Exhibit
4(b)
SKY
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
PROFIT SHARING, 401(K)
AND ESOP PLAN
(As
Amended and Restated
Effective January 1, 2004)
SKY
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
PROFIT SHARING, 401(K)
AND ESOP PLAN
(As
Amended and Restated
Effective January 1, 2004)
Table
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INTRODUCTION
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1 |
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ARTICLE
I
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DEFINITIONS
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1.01
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Account
or Accounts |
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3 |
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1.02
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Acquired
Employer |
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1.03
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Annual
Compensation |
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3 |
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1.04
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Annuity
Starting Date |
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4 |
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1.05
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Applicable
Period |
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1.06
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Break
in Service |
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1.07
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Change
in Control |
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1.08
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Code |
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1.09
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Company |
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1.10
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Company
Stock |
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1.11
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Company
Stock Fund |
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4 |
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1.12
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Disability |
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4 |
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1.13
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Dividend
Reinvestment Account |
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1.14
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Employee |
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1.15
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Employer |
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1.16
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Entry
Date |
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1.17
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ERISA |
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1.18
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Hour
of Service |
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1.19
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Investment
Fund |
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1.20
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Named
Fiduciary |
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7 |
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1.21
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Normal
Retirement Age |
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1.22
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Normal
Retirement Date |
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1.23
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Participant |
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1.24
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Plan |
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1.25
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Plan
Administrator |
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1.26
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Plan
Year |
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7 |
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1.27
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Qualified
Election |
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7 |
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1.28
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Qualifying
Employer Securities |
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7 |
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1.29
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Related
Entity |
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1.30
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Sky
ESOP |
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1.31
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Spouse |
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8 |
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1.32
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Trust |
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8 |
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1.33
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Trustee |
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8 |
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1.34
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Trust
Fund |
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8 |
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1.35
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Valuation
Date |
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1.36
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Year
of Service |
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ARTICLE
II
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ELIGIBILITY
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2.01
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Eligibility |
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10 |
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2.02
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Eligibility
Upon Re-employment |
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ARTICLE
III
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CONTRIBUTIONS
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3.01
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Employer
Contributions |
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12 |
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3.02
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401(k)
Contributions |
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12 |
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3.03
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Matching
Contributions |
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13 |
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3.04
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Profit
Sharing Contributions |
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14 |
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3.05
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ESOP
Contributions |
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14 |
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3.06
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Catch-Up
Contributions |
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15 |
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3.07
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Catch-Up
Matching Contributions |
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16 |
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3.08
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Rollover
Contributions |
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16 |
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3.09
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Special
Rules Relating to Veterans Re-employment Rights Under
USERRA |
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16 |
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3.10
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Automatic
401(k) Contributions |
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18 |
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ARTICLE
IV
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ALLOCATIONS
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4.01
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Participant
Accounts |
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4.02
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Allocation
of Profit Sharing Contributions |
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20 |
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4.03
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Allocation
of ESOP Contributions |
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20 |
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4.04
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Allocation
of 401(k) Contributions |
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20 |
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4.05
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Allocation
of Matching Contributions |
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20 |
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4.06
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Allocation
of Investment Gain or Loss |
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21 |
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4.07
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Allocation
of Cash Dividends |
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21 |
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4.08
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Valuations |
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21 |
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4.09
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Allocation
of Gain or Loss |
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21 |
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4.10
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Annual
Report to Participants |
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21 |
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ARTICLE
V
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BENEFITS
TO
PARTICIPANTS
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22 |
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5.01
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Upon
Retirement or Disability |
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22 |
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5.02
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Upon
Death |
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22 |
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5.03
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Nonforfeitable
Interest Upon Termination of Employment |
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22 |
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5.04
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Change
in Control |
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24 |
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5.05
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Forfeiture
Upon Termination of Employment |
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ARTICLE
VI
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DISTRIBUTIONS
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6.01
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Commencement
of Benefits |
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26 |
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6.02
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Payment
of Benefits |
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6.03 |
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Distribution
Provisions Applicable to ESOP Accounts |
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6.04 |
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Definitions |
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6.05 |
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Mandatory
Commencement of Benefits |
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29 |
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6.06 |
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Distributions
After Death of a Participant |
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30 |
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6.07 |
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Right
to Have Accounts Transferred |
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6.08 |
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Restrictions
on Distributions of 401(k) Contributions and Safe
Harbor Matching Contributions |
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32 |
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ARTICLE
VII
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LIMITATION
ON CONTRIBUTIONS
AND BENEFITS
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7.01 |
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Definitions |
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33 |
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7.02 |
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Limitation
on Annual Additions |
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33 |
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7.03 |
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Limitation
of Benefits Under All Plans |
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ARTICLE
VIII
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NONDISCRIMINATION
REQUIREMENTS
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8.01 |
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Definitions |
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8.02 |
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Nondiscrimination
Requirements for 401(k) Contributions. |
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8.03 |
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Nondiscrimination
Requirements for Matching Contributions and
Employee Contributions. |
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8.04 |
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Distribution
Rules for Excess Contributions and Excess Aggregate
Contributions. |
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8.05 |
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Applicability
to Safe Harbor Plan |
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40 |
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ARTICLE
IX
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TRUST
FUND AND INVESTMENT
FUNDS
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41 |
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9.01 |
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Individual
Investment Funds |
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41 |
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9.02 |
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Direction
of Individual Investment Funds |
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41 |
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9.03 |
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Direction
of ESOP Accounts |
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41 |
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ARTICLE
X
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AMENDMENT
OR
TERMINATION
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44 |
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10.01 |
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Amendment |
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44 |
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10.02 |
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Plan
Termination or Discontinuance of Contributions |
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44 |
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10.03 |
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Merger,
Consolidation or Transfer of Assets |
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44 |
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ARTICLE
XI
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ADMINISTRATION
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45 |
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11.01 |
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Plan
Administrator’s Powers and Duties |
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45 |
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11.02 |
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Records
and Reports |
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11.03 |
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Payment
of Expenses |
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11.04 |
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Claims
Procedure |
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45 |
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11.05 |
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Indemnification |
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ARTICLE
XII
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PARTICIPATING
EMPLOYERS
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12.01
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Commencement |
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47 |
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12.02
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Termination |
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47 |
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12.03
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Delegation
of Authority |
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47 |
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12.04
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Disposition
of Assets or Subsidiary |
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47 |
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ARTICLE
XIII
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SUMMARY
OF PLAN MERGERS AND
SPIN-OFFS
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48 |
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13.01
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Merger
of Sky ESOP Accounts Effective January 15, 2004 |
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48 |
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13.02
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Merger
of Frozen First Western Plan Accounts Effective June 30, 2000 |
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13.03
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Merger
of Frozen Picton Cavanaugh Plan Accounts Effective June 30, 2000 |
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13.04
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Merger
of Frozen TOB Plan Accounts Effective August 1, 2000 |
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49 |
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13.05
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Transfer
of Defined Benefit Plan Assets |
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50 |
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13.06
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Merger
of Three Rivers Plan Accounts Effective January 1, 2003 |
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50 |
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13.07
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Merger
of Metropolitan Plan Accounts Effective January 1, 2004 |
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13.08
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Merger
of GLB Plan Accounts Effective January 1, 2004 |
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13.09
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Merger
of Spencer-Patterson Plan Accounts Effective April 1, 2004 |
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13.10
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Spin-off
of Certain Frozen Plan Accounts Effective September 30,
1999 |
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52 |
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ARTICLE
XIV
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LOANS
AND IN-SERVICE
WITHDRAWALS
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53 |
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14.01
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Loans
to Participants |
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14.02
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Hardship
Distributions |
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14.03
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In-Service
Withdrawals Relating to the Adrian State Bank
Plan. |
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14.04
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Hardship
Distribution from Rollover Accounts |
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14.05
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In-Service
Withdrawals |
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ARTICLE
XV
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EMPLOYEE
STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
PROVISIONS
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15.01
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Employee
Stock Ownership Plan Portion |
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56 |
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15.02
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Operation
of Employee Stock Ownership Plan Portion. |
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15.03
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Election
to Receive Dividends on Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Portion. |
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15.04
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General
Rules |
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15.05
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Participants’
Right
to Vote Company Stock |
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15.06
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Employee
Stock Ownership Plan Requirements |
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15.07
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Disaggregation
of Employee Stock Ownership Plan Portion |
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58 |
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15.08
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Exempt
Loan |
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59 |
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ARTICLE
XVI
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MISCELLANEOUS
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16.01
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Participant’s
Rights |
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16.02
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Assignment
or Alienation of Benefits. |
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16.03
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Reversion
of Funds to Employer |
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16.04
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Action
by Company |
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16.05
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Allocation
of Responsibilities |
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16.06
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Construction
of Plan |
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16.07
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Gender
and Number |
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16.08
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Headings |
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16.09
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Incapacity |
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16.10
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Employee
Data |
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16.11
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Unclaimed
Amounts |
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16.12
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Reduction
for Overpayment |
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16.13
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Invalidity
of Certain Provisions |
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16.14
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Plan
Supplements |
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ARTICLE
XVII
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TOP
HEAVY
PROVISIONS
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17.01
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Definitions |
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17.02
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Determination
of Top Heavy Status |
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17.03
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Minimum
Contribution |
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17.04
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Minimum
Vesting |
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65 |
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ARTICLE
XVIII
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MINIMUM
DISTRIBUTION
REQUIREMENTS
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66 |
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18.01
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General
Rules. |
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18.02
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Time
and Manner of Distribution. |
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18.03
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Required
Minimum Distributions During Participant’s
Lifetime. |
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18.04
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Required
Minimum Distribution After Participant’s Death. |
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67 |
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18.05
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Definitions |
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EXECUTION
PAGE
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, on behalf of Sky
Financial Group, Inc., the undersigned officer has executed this amendment
and
restatement of the Sky Financial Group, Inc. Profit Sharing, 401(k) and ESOP
Plan, effective as of January 1, 2004.
Dated
this 6th
day of April, 2004.
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SKY
FINANCIAL GROUP,
INC.
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By:
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/s/
Thomas A.
Sciorilli
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Thomas
A.
Sciorilli
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Its:
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Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer
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(Seal) |
SKY
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
PROFIT SHARING, 401(K)
AND ESOP PLAN
(As
Amended and Restated
Effective January 1, 2004)
INTRODUCTION
The
Sky Financial Group Inc. Profit
Sharing, 401(k) and ESOP Plan (the “Plan”) was originally established as the Mid
American National Bank & Trust Company Profit Sharing Retirement Plan,
effective January 1, 1966. Effective July 1, 1989, Mid Am, Inc. (“Mid Am”)
assumed sponsorship of the Plan. Mid Am last amended and restated the Plan
effective January 1, 1995. Mid Am merged into Citizens Bancshares, Inc.
(“Citizens”) effective October 2, 1998 (the “Merger Date”), with the resulting
corporation renamed Sky Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”). The Company
became the sponsor of the Mid Am Inc. Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan on the
Merger Date.
Effective
January 1, 1999, the
Company amended and restated the Mid Am, Inc. Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan
as
the Sky Financial Group Inc. Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan. On this January
1,
1999 date, eligible employees of Citizens and The Ohio Bank, and eligible
employees of their respective subsidiaries, become eligible to participate
in
the Plan.
Prior
to June 30, 1999, a portion of
the Plan (the “ESOP Portion”) was invested in Qualifying Employer Securities and
designed to qualify as a stock bonus plan and an employee stock ownership plan
under Code Section 4975(e)(7) and the regulations thereunder. Effective June
30,
1999, the ESOP Portion of the Plan was spun-off and merged into the Sky
Financial Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Pension Plan (the “Sky ESOP”).
The
frozen Mid Am, Inc. Profit
Sharing and 401(k) Plan (the “Frozen Plan”) was merged into this Plan, and
effective September 30, 1999, the portion of the Plan containing Participant
Frozen Plan accounts invested in Sky Financial Group, Inc. common stock was
spun-off and merged into the Sky ESOP.
Effective
June 30, 2000, a portion
of the First Western Bancorp, Inc. 401(k) Profit-Sharing and Stock Bonus Plan
(the “First Western Plan”) was merged into, and amended and restated in the form
of, the Plan. Effective June 30, 2000, the portion of the First Western Plan
that was intended to constitute an employee stock ownership plan under Code
Section 4975(e)(7) was spun-off and merged into the Sky ESOP. Also effective
June 30, 2000, the remaining portion of the First Western Plan was amended,
restated and merged into this Plan.
Effective
July 1, 2000, the Picton
Cavanaugh, Inc. Profit-Sharing Retirement Plan (the “Picton Cavanaugh Plan”) was
merged into, and amended and restated in the form of, the Plan. Eligible
employees of Picton Cavanaugh, Inc. were eligible to participate in the Plan
beginning January 1, 2000.
Effective
August 1, 2000, The Ohio
Bank Employees’ Profit Sharing Plan (the “TOB Plan”) was merged into, and
amended and restated in the form of, the Plan. The Company acquired The Ohio
Bank in 1998, and The Ohio Bank became a participating Employer under this
Plan
effective January 1, 1999.
Effective
as of January 1, 2004, the
Company amended and restated the Plan as the Sky Financial Group Inc. Profit
Sharing, 401(k) and ESOP Plan. Also effective as of January 1, 2004, the Company
amended the Plan to add an employee stock ownership plan (“ESOP”) component
pursuant to Code Section 4975(e)(7), which is intended to be a stock bonus
plan
pursuant to Code Section 401(a). The ESOP is intended to invest primarily in
employer securities, within the meaning of Code Section 409(l), and the ESOP
and
profit sharing plan portions of this Plan are intended to constitute a single
plan under Treasury Regulations Section 1.414(l)-1(b)(1).
Effective
as of January 15, 2004,
the Sky Financial Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Pension Plan (the “Sky
ESOP”) was merged into, and amended and restated in the form of, the Plan. Also
effective as of January 15, 2004, the Sky ESOP was amended to cease any further
employer contributions and benefit accruals.
The
Sky ESOP was originally
established as the Mid Am, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Pension Plan, effective
on July 1, 1989. Prior to October 2, 1998, Mid Am, Inc. (“Mid Am”) maintained
the Mid Am Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Pension Plan (the “Mid Am ESOP”). Mid
Am merged into Citizens Bancshares, Inc. (“Citizens”) effective October 2, 1998
(the “Merger Date”), with the resulting corporation renamed Sky Financial Group,
Inc. The Company became the sponsor of the Mid Am ESOP Plan on the Merger Date,
and amended and completely restated the Mid Am ESOP Plan effective January
1,
1999 in the form of the Sky ESOP. Effective on the January 1, 1999 amendment
and
restatement date, the eligible employees of Citizens and The Ohio Bank, and
the
eligible employees of their respective subsidiaries, become eligible to
participate in the Sky ESOP. Prior to December 31, 2001 (the “Citizens ESOP
Merger Date”), the Company maintained the Citizens Bancshares, Inc. Employee
Stock Ownership Plan (the “Citizens ESOP”) for the benefit of current and former
employees who were employed by Citizens Bancshares, Inc. and its subsidiaries,
and their beneficiaries. Effective on the Citizens ESOP Merger Date, the
Citizens ESOP was merged into, and amended and restated in the form of the
Sky
ESOP.
Effective
January 1, 2004, the
Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company 401(k) Plan (the “Metropolitan Plan”) was
merged into, and amended and restated in the form of, the Plan. The Metropolitan
Plan was originally established effective January 1, 1992, and was last amended
and restated effective January 1, 2002. The Company acquired Metropolitan
Financial Corp. in 2003, and Metropolitan Financial Corp. became a participating
Employer under this Plan effective January 1, 2004.
Effective
January 1, 2004, the GLB
401(k) Plan (the “GLB Plan”) was merged into, and amended and restated in the
form of, the Plan. The Company acquired Great Lakes Bank in 2003, and Great
Lakes Bank became a participating Employer under this Plan effective January
1,
2004.
This
document is an amendment and
restatement of the Plan generally effective as of January 1, 2004, except as
and
to the extent otherwise provided herein. The Company intends that the Plan,
together with the Trust Agreement, meet all the pertinent requirements of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended, and shall be interpreted, wherever possible,
to comply with the terms of the Code and ERISA.
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ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
In
addition to other terms defined
elsewhere in this Plan document, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
1.01
Account or
Accounts.“Account” or “Accounts” means the record of a Participant’s
interest in the Trust Fund, including, where applicable, the Participant’s
Profit Sharing Contributions Account, 401(k) Contributions Account, Matching
Contributions Account, Safe Harbor Matching Contributions Account, Prior Plan
Account, Rollover Contributions Account, Frozen Plan Account, Dividend
Reinvestment Account and ESOP Account.
1.02
Acquired Employer.
“Acquired Employer” means any organization, corporate or otherwise,
that is acquired by the Company or a Related Entity, by purchase, merger,
consolidation or any other method, except for asset purchase.
1.03
Annual
Compensation.“Annual Compensation” means a Participant’s earned income,
wages, salaries, fees for professional services, and other amounts received
for
personal services actually rendered in the course of employment with the
Employers (including, but not limited to, commissions paid to salesmen,
compensation for services on the basis of a percentage of profits, commissions
on insurance premiums, tips and bonuses), but excluding the following:
(a)
Employer contributions to a plan
of deferred compensation, including this Plan, that are not included in the
Employee’s gross income for the taxable year in which contributed, Employee
contributions under a simplified employee pension plan to the extent such
contributions are deductible by the Employee or any distributions from a plan
of
deferred compensation.
(b)
Amounts realized from the
exercise of a non-qualified stock option, or when restricted stock (or property)
held by the Employee either becomes freely transferable or is no longer subject
to a substantial risk of forfeiture;
(c)
Amounts realized from the sale,
exchange or other disposition of stock acquired under an incentive stock option;
(d)
Reimbursements or other expense
allowances, fringe benefits (cash and noncash), moving expenses, deferred
compensation and welfare benefits (even if included in gross income); and
(e)
Other amounts that received
special tax benefits or contributions made by the Employer (whether or not
under
a salary reduction agreement) towards the purchase of an annuity described
in
Code Section 403(b) (whether or not the amounts are actually excludible from
the
gross income of the Employee).
Notwithstanding
paragraph (a) above,
Annual Compensation includes a Participant’s voluntary reductions in cash
consideration made in accordance with arrangements established by the Employer
under Code Sections 125, 132(f)(4) and 401(k).
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In
addition to other applicable
limitations set forth in the Plan, and notwithstanding any other provision
of
the Plan to the contrary, the Annual Compensation of each Employee taken into
account under the Plan shall not exceed the limit set forth in Code Section
401(a)(17)(A) ($205,000 for 2004), as adjusted by the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue for the cost-of-living in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(17)(B).
The cost-of-living adjustment in effect for a calendar year applies to any
period, not exceeding 12 months, over which Compensation is determined
(determination period) beginning in such calendar year. If a determination
period consists of fewer than 12 months, the annual compensation limit will
be
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months in
the
determination period, and the denominator of which is 12.
1.04
Annuity Starting
Date.“Annuity Starting Date” is defined in Section 6.04.
1.05
Applicable
Period. The “Applicable Period” is defined in Section 6.04.
1.06
Break in
Service.“Break in Service” means a Plan Year in which an Employee has
not completed more than 500 Hours of Service.
1.07
Change in Control.
“Change in Control” means the occurrence of any one or more of the
following events: (a) the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into
any other corporation and the Company is not the surviving corporation; (b)
in
excess of 24.99% of the outstanding Company Stock is owned, held or controlled
by an entity, person or group acting in concert with the power to control the
Company as that term is defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933,
as
amended; (c) the sale or exchange in excess of 24.99% of the assets of the
Company to an entity, person or group acting in concert; (d) the
recapitalization, reclassification of securities or reorganization of the
Company that has the effect of either subpart (b) or (c) above; (e) the issuance
by the Company of securities in an amount in excess of 24.99% of the outstanding
Company Stock to any entity, person or group acting in concert and intending
to
exercise control of the Company; or (f) the removal, termination or retirement
of more than 50% of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company during
any consecutive 12-month period.
1.08
Code.“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
1.09
Company.“Company” means Sky Financial Group, Inc.
1.10
Company Stock.
“Company Stock” means the common stock of Sky Financial Group, Inc.
1.11
Company Stock Fund.
“Company Stock Fund” means the Investment Fund established by the
Trustee within the Trust Fund that is designed to invest solely in shares of
Company Stock.
1.12
Disability.
“Disability” means a physical or mental condition of a Participant
resulting from a bodily injury or disease or mental disorder and incurred while
the Participant was in active employment with an Employer that results in the
Participant’s cessation of active employment and renders the Participant
eligible for benefits under the Company’s long-term disability plan.
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1.13
Dividend Reinvestment
Account. “Dividend Reinvestment Account” means a Participant’s Account
attributable to Company Stock purchased with dividends the Company pays on
Company Stock held in the Company Stock Funds.
1.14
Employee.
“Employee” means each and every person employed by an Employer who is
classified by an Employer as a common law employee; provided that, only
individuals who are paid as common law employees from the payroll of an Employer
shall be deemed to be Employees for purposes of the Plan. Any person who agrees
in writing with an Employer that he or she will not be a Participant will not
be
eligible to participate in the Plan.
For
purposes of this definition of
Employee, and notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan to the contrary,
individuals who are not classified by an Employer, in its discretion, as
employees under Code Section 3121(d) (including, but not limited to, individuals
classified by the Employer as independent contractors and non-employee
consultants) and individuals who are classified by an Employer, in its
discretion, as employees of any entity other than an Employer do not meet the
definition of Employee and are ineligible for benefits under the Plan, even
if
the classification by the Employer is determined to be erroneous, or is
retroactively revised. In the event the classification of an individual who
is
excluded from the definition of Employee under the preceding sentence is
determined by a third party to be erroneous or is retroactively revised, the
individual shall nonetheless continue to be excluded from the definition of
Employee and shall be ineligible for benefits for all periods prior to the
date
the Employer determines its classification of the individual is erroneous or
should be revised. The foregoing sets forth a clarification of the intention
of
the Company regarding participation in the Plan for any Plan Year, including
Plan Years prior the amendment of this definition of Employee.
No
person classified by an Employer
as a temporary, seasonal or summer employee shall be deemed to be an Employee.
No person who is classified by an Employer as an independent contractor shall
be
deemed to be an Employee. No person who is classified by an Employer as a
“leased employee” shall be deemed to be an Employee. “Leased employee” shall
mean any person who is not an Employee but who provides services to an Employer
if:
(a)
Such services are provided
pursuant to an agreement between the Employer and any leasing organization;
(b)
Such person has performed
services for the Employer (or for the Employer and any related person within
the
meaning of Code Section 414(n)(6)) on a substantially full-time basis for a
period of at least one (1) year; and
(c)
Such services are performed
under the primary direction or control of the Employer.
Except
as provided below, a “leased
employee” shall be treated as an employee of an Employer for nondiscrimination
testing and other purposes specified in Code Section 414(n). However,
contributions or benefits provided by the leasing organization that are
attributable to services performed for an Employer shall be treated as provided
by the Employer. A “leased employee” shall not be treated as an employee if such
“leased employee” is covered by a money purchase pension plan of the leasing
organization, and the number of leased employees does not
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constitute
more than 20% of the
Employers’ “non-highly compensated work force” as defined by Code Section
414(n)(5)(C). The money purchase pension plan of the leasing organization must
provide benefits equal to or greater than: (i) a non-integrated employer
contribution rate of at least 10% of compensation, (ii) immediate participation,
and (iii) full and immediate vesting.
1.15
Employer.“Employer” means any Related Entity with respect to the
Company that adopts this Plan pursuant to Article XII. The term also includes
the Company, unless the context otherwise requires.
