-----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, NlBtEAYh202LXL6736zs4ipI2CUxF4bAvcTwxiWO7yUzkocdjgs2FKE8GV/u6ue3 nS2iLASaju8lfN/MyYFs/w== 0001016843-99-000887.txt : 19990819 0001016843-99-000887.hdr.sgml : 19990819 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001016843-99-000887 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 FILED AS OF DATE: 19990818 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 19990818 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TECH DATA CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000790703 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-COMPUTER & PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT & SOFTWARE [5045] IRS NUMBER: 591578329 STATE OF INCORPORATION: FL FISCAL YEAR END: 0131 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-85509 FILM NUMBER: 99695608 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5350 TECH DATA DR CITY: CLEARWATER STATE: FL ZIP: 33760 BUSINESS PHONE: 7275397429 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5350 TECH DATA DRIVE CITY: CLEARWATER STATE: FL ZIP: 33760 S-8 1 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 18, 1999 REGISTRATION NO. 333- ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 -------------------- FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 -------------------- TECH DATA CORPORATION (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) -------------------- FLORIDA 59-1578329 ------------------------------- ---------------- (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (I.R.S. EMPLOYER INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NO.) 5350 TECH DATA DRIVE CLEARWATER, FLORIDA 33760 - ---------------------------------------- ---------- (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE) -------------------- TECH DATA CORPORATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN) -------------------- JEFFERY P. HOWELLS EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 5350 TECH DATA DRIVE CLEARWATER, FLORIDA 33760 --------------------------------------- (NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE) (727) 539-7429 ------------------------------------------------------------- (TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE) -------------------- PLEASE SEND COPIES OF COMMUNICATIONS TO: LINA ANGELICI, ESQ. SCHIFINO & FLEISCHER, P.A. ONE TAMPA CITY CENTER, SUITE 2700 TAMPA, FLORIDA 33602 (813) 223-1535 --------------------
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ==================================================================================================================== PROPOSED PROPOSED AMOUNT MAXIMUM MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF TO BE OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE REGISTRATION SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED (1)(2) PER UNIT (3) OFFERING PRICE (3) FEE - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, $.0015 Par Value 500,000 Shares $32.50 $16,250,000 $4,518 ====================================================================================================================
(1) The amount being registered includes an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock which may be issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends and anti-dilution provisions and other terms, in accordance with Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. (2) In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered and sold pursuant to the Tech Data Corporation Retirement Savings Plan. (3) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. Such estimate has been computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) based upon the average of the high and low price of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market System on August 16, 1999, namely $32.50. ================================================================================ PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS As permitted by Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement omits the information specified in Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the plan covered by this Registration Statement as required by Rule 428(b). Such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. I-1 PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE. By this reference, the following documents filed or to be filed by Tech Data Corporation (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated into and made a part of this Registration Statement: 1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended January 31, 1999, as filed with the Commission on June 1, 1999. 2. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 1999, as filed with the Commission on May 3, 1999. 3. The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 1999, as filed with the Commission on June 14, 1999. 4. The Company's Definitive Proxy Statement for the 1999 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, as filed with the Commission on May 25, 1999. 5. The description of the Company's Common Stock set forth on pages 15 and 16 of the Company's Prospectus dated April 23, 1986, as filed with the Commission under Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which was a part of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration Statement No. 33-4135) and which was incorporated by reference in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A as filed with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (File No. 0-14625). All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1943, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), subsequent to 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 remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES. Not applicable. The Company's Common Stock is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act. II-1 ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL The validity of the Common Stock issuable by the Company under its Retirement Savings Plan will be passed upon for the Company by Schifino & Fleischer, P.A., Tampa, Florida. Members of such firm do not own any shares of the Company's outstanding Common Stock. ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS The Florida Business Corporation Act, as amended (the "Florida Act"), provides that, in general, a business corporation may indemnify any person who is or was a party to any proceeding (other than an action by, or in the right of, the corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the corporation, against liability incurred in connection with such proceeding, including any appeal thereof, provided certain standards are met, including that such officer or director acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and provided further that, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, the officer or director had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. In the case of proceedings by or in the right of the corporation, the Florida Act provides that, in general, a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party to any such proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the corporation against expenses and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such proceeding, including any appeal thereof, provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim as to which such person is adjudged liable unless a court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity. To the extent that any officers or directors are successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any of the proceedings described above, the Florida Act provides that the corporation is required to indemnify such officers or directors against expenses actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith. However, the Florida Act further provides that, in general, indemnification or advancement of expenses shall not be made to or on behalf of any officer or director if a judgment or other final adjudication establishes that his or her actions, or omissions to act, were material to the cause of action so adjudicated and constitute: (i) a violation of the criminal law, unless the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe it was unlawful; (ii) a transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit; (iii) in the case of a director, a circumstance under which the director has voted for or assented to a distribution made in violation of the Florida Act or the corporation's articles of incorporation; or (iv) willful misconduct or a conscious disregard for the best interests of the corporation in a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor or in a proceeding by or in the right of a shareholder. The Company's By-Laws include the following provisions: ARTICLE NINE INDEMNIFICATION 9.1 Under the circumstances prescribed in Section 9.3 and 9.4, the Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (include attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with II-2 respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contenders or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that this conduct was unlawful. 9.2 Under the circumstances prescribed in Section 9.3 and 9.4, the Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty 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, such person if fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses that the court shall deem proper. 9.3 To the extent that a Director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 9.1 and 9.2, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. 9.4 Except as provided in Section 9.3 and except as may be ordered by a court, any indemnification under Sections 9.1 and 9.2 shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the Director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Sections 9.1 and 9.2. Such a determination shall be made (1 ) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of Directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (2) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable a quorum of disinterested Directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereon owned by persons who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding. 9.5 Expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit, or proceeding may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit, or proceeding upon a preliminary determination following one of the procedures set forth in Section 9.4 that the Director, officer, employee or agent met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 9.1 or Section 9.2 or as authorized by the Board of Directors in the specific case and, in either event, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Director, officer, employee, or agent to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Section. 9.6 The Corporation shall have the power to make any other or further indemnification of any of its Directors, officers employees, or agents, under any By-Law, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested Directors, or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, except an indemnification against gross negligence or willful misconduct. II-3 9.7 The indemnification provided by this Article Nine shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Director, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors or administrators of such a person. 9.8 The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against himself and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Article Nine. 9.9 If any expenses or other amounts are paid by way of indemnification, otherwise than by court order or action by the shareholder or by an insurance carrier pursuant to insurance maintained by the Corporation, the Corporation shall, no later than the next annual meeting of shareholders unless such a meeting is held within three months from the date of such payment, and, in any event, within 15 months from the date of such payment, deliver personally or send by first class mail to its shareholders of record at the time entitled to vote for the election of Directors a statement specifying the persons paid, the amounts paid, and the nature and status at the time of such payment of the litigation or threatened litigation." Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company 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 Company undertakes, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, to submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and agrees to be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED Not applicable. ITEM 8. EXHIBITS Registrant has submitted the Plan and all amendments thereto to the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS"), and has made all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan. The registrant hereby undertakes to submit, in a timely manner, all future amendments to the Plan, if any, and to make all changes required by the IRS in order to maintain qualification of the Plan. EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBITS ----------- ----------------------- 4.1(1) Tech Data Corporation Retirement Savings Plan; 4.2(2) Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended to April 23, 1986. 4.3(3) Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of the Company filed on August 27, 1987. 4.4(4) Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of the Company filed on July 15, 1993. 4.5(5) By-Laws of the Company, as amended to November 28, 1995. II-4 4.6(6) Specimen of Certificate of the registrant's Common Stock, par value $.0015 per share. 5(1) Opinion of Schifino & Fleischer, P.A., regarding legality of the securities. 23.1(1) Consent of Schifino & Fleischer, P.A., appears in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto. 23.2(1) Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants. 24(1) Powers of Attorney, included on signature pages. - --------------- 1 Filed herewith. 2 Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits included in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-4135. 3 Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits included in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-21997. 4 Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits included in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 1994, File No. 0-14625. 5 Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits included in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 1996, File No. 0-14625. 6 Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits included in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 33-41074. ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS (a) The undersigned 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 the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement; and (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 (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if 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 Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement. (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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. II-5 (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. (b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the 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 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 against the registrant 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 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. II-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 Clearwater, State of Florida, on this 18th day of August, 1999. TECH DATA CORPORATION (Registrant) By /s/ STEVEN A. RAYMUND -------------------------------------- Steven A. Raymund Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jeffery P. Howells or Arthur W. Singleton, either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power and in any and all capacities, to sign this registration statement and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file such registration statement and all such amendments or supplements, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, thereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE --------- ----- ---- /s/ STEVEN A. RAYMUND Chairman of the Board of Directors August 18, 1999 - ------------------------- and Chief Executive Officer Steven A. Raymund /s/ ANTHONY A. IBARGUEN President and Chief Operating Officer; August 18, 1999 - ------------------------- Director Anthony A. Ibarguen /s/ JEFFERY P. HOWELLS Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer August 18, 1999 - ------------------------- (principal financial officer); Jeffery P. Howells Director /s/ JOSEPH B. TREPANI Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller August 18, 1999 - ------------------------- (principal accounting officer) Joseph B. Trepani /s/ ARTHUR W. SINGLETON Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary August 18, 1999 - ------------------------- Arthur W. Singleton /s/ CHARLES E. ADAIR Director August 18, 1999 - ------------------------- Charles E. Adair /s/ MAXIMILIAN ARDELT Director August 18, 1999 - ------------------------- Maximilian Ardelt
II-7 /s/ DANIEL M. DOYLE Director August 18, 1999 - ------------------------- Daniel M. Doyle /s/ EDWARD C. RAYMUND Director August 18, 1999 - ------------------------- Edward C. Raymund /s/ DAVID M. UPTON Director August 18, 1999 - ------------------------- David M. Upton /s/ JOHN Y. WILLIAMS Director August 18, 1999 - ------------------------- John Y. Williams
THE PLANS. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the persons who administer the employee benefit plans have duly caused this registration statement to be signed on behalf of such plans by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Clearwater, State of Florida, on this 18th day of August, 1999. TECH DATA CORPORATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN By: /s/ STEVEN A. RAYMUND -------------------------------------- Steven A. Raymund Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer II-8 EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBITS - ----------- ----------------------- 4.1(1) Tech Data Corporation Retirement Savings Plan; 4.2(2) Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended to April 23, 1986. 4.3(3) Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of the Company filed on August 27, 1987. 4.4(4) Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of the Company filed on July 15, 1993. 4.5(5) By-Laws of the Company, as amended to November 28, 1995. 4.6(6) Specimen of Certificate of the registrant's Common Stock, par value $.0015 per share. 5(1) Opinion of Schifino & Fleischer, P.A., regarding legality of the securities. 23.1(1) Consent of Schifino & Fleischer, P.A., appears in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto. 23.2(1) Consent of Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP, independent accountants. 24(1) Powers of Attorney, included on signature pages. - --------------- 1 Filed herewith. 2 Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits included in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-4135. 3 Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits included in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-21997. 4 Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits included in the Company's Registration Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 1994, File No. 0-14625. 5 Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits included in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 1996, File No. 0-14625. 6 Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits included in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 33-41074. EX-4.1 2 EXHIBIT 4.1 TECH DATA CORPORATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS ARTICLE II TOP HEAVY AND ADMINISTRATION 2.1 TOP HEAVY PLAN REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 2.2 DETERMINATION OF TOP HEAVY STATUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 2.3 POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EMPLOYER . . . . . . . . . . . .23 2.4 DESIGNATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 2.5 ALLOCATION AND DELEGATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES . . . . . . . . . . .24 2.6 POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 2.7 LIABILITY OF ADMINISTRATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 2.8 RECORDS AND REPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 2.9 APPOINTMENT OF ADVISERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 2.10 INFORMATION FROM EMPLOYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 2.11 PAYMENT OF EXPEN8ES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 2.12 MAJORITY ACTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 2.13 CLAIMS PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 2.14 CLAIMS REVIEW PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 ARTICLE III ELIGIBILITY 3.1 CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 3.2 APPLICATION FOR PARTICIPATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 3.3 EFFECTIVE DATE OF PARTICIPATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 3.4 DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 3.5 TERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 3.6 OMISSION OF ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 3.7 INCLUSION OF INELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 3.8 ELECTION NOT TO PARTICIPATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 ARTICLE IV CONTRIBUTION AND ALLOCATION 4.1 FORMULA FOR DETERMINING EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION . . . . . . . . . .30 4.2 PARTICIPANT'S SALARY REDUCTION ELECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 4.3 TIME OF PAYMENT OF CONTRIBUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 4.4 ALLOCATION OF CONTRIBUTION AND EARNINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 4.5 ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE TESTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 4.6 ADJUSTMENT TO ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE TESTS . . . . . . . . . .40 4.7 ACTUAL CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE TESTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 4.8 ADJUSTMENT TO ACTUAL CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE TESTS . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 4.9 MAXIMUM ANNUAL ADDITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 4.10 ADJUSTMENT FOR EXCESSIVE ANNUAL ADDITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 4.11 ROLLOVERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 4.12 DIRECTED INVESTMENT ACCOUNT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 ARTICLE V VALUATIONS 5.1 VALUATION OF THE TRUST FUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 5.2 METHOD OF VALUATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 ARTICLE VI DETERMINATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS 6.1 DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS UPON RETIREMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 6.2 DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS UPON DEATH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 6.3 DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS IN EVENT OF DISABILITY . . .. . . . . . .58 6.4 DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS UPON TERMINATION . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 6.5 DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 6.6 DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS UPON DEATH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 6.7 TIME OF SEGREGATION OR DISTRIBUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 6.8 DISTRIBUTION FOR MINOR BENEFICIARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 6.9 LOCATION OF PARTICIPANT OR BENEFICIARY UNKNOWN . . . . . . . . . . 70 6.10 PRE-RETIREMENT DISTRIBUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 6.11 LIMITATIONS ON BENEFITS AND DISTRIBUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 6.12 SPECIALRULE FOR NON-ANNUITY PLANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 ARTICLE VII TRUSTEE 7.1 BASIC RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 7.2 LOANS TO PARTICIPANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 7.3 DUTIES OF THE TRUSTEE REGARDING PAYMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 7.4 TRUSTEE'S COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES AND TAXES . . . . . . . . . . .77 7.5 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 7.6 AUDIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 78 7.7 RESIGNATION, REMOVAL AND SUCCESSION OF TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . . 79 7.8 TRANSFER OF INTEREST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 7.9 TRUSTEE INDEMNIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 7.10 DIRECT ROLLOVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 ARTICLE VIII AMENDMENT, TERMINATION AND MERGERS 8.1 AMENDMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 8.2 TERMINATION . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 8.3 MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS 9.1 PARTICIPANT'S RIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 9.2 ALIENATION . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 9.3 CONSTRUCTION OF PLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 9.4 GENDER AND NUMBER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 9.5 LEGAL ACTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 9.6 PROHIBITION AGAINST DIVERSION OF FUNDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 9.7 FIDELITY BOND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 9.8 EMPLOYER'S AND TRUSTEE'S PROTECTIVE CLAUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 9.9 PROTECTIVE CLAUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 9.10 RECEIPT AND RELEASE FOR PAYMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 9.11 ACTION BY THE EMPLOYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 9.12 NAMED FIDUCIARIES AND ALLOCATION OF RESPONSIBILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 9.13 HEADINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 9.14 APPROVAL BY INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 9.15 UNIFORMITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 ARTICLE X PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS 10.1 ADOPTION BY OTHER EMPLOYERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 10.2 REQUIREMENTS OF PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 10.3 DESIGNATION OF AGENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 10.4 EMPLOYEE TRANSFERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 10.5 PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 10.6 AMENDMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 10.7 DISCONTINUANCE OF PARTICIPATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 10.8 ADMINISTRATOR'S AUTHORITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,90 TECH DATA CORPORATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN THIS AGREEMENT, hereby made and entered into this 12th day of September 1996, by and between Tech Data Corporation (herein referred to as the "Employer") and Mellon Bank, N.A. (herein referred to as the "Trustee"). W I T N E S S E T H : WHEREAS, the Employer heretofore established a Profit Sharing Plan and Trust effective May 1, 1987 (hereinafter called the "Effective Date") known as Tech Data Corporation Retirement Savings Plan (herein referred to as the "Plan") for the exclusive benefit of its eligible employees; and WHEREAS, under the terms of the Plan, the Employer has the ability to amend the Plan, provided the Trustee joins in such amendment if the provisions of the Plan affecting the Trustee are amended; NOW, THEREFORE, effective February 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, the Employer and the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Plan pertaining to amendments thereof, hereby amend the Plan in its entirety and restate the Plan to provide as follows: ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS 1.1 "Act" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as it may be amended from time to time. 1.2 "Administrator" means the person(s) or entity designated by the Employer pursuant to Section 2.4 to administer the Plan on behalf of the Employer. 1.3 "Aetna" means The Aetna Life Insurance Company and any affiliate thereof. 1.4 "Affiliated Employer" means the Employer and any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Code Section 414(b)) which includes the Employer; any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is under common control (as defined in Code Section 414(c)) with the Employer; any organization (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of an affiliated service group (as defined in Code Section 414(m)) which includes the Employer; and any other entity required to be aggregated with the Employer pursuant to Regulations under Code Section 414(o). 1.5 "Aggregate Account" means, with respect to each Participant, the value of all accounts maintained on behalf of a 1 Participant, whether attributable to Employer or Employee contributions, subject to the provisions of Section 2.2. 1.6 "Anniversary Date" means December 31st. 1.7 "Beneficiary" means the person to whom the share of a deceased Participant's total account is payable, subject to the restrictions of Sections 6.2 and 6.6. 