8 EXHIBIT INDEX ------------- EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT - ------- ---------------------- 4(a) Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended (incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 10, as amended (File No. 1-13397)). 4(b) Amended By-laws of the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 10, as amended (File No. 1-13397)). 4(c) Rights Agreement, dated as of November 19, 1997, between the Company and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 1-13397)). 4(d) Corn Products International, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan (incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on December 30, 1987 (File No. 333-43479). * 4(e) Amendments to Corn Products International, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan. * 4(f) Corn Products International, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan for Hourly Employees. * 23(a) Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP. 24 Powers of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto). - ------------------------ *Filed herewith II-7 EX-4.(E) 2 AMENDMENTS TO RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN 1 EXHIBIT 4(e) CORN PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 1 WHEREAS, Corn Products International Inc. (the "Company") the Corn Products International, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan (the "Plan"); WHEREAS, certain amendments to the Plan are required in order to obtain a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service; WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Plan in certain other respects; and WHEREAS, the Pension Committee appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company is authorized under Section 14.1 of the Plan to amend the Plan. NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the power of amendment contained in Section 14.1 of the Plan, the Plan is hereby amended, effective January 1, 1998, as follows: 1. Section 8.1(e) is hereby amended by deleting that portion of Section 8.1(e) beginning with "If a Participant withdraws any amount . . " and continuing thereafter to the end of Section 8.1(e). 2. Section 8.2(b)(5) is deleted in its entirety and the remaining subsections of Section 8.2(b) are renumbered appropriately. 3. Section 9.1(b) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: (b) Forfeitures. If upon a Participant's termination of employment the Participant is not vested in his Matching Contribution Account and Profit Sharing Account as described in subsection (a) above, the balance of such accounts shall be credited to a special forfeiture account established on behalf of such Participant. Such credit shall occur as of the Valuation Date as of which the adjusted balance is determined, and such account shall not be taken into account in determining, nor participate in, the allocations prescribed by Article 7. The amount credited to a special forfeiture account established on behalf of a Participant shall be forfeited as of the earlier of (i) in the case of a Participant who takes a distribution of the vested portion of the Participant's interest in the Trust Fund as provided in Section 9.2, as of the end of the date of such distribution and (ii) the date as of which the 1 2 Participant incurs 5 consecutive Break in Service Years. If such Participant is reemployed prior to taking a distribution and prior to incurring 5 consecutive Break in Service Years such special account shall be restored. If upon his or her termination of employment any such Participant received a lump-sum distribution pursuant to Section 9.2(a), then he or she shall have the right to pay an amount equal to such distribution to the Trustee. If the Participant makes such a payment, then such special account shall be restored. Any such payment must be made by the fifth anniversary of the Participant's date of reemployment. If pursuant to this paragraph the forfeited portion of a Participant's Matching Contribution Account or Profit Sharing Account is to be restored, the amount restored shall be obtained from the total amount that has been forfeited pursuant to this paragraph (b) during the Plan Year in which such Participant is reemployed or the Plan Year in which such Participant makes the payment set forth above, as the case may be, from the Matching Contribution Accounts or Profit Sharing Accounts of Participants employed by the same Employer as the reemployed Participant. If the aggregate amount to be so restored to the accounts of Participants who are employees of a particular Employer exceeds the amount of such forfeitures, such Employer shall make a contribution in an amount equal to such excess. 4. Section 10.5 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: 10.5 Non-Assignability. (a) In General. It is a condition of the Plan, and all rights of each Participant and Beneficiary shall be subject thereto, that no right or interest of any Participant or Beneficiary in the Plan shall be assignable or transferable in whole or in part, either directly or by operation of law or otherwise, including, but not by way of limitation, execution, levy, garnishment, attachment, pledge or bankruptcy, but excluding devolution by death or mental incompetency, and no right or interest of any Participant or Beneficiary in the Plan shall be liable for, or subject to, any obligation or liability of such Participant or Beneficiary, including claims for alimony or the support of any spouse, except as provided below. (b) Exception for Qualified Domestic Relations Orders. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, if the Plan Administrator shall receive any written judgment, decree or order (including approval of a property settlement agreement) pursuant to State domestic relations or community property law relating to the provision of child support, alimony or marital property rights of a spouse, former spouse, child or other dependent of a Participant and purporting to provide for the payment of all or a portion of the Participant's Account to or on behalf of one or more of such persons (such judgment, decree or order being hereinafter called a "domestic relations order"), the Plan Administrator shall arrange to determine whether such order constitutes a "qualified domestic relations 2 3 order," as defined in section 414(p) of the Code and section 206(d)(3) of ERISA. If the order is determined to be a qualified domestic relations order, all or a portion of the Participant's Account, as specified in the order, shall be assigned to the person or persons named therein, and shall be payable in accordance with the terms of such order. The manner in which all or any portion of a Participant's Account under the Plan may be assigned and paid to any other person pursuant to the terms of a domestic relations order shall be governed by procedures adopted by the Plan Administrator for this purpose, section 414(p) of the Code, section 206(d)(3) of ERISA and Regulations issued thereunder. Such procedures shall provide that payments under a domestic relations order applicable to a Participant's Account under the Plan may commence as soon as administratively practicable after such order is determined by the Plan Administrator (or its delegate) to constitute a "qualified domestic relations order" under section 414(p) of the Code and section 206(d)(3) of ERISA, if the terms of the order so provide. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Corn Products International, Inc. has caused this Amendment to be executed by the Chairman of the Pension Committee on this 9th day of December, 1998. CORN PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. By: /s/ James J. Hirscak ------------------------------ Chairman, Pension Committee 3 4 CORN PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2 WHEREAS, Corn Products International Inc. (the "Company") has adopted and maintains the Corn Products International Inc. Retirement Savings Plan (the "Plan"); WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Plan in certain respects; and WHEREAS, the Pension Committee appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company is authorized under Section 14.1 of the Plan to amend the Plan. NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the power of amendment contained in Section 14.1 of the Plan, the Plan is hereby amended, effective January 1, 1998, as follows: 1. Section 1.1 of the Plan is hereby amended to add the words "Service Award Contribution Account" immediately following the words "Profit Sharing Contribution Account" where the latter appears therein. 2. Sections 1.32 through 1.36 of the Plan are hereby renumbered Sections 1.34 through 1.38 respectively, and the following new Sections 1.32 and 1.33 are hereby added to the Plan to read as follows: 1.32 "Service Award Contribution Account" means the account maintained for a Participant to which are allocated the Service Award Contributions, if any, made on behalf of such Participant pursuant to Section 4.3 plus earnings and net of any withdrawals or losses. 1.33 "Service Award Contribution" means a contribution made by an Employer on behalf of a Participant as provided in Section 4.3. 3. Section 1.38 of the Plan (as renumbered) is hereby amended, effective December 15, 1998, to read as follows: 1.38 "Year of Service" means each Plan Year during which any individual completes 1,000 or more Hours of Service. For purposes of those Employees who, on January 1, 1998 became employees of the Company as a result of the Spin-Off, this shall include any Years of Service recognized under the CPC Plan. 4. The Plan is hereby amended to add the following new Section 4.3: 4.3 Service Award Contributions. For each Plan Year, each Employer shall make a contribution, as specified below, on behalf of each of its Participants who, in such Plan Year, has completed the number of years of service specified below. Such 5 contributions shall be made at any time during or after the end of such Plan Year but in no event later than the due date of the Employer's federal income tax return for the tax year in which such Plan Year ends: Years of Service Amount of Cash Contribution ---------------- --------------------------- 5 5 times the Employer Average Stock Trading Price 10 10 times the Employer Average Stock Trading Price 15 15 times the Employer Average Stock Trading Price 20 20 times the Employer Average Stock Trading Price 25 25 times the Employer Average Stock Trading Price 30 30 times the Employer Average Stock Trading Price For each additional 5 Years of Service, the Participant shall receive an additional 5 times the Employer Average Stock Trading Price. For purposes of the foregoing, the "Employer Average Stock Trading Price" shall mean the average of the high and low transaction prices (as reported in the New York Stock Exchange-Composite Transactions) in trading of Company Stock on the "Service Award Calculation Date," or if such day is not a trading day, the trading day next following such date. The "Service Award Calculation Date" shall mean the first day of the month in which a Participant completes the number of years of service required to receive a Service Award Contribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of Participants entitled to receive a Service Award Contribution for the 1998 Plan Year, the Service Award Calculation Date shall be December 1, 1998. 5. The third sentence of Section 7.1 of the Plan is hereby amended to read as follows: Each Account shall consist of (a) if a Participant is making or has made Participant Contributions, a Participant Contribution Account, (b) if Deferred Contributions are being made or have been made for a Participant, a Deferred Contribution Account, (c) if Matching Contributions are being made or have been made for a Participant, a Matching Contribution Account, (d) if Profit Sharing Contributions are being made or have been made, a Profit Sharing Account, (e) if Service Award Contributions are being made or have been made, a Service Award Contribution Account, and (f) if a Participant has made a rollover contribution, a Rollover Account. 6. Section 7.2 of the Plan is hereby amended to redesignate paragraphs (e) through (h) thereof as paragraphs (f) through (i) and to add the following new paragraph (e) thereto: 2 6 (e) Allocations of Service Award Contributions. The Committee may deposit a Participant's Service Award Contribution with the Trustee at any time during or after the end of the Plan Year for which such contribution is awarded, but in no event later than the due date of the Employer's federal income tax return for the tax year in which such Plan Year ends. Such contribution shall be allocated to the Participant's Service Award Contribution Account as soon as practicable after such date. 7. Section 7.3(d) is hereby amended to add the words, "Service Contribution Account" immediately following the words "Profit Sharing Account" where the latter appear therein. 8. The first sentence of Section 8.1(c) of the Plan is hereby amended to read as follows: A Participant who is an Employee may, prior to attainment of age 59 1/2, withdraw a portion of the balance of the Participant's Deferred Contribution Account and Service Award Contribution Account, but only on account of a financial hardship. 9. Section 8.1(e) of the Plan is hereby amended to insert the words", Service Award Contribution Account" immediately following the words "Matching Contribution Account" where the latter appears therein. 10. The second sentence of Section 8.2(b) is hereby amended to read as follows: Amounts equal to any such loan (or loans, as the case may be) shall be debited first from the Participant's Deferred Contribution Account to the extent thereof, then from his Rollover Account, if any, to the extent thereof, then from contributions to his Participant Contribution Account which are attributable to Participant Contributions made after December 31, 1986 and which have not been matched by Matching Contributions, next from contributions to his Participant Contribution Account which are attributable to Participant Contributions made after December 31, 1986 and which have been matched by Matching Contributions, next from contributions to his Participant Contribution Account which are attributable to Participant Contributions made prior to January 1, 1987 to the extent thereof, then from his Matching Contribution Account to the extent thereof, then from his Profit Sharing Account, to the extent thereof, and then from his Service Award Contribution Account, to the extent thereof. 11. The fourth sentence of Section 8.2(e) of the Plan is hereby amended to read as follows: 3 7 The Committee shall then cause to be credited such repayments to the Participant's Deferred Contribution Account, Rollover Account, Profit Sharing Account, Service Award Contribution Account and Matching Contribution Account in the same proportion as such accounts were charged with the loan. 12. Section 9.1 of the Plan is hereby amended to read as follows: A Participant is always fully vested in the balance of such Participant's Participant Contribution Account, Deferred Contribution Account, Service Award Contribution and Rollover Account (if any). 13. Option 4 of Section 9.2 of the Plan is hereby amended to read as follows: Option 4. Combined Lump Sum and Annuity. The aggregate balance of a Participant's Deferred Contribution Account, Participant Contribution Account and Rollover Account shall be paid to the Participant (or Beneficiary) in the form of a single lump sum in cash (or, if the Participant or Beneficiary so elects with respect to the portion of such accounts that are invested in Company Stock or Bestfoods Stock, in the form of whole shares of Company Stock or Bestfoods Stock, as the case may be, with cash in lieu of fractional shares) and the aggregate value of such Participant's Matching Account, Service Award Contribution Account and Profit Sharing Account shall be paid in one of the forms specified in Options 1, 2 or 3 above, as elected by the Participant (or in one of the forms specified in Options 1 or 2 above, if elected by the Beneficiary). IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Corn Products International Inc. has caused this Amendment to be executed by the Chairman of the Pension Committee on this 9th day of December, 1998. CORN PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL INC. By: /s/ James J. Hirscak ------------------------------- Chairman, Pension Committee 4 EX-4.