1.16
Entry
Date.“Entry Date” means the first day of each calendar month in the
Plan Year.
1.17
ERISA.“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
1.18
Hour of
Service.“Hour of Service” means:
(a)
Each hour for which an Employee
is directly or indirectly paid or entitled to payment by either the Company
or
the Employer for the performance of duties;
(b)
Each hour for which an Employee
is directly or indirectly paid, or entitled to payment, by either the Company
or
the Employer for reasons (such as vacation, sickness, disability, or similar
leave of absence) other than for the performance of duties, and for military
leaves, maternity/paternity leaves or leaves for jury duty; and
(c)
Each hour for which back pay,
irrespective of mitigation of damages, has been either awarded or agreed to
by
either the Company or the Employer provided that the same Hours of Service
shall
not be credited under this Section (c) and Sections (a) or (b) above, as the
case may be.
(d)
An Employee shall also be
credited with one Hour of Service for each hour that otherwise would normally
have been credited to the Employee but during which such Employee is absent
from
work for any period (i) by reason of the Employee’s pregnancy, (ii) by reason of
the birth of the Employee’s child, (iii) by reason of the placement of a child
with such Employee in connection with an adoption of such child by the Employee
or (iv) for purposes of caring for a child for a period beginning immediately
following birth or placement, provided that an Employee shall be credited with
no more than 501 Hours of Service on account of any single continuous period
of
absence by reason of any such pregnancy, birth or placement and provided further
that Hours of Service credited to an individual on account of such a period
of
absence shall be credited only for the Break in Service computation period
in
which such absence begins if an Employee would otherwise fail to be credited
with 501 or more Hours of Service in such period or, in any other case, in
the
immediately following computation period.
Hours
of Service computed hereunder
shall be computed in accordance with Section 2530.200b-2(b) and (c) of the
Department of Labor Regulations, which is incorporated herein by reference.
In
no event shall more than 501 Hours of Service be credited for any one continuous
period of absence during or for which the employee receives payment for
nonperformance of duties whether or not such period occurs in a single
computation period.
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1.19
Investment
Fund.“Investment Fund” means the funds established from time to time by
the Plan Administrator in accordance with Section 9.02 for the investment of
Participants’ Accounts.
1.20
Named
Fiduciary.“Named Fiduciary” means a fiduciary named in this document,
or who, pursuant to a procedure specified in the Plan, is identified as a Named
Fiduciary.
1.21
Normal Retirement
Age.“Normal Retirement Age” means age 65 years.
1.22
Normal Retirement
Date.“Normal Retirement Date” means the first day of the month
coinciding with or next following the date on which a Participant attains Normal
Retirement Age. If an Employee first performs an Hour of Service after attaining
age 65, his or her Normal Retirement Date shall be the date of hire.
1.23
Participant.“Participant” means an Employee who has satisfied the
eligibility requirements for the participation in the Plan.
1.24
Plan.“Plan”
means the Sky Financial Group, Inc. Profit Sharing, 401(k) and ESOP
Plan.
1.25
Plan
Administrator.“Plan Administrator” means the Sky Financial Group, Inc.
Benefit Plans Committee (the “Committee”). The Plan Administrator shall be the
Plan’s Named Fiduciary. The Plan Administrator shall have no responsibility for
the custody or management of the Trust Fund.
1.26
Plan
Year.“Plan Year” means the 12-month period beginning on January 1 and
ending on the following December 31 of each year.
1.27
Qualified
Election.“Qualified Election” is defined in Section 6.04(e).
1.28
Qualifying Employer
Securities.“Qualifying Employer Securities” means an Employer security
that is common stock issued by the Company having a combination of voting power
and dividend rights equal to or in excess of the class of Company common stock
having the greatest voting power and the class of Company common stock having
the greatest dividend rights, within the meaning of Code Section 4975(e)(8).
1.29
Related
Entity.“Related Entity” means: (a) all corporations that are members
with the Company in a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of
Code Section 1563(a), determined without regard to Code Sections 1563(a)(4)
and
(e)(3)(c); (b) all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) that
are
under common control with the Company as determined by regulations promulgated
under Code Section 414(c); (c) all trades or businesses that are members of
an
affiliated service group with the Company within the meaning of Code Section
414(m); and (d) any other entity required to be aggregated with the Company
in
accordance with regulations under Code Section 414(o); provided, however, for
purposes of Article VII, the definition shall be modified to substitute the
phrase “more than 50%” for the phrase “at least 80%” each place it appears in
Code Section 1563(a)(1). The term “Related Entity” shall include the predecessor
of the Company and any Related Entity.
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1.30
Sky ESOP.“Sky
ESOP” means the Sky Financial Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Pension Plan
that was merged into, and amended and restated in the form of, the Plan,
effective as of January 15, 2004.
1.31
Spouse.“Spouse” means the person to whom a Participant is legally
married as determined under the Defense of Marriage Act.
1.32
Trust.“Trust”
means one or more Trusts established to fund the Plan. The Trustee
shall receive
any contributions paid to it. All contributions so received together with the
income thereon shall be held, managed and administered in the Trust pursuant
to
the terms of the Plan.
1.33
Trustee.“Trustee” means Sky Trust, N.A. The Trustee shall have the
authority and discretion to manage and control the assets of the Plan. The
Trustee is a Named Fiduciary.
1.34
Trust
Fund.“Trust Fund” means all assets of whatever kind or nature held by
the Trustee pursuant to the terms of the Plan, unless indicated otherwise.
The
Trust Fund may consist of more than one trust agreement with more than one
Trustee.
1.35
Valuation
Date.“Valuation Date” shall mean each business day on which the Nasdaq
Stock Market is open.
1.36
Year of
Service. For purposes of determining eligibility to participate in the
Plan in accordance with Sections 2.01(b) and 2.01(c) hereof, “Year of Service”
means a 12-consecutive month period, commencing on the date of an Employee’s
first Hour of Service with an Employer, during which the Employee is
continuously employed by an Employer.
(a)
For purposes of determining a
Participant’s nonforfeitable interest pursuant to Section 5.03, “Year of
Service” means a Plan Year during which such Participant is credited with at
least 1,000 Hours of Service. For purposes of Section 5.03, a Participant will
be credited with a Year of Service if the Participant completes 1,000 Hours
of
Service during said period, even though the Participant is not employed for
the
full 12-month period.
(b)
An Employee who does not
initially meet the eligibility requirements of Section 2.01 and later becomes
a
Participant will have all Years of Service counted for Plan purposes, both
prior
to and subsequent to becoming a Participant, subject to paragraphs (e) and
(f)
below.
(c)
In the event a terminated
Participant is re-hired by an Employer, all Years of Service with an Employer
shall be counted for purposes of Sections 2.01 and 5.03 hereof, subject to
paragraphs (e) and (f) below.
(d)
Solely for purposes of
determining a Participant’s nonforfeitable interest pursuant to Section 5.03
hereof, “Year of Service” means any Plan Year during which an individual was a
leased employee (as defined in Code Section 414(n)) of the Company or any entity
that must be aggregated with the Company under Code Sections 414(b), (c) or
(m)
and during which the individual earned at least 1,000 Hours of Service.
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(e)
If a Participant who has no
nonforfeitable rights under Article V has five consecutive Breaks in Service,
then the Plan shall not take into account Years of Service after such
consecutive Breaks in Service for purposes of determining the nonforfeitable
percentage of the Participant’s Accounts that accrued before the Break in
Service.
(f)
If a Participant who has no
nonforfeitable rights incurs a Break in Service for the greater of (i) five
or
more consecutive Plan Years or (ii) the Participant’s accumulated Years of
Service prior to the Break in Service, then the Plan shall not take into account
Years of Service prior to such consecutive Breaks in Service for the purpose
of
determining the nonforfeitable percentage of the Participant’s Accounts that
accrues after the Break in Service.
(g)
Effective for Plan Years
beginning on and after January 1, 2001, all hours, years and/or other periods
of
service that an Employee had with an Acquired Employer shall be credited toward
Years of Service under the terms and conditions of this Section solely for
purposes of determining the Employee’s (i) eligibility to participate in the
Plan under Section 2.01, and (ii) nonforfeitable interest in his or her Accounts
under Section 5.03.
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ARTICLE
II
ELIGIBILITY
2.01
Eligibility.
Subject to the terms of this Section 2.01 and the remainder of the Plan, each
Employee who was a Participant in the Plan as of December 31, 2003, shall
continue to participate in the Plan on and after January 1, 2004. Each other
Employee will become a Participant according to the following:
(a)
Each Employee shall be eligible
to make 401(k) Contributions provided for under Section 3.02 hereof and receive
Employer Matching Contributions provided for under Section 3.03, beginning
with
the first day the Employee completes an Hour of Service, or on the first Entry
Date thereafter, if the Employee meets both of the following requirements:
(i)
the Employee has attained age 18
years; and
(ii)
the Employee is not a member of
a collective bargaining unit unless the collective bargaining agreement between
the Employer and the union provides for participation in this Plan.
(b)
Except as set forth below, with
respect to ESOP Contributions provided for under Section 3.05 of the Plan,
each
Employee shall participate in the Plan on the first Entry Date coincident with
or next following the date the Employee meets all of the following requirements:
(i)
the Employee is credited with
one Year of Service;
(ii)
the Employee has attained age
18 years;
(iii)
the Employee is not a member
of a collective bargaining unit unless the collective bargaining agreement
between the Employer and the union provides for participation in this Plan;
and
(iv)
the Employee is not subject to
an employment agreement that provides that the Employee is not entitled to
contributions under an employer-sponsored profit sharing or employee stock
ownership plan.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, an
Employee who completes the requirements of this Section 2.01(b) during the
month
of December in a Plan Year shall be eligible to participate in the Plan as
of
the December 1 in that Plan Year.
(c)
Except as set forth below, with
respect to Profit Sharing Contributions provided for under Section 3.04 of
the
Plan, each Employee shall participate in the Plan on the first Entry Date
coincident with or next following the date the Employee meets all of the
following requirements:
(i)
the Employee is credited with
one Year of Service;
(ii)
the Employee has attained age
18 years; and
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(iii)
the Employee is not a member
of a collective bargaining unit unless the collective bargaining agreement
between the Employer and the union provides for participation in this Plan.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no
Employee of Sky Insurance, Inc. or of any company acquired by Sky Insurance,
Inc. by purchase, merger, consolidation or any other method will be eligible
to
receive Profit Sharing Contributions provided for under Section 3.04 of the
Plan, unless such Employee’s employment agreement explicitly provides for such
contributions.
Also
notwithstanding the foregoing,
an Employee who completes the requirements of this Section 2.01(c) during the
month of December in a Plan Year shall be eligible to participate in the Plan
as
of the December 1 in that Plan Year.
2.02
Eligibility Upon
Re-employment. A former Participant, or former Employee who met the
eligibility requirements of Sections 2.01(b) or 2.01(c) for participation in
the
Plan at the time he or she terminated employment, and who is subsequently
rehired by an Employer, shall participate in the Plan on the Entry Date
coinciding with or next following his or her re-employment by the Employer,
if
the Employee then meets the requirements for participation described in Section
2.01.
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ARTICLE
III
CONTRIBUTIONS
3.01
Employer
Contributions. The Plan is designed to qualify as a profit sharing plan
for purposes of Code Sections 401(a), 402, 412 and 417. The Employer may make
contributions to the Plan without regard to current or accumulated earnings
and
profits for any taxable year or years ending with or within such Plan Year.
Prior
to January 1, 1999, Employers’
Profit Sharing Contributions were made and invested solely in Qualifying
Employer Securities. On and after January 1, 1999, Employers’ Profit Sharing
Contributions could be made in cash. Each Participant’s Profit Sharing
Contributions Account as of December 31, 1998 (including any Profit Sharing
Contribution for the 1998 Plan Year), was renamed the Participant’s “ESOP
Account” effective January 1, 1999, and a new Profit Sharing Contributions
Account was established for each Participant on January 1, 1999, pursuant to
Section 4.01. Effective June 30, 1999, the portion of the Plan consisting of
all
ESOP Accounts was spun off from this Plan and merged into the Sky ESOP.
3.02
401(k)
Contributions. Each Employee who becomes eligible to participate may
elect to defer a percentage of his or her Annual Compensation for each pay
period that he or she remains a Participant in accordance with procedures
established by the Plan Administrator. The Participant’s election shall be made
at such time and in such manner as the Plan Administrator shall determine.
The
Participant’s election shall remain in effect until revoked or superseded by a
subsequent election pursuant to procedures established by the Plan
Administrator.
(a)
Amount. A
Participant may specify a 401(k) Contribution amount equal to any whole
percentage of his or her Annual Compensation; provided that a Participant may
not elect a 401(k) Contribution from his or her annual salary of more than
seventy-five percent (75%) of such annual salary (or such other maximum
percentage as the Plan Administrator may from time to time specify).
(b)
Change. A
Participant may change the specified percentage of 401(k) Contributions at
any
time, but not retroactively, by making a revised election, unless the Plan
Administrator shall specify that changes are permitted less frequently.
(c)
Suspension. A
Participant may suspend his or her election to make 401(k) Contributions at
any
time, but not retroactively.
(d)
Compensation
Reduction. A Participant’s Annual Compensation for a Plan Year shall be
reduced by the amount of the 401(k) Contribution that the Participant elects
for
such Plan Year.
(e)
Election. All
elections shall be made at the time, in the manner, and subject to the
conditions specified by the Plan Administrator, who shall prescribe uniform
and
nondiscriminatory rules for such elections.
(f)
Timing of
Contributions. The Employers shall pay over to the Trust Fund all
Participants’ 401(k) Contributions made under this Section 3.02 with respect to
a Plan Year as of the earliest day on which such amounts can reasonably be
segregated from the Employer’s
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general
assets; provided, however
that such contributions shall be made no later than the fifteenth business
day
of the month following the date on which such amounts would otherwise have
been
payable to the Participant in cash, or as of such earlier or later date (in
the
case of any available extensions of time) as may be required or permitted by
regulations issued pursuant to ERISA. Contributions made by Employers under
this
Section shall be allocated to the 401(k) Accounts of the Participants from
whose
Annual Compensation the contributions were withheld in an amount equal to the
amount withheld. Such contributions shall be deemed to be employer contributions
made on behalf of Participants to a qualified cash or deferred arrangement
(within the meaning of Code Section 401(k)(2)).
(g)
Nondiscrimination
Limitations. For each Plan Year in which the Employer makes Safe Harbor
Matching Contributions pursuant to Section 3.03 that satisfy the requirements
of
Code Sections 401(k)(12), Sections 8.01 through 8.04 hereof will not apply.
In
any Plan Year in which the Employer does not make Safe Harbor Matching
Contributions pursuant to Section 3.03 that comply with Code Section 401(k)(12),
Sections 8.01 through 8.04 hereof will apply.
(h)
Exclusion
Limitations. Except as provided herein, the Employer shall contribute
to the Plan on behalf of the Participant the full amount of the 401(k)
Contribution authorized by each Participant. In no event, however, shall a
Participant’s 401(k) Contributions to the Plan for any calendar year exceed the
“Applicable Dollar Amount” specified in Code Section 402(g)(1)(B) ($13,000 for
2004). The Employer shall automatically discontinue 401(k) Contributions for
the
remainder of the year on behalf of a Participant who reaches this limitation.
If
due to a mistake in fact, a 401(k) Contribution in excess of the Applicable
Dollar Amount is allocated in a calendar year to the 401(k) Contribution Account
of any Participant, the expectation is that the Trustee will return to such
Participant the portion of his or her 401(k) Contribution in excess of the
Applicable Dollar Amount plus any earnings and less any losses attributable
to
such excess not later than the April 15 immediately following the calendar
year
during which such excess contribution was made. If in a calendar year a
Participant’s 401(k) Contributions under the Plan, when aggregated with any
other elective deferrals made by such Participant in such calendar year to
any
other qualified retirement plan under Code Sections 401(k), 403(b), 408(k)
and
414(p), whether or not maintained by an Employer, would otherwise exceed the
Applicable Dollar Amount, such Participant may before the March 1 immediately
following such calendar year notify the Plan Administrator in writing as to
the
portion of the amount in excess of the Applicable Dollar Amount to be allocated
to the Plan, and the Plan Administrator may, but is not required to, direct
the
Trustee to pay to such Participant the amount of the excess that was allocated
to the Plan by such Participant plus any earnings allocated to such excess
amount before the April 15 immediately following the calendar year during which
the excess contribution was made. The Applicable Dollar Amount contained in
this
Section shall be automatically adjusted in accordance with Code Sections
402(g)(4).
3.03
Matching
Contributions. For each pay period beginning on or after the first
Entry Date on which the Participant has satisfied the eligibility requirements
of Section 2.01(a) the Employer shall contribute to the Trust Fund on behalf
of
each Participant an amount equal to (i) 100% of the first 3% of the 401(k)
Contributions for the pay period, and (ii) 50% of the next 2% of 401(k)
Contributions made for the pay period. Matching Contributions made pursuant
to
this Section 3.03 shall be deemed “Safe Harbor Matching Contributions” and are
intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Sections 401(k)(12) and 401(m)(11).
For each Plan Year in
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which
the Employer makes Safe Harbor
Matching Contributions pursuant to this Section 3.03 that satisfy the
requirements of Code Sections 401(m)(11), Sections 8.01 through 8.04 hereof
will
not apply. Matching Contributions shall be periodically contributed by the
Employer to the Trust Fund in accordance with the Employer’s established payroll
procedures in a manner uniformly applied to all Participants similarly situated.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no
later than the end of each Plan Year, if any Participant’s account was not
credited with the full amount of Matching Contributions to which he or she
was
entitled under the terms of the Plan (for example, where the Participant did
not
make 401(k) Contributions of at least 3% during a pay period because such
Participant had already made 401(k) Contributions for the Plan Year up to the
limit prescribed under Code Section 402(g)), such Participant shall receive
an
adjusted Matching Contribution as soon as administratively feasible after
December 31 of such Plan Year. The adjusted Matching Contribution shall equal
the amount that would have been credited on behalf of the Participant under
the
terms of the Plan absent the fact that the Participant did not make 401(k)
Contributions of at least 3% during a pay period, less the amount actually
credited to him or her.
(a)
Nondiscrimination
Limitations. Contributions to a Participant’s Matching Contributions
Account must meet the nondiscrimination requirements of Code Section 401(m)
pursuant to Section 8.03 hereof.
(b)
Timing of
Contributions. Matching Contributions shall be periodically contributed
by the Employer to the Trust Fund in accordance with the Employer’s established
payroll procedures in a manner uniformly applied to all Participants similarly
situated.
3.04
Profit Sharing
Contributions. Each year the Employers may make a Profit Sharing
Contribution to the Trust Fund in such amounts as the Company, in its sole
discretion, shall determine. Profit Sharing Contributions shall be held and
administered in trust by the Trustee according to the terms and conditions
of
the Plan and Trust. To the extent that the Trust has obligations arising from
an
extension of credit to the Trust that is payable in cash within one year of
the
date of the Employer’s contribution is made, such contribution will be paid to
the Trust in cash. Any such contribution shall be allocated in accordance with
Section 4.02 hereof, to those Participants eligible to receive such contribution
in accordance with Section 2.01(c).
The
Employer’s Profit Sharing
Contribution, if any, shall be made to the Trustee in full within such time
as
may be permitted for Federal Income Tax purposes to obtain a deduction for
the
contribution by the Employer for such taxable year.
3.05
ESOP
Contributions. Each year the Employer will make an ESOP Contribution to
the Trust Fund on behalf of each Participant eligible to receive such
contribution, including a Participant who continues in the employ of the
Employer after his or her Normal Retirement Date, in an amount equal to three
percent (3%) of the eligible Participant’s Annual Compensation. ESOP
Contributions shall be held and administered in trust by the Trustee according
to the terms and conditions of the Plan and Trust. Any such contribution shall
be allocated in accordance with Section 4.02 hereof, to those Participants
eligible to receive such contribution in accordance with Section 2.01(b).
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ESOP
Contributions will be paid in
cash or shares of Company Stock. Shares of Company Stock will be valued at
their
current fair market value. To the extent that the Trust has obligations arising
from an extension of credit to the Trust which is payable in cash within one
year of the date the Employer’s contribution is made, such contribution will be
paid to the Trust in cash.
The
annual contribution of the
Employer shall be made to the Trustee in full within such time as may be
permitted for Federal Income Tax purposes to obtain a deduction for the
contribution by the Employer for such taxable year.
3.06
Catch-Up
Contributions. The Plan will permit each “Catch-Up Eligible
Participant” to make 401(k) Contributions in excess of the applicable limits set
forth in paragraph (c) below (“Catch-Up Contributions”) in any Plan Year.
Catch-up Contributions may be pro-rated over the course of the Plan Year and
shall only be available if a Participant’s 401(k) Contribution election would
cause the Participant to exceed the applicable limits set forth in paragraph
(c)
below. Whether a contribution by a Participant qualifies as a Catch-up
Contribution will be determined at the end of the Plan Year, and any
Contribution that was intended to be a Catch-up Contribution but fails to
qualify as such shall be recharacterized as a 401(k) Contribution.
(a)
The Plan shall not permit a
Participant to make Catch-Up Contributions in any Plan Year that exceed the
lesser of:
(i)
the applicable dollar limit
prescribed by Code Section 414(v) (e.g., $3,000 for Plan Year 2004); and
(ii)
the excess (if any) of (A) the
Participant’s compensation (as defined in Code Section 415(c)(3)) for the year,
over (B) any other 401(k) Contributions the Catch-Up Eligible Participant makes
for the Plan Year, other than Catch-Up Contributions under this Section 3.06.
(b)
Catch-Up Contributions to the
Plan under this Section 3.06 shall not, with respect to the Plan Year in which
the contribution is made:
(i)
be taken into account in
applying the limits of Code Sections 401(a)(30), 401(k)(11), 402(h), 402A(c)(2),
403(b)(1)(E), 404(h), 408(k), 408(p), 415 or 457 to other contributions or
benefits under the Plan or under any other plan of the Employers;
(ii)
cause the Plan to be treated as
failing to meet the requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(4), 401(k)(3),
401(k)(8), 402(g), 403(b)(12), 408(k), 410(b) or 416 by reason of the making
of
(or the right to make) Catch-Up Contributions.
For
all other purposes of the Plan,
Catch-Up Contributions shall be treated as 401(k) Contributions.
(c)
For purposes of this Section
3.06, the term “Catch-Up Eligible Participant” means, with respect to any Plan
Year, each Participant in the Plan who: (i) has attained, or will attain, age
50
before the close of the Plan Year, and (ii) who is otherwise eligible to make
401(k)
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Elections
during the Plan Year,
except by reason of the application of any limitation or other restriction
described in Code Section 401(a)(30), 402(h), 403(b)(1)(E), 404(h), 408(k),
408(p), 415, 457, 401(k)(8)(C) or 408(k)(6) or any comparable limitation or
restriction contained in the terms of the Plan.
3.07
Catch-Up Matching
Contributions. Effective for Plan Years beginning after December 31,
2001, each Employer may contribute for each Catch-Up Eligible Participant in
its
employ at the end of the Plan Year an amount (“Catch-Up Matching Contributions”)
based on the Catch-Up Contributions, if any, made by the Catch-Up Eligible
Participant during such Plan Year. Each Employer will determine the amount
of
any Catch-Up Matching Contribution in its discretion, subject to the limitations
described in Section 7.02. Any Catch-Up Matching Contributions shall be paid
to
the Trustee no later than the time required for the filing of the Employer’s
federal income tax returns for its fiscal year in which such Plan Year ends,
including extensions of time thereof. For all other purposes of the Plan,
Catch-Up Matching Contributions shall be treated as Matching Contributions.