1.8 "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended or replaced from time to time. 1.9 "Compensation" with respect to any Participant means such Participant's wages as defined in Code Section 3401(a) and all other payments of compensation by the Employer (in the course of the Employer's trade or business) for a Plan Year for which the Employer is required to furnish the Participant a written statement under Code Sections 6041(d), 6051(a)(3) and 6052. Compensation must be determined without regard to any rules under Code Section 3401(a) that limit the remuneration included in wages based on the nature or location of the employment or the services performed (such as the exception for agricultural labor in Code Section 3401(a)(2)). For purposes of this Section, the determination of Compensation shall be made by: (a) excluding (even if includible in gross income) reimbursements or other expense allowances, fringe benefits (cash or noncash), moving expenses, deferred compensation, and welfare benefits. (b) including amounts which are contributed by the Employer pursuant to a salary reduction agreement and which are not Includible in the gross income of the Participant under Code Sections 125, 402(e)(3), 402(h)(1)(B), 403(b) or 457, and Employee contributions described in Code Section 414(h)(2) that are treated as Employer contributions. For a Participant's initial year of participation, Compensation shall be recognized for the entire Plan Year. Compensation in excess of $150,000 ($200,000 for Plan Years beginning prior to the first day of the first Plan Year beginning after December 31, 1993) shall be disregarded. Such amount shall be adjusted for increases in the cost of living in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(17), except that the dollar increase in effect on January 1 of any calendar year shall be effective for the Plan Year beginning with such calendar year. For any short Plan Year the Compensation limit shall be an amount equal to the Compensation limit for the calendar year in which the Plan Year begins multiplied by the ratio obtained by dividing the number of full months in the short Plan Year by twelve (12). 2 In applying this limitation, the family group of a Highly Compensated Participant who is subject to the Family Member aggregation rules of Code Section 414(q)(6) because such Participant is either a "five percent owner" of the Employer or one of the ten (10) Highly Compensated Employees paid the greatest "415 Compensation" during the year, shall be treated as a single Participant, except that for this purpose Family members shall include only the affected Participant's spouse and any lineal descendants who have not attained age nineteen (19) before the close of the year. If, as a result of the application of such rules the adjusted compensation limitation is exceeded, then the limitation shall be prorated among the affected Family Members in proportion to each such Family Member's compensation prior to the application of this limitation, or the limitation shall be adjusted in accordance with any other method permitted by Regulation. For purposes of this Section, if the Plan is a plan described in Code Section 413(c) or 414(f) (a plan maintained by more than one Employer), the limitation applies separately with respect to the Compensation of any Participant from each Employer maintaining the Plan. If, in connection with the adoption of this amendment and restatement, the definition of Compensation has been modified, then, for Plan Years prior to the Plan Year which includes the adoption date of this amendment and restatement, Compensation means compensation determined pursuant to the Plan then in effect. 1.10 "Deferred Compensation" with respect to any Participant means the amount of the Participant's total Compensation which has been contributed to the Plan in accordance with the Participant's deferral election pursuant to Section 4.2 excluding any such amounts distributed as excess "annual additions" pursuant to Section 4.10(a). 1.11 "Early Retirement Date" means the first day of the month (prior to the Normal Retirement Date) coinciding with or next following the date on which a Participant or Former Participant attains age 55 and has completed at least 5 Years of Service with the Employer (Early Retirement Age). A Participant shall become fully Vested upon satisfying this requirement if still employed at his Early Retirement Age. A Former Participant who terminates employment after satisfying the service requirement for Early Retirement and who thereafter reaches the age requirement contained herein shall be entitled to receive his benefits under this Plan. 1.12 "Elective Contribution" means the Employer's contributions to the Plan of Deferred Compensation excluding any such amounts distributed as excess "annual additions" pursuant to Section 4.10(a). In addition, the Employer's matching 3 contribution made pursuant to Section 4.1(b) which are used to satisfy the "Actual Deferral Percentage" tests and any Employer Qualified Non-Elective Contribution made pursuant to Section 4.6 which are used to satisfy the "Actual Deferral Percentage" tests shall be considered an Elective Contribution for purposes of the Plan. Any contributions deemed to be Elective Contributions (whether or not used to satisfy the "Actual Deferral Percentage" tests) shall be subject to the requirements of Sections 4.2(b) and 4.2(c) and shall further be required to satisfy the discrimination requirements of Regulation 1.401(k)-1(b)(5), the provisions of which are specifically incorporated herein by reference. 1.13 "Eligible Employee" means any Employee. Employees of Affiliated Employers shall not be eligible to participate in this Plan unless such Affiliated Employers have specifically adopted this Plan in writing. 1.14 "Employee" means any person who is employed by the Employer or Affiliated Employer, but excludes any person who is an independent contractor. Employee shall include Leased Employees within the meaning of Code Sections 414(n)(2) and 414(o),(2) unless such Leased Employees are covered by a plan described in Code Section 414(n)(5) and such Leased Employees do not constitute more than 20% of the recipient's non-highly compensated work force. 1.15 "Employer" means Tech Data Corporation and any Participating Employer (as defined in Section 10.1) which shall adopt this Plan; any successor which shall maintain this Plan; and any predecessor which has maintained this Plan. The Employer is a corporation, with its principal office in the State of Florida. 1.16 "Excess Aggregate Contributions" means, with respect, to any Plan Year, the excess of the aggregate amount of the Employer matching contributions made pursuant to Section 4.1(b) (to the extent such matching contributions are not used to satisfy the "Actual Deferral Percentage" tests) and any qualified non-elective contributions or elective deferrals taken into account pursuant to Section 4.7(c) on behalf of Highly Compensated Participants for such Plan Year, over the maximum amount of such contributions permitted under the limitations of Section 4.7(a). 1.17 "Excess Contributions" means, with respect to a Plan Year, the excess of Elective Contributions made on behalf of Highly Compensated Participants for the Plan Year over the maximum amount of such contributions permitted under Section 4.5(a). Excess Contributions shall be treated as an "annual addition" pursuant to Section 4.9(b). 4 1.18 "Excess Deferred Compensation" means, with respect to any taxable year of a Participant, the excess of the aggregate amount of such Participant's Deferred Compensation and the elective deferrals pursuant to Section 4.2(f) actually made on behalf of such Participant for such taxable year, over the dollar limitation provided for in Code Section 402(g), which is incorporated herein by reference. Excess Deferred Compensation shall be treated as an "annual addition" pursuant to Section 4.9(b) when contributed to the Plan unless distributed to the affected Participant not later than the first April 15th following the close of the Participant's taxable year. Additionally, for purposes of Sections 2.2 and 4.4(f), Excess Deferred Compensation shall continue to be treated as Employer contributions even if distributed pursuant to Section 4.2(f). However, Excess Deferred Compensation of Non-Highly Compensated Participants is not taken into account for purposes of Section 4.5(a) to the extent such Excess Deferred Compensation occurs pursuant to Section 4.2(d). 1.19 "Family Member" means, with respect to an affected Participant, such Participant's spouse, and such Participant's lineal descendants and ascendants and their spouses, all as described in Code Section 414(q)(6)(B). 1.20 "Fiduciary" means any person who (a) exercises any discretionary authority or discretionary control respecting management of the Plan or exercises any authority or control respecting management or disposition of its assets, (b) renders investment advice for a fee or other compensation, direct or indirect, with respect to any monies or other property of the Plan or has any authority or responsibility to do so, or (c) has any discretionary authority or discretionary responsibility in the administration of the Plan, including, but not limited to, the Employer and its representative body, and the Administrator. 1.21 "Fiscal Year" means the Employer's accounting year of 12 months commencing on February 1st of each year and ending the following January 31st. 1.22 "Forfeiture." Under this Plan, Participant accounts are 100% Vested at all times. Any amounts that may otherwise be forfeited under the Plan pursuant to Section 3.7, 4.2(f) or 6.9 shall be used to reduce the contribution of the Employer. 1.23 "Former Participant" means a person who has been a Participant, but who has ceased to be a Participant for any reason. 1.24 "415 Compensation" with respect to any Participant means such Participant's wages as defined in Code Section 3401(a) and all other payments of compensation by the Employer (in the course of the Employer's trade or business) for a Plan Year for which the Employer is required to furnish the Participant a written statement under Code Sections 6041(d), 6051(a)(3) and 5 6052. "415 Compensation" must be determined without regard to any rules under Code Section 3401(a) that limit the remuneration included in wages based on the nature or location of the employment or the services performed (such as the exception for agricultural labor in Code Section 3401(a)(2)). If, in connection with the adoption of this amendment and restatement, the definition of "415 Compensation" has been modified, then, for Plan Years prior to the Plan Year which includes the adoption date of this amendment and restatement, "415 Compensation" means compensation determined pursuant to the Plan then in effect. 1.25 "414(s) Compensation" with respect to any Participant means such Participant's "415 Compensation" paid during a Plan Year. The amount of "414(s) Compensation" with respect to any Participant shall include "414(s) Compensation" for the entire twelve (12) month period ending on the last day of such Plan Year. For purposes of this Section, the determination of "414(s) Compensation" shall be made by including amounts which are contributed by the Employer pursuant to a salary reduction agreement and which are not includible in the gross income of the Participant under Code Sections 125, 402(e)(3), 402(h)(1)(B), 403(b) or 457, and Employee contributions described in Code Section 414(h)(2) that are treated as Employer contributions. "414(s) Compensation" in excess of $150,000 ($200,000 for Plan Years beginning prior to the first day of the first Plan Year beginning after December 31, 1993) shall be disregarded. Such amount shall be adjusted for increases in the cost of living in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(17), except that the dollar increase in effect on January 1 of any calendar year shall be effective for the Plan Year beginning with or within such calendar year. For any short Plan Year the "414(s) Compensation" limit shall be an amount equal to the "414(s) Compensation" limit for the calendar year in which the Plan Year begins multiplied by the ratio obtained by dividing the number of full months in the short Plan Year by twelve (12). In applying this limitation, the family group of a Highly Compensated Participant who is subject to the Family Member aggregation rules of Code Section 414(q)(6) because such Participant is either a "five percent owner" of the Employer or one of the ten (10) Highly Compensated Employees paid the greatest "415 Compensation" during the year, shall be treated as a single Participant, except that for this purpose Family Members shall include only the affected Participant's spouse and any lineal descendants who have not attained age nineteen (19) before the close of the year. If, in connection with the adoption of this amendment and restatement, the definition of "414(s) Compensation" has been modified, then, for Plan Years prior to the Plan Year which includes the adoption date of this amendment and restatement, 6 "414(s) Compensation" means compensation determined pursuant to the Plan then in effect. 1.26 "Highly Compensated Employee" means an Employee described in Code Section 414(q) and the Regulations thereunder, and generally means an Employee who performed services for the Employer during the "determination year" and is in one or more of the following groups: (a) Employees who at any time during the "determination year" or "look-back year" were "five percent owners" as defined in Section 1.35(c). (b) Employees who received "415 Compensation" during the "look-back year" from the Employer in excess of $75,000. (c) 'Employees who received "415 Compensation" during the "look-back year" from the Employer in excess of $50,000 and were in the Top Paid Group of Employees for the Plan Year. (d) Employees who during the "look-back year" were officers of the Employer (as that term is defined within the meaning of the Regulations under Code Section 416) and received "415 Compensation" during the "look-back year" from the Employer greater than 50 percent of the limit in effect under Code Section 415(b)(1)(A) for any such Plan Year. The number of officers shall be limited to the lesser of (i) 50 employees; or (ii) the greater of 3 employees or 10 percent of all employees. For the purpose of determining the number of officers, Employees described in Section 1.60(a), (b), (c) and (d) shall be excluded, but such Employees shall still be considered for the purpose of identifying the particular Employees who are officers. If the Employer does not have at least one officer whose annual "415 Compensation" is in excess of 50 percent of the Code Section 415(b)(1)(A) limit, then the highest paid officer of the Employer will be treated as a Highly Compensated Employee. (e) Employees who are in the group consisting of the 100 Employees paid the greatest "415 Compensation" during the "determination year" and are also described in (b), (c) or (d) above when these paragraphs are modified to substitute "determination year" for "look-back year." The "determination year" shall be the Plan Year for which testing is being performed, and the "look-back year" shall be the immediately preceding twelve-month period. However, if the Employer so elects, then the "look-back year" shall be the calendar year ending with or within the Plan Year for which 7 testing is being performed, and the "determination year" (if applicable) shall be the period of time, if any, which extends beyond the "look-back year" and ends on the last day of the Plan Year for which testing is being performed (the "lag period"). If the "lag period" is less than twelve months long, the dollar threshold amounts specified in (b), (c) and (d) above shall be prorated based upon the number of months in the "lag period." With respect to this election, it shall be applied on a uniform and consistent basis to all plans, entities, and arrangements of the Employer. For purposes of this Section, the determination of "415 Compensation" shall be made by including amounts which are contributed by the Employer pursuant to a salary reduction agreement and which are not includible in the gross income of the Participant under Code Sections 125, 402(e)(3), 402(h)(1)(B), 403(b) or 457, and Employee contributions described in Code Section 414(h)(2) that are treated as Employer contributions. Additionally, the dollar threshold amounts specified in (b) and (c) above shall be adjusted at such time and in such manner as is provided in Regulations. In the case of such an adjustment, the dollar limits which shall be applied are those for the calendar year in which the "determination year" or "look-back year" begins. In determining who is a Highly Compensated Employee, Employees who are non-resident aliens and who received no earned income (within the meaning of Code Section 911(d)(2)) from the Employer constituting United States source income within the meaning of Code Section 861(a)(3) shall not be treated as Employees. Additionally, all Affiliated Employers shall be taken into account as a single employer and Leased Employees within the meaning of Code Sections 414(n)(2) and 414(o)(2) shall be considered Employees unless such Leased Employees are covered by a plan described in Code Section 414(n)(5) and are not covered in any qualified plan maintained by the Employer. The exclusion of Leased Employees for this purpose shall be applied on a uniform and consistent basis for all of the Employer's retirement plans. Highly Compensated Former Employees shall be treated as Highly Compensated Employees without regard to whether they performed services during the "determination year." 1.27 "Highly Compensated Former Employee" means a former Employee who had a separation year prior to the "determination year" and was a Highly Compensated Employee in the year of separation from service or in any "determination year" after attaining age 55. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Employee who separated from service prior to 1987 will be treated as a Highly Compensated Former Employee only if during the separation year (or year preceding the separation year) or any year after the Employee attains age 55 (or the last year ending before the Employee's 55th birthday), the Employee either received "415 Compensation" in excess of $50,000 or was a "five percent owner." For purposes of this Section, "determination year," "415 8 Compensation" and "five percent owner" shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.26. Highly Compensated Former Employees shall be treated as Highly Compensated Employees. The method set forth in this section for determining who is a "Highly Compensated Former Employee" shall be applied on a uniform and consistent basis for all purposes for which the Code Section 414(q) definition is applicable. 1.28 "Highly Compensated Participant" means any Highly Compensated Employee who is eligible to participate in the Plan. 1.29 "Hour of Service" means (1) each hour for which an Employee is directly or indirectly compensated or entitled to compensation by the Employer for the performance of duties during the applicable computation period; (2) each hour for which an Employee is directly or indirectly compensated or entitled to compensation by the Fmployer (irrespective of whether the employment relationship has terminated) for reasons other than performance of duties (such as vacation, holidays, sickness, jury duty, disability, lay-off, military duty or leave of absence) during the applicable computation period; (3) each hour for which back pay is awarded or agreed to by the Employer without regard to mitigation of damages. These hours will be credited to the Employee for the computation period or periods to which the award or agreement pertains rather than the computation period in which the award, agreement or payment is made. The same Hours of Service shall not be credited both under (1) or (2), as the case may be, and under (3). Notwithstanding the above, (i) no more than 501 Hours of Service are required to 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); (ii) an hour for which an Employee is directly or indirectly paid, or entitled to payment, on account of a period during which no duties are performed is not required to be credited to the Employee if such payment is made or due under a plan maintained solely for the purpose of complying with applicable worker's compensation, or unemployment compensation or disability insurance laws; and (iii) Hours of Service are not required to be credited for a payment which solely reimburses an Employee for medical or medically related expenses incurred by the Employee. For purposes of this section, a payment shall be deemed to be made by or due from the Employer regardless of whether such payment is made by or due from the Employer directly, or indirectly through, among others, a trust fund, or insurer, to which the Employer contributes or pays premiums and regardless of whether contributions made or due to the trust fund, insurer, or other entity are for the benefit of particular Employees or are on behalf of a group of Employees in the aggregate. 9 An Hour of Service must be counted for the purpose of determining a Year of Service, a year of participation for purposes of accrued benefits, a 1-Year Break in Service, and employment commencement date (or reemployment commencement date). In addition, Hours of Service will be credited for employment with other Affiliated Employers. The provisions of Department of Labor regulations 2530.200b-2(b) and (c) are incorporated herein by reference. Hours of Service will be credited for employment with all Affiliated Employers and for any individual considered to be a Leased Employee pursuant to Code Sections 414(n) or 414(o) and the Regulations thereunder. 1.30 "Income" means the income or losses allocable to "excess amounts" which shall equal the sum of the allocable gain or loss for the "applicable computation period" and, the allocable gain or loss for the period between the end of the "applicable computation period" and, at the discretion of the Administrator, the date of distribution ("gap period"). The income allocable to "excess amounts" for the "applicable computation period" and the "gap period" is calculated separately and is determined by multiplying the income for the "applicable computation period" or the "gap period" by a fraction. The numerator of the fraction is the "excess amount" for the "applicable computation period". The denominator of the fraction is the total "account balance, attributable to "Employer contributions" as of the end of the "applicable computation period" or the "gap period", reduced by the gain allocable to such total amount for the "applicable computation period" or the "gap period" and increased by the loss allocable to such total amount for the "applicable computation period" or the "gap period". The provisions of this Section shall be applied: (a) For purposes of Section 4.2(f), by substituting: (1) "Excess Deferred Compensation" for "excess amounts"; (2) "taxable year of the Participant" for "applicable computation period"; (3) "Deferred Compensation" for "Employer contributions'; and (4) "Participant's Elective Account" for "account balance." (b) For purposes of Section 4.6(a), by substituting: (1) "Excess Contributions" for "excess amounts"; 10 (2) "Plan Year" for "applicable computation period"; (3) "Elective Contributions" for "Employer contributions"; and (4) "Participant's Elective Account" for "account balance." (c) For purposes of Section 4.8(a), by substituting: (1) "Excess Aggregate Contributions" for "excess amounts"; (2) "Plan Year" for "applicable computation period"; (3) "Employer matching contributions made pursuant to section 4.1(b) (to the extent such matching contributions are not used to satisfy the "Actual Deferral Percentage" tests) and any Qualified Non-Elective Contributions and/or elective deferrals taken into account pursuant to Section 4.7(c)" for "Employer contributions"; and (4) "Participant's Account" for "account balance." In lieu of the "fractional method" described above, a "safe harbor method" may be used to calculate the allocable Income for the "gap period." Under the "safe harbor method," allocable Income for the "gap period" shall be deemed to equal ten percent (10%) of the Income allocable to "excess amounts" for the "applicable computation period" multiplied by the number of calendar months in the "gap period." For purposes of determining the number of calendar months in the "gap period," a distribution occurring on or before the fifteenth day of the month shall be treated as having been made on the last day of the preceding month and a distribution occurring after such fifteenth day shall be treated as having been made on the first day of the next subsequent month. Income allocable to any distribution of Excess Deferred Compensation on or before the last day of the taxable year of the Participant shall be calculated from the first day of the taxable year of the Participant to the date on which the distribution is made pursuant to either the "fractional method" or the "safe harbor method." Under such "safe harbor method," allocable Income for such period shall be deemed to equal ten percent (10%) of the Income allocable to such Excess Deferred Compensation multiplied by the number of calendar months in such period. For purposes of determining the number of calendar months in such period, a distribution occurring on or before the fifteenth day of the 11 month shall be treated as having been made on the last day of the preceding month and a distribution occurring after such fifteenth day shall be treated as having been made on the first day of the next subsequent month. 1.31 "Insurer" means any legal reserve insurance company which shall issue one or more contracts under the Plan. 1.32 "Investment Manager" means an entity that (a) has the power to manage, acquire, or dispose of Plan assets and (b) acknowledges fiduciary responsibility to the Plan in writing. Such entity must be a person, firm, or corporation registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, a bank, or an insurance company. 1.33 "Investment Option" shall mean any investment funds, accounts or contracts designated by the Employer. 1.34 "Joint and Survivor Annuity" means an annuity for the life of the Participant with a survivor annuity for the life of the Participant's spouse which is not less than one-half, nor greater than the amount of the annuity payable during the joint lives of the Participant and the Participant's spouse. The Joint and Survivor Annuity will be the amount of benefit which can be purchased with the Participant's Vested interest in the Plan. 1.35 "Key Employee" means an Employee as defined in Code Section 416(i) and the Regulations thereunder. Generally, any Employee or former Employee (as well as each of his Beneficiaries) is considered a Key Employee if he, at any time during the Plan Year that contains the "Determination Date" or any of the preceding four (4) Plan Years, has been included in one of the following categories: (a) an officer of the Employer (as that term is defined within the meaning of the Regulations under Code Section 416) having annual "415 Compensation" greater than 50 percent of the amount in effect under Code Section 415(b)(1)(A) for any such Plan Year. (b) one of the ten employees having annual "415 compensation" from the Employer for a Plan Year greater than the dollar limitation in effect under Code Section 415(c)(1)(A) for the calendar year in which such Plan Year ends and owning (or considered as owning within the meaning of Code Section 318) both more than one-half percent interest and the largest interests in the Employer. (c) a "five percent owner" of the Employer. "Five percent owner" means any person who owns (or is considered as owning within the meaning of Code Section 318) more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding stock of the Employer or stock possessing more than 12 five percent (5%) of the total combined voting power of all stock of the Employer or, in the case of an unincorporated business, any person who owns more than five percent (5%) of the capital or profits interest in the Employer. In determining percentage ownership hereunder, employers that would otherwise be aggregated under Code Sections 414(b), (c), (m) and (o) shall be treated as separate employers. (d) a "one percent owner" of the Employer having an annual "415 Compensation" from the Employer of more than $150,000. "One percent owner" means any person who owns (or is considered as owning within the meaning of Code Section 318) more than one percent (1%) of the outstanding stock of the Employer or stock possessing more than one percent (1%) of the total combined voting power of all stock of the Employer or, in the case of an unincorporated business, any person who owns more than one percent (1%) of the capital or profits interest in the Employer. In determining percentage ownership hereunder, employers that would otherwise be aggregated under Code Sections 414(b), (c), (m) and (o) shall be treated as separate employers. However, in determining whether an individual has "415 Compensation" of more than $150,000, "415 Compensation" from each employer required to be aggregated under Code Sections 414(b), (c), (m) and (o) shall be taken into account. For purposes of this Section, the determination of "415 Compensation" shall be made by including amounts which are contributed by the Employer pursuant to a salary reduction agreement and which are not includible in the gross income of the Participant under Code Sections 125, 402(e)(3), 402(h)(1)(B), 403(b) or 457, and Employee contributions described in Code Section 414(h)(2) that are treated as Employer contributions. 1.36 "Late Retirement Date" means the first day of the month coinciding with or next following a Participant's actual Retirement Date after having reached his Normal Retirement Date. 1.37 "Leased Employee" means any person (other than an Employee of the recipient) who pursuant to an agreement between the recipient and any other person ("leasing organization") has performed services for the recipient (or for the recipient and related persons determined in accordance with Code Section 414(n)(6)) on a substantially full time basis for a period of at least one year, and such services are of a type historically performed by employees in the business field of the recipient employer. Contributions or benefits provided a Leased Employee by the leasing organization which are attributable to services performed for the recipient employer shall be treated as provided by the recipient employer. A Leased Employee shall not be considered an Employee of the recipient: 13 (a) if such employee is covered by a money purchase pension plan providing: (1) a non-integrated employer contribution rate of at least 10% of compensation, as defined in Code Section 415(c)(3), but including amounts which are contributed by the Employer pursuant to a salary reduction agreement and which are not includible in the gross income of the Participant under Code Sections 125, 402(e)(3), 402(h)(1)(B), 403(b) or 457, and Employee contributions described in Code Section 414(h)(2) that are treated as Employer contributions. (2) immediate participation; and (3) full and immediate vesting; and (b) if Leased Employees do not constitute more than 20% of the recipient's non-highly compensated work force. 