(F) 3 SAVINGS PLAN FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES 1 EXHIBIT 4(f) CORN PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES Amended and Restated effective December 1, 1998 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION....................................................... 1 ARTICLE 1......................................................... 2 DEFINITIONS........................................................ 2 1.1 "Account"............................................ 2 1.2 "Affiliate".......................................... 2 1.3 "Board of Directors"................................. 2 1.4 "Break in Service Year".............................. 2 1.5 "Code"............................................... 2 1.6 "Committee".......................................... 2 1.7 "Company"............................................ 2 1.8 "Company Stock"...................................... 2 1.9 "Compensation"....................................... 2 1.10 "Deferred Contribution".............................. 3 1.11 "Deferred Contribution Account"...................... 3 1.12 "Disabled Participant"............................... 3 1.13 "Effective Date"..................................... 3 1.14 "Eligible Employee".................................. 3 1.15 "Employee"........................................... 3 1.16 "Employer"........................................... 4 1.17 "Employer Contribution".............................. 4 1.18 "ERISA".............................................. 4 1.19 "Hour of Service".................................... 4 1.20 "Matching Contribution".............................. 5 1.21 "Matching Contribution Account"...................... 6 1.22 "Participant"........................................ 6 1.23 "Plan"............................................... 6 1.24 "Plan Administrator"................................. 6 1.25 "Plan Year".......................................... 6 1.26 "Rollover Account"................................... 6 1.27 "Service Award Contribution Account"................. 6 1.28 "Service Award Contribution"......................... 6 1.29 "Trust Agreement".................................... 6 1.30 "Trust Fund"......................................... 6 1.31 "Trustee"............................................ 6 1.32 "Valuation Date"..................................... 6 1.33 "Year of Service".................................... 6 i 3 ARTICLE 2............................................................... 7 ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION........................................... 7 2.1 Eligibility to Become a Participant........................ 7 2.2 Commencement of Participation.............................. 7 2.3 Cessation of Participation................................. 7 2.4 Leased Employees........................................... 7 ARTICLE 3............................................................... 8 DEFERRED CONTRIBUTIONS.................................................. 8 3.1 Deferred Contributions..................................... 8 3.2 Changes in and Terminations of Deferred Contributions...... 8 3.3 Annual Limit on Deferred Contributions..................... 9 ARTICLE 4............................................................... 10 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS.................................................. 10 4.1 Matching Contributions..................................... 10 4.2 Service Award Contributions................................ 10 ARTICLE 5............................................................... 11 STATUTORY LIMITATIONS ON BENEFITS....................................... 11 5.1 Maximum Annual Additions Under Section 415 of the Code..... 11 5.2 Limitation on Contributions................................ 13 ARTICLE 6............................................................... 14 TRUST................................................................... 14 ARTICLE 7............................................................... 14 INVESTMENT ELECTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS TO PARTICIPANTS' ACCOUNTS.......... 14 7.1 Separate Accounts and Investment Elections................. 14 7.2 Allocation of Contributions and Withdrawals to Accounts.... 16 7.3 Valuation of Participants' Accounts........................ 17 7.4 Correction of Error........................................ 17 ii 4 ARTICLE 8................................................................... 18 LOANS....................................................................... 18 8.1 Loans to Participants.......................................... 18 ARTICLE 9................................................................... 22 DISTRIBUTIONS UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT................................ 22 9.1 Entitlement to Distribution Upon Termination of Employment..... 22 9.2 Form of Distribution........................................... 23 9.3 Time of Distribution........................................... 23 9.4 Valuation of Accounts.......................................... 24 ARTICLE 10.................................................................. 24 SPECIAL PARTICIPATION AND DISTRIBUTION RULES................................ 24 10.1 Direct Rollover Option......................................... 24 10.2 Distribution of Small Account Balances......................... 24 10.3 Designation of Beneficiary..................................... 25 10.4 Distributions to Minor or Disabled Beneficiaries............... 26 10.5 Non-Assignability.............................................. 26 10.6 Reemployment of Veterans....................................... 27 ARTICLE 11.................................................................. 29 SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO COMPANY STOCK............................ 29 11.1 Voting Rights.................................................. 29 11.2 Shareholder Rights in the Event of a Tender Offer.............. 30 11.3 Applicability.................................................. 31 ARTICLE 12.................................................................. 32 ADMINISTRATION.............................................................. 32 12.1 The Committee.................................................. 32 12.2 Investment Committee........................................... 32 12.3 Authority and Duties of the Committee.......................... 32 12.4 Plan Administrator............................................. 33 12.5 Review of Fiduciary Responsibility Designations or Allocations. 33 12.6 Reliance on Others............................................. 34 12.7 Liability...................................................... 34 12.8 Claims Procedure............................................... 34 iii 5 ARTICLE 13................................................................. 35 PARTICIPATION IN PLAN BY AFFILIATE......................................... 35 13.1 Adoption by Participating Employers........................... 35 13.2 Special Provisions for Employees of Acquired Companies........ 35 ARTICLE 14................................................................. 36 AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION.................................................. 36 14.1 Amendment..................................................... 36 14.2 Termination................................................... 36 14.3 Full Vesting Upon Termination................................. 36 14.4 Segregation of Trust.......................................... 36 14.5 Committee Determination Conclusive............................ 36 ARTICLE 15................................................................. 37 TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS....................................................... 37 15.1 Definitions................................................... 37 15.2 Adjustments for Top-Heavy Years............................... 37 ARTICLE 16................................................................. 39 GENERAL PROVISIONS......................................................... 39 16.1 Limitation of Rights.......................................... 39 16.2 No Right to Employment........................................ 39 16.3 Payments Due to Missing Participants.......................... 39 16.4 Transfer to an Affiliate...................................... 39 16.5 Election Made Through Telephone System........................ 39 16.6 Merger or Consolidation with Another Plan..................... 40 16.7 Company Action................................................ 40 16.8 Headings...................................................... 40 16.9 Gender and Plurals............................................ 40 16.10 Construction.................................................. 40 iv 6 INTRODUCTION Effective as of the close of business on December 31, 1997, CPC International Inc. ("CPC") spun-off its corn refining business to CPC shareholders through a distribution of all of the shares of Corn Products International Inc. ("Corn") (the "Spin-Off"). In connection with the Spin-Off, effective January 1, 1998, Corn assumed sponsorship of a defined contribution plan maintained for the benefit of certain hourly employees, the terms of whose employment are governed by a collective bargaining agreement, entitled the Corn Products International Inc. Retirement Savings Plan for Hourly Employees (the "Plan"). This document constitutes an amendment and restatement of the Plan which was last restated effective January 1, 1998. This amendment and restatement generally shall be effective December 1, 1998, except that-- (i) any provision which specifies a different effective date shall be effective such specified date; (ii) Sections 8.1(b)(2) and 10.6 of the Plan, to the extent such Sections reflect modifications required by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 ("USERRA"), shall be effective December 12, 1994; and (iii) Section 4.2 shall be effective January 1, 1998. The rights and benefits of Participants who terminate their employment with any Employer (or any Affiliate thereof) on or after December 1, 1998, and the rights and benefits of Beneficiaries of such Participants, shall be determined solely by reference to the terms of this amendment and restatement, as amended from time to time. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, each Participant who terminated employment with all Employers and Affiliates thereof prior to December 1, 1998 shall be entitled to receive a benefit under the terms of the prior Plan document (as restated effective January 1, 1998, and as subsequently amended) as in effect on the date of such termination. The Plan is intended to qualify as a profit sharing plan within the meaning of section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), with a qualified cash or deferred arrangement described in section 401(k) of the Code, and its related trust is intended to be tax-exempt under section 501(a) of the Code. 1 7 ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS The following words and phrases shall, for the purpose of this Plan and any subsequent amendment thereof, have the following meanings, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context: 1.1 "Account" means a Participant's Account under the Plan, which is composed of the Deferred Contribution Account, Matching Contribution Account, Service Award Contribution Account and Rollover Account, maintained for a Participant under the Plan to which are credited the Participant's share of contributions and earnings and debited the losses thereon. 1.2 "Affiliate" means (i) any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations (as defined in section 414(b) of the Code) which includes the Company, (ii) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is under common control (as defined in section 414(c) of the Code) with the Company, (iii) any organization (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of an affiliated service group (as defined in section 414(m) of the Code) which includes the Company; and (iv) any other entity required to be aggregated with the Company pursuant to final regulations under section 414(o) of the Code; provided, however, that such corporation, trade or business, organization, or other entity shall be deemed to be an Affiliate only during the period in which the particular relationship existed. 1.3 "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Company, as constituted from time to time. 1.4 "Break in Service Year" means a Plan Year in which an Employee completes 500 or fewer Hours of Service. 1.5 "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. 1.6 "Committee" means the Committee appointed by the Company to administer the Plan, pursuant to Article 12. 1.7 "Company" means Corn Products International Inc. 1.8 "Company Stock" means common stock of the Company. 1.9 "Compensation" means an Employee's wages as identified under Box 1 of Form W-2 (but determined without regard to rules that limit remuneration based on the nature or location 2 8 of the employment or the services performed), plus elective contributions that are made by an Employer on behalf of the Employee that are not includible in gross income under section 125 or 402(e)(3) of the Code; but reduced by all of the following items, even if includible in gross income: any overtime pay, commissions, bonuses (including amounts received as long-term incentive bonuses), income attributable to the exercise of stock options, reimbursements or other expense allowances (such as car allowances), fringe benefits (cash and noncash), moving expenses, deferred compensation, and welfare benefits. For purposes of determining Compensation earned for services performed outside the United States, Compensation shall be imputed at a rate equal to the base rate of pay in effect for the Participant for the last calendar year employed by an Employer in the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Employee's Compensation in a Plan Year in excess of (i) with respect to the 1998 Plan Year, $160,000 and (ii) with respect to each subsequent Plan Year, the amount prescribed by section 401(a)(17) of the Code, shall be disregarded for all purposes under the Plan. 1.10 "Deferred Contribution" means a contribution made by an Employer on behalf of a Participant on a before-tax basis, as described in Section 3.1 1.11 "Deferred Contribution Account" means the account maintained for a Participant to which are allocated the Deferred Contributions made on behalf of such Participant pursuant to Section 3.1 on a before-tax basis, plus earnings and net of any losses. 1.12 "Disabled Participant" means a Participant who has incurred a disability, as such term is defined in the Corn Products International Inc. Hourly Employees Retirement Income Plan. 1.13 "Effective Date" means December 1, 1998. 1.14 "Eligible Employee" means each Employee of an Employer who is covered by the collective bargaining agreement between the Company and the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, Local 7-507 and International Association of Machinists District No. 8. 