3.08
Rollover
Contributions. The Trustee may accept transfers on behalf of a
Participant from:
(a)
a qualified pension, profit
sharing or stock bonus plan maintained by a former employer of the Participant;
(b)
a previously qualified pension,
profit sharing or stock bonus plan maintained by the Employer;
(c)
a “rollover” Individual
Retirement Account as that term is defined in Code Section 408(d)(3)(A)(ii);
(d)
a plan in which assets are held
on behalf of an Owner-Employee as defined in Code Section 401(c)(3), which
satisfies the applicable requirements of Code Sections 401(a) and 401(d) and
with respect thereto: (i) the transferred funds shall be maintained in separate
accounts in the name of the respective Participants; and (ii) a Participant’s
interest in the separate account shall be nonforfeitable;
(e)
an annuity contract described in
Code Section 403(b); or
(f)
an eligible plan under Code
Section 457(b) that is maintained by a state, political subdivision of a state,
or any agency or instrumentality of a state or political subdivision of a state.
Notwithstanding
the above, no direct
transfer may be made from a plan maintained by the Company that is subject
to
the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(11)(A).
3.09
Special Rules Relating
to Veterans Re-employment Rights Under USERRA. Effective December 12,
1994, the following special provisions shall apply to an Employee or Participant
who is re-employed in accordance with the re-employment provisions of the
Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act (USERRA) following
a
period of qualifying military service (as determined under USERRA):
(a)
Each period of qualifying
military service served by an Employee or Participant shall, upon such
re-employment with an Employer, be deemed to constitute service with the
Employer for all purposes of the Plan.
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(b)
The Participant shall be
permitted to make up 401(k) Contributions missed during the period of qualifying
military service. The Participant shall have a period of time beginning on
the
date of the Participant’s re-employment with an Employer following his or her
period of qualifying military service and extending over the lesser of (i)
the
Participant’s period of qualifying military service multiplied by three, and
(ii) 5 years, to make up such missed 401(k) Contributions.
(c)
If the re-employed Participant
elects to make up 401(k) Contributions in accordance with paragraph (b) above,
the Employer shall make any Matching Contributions that would have been made
on
behalf of such Participant had the Participant made such 401(k) Contributions
during the period of qualifying military service.
(d)
If the Employer made any Profit
Sharing Contributions to the Plan during the period of qualifying military
service, the Employer shall make a Profit Sharing Contribution on behalf of
the
Participant upon the Participant’s re-employment following his or her period of
qualifying military service, in the amount that would have been made on behalf
of such Participant had the Participant been employed during the period of
qualifying military service.
(e)
If the Employer made any ESOP
Contributions to the Plan during the period of qualifying military service,
the
Employer shall make an ESOP Contribution on behalf of the Participant upon
the
Participant’s re-employment following his or her period of qualifying military
service, in the amount that would have been made on behalf of such Participant
had the Participant been employed during the period of qualifying military
service.
(f)
The Plan shall not (i) credit
earnings to a Participant’s Accounts with respect to any 401(k) or Matching
Contribution before such contribution is actually made, or (ii) make up any
allocation of forfeitures, with respect to the period of qualifying military
service. A re-employed Participant shall be entitled to accrued benefits
attributable to 401(k) Contributions only if such contributions are actually
made.
(g)
For all purposes under the Plan,
including an Employer’s liability for making contributions on behalf of a
re-employed Participant as described above, the Participant shall be treated
as
having received Annual Compensation from the Employer based on the rate of
Annual Compensation the Participant would have received during the period of
qualifying military service, or if that rate is not reasonably certain, on
the
basis of the Participant’s average rate of Annual Compensation during the
12-month period immediately preceding such period.
(h)
If a Participant makes a 401(k)
Contribution or the Employer makes a Matching Contribution in accordance with
the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.09:
(i)
such contributions shall not be
subject to any otherwise applicable limitation under Code Section 402(g), 404(a)
or 415, and shall not be taken into account in applying such limitations to
other Participant or Employer contributions under the Plan or any other plan
with respect to the year in which such contributions are made, and such
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contributions
shall be subject to
these limitations only with respect to the year to which such contributions
relate and only in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Internal
Revenue Service; and
(ii)
the Plan shall not be treated
as failing to meet the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(4), 401(a)(26),
401(k)(3), 401(k)(11), 401(k)(12), 401(m), 410(b) or 416 by reason of such
contributions.
3.10
Automatic 401(k)
Contributions. The Company may, in its sole discretion, implement an
automatic 401(k) Contribution feature as to all Employees who first become
eligible under Section 2.01(a) of the Plan, effective as of any date the Company
specifies in the future. Pursuant to this automatic 401(k) Contribution feature,
the Plan Administrator will withhold a 401(k) Contribution amount equal to
3% of
the Annual Compensation of each Employee who first becomes eligible under
Section 2.01(a) after the effective date the Company specifies for the automatic
401(k) Contribution feature, as if the Participant had elected to defer that
percentage of his or her Annual Compensation for each pay period. The
Participant’s deemed election shall remain in effect until the Participant files
a subsequent election revoking or superseding the deemed election, pursuant
to
procedures established by the Plan Administrator.
(a)
A Participant may suspend his or
her deemed election to make 401(k) Contributions at any time, but not
retroactively. A Participant may change the deemed election percentage at any
time, but not retroactively, by making a revised election, unless the Plan
Administrator specifies that changes are permitted less frequently.
(b)
401(k) Contributions deemed
authorized by each Participant and contributed by the Employer pursuant to
Section 3.02 hereof, shall be credited to the Participant’s 401(k) Contributions
Account. If the Participant does not direct the manner in which such
Contributions are to be invested among the Investment Funds, the Plan
Administrator shall specify an Investment Fund or Funds into which such
Contributions will be invested.
(c)
The Company intends that this
Section 3.05 comply, and be administered in accordance with, the provisions
of
Revenue Ruling 2000-8, and any successor Revenue Ruling thereto.
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ARTICLE
IV
ALLOCATIONS
4.01
Participant Accounts.
The Plan Administrator shall direct the Trustee to maintain such
separate Accounts for each Participant as the Plan Administrator shall from
time
to time determine, including the following:
(a)
Profit
Sharing
Contributions Account. The amount of the Employer’s Profit Sharing
Contribution to the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof and allocated
pursuant to Section 4.02(a) hereof, and any amount allocated to a Participant’s
Profit Sharing Account pursuant to Article XIII, together with such
Participant’s share of all income, gains and accumulations thereon, shall be
credited and losses debited to each Participant’s Profit Sharing Contributions
Account.
(b)
401(k)
Contributions
Account. 401(k) Contributions authorized by each Participant and
contributed by the Employer pursuant to Section 3.02 or 3.06 hereof, and any
amount allocated to a Participant’s 401(k) Contributions Account pursuant to
Article XIII, together with such Participant’s share of all income, gains and
accumulations thereon, shall be credited and losses debited to each
Participant’s 401(k) Contributions Account.
(c)
Matching
Contributions
Account. Matching Contributions made by the Employer pursuant to
Section 3.03 or 3.07 hereof, and any amount allocated to a Participant’s
Matching Contribution Account pursuant to Article XIII, together with such
Participant’s share of all income, gains and accumulations thereon, shall be
credited and losses debited to such Participant’s Matching Contributions
Account. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Safe Harbor Matching Contributions
made
on or after January 1, 2003, pursuant to Section 3.03 hereof, together with
such
Participant’s share of all income, gains and accumulations thereon, shall be
credited and losses debited to such Participant’s Safe Harbor Matching
Contributions Account, which will be a subaccount of his or her Matching
Contributions Account.
(d)
Prior
Plan
Account. Amounts transferred from a previous qualified plan of an
Employer, together with such Participant’s share of income, gains and
accumulations thereon, shall be credited and losses debited to each
Participant’s Prior Plan Account.
(e)
Rollover
Contributions
Account. Rollover Contributions made by a Participant pursuant to
Section 3.08 hereof, together with such Participant’s shares of all income,
gains and accumulations thereon, shall be credited and losses debited to such
Participant’s Rollover Contributions Account.
(f)
Frozen
Plan
Account. Amounts transferred to this Plan as a result of the merger of
the frozen Mid Am, Inc. Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan (the “Frozen Plan”) into
this Plan, and remaining in this Plan under the terms of Section 13.10, together
with such Participant’s share of income, gains and accumulations thereon, shall
be credited and losses debited to each Participant’s Frozen Plan Account.
(g)
ESOP
Account.
The amount of the Employer’s ESOP Contribution to the Trust Fund pursuant to
Section 3.05 hereof and allocated pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof, and any
amount allocated to a Participant’s ESOP Account pursuant to Section 13.01,
together with such Participant’s share of all income, gains and accumulations
thereon, shall be credited and losses debited to each Participant’s ESOP
Account.
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4.02
Allocation of Profit
Sharing Contributions. Effective as of the last day of each Plan Year,
any amount contributed by the Employers pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof shall
be
allocated and credited to the Profit Sharing Contributions Account of each
eligible Participant. An allocation will be made only if the Participant was
employed by the Employer on the last day of such Plan Year and was credited
with
at least 1,000 Hours of Service during such Plan Year, except that any
Participant who incurred a Disability, died or terminated employment with the
Employer on or after attaining Normal Retirement Age during such Plan Year
shall
receive an allocation.
Allocations
of Profit Sharing
Contributions shall be determined in the same proportion that such Participant’s
Annual Compensation bears to the total Annual Compensation of all Participants
eligible to share in the Employers’ Profit Sharing Contribution for such Plan
Year. For this purpose, Annual Compensation shall (i) only include compensation
earned while the Participant was an Employee of an Employer, and (ii) include
compensation for the entire Plan Year, even if the Participant first became
a
Participant during the Plan Year.
4.03
Allocation of ESOP
Contributions. Effective as of the last day of each Plan Year, any
amount contributed by the Employers pursuant to Section 3.05 hereof shall be
allocated and credited to the ESOP Account of each eligible Participant. An
allocation will be made only if the Participant was employed by the Employer
on
the last day of such Plan Year and was credited with at least 1,000 Hours of
Service during such Plan Year, except that any Participant who incurred a
Disability, died or terminated employment with the Employer on or after
attaining Normal Retirement Age during such Plan Year shall receive an
allocation.
Allocations
of ESOP Contributions
shall be determined in the same proportion that such Participant’s Annual
Compensation bears to the total Annual Compensation of all Participants eligible
to share in the Employers’ ESOP Contribution for such Plan Year. For this
purpose, Annual Compensation shall (i) only include compensation earned while
the Participant was an Employee of an Employer, and (ii) include compensation
for the entire Plan Year, even if the Participant first became a Participant
during the Plan Year.
4.04
Allocation of 401(k)
Contributions. All 401(k) Contributions made by the Employers pursuant
to Section 3.02 for any pay period shall be allocated and credited to the 401(k)
Contributions Account of each eligible Participant who made 401(k) Contributions
for that pay period, according to such Participant’s 401(k) Contributions for
the pay period. All Catch-Up Contributions made by the Employer pursuant to
Section 3.06 for any pay period shall be allocated and credited to the 401(k)
Contributions Account of each Catch-Up Eligible Participant who made Catch-Up
Contributions for that pay period, according to such Catch-Up Eligible
Participant’s Catch-Up Contributions for the pay period.
4.05
Allocation of Matching
Contributions. Any Matching Contributions made by the Employers
pursuant to Section 3.03 or 3.07 for any pay period shall be allocated and
credited to the Matching Contributions Account of each eligible Participant
who
made 401(k) Contributions for that pay period, according to such Participant’s
401(k) Contributions for the
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pay
period. Any Catch-Up Matching
Contributions made by the Employers pursuant to Section 3.07 for any pay period
shall be allocated and credited to the Matching Contributions Account of each
eligible Participant who made Catch-Up Contributions for that period. Such
allocations shall be determined in the same proportion that such Participant’s
Annual Compensation bears to the total Annual Compensation of all Participant’s
eligible to share in the Employer’s Catch-Up Matching Contribution for such pay
period. For this purpose, Annual Compensation shall (i) only include
compensation earned while the Participant was an Employee of an Employer, and
(ii) include compensation for the entire Plan Year, even if the Participant
first became a Participant during the Plan Year.
4.06
Allocation of
Investment Gain or Loss. Any net gain or net loss resulting from the
operation of the Investment Funds of the Trust for such year, determined in
accordance with Article IX hereof, shall be allocated by the Trustee to the
respective Participant’s Accounts in proportion to the value of the respective
interests in the Investment Fund immediately preceding such revaluation.
4.07
Allocation of Cash
Dividends. Cash dividends on Company Stock allocated to a Participant’s
Company Stock Funds shall be credited to the Participant’s Dividend Reinvestment
Account, to the extent the Cash Dividends are not distributed directly to the
Participant outside of the Plan pursuant to a Dividend Payment Election under
Section 15.03.
4.08
Valuations.
The Trust Fund and each Investment Fund shall be valued by the Trustee at fair
market value as of each Valuation Date. The “adjusted net worth” of an
Investment Fund as of any Valuation Date means the net worth of that Investment
Fund as determined by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the
Trust
Agreement.
4.09
Allocation of Gain or
Loss. Any increase or decrease in the market value of each Investment
Fund of the Trust Fund since the preceding Valuation Date and all income earned,
expenses incurred and realized profits and losses, shall be determined in
accordance with accounting methods uniformly and consistently applied and shall
be added to or deducted from the Account of each Participant based on the amount
of a Participant’s Account in such Investment Fund at the prior Valuation Date
in accordance with non-discriminatory procedures and rules adopted by the Plan
Administrator. Before reallocation, the Accounts of the Participants shall
be
reduced by any payments made thereon in the period. At the Plan Administrator’s
discretion uniformly applied, administrative expenses directly connected or
associated with a particular Participant’s Account may be charged to the
Account. Notwithstanding the foregoing, allocation shall not be required to
the
extent the Trust Fund, or any Investment Fund thereof, is administered in a
manner that permits separate valuation of each Participant’s interest therein
without separate incremental cost to the Plan or the Plan Administrator
otherwise provides for separate valuation.
4.10
Annual Report to
Participants. The Plan Administrator shall notify each Participant in
writing of the financial status of his or her Accounts as of the last day of
each Plan Year.
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ARTICLE
V
BENEFITS
TO
PARTICIPANTS
5.01
Upon Retirement or
Disability. When a Participant attains Normal Retirement Age, or incurs
a Disability, the entire interest in the Participant’s Accounts, including the
amount of any contributions for the Plan Year in which the Participant’s
termination of employment with the Employers on or after his or her Normal
Retirement Date or Disability occurs, shall become nonforfeitable. A Participant
who remains in the employment of the Employers after the Participant attains
Normal Retirement Age shall continue to participate in the Plan.
5.02
Upon Death.
Upon the death of a Participant, the entire interest in the Participant’s
Accounts, including the amount of any contributions for the Plan Year in which
the Participant’s death occurs, shall become nonforfeitable. The Plan
Administrator, in accordance with the provisions of Article VI of the Plan,
shall then direct the Trustee to distribute the entire interest in the
Participant’s Accounts to such Participant’s designated beneficiary or
beneficiaries. The Plan Administrator may require proper proof of death and
evidence of the right of any person to receive payment of the entire interest
in
the Accounts of the deceased Participant as the Plan Administrator deems
desirable and the Plan Administrator’s determination shall be conclusive. The
Trustee shall make such distribution as soon as administratively feasible
following the Participant’s death and in accordance with the rules and
procedures established by the Plan Administrator.
Unless
the Participant has made a
Qualified Election, the Trustee shall make all payments to the Participant’s
spouse in a lump sum, or, if applicable, in a ESOP Qualified Pre-Retirement
Survivor Annuity pursuant to Section 6.02. Each Participant, by written
instrument delivered to the Plan Administrator, shall have the unqualified
right
to designate, and from time to time change, the beneficiary or beneficiaries
to
receive the entire interest in his Accounts in the event of his death, subject
to the Qualified Election requirements in Section 6.04(e).
In
the event that (i) the
Participant fails to designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries or (ii) the Plan’s
records of beneficiary designations are lost or destroyed, then the entire
interest in the Participant’s Accounts shall be distributed first to the
Participant’s spouse if then living, or second to the Participant’s estate. In
the event that the Participant (i) designates a beneficiary who predeceases
the
Participant or (ii) designates a beneficiary who disclaims the benefit under
the
Plan, then such beneficiary’s entire interest in the Participant’s Accounts
shall be distributed first to the Participant’s spouse if then living, or second
to the Participant’s estate.
5.03
Nonforfeitable Interest
Upon Termination of Employment. Upon termination of a Participant’s
employment for any reason other than Disability, death or termination of
employment with the Employer after attaining the Normal Retirement Age, the
Trustee shall, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.01 of the Plan
and
at the instruction of the Plan Administrator, distribute to the Participant
the
entire interest then constituting his or her 401(k) Contributions Account,
Safe
Harbor Matching Contributions Account, Dividend Reinvestment Account and
Rollover Contributions Account, which are always nonforfeitable, and the
nonforfeitable interest in the Participant’s Matching Contributions Account,
Profit Sharing Contributions Account, ESOP Account, Frozen Plan Account and
Prior Plan Account based on the Participant’s Years of Service determined in
accordance with the applicable schedule below:
|
|
|
Years of Service
|
|
Nonforfeitable Interest
|
Less than 2 |
|
0% |
2 but less than 3 |
|
40% |
3 but less than 4 |
|
60% |
4 but less than 5 |
|
80% |
5
or
more |
|
100% |
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(a)
Any Participant who, prior to
January 1, 1999, was a Participant in the Mid Am, Inc. Profit Sharing and 401(k)
Plan, and who has completed at least three Years of Service as of January 1,
1999, may elect in writing to have his or her nonforfeitable interest computed
under the Plan’s five year cliff vesting schedule in effect prior to January 1,
1999, by the later of: (i) the Participant’s termination of employment with the
Employers, or (ii) the date that is 60 days after the day the Plan Administrator
gives written notice of the Plan amendment to the Participant.
(b)
In the event the nonforfeitable
interest schedule is amended, or the nonforfeitable interest schedule of an
existing plan is amended by the Plan, then any Participant who has completed
at
least three Years of Service on the later of the date the amendment is adopted,
or the date the amendment is effective may elect in writing to have his or
her
nonforfeitable interest computed under the prior applicable nonforfeitable
interest schedule, beginning on the date the Plan amendment is adopted and
ending on the later of: (i) the Participant’s termination of employment with the
Employers, (ii) the date that is 60 days after the day the Plan amendment is
adopted, (iii) the date that is 60 days after the day the Plan amendment becomes
effective, or (iv) the date that is 60 days after the day the Plan Administrator
gives written notice of the Plan amendment to the Participant.
(c)
Notwithstanding any contrary
provision of this Plan, each Participant who was an employee of Sky Investments,
Inc. on March 7, 2001, the effective date of the sale of Sky Investments, Inc.,
acquired a 100% nonforfeitable interest in his or her Accounts under the Plan
as
of that date.
(d)
Notwithstanding any contrary
provision of this Plan, a Participant shall always be 100% vested in his or
her
Dividend Reinvestment Account without regard to the vested percentage of
underlying stock.
(e)
Each Participant in the Mid Am
Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Pension Plan and/or the Mid Am, Inc. Profit
Sharing and 401(k) Plan on October 2, 1998, the effective date of the merger
of
Mid Am, Inc. into Citizens Bancshares, Inc., acquired a 100% nonforfeitable
interest in his or her Account under the Mid Am Inc. Employee Stock Ownership
Pension Plan and the Mid Am, Inc. Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan as of that
date. The Employer contributions made under the Mid Am Inc. Employee Stock
Ownership Pension Plan, Mid Am, Inc. Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan, the Sky
ESOP and this Plan, on and after October 2, 1998, shall be subject to the
vesting schedule contained in this Section, based on the Participant’s Years of
Service.
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5.04
Change in
Control. In the event of a Change in Control, each Participant who is
employed by an Employer on the effective date of a Change in Control shall
acquire a 100% nonforfeitable interest in his or her Accounts as of that date.
5.05
Forfeiture Upon
Termination of Employment. If a Participant terminates employment with
the Employers, and the value of the Participant’s vested Accounts is not (or at
the time of any prior, periodic distribution was not) greater than $5,000,
the
Participant will receive a distribution of the value of the entire vested
portion of his or her Accounts and the nonvested portion will be treated as
a
forfeiture. The value of the Participant’s vested Accounts shall be determined
without regard to that portion of his or her Account that is attributable to
rollover contributions (and earnings allocable thereto) within the meaning
of
Code Sections 402(c), 403(a)(4), 403(b)(8), 408(d)(3)(A)(ii) and 457(e)(16).
(a)
If a Participant terminates
service and elects to receive a distribution of the vested portion of his or
her
Accounts pursuant to Article VI of the Plan, the nonvested portion will be
treated as a forfeiture.
(b)
If distribution is made to a
Participant on account of termination of employment, which is less than the
value of the Participant’s Account, prior to the date on which the Participant
has a Break in Service for five consecutive Plan Years, and the Participant
returns to employment covered by the Plan, the Participant’s Account shall
subsequently be determined without regard to the portion thereof derived from
predistribution employment, provided the Participant (i) received distribution
of the entire present value of the nonforfeitable portion of his or her Account
at the time of distribution, (ii) the amount of the distribution did not exceed
the dollar limit under Code Section 411(a)(11)(A) or the Participant (with
spousal consent, if applicable) voluntarily elected to receive the distribution,
and (iii) the Participant upon return to employment covered by the Plan does
not
repay the full amount of the distribution before the earlier of suffering five
consecutive one year Breaks in Service, or at the close of the first period
of
five consecutive one year Breaks in Service commencing after the distribution.
If the Participant makes a timely repayment, the Participant’s Account shall
equal the sum of the repayment and the forfeitable portion of the Participant’s
Account on the date of distribution, unadjusted by gains or losses subsequent
to
the distribution. Restoration of forfeitures under this paragraph shall be
made,
to the extent necessary, first from forfeitures in the Plan Year of repayment
and second from Employer contributions.
(c)
If a Participant does not
receive a distribution pursuant to Article VI, the nonvested portion of the
Participant’s Accounts will be treated as a forfeiture on the last day of the
Plan Year in which the Participant terminated employment.
(d)
Except as provided in paragraph
(b) above, forfeitures will be used to reduce the contribution due from the
Employer for the Plan Year in which the forfeiture occurs, or for the
immediately following Plan Year.
(e)
For purposes of this Section
5.05, if a Participant does not have any nonforfeitable interest in his or
her
Accounts, the Participant will be deemed to have received a distribution of
the
entire vested portion of his or her Accounts in accordance with the provisions
of subparagraph (a) above without having submitted any application for benefits
to the Plan
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Administrator.
If such Participant
returns to active service with an Employer prior to incurring five consecutive
Breaks in Service, the Participant will be deemed to have paid back the
distribution and his or her Accounts will be restored as provided in
subparagraph (b) above.
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ARTICLE
VI
DISTRIBUTIONS
6.01
Commencement of
Benefits. The Plan shall distribute a Participant’s Account as soon as
administratively feasible after the Participant’s termination of employment with
the Employers, except as provided below. If the nonforfeitable portion of the
Participant’s Account exceeds (or at the time of any prior, periodic
distribution ever exceeded) $5,000, the Plan shall not distribute the
Participant’s Account before the Participant attains Normal Retirement Date,
unless the Participant consents to such distribution in writing. The value
of a
Participant’s nonforfeitable Account shall be determined without regard to that
portion of his or her Account that is attributable to rollover contributions
(and earnings allocable thereto) within the meaning of Code Sections 402(c),
403(a)(4), 403(b)(8), 408(d)(3)(A)(ii) and 457(e)(16).