1.38 "Non-Elective Contribution" means the Employer's contributions to the Plan excluding, however, contributions made pursuant to the Participant's deferral election provided for in Section 4.2, matching contributions (which are used in the "Actual Deferral Percentage" tests) made pursuant to Section 4.1(b) and any Qualified Non-Elective Contributions which are used to satisfy the "Actual Deferral Percentage" tests. 1.39 "Non-Highly Compensated Participant" means any Participant who is neither a Highly Compensated Employee nor a Family Member. 1.40 "Non-Key Employee" means any Employee or former Employee (and his Beneficiaries) who is not a Key Employee. 1.41 "Normal Retirement Age" means the Participant's 65th birthday. A Participant shall become fully vested in his Participant's Account upon attaining his Normal Retirement Age. 1.42 "Normal Retirement Date" means the first day of the month coinciding with or next following the Participant's Normal Retirement Age. 1.43 "1-Year Break in Service" means: (a) The applicable computation period during which an Employee has not completed more than 1 (for eligibility purposes) Hour(s) of Service with the Employer. Further, solely for the purpose of determining whether a Participant has incurred a 1-Year Break in Service, Hours of Service shall be recognized for "authorized leaves of absence" and "maternity and 14 paternity leaves of absence." Years of Service and 1-Year Breaks in Service shall be measured on the same computation period. (b) For purposes of "1-Year Break in Service" the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Authorized leave of absence" means an unpaid, temporary cessation from active employment with the Employer pursuant to an established nondiscriminatory policy, whether occasioned by illness, military service, or any other reason. (2) A "maternity or paternity leave of absence" means, for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 1984, an absence from work for any period by reason of the Employee's pregnancy, birth of the Employee's child, placement of a child with the Employee in connection with the adoption of such child, or any absence for the purpose of caring for such child for a period immediately following such birth or placement. For this purpose, Hours of Service shall be credited for the computation period in which the absence from work begins, only if credit therefore is necessary to prevent the Employee from incurring a 1-Year Break in Service, or, in any other case, in the immediately following computation period. The Hours of Service credited for a "maternity or paternity leave of absence" shall be those which would normally have been credited but for such absence, or, in any case in which the Administrator is unable to determine such hours normally credited, eight (8) Hours of Service per day. The total Hours of Service required to be credited for a "maternity or paternity leave of absence" shall not exceed 501. 1.44 "Participant" means any Eligible Employee who participates in the Plan as provided in Sections 3.2 and 3.3, and has not for any reason become ineligible to participate further in the Plan. 1.45 "Participant's Account" means the account established and maintained by the Administrator for each Participant with respect to his total interest in the Plan and Trust resulting from the Employer's Non-Elective Contributions. 1.46 "Participant's Elective Account" means the account established and maintained by the Administrator for each Participant with respect to his total interest in the Plan and Trust resulting from the Employer's Elective Contributions. A separate accounting shall be maintained with respect to that portion of the Participant's Elective Account attributable to 15 Elective Contributions pursuant to Section 4.2, Employer matching contributions pursuant to Section 4.1(b) and any Employer Qualified Non-Elective Contributions. 1.47 "Participant's Rollover Account" means the account established and maintained by the Administrator for each Participant with respect to his total interest in the Plan resulting from amounts rolled over from another qualified plan or "conduit" Individual Retirement Account in accordance with Section 4.11. 1.48 "Plan" means this instrument, including all amendments thereto. 1.49 "Plan Year" means the Plan's accounting year of twelve (12) months commencing on January lst of each year and ending the following December 31st. 1.50 "Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity" means an immediate annuity for the life of the Participant's spouse, the payments under which must be equal to the actuarial equivalent of 100% of the Participant's Vested interest in the Plan as of the date of death. 1.51 "Qualified Non-Elective Contribution" means the Employer's contributions to the Plan that are made pursuant to Section 4.6. Such contributions shall be considered an Elective Contribution for the purposes of the Plan. In addition, the Employer's contributions to the Plan that are made pursuant to Sections 4.7(c) and 4.8(h) which are used to satisfy the "Actual Contribution Percentage" tests shall be considered Qualified Non-Elective Contributions and shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 4.2(b) and 4.2(c). 1.52 "Qualified Non-Elective Contribution Account" means the account established hereunder to which Qualified Non-Elective Contributions are allocated. 1.53 "Regulation" means the Income Tax Regulations as promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate, and as amended from time to time. 1.54 "Retired Participant" means a person who has been a Participant, but who has become entitled to retirement benefits under the Plan. 1.55 "Retirement Date" means the date as of which a Participant retires for reasons other than Total and Permanent Disability, whether such retirement occurs on a Participant's Normal Retirement Date, Early or Late Retirement Date (see Section 6.1). 16 1.56 "Super Top Heavy Plan" means a plan described in Section 2.2(b). 1.57 "Terminated Participant" means a person who has been a Participant, but whose employment has been terminated other than by death, Total and Permanent Disability or retirement. 1.58 "Top Heavy Plan" means a plan described in Section 2.2(a). 1.59 "Top Heavy Plan Year" means a Plan Year during which the Plan is a Top Heavy Plan. 1.60 "Top Paid Group" means the top 20 percent of Employees who performed services for the Employer during the applicable year, ranked according to the amount of "415 Compensation" (determined for this purpose in accordance with Section 1.26) received from the Employer during such year. All Affiliated Employers shall be taken into account as a single employer, and Leased Employees within the meaning of Code Sections 414(n)(2) and 414(o)(2) shall be considered Employees unless such Leased Employees are covered by a plan described in Code Section 414(n)(5) and are not covered in any qualified plan maintained by the Employer. Employees who are non-resident aliens and who received no earned income (within the meaning of Code Section 911(d)(2)) from the Employer constituting United States source income within the meaning of Code Section 861(a)(3) shall not be treated as Employees. Additionally, for the purpose of determining the number of active Employees in any year, the following additional Employees shall also be excluded; however, such Employees shall still be considered for the purpose of identifying the particular Employees in the Top Paid Group: (a) Employees with less than six (6) months of service; (b) Employees who normally work less than 17 1/2 hours per week; (c) Employees who normally work less than six (6) months during a year; and (d) Employees who have not yet attained age 21. In addition, if 90 percent or more of the Employees of the Employer are covered under agreements the Secretary of Labor finds to be collective bargaining agreements between Employee representatives and the Employer, and the Plan covers only Employees who are not covered under such agreements, then Employees covered by such agreements shall be excluded from both the total number of active Employees as well as from the identification of particular Employees in the Top Paid Group. 17 The foregoing exclusions set forth in this Section shall be applied on a uniform and consistent basis for all purposes for which the Code Section 414(q) definition is applicable. 1.61 "Total and Permanent Disability" means a physical or mental condition of a Participant resulting from bodily injury, disease, or mental disorder which renders him incapable of continuing any gainful occupation and which condition constitutes total disability. The disability of a Participant shall be determined by a licensed physician chosen by the Administrator. The determination shall be applied uniformly to all Participants. 1.62 "Trustee" means the person or entity named as trustee herein or in any separate trust forming a part of this Plan, and any successors. 1.63 "Trust Fund" means the assets of the Plan and Trust as the same shall exist from time to time. 1.64 "Vested" means the nonforfeitable portion of any account maintained on behalf of a Participant. 1.65 "Year of Service" means: (a) The computation period of twelve (12) consecutive months, herein set forth, during which an Employee has at least 1,000 (for eligibility purposes) Hour(s) of Service. (b) For purposes of eligibility for participation, the initial computation period shall begin with the date on which the Employee first performs an Hour of Service and anniversaries thereof. The participation computation period beginning after a 1-Year Break in Service shall be measured from the date on which an Employee again performs an Hour of Service and anniversaries thereof. (c) For all other purposes, the computation period shall be the Plan Year. (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, for any short Plan Year, the determination of whether an Employee has completed a Year of Service shall be made in accordance with Department of Labor regulation 2530.203-2(c). (e) A maximum of one (1) Year of Service with U.S. Software Resource, Incorporated shall be recognized for Employees who are employed by Tech Data Corporation (or one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries) 90 days after the effective date of the acquisition of the assets of U.S. Software Resource, Incorporated by Tech Data Corporation. 18 (f) Years of Service with any Affiliated Employer shall be recognized. (g) The Administrator may, in accordance with a uniform non-discriminatory policy, elect to credit Hours of Service pursuant to this Agreement using the following method: -- Count actual Hours of Service for which an Employee is paid or entitled to payment. ARTICLE II TOP HEAVY AND ADMINISTRATION 2.1 TOP HEAVY PLAN REQUIREMENTS For any Top Heavy Plan Year, the Plan shall provide the special vesting requirements of Code Section 416(b) pursuant to Section 6.4 of the Plan and the special minimum allocation requirements of Code Section 416(c) pursuant to Section 4.4 of the Plan. 2.2 DETERMINATION OF TOP HEAVY STATUS (a) This Plan shall be a Top Heavy Plan for any Plan Year in which, as of the Determination Date, (1) the Present Value of Accrued Benefits of Key Employees and (2) the sum of the Aggregate Accounts of Key Employees under this Plan and all plans of an Aggregation Group, exceeds sixty percent (60%) of the Present Value of Accrued Benefits and the Aggregate Accounts of all Key and Non-Key Employees under this Plan and all plans of an Aggregation Group. If any Participant is a Non-Key Employee for any Plan Year, but such Participant was a Key Employee for any prior Plan Year, such Participant's Present Value of Accrued Benefit and/or Aggregate Account balance shall not be taken into account for purposes of determining whether this Plan is a Top Heavy or Super Top Heavy Plan (or whether any Aggregation Group which includes this Plan is a Top Heavy Group). In addition, if a Participant or Former Participant has not performed any services for any Employer maintaining the Plan at any time during the five year period ending on the Determination Date, any accrued benefit for such Participant or Former Participant shall not be taken into account for the purposes of determining whether this Plan is a Top Heavy or Super Top Heavy Plan. (b) This Plan shall be a Super Top Heavy Plan for any Plan Year in which, as of the Determination Date, (1) the Present Value of Accrued Benefits of Key Employees and (2) the sum of the Aggregate Accounts of 19 Key Employees under this Plan and all plans of an Aggregation Group, exceeds ninety percent (90%) of the Present Value of Accrued Benefits and the Aggregate Accounts of all Key and Non-Key Employees under this Plan and all plans of an Aggregation Group. (c) Aggregate Account: A Participant's Aggregate Account as of the Determination Date is the sum of: (1) his Participant's account balance as of the most recent valuation occurring within a twelve (12) month period ending on the Determination Date; (2) an adjustment for any contributions due as of the Determination Date. Such adjustment shall be the amount of any contributions actually made after the valuation date but due on or before the Determination Date, except for the first Plan Year when such adjustment shall also reflect the amount of any contributions made after the Determination Date that are allocated as of a date in that first Plan Year. (3) any Plan distributions made within the Plan Year that includes the Determination Date or within the four (4) preceding Plan Years. However, in the case of distributions made after the valuation date and prior to the Determination Date, such distributions are not included as distributions for top heavy purposes to the extent that such distributions are already included in the Participant's Aggregate Account balance as of the valuation date. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, all distributions, including distributions made prior to January 1, 1984, and distributions under a terminated plan which if it had not been terminated would have been required to be included in an Aggregation Group, will be counted. Further, distributions from the Plan (including the cash value of life insurance policies) of a Participant's account balance because of death shall be treated as a distribution for the purposes of this paragraph. (4) any Employee contributions, whether voluntary or mandatory. However, amounts attributable to tax deductible qualified voluntary employee contributions shall not be considered to be a part of the Participant's Aggregate Account balance. 20 (5) with respect to unrelated rollovers and plan-to-plan transfers (ones which are both initiated by the Employee and made from a plan maintained by one employer to a plan maintained by another employer), if this Plan provides the rollovers or plan-to-plan transfers, it shall always consider such rollovers or plan-to-plan transfers as a distribution for the purposes of this Section. If this Plan is the plan accepting such rollovers or plan-to-plan transfers, it shall not consider such rollovers or plan-to-plan transfers as part of the Participant's Aggregate Account balance. (6) with respect to related rollovers and plan-to-plan transfers (ones either not initiated by the Employee or made to a plan maintained by the same employer), if this Plan provides the rollover or plan-to-plan transfer, it shall not be counted as a distribution for purposes of this Section. If this Plan is the plan accepting such rollover or plan-to-plan transfer, it shall consider such rollover or plan-to-plan transfer as part of the Participant's Aggregate Account balance, irrespective of the date on which such rollover or plan-to-plan transfer is accepted. (7) for the purposes of determining whether two employers are to be treated as the same employer in (5) and (6) above, all employers aggregated under Code Section 414(b), (c), (m) and (o) are treated as the same employer. (d) "Aggregation Group" means either a Required Aggregation Group or a Permissive Aggregation Group as hereinafter determined. (1) Required Aggregation Group: In determining a Required Aggregation Group hereunder, each qualified plan of the Employer, including any Simplified Employee Pension Plan, in which a Key Employee is a participant in the Plan Year containing the Determination Date or any of the four preceding Plan Years, and each other qualified plan of the Employer which enables any plan in which a Key Employee participates to meet the requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(4) or 410, will be required to be aggregated. Such group shall be known as a Required Aggregation Group. In the case of a Required Aggregation Group, each qualified plan in the group will be considered a Top Heavy Plan if the Required Aggregation Group 21 is a Top Heavy Group. No plan in the Required Aggregation Group will be considered a Top Heavy Plan if the Required Aggregation Group is not a Top Heavy Group. (2) Permissive Aggregation Group: The Employer may also include any other plan of the Employer, including any Simplified Employee Pension Plan, not required to be included in the Required Aggregation Group, provided the resulting group, taken as a whole, would continue to satisfy the provisions of Code Sections 401(a)(4) and 410. Such group shall be known as a Permissive Aggregation Group. In the case of a Permissiivee Aggregation Group, only a plan that is part of the Required Aggregation Group will be considered a Top Heavy Plan if the Permissive Aggregation Group is a Top Heavy Group. No plan in the Permissive Aggregation Group will be considered a Top Heavy Plan if the Permissive Aggregation Group is not a Top Heavy Group. (3) Only those plans of the Employer in which the Determination Dates fall within the same calendar year shall be aggregated in order to determine whether such plans are Top Heavy Plans. (4) An Aggregation Group shall include any terminated plan of the Employer if it was maintained within the last five (5) years ending on the Determination Date. (e) "Determination Date" means (a) the last day of the preceding Plan Year, or (b) in the case of the first Plan Year, the last day of such Plan Year. (f) Present Value of Accrued Benefit: In the case of a defined benefit plan, the Present Value of Accrued Benefit for a Participant other than a Key Employee, shall be as determined using the single accrual method used for all plans of the Employer and Affiliated Employers, or if no such single method exists, using a method which results in benefits accruing not more rapidly than the slowest accrual rate permitted under Code Section 411(b)(1)(C). The determination of the Present Value of Accrued Benefit shall be determined as of the most recent valuation date that falls within or ends with the 12-month period ending on the Determination Date except as provided in Code Section 416 and the Regulations thereunder for the first and second plan years of a defined benefit plan. 22 However, any such determination must include Present Value of Accrued Benefit attributable to any Plan distributions referred to in Section 2.2(c)(3) above, any Employee contributions referred to in Section 2.2(c)(4) above or any related or unrelated rollovers referred to in Sections 2.2(c)(5) and 2.2(c)(6) above. (g) "Top Heavy Group" means an Aggregation Group in which, as of the Determination Date, the sum of: (1) the Present Value of Accrued Benefits of Key Employees under all defined benefit plans included in the group, and (2) the Aggregate Accounts of Key Employees under all defined contribution plans included in the group, exceeds sixty percent (60%) of a similar sum determined for all Participants. (h) The Administrator shall determine whether this Plan is a Top Heavy Plan on the Determination Date. Such determination of the top heavy ratio shall be in accordance with Code Section 416 and the Regulations thereunder. 2.3 POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EMPLOYER (a) The Employer shall be empowered to appoint and remove the Trustee and/or the Administrator from time to time as it deems necessary for the proper administration of the Plan to assure that the Plan is being operated for the exclusive benefit of the Participants and their Beneficiaries in accordance with the terms of the Plan, the Code, and the Act. (b) The Employer shall establish a "funding policy and method," i.e., it shall determine whether the Plan has a short run need for liquidity (e.g., to pay benefits) or whether liquidity is a long run goal and investment growth (and stability of same) is a more current need, or shall appoint a qualified person to do so. Such "funding policy and method" shall be consistent with the objectives of this Plan and with the requirements of Title I of the Act. Additionally, the Employer may provide investment directions to the Trustee. (c) The Employer may, in its discretion, appoint an Investment Manager to manage all or a designated portion of the assets of the Plan. In such event, the Trustee shall follow the directive of the Investment manager in investing the assets of the Plan managed by the Investment Manager. 23 (d) The Employer shall periodically review the performance of any Fiduciary or other person to whom duties have been delegated or allocated by it under the provisions of this Plan or pursuant to procedures established hereunder. This requirement may be satisfied by formal periodic review by the Employer or by a qualified person specifically designated by the Employer, through day-to-day conduct and evaluation, or through other appropriate ways. 2.4 DESIGNATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY The Employer shall appoint one or more Administrators. Any person, including, but not limited to, the Employees of the Employer, shall be eligible to serve as an Administrator. Any person so appointed shall signify his acceptance by filing written acceptance with the Employer. An Administrator may resign by delivering his written resignation to the Employer or be removed by the Employer by delivery of written notice of removal, to take effect at a date specified therein, or upon delivery to the Administrator if no date is specified. The Employer, upon the resignation or removal of an Administrator, shall promptly designate in writing a successor to this position. If the Employer does not appoint an Administrator, the Employer will function as the Administrator. Additionally, the Employer may provide investment directions to the Trustee. 2.5 ALLOCATION AND DELEGATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES If more than one person is appointed as Administrator, the responsibilities of each Administrator may be specified by the Employer and accepted in writing by each Administrator. In the event that no such delegation is made by the Employer, the Administrators may allocate the responsibilities among themselves. The Administrator appoints Aetna as the intermediary for all transactions and the Employer and/or Participants shall always deal through the intermediary for all transactions. The Employer shall notify the Trustee in writing of such action and specify the responsibilities of each Administrator. The Trustee thereafter shall accept and rely upon any documents executed by the appropriate Administrator until such time as the Employer or the Administrators file with the Trustee a written revocation of such designation. 2.6 POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR The primary responsibility of the Administrator is to administer the Plan for the exclusive benefit of the Participants and their Beneficiaries, subject to the specific terms of the Plan. The Administrator shall administer the Plan in accordance with its terms and shall have the power and discretion to construe the terms of the Plan and to determine all questions arising in connection with the administration, interpretation, 24 and application of the Plan. Any such determination by the Administrator shall be conclusive and binding upon all persons; provided, however, that the Administrator must first obtain the prior approval of the Trustee or Aetna regarding the interpretation of any provisions of the Plan and Trust relating to or affecting in any way the rights, duties and responsibilities of the Trustee or Aetna, respectively. The Administrator may establish procedures, correct any defect, supply any information, or reconcile any inconsistency in such manner and to such extent as shall be deemed necessary or advisable to carry out the purpose of the Plan; provided, however, that any procedure, discretionary act, interpretation or construction shall be done in a nondiscriminatory manner based upon uniform principles consistently applied and shall be consistent with the intent that the Plan shall continue to be deemed a qualified plan under the terms of Code Section 401(a), and shall comply with the terms of the Act and all regulations issued pursuant thereto. The Administrator shall have all powers necessary or appropriate to accomplish his duties under this Plan. The Administrator shall be charged with the duties of the general administration of the Plan, including, but not limited to, the following: (a) the discretion to determine all questions relating to the eligibility of Employees to participate or remain a Participant hereunder and to receive benefits under the Plan; (b) to compute, certify, and direct the Trustee with respect to the amount and the kind of benefits to which any Participant shall be entitled hereunder; (c) to authorize and direct the Trustee with respect to all nondiscretionary or otherwise directed disbursements from the Trust; (d) to maintain all necessary records for the administration of the Plan; (e) to interpret the provisions of the Plan and to make and publish such rules for regulation of the Plan as are consistent with the terms hereof; (f) to determine the size and type of any contract to be purchased from any Insurer, and to designate the Insurer from which such contract shall be purchased; (g) to consult with the Employer regarding the short and long-term liquidity needs of the Plan; 25 (h) to prepare and implement a procedure to notify Eligible Employees that they may elect to have a portion of their Compensation deferred or paid to them in cash; (i) to assist any Participant regarding his rights, benefits, or elections available under the Plan. 2.7 LIABILITY OF ADMINISTRATOR In connection with any action or determination, the Administrator shall be entitled to rely upon information furnished by the Employer. To the extent permitted by law, the Employer shall indemnify the Administrator against any liability or loss sustained by reason of any act or failure to act in its administrative capacity, if such act or failure to act does not involve willful misconduct. Such indemnification of the Administrator shall include attorney's fees and other costs and expenses reasonably incurred in defense of any action brought against the Administrator by reason of any such act or failure to act. 2.8 RECORDS AND REPORTS The Administrator shall keep a record of all actions taken and shall keep all other books of account, records, and other data that may be necessary for proper administration of the Plan and shall be responsible for supplying all information and reports to the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Labor, Participants, Beneficiaries and others as required by law. 2.9 APPOINTMENT OF ADVISERS The Administrator may appoint counsel, specialists, advisers, and other persons as the Administrator deems necessary or desirable in connection with the administration of this Plan. 2.10 INFORMATION FROM EMPLOYER To enable the Administrator to perform his functions, the Employer shall supply full and timely information to the Administrator on all matters relating to the Compensation of all Participants, their Hours of Service, their Years of Service, their retirement, death, disability, or termination of employment, and such other pertinent facts as the Administrator may require; and the Administrator shall advise the Trustee of such of the foregoing facts as may be pertinent to the Trustee's duties under the Plan. The Administrator may rely upon such information as is supplied by the Employer and shall have no duty or responsibility to verify such information. 26 2.11 PAYMENT OF EXPENSES All expenses of administration shall be paid out of the Trust Fund unless paid by the Employer. Such expenses shall include any expenses incident to the functioning of the Administrator, including, but not limited to, fees of recordkeepers, accountants, counsel, and other specialists and their agents, and other costs of administering the Plan. Until paid, these expenses shall constitute a liability of the Trust Fund. Any expense of administration paid to the Trust Fund as a reimbursement shall not be considered an Employer contribution. 2.12 MAJORITY ACTIONS Except where there has been an allocation and delegation of administrative authority pursuant to Section 2.5, if there shall be more than one Administrator, they shall act by a majority of their number, but may authorize one or more of them to sign all papers on their behalf. 2.13 CLAIMS PROCEDURE Claims for benefits under the Plan may be filed in writing with the Administrator. Written notice of the disposition of a claim shall be furnished to the claimant within 90 days after the application is filed. In the event the claim is denied, the reasons for the denial shall be specifically set forth in the notice in language calculated to be understood by the claimant, pertinent provisions of the Plan shall be cited, and, where appropriate, an explanation as to how the claimant can perfect the claim will be provided. In addition, the claimant shall be furnished with an explanation of the Plan's claims review procedure. 