1.15 "Employee" means each individual whose relationship with an Employer is, under common law, that of an employee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term "Employee" shall exclude any individual retained by an Employer to perform services for such Employer (for either a definite or indefinite duration) and is characterized thereby as a fee-for-service worker or independent contractor or in a similar capacity (rather than in the capacity of an employee), regardless of such individual's status under common law or for purposes of federal, state or local tax withholding, employment tax or employment law. 3 9 1.16 "Employer" means the Company and any other Affiliate which, with the consent of the Company, elects to participate in this Plan pursuant to Section 13.1. 1.17 "Employer Contribution" means a contribution made by an Employer, other than a Deferred Contribution, to a Participant's account pursuant to the terms of the Plan as in effect at the applicable time. 1.18 "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time. 1.19 "Hour of Service" (a) means each hour for which an Employee: (1) is paid, directly or indirectly, or entitled to payment, for the performance of duties for an Employer during the applicable computation period; (2) is paid, directly or indirectly, or entitled to payment, by an Employer on account of a period of time during which no duties are performed (irrespective of whether the employment relationship has terminated) due to vacation, holiday, illness, incapacity (including disability), layoff, jury duty, military duty or leave of absence, except that: (i) no more than 501 hours shall be credited to an Employee on account of any single continuous period during which the Employee performs no duties (whether or not such period occurs in a single computation period); and (ii) no credit shall be given for any hour attributable, directly or indirectly, to a payment made or due under a plan maintained solely for the purpose of complying with applicable workers' compensation, unemployment compensation or disability insurance laws, or to reimburse an Employee for medical or medically related expenses incurred by the Employee; (3) receives back pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages, under an award or an agreement with an Employer. No hour shall be credited under both this paragraph (3) and under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), as the case may be. In addition, hours credited under this paragraph which are attributable to periods referred to in subsection (2) shall be subject to the limitations set forth in that paragraph; and (4) is normally scheduled to work doing a period when the Employee is absent from employment with an Employer for voluntary or involuntary military service with the armed forces of the United States, provided that such 4 10 Employee returns to work within 90 days after his discharge date or such longer period of time as may be prescribed by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 ("USERRA"). For Plan Years prior to January 1, 1998, CPC International, Inc. shall be treated as an Employer for purposes of this section. (b) For purposes of this Section, a Participant who is absent from work for maternity or paternity reasons shall receive credit for the hours of service for which he would normally have received credit but for such absence, up to a maximum of 501 hours. An absence from work for maternity or paternity reasons means an authorized absence because of the Participant's pregnancy, the birth of a child of the Participant, the placement of a child with the Participant in connection with the Participant's adoption of such child, or for purposes of caring for such child immediately following its birth or adoption placement. The computation period to which such hours of service are to be credited shall be: (i) the 12-consecutive-month period beginning on the annual anniversary of the Employee's date of hire in which the absence from work begins if such crediting is necessary to prevent the Participant from incurring a Break in Service Year; or (ii) the immediately following 12-consecutive- month period in any other case. A Participant shall not receive credit for Years of Service for the hours of service credited for maternity or paternity leave for any purpose of the Plan other than determining whether a Break in Service Year has occurred. This subsection shall not in any way be deemed to grant any rights to maternity or paternity leave. The special rules provided in Department of Labor ("DOL") Regulation section 2530.200b-2(b) and (c) shall be used to determine the number of hours to be credited for periods during which no duties are performed and for back pay awards, and the computation periods to which they are to be credited under subsections (b) and (c); provided, however, that in accordance with DOL Regulation Section 2530.2006-3(e)(1)(ii) any employee for whom an Affiliate does not keep a record of actual hours worked shall be credited with 45 Hours of Service for any week in which the Employee earns an Hour of Service in any week, and accordingly, Hours of Service shall be credited in weekly equivalencies for each such Employee. 1.20 "Matching Contribution" means a contribution made by an Employer on behalf of a Participant as provided in Section 4.1. 5 11 1.21 "Matching Contribution Account" means the account maintained for a Participant to which are allocated the Matching Contributions, if any, made on such Participant's behalf, plus earnings and net of any losses. 1.22 "Participant" means an Eligible Employee who satisfies the requirements for participation pursuant to Article 2. 1.23 "Plan" means the plan as set forth herein and as it may be amended from time to time. 1.24 "Plan Administrator" means the person appointed by the Committee pursuant to Section 12.4 to fulfill the responsibilities relating to the administration of the Plan specified therein. 1.25 "Plan Year" means the 12-month period ending on each December 31. 1.26 "Rollover Account" means the account maintained for a Participant to which are allocated the rollover contributions made by the Participant pursuant to Section 10.1, plus earnings and net of any withdrawals or losses. 1.27 "Service Award Contribution Account" means the account maintained for a Participant to which are allocated the Service Award Contributions, if any, made on behalf of such Participant pursuant to Section 4.2 plus earnings and net of any losses. 1.28 "Service Award Contribution" means a contribution made by an Employer on behalf of a Participant as provided in Section 4.2. 1.29 "Trust Agreement" means the trust agreement as amended from time to time, between the Company (acting on behalf of the Employers) and the Trustee or Trustees, established for the purpose of funding the benefits under this Plan. 1.30 "Trust Fund" means all such money or other property which shall be held by the Trustee pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement. 1.31 "Trustee" means the trustee or trustees acting as such under the Trust Agreement, including any successor or successors. 1.32 "Valuation Date" means any date on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading. 1.33 "Year of Service" means each Plan Year during which any individual completes 1,000 or more Hours of Service. For purposes of those Employees who, on January 1, 1998, became employees as a result of the Spin-Off, this shall include any Years of Service with CPC International, Inc. 6 12 ARTICLE 2 ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION 2.1 Eligibility to Become a Participant. An Eligible Employee shall be eligible to become a Participant on the later of the first date on which he completes an Hour of Service with an Employer and the date he attains age 18. 2.2 Commencement of Participation. Each Eligible Employee is required to make an election to participate prior to his commencement of participation in the Plan. An Eligible Employee's election to commence participation in the Plan shall become effective on the first day of the first calendar month coincident with or next following the date he has satisfied the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 2.1. If an Eligible Employee does not properly elect to commence participation as of such date, he may commence his participation on the first day of any subsequent month. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Eligible Employee who previously has not made an election to participate shall become a Participant on the date such Eligible Employee becomes entitled to receive a Service Award Contribution pursuant to Section 4.2. 2.3 Cessation of Participation. An Eligible Employee who becomes a Participant shall remain a Participant until his entire Account balance is distributed to him. 2.4 Leased Employees. If an individual who performed services as a leased employee (within the meaning of section 414(n)(2) of the Code) of an Employer or an Affiliate becomes an Employee, or if an Employee becomes such a leased employee, then any period during which such services were so performed shall be taken into account solely for the purposes of (i) determining whether and when such individual is eligible to participate in the Plan under this Article 2, (ii) measuring such individual's Years of Service, and (iii) determining when such individual has retired or otherwise terminated his or her employment for purposes of Article 9 to the same extent it would have been had such service been as an Employee. This Section shall not apply to any period of service during which such a leased employee was covered by a plan described in section 414(n)(5) of the Code. 7 13 ARTICLE 3 DEFERRED CONTRIBUTIONS 3.1 Deferred Contributions. (a) An Eligible Employee may elect, to have his Employer contribute Deferred Contributions on his behalf. Any such election shall be made in the manner prescribed by the Plan Administrator. Such election shall be effective beginning on the first day of the month which is at least one day following receipt by the Plan Administrator of the Participant's election. The Eligible Employee's election shall authorize such individual's Employer to reduce his compensation otherwise payable for the period for which such contribution is made by the amount specified by the Participant according to the provisions of subsection (b). An Eligible Employee who is not otherwise a Participant in the Plan shall become a Participant upon making an election to have Deferred Contributions made on his behalf as described herein. No contributions shall be made on behalf of a Participant subsequent to the Valuation Date coincident with or immediately preceding the date of his termination of employment. (b) Subject to the limitations prescribed in Section 3.1 and Article 5, each Employer shall contribute for each pay period on behalf of each of its Participants who has made an election to have Deferred Contributions made on his behalf a whole percentage not less than 1% nor more than 15% of the Participant's Compensation per pay period, as designated in such election. The amount of Compensation otherwise payable for the period for which each such contributions is made shall be reduced by the amount of such contributions by means of a payroll deduction each pay period. 3.2 Changes in and Terminations of Deferred Contributions. A Participant may revoke his election to contribute at any time or he may change the rate of his contributions within the percentage limits permitted under Section 3.1 at any time by notifying the Plan Administrator in the manner specified by the Plan Administrator. A change in the rate of contributions or revocation of an election to contribute becomes effective on the first day of the month which is at least one day following the date on which the Plan Administrator has received notification of such change. Deferred Contributions shall be suspended during any approved unpaid leave of absence or any other period which is included in determining Hours of Service under Section 1.19 and for which a Participant does not receive Compensation, other than a leave which has a duration of less than one full payroll period. Such Participant may not begin to contribute under Section 3.1 until the first day of the next calendar month following the date on which he resumes receiving Compensation. 8 14 3.3 Annual Limit on Deferred Contributions. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1, a Participant's Deferred Contributions made pursuant to such Section for any calendar year shall not exceed (i) for the Plan Year commencing on the Effective Date, $10,000 and (ii) for each subsequent Plan Year, the dollar amount prescribed by section 402(g) of the Code. (b) If for any calendar year the Deferred Contributions to this Plan or the aggregate of Deferred Contributions to this Plan plus amounts contributed under other plans or arrangements described in sections 401(k), 403(b), 408(k) or 408(p) of the Code will exceed the limit imposed by subsection (a) of this Section for the calendar year in which such contributions were made ("excess deferred contributions"), such Participant shall, pursuant to such rules and at such time following such calendar year as determined by the Company, be allowed to submit a written request that the excess deferred contributions plus any income and minus any loss allocable thereto be distributed to him. The amount of any income or loss allocable to such excess Deferred Contributions shall be determined pursuant to Treasury Regulation section 1.401(k)-1(f)(4)(ii)(C) and (D). Such adjusted amount of excess deferred contributions shall be distributed to the Participant no later than April 15 following the calendar year for which such contributions were made. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, any such excess deferred contributions shall be treated as "annual additions" for purposes of Section 5.1. 9 15 ARTICLE 4 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS 4.1 Matching Contributions. For each payroll period during a Plan Year an Employer shall contribute to the Plan on behalf of each Participant employed by such Employer an amount equal to 20% of the Deferred Contributions made by and on behalf of the Participant that together do not exceed 4% of such Participant's Compensation for such payroll period during a Plan Year. Any contribution made pursuant to this Section shall be referred to hereinafter as a "Matching Contribution." 4.2 Service Award Contributions. For each Plan Year, each Employer shall make a contribution, as specified below, on behalf of each of its Participants who, in such Plan Year, has completed the number of years of service specified below. Such contributions shall be made at any time during or after the end of such Plan Year but in no event later than the due date of the Employer's federal income tax return for the tax year in which such Plan Year ends: Years of Service Amount of Cash Contribution 5 5 times the Employer Average Stock Trading Price 10 10 times the Employer Average Stock Trading Price 15 15 times the Employer Average Stock Trading Price 20 20 times the Employer Average Stock Trading Price 25 25 times the Employer Average Stock Trading Price 30 30 times the Employer Average Stock Trading Price For each additional 5 Years of Service, the Participant shall receive an additional 5 times the Employer Average Stock Trading Price. For purposes of the foregoing, the "Employer Average Stock Trading Price" shall mean the average of the high and low transaction prices (as reported in the New York Stock Exchange-Composite Transactions) in trading of Company Stock on the "Service Award Calculation Date", or if such day is not a trading day, the trading day next following such date. The "Service Award Calculation Date" shall mean the first day of the month in which a Participant completes the number of years of service required to receive a Service Award Contribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of Participants entitled to receive a Service Award Contribution for the 1998 Plan Year, the Service Award Calculation Date shall be December 1, 1998. 