With
respect to distributions of
amounts held in a Participant’s ESOP Account only, the notice of the right to
defer distributions shall also give a general description of the material
features, and an explanation of the relative values, of the normal and optional
forms of benefit available under the Plan in a manner that would satisfy the
notice requirements of Code Section 417(a)(3). The Plan Administrator must
give
such notice no less than 30 days and no more than 90 days prior to the Annuity
Starting Date, unless the Participant waives the notice requirement as provided
in Code Section 417(a)(7)(B) or the requirements of Code Section 417(a)(7)(A)
are met.
If
the Participant does not consent
to distribution, the Participant’s Account shall be retained in the Trust Fund
until such later date as the Participant requests distribution. If the
Participant does not request distribution prior to the Participant’s Normal
Retirement Date or death, the Plan shall distribute the Participant’s Account as
soon as administratively feasible after the Valuation Date next following the
first to occur of the Participant’s Normal Retirement Date or death (provided
the Plan Administrator receives notice of the Participant’s death).
6.02
Payment of
Benefits. A Participant, or his or her designated beneficiary, may
elect to have the vested balance of the Participant’s Account distributed in
either (i) a lump sum payment, or (ii) substantially equal monthly, quarterly,
semi-annual or annual installments over any period of time not exceeding the
Participant’s then life expectancy or the joint and last survivor expectancy of
the Participant and a designated beneficiary. If there is any remaining balance
in the Participant’s Account upon his or her death, such balance shall be
payable as a death benefit in accordance with Section 6.06 below. If a
Participant elects to receive distribution of his or her Account in the form
of
a lump sum payment, the Participant may elect to receive his or her ESOP Account
and that portion of his or her other Accounts that is invested in the Company
Stock Fund in Company Stock.
6.03
Distribution Provisions
Applicable to ESOP Accounts. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section
6.02, the following provisions shall apply to ESOP Accounts.
(a)
Payment of Benefits. The normal
form of benefit under the Plan with respect to amounts held in the ESOP Accounts
is the ESOP Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity, unless the Participant and
his
or her spouse execute a Qualified Election selecting an optional form of benefit
within the 90-day period ending on the date the Plan is to commence benefit
payments.
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If
the Participant is married and
dies prior to the commencement of his or her benefits, the Participant’s Account
shall be used to provide a ESOP Qualified Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity for
the Participant’s spouse unless the Participant and/or his or her spouse execute
a Qualified Election selecting another form of distribution, within the
“Election Period.”
(b)
Optional Forms of Benefit. A
Participant may elect to waive the ESOP Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity
and
have his or her Account distributed in one of the following optional forms
of
distribution:
(i)
a lump sum payment;
(ii)
a straight life annuity for the
Participant’s life; or
(iii)
substantially equal monthly,
quarterly, semi-annual or annual installments over any period of time not
exceeding the Participant’s then life expectancy or the joint and last survivor
expectancy of the Participant and a designated beneficiary. If there is any
remaining balance in the Participant’s Account upon his or her death, such
balance shall be payable as a death benefit in accordance with Section 6.06
below.
(c)
Distributions Other Than Lump
Sum. If the Participant’s entire Account is to be distributed in other than a
lump sum, then the amount to be distributed each year must be at least an amount
equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s entire interest by
the life expectancy of the Participant or joint and last survivor expectancy
of
the Participant and designated beneficiary. Life expectancy and joint and last
survivor life expectancy are computed by the use of the return multiples
contained in Section 1.72-9 of the Income Tax Regulations. For purposes of
this
computation, a Participant’s life expectancy may be recalculated no more
frequently than annually, however, the life expectancy of a non-spouse
beneficiary may not be recalculated. If the Participant’s spouse is not the
designated beneficiary, the method of distribution selected must assure that
more than 50% of the present value of the amount available for distribution
is
paid within the life expectancy of the Participant. All distributions must
be
the minimum distribution incidental benefit requirements in Section
1.401(a)(9)-2 of the proposed regulations.
6.04
Definitions.
The following definitions shall apply to Section 6.03:
(a)
Annuity Starting
Date.“Annuity Starting Date” means the first day of the first period
for which an amount is paid as an annuity, regardless of when or whether payment
is actually made. In the case of benefits not payable as an annuity, the Annuity
Starting Date is the date the benefit is received.
(b)
ESOP Qualified Joint and
Survivor Annuity.“ESOP Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity” means an
annuity for the life of the Participant with a survivor annuity for the life
of
the spouse that is not less than 50% and not more than 100% of the amount of
the
annuity that is payable during the joint lives of the Participant and the
spouse, which is the actuarial equivalent of the normal form of benefit, or
if
greater, any optional form of benefit. An ESOP Qualified Joint and Survivor
Annuity for a Participant who is not married shall be an annuity for the life
of
such Participant.
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(c)
ESOP Qualified
Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity.“ESOP Qualified Pre-Retirement Survivor
Annuity” means an annuity for the life of the Participant’s surviving spouse, if
any, applying the Participant’s vested Account to purchase such life annuity.
The spouse of the deceased Participant may elect to receive the full value
of
such Participant’s Account in a lump sum in lieu of the ESOP Qualified
Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity.
Subject
to the rules in Section
6.03, the surviving spouse shall begin to receive payments immediately, unless
such surviving spouse elects a later date, except that the surviving spouse
shall receive an immediate distribution if the value of the Participant’s vested
Accounts is not (or at the time of any prior, periodic distribution was not)
greater than $5,000.
(d)
Applicable
Period. The “Applicable Period” for the explanation of the ESOP
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity shall be no less than 30 days (or no less
than 7 days if the Participant waives the 30-day period pursuant to Code Section
417(a)(7)(B)) and no more than 90 days prior to the Participant’s Annuity
Starting Date, or soon after the Participant’s Annuity Starting Date if the
requirements of Code Section 417(a)(7)(A) are met. The “Applicable Period” for
the ESOP Qualified Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity” means, with respect to a
particular Participant, the latest of the following:
(i)
The period that begins with the
first day of the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 32 and ending
with the close of the Plan Year preceding the Plan year in which the Plan Year
in which the Participant attains age 35;
(ii)
a reasonable period after the
Employee becomes a Participant;
(iii)
a reasonable period after this
Section no longer applies to the Participant; or
(iv)
a reasonable period after the
Participant’s separation from service in the case of a Participant who separates
from service before attaining age 35.
Within
the Applicable Period, the
Plan Administrator shall give the Participant written notification of the
availability of the Qualified Election with respect to the ESOP Qualified Joint
and Survivor Annuity. The notification shall explain the terms and conditions
of
the ESOP Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity, the rights of the spouse, the
effect of electing not to take such annuity, and the right to revoke a previous
election to waive such annuity. The Participant (and the Participant’s spouse)
must complete the election on or before the Annuity Starting Date, or after
the
Annuity Starting Date if the requirements of Code Section 417(a)(7)(A) are
met.
The Participant may revoke an election not to take the Joint and Survivor
Annuity or choose again to take such annuity at any time and any number of
times
within the applicable election period. If a Participant requests additional
information within 60 days after receipt of the notification of election, the
minimum election period shall be extended an additional 60 days following the
Participant’s receipt of such additional information.
Within
the Applicable Period, the
Plan Administrator shall give each Participant a written explanation of the
ESOP
Qualified Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity which shall contain the following:
(i)
the terms and conditions of a ESOP Qualified Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity;
(ii) the Participant’s right to make and the effect of an election to waive this
form of benefit; (iii)
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the
rights of the Participant’s
spouse; and (iv) the right to make, and the effect of, a revocation of a
previous election to waive the ESOP Qualified Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity.
In the case of a Participant who enters the Plan after the first day of the
Plan
Year in which the Participant attained age 32, the Plan Administrator shall
provide the required notice no later than the close of the second Plan Year
succeeding the entry of the Participant in the Plan.
(e)
Qualified
Election.“Qualified Election” means an election by a Participant to (i)
waive the ESOP Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity or ESOP Qualified
Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity, pursuant to Section 6.03, and elect an optional
form of distribution, (ii) designate a beneficiary other than the Participant’s
spouse, pursuant to Section 6.03, or (iii) begin distributions prior to the
Participant’s Normal Retirement Date, pursuant to Section 6.01, which satisfies
the following consent requirements:
(i)
The spouse’s consent shall be
witnessed by a Plan representative or notary public.
(ii)
The spouse’s consent must
acknowledge the effect of the election, including that the spouse had the right
to limit consent only to a specific beneficiary or a specific form of benefit,
if applicable, and that the relinquishment of one or both such rights was
voluntary. Unless the consent of the spouse expressly permits designations
by
the Participant without a requirement of further consent by the spouse, the
spouse’s consent must be limited to the form of benefit, if applicable, and the
beneficiary, class of beneficiaries, or contingent beneficiary named in the
election.
(iii)
Spousal consent is not
required if the Participant establishes to the satisfaction of the plan
representative that the consent of the spouse cannot be obtained because there
is no spouse or the spouse cannot be located.
(iv)
A spouse’s consent under this
Section shall not be valid with respect to any other spouse.
(v)
A Participant may revoke a prior
election without the consent of the spouse. Any new election will require a
new
spousal consent, unless the consent of the spouse expressly permits such
election by the Participant without further consent by the spouse.
(vi)
A spouse’s consent may be
revoked at any time within the Participant’s election period.
6.05
Mandatory Commencement
of Benefits. In no event other than the written direction of the
Participant will distribution of the Participant’s benefits under the Plan
commence later than the 60th day after the end of the Plan Year in which the
later of the following events occurs:
(a)
The Participant attains Normal
Retirement Age;
(b)
The tenth anniversary of the
year in which the Participant commences participation in the Plan; or
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(c)
The Participant terminates
employment with the Employer.
A
Participant may elect to defer the
commencement of distributions under the Plan to a date later than set forth
above, provided, however, that the Participant must make any such election
by
submitting to the Plan Administrator a signed written statement describing
the
method and medium of distribution and the date on which such distribution shall
commence.
Anything
above to the contrary
notwithstanding, distributions of a Participant’s benefits must commence by
April 1 of the calendar year following the later of (i) the calendar year in
which the Participant attains age 70 1/2,
or (ii) the calendar year in which the Participant
retires, in accordance with the minimum distribution requirements of Code
Section 401(a)(9). Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, for any Participant
who is a 5-percent owner of an Employer, the distributions of benefits must
commence by April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which
the Participant attains age 70 1/2.
A Participant who attained age 70 1/2
during the 1998
calendar year and who is not a 5-percent owner may elect to postpone receiving
such distributions until April 1 of the calendar year following the year in
which the Participant retires, as long as he or she so elects in the manner
prescribed by the Plan Administrator before April 1, 1999. For purposes of
this
minimum distribution, the Participant may elect prior to the date of the first
required distribution to have his or her life expectancy and his or her spouse’s
life expectancy recalculated annually. Such election shall be irrevocable once
made, and shall apply for all subsequent Plan Years. The Participant and his
or
her spouse shall have the right to separately elect as to whether each wants
his
or her life expectancy recalculated, and the election of one shall not affect
the election of the other. In the event that either the Participant or his
or
her spouse fails to make an election, his or her life expectancy shall be
recalculated annually.
The
mandatory commencement of
distribution to a Participant or beneficiary pursuant to this Section 6.05
shall
not apply provided (i) that prior to January 1, 1984, or such other date
permitted by law, a Participant (including Key Employees) who had an Account
balance under this Plan as of December 31, 1983, made a written designation
for
a method of distribution of the benefit that satisfy the provisions of Code
Section 401(a)(9) as in effect prior to the enactment of the Tax Equity and
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (including rules relating to incidental death
benefits). Any written designation, if made, shall be binding upon the Plan
Administrator. In addition, the mandatory commencement of distribution shall
not
apply to any Participant who attained age 70 1/2
prior to January 1,
1988 and who was not a five percent owner at any time after he or she attained
age 66 1/2.
The
rules governing required minimum
distributions are set forth in Article XVIII and shall apply to distributions
commencing in 2003.
6.06
Distributions After
Death of a Participant. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.02 and
6.03 above, if a Participant dies before the Plan has distributed any portion
of
his or her Account, the Plan shall distribute the Participant’s Account in one
of the following methods:
(a)
The Plan shall distribute the
Participant’s Account no later than December 31 of the calendar year that
contains the fifth anniversary of the date of the Participant’s death,
regardless of who is to receive the distribution.
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(b)
If the distribution is to be
made to a designated beneficiary, the distribution of a Participant’s interest
shall commence not later than December 31 of the calendar year immediately
following the calendar year in which the Participant died, and payments shall
occur over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of such designated
beneficiary. If distribution is to be made to the Participant’s surviving
spouse, distribution must commence on or before the later of: (i) December
31 of
the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the
Participant died, or (ii) December 31 of the calendar year in which the
Participant would have attained age 70 1/2.
Such distribution
shall occur over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of such
designated beneficiary.
A
Participant or the Participant’s
spouse or designated beneficiary, subject to a Qualified Election, may elect
the
method of distribution described in subparagraph (b) above. Such election must
be made no later than the earlier of: (i) the date that distribution would
have
to occur according to the provisions of subparagraph (a) above, or (ii) the
date
that distribution would have to occur according to the provisions of
subparagraph (b) above. As of such date, the election is irrevocable and shall
apply for all subsequent years and any subsequent beneficiaries. If no such
election is made, distribution shall be made in accordance with subparagraph
(a)
above.
If
the Participant’s surviving
spouse dies before the Plan begins distributions to such spouse, the payment
of
the Participant’s interest shall be made as if the surviving spouse were the
Participant. If the Plan has begun distribution of the Participant’s interest at
the time of such Participant’s death, distribution may be made for a term
certain at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution used prior
to
the death of the Participant.
6.07
Right to Have Accounts
Transferred. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary
that would otherwise limit an “eligible distributee” election under this Article
VI, an eligible distributee may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed
by the Plan Administrator, to have any portion of an “eligible rollover
distribution” paid directly to an “eligible retirement plan” specified by the
eligible distributee in a “direct rollover.”
(a)
“Eligible
rollover distribution”
means any distribution of all or any portion of the balance to the credit of
the
eligible distributee, except that an eligible rollover distribution shall not
include: (i) any distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal
periodic payments (not less frequently than annually) made for the life (or
life
expectancy) of the distributee or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies)
of the eligible distributee and the eligible distributee’s designated
beneficiary, or for a specified period of ten years or more; (ii) any
distribution to the extent such distribution is required under Code Section
401(a)(9); (iii) any hardship distribution; and (iv) the portion of any
distribution that is not includible in gross income (determined without regard
to the exclusion for net unrealized appreciation with respect to employer
securities).
(b)
“Eligible
retirement plan” means
an individual retirement account described in Code Section 408(a), an individual
retirement annuity described in Code Section 408(b), an annuity plan described
in Code Section 403(a), an annuity contract described in Code Section 403(b),
an
eligible plan under Code Section 457(b) that is maintained by a state, political
subdivision of a state, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or political
subdivision of a state or a qualified trust described in Code Section 401(a),
that accepts the eligible distributee’s
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rollover
distribution. However, in
the case of an eligible rollover distribution to the surviving spouse, an
eligible retirement plan shall only be an individual retirement account or
individual retirement annuity.
(c)
An “eligible distributee” means
Employee or former Employee. In addition, the Employee’s or former Employee’s
surviving spouse and the Employee’s or former Employee’s spouse who is the
alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in
Section 414(p), are eligible distributees with regard to the interest of the
spouse or former spouse.
(d)
A “direct rollover” means a
payment by the plan to the eligible retirement plan specified by the eligible
distributee.
If
a distribution is one to which
Code Sections 401(a)(11) and 417 do not apply, such distribution may commence
less than 30 days after the notice required under Section 1.411(a)-11(c) of
the
Income Tax Regulations is given, provided that: (i) the Plan Administrator
clearly informs the Participant that the Participant has a right to a period
of
at least 30 days after receiving the notice to consider the decision of whether
or not to elect a distribution (and, if applicable, a particular distribution
option); and (ii) the Participant, after receiving the notice, affirmatively
elects a distribution.
6.08
Restrictions on
Distributions of 401(k) Contributions and Safe Harbor Matching
Contributions. 401(k) Contributions and Safe Harbor Matching
Contributions may not be distributed from this Plan prior to the earlier of:
(a)
retirement, severance from
employment, death or Disability of the Participant;
(b)
attainment of age 59 1/2
by the Participant,
if procedures have been established by the Plan Administrator;
(c)
occurrence of a hardship (as
described in Section 13.02 of the Plan); or
(d)
termination of the Plan without
establishment of a successor plan.
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ARTICLE
VII
LIMITATION
ON
CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS
7.01
Definitions.
The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this Section 7.01:
(a)
Annual
Addition.“Annual Addition” means for each Plan Year the sum of the
following amounts credited to a Participant’s Accounts for the Limitation Year
under all Defined Contribution Plans maintained by the Employer:
(i)
Employer contributions,
(ii)
Employee contributions,
(iii)
Forfeitures, and
(iv)
Any amounts allocated to an
individual medical account (as defined in Code Section 415(l)(2)) that is part
of any pension or annuity plan maintained by the Employer are treated as Annual
Additions to a Defined Contribution Plan. Amounts derived from contributions
paid or accrued after December 31, 1985 in taxable years ending after such
date
that are attributable to post retirement medical benefits allocated to the
separate account of a key employee (as defined in Code Section 419(d)(3)) under
a welfare benefit fund (as defined in Code Section 419(e)) maintained by the
Employer are treated as Annual Additions to a Defined Contribution Plan. These
amounts are treated as Annual Additions but are not subject to the Compensation
limit set forth in Section 7.02 below.
Rollover
Contributions made by a
Participant pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof, shall not be taken into account
in
computing Annual Additions. Catch-Up Contributions made by a Participant
pursuant to Section 3.06 hereof, shall not be taken into account in computing
Annual Additions.
(b)
Defined Contribution
Plan.“Defined Contribution Plan” means a pension plan or profit sharing
plan that provides for an individual account for each Participant and for
benefits based solely upon the amount contributed to the Participant’s account
and any income, expenses, gains, losses and any forfeitures of accounts of
other
Participants that may be allocated to such Participant’s account.
(c)
Compensation.“Compensation” means compensation received from the
Employer during the Plan Year that is includible in gross income for income
tax
purposes, including any elective deferrals (as defined in Code Section
402(g)(3)) and amounts contributed or deferred by the Employer at the election
of the Employee and that is not includible in the gross income of the Employee
by reason of Code Section 125, 132(f)(4) or 457.
(d)
Limitation
Year.“Limitation Year” means the Plan Year.
7.02
Limitation on Annual
Additions. Any other provision of this Plan to the contrary
notwithstanding, the maximum Annual Addition to the Accounts of any Participant
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under
the Plan and any other Defined
Contribution Plan maintained by an Employer may not exceed the lesser of:
(a)
$40,000 (as adjusted under Code
Section 415(d)), or
(b)
100% of a Participant’s
Compensation for the Limitation Year.
If,
as the result of a reasonable
error in estimating a Participant’s Compensation, the allocation of forfeitures,
or under other limited facts and circumstances as may be provided under the
Regulations to Code Section 415, the Annual Addition exceeds the maximum under
this and any other Defined Contribution Plan maintained by the Employer, the
Plan Administrator shall distribute an amount of the Participant’s 401(k)
Contributions necessary to eliminate the excess Annual Addition, or as much
of
the excess as possible, as permitted by Code Section 415 or the regulations
thereunder. Such distributions shall first be made from amounts of the
Participant’s 401(k) Contributions that did not receive an associated Matching
Contribution. If the Plan Administrator distributes matched amounts pursuant
to
the preceding sentence, the Plan Administrator shall reduce from the
Participant’s Account any Matching Contributions attributable to such returned
401(k) Contributions, and utilize the reduced Matching Contributions to reduce
the Employer contribution required for the next succeeding Plan Year. Any such
sums shall not share in the gains or losses of the Trust Fund.
7.03
Limitation of Benefits
Under All Plans. For Plan Years beginning before January 1, 2000, if an
Employee was (or had been) a Participant under the Plan and a defined benefit
plan maintained by the Employer, the sum of the defined contribution fraction
and the defined benefit fraction for any Limitation Year could not exceed 1.0
as
computed under the terms and conditions as set forth under Code Section 415(e).
If the sum exceeded 1.0, the Participant’s defined contribution fraction was
reduced until the sum equaled 1.0. The defined benefit plan fraction and the
defined contribution fraction were defined in Code Section 415(e).
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ARTICLE
VIII
NONDISCRIMINATION
REQUIREMENTS
8.01
Definitions.
The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this Article VIII:
(a)
Actual Contribution
Percentage.“Actual Contribution Percentage” means the average
(expressed as a percentage) of the Actual Contribution Ratios of the
Participants in a group.
(b)
Actual Contribution
Ratio.“Actual Contribution Ratio” means the ratio (expressed as a
percentage) of the Participant’s Employee Contributions and Matching
Contributions to the Plan for the Plan Year (and any other plan that is
aggregated with the Plan for purposes of meeting the nondiscrimination
requirements of Code Section 401(m)) to the Participant’s Compensation for the
Plan Year. The Actual Contribution Ratio of a Participant who is eligible,
but
neither makes Employee Contributions nor receives Matching Contributions is
zero. An Actual Contribution Ratio for a Participant who has met the
requirements of Section 2.01(a), but not the requirements of 2.01(b), is not
calculated or included in the calculation of the Actual Contribution Percentage.
(c)
Actual Deferral
Percentage.“Actual Deferral Percentage” means the average (expressed as
a percentage) of the Actual Deferral Ratios of the Participants in a group.
(d)
Actual Deferral
Ratio.“Actual Deferral Ratio” means the ratio (expressed as a
percentage) of the Participant’s Elective Contributions for the Plan Year (under
the Plan and any other plan that is aggregated with the Plan for purposes of
meeting the nondiscrimination requirements of Code Section 401(k)) to the
Participant’s Compensation for the Plan Year. At the option of the Plan
Administrator, Qualified Matching Contributions and/or Qualified Nonelective
Contributions may be included for purposes of determining each Participant’s
Actual Deferral Ratio. The Actual Deferral Ratio of a Participant who is
eligible but has no Elective Contributions, Qualified Matching Contributions
or
Qualified Nonelective Contributions is zero. The Actual Deferral Ratio for
a
Participant who has met the requirements of Section 2.01(a) but has no Elective
Contributions is zero.
(e)
Compensation.“Compensation” means compensation received from the
Employer during the Plan Year that is includible in gross income for income
tax
purposes, including any amounts contributed by the Employer pursuant to the
election of the Employee and that is not includible in the gross income of
the
Employee by reason of Code Section 125, 132(f)(4), 402(e)(3), 402(h) or 403(b).
(f)
Elective
Contributions.“Elective Contributions” means 401(k) Contributions and
any other Employer contributions made to the Plan, and any other plan that
is
aggregated with the Plan for purposes of meeting the nondiscrimination
requirements of Code Section 401(k), that were subject to a cash or deferred
arrangement.
(g)
Employee
Contributions.“Employee Contributions” means any contributions to the
Plan (and any other plan that is aggregated with the Plan for purposes of
meeting the
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nondiscrimination
requirements of
Code Section 401(m)) that are designed or treated as after-tax Employee
contributions and are allocated to a separate account to which attributable
earnings and losses are allocated.