2.14 CLAIMS REVIEW PROCEDURE Any Employee, former Employee, or Beneficiary of either, who has been denied a benefit by a decision of the Administrator pursuant to Section 2.13 shall be entitled to request the Administrator to give further consideration to his claim by filing with the Administrator a written request for a hearing. Such request, together with a written statement of the reasons why the claimant believes his claim should be allowed, shall be filed with the Administrator no later than 60 days after receipt of the written notification provided for in Section 2.13. The Administrator shall then conduct a hearing within the next 60 days, at which the claimant may be represented by an attorney or any other representative of his choosing and at which the claimant shall have an opportunity to submit written and oral evidence and arguments in support of his claim. At the hearing (or prior thereto upon 5 business days written notice to the Administrator) the claimant or his representative shall have an opportunity to review all documents in the possession of the Administrator which are pertinent to the claim at issue and its 27 disallowance. Either the claimant or the Administrator may cause a court reporter to attend the hearing and record the proceedings. In such event, a complete written transcript of the proceedings shall be furnished to both parties by the court reporter. The full expense of any such court reporter and such transcripts shall be borne by the party causing the court reporter to attend the hearing. A final decision as to the allowance of the claim shall be made by the Administrator within 60 days of receipt of the appeal (unless there has been an extension of 60 days due to special circumstances, provided the delay and the special circumstances occasioning it are communicated to the claimant within the 60 day period). Such communication shall be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant and shall include specific reasons for the decision and specific references to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the decision is based. ARTICLE III ELIGIBILITY 3.1 CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY Any Eligible Employee who has completed one (1) Year of Service and has attained age 18 shall be eligible to participate hereunder as of the date he has satisfied such requirements. However, any Employee who was a Participant in the Plan prior to the effective date of this amendment and restatement shall continue to participate in the Plan. The Employer shall give each prospective Eligible Employee written notice of his eligibility to participate in the Plan prior to the close of the Plan Year in which he first becomes an Eligible Employee. 3.2 APPLICATION FOR PARTICIPATION In order to become a Participant hereunder, each Eligible Employee shall make application to the Employer for participation in the Plan and agree to the terms hereof. Upon the acceptance of any benefits under this Plan, such Employee shall automatically be deemed to have made application and shall be bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan and all amendments hereto. 3.3 EFFECTIVE DATE OF PARTICIPATION An Eligible Employee shall become a Participant effective as of the first day of the month coinciding with or next following the date on which such Employee met the eligibility requirements of Section 3.1, provided said Employee was still employed as of such date (or if not employed on such date, as of the date of rehire if a 1-Year Break in Service has not occurred). 28 3.4 DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY The Administrator shall determine the eligibility of each Employee for participation in the Plan based upon information furnished by the Employer. Such determination shall be conclusive and binding upon all persons, as long as the same is made pursuant to the Plan and the Act. Such determination shall be subject to review per Section 2.14. 3.5 TERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY (a) In the event a Participant shall go from a classification of an Eligible Employee to an ineligible Employee, such Former Participant shall continue to vest in his interest in the Plan for each Year of Service completed while a noneligible Employee, until such time as his Participant's Account shall be forfeited or distributed pursuant to the terms of the Plan. Additionally, his interest in the Plan shall continue to share in the earnings of the Trust Fund. (b) In the event a Participant is no longer a member of an eligible class of Employees and becomes ineligible to participate but has not incurred a 1-Year Break in Service, such Employee will participate immediately upon returning to an eligible class of Employees. If such Participant incurs a 1-Year Break in service, ELIGIBILITY WILL BE DETERMINED UNDER THE BREAK IN SERVICE RULES OF THE PLAN. 3.6 OMISSION OF ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE If, in any Plan Year, any Employee who should be included as a Participant in the Plan is erroneously omitted and discovery of such omission is not made until after a contribution by his Employer for the year has been made, the Employer shall make a subsequent contribution, so that the omitted Employee receives a total amount which said Employee would have received had he not been omitted. Such contribution shall be made regardless of whether or not it is deductible in whole or in part in any taxable year under applicable provisions of the code. 3.7 INCLUSION OF INELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE If, in any Plan Year, any person who should not have been included as a Participant in the Plan is erroneously included and discovery of such incorrect inclusion is not made until after a contribution for the year has been made, the Employer shall not be entitled to recover the contribution made with respect to the ineligible person regardless of whether or not a deduction is allowable with respect to such contribution. In such event, the amount contributed with respect to the ineligible person shall constitute a Forfeiture (except for Deferred Compensation which shall be distributed to the 29 ineligible person) for the Plan Year in which the discovery is made. 3.8 ELECTION NOT TO PARTICIPATE An Employee may, subject to the approval of the Employer, elect voluntarily not to participate in the Plan. The election not to participate must be communicated to the Employer, in writing, at least thirty (30) days before the beginning of a Plan Year. This election is valid until otherwise revoked by the Employee. ARTICLE IV CONTRIBUTION AND ALLOCATION 4.1 FORMULA FOR DETERMINING EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION For each Plan Year, the Employer shall contribute to the Plan: (a) The amount of the total salary reduction elections of all Participants made pursuant to Section 4.2(a), which amount shall be deemed an Employer's Elective Contribution. (b) on behalf of each Participant who is eligible to share in matching contributions for the Plan Year, a discretionary matching contribution equal to a percentage of each such Participant's Deferred Compensation, the exact percentage to be determined each year by the Employer, which amount shall be deemed an Employer's Elective Contribution. Except, however, in applying the matching percentage specified above, only salary reductions up to 5% of Compensation shall be considered, and the matching contribution on behalf of any Participant shall not exceed $500.00 per year. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the Employer's contributions for any Plan Year shall not exceed the maximum amount allowable as a deduction to the Employer under the provisions of Code Section 404. All contributions by the Employer shall be made in cash. (d) Except, however, to the extent necessary to provide the top heavy minimum allocations, the Employer shall make a contribution even if it exceeds the amount which is deductible under Code Section 404. 30 4.2 PARTICIPANT'S SALARY REDUCTION ELECTION (a) Each Participant may elect to defer from 1% to 9% of his Compensation which would have been received in the Plan Year, but for the deferral election. A deferral election (or modification of an earlier election) may not be made with respect to Compensation which is currently available on or before the date the Participant executed such election. The amount by which Compensation is reduced shall be that Participant's Deferred compensation and be treated as an Employer Elective Contribution and allocated to that Participant's Elective Account. (b) The balance in each Participant's Elective Account shall be fully Vested at all times and shall not be subject to Forfeiture for any reason except as provided for in Sections 4.2(f) and 4.6(a)(1). (c) Amounts held in the Participant's Elective Account may not be distributable earlier than: (1) a Participant's retirement, termination of employment, Total and Permanent Disability, or death; (2) a Participant's attainment of age 59 1/2; (3) the termination of the Plan without the establishment or existence of a "successor plan," as that term is described in Regulation 1.401(k)-1(d)(3) (4) the date of disposition by the Employer to an entity that is not an Affiliated Employer of substantially all of the assets (within the meaning of Code Section 409(d)(2)) used in a trade or business of such corporation if such corporation continues to maintain this Plan after the disposition with respect to a Participant who continues employment with the corporation acquiring such assets; (5) the date of disposition by the Employer or an Affiliated Employer who maintains the Plan of its interest in a subsidiary (within the meaning of Code Section 409(d)(3)) to an entity which is not an Affiliated Employer but only with respect to a Participant who continues employment with such subsidiary. (d) For each Plan Year, a Participant's Deferred Compensation made under this Plan and all other plans, 31 contracts or arrangements of the Employer maintaining this Plan shall not exceed, during any taxable year of the Participant, the limitation imposed by Code Section 402(g), as in effect at the beginning of such taxable year. If such dollar limitation is exceeded, a Participant will be deemed to have notified the Administrator of such excess amount which shall be distributed in a manner consistent with 4.2(f). The dollar limitation shall be adjusted annually pursuant to the method provided in Code Section 415(d) in accordance with Regulations. (e) In the event a Participant has received a hardship distribution pursuant to Regulation 1.401(k)-1(d)(2)(iv)(B) from this Plan or from any other plan maintained by the Employer, then such Participant shall not be permitted to elect to have Deferred Compensation contributed to the Plan on his behalf for a period of twelve (12) months following the receipt of the distribution. Furthermore, the dollar limitation under Code Section 402(g) shall be reduced, with respect to the Participant's taxable year following the taxable year in which the hardship distribution was made, by the amount of such Participant's Deferred Compensation, if any, pursuant to this Plan (and any other plan maintained by the Employer) for the taxable year of the hardship distribution. (f) If a Participant's Deferred Compensation under this Plan together with any elective deferrals (as defined in Regulation 1.402(g)-l(b)) under another qualified cash or deferred arrangement (as defined in code section 401(k)), a simplified employee pension (as defined in Code Section 408(k)), a salary reduction arrangement (within the meaning of Code Section 3121(a)(5)(D)), a deferred compensation plan under Code Section 457, or a trust described in Code Section 501(c)(18) cumulatively exceed the limitation imposed by Code Section 402(g) (as adjusted annually in accordance with the method provided in Code Section 415(d) pursuant to Regulations) for such Participant's taxable year, the Participant may, not later than March 1 following the close of the Participant's taxable year, notify the Administrator in writing of such excess and request that his Deferred Compensation under this Plan be reduced by an amount specified by the Participant. In such event, the Administrator may direct the Trustee to distribute such excess amount (and any Income allocable to such excess amount) to the Participant not later than the first April 15th following the close of the Participant's taxable year. Any distribution of less than the entire amount of Excess Deferred Compensation and Income shall be 32 treated as a pro rata distribution of Excess Deferred Compensation and Income. The amount distributed shall not exceed the Participant's Deferred Compensation under the Plan for the taxable year. Any distribution on or before the last day of the Participant's taxable year must satisfy each of the following conditions: (1) the distribution must be made after the date on which the Plan received the Excess Deferred Compensation; (2) the Participant shall designate the distribution as Excess Deferred Compensation; and (3) the Plan must designate the distribution as a distribution of Excess Deferred Compensation. Any distribution made pursuant to this Section 4.2(f) shall be made first from unmatched Deferred Compensation and, thereafter, from Deferred Compensation which is matched. Matching contributions which relate to such Deferred Compensation shall be forfeited. (g) Notwithstanding Section 4.2(f) above, a Participant's Excess Deferred Compensation shall be reduced, but not below zero, by any distribution of Excess Contributions pursuant to Section 4.6(a) for the Plan Year beginning with or within the taxable year of the Participant. (h) At Normal Retirement Date, or such other date when the Participant shall be entitled to receive benefits, the fair market value of the Participant's Elective Account shall be used to provide additional benefits to the Participant or his Beneficiary. (i) Employer Elective Contributions made pursuant to this Section may be segregated into a separate account for each Participant until such time as the allocations pursuant to Section 4.4 have been made. (j) The Employer and the Administrator shall adopt a procedure necessary to implement the salary reduction elections provided for herein. 4.3 TIME OF PAYMENT OF CONTRIBUTION The Employer shall generally pay to the Trustee its contribution to the Plan for each Plan Year within the time prescribed by law, including extensions of time, for the filing of the Employer's federal income tax return for the Fiscal Year. 33 However, Elective Contributions accumulated through payroll deductions shall be paid to the Trustee as of the earliest date on which such contributions can reasonably be segregated from the Employer's general assets, but in any event within ninety (90) days from the date on which such amounts would, otherwise have been payable to the Participant in cash. The provisions of Department of Labor regulations 2510.3-102 are incorporated herein by reference. Furthermore, any additional Employer contributions which are allocable to the Participant's. Elective Account for a Plan Year shall be paid to the Plan no later than the twelve-month period immediately following the close of such Plan Year. 4.4 ALLOCATION OF CONTRIBUTION AND EARNINGS (a) The Administrator shall establish and maintain an account in the name of each Participant to which the Administrator shall credit as of each Anniversary Date, or other valuation date, all amounts allocated to each such Participant as set forth herein. (b) The Employer shall provide the Administrator with all information required by the Administrator to make a proper allocation of the Employer's contributions for each Plan Year. Within a reasonable period of time after the date of receipt by the Administrator of such information, the Administrator shall allocate such contribution as follows: (1) With respect to the Employer's Elective Contribution made pursuant to Section 4.1(a), to each Participant's Elective Account in an amount equal to each such Participant's Deferred Compensation for the year. (2) With respect to the Employer's Elective Contribution made pursuant to Section 4.1(b), to each Participant's Elective Account in accordance with Section 4.1(b). Any Participant actively employed during the Plan Year shall be eligible to share in the matching contribution for the Plan Year. (c) For any Top Heavy Plan Year, Employees not otherwise eligible to share in the allocation of contributions as provided above, shall receive the minimum allocation provided for in Section 4.4(f) if eligible pursuant to the provisions of section 4.4(h). (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Participants who are not actively employed on the last day of the Plan Year due to Retirement (Early, Normal or Late), 34 Total and Permanent Disability or death shall share in the allocation of contributions for that Plan Year. (e) As of each Anniversary Date or other valuation date, before allocation of Employer contributions, any earnings or losses (net appreciation or net depreciation) of the Trust Fund shall be allocated in the same proportion that each Participant's and Former Participant's nonsegregated accounts bear to the total of all Participants, and Former Participants' nonsegregated accounts as of such date. If any nonsegregated account of a Participant has been distributed prior to the Anniversary Date or other valuation date subsequent to a Participant's termination of employment, no earnings or losses shall be credited to such account. (f) Minimum Allocations Required for Top Heavy Plan Years: Notwithstanding the foregoing, for any Top Heavy Plan Year, the sum of the Employer's contributions allocated to the Participant's account of each Employee shall be equal to at least three percent (3%) of such Employee's "415 Compensation" (reduced by contributions and forfeitures, if any, allocated to each Employee in any defined contribution plan included with this plan in a Required Aggregation Group). However, if (1) the sum of the Employer's contributions allocated to the Participant's account of each Key Employee for such Top Heavy Plan Year is less than three percent (3%) of each Key Employee's "415 compensation" and (2) this Plan is not required to be included in an Aggregation Group to enable a defined benefit plan to meet the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(4) or 410, the sum of the Employer's contributions allocated to the Participant's account of each Employee shall be equal to the largest percentage allocated to the Participant's account of any Key Employee. However, in determining whether a Non-Key Employee has received the required minimum allocation, such Non-Key Employee's Deferred Compensation and matching contributions needed to satisfy the "Actual Deferral Percentage" tests or the "Actual Contribution Percentage" tests shall not be taken into account. However, no such minimum allocation shall be required in this Plan for any Employee who participates in another defined contribution plan subject to Code Section 412 providing such benefits included with this Plan in a Required Aggregation Group. (g) For purposes of the minimum allocations set forth above, the percentage allocated to the Participant's account of any Key Employee shall be equal to the ratio of the sum of the Employer's 35 contributions allocated on behalf of such Key Employee divided by the "415 Compensation" for such Key Employee. (h) For any Top Heavy Plan Year, the minimum allocations set forth above shall be allocated to the Participant's account of all Employees who are Participants and who are employed by the Employer on the last day of the Plan Year, including Employees who have (1) failed to complete a Year of Service; and (2) declined to make mandatory contributions (if required) or, in the case of a cash or deferred arrangement, elective contributions to the Plan. (i) For the purposes of this section, "415 Compensation" shall be limited to $150,000 ($200,000 for Plan Years beginning prior to the first day of the first Plan Year beginning after December 31, 1993). Such amount shall be adjusted for increases in the cost of living in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(17), except that the dollar increase in effect on January 1 of any calendar year shall be effective for the Plan Year beginning with such calendar year. For any short Plan Year the "415 Compensation" limit shall be an amount equal to the "415 Compensation" limit for the calendar year in which the Plan Year begins multiplied by the ratio obtained by dividing the number of full months in the short Plan Year by twelve (12). (j) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Participants who terminated employment for any reason during the Plan Year shall share in the salary reduction contributions made by the Employer for the year of termination without regard to the Hours of Service credited. (k) If a Former Participant is reemployed after five (5) consecutive 1-Year Breaks in Service, then separate accounts shall be maintained as follows: (1) one account for nonforfeitable benefits attributable to pre-break service; and (2) one account representing his status in the Plan attributable to post-break service. (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if this is a Plan that would otherwise fail to meet the requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(26), 410(b)(1) or 410(b)(2)(A)(i) and the Regulations thereunder because Employer contributions would not be allocated to a sufficient number or percentage of Participants for a Plan Year, then the following rules shall apply: 36 (1) The group of Participants eligible to share in the Employer's contribution for the Plan Year shall be expanded to include the minimum number of Participants who would not otherwise be eligible as are necessary to satisfy the applicable test specified above. The specific Participants who shall become eligible under the terms of this paragraph shall be those who are actively employed on the last day of the Plan Year and, when compared to similarly situated Participants, have completed the greatest number of Hours of Service in the Plan Year. (2) If after application of paragraph (1) above, the applicable test is still not satisfied, then the group of Participants eligible to share in the Employer's contribution for the Plan Year shall be further expanded to include the minimum number of Participants who are not actively employed on the last day of the Plan Year as are necessary to satisfy the applicable test. The specific Participants who shall become eligible to share shall be those Participants, when compared to similarly situated Participants, who have completed the greatest number of Hours of Service in the Plan Year before terminating employment. (3) Nothing in this Section shall permit the reduction of a Participant's accrued benefit. Therefore any amounts that have previously been allocated to Participants may not be reallocated to satisfy these requirements. In such event, the Employer shall make an additional contribution equal to the amount such affected Participants would have received had they been included in the allocations, even if it exceeds the amount which would be deductible under Code Section 404. Any adjustment to the allocations pursuant to this paragraph shall be considered a retroactive amendment adopted by the last day of the Plan Year. 4.5 ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE TESTS (a) Maximum Annual Allocation: For each Plan Year, the annual allocation derived from Employer Elective Contributions to a Participant's Elective Account shall satisfy one of the following tests: (1) The "Actual Deferral Percentage" for the Highly Compensated Participant group shall not be more than the "Actual Deferral Percentage" of the 37 Non-Highly Compensated Participant group multiplied by 1.25, or (2) The excess of the "Actual Deferral Percentage" for the Highly Compensated Participant group over the "Actual Deferral Percentage" for the Non-Highly Compensated Participant group shall not be more than two percentage points. Additionally, the "Actual Deferral Percentage" for the Highly Compensated Participant group shall not exceed the "Actual Deferral Percentage" for the Non-Highly Compensated Participant group multiplied by 2. The provisions of Code Section 401(k)(3) and Regulation 1.401(k)-l(b) are incorporated herein by reference. However, in order to prevent the multiple use of the alternative method described in (2) above and in Code Section 401(m)(9)(A), any Highly Compensated Participant eligible to make elective deferrals pursuant to Section 4.2 and to make Employee contributions or to receive matching contributions under this Plan or under any other plan maintained by the Employer or an Affiliated Employer shall have a combination of his actual deferral ratio and his actual contribution ratio reduced pursuant to Regulation 1.401(m)-2 or the Employer shall make a Qualified Non-Elective Contribution in accordance with Regulations 1.401(k)-l(b)(5) and-(f)(1) or 1.401(m)-l(b)(5) and (e)(1), the provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference. (b) For the purposes of this Section "Actual Deferral Percentage" means, with respect to the Highly Compensated Participant group and Non-Highly Compensated Participant group for a Plan Year, the average of the ratios, calculated separately for each Participant in such group, of the amount of Employer Elective Contributions allocated to each Participant's Elective Account for such Plan Year, to such Participant's "414(s) Compensation" for such Plan Year. The actual deferral ratio for each Participant and the "Actual Deferral Percentage" for each group shall be calculated to the nearest one-hundredth of one percent. Employer Elective Contributions allocated to each Non-Highly Compensated Participant's Elective Account shall be reduced by Excess Deferred Compensation to the extent such excess amounts are made under this Plan or any other plan maintained by the Employer and any matching contributions which relate to such Excess Deferred Compensation. 38 (c) For the purpose of determining the actual deferral ratio of a Highly Compensated Employee who is subject to the Family Member aggregation rules of Code Section 414(q)(6) because such Participant is either a "five percent owner" of the Employer or one of the ten (10) Highly Compensated Employees paid the greatest "415 Compensation" during the year, the following shall apply: (1) The combined actual deferral ratio for the family group (which shall be treated as one Highly Compensated Participant) shall be determined by aggregating Employer Elective Contributions and "414(s) Compensation" of all eligible Family members (including Highly Compensated Participants). However, in applying the $150,000 ($200,00,0 for Plan Years beginning prior to the first day of the first Plan Year beginning after December 31, 1993) limit to "414(s) Compensation," Family Members shall include only the affected Employee's spouse and any lineal descendants who have not attained age 19 before the close of the Plan Year. (2) The Employer Elective Contributions and "414(s) Compensation" of all Family Members shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the "Actual Deferral Percentage" of the Non-Highly Compensated Participant group except to the extent taken into account in paragraph (1) above. (3) If a Participant is required to be aggregated as a member of more than one family group in a plan, all Participants who are members of those family groups that include the Participant are aggregated as one family group in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) above. (d) For the purposes of Sections 4.5(a) and 4.6, a Highly Compensated Participant and a Non-Highly Compensated Participant shall include any Employee eligible to make a deferral election pursuant to Section 4.2, whether or not such deferral election was made or suspended pursuant to Section 4.2. (e) For the purposes of this Section and Code Sections 401(a)(4), 410(b) and 401(k), if two or more plans which include cash or deferred arrangements are considered one plan for the purposes of Code Section 401(a)(4) or 410(b) (other than Code Section 410(b)(2)(A)(ii)), the cash or deferred arrangements included in such plans shall be treated as one arrangement. In addition, two or more cash or deferred arrangements may be considered as a single arrangement 39 for purposes of determining whether or not such arrangements satisfy Code Sections 401(a)(4), 410(b) and 401(k). In such a case, the cash or deferred arrangements included in such plans and the plans including such arrangements shall be treated as one arrangement and as one plan for purposes of this Section and Code Sections 401(a)(4), 410(b) and 401(k). Plans may be aggregated under this paragraph (e) only if they have the same plan year. Notwithstanding the above, an employee stock ownership plan described in code section 4975(e)(7) or 409 may not be combined with this Plan for purposes of determining whether the employee stock ownership plan or this Plan satisfies this Section and Code Sections 401(a)(4), 410(b) and 401(k). (f) For the purposes of this Section, if a Highly Compensated Participant is a Participant under two or more cash or deferred arrangements (other than a cash or deferred arrangement which is part of an employee stock ownership plan as defined in Code Section 4975(e)(7) or 409) of the Employer or an Affiliated Employer, all such cash or deferred arrangements shall be treated as one cash or deferred arrangement for the purpose of determining the actual deferral ratio with respect to such Highly Compensated Participant. However, if the cash or deferred arrangements have different plan years, this paragraph shall be applied by treating all cash or deferred arrangements ending with or within the same calendar year as a single arrangement. 