10 16 ARTICLE 5 STATUTORY LIMITATIONS ON BENEFITS 5.1 Maximum Annual Additions Under Section 415 of the Code. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the amounts allocated to each Participant's Account for any Plan Year shall be limited so that-- (i) the aggregate annual additions for such Plan Year to the Participant's Account in this Plan and in all other defined contribution plans in which he is a participant shall not exceed the lesser of (I) $30,000 (as adjusted for increases in the cost-of-living pursuant to section 415(d) of the Code) and (II) 25% of the Participant's compensation (as defined below) for such Plan Year, and (ii) for Plan Years commencing prior to January 1, 2000, the sum of (A) and (B) below shall not exceed 1. (A) The annual additions to the Participant's Account in the Plan and the aggregate annual additions to the Participant's accounts in all other defined contribution plans maintained by his Employer (determined as of the close of the Plan Year) divided by the sum of the lesser of-- (I) 125% of the maximum dollar amount which under section 415(c)(1)(A) of the Code could have been contributed on behalf of the Participant to a defined contribution plan, and (II) 35% of the Participant's annual compensation, as determined separately for each of the Participant's years of service. (B) The aggregate projected annual benefit of the Participant under all defined benefit plans maintained by his Employer (determined as of the close of the Plan Year), divided by the lesser of-- (I) 125% of the maximum dollar limitation contained in section 415(b)(1)(A) of the Code as adjusted for increases in the cost of living as set forth in Regulations, and 11 17 (II) 140% of the average of the Participant's compensation for the three consecutive calendar years during which his compensation was the highest. If as a result of a reasonable error in estimating a Participant's annual compensation, a reasonable error in determining the amount of elective deferrals that may be made by a Participant under section 415 of the Code or under other limited facts and circumstances as determined by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, the annual additions to a Participant's Account exceeds the limitations set forth in (a) above for any Plan Year, the amounts that would otherwise be allocated to such Participant's account for such Plan Year under any other defined contribution plans maintained by an Employer shall be reduced until the amount to be allocated to the Participant's Account under the Plan is not so limited or until the amounts allocated under all such other plans have been reduced to zero, whichever occurs first. If after such reduction has been made the amount to be allocated to a Participant's Account under the Plan for such year would exceed the limitations set forth in this Section, then the Company shall reduce the amounts to be allocated to such Participant's Account for such year to the extent of the excess by reducing the amount of the Participant's Deferred Contributions and corresponding Matching Contributions (if any) allocated to his Account, plus earnings on such contributions, and distributing to the Participant the amount by which his Deferred Contributions and corresponding Matching Contributions in which the Participant is vested (if any) have been reduced, and earnings on such contributions. Any Matching Contributions reduced pursuant to this paragraph in which a Participant is not vested shall be forfeited. If the combined annual benefit payable to a Participant would exceed the limitation of paragraph (B) above, then the benefit payable under the defined benefit plan shall be reduced in order to meet such limitation in the manner provided in such defined benefit plan. The "annual additions" for a Plan Year to a Participant's account in this Plan and in any other defined contribution plan is the sum during such Plan Year of-- (i) the amount of Employer contributions (including Deferred Contributions) allocated to such Participant's accounts, (ii) the amount of forfeitures allocated to such Participant's accounts, (iii) the amount allocated to any individual medical benefit account (as defined in section 415(l) of the Code) maintained on behalf of the Participant, and (iv) the amount of contributions by the Participant to such Plan but excluding any rollover contribution made to such Plan. 12 18 For purposes of this Section, the "limitation year" shall be the Plan Year, the terms "compensation," "defined contribution plan," "defined benefit plan" and "year of service" shall have the meanings set forth in section 415 of the Code and the Regulations promulgated thereunder, and a Participant's Employer shall include entities that are members of the same controlled group (within the meaning of section 414(b) of the Code as modified by section 415(h) of the Code) or affiliated service group (within the meaning of section 414(m) of the Code) as his Employer or under common control (within the meaning of section 414(c) of the Code as modified by section 415(h) of the Code) with his Employer or such entities. 5.2 Limitation on Contributions. (a) Deductibility. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan to the contrary, contributions made to the Plan under Section 3.1 and Article 4 for any Plan Year shall not exceed the maximum amount for which a deduction is allowable to such Employer for federal income tax purposes on account of such contributions for the fiscal year of the Employer which ends with or within a Plan Year. Any contribution which is determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be nondeductible by an Employer shall be returned to such Employer within one year following the date on which such deduction is disallowed. (b) Mistake of Fact. Any contribution made by an Employer by reason of a good faith mistake of fact shall, upon the request of such Employer, be returned by the Trustee to such Employer. The Employer's request and the return of any such contribution must be made within one year after such contribution was mistakenly made. The amount to be returned to the Employer pursuant to this paragraph shall be the excess of the amount contributed over the amount which would have been contributed had there not been a mistake of fact. If the return to the Employer of the amount attributable to the mistaken contribution would cause the amount credited to any Participant's Account as of the date such amount is to be returned (as if such date were a Valuation Date) to be reduced to less than what would have been the amount credited to such Account as of such date had the mistaken amount not been contributed, the amount to be returned to the Employer shall be limited so as to avoid such a reduction. 13 19 ARTICLE 6 TRUST A Trust shall be created by the execution of a Trust Agreement between the Company (acting on behalf of the Employers) and the Trustee. All contributions under the Plan shall be made to the Trustee. The Trustee shall hold all property received by it and invest the income and allocate the losses from all property held by it on behalf of the Participants collectively in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and the Trust Agreement. The Trustee shall make distributions from the Trust Fund at such time or times to such person or persons (or such qualified plans or individual retirement accounts) and in such amounts as the Committee shall direct in accordance with the Plan. ARTICLE 7 INVESTMENT ELECTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS TO PARTICIPANTS' ACCOUNTS 7.1 Separate Accounts and Investment Elections. (a) Accounts. The Committee shall establish and maintain, or cause the Trustee or such other agent as the Committee may select to establish and maintain, a separate Account for each Participant. Such Accounts shall be solely for accounting purposes and no segregation of assets of the Trust among the separate Accounts shall be required. Each Account shall consist of (a) if Deferred Contributions are being made or have been made for a Participant, a Deferred Contribution Account, (b) if Matching Contributions are being made or have been made for a Participant, a Matching Contribution Account (c) if Service Award Contributions are being made or have been made, a Service Award Contribution Account and (d) if a Participant has made a rollover contribution, a Rollover Account. (b) Investment Funds. (1) In General. The Committee shall establish and maintain, or shall cause to be established and maintained, three or more investment funds, the type and number of such funds to be determined by the Company, to which all amounts contributed under the Plan shall be credited according to each Participant's investment elections pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section. The Trustee shall establish and maintain, or cause to be established or maintained, investment subaccounts with respect to each such investment fund to which amounts contributed under the Plan shall be credited according to each Participant's investment elections pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section. All 14 20 such subaccounts shall be for accounting purposes only, and there shall be no segregation of assets within the investment funds among the separate subaccounts. (2) Company Stock Fund. As soon as practicable after the Effective Date, the Committee shall establish or shall cause to be established a Company Stock Fund. The assets of the Company Stock Fund shall be invested primarily in shares of Company Stock and short-term liquid investments in a commingled money-market fund maintained by the Trustee, to the extent determined by the Trustee to be necessary to satisfy such fund's cash needs. Each Participant's proportional interest in the Company Stock Fund shall be represented by units of participation, each such unit representing a proportionate interest in all the assets of such fund. In making purchases or sales of shares of Company Stock for the Company Stock Fund, the Trustee shall purchase or sell shares of Company Stock in the manner and in the proportion as prescribed by the Company in accordance with rules adopted for such purpose. (c) Investment Elections. Each Participant shall make an investment election which shall apply to the investment of his Account balance and any earnings thereon and shall make an election which shall apply to future contributions which will be made to such Participant's Account pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 4.1 and to the loan payments made pursuant to Section 8.1(e). Such election shall specify that such contributions be invested either (i) wholly in one fund maintained pursuant to subsection (b) or (ii) divided among such funds in multiples established by the Committee from time to time. During any period in which no direction as to the investment of a Participant's Account is on file with the Committee, contributions made by him or on his behalf to the Plan shall be invested in such manner as the Committee shall determine. With respect to the allocation of the Participant's existing Account balances among the available investment funds, a Participant may elect to change his investment election effective as of any Valuation Date. The Committee may prescribe uniform rules which shall govern the time by which any such election shall be made in order to be effective for a Valuation Date. A Participant may change his investment elections only once during any one day. With respect to the investment of future contributions to the Participant's Account among the available investment funds, a Participant may elect to change his investment election effective as of the first day of the payroll period which is at least one day following the date on which the Plan Administrator receives notification of such change. The Committee may prescribe uniform rules which shall govern the date and time by which any such election shall be made in order to be effective for a payroll period. Such an election may be made as of any Valuation Date, provided that in the event a Participant makes more than one election with respect to a payroll period, the last such election made by the Participant shall control. 15 21 (d) Applicability. For purposes of this Section, the term "Participant" shall include any Beneficiary of a deceased Participant and any alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order on whose behalf an account has been established under this Plan. 7.2 Allocation of Contributions and Withdrawals to Accounts. (a) Allocations of Deferred Contributions. Once per calendar month (or at such other frequency prescribed by the Committee), the Committee shall deposit the Deferred Contributions made via payroll reduction during such month (or other period prescribed by the Committee) with the Trustee. Such contributions shall be allocated to the Deferred Contribution Account of each Participant on whose behalf such contributions were made as soon as practicable after such date. (b) Allocations of Matching Contributions. Once per calendar month (or at such other frequency prescribed by the Committee), Matching Contributions made during such month (or other period prescribed by the Committee) shall be deposited with the Trustee. Such contributions shall be allocated to the Matching Contribution Account of each Participant for whom such contributions are made as soon as practicable after such date. (c) Allocations of Service Award Contributions. The Committee may deposit a Participant's Service Award Contribution with the Trustee at any time during or after the end of the Plan Year for which such contribution is awarded, but in no event later than the due date of the Employer's federal income tax return for the tax year in which such Plan Year ends. Such contribution shall be allocated to the Participant's Service Award Contribution Account as soon as practicable after such date. (d) Allocations of Rollover Contributions. As soon as administratively practicable after a Participant delivers a rollover contribution to the Committee, the Committee shall deposit such contribution with the Trustee. Such contribution shall be allocated to the Participant's Rollover Account as soon as practicable after such date. (e) Allocation of Loan Repayments. Once per calendar month (or at such other frequency prescribed by the Committee), the Committee shall deposit the loan repayments during such month (or other period prescribed by the Committee) with the Trustee. Such repayments shall be allocated to the Deferred Contribution Account, the Matching Contribution Account and the Service Award Contribution Account as applicable, of each Participant who made such repayments as soon as practicable after such date. The Committee shall reduce the Participant's loan subaccount (as defined in Section 8.1(e) by the principal portion of such loan repayments. (f) Allocation of Forfeitures. As of the end of each Plan Year, after making the adjustments described in Section 7.3, forfeitures arising under this Plan shall be applied to fund Employer Matching Contributions. 