(h)
Excess
Contributions.“Excess Contributions” means the excess of: (i) the
Elective Contributions, Qualified Matching Contributions and/or Qualified
Nonelective Contributions of a Highly Compensated Employee for such Plan Year,
over (ii) the maximum amount of such contributions permitted under the limits
determined in accordance with Section 8.03 hereof.
(i)
Excess Aggregate
Contributions.“Excess Aggregate Contributions” means the excess of: (i)
the Employee Contributions and Matching Contributions actually made by or on
behalf of a Highly Compensated Employee for such Plan Year, over (ii) the
maximum amount of such contributions permitted under the limits determined
in
accordance with Section 8.03 hereof.
(j)
Highly Compensated
Employee. The term “Highly Compensated Employee” or “HCE” means any
Employee who performs service for an Employer during the Plan Year and who:
(i)
was a 5-percent owner during the year or the preceding year; or (ii) for the
preceding year received Compensation from the Employers in excess of $90,000
(as
adjusted pursuant to Code Section 415(d)) and was in the top-paid group of
employees for such preceding year.
An
Employee is in the top-paid group
of Employees for any year if such Employee is in the group consisting of the
top
20% of the Employees when ranked on the basis of Compensation paid during such
year. For purposes of determining the number of Employees in the top-paid group
(but not for identifying the particular Employees in the top-paid group),
certain Employees may be excluded in accordance with Code Section 414(q)(5).
A
former employee will be treated as
an HCE if he or she was an HCE for (i) the separation year, or (ii) any Plan
Year ending on or after the Employee’s 55th
birthday.
Before
determining who are Highly
Compensated Employees, Code Sections 414(b), (c), (m), (n) and (o) shall first
be applied.
(k)
Matching
Contributions.“Matching Contributions” means:
(i)
an Employer contribution made to
the Plan (or any plan required to be aggregated with the Plan for purposes
of
the nondiscrimination requirements of Code Section 401(m)) on account of
Employee Contributions to the Plan;
(ii)
an Employer contribution made
to the Plan (or any plan required to be aggregated with the Plan for purposes
of
the nondiscrimination requirements of Section 401(m)) on account of an Elective
Contribution to the Plan; or
(iii)
a forfeiture allocable on the
basis of Excess Aggregate Contributions.
A
contribution made by the Employer
in order to meet the Top Heavy minimum contribution requirements of Article
XVI
may not be treated as a Matching Contribution.
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(l)
Non-Highly Compensated
Employee.“Non-Highly Compensated Employee” or “Non-HCE” means any
Employee who is not a Highly Compensated Employee.
(m)
Qualified Matching
Contributions.“Qualified Matching Contributions” means Matching
Contributions that are fully vested at the time of contribution and are subject
to the withdrawal restrictions of Section 14.02.
(n)
Qualified Nonelective
Contributions.“Qualified Nonelective Contributions” means Employer
contributions, other than Elective Contributions and Matching Contributions,
that are fully vested at the time of contribution and are not subject to the
withdrawal restrictions of Section 14.02.
8.02
Nondiscrimination
Requirements for 401(k) Contributions.
(a)
Actual Deferral
Percentage Test. In no event shall the Actual Deferral Percentage of
Participants who are HCEs exceed the Actual Deferral Percentage of the
Participants who are Non-HCEs by more than the greater of:
(i)
125% of the Actual Deferral
Percentage for Participants who are Non-HCEs, or
(ii)
The lesser of 200% of the
Actual Deferral Percentage for Participants who are Non-HCEs or two percentage
points higher than the Actual Deferral Percentage for Participants who are
Non-HCEs.
(b)
Excess
Contributions. If the Plan does not satisfy the Actual Deferral
Percentage Test for nondiscrimination in Code Section 401(k) for any Plan Year,
then the Excess Contributions for such Plan Year (plus any income and minus
any
loss allocable thereto as calculated in accordance with Section 8.02(c)) shall
be distributed to the HCEs by the last day of the following Plan Year, as
determined under this Section. If such Excess Contributions are distributed
more
than 2 1/2
months after the last day of the Plan Year in which such Excess Contributions
arose, a 10% excise tax will be imposed on the Company or Employer maintaining
the Plan with respect to such amounts. The portion of the Excess Contributions
attributable to an HCE is determined as follows:
First,
the Plan Administrator shall
determine the dollar amount of Excess Contributions for each affected HCE,
by
reducing the Actual Deferral Ratio for each HCE whose Actual Deferral Ratio(s)
is the highest at any one time in the following manner until the ADP Test is
satisfied:
(i)
The Actual Deferral Ratio of
each HCE whose Actual Deferral Ratio is the greatest shall be reduced by
one-hundredth (1/100) of one percentage point.
(ii)
If more reduction is needed,
the Actual Deferral Ratio of each HCE whose Actual Deferral Ratio is the
greatest (including the Actual Deferral Ratio of any HCE whose Actual Deferral
Ratio was adjusted under step (i)) shall be reduced by one-hundredth (1/100)
of
one percentage point.
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(iii)
If more reduction is needed,
the procedures in step (ii) shall be repeated.
However,
in applying steps (i)
through (iii) above, rather than actually distributing the amount of 401(k)
Contributions necessary to reduce the Actual Deferral Ratio of each affected
HCE
to an amount sufficient to satisfy the ADP Test in order of such HCE’s Actual
Deferral Ratios, the total of the dollar amounts calculated in steps (i) through
(iii) above (the “Excess Contributions”) will be determined and distributed as
follows:
(iv)
The 401(k) Contributions of the
HCE with the highest dollar amount of 401(k) Contributions will be reduced by
the amount required to cause that HCE’s 401(k) Contributions to equal the dollar
amount of the 401(k) Contributions of the HCE with the next highest dollar
amount of 401(k) Contributions. Then this amount would be distributed to the
HCE
with the highest dollar amount of 401(k) Contributions. However, if a lesser
reduction, when added to the total dollar amount already distributed under
this
step, would equal the total Excess Contributions, then the lesser dollar amount
will be distributed.
(v)
If the total amount distributed
under step (iv) is less than the total Excess Contributions, then the step
(iv)
will be repeated.
Any
refund made in accordance with
this Section to a Participant shall be drawn from the Participant’s 401(k)
Contributions Account. Any such amounts shall be drawn first from a
Participant’s Elective Deferrals that are not eligible for matching under
Section 3.02.
Matching
Contributions with respect
to such distributed 401(k) Contributions shall be forfeited (unless paid to
the
Participant due to a correction under the Actual Contribution Percentage
correction).
The
amount of Excess Contributions
to be distributed shall be reduced by excess 401(k) Contributions previously
distributed pursuant to Section 3.02(h) for the taxable year ending in the
same
Plan Year. Furthermore, excess 401(k) Contributions to be distributed for a
taxable year pursuant to Section 3.02(h) will be reduced by Excess Contributions
previously distributed pursuant to this Section 8.02(b) hereof for the Plan
Year
beginning in such taxable year.
(c)
Allocation of
Income. Excess 401(k) Contributions under Section 3.02(h) and Excess
Contributions under this Section will be adjusted for any income or loss up
to
the date of distribution. Such income or loss will be computed according to
a
reasonable method permitted under Treas. Reg. § 1.401(k)-1(f)(4).
8.03
Nondiscrimination
Requirements for Matching Contributions and Employee
Contributions.
(a)
Actual Contribution
Percentage Test. In no event shall the Actual Contribution Percentage
of Participants who are HCEs exceed the Actual Contribution Percentage of the
Participants who are Non-HCEs by more than the greater of:
(i)
125% of the Actual Contribution
Percentage for Participants who are Non-HCEs, or
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(ii)
The lesser of 200% of the
Actual Contribution Percentage for Participants who Non-HCEs or two percentage
points higher than the Actual Contribution Percentage for Participants who
are
Non-HCEs.
(b)
Excess Aggregate
Contributions. If the plan fails the Actual Contribution Percentage
Test for nondiscrimination under Code Section 401(m), the Excess Aggregate
Contributions for such Plan Year (plus any income and minus any loss allocable
thereto including the period between the end of the Plan Year and the date
of
distribution or forfeiture) shall be distributed to the HCEs by the last day
of
the following Plan Year, as determined under this Section. If such Excess
Aggregate Contributions are distributed more than 2 1/2
months after the last
day of the Plan Year in which such excess amounts arose, a 10% excise tax will
be imposed on the Employer maintaining the Plan with respect to those amounts.
The
portion of the Excess Aggregate
Contributions attributable to an HCE is determined under the procedures
specified in Section 8.02(b). Any refund made to a Participant in accordance
with this Section shall be drawn from his or her Matching Contributions Account.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant does not have a 100%
nonforfeitable right to his or her Matching Contributions Account under Section
5.03, the forfeitable portion of any amount withdrawn from the Participant’s
Contributions Account shall be forfeited and the vested portion shall be
distributed to the Participant.
(c)
Allocation of Income.
Excess Aggregate Contributions will be adjusted for any income or
loss
up to the date of distribution. Such income or loss will be computed according
to a reasonable method permitted under Treas. Reg. §1.401(k)-1(f)(4).
8.04
Distribution Rules for
Excess Contributions and Excess Aggregate Contributions.
(a)
Income or loss attributable to
Excess Contributions and/or Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be determined
in the same proportion that the amount of the Participant’s Employee
Contributions or Matching Contributions distributed bears to the balance of
his
or her appropriate Account.
(b)
The distribution of Excess
Contributions, Excess Aggregate Contributions, and any income thereon may be
made without the consent of the Participant or his or her spouse, and shall
be
considered as income to the Participant, except to the extent of Employee
Contributions distributed, for purposes of Code Section 61.
(c)
The Plan Administrator may
re-characterize Elective Deferrals as Employee Contributions as an alternative
to distributing Excess Contributions, provided the following requirements are
met:
(i)
The amount of recharacterized
Elective Contributions, when combined with the HCE’s other Employee
Contributions, does not exceed any limit on Employee Contributions to the Plan,
including the nondiscrimination restrictions provided in Section 8.03.
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(ii)
The recharacterized Elective
Contributions must be considered as Employee Contributions for the Plan year
in
which the Elective Contributions were made.
8.05
Applicability to Safe
Harbor Plan. For each Plan Year in which the Employer makes Safe Harbor
Matching Contributions pursuant to Section 3.03 that satisfy the requirements
of
Code Sections 401(m)(11), Sections 8.01 through 8.04 hereof will not apply.
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ARTICLE
IX
TRUST
FUND AND INVESTMENT
FUNDS
9.01
Individual Investment
Funds. The Company shall direct the Trustee to establish certain
Investment Funds within the Trust Fund, including a Company Stock Fund. A
Participant may direct the investment of his or her Accounts, subject to the
terms of Section 9.02 below. The Company may establish additional Investment
Funds or remove an Investment Fund from the Plan from time to time in its sole
discretion.
9.02
Direction of Individual
Investment Funds. A Participant may, in any manner made available by
the Plan Administrator, direct the manner in which all contributions and
allocations to the Participant’s 401(k) Contributions Account, Profit Sharing
Contributions Account, Matching Contributions Account, Rollover Contributions
Account and Prior Plan Account shall be invested (an “Investment Election”). The
Participant may direct the investment of such Accounts in one or more of the
Investment Funds, in increments of at least 1%.
(a)
A Participant may change the
investments of his or her 401(k) Contributions Account, Profit Sharing
Contributions Account, Matching Contributions Account, Rollover Contributions
Account and Prior Plan Account daily; provided however, that the Plan
Administrator may impose restrictions on excessive trading by Participants.
A
Participant may make changes in the Investment Election at any time by written
election filed with the Plan Administrator, or by such other method, such as
a
voice response system, that the Plan Administrator makes available. Each change
shall be effective as soon as practicable following receipt, but in no event
later than 5 business days following the receipt of the election. The
Participant may elect to invest future contributions differently than present
Account balances.
(b)
The Trustee shall revalue the
assets of each Investment Fund at their fair market value as of each Valuation
Date. The Accounts of each Participant shall then be adjusted by apportioning
the Investment Fund, including income, as thus revalued, among Participants’
Accounts in proportion to the value of their respective interests in the
Investment Fund immediately preceding such revaluation.
(c)
The Plan is intended to
constitute a plan described in Section 404(c) of ERISA and Title 29 of the
Code
of Federal Regulations Section 2550.404c-1. The Trustee, Plan Administrator
and
any other fiduciary of the Plan are relieved of liability for losses that are
the direct and necessary result of investment instructions given by a
Participant or beneficiary.
(d)
If the Participant fails to
direct 100% of his or her 401(k) Contributions Account, Profit Sharing
Contributions Account, Matching Contributions Account, Rollover Contributions
Account and Prior Plan Account to an Investment Fund, the balance not directed
shall be invested in such Investment Fund as the Plan Administrator deems to
be
the most conservative. In the event the Participant’s investment elections
exceed 100% of his or her Accounts, the balance shall be invested among the
Participant’s selected Investment Funds, on a pro rata basis, to equal 100%.
9.03
Direction of ESOP
Accounts. Section 9.03 shall apply only to the ESOP Accounts of the
Plan.
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(a)
Notwithstanding the provisions
of Section 9.02, a Participant is not permitted to direct the manner in which
amounts held in the Participant’s ESOP Account shall be invested, except as
otherwise provided in the remainder of this Section 9.03.
(b)
Definitions.
(i)
“Qualified
Participant” means a
Participant who has attained age 55 and who has completed at least ten Years
of
Service (as that term is defined in the first paragraph Section 1.28 for
purposes of determining eligibility to participate in the Plan). For purposes
of
this subsection, all service that a Participant had with an Acquired Employer
shall be credited toward Years of Service.
(ii)
“Qualified
Election Period”
means the Plan Year in which a Participant becomes a Qualified Participant
and
the five succeeding Plan Years thereafter.
(c)
Election by Qualified
Participants. Each Qualified Participant shall be permitted to direct the Plan,
within 90 days following the end of a Plan Year in the Qualified Election
Period, as to the investment of 25% of the value of that portion of the
Participant’s Account invested in Qualifying Employer Securities. A Qualified
Participant in the final year of his or her Qualified Election Period may direct
the Plan as to the investment of 50% of the value of that portion of his or
her
Account. Amounts for which diversification elections pursuant to this Section
9.03 are made will reduce the amount to which any future election under this
Section in a later Plan Year may be applied.
(d)
Method of Directing Investment.
The Participant’s direction shall be provided to the Plan Administrator in
writing; shall be effective no later than 180 days after the close of the Plan
Year to which the direction applies; and shall specify which, if any, of the
options set forth in Section (e) below the Participant selects.
(e)
Investment Options. The Plan
shall give each Qualified Participant an opportunity to elect between the
following:
(i)
To have the Plan distribute
(notwithstanding Code Section 409(d)) the portion of the Participant’s Account
that is covered by the election within 90 days after the last day of the period
during which the election can be made. This paragraph (e)(i) shall apply
notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan other than such provisions
as
require the consent of the Participant to a distribution with a value in excess
of $5,000. If the Participant does not consent, such amount shall be retained
in
this Plan.
(ii)
In lieu of distribution under
Section 9.03(e)(1) hereof, the Qualified Participant who has the right to
receive a cash distribution under Section 9.03(e)(i) hereof may direct the
Plan
to transfer the portion of the Participant’s Account that is covered by the
election to another qualified plan of the Employer which accepts such transfers,
provided that such Plan permits Employee-directed investment and does not invest
in Qualifying Employer Securities to a substantial degree. Such transfer shall
be made no later than 90 days after the 1st day of the period during which
the
election can be made.
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(iii)
In lieu of alternatives (i)
and (ii) of this Section 9.03(e), the Participant shall be provided an
opportunity to select among at least three investment options to include, but
not limited to, a stock fund, a bond fund and a money market or cash equivalent
fund. The Participant’s election shall be made in accordance with rules and
procedures established by the Committee with amounts invested in one or more
funds in increments of at least 10%.
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ARTICLE
X
AMENDMENT
OR
TERMINATION
10.01
Amendment.
The Company reserves the power, right and authority, at any time and from time
to time, to amend in whole or in part either retroactively or prospectively
any
or all of the provisions of the Plan without the consent of any Employer or
Participant. Such amendment shall be stated in a written instrument adopted
or
executed by the Company. The Company may delegate its power, right and authority
to amend the Plan to the Plan Administrator.
Upon
the Company’s adoption or
execution of any amendment, the Plan shall be deemed to have been amended and
the Company, the Employers and all Plan Participants and their beneficiaries
shall be bound thereby; provided, however, that no amendment shall:
(a)
authorize, cause or permit any
part of the Trust Fund (other than such part as is required to pay taxes and
reasonable administrative expenses) to be used or diverted to purposes other
than the benefit of the Participants, former Participants or their beneficiaries
or estates (except as described in Section 16.03);
(b)
affect the rights, duties or
responsibilities of the Trustee without its consent; or
(c)
have any retroactive effect so
as to deprive any Participant of his or her nonforfeitable interest already
accrued, or eliminate an optional form of benefit, except only that any
amendment may be made retroactive which is necessary to conform the Plan to
mandatory provisions of Federal or State law, regulations or rulings.
10.02
Plan Termination or
Discontinuance of Contributions. The Company shall have the right, at
any time, to terminate the Plan. Upon such termination, or any partial
termination, the entire interest of each affected Participant’s Accounts shall
become nonforfeitable. Upon the discontinuance of Employer contributions or
suspension thereof on other than a temporary basis, the entire interest of
each
affected Participant’s Accounts shall become nonforfeitable. Any unallocated
funds (other than funds attributable to excess contributions and held in a
suspense account) existing at the time of such termination or discontinuance
shall be allocated to the then affected Participants in the same manner as
Employer contributions under Section 4.02. Distribution upon Plan termination
shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Article VI of the Plan.
10.03
Merger, Consolidation
or Transfer of Assets. The Company may merge or consolidate the Plan
with, or transfer the Plan’s assets or liabilities to, any other plan, provided
each Participant would receive a benefit immediately after such merger,
consolidation or transfer, if the successor plan then terminated, that is equal
to or greater than the benefit the Participant would have received immediately
prior to such merger, consolidation or transfer if the Plan were to have
terminated on such date.
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ARTICLE
XI
ADMINISTRATION
11.01
Plan Administrator’s
Powers and Duties. The Plan Administrator shall administer the Plan in
accordance with its terms, and shall have all powers necessary to administer
the
Plan in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Plan. The Plan
Administrator shall have the discretion to interpret the Plan and shall
determine all questions, whether of law or of fact or mixed questions of law
and
fact, arising in the administration, interpretation and application of the
Plan.
Any such determination by the Plan Administrator shall be conclusive and binding
on all persons, subject to the claims procedure as set forth in Section 11.04
of
the Plan.
The
Plan Administrator may adopt
such by-laws and regulations as it deems desirable for the conduct of its
affairs, and may appoint such accountant, counsel, specialists, and other
persons as it deems necessary or desirable in connection with the administration
of the Plan. The Plan Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively
upon,
and shall be fully protected in any action taken by it in good faith in relying
upon, any opinions or reports that shall be furnished to it by any such
accountant, counsel or other specialists.
11.02
Records and
Reports. The Plan Administrator shall keep a record of all its
proceedings and acts, and shall keep all such books of accounts, records and
other data as may be necessary for the proper administration of the Plan. The
Plan Administrator shall notify the Company and the Trustee of any action taken
by it and, when required, shall notify any other interested person or persons.
11.03
Payment of
Expenses. Monthly trust administration fees shall be paid from the
Trust Fund. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may direct that other
reasonable and necessary expenses of administering the Plan be paid from the
Trust Fund including, but not be limited to, expenses incurred to properly
communicate the Plan to Employees, to maintain the Plan’s tax-qualified status,
to comply with all applicable laws, and any other expenses, taxes and charges
incurred on behalf of the Fund or the income thereof in connection with the
administration or operation of the Trust Fund. No provision of this Plan shall
be construed to provide for payment to or the reimbursement of the Trustee
(or
any employee or agent of the Trustee) with respect to any liability or expense
(including counsel fees) that may be incurred by the Trustee (or any employee
or
agent) having been found to have breached any responsibility it may have under
the other provisions of this Plan or any responsibility or prohibition imposed
upon it by ERISA.
The
members of the Committee shall
serve without compensation for services as such, but the Employers shall pay
all
expenses of the Committee. Such expenses shall include any expenses incident
to
the functioning of the Committee, including but not limited to, fees of
accountants, legal counsel, investment counsel and other specialists, and other
costs of administering the Plan.
11.04
Claims
Procedure. A claim for a Plan benefit shall be deemed filed when the
Plan Administrator receives a written communication made by a Participant or
beneficiary, or the authorized representative of either.
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If
the Plan Administrator wholly or
partially denies a claim, the Plan Administrator shall give written notice
of
such denial to the claimant within 90 days after the Plan Administrator receives
the claim. Such notice shall set forth, in a manner calculated to be understood
by the claimant: (i) the specific reason or reasons for the denial; (ii)
specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based;
(iii) a description of any additional material or information necessary to
perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is
necessary; and (iv) an explanation of the Plan’s claim review procedure.
Within
90 days from the receipt of
the notice of denial, a claimant may appeal such denial to the Plan
Administrator for a full and fair review. The review shall be instituted by
the
filing of a written request for review by the claimant or his or her authorized
representative within the 90-day period stated above. A request for review
shall
be deemed filed as of the date the Plan Administrator receives such written
request. The claimant or his or her authorized representative shall have the
right to review all pertinent documents, may submit issues and comments in
writing and may do such other appropriate things as the Plan Administrator
may
allow. The Plan Administrator shall make its decision not later than 60 days
after it receives the request for review; unless special circumstances, such
as
the need to hold a hearing, require an extension of time, in which case, the
Plan Administrator shall render a decision not later than 120 days after it
receives a request for review, which decision shall be final and binding on
such
claimant.
11.05
Indemnification. The Company and the Employers shall indemnify and save
harmless the Plan Administrator, the members of the Committee, the Employers’
officers and employees with administrative or fiduciary responsibility for
the
Plan, and each of them, from and against any and all loss resulting from
liability to which the Plan Administrator, the members of the Committee, or
the
officers or employees, may be subjected by reason of any act or conduct (except
willful misconduct or negligence) in their official capacities in the
administration of the Plan or Trust, including all expenses reasonably incurred
in their defense, in case the Employers fail to provide such defense. The
indemnification provisions of this Section shall not relieve the Plan
Administrator, any employee or any Committee member from any liability he or
she
may have under ERISA for breach of a fiduciary duty. The rights of
indemnification provided hereunder shall be in addition to any right to which
any person concerned may otherwise be entitled by the Company’s by-laws, by
contract or as a matter of law, and shall inure to the benefit of any heirs,
executors and administrators of such person.
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ARTICLE
XII
PARTICIPATING
EMPLOYERS
12.01
Commencement.
Subject to the terms of the Plan, each Employer that was an Employer under
the
Mid Am, Inc. Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan, the Citizens Bancshares, Inc.
Amended and Restated Profit Sharing Plan, the Century National Bank and Trust
Company Amended and Restated Profit Sharing/401(k) Plan, or The Ohio Bank
Employees’ Profit Sharing Plan as of December 31, 1998, shall be an Employer
under the Plan on January 1, 1999. Subject to the terms of the Plan, each
Employer that was an Employer under the First Western Bancorp, Inc. 401(k)
Profit-Sharing and Stock Bonus Plan, the Wood Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock
Ownership Plan, the Picton Cavanaugh Profit Sharing Plan, or the Mahoning
National Bank of Youngstown 401(k) Plan, as of December 31, 1999, shall be
an
Employer under the Plan on January 1, 2000. Subject to the terms of the Plan,
each Employer that was an employer under the Three Rivers Plan as of December
31, 2002, shall be an Employer under the Plan on January 1, 2003. Subject to
the
terms of the Plan, Insurance Buyer Services, Inc. and each Employer that was
an
employer under the Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company 401(k) Plan, or the
GLB
401(k) Plan as of December 31, 2003, shall be an Employer under the Plan on
January 1, 2004. On and after that date, any entity that is a Related Entity
with respect to the Company may, with the Company’s permission, elect to adopt
this Plan and the accompanying Trust Agreement.
