EX-5.6 7 dex56.htm INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE DETERMINATION LETTER DATED APRIL 28, 2003 Internal Revenue Service determination letter dated April 28, 2003

Exhibit 5.6

 

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE      DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
P. O. BOX 2508        
CINCINNATI, OH 45201        
     Employer Identification Number:   
Date: APR 28 2003     

52-2063267

  
     DLN:   
MRA SYSTEMS INC     

17007058109022

  
C/O JODI H EPSTEIN      Person to Contact:   
IVINS PHILLIPS & BARKER CHARTERED     

DAVID C. LONG

   ID# 52714
1700 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW STE 600      Contact Telephone Number:   
WASHINGTON, DC 20006-0000     

(877) 829-5500

  
     Plan Name:   
    

MIDDLE RIVER AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS

SALARIED SAVINGS PLAN

  
     Plan Number: 004   

Dear Applicant:

We have made a favorable determination on the plan identified above based on the information you have supplied. Please keep this letter, the application forms submitted to request this letter and all correspondence with the Internal Revenue Service regarding your application for a determination letter in your permanent records. You must retain this information to preserve your reliance on this letter.

Continued qualification of the plan under its present form will depend on its effect in operation. See section 1.401-1(b)(3) of the Income Tax Regulations. We will review the status of the plan in operation periodically.

The enclosed Publication 794 explains the significance and the scope of this favorable determination letter based on the determination requests selected on your application forms. Publication 794 describes the information that must be retained to have reliance on this favorable determination letter. The publication also provide examples of the effect of a plan’s operation on its qualified status and discusses the reporting requirements for qualified plans. Please read Publication 794.

This letter relates only to the status of your plan under the Internal Revenue Code. It is not a determination regarding the effect of other federal or local statutes.

This determination is subject to your adoption of the proposed amendments submitted in your letter dated April 7, 2003. The proposed amendments should be adopted on or before the date prescribed by the regulations under Code section 40l(b).

This determination also applies to the proposed amendments dated April 22, 2003.

This determination letter is applicable for the amendment(s) executed on June 30, 1998.

This determination letter is also applicable for the amendment(s) dated on November 16, 2001.

Letter 835 (DO/CG)

 

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MRA SYSTEMS INC

 

This determination letter is applicable for the plan adopted on February 10, 1998.

This letter considers the changes in qualification requirements made by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, Pub. L. 103-465, the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-1863, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, Pub, L. 103-353, the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Pub. L. 105-34, the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, Pub. L. 105-206, and the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000, Pub. L. 106-554.

This letter may not be relied on with respect to whether the plan satisfies the requirements of section 401(a) of the Code, as amended by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, Pub. L. 107-16.

The requirement for employee benefits plans to file summary plan descriptions (SPD) with the U.S. Department of Labor was eliminated effective August 5, 1997. For more details, call 1-800-998-7542 for a free copy of the SPD card.

We have sent a copy of this letter to your representative as indicated in the power of attorney.

If you have questions concerning this matter, please contact the person whose name and telephone number are shown above.

 

Sincerely yours,

LOGO

Paul T. Schultz
Director,
Employee Plans Rulings & Agreements

Enclosures:

Publication 794

Letter 835 (DO/CG)

 

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