16 22 7.3 Valuation of Participants' Accounts. (a) Value of Investment Funds. Except for the Company Stock Fund, as of each Valuation Date, the value of the portion of Participants' Accounts that is invested in each investment fund shall be determined based upon the number of units invested in each such fund and the net asset value of each such fund, as determined by the Trustee. (b) Valuation of Portion of Accounts Invested in Company Stock. As soon as practicable after each Valuation Date, the value of Participants' Accounts that is invested in Company Stock, including any accumulated cash, shall be determined by the Trustee, taking into account any cash dividends, shares received as a stock split or dividend or as a result of a reorganization or other recapitalization of the Company, or other distributions paid to shareholders of Company Stock, since the preceding Valuation Date. (c) Value of Total Account. The valuation of a Participant's Account as of any Valuation Date shall be the sum of the values of his Deferred Contribution Account, Matching Contribution Account, Service Award Contribution Account and Rollover Account. A Participant's Account shall be further reduced or increased in such manner as the Committee determines in its discretion to be necessary to provide an equitable allocation of any change in the value of the net worth of the Trust Fund. 7.4 Correction of Error. If it shall come to the attention of the Committee that an error has been made in any of the allocations prescribed by this Plan, appropriate adjustment shall be made to the Accounts of all Participants and Beneficiaries that are affected by such error, except that no adjustment need be made with respect to the Account of any Participant which has been distributed in full prior to the discovery of such error. 17 23 ARTICLE 8 LOANS 8.1 Loans to Participants. (a) Making of Loans. Subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section, the Committee shall establish a loan program whereby any Participant who is an Employee may request, by prior written application to the Committee, to borrow funds from the Plan. The principal balance of such loan shall be not less than $1,000 and shall not exceed the lesser of (1) 50% of the aggregate of the Participant's vested Account balance under the Plan as of the Valuation Date coinciding with or immediately preceding the day on which the loan is made, and (2) $50,000, reduced by the excess, if any, of the highest outstanding loan balance of the Participant under all plans maintained by the Employer during the period of time beginning one year and one day prior to the date such loan is to be made and ending on the date such loan is to be made over the outstanding balance of loans from all such plans on the date on which such loan was made. (b) Restrictions. No Participant may have more than two loans outstanding at any time. Amounts equal to any such loan (or loans, as the case may be) shall be debited first from the Participant's Deferred Contribution Account to the extent thereof, then from his Matching Contribution Account to the extent thereof and then from his Service Award Contribution Account, to the extent thereof. Such amounts shall be debited from the investment fund or funds as the Committee shall, in its sole discretion, determine. Any loan approved by the Committee pursuant to the preceding paragraph (a) shall be made only upon the following terms and conditions: (1) The period for repayment of the loan shall be arrived at by mutual agreement between the Committee and the Participant, but such period shall not exceed five years from the date of the loan; provided, however, that if the purpose of the loan, as determined by the Committee, is to acquire any dwelling unit that within a reasonable period of time is to be used as the principal residence of the Participant, then such period for repayment shall not exceed fifteen years. Such loan may be prepaid, without penalty, by delivery to the Committee of cash in an amount equal to the entire unpaid balance of such loan. Any loan is due in full upon termination of employment. (2) No loan shall be made unless the Participant consents to have such loan repaid in substantially equal installments deducted from the regular payments of the Participant's compensation during the term of the loan. Notwithstanding the 18 24 foregoing, loan repayments under this Plan may be suspended with respect to a Participant in Military Service to the extent required by USERRA and in accordance with section 414(u)(4) of the Code. (3) Each loan shall be evidenced by the Participant's collateral promissory note for the amount of the loan, with interest, payable to the order of the Trustee, and shall be secured by an assignment of a portion of the Participant's vested benefit under the Plan equal to the initial principal amount of such loan and such other collateral as may be required by the Committee (subject to any grace period established by the Committee in accordance with Treasury regulations). (4) Each loan shall bear a fixed interest rate which shall be equal to the prime rate on the last Valuation Date of the month preceding the date the loan is applied for as published in the Wall Street Journal on the business day following such Valuation Date, plus 1%. (5) Each Participant requesting a loan shall, as a condition of receiving such loan, pay such reasonable loan processing fee as shall be set from time to time by the Committee. To the extent permitted by the Committee, such fee may be paid from the loan proceeds. (6) The Committee may, in its sole discretion, restrict the amount to be disbursed pursuant to any loan request to the extent it deems necessary to take into account any fluctuations in the value of a Participant's accounts since the date on which the Participant filed a request for a loan. (7) The Committee may, in its sole discretion, cause a charge as an expense to the accounts of any Participant receiving a loan any reasonable administrative fee for processing or annual maintenance of such loan. (c) Loan Default. In the event a Participant defaults on a Plan loan, the entire unpaid balance of the loan shall become due and payable immediately. The Committee may declare a loan to be in default if any of the following events occur: (1) the termination of his employment with his Employer for any reason (including death); (2) the Participant becoming a Disabled Participant; (3) failure of the Participant to make any payment of principal or interest on the loan on or before the date such payment is due; 19 25 (4) the Participant's net paycheck (after all other payroll deductions) decreases to an amount lower than his payroll deduction loan repayment amount; (5) failure of the Participant to perform or observe any of his covenants, duties or agreements under the promissory note executed by the Participant with respect to the loan; (6) receipt by the Plan of opinion of counsel to the effect that (1) the Plan will, or could, lose its status as a qualified plan under section 401(a) of the Code unless the loan is repaid or (2) the loan violates, or may violate, any provision of ERISA; (7) any portion of the Participant's account that is not in excess of the amount that has been pledged as security for the loan becomes payable from the Plan to the Participant, to any beneficiary of the Participant, or to any "alternate payee" of the Participant pursuant to any qualified domestic relations order (as defined in section 414(p) of the Code); or (8) the Participant makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, files a petition in bankruptcy, is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt, or becomes a subject of any wage earner plan under the federal Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state insolvency law, or there is commenced against the Participant any bankruptcy, insolvency, or other similar proceeding which remains undismissed for a period of 60 days (or the Participant by an act indicates his consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in any such proceeding). Notwithstanding the foregoing, loan repayments may be suspended for (i) any period during which a Participant takes an authorized unpaid sick leave from his Employer and (ii) any period of a Participant's unpaid authorized leave of absence, but in no event for a period exceeding one year. A default shall occur upon the Participant's resumption of active employment unless the Participant pays all outstanding amounts in arrears upon such resumption, or upon the expiration of such one-year period, if earlier. In the event a default on a Participant loan occurs and the Participant does not pay the entire unpaid balance of the loan (with accrued unpaid interest) within five business days after the date the default occurs, the Participant's vested interest under the Plan that has been pledged as security for repayment of the Plan loan shall be applied immediately, to the extent required, to pay the entire unpaid balance of the loan (and all accrued unpaid interest thereon); provided, however, that in the case of a default described in subparagraph (7) above, the Plan may distribute the Participant's promissory note to the Participant (or if the Participant has died, to his beneficiary) in full satisfaction of the Plan's liability to the Participant (or if the Participant has died, to his beneficiary) with respect to that portion of the Participant's vested account equal to the outstanding loan amount 20 26 (including accrued unpaid interest). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no portion of the Participant's account consisting of, or attributable to, the Participant's elective deferrals (as defined in section 402(g) of the Code) shall be applied to pay an outstanding loan before the date the Participant separates from service or, if earlier, attains age 59 1/2. Failure by the Committee to enforce strictly Plan rights with respect to a default on a Plan loan shall not constitute a waiver of such rights. (d) Applicability. The provisions of this Section 8.1 shall apply to any person who is a Participant but who is not an Employee and any Beneficiary of a deceased Participant if such Participant or Beneficiary is a "party in interest" as defined in section 3(14) of ERISA. The grant of a loan pursuant to this Section 8.1 and the terms and conditions thereof shall apply to any such Participant or Beneficiary in the same manner as to a Participant who is an Employee, except that the requirements of Section 8.1(b)(2) shall be met with respect to each such Participant and Beneficiary if such Participant or Beneficiary consents to have such loan repaid in substantially equal installments as determined by the Committee, but not less frequently than quarterly. (e) Loan Subaccount. The Committee shall cause to be maintained a loan subaccount for the receipt of amounts debited from a Participant's accounts attributable to any loan made pursuant to this Section 8.1. Appropriate accounting entries reflecting such transfers shall be concurrent with the disbursement to the Participant of amounts borrowed. A repayment of interest or principal received in respect of amounts borrowed by a Participant shall be credited to the loan subaccount of such Participant as soon as practicable after the Valuation Date coinciding with or next following the date on which such payment is made. The Committee shall then cause to be credited such repayments to the Participant's Deferred Contribution Account, Rollover Account, Service Award Contribution Account and Matching Contribution Account in the same proportion as such accounts were charged with the loan. Repayments so allocated to a Participant shall then be allocated among such Participant's investment fund subaccounts in accordance with such Participant's investment direction in effect at the time that such repayments are credited to the Participant's accounts. 21 27 ARTICLE 9 DISTRIBUTIONS UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT 9.1 Entitlement to Distribution Upon Termination of Employment. (a) Vesting. A Participant or his designated Beneficiary, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive his or her entire Account balance as soon as administratively practicable following the date on which the Participant's termination of employment occurs if the Participant terminates employment after completing at least five Years of Service, on account of death, after attainment of age 65 or if such Participant becomes a Disabled Participant. If a Participant terminates employment for any other reason before completing five Years of Service, the balance of such Participant's Matching Contribution Account shall be forfeited as described in subsection (b) below. A Participant is always fully vested in the balance of such Participant's Deferred Contribution Account, Service Award Contribution Account and Rollover Account (if any). (b) Forfeitures. If upon a Participant's termination of employment the Participant is not vested in his Matching Contribution Account as described in subsection (a) above, the balance of such account shall be credited to a special forfeiture account established on behalf of such Participant. Such credit shall occur as of the Valuation Date as of which the adjusted balance is determined, and such account shall not be taken into account in determining, nor participate in, the allocations prescribed by Article 7. The amount credited to a special forfeiture account established on behalf of a Participant shall be forfeited as of the earlier of (i) in the case of a Participant who takes a distribution of the vested portion of the Participant's interest in the Trust Fund as provided in Section 9.2, as of the end of the date of such distribution and (ii) the date as of which the Participant incurs 5 consecutive Break in Service Years. If such Participant is reemployed prior to taking a distribution and prior to incurring 5 consecutive Break in Service Years such special account shall be restored. If upon his or her termination of employment any such Participant received a lump-sum distribution pursuant to Section 9.2, then he or she shall have the right to pay an amount equal to such distribution to the Trustee. If the Participant makes such a payment, then such special account shall be restored. Any such payment must be made by the fifth anniversary of the Participant's date of reemployment. If pursuant to this paragraph the forfeited portion of a Participant's Matching Contribution Account is to be restored, the amount restored shall be obtained from the total amount that has been forfeited pursuant to this paragraph (b) during the Plan Year in which such Participant is reemployed or the Plan Year in which such Participant makes the payment set forth above, as the case may be, from the Matching Contribution Accounts of Participants employed by the same Employer as the reemployed Participant. If the aggregate amount to be so restored to the accounts of Participants who are employees of 22 28 a particular Employer exceeds the amount of such forfeitures, such Employer shall make a contribution in an amount equal to such excess. 9.2 Form of Distribution. (a) In General. Any distribution to which a Participant or Beneficiary becomes entitled upon termination of employment shall be distributed by the Trustee at the direction of the Committee by payment in a single lump sum in cash. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, a Participant or Beneficiary, as the case may be, may elect to receive distribution of the portion of such Participant's Account that is invested in Company Stock in the form of whole shares of Company Stock, with cash in lieu of fractional shares. 9.3 Time of Distribution. Any distribution to which a Participant or his Beneficiary becomes entitled upon termination of employment shall be made as soon as administratively practicable following the date elected by the Participant or the Participant's designated Beneficiary, as the case may be, provided, however, that: (a) subject to Section 10.2, if a Participant fails to make any election, the Participant's Account shall be distributed in a single lump sum cash payment no later than 60 days after the end of the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 65 (or terminates employment, if later); provided that, the Participant may make an affirmative election to defer distribution to a later date, but in no event later than April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Participant's attains age 70 1/2; (b) distributions to a Participant's Beneficiary on account of the Participant's death shall be made no later than December 31 of the calendar year in which occurs the fifth anniversary of the Participant's death; (c) with respect to a Participant who continues in employment after attaining age 70 1/2, distribution of the Participant's account balance shall commence no later than the Participant's required beginning date. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "required beginning date" shall mean (i) with respect to a Participant who is a 5%-owner (within the meaning of section 416(i) of the Code) in the calendar year in which he attains age 70 1/2, April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 70 1/2 and (ii) with respect to any other Participant, April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Participant retires. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant who is not a 5%-owner and who attains age 70 1/2 prior to January 1, 1999, shall be permitted to elect that distributions commence no later than April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 70 1/2. Distributions made under this paragraph shall be made in accordance with section 401(a)(9) of the Code and regulations thereunder. 23 29 9.4 Valuation of Accounts. For purposes of determining the value of a Participant's account balance under the Plan for purposes of this Article, the Participant's Account balance shall be valued as of the date the Participant's request for a distribution is received by the Committee in acceptable form and substance, or such other date prescribed by the Committee in conjunction with the Plan's recordkeeper (such date to be applied in a uniform manner). ARTICLE 10 SPECIAL PARTICIPATION AND DISTRIBUTION RULES 10.1 Direct Rollover Option. In the case of any distribution (including any withdrawal) that is an "eligible rollover distribution" within the meaning of section 402(c)(4) of the Code, a distributee may elect that all or any portion of such distribution to which he is entitled shall be directly transferred from the Plan to (i) an individual retirement account or annuity described in section 408 of the Code, (ii) to this Plan or another employer's retirement plan qualified under section 401(a) of the Code (the terms of which permit the acceptance of rollover distributions) or (iii) to an annuity plan described in section 403(a) of the Code; provided, however, that if the distributee is a surviving spouse of a Participant, such distribution may be transferred only to an individual retirement account or annuity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a distributee shall not be entitled to elect to have an eligible rollover distribution transferred pursuant to this subsection if the total of all eligible rollover distributions with respect to such distributee for the Plan Year is not reasonably expected to equal at least $200, or in the case of a partial direct rollover, the portion so rolled over equals at least $500. For purposes of this subsection, the term "distributee" shall include (i) a Participant, (ii) an alternate payee (within the meaning of section 414(p)(8) of the Code) with respect to a Participant under a qualified domestic relations order or (iii) a surviving spouse of a Participant. 10.2 Distribution of Small Account Balances. If the balance of the Participant's Account to be distributed under this Section does not exceed $5,000 (or such other amount prescribed by section 411(a)(11) of the Code) (such amount referred to herein as the "small benefit amount"), such balance shall be distributed as soon as administratively practicable after the end of the calendar quarter in which the Participant=s termination of employment occurs (or such other time prescribed by the Committee) in a single lump sum cash payment. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, if as of the date of any previous distribution, the value of a Participant's Account exceeds the small benefit amount, the value of the Participant's Account shall at all times be deemed to exceed the small benefit amount. 24 30 10.3 Designation of Beneficiary. Each Participant shall have the right to designate a Beneficiary or Beneficiaries (who may be designated contingently or successively and that may be an entity other than a natural person) to receive any distribution to which the Participant is entitled upon his death pursuant to Section 9.1, provided, however, that no such designation (or change thereof) shall be effective if the Participant was married through the one-year period ending on the date of the Participant's death unless such designation (or change thereof) was consented to at the time of such designation (or change thereof) by the person who was the Participant's spouse during such period, in writing, acknowledging the effect of such consent and witnessed by a notary public or a Plan representative, or it is established to the satisfaction of the Committee that such consent could not be obtained because the Participant's spouse cannot be located or such other circumstances as may be prescribed in Regulations. Subject to the preceding sentence, a Participant may from time to time, without the consent of any Beneficiary, change or cancel any such designation. Such designation and each change therein shall be made in the form prescribed by the Committee and shall be filed with the Committee. If (i) no Beneficiary has been named by a deceased Participant, (ii) such designation is not effective pursuant to the proviso contained in the first sentence of this Section, or (iii) the designated Beneficiary has predeceased the Participant, any undistributed balance of the deceased Participant's account shall be distributed by the Trustee at the direction of the Committee: (a) to the surviving spouse of such deceased Participant, if any, or (b) if there is no surviving spouse, to the surviving children of such deceased Participant, if any, in equal shares, or (c) if there is no surviving spouse and there are no surviving children, to the person or persons entitled to benefits under any group term life insurance plan maintained by the Participant's Employer on account of the Participant's death, in the shares prescribed by such plan, if any, or (d) if there is no surviving spouse, there are no surviving children and there are no benefits payable under any such group term life insurance plan, to the Participant's estate. The marriage of a Participant shall be deemed to revoke any prior designation of a Beneficiary made by him and a divorce shall be deemed to revoke any prior designation of the Participant's divorced spouse if written evidence of such marriage or divorce shall be received by the Committee before distribution of the Participant's Account balance has been made in accordance with such designation. If within a period of three years following the death or other termination of employment of any Participant the Committee in the exercise of reasonable diligence has been unable to locate the person or persons entitled to benefits under this Article 10, the rights of such person or persons shall be 25 31 forfeited, provided, however, that the Plan shall reinstate and pay to such person or persons the amount of the benefits so forfeited upon a claim for such benefits made by such person or persons. The amount to be so reinstated shall be obtained from the total amount that shall have been forfeited pursuant to this Section 10.3 during the Plan Year that the claim for such forfeited benefit is made. If the amount to be reinstated exceeds the amount of such forfeitures, the Employer in respect of whose Employee the claim for forfeited benefit is made shall make a contribution in an amount equal to the remainder of such excess. Any such contribution shall be made without regard to whether or not the limitations set forth in Section 5.3 will be exceeded by such contribution. If there is doubt as to the right of any beneficiary to receive any amount, the Trustee on instructions of the Plan Administrator may retain such amount until the rights thereto are determined, or it may pay such amount into any court of appropriate jurisdiction, and none of the Plan Administrator, the Committee, the Trustee, the Company or any Employer shall be liable for any interest on such amount or shall be under any other liability to any person in respect of such amount. 10.4 Distributions to Minor or Disabled Beneficiaries. Any distribution which is payable to a person who is a minor or to a person who, in the opinion of the Committee, is unable to manage his affairs by reason of illness or mental incompetency may be made to or for the benefit of any such person in such of the following ways as the Committee shall direct: (a) directly to any such minor if, in the opinion of the Committee, he is able to manage his affairs, (b) to the legal representative of any such person, (c) to a custodian under a Uniform Gifts to Minors Act for any such minor, or (d) to some near relative of any such person to be used for the latter's benefit. Neither the Committee nor the Trustee shall be required to review the application by any third party of any distribution made to or for the benefit of a person pursuant to this Section. 10.5 Non-Assignability. (a) In General. It is a condition of the Plan, and all rights of each Participant and Beneficiary shall be subject thereto, that no right or interest of any Participant or Beneficiary in the Plan shall be assignable or transferable in whole or in part, either directly or by operation of law or otherwise, including, but not by way of limitation, execution, levy, garnishment, attachment, pledge or bankruptcy, but excluding devolution by death or mental incompetency, and no right or interest of any Participant or Beneficiary in the Plan 26 32 shall be liable for, or subject to, any obligation or liability of such Participant or Beneficiary, including claims for alimony or the support of any spouse, except as provided below. (b) Exception for Qualified Domestic Relations Orders. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, if the Plan Administrator shall receive any written judgment, decree or order (including approval of a property settlement agreement) pursuant to State domestic relations or community property law relating to the provision of child support, alimony or marital property rights of a spouse, former spouse, child or other dependent of a Participant and purporting to provide for the payment of all or a portion of the Participant's Account to or on behalf of one or more of such persons (such judgment, decree or order being hereinafter called a "domestic relations order"), the Plan Administrator shall arrange to determine whether such order constitutes a "qualified domestic relations order," as defined in section 414(p) of the Code and section 206(d)(3) of ERISA. If the order is determined to be a qualified domestic relations order, all or a portion of the Participant's Account, as specified in the order, shall be assigned to the person or persons named therein, and shall be payable in accordance with the terms of such order. The manner in which all or any portion of a Participant=s Account under the Plan may be assigned and paid to any other person pursuant to the terms of a domestic relations order shall be governed by procedures adopted by the Plan Administrator for this purpose, section 414(p) of the Code, section 206(d)(3) of ERISA and Regulations issued thereunder. Such procedures shall provide that payments under a domestic relations order applicable to a Participant's Account under the Plan may commence as soon as administratively practicable after such order is determined by the Plan Administrator (or its delegate) to constitute a "qualified domestic relations order" under section 414(p) of the Code and section 206(d)(3) of ERISA, if the terms of the order so provide. 10.6 Reemployment of Veterans. The provisions of this Section shall apply in the case of the reemployment by an Employer of an Eligible Employee, within the period prescribed by USERRA, after the Eligible Employee's completion of a period of qualified military service (as defined in section 414(u)(5) of the Code). The provisions of this Section are intended to provide such Eligible Employees with the rights required by USERRA and section 414(u) of the Code and shall be interpreted in accordance with such intent. (a) Make Up of Deferred Contributions. Such Eligible Employee shall be entitled to make contributions under the Plan in addition to any Deferred Contributions which the Eligible Employee elects to have made under the Plan pursuant to Section 3.1 (such contributions referred to herein as "Make Up Deferred Contributions"). From time to time while employed by an Employer, such Employee may elect to make such Make Up Deferred Contributions during the period beginning on the date of such Employee's reemployment and ending on the earlier of: 27 33 (i) the end of the period equal to the product of three and such Employee's period of qualified military service, and (ii) the 5th anniversary of the date of such reemployment. Such Employee shall not be permitted to contribute Make Up Deferred Contributions to the Plan in excess of the amount which the Employee could have elected to have made under the Plan in the form of Deferred Contributions, as the case may be, if the Eligible Employee had continued in employment with his Employer during such period of qualified military service. Such Eligible Employee shall be deemed to have earned "Compensation" from his Employer during such period of qualified military service for this purpose in the amount prescribed by sections 414(u)(2)(B) and 414(u)(7) of the Code. The manner in which an Eligible Employee may elect to make Make Up Deferred Contributions pursuant to this subsection (a) shall be prescribed by the Committee. (b) Make Up of Matching Contributions. An Eligible Employee who makes Make Up Deferred Contributions as described in subsection (a) shall be entitled to an allocation of Matching Contributions ("Make Up Matching Contributions") in an amount equal to the amount of Matching Contributions which would have been allocated to the Matching Contribution Account of such Eligible Employee under the Plan if such Make Up Deferred Contributions had been made in the form of Deferred Contributions, as the case may be, during the period of such Employee's qualified military service (as determined pursuant to section 414(u) of the Code). The Eligible Employee's Employer shall make a special contribution to the Plan which shall be utilized solely for purposes of such allocation. Any contributions made by an Eligible Employee or an Employer pursuant to this Section on account of a period of qualified military service in a prior Plan Year shall not be subject to the limitations prescribed by Sections 3.5, 5.3 and 5.1 of the Plan (relating to sections 402(g), 404 and 415 of the Code, respectively) for the Plan Year in which such contributions are made. 28 34 ARTICLE 11 SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO COMPANY STOCK 11.1 Voting Rights. Each Participant who participates in the Company Stock Fund (or, in the event of the Participant's death, his beneficiary under the Plan) is, for purposes of this Section, hereby designated as a "named fiduciary" (within the meaning of Section 403(a)(1) of ERISA) with respect to a pro rata portion (as hereinafter determined) of the unallocated shares of Company Stock in the Company Stock Fund (and certain allocated shares of Company Stock in the Company Stock Fund as to which timely directions are not received by the Trustee). Such Participant shall have the right to direct the Trustee as to the manner in which shares of Company Stock allocated to his accounts under the Plan and such other shares of common stock are to be voted on each matter brought before a meeting of the stockholders of the Company as set forth below. When the Company files preliminary proxy solicitation materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company shall cause a copy of all materials to be sent simultaneously to the Trustee. Based on these materials the Trustee shall prepare a voting instruction form. At the time of mailing of notice of each annual or special stockholders' meeting of the Company, the Company shall cause a copy of the notice and all proxy solicitation materials to be sent to, each Participant with an interest in the Company Stock Fund, together with the foregoing voting instruction form to be returned to the Trustee or its designee. The form shall show the number of full and fractional shares of Company Stock allocated to the Participant's respective accounts. The Company shall provide the Trustee with a copy of any materials provided to Participants and shall certify to the Trustee that the materials have been mailed or otherwise sent to Participants. Upon timely receipt of directions from each Participant, the Trustee shall vote as directed, on each such matter, the number of shares (including fractional shares) of Company Stock allocated to such Participant's accounts, and the Trustee shall have no discretion in such matter. If the Trustee shall not receive timely direction from a Participant as to how shares of common stock allocated to such Participant's account in the Company Stock Fund shall be voted, the Trustee shall vote such shares in the same proportion in which the shares held in the Company Stock Fund for which it received timely directions were voted, and the Trustee shall have no discretion in such matter. For purposes of this Section the shares of Company Stock held in the Company Stock Fund shall be treated as allocated to the accounts of Participants in proportion to their respective interests in the Company Stock Fund as of the immediately preceding record date for ownership of Company stock for stockholders entitled to vote. If any shares held in the Company Stock Fund are not allocated to the accounts of Participants when a matter is brought to the stockholders of the Company for voting, the Trustee shall vote 29 35 such unallocated shares in the same proportion on each issue in which responding Participants voted the shares allocated to their accounts in the Company Stock Fund, and the Trustee shall have no discretion in such matter. Directions from a Participant pursuant to this Section shall be held in confidence by the Trustee and shall not be divulged or released to the Company, or any officer or employee thereof, or any other person. 