12.02
Termination.
The Company may determine at any time that any Employer shall withdraw and
establish a separate plan and fund. The Company shall effect the withdrawal
by
delivering a duly executed instrument to the Trustee instructing it to segregate
the assets of the Trust Fund allocable to the Employees of such Employer and
pay
them over to the separate fund.
Any
Employer under the Plan that
ceases to be a Related Entity, shall automatically be withdrawn from the Plan,
effective on the date the Employer ceases to be a Related Entity.
12.03
Delegation of
Authority. Each Employer, by adopting the Plan, acknowledges that the
Company has all the rights and duties thereof under the Plan and the Trust
Agreement, including the right to amend the same.
12.04
Disposition of Assets
or Subsidiary. Distributions may be made in connection with the
Company’s disposition of assets or a subsidiary to those Employees who continue
in employment with the purchaser of the assets or with the subsidiary, provided
that the purchaser or the subsidiary does not maintain the Plan after the
disposition, subject to Section 6.08.
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ARTICLE
XIII
SUMMARY
OF PLAN MERGERS
AND SPIN-OFFS
13.01
Merger of Sky ESOP
Accounts Effective January 15, 2004. Prior to January 15, 2004, the
Company maintained the Sky Financial Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership
Pension Plan (the “Sky ESOP”). Effective January 15, 2004, the Sky ESOP is
merged into, and amended and restated in the form of, this Plan.
Amounts
transferred from the Sky
ESOP pursuant to this Section from a Participant’s “Company Stock Account (MPP)”
or “Other Investment Account (MPP)” under the Sky ESOP shall be held and
invested in the Participant’s ESOP Account under this Plan. Amounts transferred
from the Sky ESOP pursuant to this Section from a Participant’s “Dividend
Reinvestment Account” under the Sky ESOP shall be held and invested in the
Participant’s Dividend Reinvestment Account under this Plan. “Years of Service”
credited under the Sky ESOP will count as Years of Service for all purposes
under this Plan.
Any
amount held in a Participant’s
ESOP Account will be subject to distribution provisions of Section 6.03.
13.02
Merger of Frozen First
Western Plan Accounts Effective June 30, 2000. Prior
to June 30, 2000, the Company maintained the First Western Bancorp, Inc. 401(k)
Profit-Sharing and Stock Bonus Plan (the “First Western Plan”). Except for the
portion of the First Western Plan intended to be an employee stock ownership
plan (the “First Western ESOP”), the First Western Plan was frozen December 31,
1999. Effective June 30, 2000, the First Western ESOP was spun-off from the
First Western Plan and merged into the Sky Financial Group, Inc. Employee Stock
Ownership Plan. On that date, the remainder of the First Western Plan was merged
into, and amended and restated in the form of, this Plan.
Amounts
transferred from the First
Western Plan pursuant to this Section from a Participant’s Account that were
attributable to “Tax Reduction Contributions” under the First Western Plan shall
be held and invested in the Participant’s 401(k) Contribution Account under this
Plan, according to the Participant’s investment elections. Amounts transferred
from the First Western Plan that were attributable to “Stock Bonus
Contributions” other than “Matching Contributions” under the First Western Plan
shall be held and invested in the Participant’s ESOP Contributions Account under
this Plan. The remaining amounts transferred from the First Western Plan shall
be contributed to the Participant’s Prior Plan Account.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of
Section 5.03, certain amounts transferred from the First Western Plan are fully
vested and nonforfeitable. A Participant for whom amounts are transferred under
this Section will always have a nonforfeitable interest in the amounts
transferred and credited to his or her 401(k) Contributions Account and Prior
Plan Account. Any amount transferred to a Participant’s Profit Sharing or ESOP
Contributions Account will be subject to the nonforfeitable interest schedule
contained in Section 5.03.
“Years
of Service” credited under
the First Western Plan will count as Years of Service for all purposes under
this Plan.
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13.03
Merger of Frozen
Picton Cavanaugh Plan Accounts Effective June 30,
2000. Prior to July 1, 2000, the Company maintained the Picton
Cavanaugh, Inc. Profit-Sharing Retirement Plan (the “Picton Cavanaugh Plan”).
The Picton Cavanaugh Plan has been frozen since January 1, 2000. An Employee
who
was an employee of Picton Cavanaugh, Inc. and/or a participant in the Picton
Cavanaugh Plan was eligible to participate in the Plan beginning January 1,
2000, if the Employee met the requirements of Section 2.01. Effective July
1,
2000, the Picton Cavanaugh Plan was merged into, and amended and restated in
the
form of, this Plan.
Amounts
transferred from the Picton
Cavanaugh Plan pursuant to this Section from a Participant’s Account that were
attributable to “Elective Contributions” under the Picton Cavanaugh Plan shall
be held and invested in the Participant’s 401(k) Contribution Account under this
Plan, according to the Participant’s investment elections. Amounts transferred
from the Picton Cavanaugh Plan that were attributable to “Discretionary
Contributions” other than “Matching Contributions” under the Picton Cavanaugh
Plan shall be held and invested in the Participant’s Profit Sharing
Contributions Account under this Plan. Amounts transferred from the Picton
Cavanaugh Plan that were attributable to “Matching Contributions” under the
Picton Cavanaugh Plan shall be held and invested in the Participant’s Matching
Contributions Account under this Plan.
A
Participant for whom amounts are
transferred under this Section will always have a nonforfeitable interest in
the
amounts transferred and credited to his or her 401(k) Contributions Account.
Any
amount transferred to a Participant’s Profit Sharing Contributions Account and
Matching Contributions Account will be subject to the nonforfeitable interest
schedule contained in Section 5.03.
“Years
of Service” credited under
the Picton Cavanaugh Plan will count as Years of Service for all purposes under
this Plan.
13.04
Merger of Frozen TOB
Plan Accounts Effective August 1, 2000. Prior to
August 1, 2000, the Company maintained The Ohio Bank Employees’ Profit Sharing
Plan (the “TOB Plan”). The TOB Plan was frozen effective December 31, 1999.
Effective August 1, 2000, the TOB Plan was merged into, and amended and restated
in the form of, this Plan.
Amounts
transferred from the TOB
Plan pursuant to this Section from a Participant’s Account that were
attributable to “Salary Deferral Contributions” under the TOB Plan shall be held
and invested in the Participant’s 401(k) Contribution Account under this Plan,
according to the Participant’s investment elections. Any other amounts
transferred from the TOB Plan shall be held and invested in the Participant’s
Prior Plan Account under this Plan.
“Years
of Service” credited under
the TOB Plan will count as Years of Service for all purposes under this Plan.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of
Section 5.03 of this Plan, amounts transferred from the TOB Plan are fully
vested and nonforfeitable, and the following special provisions shall apply
to
those amounts:
(a)
Notwithstanding any contrary
provision in Article VI of this Plan or this Section 13.03, a TOB Participant
may, within the 60-day period preceding or the 60-day period
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commencing
on the date of his or her
employment termination, elect to receive part of the portion of his or her
Accounts that were transferred from the TOB Plan in a partial distribution.
To
be effective, such partial distribution must represent at least 50%, but not
more than 90%, of the amount transferred to the TOB Participant’s Accounts from
the TOB Plan. If a TOB Participant requests a partial distribution under this
Section 13.04(a), the distribution will be made within the 30-day period
commencing on the later of: (1) the date of the TOB Participant’s employment
termination; or (2) the date the Participant applies for the distribution.
(b)
In the event of a TOB
Participant’s death, the base value of any life insurance contract transferred
from the TOB Plan to the Plan under this Section 13.04 that is in excess of
the
life insurance contract’s cash value will be distributed to the Participant’s
Beneficiary in the method elected by the Beneficiary under Section 6.06 of
this
Plan.
13.05
Transfer of Defined
Benefit Plan Assets. The Company may, in its sole discretion,
contribute to the Trust Fund amounts transferred from a terminated defined
benefit plan previously maintained by the Company (the “Defined Benefit Plans”),
in accordance with the provisions of Code Section 4980(d). Amounts transferred
from the Defined Benefit Plans pursuant to this Section 13.05 shall either
(a)
be allocated to Participants’ Profit Sharing and/or Matching Contributions
Accounts in the Plan Year in which the transfer occurs, or (b) held and invested
in a suspense account established under this Plan. Amounts held in a suspense
account (including interest thereon) shall be allocated to Participants’ Profit
Sharing and Matching Contributions Accounts no less rapidly than ratably over
the seven-Plan-Year-period beginning with Plan Year in which the transfer
occurs.
13.06
Merger of Three Rivers
Plan Accounts Effective January 1, 2003. Prior to January 1, 2003, the
Company (as a result of the merger of Three Rivers Bancorp, Inc. with and into
the Company effective October 1, 2002) maintained the Three Rivers Bancorp
401(k) Plan (the “Three Rivers Plan”). An Employee who was an employee of Three
Rivers Bancorp, Inc. and/or a participant in the Three Rivers Plan was eligible
to participate in the Plan beginning January 1, 2003, if the Employee met the
requirements of Section 2.01. Effective January 1, 2003, the Three Rivers Plan
was merged into, and amended and restated in the form of, this Plan.
Amounts
transferred from the Three
Rivers Plan pursuant to this Section from a Participant’s account that were
attributable to “Elective Deferrals” under the Three Rivers Plan shall be held
and invested in the Participant’s 401(k) Contributions Account under this Plan,
according to the Participant’s investment elections. Amounts transferred from
the Three Rivers Plan that were attributable to “Non Safe-Harbor Matching
Contribution Formula 1 Contributions” under the Three Rivers Plan shall be held
and invested in the Participant’s Matching Contributions Account under this
Plan. Amounts transferred from the Three Rivers Plan that were attributable
to
“Rollover Contributions” under the Three Rivers Plan shall be held and invested
in the Participant’s Rollover Contributions Account under this Plan. Amounts
transferred from the Three Rivers Plan that were attributable to “Transfer
Contributions” under the Three Rivers Plan shall be held and invested in the
Participant’s Prior Plan Account under this Plan.
A
Participant for whom amounts are
transferred under this Section 13.06 will always have a nonforfeitable interest
in the amounts transferred from the Three Rivers Plan.
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“Years
of Service” credited under
the Three Rivers Plan will count as Years of Service for all purposes under
this
Plan, including Years of Service credited to an individual transferred to Three
Rivers Bancorp, Inc. from USBANCORP, Inc. (now named American Financial, Inc.)
prior to April 1, 2001, or from Pennsylvania Capital Bank.
13.07
Merger of Metropolitan
Plan Accounts Effective January 1, 2004. Prior to January 1, 2004, the
Company (as a result of the merger of Metropolitan Financial Corp. with and
into
the Company effective April 30, 2003) maintained the Metropolitan Bank and
Trust
Company 401(k) Plan (the “Metropolitan Plan”). An Employee who was an employee
of Metropolitan Financial Corp. and/or a participant in the Metropolitan Plan
is
eligible to participate in the Plan beginning January 1, 2004, if the Employee
meets the requirements of Section 2.01. Effective January 1, 2004, the
Metropolitan Plan is merged into, and amended and restated in the form of,
this
Plan.
Amounts
transferred from the
Metropolitan Plan pursuant to this Section from a Participant’s account that
were attributable to “Elective Deferrals” under the Metropolitan Plan shall be
held and invested in the Participant’s 401(k) Contributions Account under this
Plan, according to the Participant’s investment elections. Amounts transferred
from the Metropolitan Plan that were attributable to “Employer matching
contributions” under the Metropolitan Plan shall be held and invested in the
Participant’s Matching Contributions Account under this Plan. Amounts
transferred from the Metropolitan Plan that were attributable to “Employer
profit sharing contributions” under the Metropolitan Plan shall be held and
invested in the Participant’s Profit Sharing Contributions Account under this
Plan. Amounts transferred from the Metropolitan Plan that were attributable
to
“Rollover Contributions” under the Metropolitan Plan shall be held and invested
in the Participant’s Rollover Contributions Account under this Plan. Amounts
transferred from the Metropolitan Plan that were held and invested in a
Participant’s “Transfer Account” under the Metropolitan Plan shall be held and
invested in the Participant’s Prior Plan Account under this Plan.
A
Participant for whom amounts are
transferred under this Section 13.07 will always have a nonforfeitable interest
in the amounts transferred from the Metropolitan Plan.
“Years
of Service” credited under
the Metropolitan Plan will count as Years of Service for all purposes under
this
Plan.
13.08
Merger of GLB Plan
Accounts Effective January 1, 2004. Prior to January 1, 2004, the
Company (as a result of the merger of Great Lakes Bank with and into the Company
effective November 28, 2003) maintained the GLB 401(k) Plan (the “GLB Plan”). An
Employee who was an employee of Great Lakes Bank and/or a participant in the
GLB
Plan is eligible to participate in the Plan beginning January 1, 2004, if the
Employee meets the requirements of Section 2.01. Effective January 1, 2004,
the
GLB Plan is merged into, and amended and restated in the form of, this Plan.
Amounts
transferred from the GLB
Plan pursuant to this Section from a Participant’s account that were
attributable to “Elective Contributions” under the GLB Plan shall be held and
invested in the Participant’s 401(k) Contributions Account under this Plan,
according to the Participant’s investment elections. Amounts transferred from
the GLB Plan that were attributable
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to
“Matching
Contributions” under
the GLB Plan shall be held and invested in the Participant’s Matching
Contributions Account under this Plan. Amounts transferred from the GLB Plan
that were attributable to “Non-Elective Contributions” under the GLB Plan shall
be held and invested in the Participant’s Profit Sharing Contributions Account
under this Plan. Amounts transferred from the GLB Plan that were attributable
to
“rollovers” under the GLB Plan shall be held and invested in the Participant’s
Rollover Contributions Account under this Plan.
A
Participant for whom amounts are
transferred under this Section 13.08 will always have a nonforfeitable interest
in the amounts transferred from the GLB Plan.
“Years
of Service” credited under
the GLB Plan will count as Years of Service for all purposes under this
Plan.
13.09
Merger of
Spencer-Patterson Plan Accounts Effective April 1, 2004. Prior to April
1, 2004, the Company (as a result of the merger of Spencer-Patterson Agency,
Inc. with and into the Company effective January 5, 2004) maintained the
Spencer-Patterson Agency, Inc. Profit Sharing Retirement Trust (the
“Spencer-Patterson Plan”). An Employee who was an employee of Spencer-Patterson
and/or a participant in the Spencer-Patterson Plan is eligible to participate
in
the Plan beginning April 1, 2004, if the Employee meets the requirements of
Section 2.01. Effective April 1, 2004, the Spencer-Patterson Plan is merged
into, and amended and restated in the form of, this Plan.
A
Participant for whom amounts are
transferred under this Section 13.09 will always have a nonforfeitable interest
in the amounts transferred from the Spencer-Patterson Plan. “Years of Service”
credited under the Spencer-Patterson Plan will count as Years of Service for
all
purposes under this Plan.
13.10
Spin-off of Certain
Frozen Plan Accounts Effective September 30, 1999. The frozen Mid Am,
Inc. Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan (the “Frozen Plan”) was merged into the
Plan. Participants with Frozen Plan accounts were allowed to direct the
investment of their Frozen Plan account balances between Sky Financial Group,
Inc. common stock and a special investment portfolio maintained by a trustee.
Effective September 30, 1999, the portion of the Plan containing Frozen Plan
accounts invested in Sky Financial Group, Inc. common stock was spun-off and
merged into the Sky Financial Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Pension
Plan.
In addition, effective September 30, 1999, Participants with Frozen Plan
accounts invested in the special investment portfolio are allowed to direct
the
investment of those accounts into the Investment Funds offered in accordance
with Article IX.
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ARTICLE
XIV
LOANS
AND IN-SERVICE
WITHDRAWALS
14.01
Loans to
Participants. The Plan Administrator may direct the Trustee to make a
loan to a Participant, from the Participant’s Account, upon the Participant’s
request. The Plan Administrator will direct the Trustee to make loans from
Participants’ Accounts on a uniform, non-discriminatory basis, in accordance
with procedures the Plan Administrator establishes, and upon the terms and
conditions set forth below.
(a)
The total amount that any
Participant can borrow under this provision cannot exceed the lesser of: (i)
50%
of the Participant’s vested Accounts; or (ii) $50,000, reduced by the highest
outstanding balance of loans from the Plan to the Participant during the one
year period ending on the day before which such loan is to be made.
(b)
Each loan shall bear interest at
an annual rate that the Plan Administrator shall determine in accordance with
regulations it has established.
(c)
Each Participant who receives a
loan hereunder shall also receive a clear statement of the charges involved
in
each loan transaction. The statement shall include the dollar amount and the
annual interest rate of the finance charge.
(d)
The Participant must repay a
loan in such manner as the Plan Administrator specifies, provided that any
loan
must be repaid in full by the earlier of (i) 30 days after the date of the
Participant’s termination of employment with the Employers for any reason, or
(ii) fifteen years from the date of the loan in the case of a loan used to
acquire a dwelling that is to be used within a reasonable time as the principal
residence of the Participant, and five years from the date of the loan for
all
other loans. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the loan is to be used to acquire
a dwelling that is to be used within a reasonable time as the principal
residence of the Participant, the maximum length of the loan shall be 15 years.
The loan shall be amortized in level payments over the term of the loan, with
payments occurring not less frequently than quarterly.
(e)
All loans shall be evidenced by
Promissory Notes and such other documents that the Plan Administrator or the
Trustee may reasonably require under the circumstances.
(f)
The Plan Administrator or the
Trustee shall be entitled to exercise all legal and equitable rights available
to it in order to enforce the collection of any unpaid loan balance.
(g)
If any loan to a Participant is
unpaid on the date that the Participant, or his or her beneficiary or estate,
becomes entitled to receive benefits from the Trust, such unpaid portion shall,
as of that date, become due and the amount thereof, together with any unpaid
interest thereon, shall be deducted from any benefits that the Participant,
his
or her beneficiary or his or her estate otherwise would have been entitled
to
receive. The provisions of this Section shall apply the same for loans renewed,
renegotiated, modified or extended as for new loans.
(h)
All loans shall be subject to
such administrative procedures as the Plan Administrator deems necessary.
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(i)
Loans may be made only from a
Participant’s 401(k) Contributions Account, Profit Sharing Account, Matching
Contributions Account, Prior Plan Account, Rollover Contributions Account and/or
Frozen Plan Account. A loan shall be repaid into the Account or Accounts from
which it was made. On and after January 1, 2000, a Participant can receive
only
two loans from the Plan in any Plan Year.
14.02
Hardship
Distributions. Distribution of 401(k) Contributions (exclusive of
earnings, gains and other accretions attributable to Plan Years commencing
after
December 31, 1988) may be made to a Participant in the event of hardship. For
purposes of this Section, hardship is defined as an immediate and heavy
financial need of the employee where such employee lacks other available
resources.
(a)
The following are the only
financial needs considered immediate and heavy: (i) Expenses incurred or
necessary for medical care, described in Code Section 213(d), of the
Participant, the Participant’s spouse or dependents; (ii) the purchase
(excluding mortgage payments) of a principal residence for the Participant;
(iii) payment of tuition and related educational fees for the next 12 months
of
post-secondary education for the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, children
or dependents; or (iv) the need to prevent eviction of the Participant from,
or
a foreclosure on the mortgage of, the Participant’s principal residence.
(b)
A distribution will be
considered as necessary to satisfy an immediate and heavy financial need of
the
Participant only if:
(i)
with respect to hardship
distributions made before January 1, 2001, 401(k) Contributions for the
Participant’s taxable year immediately following the taxable year of the
hardship distribution shall be limited to the applicable limit under Code
Section 402(g) for such taxable year less the amount of 401(k) Contributions
for
the taxable year of the hardship distribution.
(ii)
the Participant has obtained
all available distributions, other than hardship distributions, and all
non-taxable loans under this Plan and all other plans maintained by the
Employer;
(iii)
to the extent any Cash
Dividends on Company Stock are currently available to the Participant under
the
Plan, the Participant must affirmatively elect to receive such Cash
Dividends;
(iv)
the Participant shall not be
permitted to make 401(k) Contributions under this Plan or 401(k) contributions
under any other plan of the Employer for a period of 6 months after the receipt
of the hardship distribution; and
(v)
the distribution is not in
excess of the amount of an immediate and heavy financial need.
14.03
In-Service Withdrawals
Relating to the Adrian State Bank Plan.
(a)
401(k)
Contributions. Any active Participant who has attained age 59-½ may
make written application to the Plan Administrator (on a form and in a manner
to
be prescribed
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by
the Plan Administrator) to
withdraw from the Trust Fund an amount not in excess of the value of his or
her
Prior Plan Account attributable to 401(k) contributions made to the Adrian
State
Bank Profit Sharing and Savings Plan (exclusive of any earnings thereon)
determined as of the valuation date following the date of the request. An active
Participant who has attained age 59-½ may make such a request without
terminating employment. Only one such withdrawal by an active Participant may
be
made in any one Plan Year.
(b)
Voluntary After-Tax
Contributions. Prior to termination of employment, a Participant may
elect to make a withdrawal from that portion of his or her Prior Plan Account
attributable to his or her voluntary after-tax contributions made to the Adrian
State Bank Profit Sharing and Savings Plan. The following rules shall apply
respecting such withdrawal:
(i)
withdrawals shall be permitted
upon application acceptable to the Plan Administrator and 30 days’ notice if so
requested by the Trustee.
(ii)
any withdrawal shall be limited
to an amount not in excess of the lesser of the Participant’s total voluntary
after-tax contributions, or the value of that portion of his or her Prior Plan
Account attributable to voluntary after-tax contributions, provided that such
withdrawals shall not be permitted more than one in each calendar year quarter.
14.04
Hardship Distribution
from Rollover Accounts. A Participant may request a distribution of all
or a portion of his or her Rollover Contribution Account, under the following
circumstances:
(a)
the Rollover Contributions have
been held and invested under the Participant’s Rollover Contributions Account
under the Plan for at least 12 months; and
(b)
the Participant certifies to the
Committee that the distribution is on account of a hardship. For purposes of
this Section, hardship is defined as an immediate and heavy financial need
of
the Participant where such Participant lacks other available resources.
The
Participant need not satisfy the
requirements of Section 14.02(a) or (b) above in order to qualify for a hardship
distribution under this Section 14.04.
14.05
In-Service
Withdrawals. Any active Participant who has attained age 59-½ may make
written application to the Plan Administrator (on a form and in a manner to
be
prescribed by the Plan Administrator) to withdraw from the Trust Fund an amount
not in excess of the value of his or her vested Accounts. An active Participant
who has attained age 59-½ may make such a request without terminating
employment.
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ARTICLE
XV
EMPLOYEE
STOCK OWNERSHIP
PLAN PROVISIONS
15.01
Employee Stock
Ownership Plan Portion. From and after January 1, 2004, the portion of
the Plan consisting of Participants’ ESOP Accounts and Participants’ other
Accounts invested in the Company Stock Fund shall be a stock bonus plan under
Code Section 401(a), which is intended to qualify as an employee stock ownership
plan under Code Section 4975(e)(7) (the “Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Portion”). The Employee Stock Ownership Plan Portion is maintained as a portion
of the Plan as authorized by Treasury Regulations §54.4975-11(a)(5). The
remaining part of the Plan is intended to be a profit sharing plan that meets
the requirements for qualification under Sections 401(a) and 401(k) of the
Code
(the “Profit Sharing Portion”). Together the Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Portion and the Profit Sharing Portion constitute the entire Plan and are
intended to be a single plan under Treasury Regulations
§1.414(l)-1(b)(1).