4.6 ADJUSTMENT TO ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE TESTS In the event that the initial allocations of the Employer's Elective Contributions made pursuant to Section 4.4 do not satisfy one of the tests set forth in Section 4.5(a), the Administrator shall adjust Excess Contributions pursuant to the options set forth below: (a) On or before 2 1/2 months following the end of each Plan Year, the Highly Compensated Participant having the highest actual deferral ratio shall have his portion of Excess Contributions distributed to him until one of the tests set forth in Section 4.5(a) is satisfied, or until his actual deferral ratio equals the actual deferral ratio of the Highly Compensated Participant having the second highest actual deferral ratio. This process shall continue until one of the tests set forth in Section 4.5(a) is satisfied. For each Highly Compensated Participant, the amount of Excess Contributions is equal to the Elective Contributions used to satisfy the "Actual Deferral 40 Percentage" tests on behalf of such Highly Compensated Participant (determined prior to the application of this paragraph) minus the amount determined by multiplying the Highly Compensated Participant's actual deferral ratio (determined after application of this paragraph) by his "414(s) Compensation." However, in determining the amount of Excess Contributions to be distributed with respect to an affected Highly Compensated Participant as determined herein, such amount shall be reduced pursuant to Section 4.2(f) by any Excess Deferred Compensation and any matching contributions attributable to such Excess Deferred Compensation previously distributed to such affected Highly Compensated Participant for his taxable year ending with or within such Plan Year. (1) With respect to the distribution of Excess Contributions pursuant to (a) above, such distribution: (i) may be postponed but not later than the close of the Plan Year following the Plan Year to which they are allocable; (ii) shall be made first from unmatched Deferred Compensation and, thereafter, from Deferred Compensation which is matched. Matching contributions which relate to such Deferred Compensation shall be distributed if used in the "Actual Deferral Percentage" tests pursuant to Section 4.5 and/or as an adjustment to the "Actual Contribution Percentage" tests pursuant to Section 4.7. Otherwise, such matching contributions which relate to such Deferred Compensation shall be forfeited; (iii) shall be made from Qualified Non-Elective Contributions only to the extent that Excess Contributions exceed the balance in the Participant's Elective Account attributable to Deferred Compensation and Employer matching contributions made pursuant to Section 4.1(b); (iv) shall be adjusted for Income; and (v) shall be designated by the Employer as a distribution of Excess Contributions (and Income). (2) Any distribution of less than the entire amount of Excess Contributions shall be treated 41 as a pro rata distribution of Excess Contributions and Income. (3) The determination and correction of Excess Contributions of a Highly Compensated Participant whose actual deferral ratio is determined under the family aggregation rules shall be accomplished by reducing the actual deferral ratio as required herein, and the Excess Contributions for the family unit shall then be allocated among the Family Members in proportion to the Elective Contributions of each Family Member that were combined to determine the group actual deferral ratio. (b) Within twelve (12) months after the end of the Plan Year, the Employer may make a special Qualified Non-Elective Contribution on behalf of Non-Highly Compensated Participants in an amount sufficient to satisfy one of the tests set forth in Section 4.5(a). Such contribution shall be allocated to the Participant's Elective Account of each Non-Highly Compensated Participant (1) in the same proportion that each Non-Highly Compensated Participant's Compensation for the year bears to the total Compensation of all Non-Highly Compensated Participants whether or not employed on the last day of the Plan Year, or (2) who made salary reductions during such Plan Year in the same proportion that each Non-Highly Compensated Participant's Compensation for the year bears to the total Compensation of all Non-Highly Compensated Participants whether or not employed on the last day of the Plan Year. (c) If during a Plan Year the projected aggregate amount of Elective Contributions to be allocated to all Highly Compensated Participants under this Plan would, by virtue of the tests set forth in Section 4.5(a), cause the Plan to fail such tests, then THE ADMINISTRATOR MAY LIMIT ELECTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS IN A NON-DISCRIMINATORY MANNER THAT PREVENTS EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BEING MADE. (d) Any amounts not distributed within 2 1/2 months after the end of the Plan Year shall be subject to the 10% Employer excise tax imposed by Code Section 4979. 4.7 ACTUAL CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE TESTS (a) The "Actual Contribution Percentage" for the Highly Compensated Participant group shall not exceed the greater of: 42 (1) 125 percent of such percentage for the Non-Highly Compensated Participant group; or (2) the lesser of 200 percent of such percentage for the Non-Highly Compensated Participant group, or such percentage for the Non-Highly Compensated Participant group plus 2 percentage points. However, to prevent the multiple use of the alternative method described in this paragraph and Code Section 401(m)(9)(A), any Highly Compensated Participant eligible to make elective deferrals pursuant to Section 4.2 or any other cash or deferred arrangement maintained by the Employer or an Affiliated Employer and to make Employee contributions or to receive matching contributions under this Plan or under any other plan maintained by the Employer or an Affiliated Employer shall have a combination of his actual deferral ratio and his actual contribution ratio reduced pursuant to Regulation 1.401(m)-2 or the Employer shall make a Qualified Non-Elective Contribution in accordance with Regulations 1.401(k)-l(b)(5) and (f)(1) or 1.401(m)-l(b)(5) and (e)(1). The provisions of Code Section 401(m) and Regulations 1.401(m)-l(b) and 1.401(m)-2 are incorporated herein by reference. (b) For the purposes of this Section and Section 4.8, "Actual Contribution Percentage" for a Plan Year means, with respect to the Highly Compensated Participant group and Non-Highly Compensated Participant group, the average of the ratios (calculated separately for each Participant in each group) of: (1) the sum of Employer matching contributions made pursuant to Section 4.1(b) (to the extent such matching contributions are not used to satisfy the "Actual Deferral Percentage" tests) on behalf of each such Participant for such Plan Year; to (2) the Participant's "414(s) Compensation" for such Plan Year. (c) For purposes of determining the "Actual Contribution Percentage" and the amount of Excess Aggregate contributions pursuant to Section 4.8(d), only Employer matching contributions contributed to the Plan prior to the end of the succeeding Plan Year shall be considered. In addition, the Administrator may elect to take into account, with respect to Employees eligible to have Employer matching contributions pursuant to Section 4.1(b) allocated to their accounts, 43 elective deferrals (as defined in Regulation 1.402(g)-l(b)) and qualified non-elective contributions (as defined in Code Section 401(m)(4)(C)) contributed to any plan maintained by the Employer. Such elective deferrals and qualified non-elective contributions shall be treated as Employer matching contributions subject to Regulation 1.401(m)-l(b)(5) which is incorporated herein by reference. However, the Plan Year must be the same as the plan year of the plan to which the elective deferrals and the qualified non-elective contributions are made. (d) For the purpose of determining the actual contribution ratio of a Highly Compensated Employee who is subject to the Family Member aggregation rules of Code Section 414(q)(6) because such Employee is either a "five percent owner" of the Employer or one of the ten (10) Highly Compensated Employees paid the greatest "415 Compensation" during the year, the following shall apply: (1) The combined actual contribution ratio for the family group (which shall be treated as one Highly Compensated Participant) shall be determined by aggregating Employer matching contributions made pursuant to Section 4.1(b) (to the extent such matching contributions are not used to satisfy the "Actual Deferral Percentage" tests) and "414(s) Compensation" of all eligible Family Members (including Highly Compensated Participants). However, in applying the $150,000 ($200,000 for Plan Years beginning prior to the first day of the first Plan Year beginning after December 31, 1993) limit to "414(s) Compensation", Family Members shall include only the affected Employee's spouse and any lineal descendants who have not attained age 19 before the close of the Plan Year. (2) The Employer matching contributions made pursuant to Section 4.1(b) (to the extent such matching contributions are not used to satisfy the "Actual Deferral Percentage" tests) and "414(s) Compensation" of all Family Members shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the "Actual Contribution Percentage" of the Non-Highly Compensated Participant group except to the extent taken into account in paragraph (1) above. (3) If a Participant is required to be aggregated as a member of more than one family group in a plan, all Participants who are members of those family groups that include the 44 Participant are aggregated as one family group in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) above. (e) For purposes of this Section and Code Sections 401(a)(4), 410(b) and 401(m), if two or more plans of the Employer to which matching contributions, Employee contributions, or both, are made are treated as one plan for purposes of Code Sections 401(a)(4) or 410(b) (other than the average benefits test under Code Section 410(b)(2)(A)(ii)), such plans shall be treated as one plan. In addition, two or more plans of the Employer to which matching contributions, Employee contributions, or both, are made may be considered as a single plan for purposes of determining whether or not such plans satisfy Code Sections 401(a)(4), 410(b) and 401(m). In such a case, the aggregated plans must satisfy this Section and Code Sections 401(a)(4), 410(b) and 401(m) as though such aggregated plans were a single plan. Plans may be aggregated under this paragraph (e) only if they have the same plan year. Notwithstanding the above, an employee stock ownership plan described in Code Section 4975(e)(7) or 409 may not be aggregated with this Plan for purposes of determining whether the employee stock ownership plan or this Plan satisfies this Section and Code Sections 401(a)(4), 410(b) and 401(m). (f) If a Highly Compensated Participant is a Participant under two or more plans (other than an employee stock ownership plan as defined in Code Section 4975(e)(7) or 409) which are maintained by the Employer or an Affiliated Employer to which matching contributions, Employee contributions, or both, are made, all such contributions on behalf of such Highly Compensated Participant shall be aggregated for purposes of determining such Highly Compensated Participant's actual contribution ratio. However, if the plans have different plan years, this paragraph shall be applied by treating all plans ending with or within the same calendar year as a single plan. (g) For purposes of Sections 4.7(a) and 4.8, a Highly Compensated Participant and Non-Highly Compensated Participant shall include any Employee eligible to have Employer matching contributions pursuant to Section 4.1(b) (whether or not a deferral election was made or suspended pursuant to Section 4.2(e)) allocated to his account for the Plan Year. 45 4.8 ADJUSTMENT TO ACTUAL CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE TESTS (a) In the event that the "Actual Contribution Percentage" for the Highly Compensated Participant group exceeds the "Actual Contribution Percentage" for the Non-Highly Compensated Participant group pursuant to Section 4.7(a), the Administrator (within 2 1/2 months following the end of the Plan Year, but in no event later than the close of the following Plan Year) shall direct the Trustee to distribute to or forfeit from the Highly Compensated Participant having the highest actual contribution ratio, his portion of Excess Aggregate Contributions (and Income allocable to such contributions) until either one of the tests set forth in Section 4.7(a) is satisfied, or until his actual contribution ratio equals the actual contribution ratio of the Highly Compensated Participant having the second highest actual contribution ratio. This process shall continue until one of the tests set forth in Section 4.7(a) is satisfied. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.8, matching contributions may not be distributed merely because the contribution to which it relates is treated as Excess Deferred Compensation, an Excess Contribution, or an Excess Aggregate Contribution. (b) Any distribution of less than the entire amount of Excess Aggregate Contributions (and Income) shall be treated as a pro rata distribution of Excess Aggregate Contributions and Income. Distribution of Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be designated by the Employer as a distribution of Excess Aggregate Contributions (and Income). (c) Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be treated as Employer contributions for purposes of Code Sections 404 and 415 even if distributed from the Plan. (d) For each Highly Compensated Participant, the amount of Excess Aggregate Contributions is equal to the Employer matching contributions made pursuant to Section 4.1(b) (to the extent such matching contributions are not used to satisfy the "Actual Deferral Percentage" tests) and any qualified non-elective contributions or elective deferrals taken into account pursuant to Section 4.7(c) on behalf of the Highly Compensated Participant (determined prior to the application of this paragraph) minus the amount determined by multiplying the Highly Compensated Participant's actual contribution ratio (determined after application of this paragraph) by his "414(s) 46 Compensation." The actual contribution ratio must be rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of one percent. In no case shall the amount of Excess Aggregate Contribution with respect to any Highly Compensated Participant exceed the amount of Employer matching contributions made pursuant to Section 4.1(b) (to the extent such matching contributions are not used to satisfy the "Actual Deferral Percentage" tests) and any qualified non-elective contributions or elective deferrals taken into account pursuant to Section 4.7(c) on behalf of such Highly Compensated Participant for such Plan Year. (e) The determination of the amount of Excess Aggregate Contributions with respect to any Plan Year shall be made after first determining the Excess Contributions, if any, to be treated as voluntary Employee contributions due to recharacterization for the plan year of any other qualified cash or deferred arrangement (as defined in Code Section 401(k)) maintained by the Employer that ends with or within the Plan Year. (f) If the determination and correction of Excess Aggregate Contributions of a Highly Compensated Participant whose actual contribution ratio is determined under the family aggregation rules, then the actual contribution ratio shall be reduced and the Excess Aggregate Contributions for the family unit shall be allocated among the Family Members in proportion to the sum of Employer matching contributions made pursuant to Section 4.1(b) (to the extent such matching contributions are not used to satisfy the "Actual Deferral Percentage" tests) and any qualified non-elective contributions or elective deferrals taken into account pursuant to Section 4.7(c) of each Family Member that were combined to determine the group actual contribution ratio. (g) If during a Plan Year the projected aggregate amount of Employer matching contributions to be allocated to all Highly Compensated Participants under this Plan would, by virtue of the tests set forth in Section 4.7(a), cause the Plan to fail such tests, then the Administrator may limit Employer matching contributions in a non-discriminatory manner that prevents Excess Aggregate Contributions from being made. (h) Notwithstanding the above, within twelve (12) months after the end of the Plan Year, the Employer may make a special Qualified Non-Elective Contribution on behalf of Non-Highly Compensated Participants in an amount sufficient to satisfy one of 47 the tests set forth in Section 4.7(a). Such contribution shall be allocated to the Participant's Elective Account of each Non-Highly Compensated Participant (1) in the same proportion that each Non-Highly Compensated Participant's Compensation for the year bears to the total Compensation of all Non-Highly Compensated Participants whether or not employed on the last day of the Plan Year, or (2) who made salary reductions during such Plan Year in the same proportion that each Non-Highly Compensated Participant's Compensation for the year bears to the total Compensation of all Non-Highly Compensated Participants whether or not employed on the last day of the Plan Year. A separate accounting shall be maintained for the purpose of excluding such contributions from the "Actual Deferral Percentage" tests pursuant to Section 4.5(a). 4.9 MAXIMUM ANNUAL ADDITIONS (a) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum "annual additions" credited to a Participant's accounts for any "limitation year" shall equal the lesser of: (1) $30,000 (or, if greater, one-fourth of the dollar limitation in effect under Code Section 415(b)(1)(A)), or (2) twenty-five percent (25%) of the Participant's "415 Compensation" for such "limitation year". For any short "limitation year," the dollar limitation in (1) above shall be reduced by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of full months in the short "limitation year" and the denominator of which is twelve (12). However, for "limitation years" beginning after December 31, 1994, the dollar amount in (1) above shall be adjusted annually as provided in Code Section 415(d) pursuant to Regulations. (b) For purposes of applying the limitations of Code Section 415, "annual additions" means the sum credited to a Participant's accounts for any "limitation year" of (1) Employer contributions, (2) Employee contributions, (3) forfeitures, (4) amounts allocated, after March 31, 1984, to an individual medical account, as defined in Code Section 415(l)(2) which is part of a pension or annuity plan maintained by the Employer, (5) amounts allocated to a simplified employee pension, as defined in Code Section 408(k), maintained by the Employer, and (6) amounts derived from contributions paid or accrued after December 31, 1985, in taxable years ending after such date, which are attributable to post-retirement medical benefits allocated to the separate account of a key employee (as defined in Code Section 419A(d)(3)) under a welfare benefit plan (as defined in Code Section 419(e)) maintained by the Employer. Except, however, 48 the "415 Compensation" percentage limitation referred to in paragraph (a)(2) above shall not apply to: (1) any contribution for medical benefits (within the meaning of Code Section 419A(f)(2)) after separation from service which is otherwise treated as an "annual addition," or (2) any amount otherwise treated as an "annual addition" under Code Section 415(l)(1). (c) For purposes of applying the limitations of Code Section 415, the transfer of funds from one qualified plan to another is not an "annual addition." In addition, the following are not Employee contributions for the purposes of Section 4.9(b): (1) rollover contributions (as defined in Code Sections 402(a)(5), 403(a)(4), 403(b)(8) and 408(d)(3)); (2) repayments of loans made to a Participant from the Plan; (3) repayments of distributions received by an Employee pursuant to Code Section 411(a)(7)(B) (cash-outs); (4) repayments of distributions received by an Employee pursuant to Code Section 411(a)(3)(D) (mandatory contributions); and (5) Employee contributions to a simplified employee pension excludable from gross income under Code Section 408(k)(6). (d) For purposes of applying the limitations of Code Section 415, the "limitation year" shall be the Plan Year. (e) For "limitation years" beginning prior to January 1, 1995, the dollar limitation under Code Section 415(b)(1)(A) stated in paragraph (a)(1) above shall be adjusted annually as provided in Code Section 415(d) pursuant to the Regulations. The adjusted limitation is effective as of January 1st of each calendar year and is applicable to "limitation years" ending with or within that calendar year. (f) For the purpose of this Section, all qualified defined benefit plans (whether terminated or not) ever maintained by the Employer shall be treated as one defined benefit plan, and all qualified defined contribution plans (whether terminated or not) ever maintained by the Employer shall be treated as one defined contribution plan. (g) For the purpose of this Section, if the Employer is a member of a controlled group of corporations, trades or businesses under common control (as defined by Code Section 1563(a) or Code Section 414(b) and (c) as modified by Code Section 415(h)), is a member of an affiliated service group (as defined by Code Section 414(m)), or is a member of a group of entities required to be aggregated pursuant to 49 Regulations under Code Section 414(o), all Employees of such Employers shall be considered to be employed by a single Employer. (h) For the purpose of this Section, if this Plan is a Code Section 413(c) plan, all Employers of a Participant who maintain this Plan will be considered to be a single Employer. (i)(1) If a Participant participates in more than one defined contribution plan maintained by the Employer which have different Anniversary Dates, the maximum "annual additions" under this Plan shall equal the maximum "annual additions" for the "limitation year" minus any "annual additions" previously credited to such Participant's accounts during the "limitation year." (2) If a Participant participates in both a defined contribution plan subject to Code Section 412 and a defined contribution plan not subject to Code Section 412 maintained by the Employer which have the same Anniversary Date, "annual additions" will be credited to the Participant's accounts under the defined contribution plan subject to Code Section 412 prior to crediting "annual additions" to the Participant's accounts under the defined contribution plan not subject to Code Section 412. (3) If a Participant participates in more than one defined contribution plan not subject to Code Section 412 maintained by the Employer which have the same Anniversary Date, the maximum "annual additions" under this Plan shall equal the product of (A) the maximum "annual additions" for the "limitation year" minus any "annual additions" previously credited under subparagraphs (1) or (2) above, multiplied by (B) a fraction (i) the numerator of which is the "annual additions" which would be credited to such Participant's accounts under this Plan without regard to the limitations of Code Section 415 and (ii) the denominator of which is such "annual additions" for all plans described in this subparagraph. (j) If an Employee is (or has been) a Participant in one or more defined benefit plans and one or more defined contribution plans maintained by the Employer, the sum of the defined benefit plan fraction and the defined contribution plan fraction for any "limitation year" may not exceed 1.0. 50 (k) The defined benefit plan fraction for any "limitation year" is a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the Participant's projected annual benefits under all the defined benefit plans (whether or not terminated) maintained by the Employer, and the denominator of which is the lesser of 125 percent of the dollar limitation determined for the "limitation year" under Code Sections 415(b) and (d) or 140 percent of the highest average compensation, including any adjustments under Code Section 415(b). Notwithstanding the above, if the Participant was a Participant as of the first day of the first "limitation year" beginning after December 31, 1986, in one or more defined benefit plans maintained by the Employer which were in existence on May 6, 1986; the denominator of this fraction will not be less than 125 percent of the sum of the annual benefits under such plans which the Participant had accrued as of the close of the last "limitation year" beginning before January 1, 1987, disregarding any changes in the terms and conditions of the plan after May 5, 1986. The preceding sentence applies only if the defined benefit plans individually and in the aggregate satisfied the requirements of Code Section 415 for all "limitation years" beginning before January 1, 1987. (1) The defined contribution plan fraction for any "limitation year" is a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the annual additions to the Participant's Account under all the defined contribution plans (whether or not terminated) maintained by the Employer for the current and all prior "limitation years" (including the annual additions attributable to the Participant's nondeductible Employee contributions to all defined benefit plans, whether or not terminated, maintained by the Employer, and the annual additions attributable to all welfare benefit funds, as defined in Code Section 419(e), all simplified employee pensions, as defined in Code Section 408(k), and individual medical accounts, as defined in Code Section 415(l)(2), maintained by the Employer), and the denominator of which is the sum of the maximum aggregate amounts for the current and all prior "limitation years" of service with the Employer (regardless of whether a defined contribution plan was maintained by the Employer). The maximum aggregate amount in any "limitation year" is the lesser of 125 percent of the dollar limitation determined under Code Sections 415(b) and (d) in effect under Code Section 415(c)(1)(A) or 35 percent of the Participant's Compensation for such year. 51 If the Employee was a Participant as of the end of the first day of the first "limitation year" beginning after December 31, 1986, in one or more defined contribution plans maintained by the Employer which were in existence on May 6, 1986, the numerator of this fraction will be adjusted if the sum of this fraction and the defined benefit fraction would otherwise exceed 1.0 under the terms of this Plan. Under the adjustment, an amount equal to the product of (1) the excess of the sum of the fractions over 1.0 times (2) the denominator of this fraction, will be permanently subtracted from the numerator of this fraction. The adjustment is calculated using the fractions as they would be computed as of the end of the last "limitation year" beginning before January 1, 1987, and disregarding any changes in the terms and conditions of the Plan made after May 5, 1986, but using the Code Section 415 limitation applicable to the first "limitation year" beginning on or after January 1, 1987. The annual addition for any "limitation year" beginning before January 1, 1987 shall not be recomputed to treat all Employee contributions as annual additions. (m) Notwithstanding the foregoing, for any "limitation year" in which the Plan is a Top Heavy Plan, 100 percent shall be substituted for 125 percent in Sections 4.9(k) and 4.9(l) unless the extra minimum allocation is being provided pursuant to Section 4.4. However, for any "limitation year" in which the Plan is a Super Top Heavy Plan, 100 percent shall be substituted for 125 percent in any event. (n) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section to the contrary, the limitations, adjustments and other requirements prescribed in this Section shall at all times comply with the provisions of Code Section 415 and the Regulations thereunder, the terms of which are specifically incorporated herein by reference. 4.10 ADJUSTMENT FOR EXCESSIVE ANNUAL ADDITIONS (a) If, as a result of a reasonable error in estimating a Participant's Compensation, a reasonable error in determining the amount of elective deferrals (within the meaning of Code Section 402(g)(3)) that may be made with respect to any Participant under the limits of section 4.9 or other facts and circumstances to which Regulation 1.415-6(b)(6) shall be applicable, the "annual additions" under this Plan would cause the maximum "annual additions" to be exceeded for any Participant, the Administrator shall (1) distribute any elective deferrals plus interest (within the meaning of Code Section 402(g)(3)) or return any voluntary 52 Employee contributions plus interest credited for the "limitation year" to the extent that the return would reduce the "excess amount" in the Participant's accounts (2) hold any "excess amount" plus interest remaining after the return of any elective deferrals or voluntary Employee contributions in a "Section 415 suspense account" (3) use the "Section 415 suspense account" in the next "limitation year" (and succeeding "limitation years" if necessary) to reduce Employer contributions for that Participant if that Participant is covered by the Plan as of the end of the "limitation year," or if the Participant is not so covered, allocate and reallocate the "Section 415 suspense account" in the next "limitation year" (and succeeding "limitation years" if necessary) to all Participants in the Plan before any Employer or Employee contributions which would constitute "annual additions" are made to the Plan for such "limitation year" (4) reduce Employer contributions to the Plan for such "limitation year" by the amount of the "Section 415 suspense account" allocated and reallocated during such "limitation year." (b) For purposes of this Article, "excess amount" for any Participant for a "limitation year" shall mean the excess, if any, of (1) the "annual additions" which would be credited to his account under the terms of the Plan without regard to the limitations of Code Section 415 over (2) the maximum "annual additions" determined pursuant to Section 4.9. (c) For purposes of this Section, "Section 415 suspense account" shall mean an unallocated account equal to the sum of "excess amounts" for all Participants in the Plan during the "limitation year." The "Section 415 suspense account" shall not share in any earnings or losses of the Trust Fund. 4.11 ROLLOVERS (a) With the consent of the Administrator, amounts may be rolled over into this Plan by Employees, provided that the rollover will not jeopardize the tax exempt status of the Plan or create adverse tax consequences for the Employer. Only one rollover will be permitted per Employee between each hire date and termination date of that Employee. The amounts rolled over shall be set up in a separate account herein referred to as a "Participant's Rollover Account." Such account shall be fully Vested at all times and shall not be subject to Forfeiture for any reason. The Trustee shall have no duty or responsibility to inquire as to the propriety of the amount, value or type of assets transferred, nor to conduct any due diligence with respect to such assets; provided, however, that 53 such assets are otherwise eligible to be held by the Trustee under the terms of this Plan. (b) Amounts in a Participant's Rollover Account shall be held by the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this Plan and may not be withdrawn by, or distributed to the Participant, in whole or in part, except as provided in paragraph (c) of this Section. (c) At Normal Retirement Date, or such other date when the Participant or his Beneficiary shall be entitled to receive a distribution, the fair market value of the Participant's Rollover Account shall be used to provide additional benefits to the Participant or his Beneficiary. Any distributions of amounts held in a Participant's Rollover Account shall be made in a manner which is consistent with and satisfies the provisions of Section 6.5, including, but not limited to, all notice and consent requirements of Code Sections 417 and 411(a)(11) and the Regulations thereunder. Furthermore, such amounts shall be considered as part of a Participant's benefit in determining whether an involuntary cash-out of benefits without Participant consent may be made. (d) The Administrator may direct that Employee rollovers made after a valuation date be segregated into a separate account for each Participant until such time as the allocations pursuant to this Plan have been made, at which time they may remain segregated or be invested as part of the general Trust Fund, to be determined by the Administrator. (e) For purposes of this Section, the term "rollover" shall mean (i) distributions received by an Employee from another qualified plan which are eligible rollover distributions and which are transferred by the Employee to this Plan within sixty (60) days following his receipt thereof; (ii) amounts transferred to this Plan from a conduit individual retirement account provided that the conduit individual retirement account has no assets other than assets which (A) were previously distributed to the Employee by another qualified plan as a lump-sum distribution (B) were eligible for tax-free rollover to a qualified plan and (C) were deposited in such conduit individual retirement account within sixty (60) days of receipt thereof and other than earnings on said assets; and (iii) amounts distributed to the Employee from a conduit individual retirement account meeting the requirements of clause (ii) above, and transferred by. the Employee to this Plan within sixty (60) days of his receipt thereof from such conduit individual retirement account. 