11.2 Shareholder Rights in the Event of a Tender Offer. In the event a tender or exchange offer is made for any shares of Company Stock, each Participant who participates in the Company Stock Fund is, for purposes of this Section, hereby designated as a "named fiduciary" (within the meaning of Section 403(a)(1) of ERISA) with respect to a pro rata portion (as hereinafter determined) of the unallocated shares of Company Stock in the Company Stock Fund. Such Participant shall have the right to direct the Trustee in writing as to the manner in which to respond to such tender or exchange offer with respect to the shares of Company Stock allocated to his account in the Company Stock Fund and with respect to a portion of the unallocated shares of Company Stock as set forth below. Upon commencement of a tender or exchange offer for any securities held in the Trust that are Company Stock, the Company shall notify each Participant with an interest in such securities of the tender or exchange offer and utilize its best efforts to distribute timely or cause to be distributed to the Participant the same information that is distributed to shareholders of the Company in connection with the tender or exchange offer and, after consulting with the Trustee, shall provide and pay for a means by which the Participant may direct the Trustee whether to tender the Company Stock allocated to the Participant's accounts. The Company shall provide the Trustee with a copy of any material provided to Participants and shall certify to the Trustee that the materials have been mailed or otherwise sent to Participants. Upon timely receipt of directions from each Participant, the Trustee shall respond as directed with respect to such shares of Company Stock allocated to the Participant's account in the Company Stock Fund. The directions received by the Trustee from Participants and beneficiaries shall be held by the Trustee in confidence and shall not be divulged or released to any person, including officers or employees of the Company or any affiliate thereof, except to the extent that the consequences of such directions are reflected in reports regularly communicated to any such persons. If the Trustee shall not receive timely direction from a Participant as to the manner in which to respond to such tender or exchange offer with respect to shares of Company Stock allocated to the Participant's account in the Company Stock Fund, the Trustee shall not tender or exchange such shares of Company Stock, as the case may be, and the Trustee shall have no discretion in such matter. For purposes of this Section, the shares of Company Stock held in the Company Stock Fund shall be treated as allocated to the accounts of Participants in proportion to their respective interests in the Company Stock Fund as of the immediately preceding record date for ownership of Company Stock for stockholders entitled to tender. The Committee may direct the Trustee to make a special valuation of the Company Stock Fund in 30 36 connection with such tender or exchange offer. If, for any reason, there are any shares of Company Stock held in the Company Stock Fund which are not allocated to the accounts of Participants at the applicable time, the Trustee shall respond to such tender or exchange offer with respect to such unallocated shares by tendering or exchanging unallocated shares in the same proportion as the allocated shares held under the Company Stock Fund for which directions were received from Participants are tendered or exchanged, and by not tendering or exchanging the balance of such unallocated shares, and the Trustee shall have no discretion in such matter. A Participant who has directed the Trustee to tender or exchange some or all of the shares of Company Stock allocated to his accounts may, at any time prior to the tender or exchange offer withdrawal date, direct the Trustee to withdraw some or all of such tendered or exchanged shares, and the Trustee shall withdraw the directed number of shares from the tender or exchange offer prior to the offer withdrawal deadline. Prior to the withdrawal deadline, if any shares of Company Stock not allocated to Participants' accounts have been tendered or exchanged, the Trustee shall redetermine the number of such securities that would be tendered or exchanged under this Section if the date of the foregoing withdrawal were the date of determination, and withdraw from the tender or exchange offer the number of shares of Company Stock to the extent necessary to reduce the amount of such tendered or exchanged securities not allocated to Participant's accounts to the amount so redetermined. A Participant shall not be limited as to the number of directions to tender or exchange or withdraw that the Participant may give the Trustee. A direction by a Participant to the Trustee to tender or exchange shares of Company Stock allocated to his accounts shall not be considered a written election under the Plan by the Participant to withdraw, or have distributed, any or all of his withdrawable shares. The Trustee shall credit to the account of the Participant from which the tendered or exchanged shares were taken the proceeds received by the Trustee in exchange for the shares of Company Stock tendered or exchanged from that account. Pending receipt of directions (through the Plan Administrator) from the Participant or the Company as to which of the remaining investment options the proceeds should be invested in, the Trustee shall invest the proceeds in such investment fund as specified by the Committee. 11.3 Applicability. For purposes of this Article, the term "Participant" shall include any Beneficiary of a deceased Participant and any alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order on whose behalf an account has been established under this Plan. 31 37 ARTICLE 12 ADMINISTRATION 12.1 The Committee. The Board of Directors shall appoint the Committee which shall consist of at least three members. The Committee shall be the "administrator" of the Plan within the meaning of section 3(16) of ERISA, and the Company and the Committee each shall be a "named fiduciary" of the Plan under ERISA. Administration of the Plan shall be the responsibility of the Committee except to the extent that authority to hold the Trust Fund of the Plan has been delegated to the Trustee, in accordance with Section 12.2, and authority to direct the investment and reinvestment of the Trust Fund has been delegated to the Committee. 12.2 Investment Committee. The Committee may appoint an investment committee of at least three members, to invest, or direct the investment of, such portion of the Trust Fund as the Committee may direct. If so appointed, the investment committee shall be a "named fiduciary" within the meaning of ERISA to the extent of its responsibilities under the Plan. 12.3 Authority and Duties of the Committee. The Committee may in its discretion appoint, use or employ accountants, counsel, financial specialists (including investment advisors and investment managers, as defined in ERISA) and such other person or persons (who may be employees of an Employer) as it deems necessary or desirable in connection with the administration or management of this Plan and the Trust Fund. The reasonable fees of such persons, and any other necessary and proper expenses of the Committee, shall be paid out of the Trust Fund unless such amounts are paid by the Employers. The Committee shall have the power and discretionary authority to: (a) Adopt rules, regulations and procedures with respect to the administration of the Plan; (b) Construe this document, the Committee's interpretation of which in good faith shall be final and binding; (c) Correct any defect, supply any omission, or reconcile any inconsistency in this document in that manner and to that extent which the Committee believes is necessary; and (d) Resolve all questions which arise under this document, including directions to and questions submitted by the Trustee, any insurer or any other entity holding the assets of the Plan on all matters necessary for it to discharge its powers and duties, and any questions relating to the eligibility of one or more Participants for benefits 32 38 from the Plan and the amount of such benefits and the manner and form in which such benefits may be paid. The Committee also shall have sole discretion to delegate (with written notice to the Company and the Trustee) any fiduciary responsibilities to another person, such as the Plan Administrator or an investment manager. To the extent those responsibilities are delegated, the Committee shall be relieved of liability for acts or omissions of the person or persons to whom responsibilities are delegated, to the fullest extent permitted by law. Except as it may delegate the power of interpretation as provided herein, the Committee shall have the exclusive authority to interpret the Plan provisions and to exercise discretion where necessary or appropriate in the interpretation and administration of the Plan and to decide any and all matters arising thereunder or in connection with the administration of the Plan. Subject to the claims review procedure established by the Committee, the decisions, actions and records of the Committee shall be conclusive and binding upon the Employers, Participants, and their estates, and any and all persons having, or claiming to have, any rights or interest in or under the Plan. The Committee shall adopt and implement a policy for the investment of the Trust Fund, including notification to the Trustee (or the investment committee or investment manager, if appointed) of such policy and periodic review of the performance of the Trustee (or the investment committee or investment manager, if appointed) to assure investments consistent with such policy. 12.4 Plan Administrator. The Committee shall appoint a Plan Administrator who shall be responsible for the daily operation of the Plan within the policies, interpretations and rules made by the Committee. The Plan Administrator shall also perform such ministerial functions with respect to the Plan as the Committee shall from time to time designate. The Plan Administrator may (but need not) be a member of the Committee. The Plan Administrator may resign upon 45 days written notice to the Committee (or shorter notice acceptable to the Committee). The Committee may, in its sole discretion, remove the Plan Administrator. The Committee shall have the power to fill a vacancy created by the resignation, removal or death of the Plan Administrator. The reasonable fees of accountants, counsel or other consultants, the expenses of clerical help, and any other necessary and proper expenses of the Plan Administrator, shall be paid out of the Trust Fund unless such amounts are paid by the Employers. The Plan Administrator shall report to the Committee from time to time in order that the Plan Administrator's performance of his duties may be reviewed. 12.5 Review of Fiduciary Responsibility Designations or Allocations. Each designation or allocation made under Section 12.3 shall also provide that the Committee shall periodically meet with the person or persons to whom the delegation was made to review the performance of the person to whom duties have been delegated. This review, which may 33 39 be conducted by all Committee members or by a designated review subcommittee, will permit the Committee to determine whether it should continue the allocation or designation. 12.6 Reliance on Others. The members of the Committee, the Plan Administrator and the officers and directors of the Company shall be entitled to rely upon all certificates and reports made by any duly appointed accountant, upon all opinions given by any duly appointed legal counsel, and upon such staff or specialists as they may deem necessary or desirable to employ with respect to their responsibilities pursuant to the Plan. Any one or all of the foregoing appointees may also be currently serving or have served in a similar capacity for an Employer. 12.7 Liability. Neither the Plan Administrator nor any member of the Committee shall be liable for any act or omission of any other person, nor for any act or omission on his own part, excepting only his own willful misconduct or except as otherwise expressly provided in ERISA. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Employer shall indemnify and save harmless each employee, officer or director of such Employer acting as a fiduciary (other than the Trustee) against any and all expenses and liabilities arising out of his fiduciary responsibilities, excepting only expenses and liabilities arising out of his own willful misconduct; and the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Plan Administrator for all acts and omissions relating to his duties as Plan Administrator, except those arising out of his willful misconduct. Expenses against which such person may be indemnified hereunder include, without limitation, the amount of any settlement or judgment, costs, counsel fees and related charges reasonably incurred in connection with a claim asserted or a proceeding brought or settlement thereof. The Committee, at an Employer's expense, may settle any such claim asserted or proceeding brought against such person when such settlement appears to be in the best interest of such Employer. The foregoing right of indemnification shall be in addition to any other rights to which any such person may be entitled as a matter of law. 12.8 Claims Procedure. For purposes of the Plan, a claim for benefit is a written application for benefit filed with the Plan Administrator. In the event that any Participant or other payee claims to be entitled to a benefit under the Plan, and the Plan Administrator determines that such claim should be denied in whole or in part, the Plan Administrator shall, in writing, notify such claimant within 90 days of receipt of such claim that his claim has been denied, setting forth the specific reasons for such denial. Such notification shall be written in a manner reasonably expected to be understood by such Participant or other payee and shall set forth the pertinent sections of the Plan relied on, and where appropriate, an explanation of how the claimant can obtain review of such denial. Within 60 days after the mailing or delivery by the Plan Administrator of such notice, such claimant may request, by mailing or delivery of written notice to the Committee, a review and/or hearing by the Committee of the decision denying the claim. If the claimant fails to request such a review and/or hearing within such 60-day period, it shall be conclusively determined for all 34 40 purposes of this Plan that the denial of such claim by the Plan Administrator is correct. If such claimant requests a hearing within such 60-day period, the Committee shall designate a time (which time shall be not more than 60 days from the date of such claimant's notice to the Committee) and a place for such hearing, and shall promptly notify such claimant of such time and place. If only a review is requested, the Participant or other payee shall have 30 days after filing a request for review to submit additional written material in support of the claim. After such review and/or hearing, the Committee shall determine whether such denial of the claim was correct and shall notify such claimant in writing of its determination. If such determination is favorable to the claimant, it shall be binding and conclusive. If such determination is adverse to such claimant, it shall be binding and conclusive unless the claimant notifies the Committee within 90 days after the mailing or delivery to him by the Committee of its determination that he intends to institute legal proceedings challenging the determination of the Committee, and actually institutes such legal proceeding within 180 days after such mailing or delivery. ARTICLE 13 PARTICIPATION IN PLAN BY AFFILIATE 13.1 Adoption by Participating Employers. Any entity which is an Affiliate may, with the consent of the Company, become a participating Employer in this Plan by adopting the Plan for its eligible Employees, and by taking such other action as the Company deems necessary or appropriate to become a party to this Plan and trust established hereunder. The Company and any other participating Employer may, through an amendment to the Plan, designate particular divisions or units thereof which shall be eligible to participate in this Plan. 13.2 Special Provisions for Employees of Acquired Companies. (a) In approving the adoption of the Plan or its extension to employees of any organization all or a part of whose business or assets, or both, are acquired by an Employer by merger, purchase or otherwise, the Company shall, subject to applicable law, designate the extent, if any, to which the employees' employment with predecessor companies prior to the date of such adoption or extension shall be considered in determining their Years of Service and the extent, if any, to which benefits with respect to employment prior to the date of such adoption or extension shall be provided under the Plan. Such designations shall be indicated in the applicable schedule of any appendices to this Plan. 35 41 (b) The special provisions referred to in subsection (a) above shall, to the extent applicable, govern as to eligibility for, and amounts of, benefits payable hereunder, the regular provisions of the Plan notwithstanding. ARTICLE 14 AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION 14.1 Amendment. The Board of Directors or the Committee (through action taken by the Board of Directors in accordance with its By-laws) reserves the right at any time to amend, modify or suspend the Plan, any contributions thereunder, the Trust Fund or any contract forming a part of the Plan in whole or in part and for any reason and without the consent of any Participant or Beneficiary. 14.2 Termination. The Plan may be terminated in its entirety at any time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. Any participating Employer may terminate the Plan with respect to its Eligible Employees by withdrawing from participation in the Plan. 14.3 Full Vesting Upon Termination. Upon a full termination or partial termination of the Plan, each affected Participant shall become 100% vested in the balance of such Participant's accounts under the Plan. 14.4 Segregation of Trust. In the event of a partial termination of the Plan, or the withdrawal therefrom by a participating Employer, the Committee shall determine the portion of the Trust Fund allocable to the affected Participants. The Trustee shall select the assets to be withdrawn or segregated and its valuation of them for that purpose shall be conclusive. All assets of the Plan withdrawn or segregated under this provision shall be placed in a separate trust fund as directed by the Committee. 14.5 Committee Determination Conclusive. The Committee's determination as to the persons to be provided for, the amounts allocated, or any other material facts shall be conclusive and binding upon the Trustee and all claimants to any interest in the Plan. 36 42 ARTICLE 15 TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS 15.1 Definitions. For purposes of this Article 15, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Determination Date" means, with respect to any Plan Year, the last Valuation Date of the preceding Plan Year. (b) "Key Employee" means a Participant or former Participant who is a "key employee" as defined in section 416(i) of the Code. (c) "Permissive Aggregation Group" means, with respect to a given Plan Year, this Plan and all other plans of the Company which may be aggregated in accordance with section 416(g)(2)(A)(ii) of the Code. (d) "Present Value of Accounts" means, as of a given Determination Date, a Participant's Account balance under the Plan as of such Valuation Date. The determination of the Present Value of Accounts shall take into consideration distributions made during the Plan Year ending on the Determination Date and the four preceding years. (e) "Required Aggregation Group" means with respect to a given Plan Year, this Plan and all other plans of the Company which, in the aggregate, meet the requirements of the definition contained in section 416(g)(2)(A)(i) of the Code. (f) "Top-Heavy" means, with respect to the Plan for a Plan Year: (1) that the Present Value of Accounts of Key Employees exceeds 60% of the Present Value of Accounts of all Participants; or (2) the Plan is part of a Required Aggregation Group and such Required Aggregation Group is a Top-Heavy Group, unless the Plan or such Top-Heavy Group is itself part of a Permissive Aggregation Group which is not a Top-Heavy Group. (g) "Top-Heavy Group" means, with respect to a given Plan Year, a group of Plans of the Company which, in the aggregate, meet the requirements of the definition contained in section 416(g)(2)(B) of the Code. 15.2 Adjustments for Top-Heavy Years. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the following provisions of this Section shall automatically become operative 37 43 and shall supersede any conflicting provisions of the Plan if, in any Plan Year, the Plan is Top-Heavy. (a) The minimum Employer contribution during the Plan Year on behalf of a Participant who is not a Key Employee shall be equal to the lesser of (1) 3% of such Participant's compensation (within the meaning of section 415 of the Code); or (2) the percentage of compensation at which Company contributions (including Company contributions attributable to a salary reduction arrangement) are made (or required to be made) under the Plan on behalf of the Key Employee for whom such percentage is the highest. (b) In the case of a Participant under this Plan who is not a Key Employee and who also participates in a defined benefit pension plan of the Company which is included in the Aggregation Group, the provisions of subsection (a) above shall be inapplicable, and such defined benefit pension plan shall provide for a defined benefit minimum pension benefit in accordance with section 416(c)(1) of the Code. (c) For Plan Years commencing prior to January 1, 2000, in the case of a Participant who is or has also participated in a defined benefit plan of the Company (or any member of the Group that is required to be aggregated with the Company in accordance with section 415(h) of the Code) in any Plan Year in which the Plan is Top-Heavy, there shall be imposed under such defined benefit plan the following limitation in addition to any limitation which may be imposed as described in Article 5. In any such year, for purposes of satisfying the aggregate limit on contributions and benefits imposed by section 415(e) of the Code, benefits payable from the defined benefit plan shall, except as hereinafter described, be reduced so as to comply with a limit determined in accordance with section 415(e) of the Code, but with the number "1.0" substituted for the number "1.25" in the "defined benefit plan fraction" (as defined in section 415(e)(2) of the Code) and in the "defined contribution plan fraction" (as defined in section 415(e)(3) of the Code). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the application of the additional limitation set forth in this subsection (c) would result in the reduction of accrued benefits of any Participant under the defined benefit plan, such additional limitation shall not become operative, so long as (1) no additional Company contributions, forfeitures or voluntary nondeductible contributions are allocated to such Participant's accounts under any defined contribution plan maintained by the Company including this Plan and (2) no additional benefits accrue to such Participant under any defined benefit plan maintained by the Company. Accordingly, in any Plan Year that the Plan is Top-Heavy, no additional benefits shall accrue under the defined benefit plan on behalf of any Participant whose overall benefits under the defined benefit plan otherwise would be reduced in accordance with the limitation described in this subsection (c). 38 44 ARTICLE 16 GENERAL PROVISIONS 16.1 Limitation of Rights. The Trust Fund shall be the sole source of benefits under this Plan, and each Participant or any other person who shall claim the right to any payment or benefit under this Plan shall be entitled to look only to the Trust Fund for such payment or benefit, and shall not have any right, claim or demand therefor against the Company, an Employer, or any officer or director of the Company or an Employer. 16.2 No Right to Employment. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to constitute a contract of employment between any Employer and any Employee, to give any Employee the right to be retained in the employment of any Employer, or to interfere with the rights of an Employer to discharge any Employee at any time. 16.3 Payments Due to Missing Participants. If the Trustee or the Company is unable to make payment to any person to whom a payment is due under the Plan because it cannot ascertain the identity or whereabouts of such person, and if more than six years after such payment is due, a notice of payment so due is mailed by the Company to the last known address of such person as shown on the records of the Company and within three months after such mailing such person has not made written claim therefor, the Company may direct that such payment and all remaining payments otherwise due to such person be cancelled. Furthermore, no amount shall be cancelled under this Section unless the Plan Administrator verifies to the Committee that he has furnished to such Participant, when the Participant first became entitled to receive a distribution from his account, an individual statement setting forth the nature, amount and form of the nonforfeitable amounts to which the Participant is entitled. Any amount so cancelled shall be restored by the Company if and when the same shall be claimed by such person entitled to receive it. 16.4 Transfer to an Affiliate. In the case of any individual who becomes a Participant and who was an employee of an Affiliate, the Plan and the Trustee may permit a transfer of such individual's accrued benefit, if any, directly into the Trust from such other trust. 16.5 Election Made Through Telephone System. Unless otherwise specified herein, any election or consent permitted or required to be made or given by any Participant and any permitted modification or revocation thereof, shall be made in writing or shall be given by means of such interactive telephone system as the Committee may designate from time to time. Each Participant shall have a personal identification number or "PIN" for purposes of executing transactions through such Benefits Express interactive telephone system, and entry by a Participant of his PIN shall constitute his valid signature for purposes of any transaction the Committee determines should be executed by means of such interactive telephone system, including but not limited to enrolling in the Plan, electing contribution rates, making investment choices, executing loan documents, and consenting to a 39 45 withdrawal or distribution. Any election made through such interactive telephone system shall be considered submitted to the Committee on the date it is electronically transmitted. 16.6 Merger or Consolidation with Another Plan. The Plan shall not merge or consolidate with, or transfer its assets or liabilities to any other plan or entity unless each Participant would, if the surviving plan or entity were then terminated, receive a benefit immediately after the merger, consolidation or transfer which is equal to or greater than the benefit which he would have been entitled to receive if the Plan had terminated immediately before the merger, consolidation or transfer. 16.7 Company Action. Any action to be taken hereunder by the Company shall be taken by the Board of Directors, or by such officer or officers of the Company which power to take action under this Plan has been delegated by the Board of Directors. 16.8 Headings. The headings of the Sections in this Plan are used for reference only and in the case of any conflict the text of the Plan, rather than such headings, shall control. 16.9 Gender and Plurals. Masculine pronouns include the feminine as well as the masculine gender, and words used in the singular include the plural, wherever appropriate. 16.10 Construction. The Plan shall be construed, regulated, and administered in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, except to the extent superseded by the Code or ERISA. Executed on the 9th day of December, 1998. CORN PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL INC. By: /s/ James J. Hirscak ------------------------------------- Title: Vice President of Human Resources ---------------------------------- ATTEST: By: /s/ Marcia E. Doane ---------------------------------- Title: Vice President General Council ------------------------------- and Corporate Secretary ------------------------------- 40 EX-23.(A) 4 CONSENT OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP. 1 EXHIBIT 23(a) [LOGO OF KPMG] [LETTERHEAD OF KPMG] CONSENT OF KPMG LLP The Board of Directors Corn Products International, Inc.: We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form S-8 of Corn Products International, Inc. of our report dated February 11, 1998, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Corn Products International, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1997, which report appears in the December 31, 1997 annual report on Form 10-K of Corn Products International, Inc. /s/ KPMG LLP Chicago, Illinois January 29, 1999 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----