The
Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Portion shall invest primarily in employer securities, within the meaning of
Code Section 409(l), and shall consist of the Company Stock and
other assets determined by the Plan Administrator to be a part of such Employee
Stock Ownership Plan Portion.
15.02
Operation of Employee
Stock Ownership Plan Portion.
(a)
Establishment
of
Employee Stock Ownership Plan Portion. The Employee Stock Ownership
Plan Portion shall be initially established effective as of the beginning of
the
day on January 1, 2004. The Company Stock and other assets held in the Company
Stock Fund as of the end of the day on December 31, 2003, shall be deemed part
of the Employee Stock Ownership Plan Portion as of January 1, 2004.
(b)
Contributions
to
Plan. All Matching Contributions, 401(k) Contributions, Profit Sharing
Contributions and Rollover Contributions that are made for a Plan Year and
that
are immediately invested in the Company Stock Fund, either due to an investment
election by the Participant or due to a directive by an Employer or the Plan
Administrator, shall be deemed part of the Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Portion. All amounts transferred to the Plan as a result of the merger of the
Sky ESOP into this Plan effective January 15, 2004, which are invested in the
Company Stock Fund as of such date shall be deemed part of the Employee Stock
Ownership Plan Portion.
(c)
Transfers
into and out
of Employee Stock Ownership Plan Portion. Any transfers into the
Company Stock Fund from another Investment Fund shall be deemed part of the
Employee Stock Ownership Plan Portion.
15.03
Election to Receive
Dividends on Employee Stock Ownership Plan Portion.
(a)
“Cash
Dividends” means the cash dividends that are paid by the Company with
respect to the Company Stock in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan Portion.
(b)
Except as provided in the
remainder of this Section 15.03, any dividend paid on Company Stock held in
the
Employee Stock Ownership Plan Portion on behalf of a Participant shall be
reinvested in Company Stock and held in the Participant’s Dividend Reinvestment
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Account.
The Plan Administrator
shall prescribe rules and procedures, which shall be applied in a uniform and
non-discriminatory manner, to allow Participants to affirmatively elect to
have
their Cash Dividends paid directly to them in cash outside the Plan as soon
as a
administratively feasible. Such rules and procedures that are prescribed by
the
Plan Administrator shall be in accordance with the terms of the Plan or, to
the
extent not specified in the Plan, the requirements that must be satisfied in
order for a federal income tax deduction to be allowed under Code Section 404(k)
with respect to the amount of Cash Dividends (including the requirement that
the
election to receive Cash Dividends be irrevocable for the period to which it
applies and including the requirement set forth in Code Section 404(k)(2)(b)).
(c)
In the event a Participant does
not complete an election (a “Dividend Payment Election”) to have his or her Cash
Dividends distributed outside the Plan, the Cash Dividends allocated to Company
Stock held in his or her Account shall be automatically paid to the Plan,
allocated to the Dividend Reinvestment Account and reinvested in Company Stock.
Participants may make a Dividend Payment Election in the manner prescribed
by
the Plan Administrator, which may include the use of electronic transmissions
and/or an interactive voice response system. A Dividend Payment Election shall
be irrevocable once accepted by the Plan Administrator and shall remain in
effect indefinitely thereafter, unless the Participant cancels the Dividend
Payment Election pursuant to the rules and procedures adopted by the Plan
Administrator, which shall give Participants a reasonable opportunity to change
a dividend election at least annually and at any time that there is a
modification in the Plan’s provisions governing the manner in which Cash
Dividends are paid or distributed to Participants. A Participant’s Dividend
Payment Election shall be effective as soon as administratively practicable
following the date the Plan receives the Participant’s Dividend Payment Election
Form. A Dividend Payment Election Form must be completed by the Participant
within the time prescribed for such purpose and pursuant to the rules and
procedures adopted by the Plan Administrator from time to time. Any Dividend
Payment Election Form that is not completed as required by the Plan
Administrator shall be considered null and void.
(d)
Cash dividends that are paid or
reinvested pursuant to Code Section 404(k)(2)(A)(iii) and the provisions of
this
Section shall not be considered to be annual additions for purposes of Code
Section 415(c), before-tax contributions for purposes of Code Section 402(g),
elective contributions for purposes of Code Section 401(k) or employee
contributions for purposes of Code Section 401(m).
15.04
General
Rules. The Employee Stock Ownership Plan Portion shall be governed by
the following paragraphs, unless otherwise noted:
(a)
Investments in the Employee
Stock Ownership Plan Portion may be denominated as “units.” The value of a unit
will fluctuate in response to various factors, including the price of and
dividends paid on Company Stock, earnings and losses on other investments in
the
Employee Stock Ownership Plan Portion, and Employee Stock Ownership Plan Portion
expenses.
(b)
Shares of Company Stock held in
the Employee Stock Ownership Plan Portion and dividends and other distributions
on Company Stock are not specifically allocated to Participant Accounts. Each
Participant’s interest in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan
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Portions
will be based on the
proportion of his or her investment in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan Portion
to the total investment in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan Portion of all
Participants.
(c)
All Cash Dividends on shares of
Company Stock in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan Portion that a Participant
does not elect to have distributed to the Participant pursuant to Section 15.03
will be reinvested in Company Stock, unitized and added to the Employee Stock
Ownership Plan Portion. Any Company Stock received by the Trustee as a stock
split or dividend, or as a result of a reorganization or other recapitalization
with respect to the Company Stock in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan Portion,
will be unitized and added to the Employee Stock Ownership Plan Portion. Any
other property (other than shares of Company Stock) received by the Trustee
with
respect to the Company Stock in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan Portion may
be
sold by the Trustee and the proceeds added to the Employee Stock Ownership
Plan
Portion. In the event of a significant distribution of such other property,
the
Plan Administrator may implement special arrangements for the holding or
disposition of such other property by the Plan. Any rights to subscribe to
additional shares of Company Stock shall be sold by the Trustee and the proceeds
credited to the Employee Stock Ownership Plan Portion.
(d)
Shares of Company Stock either
will be contributed by the Employers to the Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Portion or will be purchased or sold for the Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Portion in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. The Trustee,
or its designated agent, may limit the daily volume of purchases and sales
to
the extent it believes it will be in the interest of Participants to do so.
15.05
Participants’ Right to
Vote Company Stock. Each Participant shall be entitled to direct the
exercise of voting rights with respect to the Company Stock deemed owned by
the
Participant’s Accounts in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan Portion. The Company
shall provide to each Participant materials pertaining to the exercise of such
rights containing all the information distributed to shareholders as part of
its
distribution of such information to shareholders. A Participant shall have
the
opportunity to exercise any such rights within the same time period as
shareholders of the Company. In the exercise of voting rights, shares of Company
Stock for which no voting instructions are received and shares of Company Stock
that are not allocated to any Participant’s Account shall be voted in the same
ratio for the election of directors and for and against each other issue as
the
applicable vote directed by Participants with respect to shares of Company
Stock.
15.06
Employee Stock
Ownership Plan Requirements. To the extent required by applicable law,
the Company reserves the right to amend the Plan to conform to any applicable
statutory or regulatory requirements.
15.07
Disaggregation of
Employee Stock Ownership Plan Portion. Notwithstanding any provisions
in this Plan to the contrary, the Employee Stock Ownership Plan Portion of
the
Plan (or any other employee stock ownership plan described in Code Section
4975(e)(7) or Section 409) is not subject to the aggregation provisions of
Article VIII.
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15.08
Exempt Loan.
An Exempt Loan is a direct loan of cash, a purchase money transaction, an
assumption of the obligation of the Plan, or a guarantee of the obligation
of
the Plan assumed in conjunction with one of the above between the Plan and
a
party-in-interest as defined in ERISA Section 3(14). Any Exempt Loan entered
into by the Plan shall meet the following requirements:
(a)
The loan shall primarily be for
the benefit of Participants. The rate of interest shall be reasonable and the
net effect of the rate of interest and the price of the securities to be
acquired with the loan shall be such that Plan assets would not be depleted.
The
loan shall be made only upon such terms as would result from arm’s length
negotiations between the Plan and independent third parties. The loan shall
be
made for a definite period of time.
(b)
The proceeds received shall be
used only to acquire Employer securities, to repay the loan or to repay a prior
Exempt Loan.
(c)
The loan shall be made without
recourse against the general assets of the Plan. The collateral shall consist
only of securities acquired with the proceeds of the loan, or securities
acquired with proceeds of a prior Exempt Loan if the prior Exempt Loan is being
paid with proceeds of the current Exempt Loan. There shall be no right of any
lender to the Plan against assets of the Plan other than collateral given for
the loan, contributions made to the Plan to meet the obligations of the loan,
and earnings attributable to collateral and investment of the contributions
made
to meet the obligations of the loan. In the event of default the amount of
Company Stock transferred to the lender in satisfaction of a default cannot
exceed the amount of such default. In the case of a default in favor of a
party-in-interest, the default shall only be to the extent of current payments
due.
(d)
Payments made by the Plan to
repay an Exempt Loan shall not exceed an amount equal to contributions and
earnings received during or prior to the year minus such payments in prior
years. The Company Stock purchased with the proceeds of the loan shall be held
in a suspense account until the Company Stock is released from the suspense
account and allocated to the Participants’ Accounts. Company Stock released from
the suspense account must be equal to an amount calculated by multiplying the
amount encumbered Company Stock by the fraction of the principal and interest
paid for the Plan Year divided by the sum of the principal and interest paid
from the Plan year plus principal and interest for all future years.
(e)
If the Trust has obtained an
Exempt Loan, the Annual Addition limitations of Article VIII shall be determined
with regard to the contributions used by the Trust to pay the loan and not
the
allocation to the Account of each Participant based upon assets withdrawn from
the suspense account established in accordance with the requirements for such
Exempt Loan.
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ARTICLE
XVI
MISCELLANEOUS
16.01
Participant’s
Rights. Neither the establishment of the Plan, nor any modification
thereof, nor the creation of any fund or account, nor any distributions
hereunder, shall be construed as giving to any Participant or other person
any
legal or equitable right against the Employer, or any officer or Employee
thereof, or the Trustee, or the Plan Administrator except as herein provided.
Under no circumstances shall the terms of employment of any Participant be
modified or in any way affected thereby.
16.02
Assignment or
Alienation of Benefits.
(a)
No benefit or interest available
hereunder will be subject to assignment or alienation, either voluntarily or
involuntarily, except as may otherwise be required or permitted by law,
including the provisions of Section 2105.19(A) (“Persons prohibited from
benefiting by the death of another”) of the Ohio Revised Code or its successor,
or any other substantially equivalent law.
(b)
The preceding subsection (a)
shall also apply to the creation, assignment, or recognition of a right to
any
benefit with respect to a participant pursuant to a domestic relations order
entered before January 1, 1985, or a domestic relations order that is not a
Qualified Domestic Relations Order. For purposes of this Section 16.02,
“Qualified Domestic Relations Order” means any domestic relations order that
creates or recognizes the existence of an alternate payee’s right to, or assigns
to an alternate payee the right to, receive all or a portion of the benefits
payable with respect to a Participant, and that otherwise meets the requirements
of Code Section 414(p).
As
soon as practical after receipt
of a domestic relations order, the Plan Administrator shall determine whether
it
is a Qualified Domestic Relations Order. If the domestic relations order is
determined to be a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, the Plan Administrator
shall be permitted, in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by
the
Internal Revenue Service and the rules and regulations established by the Plan
Administrator, to direct the Trustee to make an immediate distribution to the
alternate payee (i) if the amount is less than $5,000, (ii) as provided in
any
such Order, or (iii) as elected by the alternate payee. Such distribution shall
be permitted regardless of the age or employment of the Participant and
regardless of whether not the Participant is otherwise entitled to a
distribution, but only from the Participant’s vested Accounts.
(c)
In addition, the prohibition of
this Section 16.02 will not apply to any offset of a Participant’s benefit under
the Plan against an amount the Participant is ordered or required to pay to
the
Plan under a judgment, order, decree or settlement agreement that meets the
requirements as set forth in this Section 16.02. The Participant must be ordered
or required to pay the Plan under a judgment of conviction for a crime involving
the Plan, under a civil judgment (including a consent order or decree) entered
by a court in an action brought in connection with a violation (or alleged
violation) of part 4 of subtitle B of title I of ERISA, or pursuant to a
settlement agreement between the Secretary of Labor and the Participant in
connection with a violation (or alleged violation) of that part 4. This
judgment, order, decree or settlement agreement must expressly provide for
the
offset of all or part of the amount that must be paid to the Plan against the
Participant’s benefit under the Plan.
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16.03
Reversion of Funds to
Employer. All Employer contributions are conditioned upon their
deductibility pursuant to Code Section 404. An Employer shall not directly
or
indirectly receive any refund on contributions made to the Trust Fund except
in
the following circumstances:
(a)
Mistake of Fact. In the case of
a contribution made by a mistake of fact, the Trustee shall return the erroneous
portion of the contribution, without increase for investment earnings, but
with
decrease for investment losses, if any, within one year after payment of the
contribution to the Trust Fund.
(b)
Deductibility. To the extent
deduction of any contribution determined by an Employer in good faith to be
deductible is disallowed, the Trustee, at the option of the Employer, shall
return that portion of the contribution, without increase for investment
earnings but with decrease for investment losses, if any, for which deduction
has been disallowed within one year after the disallowance of the deduction.
(c)
Limitation. No return of
contribution shall be made under this Section which adversely affects the Plan’s
qualified status under regulations, rulings or other published positions of
the
Internal Revenue Service or reduces a Participant’s Account below the amount it
would have been had such contribution not been made.
Earnings
attributable to any
contribution subject to refund shall not be refunded. The amount subject to
refund shall be reduced by any loss attributable thereto, and by any amount
that
would cause the individual account of any Participant to be reduced to less
than
the balance that would have been in the account had the contribution subject
to
refund not been made. The return of the contribution shall be made within one
year of the mistaken payment, the disallowance of deduction (to the extent
disallowed) or the denial of qualification, as the case may be. This Section
shall not preclude refunds made in accordance with Article XVI.
16.04
Action by
Company. Any action by the Company or an Employer under this Plan may
be by resolution of the Board of Directors, or by any person or persons duly
authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors or by the By-Laws of the
Company (or Employer) to take such action. Whenever the Company or an Employer,
under the terms of the Plan, is permitted or required to do or perform any
act
or matter or thing, it shall be done and performed by any officer thereunto
duly
authorized.
16.05
Allocation of
Responsibilities. None of the allocated responsibilities or any other
responsibilities shall be shared by any two or more Named Fiduciaries unless
such sharing is provided by a specific provision of the Plan. Whenever one
Named
Fiduciary is required to follow the directions of another Named Fiduciary,
the
responsibility shall be that of the Named Fiduciary giving the directions.
16.06
Construction of
Plan. To the extent not in conflict with the provisions of ERISA, all
questions of interpretation of the Plan shall be governed by the laws of the
State of Ohio (determined without regard to its conflict of laws provisions).
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16.07
Gender and
Number. Wherever any words are used herein in the masculine gender,
they shall be construed as though they were also used in the feminine gender
in
all cases where they would so apply, and wherever any words are used herein
in
the singular form, they shall be construed as though they were also used in
the
plural form in all cases where they would so apply.
16.08
Headings.
Headings of sections are for general information only, and the Plan is not
to be
construed by reference thereto.
16.09
Incapacity.
If the Plan Administrator determines that a person entitled to receive any
benefit payment is under a legal disability or is incapacitated in any way
so as
to be unable to manage his or her financial affairs, the Plan Administrator
may
make payments to such person for his or her benefit, or apply the payments
for
the benefit of such person in such manner as the Plan Administrator considers
advisable. Any payment of a benefit in accordance with the provisions of this
Section shall be a complete discharge of any liability to make such payment.
16.10
Employee
Data. The Plan Administrator or the Trustee may require that each
Employee provide such data as it deems necessary upon becoming a Participant
in
the Plan. Each Employee, upon becoming a Participant, shall be deemed to have
approved of and to have acquiesced in each and every provision of the Plan
for
himself, his or her personal representatives, distributees, legatees, assigns,
and beneficiaries.
16.11
Unclaimed
Amounts. Unclaimed amounts will consist of the amounts of the Accounts
of a retired, deceased or terminated Participant that cannot be distributed
because of the Plan Administrator’s inability, after a reasonable search, to
locate a Participant or his or her beneficiary within a two-year period after
the payment of benefits becomes due. Unclaimed amounts for a Plan Year will
become a Forfeiture and will be allocated for the Plan Year as determined in
accordance with Section 5.05 hereof, within a reasonable time after the close
of
the Plan Year in which the two-year period will end. An unclaimed amount
subsequently claimed properly by a Participant or beneficiary will be paid
to
the Participant or beneficiary, and will be treated as a charge against
Forfeitures or the income or gain to the Trust for the Plan Year, unless the
Company, in its discretion, makes a contribution to the Plan for the Plan Year
in an amount sufficient to pay the unclaimed amount.
16.12
Reduction for
Overpayment. The Plan Administrator shall, whenever it determines that
a person has received benefit payments under this Plan in excess of the amount
to which the person is entitled under the terms of the Plan, make reasonable
attempts to collect such overpayment from the person.
16.13
Invalidity of Certain
Provisions. If any provision of this Plan shall be held invalid or
unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other
provisions hereof and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such
provisions, to the extent invalid or unenforceable, had not been included.
16.14
Plan
Supplements. The provisions of this Plan may be modified by Supplements
or Appendices to the Plan. The terms and provisions of each Supplement or
Appendix are part of the Plan and supersede the provisions of the Plan to the
extent necessary to eliminate any inconsistencies between the Plan and the
Supplements or Appendices.
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ARTICLE
XVII
TOP
HEAVY
PROVISIONS
17.01
Definitions.
The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this Article XVI:
(a)
Aggregation
Group.“Aggregation Group” shall mean the following:
(i)
Each plan of the Employer in
which a Key Employee is a Participant;
(ii)
Each other plan of the Employer
(including a terminated plan of the Employer if it was maintained within the
last 5 years ending on the Determination Date for the Plan Year being tested
for
Top Heavy status) that allows a plan covering a Key Employee to meet
qualification requirements under the coverage rules of Section 410 or the
anti-discrimination rules of Code Section 401(a)(4); except that for Plan Years
beginning after December 31, 2001, a terminated plan will be included in the
Aggregation Group only if the Employer maintained it during the one-year period
ending on the Determination Date;
(iii)
At the option of the Employer,
any other Plan maintained by the Employer as long as the expanded Aggregation
Group including such plan or plans continues to satisfy the coverage rules
of
Section 410 and the nondiscrimination rules of Code Section 401(a)(4).
(b)
Compensation.
“Compensation” means compensation received from the Employer during the
Plan Year that is includible in gross income for income tax purposes, including
any elective deferrals (as defined in Code Section 402(g)(3)) and amounts
contributed or deferred by the Employer at the election of the Employee and
that
is not includible in the gross income of the Employee by reason of Code Section
125, 132(f)(4) or 457.
(c)
Determination
Date.“Determination Date” shall mean the last day of the Plan Year
preceding the Plan year that is being tested for Top Heavy status. In the first
Plan year, the Determination Date shall mean the last day of the Plan Year
that
is being tested for Top Heavy status.
(d)
Key
Employee.“Key Employee” means any Employee or former Employee
(including any deceased Employee) who at any time during the Plan Year that
includes the Determination Date was: (i) an officer of the Employer having
Compensation greater than $130,000 (as adjusted under Code Section 416(i)(l));
(ii) a 5% owner of the Employer; or (iii) a 1% owner of the Employer having
Compensation of more than $150,000.
For
purposes of determining the top
ten owners, 5% owners, or 1% owners, ownership is determined without regard
to
the aggregation rules of Sections 414(b), (c) and (m) of the Code.
(e)
Non-Key
Employee.“Non-Key Employee” means any Employee who is not a Key
employee. Non-Key employees include Employees who are former Key Employees.
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17.02
Determination of Top
Heavy Status. The Plan will be considered Top Heavy if, as of the
Determination Date, the present value of cumulative accrued benefits under
the
Plan for Key Employees exceeds 60% of the present value of the cumulative
accrued benefits under the Plan for all Employees. In determining the ratio
of
accrued benefits for Key Employees to all other Employees, the Plan
Administrator shall use the procedure as outlined in Code Section 416(g) which
is incorporated herein by reference. In determining whether the Plan is
considered Top Heavy, all plans within the Aggregation Group will be utilized
for the calculation. For this purpose, all Employer Contributions, including
401(k) Contributions, and forfeitures shall be taken into account in determining
the contribution percentage made on behalf of any Key Employee.
Solely
for the purpose of
determining if the Plan, or any other plan included in the Aggregation Group
is
Top Heavy, the accrued benefit of an Employee other than a Key Employee shall
be
determined under.
(a)
the method; if any, that
uniformly applies for accrual purposes under all plans maintained by the
Employer or the Company, or
(b)
if there is no such method, as
if such benefit accrued not more rapidly than the slowest accrual rate permitted
under the fractional accrual rate of Code Section 411(b)(1)(C).
The
present value of cumulative
accrued benefits of a Participant who has not been credited with an Hour of
Service for the Employer maintaining the Plan during the five-year period ending
on the Determination Date will be disregarded for purposes of this Article
XVII;
except that for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 2001, the present value
of cumulative accrued benefits will be disregarded for a Participant who has
not
been credited with an Hour of Service for the Employer maintaining the Plan
during the one-year period ending on the Determination Date.
17.03
Minimum
Contribution. In the event that the Plan in aggregation with any other
Defined Contribution Plans of the Employer is determined to be Top Heavy, the
Participants who are Non-Key Employees will be eligible for a minimum
contribution for such Plan Year. This minimum contribution that shall be
allocated to the ESOP Contributions Account of each Participant who is a Non-Key
Employee, will be contributed to this Plan in an amount equal to 3% of
Compensation or if less, the largest contribution percentage of Compensation
(taking into account all Employer Contributions, including 401(k) Contributions,
and forfeitures) provided on behalf of any Key Employee. The minimum
contribution required by this Section shall be made on behalf of such
Participants who are employed as of the last day of the Plan year regardless
of
the numbers of Hours of Service credited to each Participant for such Plan
Year,
regardless of such Participant’s level of Compensation and regardless of whether
such Participant is authorizing 401(k) Contributions to the Plan. If this
minimum contribution is provided by another Defined Contribution Plan of the
Employer, then this Section will not apply to this Plan. If part of this minimum
contribution is provided by another Defined Contribution Plan of the Employer,
then the balance of the minimum contribution shall be provided by this Plan.
401(k) Contributions of Non-Key Employees shall not be considered as part of
the
minimum contribution required by this Section 17.03. For Plan Years beginning
after December 31, 2001, Matching Contributions will be taken into account
for
purposes of providing the minimum contribution required by this Section 17.03
on
behalf of Non-Key Employees.
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17.04
Minimum
Vesting. In the event the Plan is determined to be Top Heavy, each
Participant shall have a nonforfeitable interest in his or her Accounts at
least
equal to the following schedule:
|
|
|
Years of Service
|
|
Nonforfeitable Percentage
|
|
|
Less than 3
|
|
0% |
3 or More
|
|
100% |
The
above schedule shall not apply
where the nonforfeitable interest in the Participant’s Accounts would be greater
under Article V of the Plan.