54 (f) Prior to accepting any rollovers to which this Section applies, the Administrator may require the Employee to establish that the amounts to be rolled over to this Plan meet the requirements of this Section and may also require the Employee to provide an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Employer that the amounts to be transferred meet the requirements of this Section. 4.12 DIRECTED INVESTMENT ACCOUNT (a) The Administrator, in his sole discretion, may determine that all Participants be permitted to direct the Trustee as to the investment of all or a portion of any one or more of their individual account balances. Participants may direct the Trustee in writing to invest their account in specific assets as permitted by the Administrator, who shall determine that such investments are in accordance with the Department of Labor regulations under Act Section 404(c) and are permitted by the Plan. That portion of the account of any Participant so directing will thereupon be considered a "Directed Investment Account." The Trustee shall not act as a Fiduciary with respect to any Participant directions and shall have no duty to inquire as to the permissibility or appropriateness of the assets or the propriety of any such directions. The Trustee shall accept Participant directions only in accordance with the procedure established pursuant to paragraph (c) below. (b) A separate Directed Investment Account shall be established and maintained by the recordkeeper for each Participant who has directed an investment. Transfers between the Participant's regular account and his Directed Investment Account shall be charged and credited as the case may be to each account. The Directed Investment Account shall not share in Trust Fund earnings, but it shall be charged or credited as appropriate with the net earnings, gains, losses and expenses as well as any appreciation or depreciation in market value during each Plan Year attributable to such account. (c) The Administrator shall designate Aetna to receive, summarize and relay, in accordance with its normal business procedures, to the Trustee, Participant direction permitted under Section 4.12(a), to be applied in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner, setting forth the permissible investment options under this Section, how often changes between investments may be made, and any other limitations that the Administrator shall impose on a Participant's right to direct investments. 55 (d) If a stable value investment option (e.g., a plan investment option comprised in whole or in part of GICs or other investment contracts which provide for stable principal value) is available to Participants, then interfund transfer rules governing Participant transactions will be established and maintained to conform with the most restrictive interfund transfer rules contained in the contract(s) used to fund the stable value investment option. ARTICLE V VALUATIONS 5.1 VALUATION OF THE TRUST FUND The Trustee shall, as of each Anniversary Date, and at such other date or dates, deemed necessary by the Administrator, herein called "valuation date," determine the net worth of the assets comprising the Trust Fund as it exists on the "valuation date." In determining such net worth, the Trustee shall value the assets comprising the Trust Fund at their fair market value as of the "valuation date" and shall deduct all expenses for which the Trustee has not yet obtained reimbursement from the Employer or the Trust Fund. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee shall conclusively rely on any valuation of the assets comprising the Trust Fund or any investment funds available to the Plan as provided by Aetna or the Administrator as appropriate. 5.2 METHOD OF VALUATION In determining the fair market value of securities held in the Trust Fund which are listed on a registered stock exchange, the Trustee shall value the same at the prices they were last traded on such exchange preceding the close of business on the "valuation date." If such securities were not traded on the "valuation date," or if the exchange on which they are traded was not open for business on the "valuation date," then the securities shall be valued at the prices, at which they were last traded prior to the "valuation date." Any unlisted security held in the Trust Fund shall be valued at its bid price next preceding the close of business on the "valuation date," which bid price shall be obtained from a registered broker or an investment banker. In determining the fair market value of assets other than securities for which trading or bid prices can be obtained, the Trustee shall appraise such assets as directed by the Administrator and rely conclusively on the values established by the Administrator. 56 ARTICLE VI DETERMINATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS 6.1 DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS UPON RETIREMENT Every Participant may terminate his employment with the Employer and retire for the purposes hereof on his Normal Retirement Date or Early Retirement Date. However, a Participant may postpone the termination of his employment with the Employer to a later date, in which event the participation of such Participant in the Plan, including the right to receive allocations pursuant to Section 4.4, shall continue until his Late Retirement Date. Upon a Participant's Retirement Date or attainment of his Normal Retirement Date without termination of employment with the Employer, or as soon thereafter as is practicable, the Administrator shall distribute all amounts credited to such Participant's account in accordance with Section 6.5. 6.2 DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS UPON DEATH (a) Upon the death of a Participant before his Retirement Date or other termination of his employment, all amounts credited to such Participant's account shall become fully Vested. The Administrator shall direct, in accordance with the provisions of sections 6.6 and 6.7, the distribution of the deceased Participant's accounts to the Participant's Beneficiary. (b) Upon the death of a Former Participant, the Administrator shall direct, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6.6 and 6.7, the distribution of any remaining Vested amounts credited to the accounts of such deceased Former Participant to such Former Participant's Beneficiary. (c) Any security interest held by the Plan by reason of an outstanding loan to the Participant or Former Participant shall be taken into account in determining the amount of the death benefit. (d) The Administrator may require such proper proof of death and such evidence of the right of any person to receive payment of the value of the account of a deceased Participant or Former Participant as the Administrator may deem desirable. The Administrator's determination of death and of the right of any person to receive payment shall be conclusive. (e) Unless otherwise elected in the manner prescribed in Section 6.6, the Beneficiary of the Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity shall be the Participant's spouse. Except, however, the Participant 57 may designate a Beneficiary other than his spouse for the Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity if: (1) the Participant and his spouse have validly waived the Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity in the manner prescribed in Section 6.6, and the spouse has waived his or her right to be the Participant's Beneficiary, or (2) the Participant is legally separated or has been abandoned (within the meaning of local law) and the Participant has a court order to such effect (and there is no "qualified domestic relations order" as defined in Code Section 414(p) which provides otherwise), or (3) the Participant has no spouse, or (4) the spouse cannot be located. In such event, the designation of a Beneficiary shall be made on a form satisfactory to the Administrator. A Participant may at any time revoke his designation of a Beneficiary or change his Beneficiary by filing written notice of such revocation or change with the Administrator. However, the Participant's spouse must again consent in writing to any change in Beneficiary unless the original consent acknowledged that the spouse had the right to limit consent only to a specific Beneficiary and that the spouse voluntarily elected to relinquish such right. In the event no valid designation of Beneficiary exists at the time of the Participant's death, the death benefit shall be payable to his estate. (f) In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Plan and the terms of any contract issued hereunder, the Plan provisions shall control. 6.3 DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS IN EVENT OF DISABILITY In the event of a Participant's Total and Permanent Disability prior to his Retirement Date or other termination of his employment, all amounts credited to such Participant's account shall become fully Vested. In the event of a Participant's Total and Permanent Disability, the Administrator, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6.5 and 6.7, shall direct the distribution to such Participant of all amounts credited to such Participant's account as though he had retired. 58 6.4 DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS UPON TERMINATION (a) In the event that a Participant's employment is terminated for any reason other than death, Total and Permanent Disability or retirement, the Administrator may direct the Trustee to distribute the amount of the Vested portion of such Terminated Participant's account to such Participant as soon as practicable in accordance with the form of distribution selected by the Participant. The amount of the portion of the Participant's account that is not Vested may be credited to a separate account (which will always share in gains and losses of the Trust Fund) and at such time as the amount becomes a Forfeiture shall be treated in accordance with the provisions of the Plan regarding Forfeitures. Distribution of the funds due to a Terminated Participant shall be made on the occurrence of an event which would result in the distribution had the Terminated Participant remained in the employ of the Employer (upon the Participant's death, Total and Permanent Disability, Early or Normal Retirement). However, at the election of the Participant, the Administrator shall direct that the entire Vested portion of the Terminated Participant's account be payable to such Terminated Participant. Any distribution under this paragraph shall be made in a manner which is consistent with and satisfies the provisions of Section 6.5, including, but not limited to, all notice and consent requirements of Code Sections 417 and 411(a)(11) and the Regulations thereunder. Notwithstanding the above, if the value of a Terminated Participant's Vested benefit derived from Employer and Employee contributions does not exceed, and at the time of any prior distribution, has never exceeded $3,500, the Administrator shall direct that the entire Vested benefit be paid to such Participant in a single lump sum without regard to the consent of the Participant or the Participant's spouse. (b) A Participant shall become fully Vested in his Participant's Account immediately upon entry into the Plan. (c) The computation of a Participant's nonforfeitable percentage of his interest in the Plan shall not be reduced as the result of any direct or indirect amendment to this Plan. For this purpose, the Plan shall be treated as having been amended if the Plan provides for an automatic change in vesting due to a change in top heavy status. In the event that the 59 Plan is amended to change or modify any vesting schedule, a Participant with at least three (3) Years of Service as of the expiration date of the election period may elect to have his nonforfeitable percentage computed under the Plan without regard to such amendment. If a Participant fails to make such election, then such Participant shall be subject to the new vesting schedule. The Participant's election period shall commence on the adoption date of the amendment and shall end 60 days after the latest of: (1) the adoption date of the amendment, (2) the effective date of the amendment, or (3) the date the Participant receives written notice of the amendment from the Employer or Administrator. (d)(1) If any Former Participant shall be reemployed by the Employer before a 1-Year Break in Service occurs, he shall continue to participate in the Plan in the same manner as if such termination had not occurred. (2) A Former Participant shall participate in the Plan as of his date of reemployment. (3) If a Former Participant completes a Year of Service (a 1-Year Break in Service previously occurred, but employment had not terminated), he shall participate in the Plan retroactively from the first day of the Plan Year during which he completes one (1) Year of Service. 6.5 DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS (a) The Administrator, pursuant to the election of the Participant, shall direct the Trustee to distribute to a Participant or his Beneficiary any amount to which he is entitled under the Plan in one or more of the following methods: (1) One lump-sum payment in cash. This shall be the normal form of payment, except as otherwise provided below. (2) Purchase of or providing an annuity subject to the provisions of Section 6.5(b). (b) Special rules applicable to annuity payments (If the Plan does not require annuity as the normal form, then see the provisions of Section 6.12 of the Plan): 60 (1) Unless otherwise elected as provided below, a Participant who is married on the "annuity starting date" and who does not die before the "annuity starting date" shall receive the value of all of his benefits in the form of a Joint and Survivor Annuity. The Joint and Survivor Annuity is an annuity that commences immediately and shall be equal in value to a single life annuity. Such joint and survivor benefits following the Participant's death shall continue to the spouse during the spouse's lifetime at a rate equal to 50% of the rate at which such benefits were payable to the Participant. This Joint and 50% Survivor Annuity shall be considered the designated qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity and automatic form of payment for the purposes of this Plan. However, the Participant may elect to receive a smaller annuity benefit with continuation of payments to the spouse at a rate of sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%), seventy-five percent (75%) or one hundred percent (100%) of the rate payable to a Participant during his lifetime, which alternative Joint and Survivor Annuity shall be equal in value to the automatic Joint and 50% Survivor Annuity. An unmarried Participant shall receive the value of his benefit in the form of a life annuity. Such unmarried Participant, however, may elect in writing to waive the life annuity. The election must comply with the provisions of this section as if it were an election to waive the Joint and Survivor Annuity by a married Participant, but without the spousal consent requirement. The Participant may elect to have any annuity provided for in this Section distributed upon the attainment of the "earliest retirement age" under the Plan. The "earliest retirement age" is the earliest date on which under the Plan, the Participant could elect to receive retirement benefits. (2) Any election to waive the Joint and Survivor Annuity must be made by the Participant in writing during the election period and be consented to by the Participant's spouse. If the spouse is legally incompetent to give consent, the spouse's legal guardian, even if such guardian is the Participant, may give consent. Such election shall designate a Beneficiary (or a form of benefits) that may not be changed without spousal consent (unless the consent of the spouse expressly permits designations by the Participant without the requirement of further consent by the spouse). Such spouse's consent shall be 61 irrevocable and must acknowledge the effect of such election and be witnessed by a Plan representative or a notary public. Such consent shall not be required if it is established to the satisfaction of the Administrator that the required consent cannot be obtained because there is no spouse, the spouse cannot be located, or other circumstances that may be prescribed by Regulations. The election made by the Participant and consented to by his spouse may be revoked by the Participant in writing without the consent of the spouse at any time during the election period. The number of revocations shall not be limited. A former spouse's waiver shall not be binding on a new spouse. (3) The election period to waive the Joint and Survivor Annuity shall be the 90 day period ending on the "annuity starting date." (4) For purposes of this Section and Section 6.6, the "annuity starting date" means the first day of the first period for which an amount is paid as an annuity, or, in the case of a benefit not payable in the form of an annuity, the first day on which all events have occurred which entitle the Participant to such benefit. (5) With regard to the election, the Administrator shall provide to the Participant no less than 30 days and no more than 90 days before the "annuity starting date" a written explanation of: (i) the terms and conditions of the Joint and Survivor Annuity, and (ii) the Participant's right to make, and the effect of, an election to waive the Joint and Survivor Annuity, and (iii) the right of the Participant's spouse to consent to any election to waive the Joint and Survivor Annuity, and (iv) the right of the Participant to revoke such election, and the effect of such revocation. (c) In the event a married Participant duly elects pursuant to paragraph (b)(2) above not to receive his benefit in the form of a Joint and Survivor Annuity, or if such Participant is not married, in the form of a life annuity, the Administrator, pursuant to 62 the election of the Participant, shall direct the distribution to a Participant or his Beneficiary of any amount to which he is entitled under the Plan in one or more of the following methods: (1) one lump-sum payment in cash; (2) Payments in such other forms as may be available under the Group Annuity Contract. (d) The present value of a Participant's Joint and Survivor Annuity derived from Employer and Employee contributions may not be paid without his written consent if the value exceeds, or has ever exceeded at the time of any prior distribution, $3,500. Further, the spouse of a Participant must consent in writing to any immediate distribution. If the value of the Participant's benefit derived from Employer and ,Employee contributions does not exceed $3,500 and has never exceeded $3,500 at the time of any prior distribution, the Administrator shall as soon as practicable distribute such benefit without such Participant's consent. No distribution may be made under the preceding sentence after the "annuity starting date" unless the Participant and his spouse consent in writing to such distribution. Any written consent required under this paragraph must be obtained not more than 90 days before commencement of the distribution and shall be made in a manner consistent, with Section 6.5(b)(2). (e) Any distribution to a Participant who has a benefit which exceeds, or has ever exceeded at the time of any prior distribution, $3,500, shall require such Participant's consent if such distribution commences prior to the later of his Normal Retirement Age or age 62. With regard to this required consent: (1) No consent shall be valid unless the Participant has received, if applicable, a general description of the material features and an explanation of the relative values of the optional forms of benefit available under the Plan that would satisfy the notice requirements of Code Section 417. (2) The Participant must be informed of his right to defer receipt of the distribution. If a Participant fails to consent, it shall be deemed an election to defer the commencement of payment of any benefit. However, any election to defer the receipt of benefits shall not apply with respect to distributions which are required under Section 6.5(f). 63 (3) Notice of the rights specified under this paragraph shall be provided no less than 30 days and no more than 90 days before the "annuity starting date". (4) Written consent of the Participant to the distribution must not be made before the Participant receives the notice and must not be made more than 90 days before the "annuity starting date". (5) No consent shall be valid if a significant detriment is imposed under the Plan on any Participant who does not consent to the distribution. If a distribution is one to which Code Sections 401(a)(11) and 417 do not apply, such distribution may commence less than 30 days after the notice required under Regulation 1.411(a)-11(c) is given, provided that: (1) the Administrator clearly informs the Participant that the Participant has a right to a period of at least 30 days after receiving the notice to consider the decision of whether or not to elect a distribution (and, if applicable, a particular distribution option), and (2) the Participant, after receiving the notice, affirmatively elects a distribution. (f) Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, the distribution of a Participant's benefits, whether under the Plan or through the purchase of an annuity contract, shall be made in accordance with the following requirements and shall otherwise comply with Code Section 401(a)(9) and the Regulations thereunder (including Regulation 1.401(a)(9)-2), the provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference: (1) A Participant's benefits shall be distributed to him not later than April lst of the calendar year following the later of (i) the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 70 1/2 or (ii) the calendar year in which the Participant retires, provided, however, that this clause (ii) shall not apply in the case of a Participant who is a "five (5) percent owner" at any time during the five (5) Plan Year period ending in the calendar year in which he attains age 70 1/2 or, in the case of a Participant who becomes a "five (5) percent owner" during any subsequent Plan Year, clause (ii) shall no longer apply and the required beginning date shall be the April 1st of the calendar year following the 64 calendar year in which such subsequent Plan Year ends. Alternatively, distributions to a Participant must begin no later than the applicable April 1st as determined under the preceding sentence and must be made over the life of the Participant (or the lives of the Participant and the Participant's designated Beneficiary) or the life expectancy of the Participant (or the life expectancies of the Participant and his designated Beneficiary) in accordance with Regulations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, clause (ii) above shall not apply to any Participant unless the Participant had attained age 70 1/2 before January 1, 1988 and was not a "five (5) percent owner" at any time during the Plan Year ending with or within the calendar year in which the Participant attained age 66 1/2 or any subsequent Plan Year. (2) Distributions to a Participant and his Beneficiaries shall only be made in accordance with the incidental death benefit requirements of Code Section 401(a)(9)(G) and the Regulations thereunder. (g) For purposes of this Section, the life expectancy of a Participant and a Participant's spouse (other than in the case of a life annuity) shall be redetermined annually in accordance with Regulations. Life expectancy and joint and last survivor expectancy shall be computed using the return multiples in Tables ,V and VI of Regulation 1.72-9. (h) All annuity contracts under this Plan shall be non-transferable when distributed. Furthermore, the terms of any annuity contract purchased and distributed to a Participant or spouse shall comply with all of the requirements of the Plan. 6.6 DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS UPON DEATH (a) Unless otherwise elected as provided below (or if the Plan does not require annuity as the normal form, then see the provisions of Section 6.12 of the Plan), a Vested Participant who dies before the annuity starting date and who has a surviving spouse shall have his Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity paid to his surviving spouse. The Participant's spouse may direct that payment of the Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity commence within a reasonable period after the Participant's death. If the spouse does not so direct, payment of such benefit will commence at the time the Participant would have attained the later of his Normal Retirement Age or age 62. However, the spouse may elect 65 a later commencement date. Any distribution to the Participant's spouse shall be subject to the rules specified in Section 6.6(g). (b) Any election to waive the Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity before the Participant's death must be made by the Participant in writing during the election period and shall require the spouse's irrevocable consent in the same manner provided for in Section 6.5(b)(2). Further, the spouse's consent must acknowledge the specific nonspouse Beneficiary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the nonspouse Beneficiary need not be acknowledged, provided the consent of the spouse acknowledges that the spouse has the right to limit consent only to a specific Beneficiary and that the spouse voluntarily elects to relinquish such right. (C) The election period to waive the Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity shall begin on the first day of the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 35 and end on the date of the Participant's death. An earlier waiver (with spousal consent) may be made provided a written explanation of the Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity is given to the Participant and such waiver becomes invalid at the beginning of the Plan Year in which the Participant turns age 35. In the event a Vested Participant separates from service prior to the beginning of the election period, the election period shall begin on the date of such separation from service. (d) With regard to the election, the Administrator shall provide each Participant within the applicable period, with respect to such Participant (and consistent with Regulations), a written explanation of the Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity containing comparable information to that required pursuant to Section 6.5(b)(5). For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "applicable period" means, with respect to a Participant, whichever of the following periods ends last: (1) The period beginning with the first day of the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 32 and ending with the close of the Plan Year preceding the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 35; (2) A reasonable period after the individual becomes a Participant; 66 (3) A reasonable period ending after the Plan no longer fully subsidizes the cost of the Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity with respect to the Participant; (4) A reasonable period ending after Code Section 401(a)(11) applies to the Participant; or (5) A reasonable period after separation from service in the case of a Participant who separates before attaining age 35. For this purpose, the Administrator must provide the explanation beginning one year before the separation from service and ending one year after such separation. If such a Participant thereafter returns to employment with the Employer, the applicable period for such Participant shall be redetermined. For purposes of applying this Section 6.6(d), a reasonable period ending after the enumerated events described in paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) is the end of the two year period beginning one year prior to the date the applicable event occurs, and ending one year after that date. (e) If the present value of the Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity derived from Employer and Employee contributions does not exceed $3,500 and has never exceeded $3,500 at the time of any prior distribution, the Administrator shall direct the immediate distribution of such amount to the Participant's spouse. No distribution may be made under the preceding sentence after the annuity starting date unless the spouse consents in writing. If the value exceeds, or has ever exceeded, $3,500 at the time of any prior distribution, an immediate distribution of the entire amount may be made to the surviving spouse, provided such surviving spouse consents in writing to such distribution. Any written consent required under this paragraph must be obtained not more than 90 days before commencement of the distribution and shall be made in a manner consistent with Section 6.5(b)(2). (f)(1) In the event there is an election to waive the Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity such death benefits shall be paid to the Participant's Beneficiary by one of the following methods, as elected by the Participant (or if no election has been made prior to the Participant's death, by his Beneficiary), subject to the rules specified in Section 6.6(g): (i) One lump-sum payment in cash; 67 (ii) Payments in such other forms as may be available under the Group Annuity Contract. (2) In the event the death benefit payable pursuant to Section 6.2 is payable in installments, then, upon the death of the Participant, the Administrator may direct that the death benefit be segregated and invested separately, and that the funds accumulated in the segregated account be used for the payment of the installments. (g) Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, distributions upon the death of a Participant shall be made in accordance with the following requirements and shall otherwise comply with Code Section 401(a)(9) and the Regulations thereunder. If the death benefit is paid in the form of a Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity, then distributions to the Participant's surviving spouse must commence on or before the later of: (1) December 31st of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the Participant died; or (2) December 31st of the calendar year in which the Participant would have attained age 70 1/2. If it is determined pursuant to Regulations that the distribution of a Participant's interest has begun and the Participant dies before his entire interest has been distributed to him, the remaining portion of such interest shall be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution selected pursuant to Section 6.5 as of his date of death. If a Participant dies before he has begun to receive any distributions of his interest under the Plan or before distributions are deemed to have begun pursuant to Regulations (and distributions are not to be made in the form of a Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity), then his death benefit shall be distributed to his Beneficiaries by December 31st of the calendar year in which the fifth anniversary of his date of death occurs. However, the 5-year distribution requirement of the preceding paragraph shall not apply to any portion of the deceased Participant's interest which is payable to or for the benefit of a designated Beneficiary. In such event, such portion may, at the election of the Participant (or the Participant's designated Beneficiary), be distributed over the life of such designated Beneficiary (or over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of such designated Beneficiary) provided such distribution begins not later than December 31st of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the 68 Participant died. However, in the event the Participant's spouse (determined as of the date of the Participant's death) is his Beneficiary, the requirement that distributions commence within one year of a Participant's death shall not apply. In lieu thereof, distributions must commence on or before the later of: (1) December 31st of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the Participant died; or (2) December 31st of the calendar year in which the Participant would have attained age 70 1/2. If the surviving spouse dies before distributions to such spouse begin, then the 5-year distribution requirement of this Section shall apply as if the spouse was the Participant. (h) For purposes of Section 6.6(g), the election by a designated Beneficiary to be excepted from the 5-year distribution requirement must be made no later than December 31st of the calendar year following the calendar year of the Participant's death. Except, however, with respect to a designated Beneficiary who is the Participant's surviving spouse, the election must be made by the earlier of: (l) December 31st of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the Participant died or, if later, the calendar year in which the Participant would have attained age 70 1/2; or (2) December 31st of the calendar year which contains the fifth anniversary of the date of the Participant's death. An election by a designated Beneficiary must be in writing and shall be irrevocable as of the last day of the election period stated herein. In the absence of an election by the Participant or a designated Beneficiary, the 5-year distribution requirement shall apply. (i) For purposes of this Section, the life expectancy of a Participant and a Participant's spouse (other than in the case of a life annuity) shall be redetermined annually in accordance with Regulations. Life expectancy and joint and last survivor expectancy shall be computed using the return multiples in Tables V and VI of Regulation 1.72-9. 6.7 TIME OF SEGREGATION OR DISTRIBUTION Except as limited by Sections 6.5 and 6.6, whenever a distribution or a series of payments is to be made on or as of an Anniversary Date, the distribution may be made or begun on such date or as soon thereafter as is practicable. However, unless a Former Participant elects in writing to defer the receipt of benefits (such election may not result in a death benefit that is more than incidental), the payment of benefits shall begin not later than the 60th day after the close of the Plan Year in which the latest of the following events occurs: (a) the date on which 69 the Participant attains the earlier of age 65 or the Normal Retirement Age specified herein; (b) the 10th anniversary of the year in which the Participant commenced participation in the Plan; or (c) the date the Participant terminates his service with the Employer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of a Participant and, if applicable, the Participant's spouse, to consent to a distribution pursuant to Section 6.5(e), shall be deemed to be an election to defer the commencement of payment of any benefit sufficient to satisfy this section. 6.8 DISTRIBUTION FOR MINOR BENEFICIARY In the event a distribution is to be made to a minor, then the Administrator may direct that such distribution be paid to the legal guardian, or if none, to a parent of such Beneficiary or a responsible adult with whom the Beneficiary maintains his residence, or to the custodian for such Beneficiary under the Uniform Gift to Minors Act or Gift to Minors Act, if such is permitted by the laws of the state in which said Beneficiary resides. Such a payment to the legal guardian, custodian or parent of a minor Beneficiary shall fully discharge the Trustee, Employer, and Plan from further liability on account thereof. 6.9 LOCATION OF PARTICIPANT OR BENEFICIARY UNKNOWN In the event that all, or any portion, of the distribution payable to a Participant or his Beneficiary hereunder shall, at the later of the Participant's attainment of age 62 or his Normal Retirement Age, remain unpaid solely by reason of the inability of the Administrator, after sending a registered letter, return receipt requested, to the last known address, and after further diligent effort, to ascertain the whereabouts of such Participant or his Beneficiary, the amount so distributable shall be treated as a Forfeiture pursuant to the Plan. In the event a Participant or Beneficiary is located subsequent to his benefit being reallocated, such benefit shall be restored, first from Forfeitures, if any, and then from an additional Employer contribution if necessary. 6.10 PRE-RETIREMENT DISTRIBUTION (a) The Administrator, at the election of the Participant, shall direct the distribution of up to the entire interest then credited to the account of the Participant. In the event that the Administrator makes such a distribution, the Participant shall continue to be eligible to participate in the Plan on the same basis as any other Employee. Any distribution made pursuant to this Section shall be made in a manner consistent with Section 6.5, including, but not limited to, all notice and consent requirements of Code 70 Sections 417 and 411(a)(11) and the Regulations thereunder. (b) Distributions made pursuant to this Section shall be permitted in accordance with the order below: (1) after attaining age 59 1/2 from the -- (i) Participant's Rollover Account. (ii) Participant's Elective-Account attributable to Deferred Compensation. (iii) Participant's Account attributable to the Employer's matching contributions. 6.11 LIMITATIONS ON BENEFITS AND DISTRIBUTIONS All rights and benefits, including elections, provided to a Participant in this Plan shall be subject to the rights afforded to any "alternate payee" under a "qualified domestic relations order." Furthermore, a distribution to an "alternate payee" shall be permitted if such distribution is authorized by a "qualified domestic relations order," even if the affected Participant has not reached the "earliest retirement age" under the Plan. For the purposes of this Section, "alternate payee," "qualified domestic relations order" and "earliest retirement age" shall have the meaning set forth under Code Section 414(p). The Administrator shall establish a written procedure to determine the qualified status of domestic relations orders pursuant to Section 9.2. 6.12 SPECIAL RULE FOR NON-ANNUITY PLANS On behalf of each Participant or Former Participant, if the Trust Fund contains funds attributable to a non-annuity plan pursuant to the exception of Code Section 401(a)(11)(B)(iii) and an annuity plan, a separate accounting shall be maintained with respect to that portion of the non-annuity plan and the annuity plan. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, distributions with respect to accounts attributable to the non-annuity plan shall be made in accordance with the following: (a) The Participant shall be prohibited from electing benefits in the form of a life annuity; (b) Upon the death of the Participant, the Participant's entire Vested account balances will be paid to his surviving spouse, or, if there is no surviving spouse or the surviving spouse has already consented to waive his benefit, in accordance with Section 6.6, to his designated Beneficiary; and 71 (c) Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Section, the other provisions of Sections 6.2, 6.5 and 6.6 regarding spousal consent and the forms of distributions shall be inoperative with respect to this Plan. ARTICLE VII TRUSTEE 7.1 BASIC RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRUSTEE The Trustee shall have no authority, control or responsibility with respect to the Plan and Trust Fund other than as specifically set forth in the Plan. The Trustee shall have the following responsibilities: (a) To hold legal title to all Trust Fund investments. Such investments shall consist only of those Investment options designated by the Employer as accepted by the Trustee and the Administrator. The Trustee shall have no authority with respect to the investment and reinvestment of the Trust Fund except upon receipt of investment directions pursuant to this Section from: (1) Participants pursuant to Section 4.12; (2) the Employer; or (3) upon receipt of written notification by the Employer, from the Administrator or Investment Manager. (b) To receive and invest contributions and otherwise invest the Trust Fund solely in accordance with the investment directions transmitted to the Trustee as provided for under Section 7.1(a). (1) The Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively on the directions transmitted in accordance with Section 7.1(a), and shall be under no duty to inquire as to the propriety or correctness of any such direction. (2) Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, investments under this Plan shall include products of Aetna or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. (c) As directed by the Administrator, to liquidate investments for the purpose of paying benefits or making disbursements or other payments required under the Plan. However, the Administrator or Trustee may employ suitable agents for the purpose of 72 paying benefits or making disbursements or other payments required under the Plan; (d) The Trustee may from time to time transfer to a common, collective, or pooled trust fund maintained by any corporate Trustee hereunder pursuant to Revenue Ruling 81-100, 1981-1 C.B.326, all or such part of the Trust Fund as the Administrator may direct, and such part or all of the Trust Fund so transferred shall be subject to all the terms and provisions of the common, collective, or pooled trust fund which contemplate the commingling for investment purposes of such trust assets with trust assets of other trusts. The Trustee may withdraw from such common, collective, or pooled trust fund all or such part of the Trust Fund as directed pursuant to Section 7.1(a). The Employer expressly understands and agrees that any such common, collective or pooled trust fund may provide for the lending of its securities by the Trustee and that such Trustee will receive compensation for the lending of securities that is separate from any compensation of the Trustee hereunder, or any compensation of the funds trustee for the management of such fund; (e) To receive all proxy materials. The Trustee shall vote all proxies as directed; (f) To cause any securities or other property to be registered in the Trustee's own name or in the name of one or more of the Trustee's nominees, and to hold any investments in bearer form, but the books and records of the Trustee shall at all times show that all such investments are part of the Trust Fund; (g) To keep such portion of the Trust Fund in cash or cash balances as directed by the Administrator or as may be necessary for the efficient administration of the Plan. The Trustee shall invest such cash balances to the extent possible in the investment options designated by the Employer pursuant to Section 7.1(a); (h) To appoint a custodian to hold investments within the jurisdiction of the district courts of the United States and to deposit securities with stock clearing corporations or depositories or similar organizations; (i) To accept and retain any securities received or acquired as Trustee, but only to the extent such securities are (1) investments in the Investment options, or (2) qualifying Employer securities as defined in Act Section 407(d)(5), that are publicly traded; 73 (j) To make, execute, acknowledge, and deliver any and all documents of transfer and conveyance and any and all other instruments that may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the powers herein granted; (k) To the extent directed by the Administrator, to settle, compromise, or submit to arbitration any claims, debts, or damages due or owing to or from the Plan, to commence or defend suits or legal or administrative proceedings, and to represent the Plan in all suits and legal and administrative proceedings; (1) To employ suitable custodians, agents and counsel and to pay their reasonable expenses and compensation. Such agent or counsel may or may not be agent or counsel for the Administrator or Employer; (m) To invest funds of the Trust Fund in savings accounts, certificates of deposit and other types of time deposits, bearing a reasonable rate of interest based upon the duration, amount, type and geographical area, with any financial institution or quasi-financial institution or any department of the same, either domestic or foreign, under the supervision of the United States or any State, including any such financial institution owned, operated or maintained by the Trustee in its corporate or association capacity (including any department or division of the same) or a corporation or association affiliated with the same; (n) To follow the directions of Aetna pursuant to Section 4.12(c). Neither the Trustee nor any other persons including the Administrator or Aetna or otherwise shall be under any duty to question any such direction of the Participant or to review any securities or other property, real or personal, or to make any suggestions to the Participant in connection therewith. Any such direction may be of a continuing nature or otherwise and may be revoked by the Participant at any time in such form as the Administrator may require. Neither the Trustee, Aetna, the Administrator nor the Employer shall have any liability for implementing such investment directions; (o) To pool all or any of the Trust Fund, from time to time, with assets belonging to any other qualified employee pension benefit trust created by the Employer or any Affiliated Employer, and to commingle such assets and make joint or common investments and carry joint accounts on behalf of this Plan and such other trust or trusts, allocating individual shares or interests in such investments or accounts or any pooled assets of the two or more trusts in accordance with their respective interests. 74 7.2 LOANS TO PARTICIPANTS (a) The Administrator may, in his sole discretion, make loans (which shall be treated as Directed Investments as provided in Section 4.12) to Participants and Beneficiaries under the following circumstances: (1) loans shall be made available to all Participants and Beneficiaries on a reasonably equivalent basis; (2) loans shall not be made available to Highly Compensated Employees in an amount greater than the amount made available to other Participants and Beneficiaries; (3) loans shall bear a reasonable rate of interest; (4) loans shall be adequately secured; and (5) loans shall provide for periodic repayment over a reasonable period of time. Unless otherwise agreed upon, the Administrator shall act as custodion behalf of the Trust Fund, of all documentation of such loans. (b) Loans shall not be granted to any Participant that provide for a repayment period extending beyond such Participant's Normal Retirement Age. (c) Loans made pursuant to this Section (when added to the outstanding balance of all other loans made by the Plan to the Participant) shall be limited to the lesser of: (1) $50,000 reduced by the excess (if any) of the highest outstanding balance of loans from the Plan to the Participant during the one year period ending on the day before the date on which such loan is made, over the outstanding balance of loans from the Plan to the Participant on the date on which such loan was made, or (2) one-half (1/2) of the present value of the non-forfeitable accrued benefit of the Participant under the Plan. For purposes of this limit, all plans of the Affiliated Employer shall be considered one plan. (d) Loans shall provide for level amortization with payments of principal and interest to be made not less frequently than quarterly over a period not to exceed five (5) years. However, loans used to acquire any dwelling unit which, within a reasonable time, is to be used (determined at the time the loan is made) as a principal residence of the Participant shall provide for periodic repayment over a reasonable period of time that may exceed five (5) years. 75 (e) Any loan made pursuant to this Section where the Vested interest of the Participant is used to secure such loan shall require the written consent of the Participant's spouse in a manner consistent with section 6.5(b)(1). Such written consent must be obtained within the 90-day period prior to the date the loan is made. Any security interest held by the Plan by reason of an outstanding loan to the Participant shall be taken into account in determining the amount of the death benefit or Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity. However, no spousal consent shall be required under this paragraph if the total accrued benefit subject to the security is not in excess of $3,500. (f) In the event of default, foreclosure on the note and attachment of security will not occur until a distributable event occurs in the plan. (g) With regard to any loans granted or renewed, a Participant loan program shall be established which must include, but need not be limited to, the following: (1) the identity of the person or positions authorized to administer the Participant loan program; (2) a procedure for applying for loans; (3) the basis on which loans will be approved or denied; (4) limitations, if any, on the types and amounts of loans offered; (5) the procedure under the program for determining a reasonable rate of interest; (6) the types of collateral which may secure a Participant loan; and (7) the events constituting default and the steps that will be taken to preserve Plan assets. Such Participant loan program shall be contained in a separate written document which, when properly executed, is hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of the Plan. Furthermore, such Participant loan program may be modified or amended in writing from time to time without the necessity of amending this Section. The Administrator is responsible for the preparation of the loan documentation, as approved by the Trustee, including any disclosure of interest rate information required by Regulation Z of 76 the Federal Reserve Board promulgated by the Truth in Lending Act 15 U.S.C. Section 1601 et seq. 7.3 DUTIES OF THE TRUSTEE REGARDING PAYMENTS In accordance with the directions of the Administrator, as conveyed by Aetna, the Trustee shall make payments out of the Trust Fund from such Plan accounts as so directed. Neither the Trustee nor Aetna shall be responsible in any way for the application of such payments. 7.4 TRUSTEE'S COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES AND TAXES The Trustee shall be paid such reasonable compensation as set forth in the Trustee's fee schedule (if the Trustee has such a schedule) or as agreed upon in writing by the Employer and the Trustee. An individual serving as Trustee who already receives full-time pay from the Employer shall not receive compensation from the Plan. In addition, the Trustee shall be reimbursed for any reasonable expenses, including reasonable counsel fees incurred by it as Trustee. Such compensation and expenses shall be paid by the Employer, except that if the Employee fails to pay such fees or expenses when due, the Trustee may recover such fees or expenses from the Trust Fund. The Trustee is also authorized to recover expenses of administration described in Section 2.11 from the Trust Fund if the Employer fails to pay such expenses when due. All taxes of any kind and all kinds whatsoever that may be levied or assessed under existing or future laws upon, or in respect of, the Trust Fund or the income thereof, shall be paid from the Trust Fund. 7.5 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEE Within a reasonable period of time after each Plan Year, the Trustee, or its agent, shall furnish to the Administrator a written statement of account with respect to the Plan Year setting forth: (a) the transfer of funds to the Trust Fund; (b) the gains, or losses, realized by the Trust Fund upon sales or other disposition of the assets; (c) the increase, or decrease, in the value of the Trust Fund; (d) the transfer of funds from the Trust Fund; and (e) such further reasonable information as the Employer and/or Administrator may request, as agreed to by the Trustee. 77 The Administrator, forthwith upon its receipt of each such statement of account, shall acknowledge receipt thereof in writing and advise the Trustee of its approval or disapproval thereof. Failure by the Administrator to disapprove any such statement of account within thirty (30) days after its receipt thereof shall be deemed an approval thereof. The approval by the Administrator of any statement of account shall be binding as to all matters embraced therein as between the Administrator and the Trustee to the same extent as if the account of the Trustee had been settled by judgment or decree in an action for a judicial settlement of its account in a court of competent jurisdiction in which the Trustee, the Administrator and all persons having or claiming an interest in the Plan were parties; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall deprive the Trustee of its right to have its accounts judicially settled if the Trustee so desires. 7.6 AUDIT (a) If an audit of the Plan's records shall be required by the Act and the regulations thereunder for any Plan Year, the Administrator shall engage on behalf of all Participants an independent qualified public accountant for that purpose. Such accountant shall, after an audit of the books and records of the Plan in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, within a reasonable period after the close of the Plan Year, furnish to the Administrator a report of his audit setting forth his opinion as to whether any statements, schedules or lists that are required by Act Section 103 or the Secretary of Labor to be filed with the Plan's annual report, are presented fairly in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied consistently. (b) All auditing and accounting fees shall be an expense of and may, at the election of the Administrator, be paid from the Trust Fund. (c) if some or all of the information necessary to enable the Administrator to comply with Act Section 103 is maintained by a bank, insurance company, or similar institution, regulated and supervised and subject to periodic examination by a state or federal agency, it shall transmit and certify the accuracy of that information to the Administrator as provided in Act Section 103(b) within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of the Plan Year or by such other date as may be prescribed under regulations of the Secretary of Labor. 78 7.7 RESIGNATION, REMOVAL AND SUCCESSION OF TRUSTEE (a) The Trustee may resign at any time by delivering to the Employer, a written notice of its resignation at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of such resignation. (b) The Employer may remove the Trustee by mailing by registered or certified mail, addressed to such Trustee at its last known address, a written notice of its removal at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of such removal. (c) Upon the death, resignation, incapacity, or removal of any Trustee, a successor Trustee shall be appointed by the Employer; and such successor, upon accepting such appointment in writing and delivering same to the Employer, shall, without further act, become vested with all the estate, rights, powers, discretions, and duties of his predecessor with like respect as if he were originally named as a Trustee herein. Until such a successor is appointed, the remaining Trustee or Trustees shall have full authority to act under the terms of the Plan. The Trustee will have a right to apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee if one is not appointed within thirty (30) days of the effective date of the Trustee's removal or resignation. (d) Whenever any Trustee hereunder ceases to serve as such, it shall furnish the Administrator a written statement of account with respect to the portion of the Plan Year during which he served as Trustee. This statement shall be either (i) included as part of the annual statement of account for the Plan Year required under Section 7.5 or (ii) set forth in a special statement. Any such special statement of account should be rendered to the Administrator no later than the due date of the annual statement of account for the Plan Year. No successor to the Trustee shall have any duty or responsibility to investigate the acts or transactions of any predecessor. 7.8 TRANSFER OF INTEREST Notwithstanding any other provision contained in this Plan, the Trustee, at the written direction of the Administrator, shall transfer the Vested interest (as determined by the Administrator), if any, of a Participant who requests a transfer of his account to another trust forming part of a pension, profit sharing or stock bonus plan maintained by such Participant's new employer and represented by said employer in writing as meeting the requirements of Code Section 401(a), provided that the trust to which such transfers are made permits the transfer to be made. 79 7.9 TRUSTEE INDEMNIFICATION (a) The Employer shall indemnify and save the Trustee (and any employee thereof) harmless from and against any claim of liability, costs or other expenses (including payment of reasonable attorneys, fees) that the Trustee may incur in connection with this Plan unless it shall be established by a court of competent jurisdiction that such liability, cost or expense arises from the Trustee's own willful misconduct or gross negligence. (b) The Employer shall pay expenses (including reasonable attorneys, fees and costs), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred by the Trustee in connection with any matter described in Section 7.9(a) in advance of the final disposition of any proceedings regarding such matter; provided however, that the Trustee shall repay such advances to the Employer if it is established by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that the Trustee's action or failure to act constituted willful misconduct or gross negligence. 7.10 DIRECT ROLLOVER (a) This Section applies to distributions made on or after January 1, 1993. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary that would otherwise limit a distributee's election under this Section, a distributee may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Plan Administrator, to have any portion of an eligible rollover distribution paid directly to an eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee in a direct rollover. (b) For purposes of this Section the following definitions shall apply: (1) An eligible rollover distribution is any distribution of all or any portion of the balance to the credit of the distributee, except that an eligible rollover distribution does not include: any distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal periodic payments (not less frequently than annually) made for the life (or life expectancy) of the distributee or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of the distributee and the distributee's designated beneficiary, or for a specified period of ten years or more; any distribution to the extent such distribution is required under Code Section 401(a)(9); and the portion of any distribution that is not includible in gross income 80 (determined without regard to the exclusion for net unrealized appreciation with respect to employer securities). (2) An eligible retirement plan is an individual retirement account described in section 408(a) of the Code, an individual retirement annuity described in section 408(b) of the Code, an annuity plan described in section 403(a) of the Code, or a qualified trust described in section 401(a) of the Code, that accepts the distributee's eligible rollover distribution. However, in the case of an eligible rollover distribution to the surviving spouse, an eligible retirement plan is an individual retirement account individual retirement annuity. (3) A distributee includes an Employee or former Employee. In addition, the Employee or former Employee's surviving spouse and the Employee's or former Employee's spouse or former spouse who is the alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in section 414(p) of the Code, are distributees with regard to the interest of the spouse or former spouse. (4) A direct rollover is a payment by the plan to the eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee. ARTICLE VIII AMENDMENT, TERMINATION AND MERGERS 8.1 AMENDMENT (a) The Employer shall have the right at any time to amend the Plan, subject to the limitations of this Section. Any such amendment shall be adopted by formal action of the Employer's board of directors and executed by an officer authorized to act on behalf of the Employer. However, any amendment which affects the rights, duties or responsibilities of the Trustee and Administrator may only be made with the Trustee's and Administrator's written consent. Any such amendment shall become effective as provided therein upon its execution. The Trustee shall not be required to execute any such amendment unless the amendment affects the duties of the Trustee hereunder. (b) The Employer expressly delegates authority to the sponsoring organization of this Plan, the right to amend this Plan by submitting a copy of the amendment to each Employer who has adopted this Plan after first having received a ruling or favorable 81 determination from the Internal Revenue Service that the Plan as amended qualifies under Code Section 401(a) and the Act. For purposes of this Section, the mass submitter shall be recognized as the agent of the sponsoring organization. If the sponsoring organization does not adopt the amendments made by the mass submitter, it will no longer be identical to or a minor modifier of the mass submitter plan. (c) No amendment to the Plan shall be effective if it authorizes or permits any part of the Trust Fund (other than such part as is required to pay taxes and administration expenses) to be used for or diverted to any purpose other than for the exclusive benefit of the Participants or their Beneficiaries or estates; or causes any reduction in the amount credited to the account of any Participant; or causes or permits any portion of the Trust Fund to revert to or become property of the Employer. (d) Except as permitted by Regulations (including Regulation 1.411(d)-4), no Plan amendment or transaction having the effect of a Plan amendment (such as a merger, plan transfer or similar transaction) shall be effective if it eliminates or reduces any "Section 411(d)(6) protected benefit" or adds or modifies conditions relating to "Section 411(d)(6) protected benefits" the result of which is a further restriction on such benefit unless such protected benefits are preserved with respect to benefits accrued as of the later of the adoption date or effective date of the amendment. "Section 411(d)(6) protected benefits" are benefits described in Code Section 411(d)(6)(A), early retirement benefits and retirement type subsidies, and optional forms of benefit. 8.2 TERMINATION (a) The Employer shall have the right at any time to terminate the Plan by delivering to the Trustee and Administrator written notice of such termination. Upon any full or partial termination, all amounts credited to the affected Participants' accounts shall become 100% Vested and shall not thereafter be subject to forfeiture, and all unallocated amounts shall be allocated to the accounts of all Participants in accordance with the provisions hereof. (b) Upon the full termination of the Plan, the Employer shall direct the distribution of the assets to Participants in a manner which is consistent with and satisfies the provisions of Section 6.5. Distributions to a Participant shall be made in cash or through the 82 purchase of irrevocable nontransferable deferred commitments from an insurer. Except as permitted by Regulations, the termination of the Plan shall not result in the reduction of "Section 411(d)(6) protected benefits" in accordance with Section 8.1(d). (c) Prior to the distribution of the assets to the Participants, upon the full termination of the Plan, the expenses of administration may be paid out of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 2.11. 8.3 MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION This Plan may be merged or consolidated with, or its assets and/or liabilities may be transferred to any other plan only if the benefits which would be received by a Participant of, this Plan, in the event of a termination of the plan immediately after such transfer, merger or consolidation, are at least equal to the benefits the Participant would have received if the Plan had terminated immediately before the transfer, merger or consolidation, and such transfer, merger or consolidation does not otherwise result in the elimination or reduction of any "Section 411(d)(6) protected benefits" in accordance with Section 8.1(d). ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS 9.1 PARTICIPANT'S RIGHTS This Plan shall not be deemed to constitute a contract between the Employer and any Participant or to be a consideration or an inducement for the employment of any Participant or Employee. Nothing contained in this Plan shall be deemed to give any Participant or Employee the right to be retained in the service of the Employer or to interfere with the right of the Employer to discharge any Participant or Employee at any time regardless of the effect which such discharge shall have upon him as a Participant of this Plan. 9.2 ALIENATION (a) Subject to the exceptions provided below, no benefit which shall be payable to any person (including a Participant or his Beneficiary) shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or charge, and any attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, or charge the same shall be void; and no such benefit shall in any manner be liable for, or subject to, the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements, or torts of any such person, nor shall it be subject to attachment or legal process for or against such person, and the same shall not be 83 recognized except to such extent as may be required by law. (b) This provision shall not apply to the extent a Participant or Beneficiary is indebted to the Plan, for any reason, under any provision of this Plan. At the time a distribution is to be made to or for a Participant's or Beneficiary's benefit, such proportion of the amount to be distributed as shall equal such indebtedness shall be paid to the Plan to apply against or discharge such indebtedness. Prior to making a payment, however, the Participant or Beneficiary must be given written notice by the Administrator that such loan indebtedness is to be so paid in whole or part from his Participant's account. If the Participant or Beneficiary does not agree that the loan indebtedness is a valid claim against his Vested Participant's account, he shall be entitled to a review of the validity of the claim in accordance with procedures provided in sections 2.13 and 2.14. (C) This provision shall not apply to a "qualified domestic relations order" defined in Code Section 414(p), and those other domestic relations orders permitted to be so treated by the Administrator under the provisions of the Retirement Equity Act of 1984. The Administrator shall establish a written procedure to determine the qualified status of domestic relations orders and to administer distributions under such qualified orders pursuant to Section 6.11. Further, to the extent provided under a "qualified domestic relations order," a former spouse of a Participant shall be treated as the spouse or surviving spouse for all purposes under the Plan. 9.3 CONSTRUCTION OF PLAN This Plan shall be construed and enforced according to the Act and the laws of the State of Florida and the Trust shall be construed and enforced according to the Act and the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, other than its laws respecting choice of law, to the extent not preempted by the Act. 9.4 GENDER AND NUMBER Wherever any words are used herein in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender, they shall be construed as though they were also used in another gender in all cases where they would so apply, and whenever any words are used herein in the singular or plural form, they shall be construed as though they were also used in the other form in all cases where they would so apply. 84 9.5 LEGAL ACTION In the event any claim, suit, or proceeding is brought regarding the Trust and/or Plan established hereunder to which the Trustee or the Administrator may be a party, and such claim, suit, or proceeding is resolved in favor of the Trustee or Administrator, they shall be entitled to be reimbursed from the Trust Fund for any and all costs, attorney's fees, and other expenses pertaining thereto incurred by them for which they shall have become liable. 9.6 PROHIBITION AGAINST DIVERSION OF FUNDS (a) Except as provided below and otherwise specifically permitted by law, it shall be impossible by operation of the Plan or of the Trust, by termination of either, by power of revocation or amendment, by the happening of any contingency, by collateral arrangement or by any other means, for any part of the corpus or income of any Trust Fund maintained pursuant to the Plan or any funds contributed thereto to be used for, or diverted to, purposes other than the exclusive benefit of Participants, Retired Participants, or their Beneficiaries. (b) In the event the Employer shall make a contribution under a mistake of fact pursuant to Act Section 403(c)(2)(A), the Employer may demand repayment of such contribution at any time within one (1) year following the time of payment and the Trustee shall return such amount to the Employer within the one (1) year period. Earnings of the Plan attributable to the contributions may not be returned to the Employer but any losses attributable thereto must reduce the amount so returned. 9.7 FIDELITY BOND Every Fiduciary, except a bank or an insurance company, unless exempted by the Act and regulations thereunder, shall be bonded in an amount not less than 10% of the amount of the funds such Fiduciary handles; provided, however, that the minimum bond shall be $1,000 and the maximum bond, $500,000. The amount of funds handled shall be determined at the beginning of each Plan Year by the amount of funds handled by such person, group, or class to be covered and their predecessors, if any, during the preceding Plan Year, or if there is no preceding Plan Year, then by the amount of the funds to be handled during the then current year. The bond shall provide protection to the Plan against any loss by reason of acts of fraud or dishonesty by the Fiduciary alone or in connivance with others. The surety shall be a corporate surety company (as such term is used in Act Section 412(a)(2)), and the bond shall be in a form approved by the 85 Secretary of Labor. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the cost of such bonds shall be an expense of and may, at the election of the Administrator, be paid from the Trust Fund or by the Employer. 9.8 EMPLOYER'S AND TRUSTEE'S PROTECTIVE CLAUSE Neither the Employer nor the Trustee, nor their successors, shall be responsible for the validity of any contract issued hereunder or for the failure on the part of the Insurer to make payments provided by any such contract, or for the action of any person which may delay payment or render a contract null and void or unenforceable in whole or in part. 9.9 PROTECTIVE CLAUSE Neither the Trustee nor any Insurer who shall issue contracts hereunder shall have any responsibility for the validity of this Plan or for the tax or legal aspects of this Plan. Such Insurer shall be protected and held harmless in acting in accordance with any written direction of the Employer or Administrator, as appropriate, and shall have no duty to see to the application of any funds paid to the Trustee, nor be required to question any actions directed by the Employer or the Administrator, as appropriate. Regardless of any provision of this Plan, Aetna shall not be required to take or permit any action or allow any benefit or privilege contrary to the terms of any contract which it issues hereunder, or the rules by which it operates. 9.10 RECEIPT AND RELEASE FOR PAYMENTS Any payment to any Participant, his legal representative, Beneficiary, or to any guardian or committee appointed for such Participant or Beneficiary in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, shall, to the extent thereof, be in full satisfaction of all claims hereunder against the Trustee and the Employer. 9.11 ACTION BY THE EMPLOYER Whenever the Employer under the terms of the Plan is permitted or required to do or perform any act or matter or thing, it shall be done and performed by a person duly authorized by its legally constituted authority. 9.12 NAMED FIDUCIARIES AND ALLOCATION OF RESPONSIBILITY The "named Fiduciaries" of this Plan are (1) the Employer, (2) the Administrator and (3) any Investment Manager appointed hereunder. The named Fiduciaries shall have only those specific powers, duties, responsibilities, and obligations as are specifically given them under the Plan. In general, the Employer shall have the sole responsibility for making the contributions 86 provided for under Section 4.1; and shall have the sole authority to appoint and remove the Trustee and the Administrator; to formulate the Plan's "funding policy and method"; and to amend or terminate, in whole or in part, the Plan. The Employer shall also have the sole responsibility of management of the assets held under the Trust Fund, including the selection of any Investment Options, except those assets, (1) the management of which has been assigned to an Investment manager or Administrator, who shall be solely responsible for the management of the assets assigned to it, all as specifically provided in the Plan; or (2) subject to Participant investment direction pursuant to Sections 4.12 and 7.1(n). The Administrator shall have the sole responsibility for the administration of the Plan, which responsibility is specifically described in the Plan. Each named Fiduciary warrants that any directions given, information furnished, or action taken by it shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, authorizing or providing for such direction, information or action. Furthermore, each named Fiduciary may rely upon any such direction, information or action of another named Fiduciary as being proper under the Plan, and is not required under the Plan to inquire into the propriety of any such direction, information or action. It is intended under the Plan that each named Fiduciary shall be responsible for the proper exercise of its own powers, duties, responsibilities and obligations under the Plan. No named Fiduciary shall guarantee the Trust Fund in any manner against investment loss or depreciation in asset value. Any person or group may serve in more than one Fiduciary capacity. 9.13 HEADINGS The headings and subheadings of this Plan have been inserted for convenience of reference and are to be ignored in any construction of the provisions hereof. 9.14 APPROVAL BY INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (a) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if, pursuant to a timely application filed by or in behalf of the Plan, the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service or his delegate should determine that the Plan does not initially qualify as a tax-exempt plan under Code Sections 401 and 501, and such determination is not contested, or if contested, is finally upheld, then if the Plan is a new plan, it shall be void ab initio and all amounts contributed to the Plan, by the Employer, less expenses paid, shall be returned within one year and the Plan shall terminate, and the Trustee shall be discharged from all further obligations. If the disqualification relates to an amended plan, then the Plan shall operate as if it had not been amended and restated. 87 (b) Except as specifically stated in the Plan, any contribution by the Employer to the Trust Fund is conditioned upon the deductibility of the contribution by the Employer under the Code and, to the extent any such deduction is disallowed, the Employer may within one (1) year following a final determination of the disallowance, whether by agreement with the Internal Revenue Service or by final decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, demand repayment of such disallowed contribution and the Trustee shall return such contribution within one (1) year following the disallowance. Earnings of the Plan attributable to the excess contribution may not be returned to the Employer, but any losses attributable thereto must reduce the amount so returned. 9.15 UNIFORMITY All provisions of this Plan shall be interpreted and applied in a uniform, nondiscriminatory manner. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Plan and any Contract purchased hereunder, the Plan provisions shall control. ARTICLE X PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS 10.1 ADOPTION BY OTHER EMPLOYERS Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with the consent of the Employer and Trustee, any Affiliated Employer may adopt this Plan and all of the provisions hereof, and participate herein and be known as a Participating Employer, by a properly executed document evidencing said intent and will of such Participating Employer. 10.2 REQUIREMENTS OF PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS (a) Each such Participating Employer shall be required to use the same Trustee as provided in this Plan. (b) The Trustee may, but shall not be required to, commingle, hold and invest as one Trust Fund all contributions made by Participating Employers, as well as all increments thereof. (c) The transfer of any Participant from or to an Employer participating in this Plan, whether he be an Employee of the Employer or a Participating Employer, shall not affect such Participant's rights under the Plan, and all amounts credited to such Participant's account as well as his accumulated service time with the transferer or predecessor, and 88 his length of participation in the Plan, shall continue to his credit. (d) Any expenses of the Plan which are to be paid by the Employer or borne by the Trust Fund shall be paid by each Participating Employer in the same proportion that the total amount standing to the credit of all Participants employed by such Employer bears to the total standing to the credit of all Participants. 10.3 DESIGNATION OF AGENT Each Participating Employer shall be deemed to be a party to this Plan; provided, however, that with respect to all of its relations with the Trustee and Administrator for the purpose of this Plan, each Participating Employer shall be deemed to have designated irrevocably the Employer as its agent. Unless the context of the Plan clearly indicates the contrary, the word "Employer" shall be deemed to include each Participating Employer as related to its adoption of the Plan. 10.4 EMPLOYEE TRANSFERS It is anticipated that an Employee may be transferred between Participating Employers, and in the event of any such transfer, the Employee involved shall carry with him his accumulated service and eligibility. No such transfer shall effect a termination of employment hereunder, and the Participating Employer to which the Employee is transferred shall thereupon become obligated hereunder with respect to such Employee in the same manner as was the Participating Employer from whom the Employee was transferred. 10.5 PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION Any contribution or Forfeiture subject to allocation during each Plan Year shall be allocated among all Participants of all Participating Employers in accordance with the provisions of this Plan. On the basis of the information furnished by the Administrator, the recordkeeper shall keep separate records as to the accounts and credits of the Employees of each Participating Employer. The Trustee may, but need not, register contracts so as to evidence that a particular Participating Employer is the interested Employer hereunder, but in the event of an Employee transfer from one Participating Employer to another, the employing Employer shall immediately notify the Trustee thereof. 10.6 AMENDMENT Amendment of this Plan by the Employer at any time when there shall be a Participating Employer hereunder shall only be by the written action of each and every Participating Employer, and where such amendment affects the rights, duties and 89 responsibilities of the Trustee or Administrator, with the written consent of the Trustee or Administrator. 10.7 DISCONTINUANCE OF PARTICIPATION Any Participating Employer shall be permitted to discontinue or revoke its participation in the Plan at any time. At the time of any such discontinuance or revocation, satisfactory evidence thereof and of any applicable conditions imposed shall be delivered to the Trustee. The Trustee shall thereafter transfer, deliver and assign contracts and other Trust Fund assets allocable to the Participants of such Participating Employer to such new Trustee as shall have been designated by such Participating Employer in the event that it has established a separate pension plan for its Employees, provided however, that no such transfer shall be made if the result is the elimination or reduction of any "Section 411(d)(6) protected benefits" in accordance with Section 8.1(d). If no successor is designated, the Trustee shall retain such assets for the Employees of said Participating Employer pursuant to the provisions of Article VII hereof. In no such event shall any part of the corpus or income of the Trust as it relates to such Participating Employer be used for or diverted to purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of the Employees of such Participating Employer. 10.8 ADMINISTRATOR'S AUTHORITY The Administrator shall have authority to make any and all necessary rules or regulations, binding upon all Participating Employers and all Participants, to effectuate the purpose of this Article. 90 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Plan has been executed the day and year first written above. Furthermore, this Plan may not be used unless acknowledged by Aetna Life Insurance Company or its authorized representative. EMPLOYER: PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER: Tech Data Corporation Tech Data Pacific, Inc. --------------------- ----------------------- (enter name) (enter name) By:/s/ STEVEN A. RAYMUND 59-3344101 --------------------- ----------------------- (Participating Employer Identification Number) TRUSTEE: Mellon Bank, N.A. /s/ C. A. ZALLA By:/s/ JEFFERY P. HOWELLS, VP & CFO -------------------------- -------------------------------- TRUSTEE PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER: -------------------------- TRUSTEE Tech Data Education, Inc. ------------------------- (enter name) -------------------------- TRUSTEE 59-3166397 ------------------------- (Participating Employer Identification Number) /s/ JEFFERY P. HOWELLS, VP & CPO By:-------------------------------- 91 PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER: Tech Data Finance, Inc. ----------------------- (enter name) 33-0591061 ----------------------- (Participating Employer Identification Number) BY:/s/ JEFFERY P. HOWELLS ------------------------- Jeffery P. Howells STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ss. COUNTY OF ) 0n December 4, 1996, before me, Depleas Renee Smiler, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Jeffery P. Howells, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his authorized capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument. WITNESS my hand and official seal. /s/ DEPLEAS RENEE SMILER ----------------------------- [SEAL] Depleas Renee Smiler Notary Public in and for said County and State 92 AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TECH DATA CORPORATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN WHEREAS Tech Data Corporation (the "Company") adopted the Tech Data Corporation Retirement Savings Plan amended and restated effective February 1, 1994; and WHEREAS the Company reserved the right to amend the Plan by action of its Board of Directors; and WHEREAS the Company desires to amend the Plan to make certain substantive changes thereto; NOW THEREFORE, the Plan is amended, effective August 1, 1996, as shown below: Section 4.2(a) is amended and restated to read as follows: (a) Each Participant may elect to defer a limited portion of his Compensation which would have been received in the Plan Year, but for the deferral election. Commencing January 1, 1997, a Highly Compensated Participant may elect to defer from 1% to 6% of his Compensation which would have been received in the Plan Year, but for the deferral election. Commencing August 1, 1996, a Non-Highly Compensated Participant may elect to defer from 1% to 15% of his Compensation which would have been received in the Plan Year, but for the deferral election. A deferral election (or modification of an earlier election) may not be made with respect to Compensation which is currently available on or before the Participant executed such election. The amount by which Compensation is reduced shall be that Participant's Deferred Compensation and shall be treated as an Employer Elective Contribution and allocated to the Participant's Elective Account. SIGNATURES IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment Number One to be executed by its duly authorized officer this 12 day of September, 1996. Attest: Tech Data Corporation /s/ARTHUR W. SINGLETON BY: /s/ STEVEN A. RAYMUND - ---------------------- ------------------------- Title: Chairman & CEO ---------------------- EX-5 3 EXHIBIT 5 SCHIFINO & FLEISCHER, P.A. ATTORNEYS AT LAW WILLIAM J. SCHIFINO TELEPHONE: (813)223-1535 ONE TAMPA CITY CENTER FRANK N. FLEISCHER TELECOPIER: (813)223-3070 201 NORTH FRANKLIN STREET LINA ANGELICI INTERNET: sf2700@aol.com SUITE 2700 AMY LETTELLEIR TAMPA, FLORIDA 33602 August 17, 1999 Securities and Exchange Commission 450 5th Street, N.W. Judiciary Plaza Washington, DC 20549 Re: Tech Data Corporation Retirement Savings Plan Registration Statement on Form S-8 Ladies and Gentlemen: We have represented Tech Data Corporation (the "Company") in connection with the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "S-8 Registration Statement") relating to the proposed public offering by the Company (the "Offering") of up to 500,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock under the Company's Retirement Savings Plan ("the Plan"). This opinion is being provided as Exhibit 5 to the S-8 Registration Statement. In our capacity as counsel to the Company in connection with the Registration Statement and the Offering, we have examined and are familiar with: (1) the Company's Articles of Incorporation and bylaws, as currently in effect, (2) the Plan, (3) the S-8 Registration Statement and (4) such other corporate records and documents and instruments as in our opinion are necessary or relevant as the basis for the opinions expressed below. As to various questions of fact material to our opinion, we have relied without independent investigation on statements or certificates of officials and representatives of the Company, the Department of State of the State of Florida and others. In all such examinations, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures on original and certified documents and the conformity to original and certified documents of all copies submitted to us as conformed, photostatic or other exact copies. We express no opinion as to the law of any jurisdiction other than of the State of Florida and the Federal laws of the United States of America. Based upon and in reliance on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that: 1. The Company is a duly organized and existing corporation under the laws of the State of Florida and its status is active. 2. The Plan has been duly and legally authorized by all required corporate action. 3. When the following events shall have occurred: (1) the S-8 Registration Statement shall have become effective in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; (2) the consideration specified in the Plan and in the instrument of grant covering options granted under the Plan shall have been received; and (3) the certificates representing such shares shall have been duly executed, counter-signed and issued by or on behalf of the Company. the shares of Common Stock so offered and sold in the Offering will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of the capital stock of the Company. This firm hereby consents to the filing of this opinion as an Exhibit to the S-8 Registration Statement. Very truly yours, SCHIFINO & FLEISCHER, P.A. /s/ Frank N. Fleischer ---------------------- Frank N. Fleischer For the Association EX-23.2 4 EXHIBIT 23.2 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated March 19, 1999, relating to the financial statements, which appears in Tech Data Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 1999. We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated March 19, 1999, relating to the financial statement schedules, which appears in such Annual Report on Form 10-K. /s/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP - ------------------------------ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Tampa, Florida August 16, 1999 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----