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ARTICLE
XVIII
MINIMUM
DISTRIBUTION
REQUIREMENTS
18.01
General Rules.
(a)
Effective
Date.
The provisions of this Article will apply for purposes of determining required
minimum distributions for calendar years beginning with the 2003 calendar year.
(b)
Precedence.
The
requirements of this Article will take precedence over any inconsistent
provisions of the Plan.
(c)
Requirements
of Treasury
Regulations Incorporated. All distributions required under this Article
will be determined and made in accordance with the Treasury regulations under
Section 401(a)(9) of the Code.
(d)
Notwithstanding the other
provisions of this Section, distributions may be made under a designation made
before January 1, 1984, in accordance with section 242(b)(2) of the Tax Equity
and Fiscal Responsibility Act (“TEFRA”) and the provisions of the Plan that
relate to section 242(b)(2) of TEFRA.
18.02
Time and Manner of
Distribution.
(a)
Required
Distribution
Date. The Participant’s entire interest will be distributed, or begin
to be distributed, to the Participant no later than the Participant’s Required
Distribution Date.
(b)
Death
of Participant
Before Distributions Begin. If the Participant dies before
distributions begin, the Participant’s entire interest will be distributed, or
begin to be distributed, no later than as follows:
(i)
If the Participant’s surviving
spouse is the Participant’s sole Beneficiary, distributions to the surviving
spouse will begin by December 31 of the calendar year immediately following
the
calendar year in which the Participant died, or by December 31 of the calendar
year in which the Participant would have attained age 70 1/2,
if later.
(ii)
If the Participant’s surviving
spouse is not the Participant’s sole Beneficiary, distributions to the
Beneficiary will begin by December 31 of the calendar year immediately following
the calendar year in which the Participant died.
(iii)
If there is no Designated
Beneficiary as of September 30 of the year following the year of the
Participant’s death, the Participant’s entire interest will be distributed by
December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the
Participant’s death.
(iv)
If the Participant’s surviving
spouse is the Participant’s sole Beneficiary and the surviving spouse dies after
the Participant but before distributions to the surviving spouse begin, this
Section 18.02(b), other than Section 18.02(b)(i), will apply as if the surviving
spouse were the Participant.
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For
purposes of this Section
18.02(b) and Section 18.04, unless Section 18.02(b)(iv) applies, distributions
are considered to begin on the Participant’s Required Distribution Date. If
Section 18.02(b)(iv) applies, distributions are considered to begin on the
date
distributions are required to begin to the surviving spouse under Section
18.02(b)(i).
(c)
Forms
of
Distribution. Unless the Participant’s interest is distributed in the
form of a single sum on or before the Required Distribution Date, as of the
first Distribution Calendar Year distributions will be made in accordance with
Sections 18.03 and 18.04.
18.03
Required Minimum
Distributions During Participant’s Lifetime.
(a)
Amount
of Required
Minimum Distribution For Each Distribution Calendar Year. During the
Participant’s lifetime, the minimum amount that will be distributed for each
Distribution Calendar Year is the lesser of:
(i)
the quotient obtained by
dividing the Participant’s Account Balance by the distribution period in the
Uniform Lifetime Table set forth in Section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Treasury
regulations, using the Participant’s age as of the Participant’s birthday in the
Distribution Calendar Year; or
(ii)
if the Participant’s sole
Beneficiary for the Distribution Calendar Year is the Participant’s spouse, the
quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s Account Balance by the number in
the Joint and Last Survivor Table set forth in Section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the
Treasury regulations, using the Participant’s and spouse’s attained ages as of
the Participant’s and spouse’s birthdays in the Distribution Calendar Year.
(b)
Lifetime
Required
Minimum Distributions Continue Through Year of Participant’s Death.
Required minimum distributions will be determined under this Section 18.03
beginning with the first Distribution Calendar Year and up to and including
the
Distribution Calendar Year that includes the Participant’s date of death.
18.04
Required Minimum
Distribution After Participant’s Death.
(a)
Death
On or After Date
Distributions Begin.
(i)
Participant
Survived by
Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant dies on or after the date
distributions begin and there is a Designated Beneficiary, the minimum amount
that will be distributed for each Distribution Calendar Year after the year
of
the Participant’s death is the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s
Account Balance by the longer of the remaining Life Expectancy of the
Participant or the remaining Life Expectancy of the Participant’s Designated
Beneficiary, determined as follows:
(1)
The Participant’s remaining Life
Expectancy is calculated using the age of the Participant in the year of death,
reduced by one for each subsequent year.
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(2)
If the Participant’s surviving
spouse is the Participant’s sole Beneficiary, the remaining Life Expectancy of
the surviving spouse is calculated for each Distribution Calendar Year after
the
year of the Participant’s death using the surviving spouse’s age as of the
spouse’s birthday in that year. For Distribution Calendar Years after the year
of the surviving spouse’s death, the remaining Life Expectancy of the surviving
spouse is calculated using the age of the surviving spouse as of the spouse’s
birthday in the calendar year of the spouse’s death, reduced by one for each
subsequent calendar year.
(3)
If the Participant’s surviving
spouse is not the Participant’s sole Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s remaining
Life Expectancy is calculated using the age of the Beneficiary in the year
following the year of the Participant’s death, reduced by one for each
subsequent year.
(ii)
No
Designated
Beneficiary. If the Participant dies on or after the date distributions
begin and there is no Designated Beneficiary as of September 30 of the year
after the year of the Participant’s death, the minimum amount that will be
distributed for each Distribution Calendar Year after the year of the
Participant’s death is the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s
Account Balance by the Participant’s remaining Life Expectancy calculated using
the age of the Participant in the year of death, reduced by one for each
subsequent year.
(b)
Death
Before Date
Distributions Begin.
(i)
Participant
Survived by
Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant dies before the date
distributions begin and there is a Designated Beneficiary, the minimum amount
that will be distributed for each Distribution Calendar Year after the year
of
the Participant’s death is the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s
Account Balance by the remaining Life Expectancy of the Participant’s Designated
Beneficiary, determined as provided in Section 18.04(a).
(ii)
No
Designated
Beneficiary. If the Participant dies before the date distributions
begin and there is no Designated Beneficiary as of September 30 of the year
following the year of the Participant’s death, distribution of the Participant’s
entire interest will be completed by December 31 of the calendar year containing
the fifth anniversary of the Participant’s death.
(iii)
Death
of Surviving
Spouse Before Distributions to Surviving Spouse Are Required to Begin.
If the Participant dies before the date distributions begin, the Participant’s
surviving spouse is the Participant’s sole Designated Beneficiary, and the
surviving spouse dies before distributions are required to begin to the
surviving spouse under Section 18.02(b)(i), this Section 18.04(b) will apply
as
if the surviving spouse were the Participant.
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18.05
Definitions.
For purposes of this Article XVI, the following terms shall have the following
meaning:
(a)
Designated
Beneficiary.“Designated Beneficiary” means the individual who is
designated as the Beneficiary and is the Designated Beneficiary under Section
401(a)(9) of the Code and Section 1.401(a)(9)-1, Q&A-4, of the Treasury
regulations.
(b)
Distribution
Calendar
Year.“Distribution Calendar Year” means a calendar year for which a
minimum distribution is required. For distributions beginning before the
Participant’s death, the first Distribution Calendar Year is the calendar year
immediately preceding the calendar year which contains the Participant’s
Required Distribution Date. For distributions beginning after the Participant’s
death, the first Distribution Calendar Year is the calendar year in which
distributions are required to begin under Section 18.02(b). The required minimum
distribution for the Participant’s first Distribution Calendar Year will be made
on or before the Participant’s Required Distribution Date. The required minimum
distribution for other Distribution Calendar Years, including the required
minimum distribution for the Distribution Calendar Year in which the
Participant’s Required Distribution Date occurs, will be made on or before
December 31 of that Distribution Calendar Year.
(c)
Life
Expectancy.“Life Expectancy” is life expectancy as computed by use of
the Single Life Table in Section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Treasury regulations.
(d)
Participant’s
Account
Balance.“Participant’s Account Balance” means the account balance as of
the last valuation date in the calendar year immediately preceding the
Distribution Calendar Year (valuation calendar year) increased by the amount
of
any contributions made and allocated or forfeitures allocated to the account
balance as of dates in the valuation calendar year after the valuation date
and
decreased by distributions made in the valuation calendar year after the
valuation date. The account balance for the valuation calendar year includes
any
amounts rolled over or transferred to the Plan either in the valuation calendar
year or in the Distribution Calendar Year if distributed or transferred in
the
valuation calendar year.
(e)
Required
Distribution
Date.“Required Distribution Date” is the date specified in Section 6.05
of the Plan.
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FIRST
AMENDMENT
OF
THE
SKY
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
PROFIT SHARING AND 401(K) PLAN
(As
Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2004)
WHEREAS,
Sky
Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) maintains the Sky Financial Group, Inc.
Profit Sharing, 401(k) and ESOP Plan, As Amended and Restated Effective January
1, 2004 (the “Plan”); and
WHEREAS,
the
Company has delegated authority to amend the Plan to the Sky Financial Group,
Inc. Benefit Plans Committee (the “Committee”), and the Committee has determined
that amendment of the Plan is necessary and desirable.
NOW,
THEREFORE,
pursuant to the power reserved to the Company by Section 10.01 of the Plan,
and
by virtue of the authority delegated to the Committee, the Plan, as previously
amended, is hereby further amended, effective as of, and contingent upon the
closing of the Company’s sale of the stock of Sky Financial Solutions, Inc. on
March 31, 2004, by adding a the following new Section 13.12 to the Plan,
immediately after Section 13.11 thereof.
“13.12
Vesting
of Sky Financial
Solutions, Inc. Employees’ Accounts. Effective March 31, 2004, the Company
sold all of the outstanding stock of Sky Financial Solutions, Inc. (‘Sky
Solutions’). Effective March 31, 2004 (the ‘Closing Date’), and contingent upon
the closing of the sale of all of the outstanding stock of Sky Solutions on
the
Closing Date, the Accounts of each Participant who is an employee of Sky
Solutions on the Closing Date will be fully vested.”
*
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
on behalf of the Committee, the undersigned Committee member has executed this
amendment this 9th day of March 2004.
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SKY
FINANCIAL GROUP,
INC.
BENEFIT
PLANS
COMMITTEE
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By:
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/s/
Thomas A.
Sciorilli
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Its:
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Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer
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SECOND
AMENDMENT
OF
THE
SKY
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
PROFIT SHARING, 401(K)
AND ESOP PLAN
(As
Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2004)
WHEREAS,
Sky Financial Group, Inc. (the
“Company”) maintains the Sky Financial Group, Inc. Profit Sharing, 401(k) and
ESOP Plan (the “Plan”); and
WHEREAS,
the Company has delegated
authority to amend the Plan to the Sky Financial Group, Inc. Benefit Plans
Committee (the “Committee”), and the Committee has determined that amendment of
the Plan is necessary and desirable.
NOW,
THEREFORE, pursuant to the power reserved to the Company
by Section 10.01 of the Plan, and by virtue of the authority delegated to the
Committee, the Plan, as previously amended, is hereby further amended, effective
as of, and contingent upon the closing of the Company’s acquisition of all of
the outstanding stock of Second Bancorp Incorporated on or about July 1, 2004,
by adding the following to new Section 13.13 to the Plan, immediately after
Section 13.12 thereof:
“13.13
Employees of Second
Bancorp Incorporated. The Company acquired all of the outstanding stock
of Second Bancorp Incorporated (‘SBI’) effective on or about July 1, 2004 (the
‘Acquisition Date’). Effective January 1, 2005, eligible employees of SBI, and
any corporation that is affiliated with SBI, will be eligible to participate
in
the Plan. No employee of SBI, or any corporation that was affiliated with SBI
immediately prior to the Acquisition Date, shall be eligible to participate
in
the Plan until January 1, 2005.”
*
* *
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, on behalf of the
Committee, the undersigned Committee member has executed this amendment this
28th day of June 2004.
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SKY
FINANCIAL GROUP,
INC.
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BENEFIT
PLANS COMMITTEE
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By:
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/s/
Thomas A.
Sciorilli
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Thomas
A.
Sciorilli
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Its:
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Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer
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THIRD
AMENDMENT
OFTHE
SKY
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
PROFIT SHARING, 401(K)
AND ESOP PLAN
(As
Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2004)
WHEREAS,
Sky Financial Group, Inc. (the
“Company”) maintains the Sky Financial Group, Inc. Profit Sharing, 401(k) and
ESOP Plan (the “Plan”); and
WHEREAS,
the Company has delegated
authority to amend the Plan to the Sky Financial Group, Inc. Benefit Plans
Committee (the “Committee”), and the Committee has determined that amendment of
the Plan is necessary and desirable.
NOW,
THEREFORE, pursuant to the power reserved to the Company
by Section 10.01 of the Plan, and by virtue of the authority delegated to the
Committee, the Plan, as previously amended, is hereby further amended, effective
as of January 1, 2005, in the following particulars:
1.
By adding the following sentence
to Section 1.23 of the Plan:
“Effective
January 1, 2005, the term
‘M&E Participant’ means either a (i) Participant for whom an amount was
transferred from the Meyer & Eckenrode Insurance Group, Inc. 401(k) Profit
Sharing Plan, or (ii) a former participant in the Meyer & Eckenrode
Insurance Group, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan who is entitled to a
restoration of his or her Accounts upon reemployment.”
2.
By substituting the following for
Section 13.13 of the Plan, in its entirety:
“13.13
Merger of Second Bank
Plan Accounts Effective January 1, 2005. Prior to January 1, 2005, the
Company (as a result of its acquisition of Second Bancorp Incorporated (‘SBI’),
effective July 1, 2004) maintained the Second Bancorp Incorporated 401(k) Plan
(the ‘SBI Plan’). Effective January 1, 2005, the SBI Plan is merged into, and
amended and restated in the form of, this Plan.
An
Employee who was an employee of
SBI or any corporation that was affiliated with SBI immediately prior to
acquisition by the Company and/or a participant in the SBI Plan is eligible
to
participate in the Plan beginning January 1, 2005, if the Employee meets the
requirements of Section 2.01. Notwithstanding the foregoing or the provisions
of
Section 2.01, no Employees of Stouffer-Herzog Insurance Agency, Inc. will be
eligible to receive Profit Sharing Contributions provided for under Section
3.04
of the Plan.
Amounts
transferred from the SBI
Plan pursuant to this Section from a Participant’s account that were
attributable to ‘Elective Deferrals’ under the SBI Plan shall be held and
invested in the Participant’s 401(k) Contributions Account under this Plan,
according to the Participant’s investment elections. Amounts transferred from
the SBI Plan that were attributable to ‘Matching Contributions’ under the SBI
Plan shall be held and invested in the Participant’s Matching Contributions
Account under this Plan. Amounts transferred from the SBI Plan that were
attributable to ‘Rollover Contributions’ under the SBI Plan shall be held and
invested in the Participant’s Rollover Contributions Account under this Plan.
Amounts transferred from the SBI Plan that were attributable to ‘Transfer
Contributions’ under the SBI Plan shall be held and invested in the
Participant’s Prior Plan Account under this Plan.
A
Participant for whom amounts are
transferred under this Section 13.13 will always have a nonforfeitable interest
in the amounts transferred from the SBI Plan.
‘Years
of Service’ credited under
the SBI Plan will count as Years of Service for all purposes under this Plan.”
3.
By adding the following new
Section 13.14 to the Plan:
“13.14
Merger of M&E
Plan Accounts Effective January 1, 2005. Prior to January 1, 2005, the
Company (as a result its acquisition of Meyer & Eckenrode Insurance Group,
Inc. (‘M&E’) effective July 13, 2000) maintained the Meyer & Eckenrode
Insurance Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan (the ‘M&E Plan’). Effective January 1,
2005, the M&E Plan is merged into, and amended and restated in the form of,
this Plan.
An
Employee who was an employee of
M&E or any corporation that was affiliated with M&E prior to acquisition
by the Company and/or a participant in the M&E Plan is eligible to
participate in the Plan beginning January 1, 2005, if the Employee meets the
requirements of Section 2.01. Notwithstanding the foregoing or the provisions
of
Section 2.01, no Employees of Meyer & Eckenrode Insurance Group, Inc. will
be eligible to receive Profit Sharing Contributions provided for under Section
3.04 of the Plan.
Amounts
transferred from the M&E
Plan pursuant to this Section from a Participant’s account that were
attributable to ‘Elective Deferrals’ under the M&E Plan shall be held and
invested in the Participant’s 401(k) Contributions Account under this Plan,
according to the Participant’s investment elections. Amounts transferred from
the M&E Plan that were attributable to ‘Employer matching contributions’
under the M&E Plan shall be held and invested in the Participant’s Matching
Contributions Account under this Plan. Amounts transferred from the M&E Plan
that were attributable to ‘Employer Non-Elective Contributions’ under the
M&E Plan shall be held and invested in the Participant’s Profit Sharing
Contributions Account under this Plan. Amounts transferred from the M&E Plan
that were attributable to ‘rollovers’ under the M&E Plan shall be held and
invested
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in
the Participant’s Rollover
Contributions Account under this Plan. Amounts transferred from the M&E Plan
that were attributable to ‘transfers’ under the M&E Plan shall be held and
invested in the Participant’s Prior Plan Account under this Plan.
A
Participant for whom amounts are
transferred under this Section 13.14 will always have a nonforfeitable interest
in the amounts transferred from the M&E Plan.
‘Years
of Service’ credited under
the M&E Plan will count as Years of Service for all purposes under this
Plan.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of
Section 6.02 of the Plan, the provisions of Section 6.03(a) through 6.03(c)
shall apply exclusively to all distributions to M&E Participants scheduled
to commence prior to the 90th day after the M&E Participant has been
furnished a summary of Section 6.02 that satisfies the requirements of 29 C.F.R.
Section 2520.104(b)-3; provided, however, that the distribution option under
Section 6.03(b)(ii) shall not be available to M&E Participants. After such
summary has been furnished, the provisions of Section 6.02 shall apply
exclusively to all distributions to M&E Participants.”
4.
By adding the following new
Section 13.15 of the Plan:
“13.15
Merger of EOB Plan
Accounts Effective January 1, 2005. Prior to January 1, 2005, the
Company (as a result of the merger of E.O.B., Inc. with and into the Company
effective April 1, 2004) maintained the E.O.B., Inc. 401(k) Plan (the ‘EOB
Plan’). Effective January 1, 2005, the EOB Plan is merged into, and amended and
restated in the form of, this Plan.
An
Employee who was an employee of
E.O.B., Inc. and/or a participant in the EOB Plan is eligible to participate
in
the Plan beginning January 1, 2005, if the Employee meets the requirements
of
Section 2.01. Notwithstanding the foregoing or the provisions of Section 2.01,
no Employees of E.O.B., Inc will be eligible to receive Profit Sharing
Contributions provided for under Section 3.04 of the Plan.
Amounts
transferred from the EOB
Plan pursuant to this Section from a Participant’s account that were
attributable to ‘elective deferrals’ under the EOB Plan shall be held and
invested in the Participant’s 401(k) Contributions Account under this Plan,
according to the Participant’s investment elections. Amounts transferred from
the EOB Plan that were attributable to ‘Employer matching contributions’ under
the EOB Plan shall be held and invested in the Participant’s Matching
Contributions Account under this Plan. Amounts transferred from the EOB Plan
that were attributable to ‘Employer non-elective contributions’ under the EOB
Plan shall be held and invested in the Participant’s Profit Sharing
Contributions Account under this Plan. Amounts transferred from the EOB Plan
that were attributable to ‘rollover contributions’ under the EOB Plan shall be
held and invested in the Participant’s Rollover Contributions Account under this
Plan.
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A
Participant for whom amounts are
transferred under this Section 13.15 will always have a nonforfeitable interest
in the amounts transferred from the EOB Plan.
‘Years
of Service’ credited under
the EOB Plan will count as Years of Service for all purposes under this Plan.”
5.
By adding the following new
Section 13.16 to the Plan:
“13.16
Merger of Prospect
Bank Plan Accounts Effective as of January 1, 2005. Prior to January 1,
2005, the Company (as a result of the Company’s acquisition of Prospect
Bancshares, Inc. on or about November 30, 2004) maintained the Prospect Bank
401(k) Plan (the ‘Prospect Bank Plan’). Effective as of January 1, 2005, the
Prospect Bank Plan is merged into, and amended and restated in the form of,
this
Plan. An Employee who was an employee of Prospect Bank and/or a participant
in
the Prospect Bank Plan is eligible to participate in the Plan beginning January
1, 2005, if the Employee meets the requirements of Section 2.01.
Amounts
transferred from the
Prospect Bank Plan pursuant to this Section from a Participant’s account that
were attributable to ‘Elective Contributions’ under the Prospect Bank Plan shall
be held and invested in the Participant’s 401(k) Contributions Account under
this Plan, according to the Participant’s investment elections. Amounts
transferred from the Prospect Bank Plan that were attributable to ‘matching
contributions’ under the Prospect Bank Plan shall be held and invested in the
Participant’s Matching Contributions Account under this Plan. Amounts
transferred from the Prospect Bank Plan that were attributable to ‘discretionary
profit sharing contributions’ under the Prospect Bank Plan shall be held and
invested in the Participant’s Profit Sharing Contributions Account under this
Plan. Amounts transferred from the Prospect Bank Plan that were attributable
to
‘rollovers’ under the Prospect Bank Plan shall be held and invested in the
Participant’s Rollover Contributions Account under this Plan. Amounts
transferred from the Prospect Bank Plan that were attributable to ‘transfers’
under the Prospect Bank Plan shall be held and invested in the Participant’s
Prior Plan Account under this Plan.
A
Participant for whom amounts are
transferred under this Section 13.16 will always have a nonforfeitable interest
in the amounts transferred from the Prospect Bank Plan.
‘Years
of Service’ credited under
the Prospect Bank Plan will count as Years of Service for all purposes under
this Plan.”
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6.
By adding the following new
paragraph (j) of Section 14.01 of the Plan, effective January 1, 2005:
“(j)
For each M&E Participant,
if the value of the Participant’s vested Accounts subject to security for a loan
is in excess of $5,000, then in the 90-day period ending on the date on which
the loan is secured, the Participant’s spouse, if any, must consent to the loan.
If the spouse does not give consent, then such Participant shall not be eligible
for a loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the spouse’s consent is not required
for any loan that is scheduled to be disbursed on or after the 90th day after
the Participant has been furnished a summary of Section 6.02 that satisfies
the
requirements of 29 C.F.R. Section 2520.104(b)-3.”
7.
By adding the following new
paragraph (c) of Section 14.02 of the Plan, effective January 1, 2005:
“(c)
For each M&E Participant,
hardship distributions are subject to the spousal consent requirements contained
in Code Sections 401(a)(11) and 417. Notwithstanding the foregoing, spousal
consent is not required for any hardship distribution that is scheduled to
be
distributed on or after the 90th day after the Participant has been furnished
a
summary of Section 6.02 that satisfies the requirements of 29 C.F.R. Section
2520.104(b)-3.”
8.
By adding the following new
paragraph to the end of Section 14.05 of the Plan, effective January 1, 2005:
“In-service
distributions to M&E
Participants are subject to the spousal consent requirements contained in Code
Sections 401(a)(11) and 417. Notwithstanding the foregoing, spousal consent
is
not required for any in-service distribution that is scheduled to be distributed
on or after the 90th day after the Participant has been furnished a summary
of
Section 6.02 that satisfies the requirements of 29 C.F.R. Section
2520.104(b)-3.”
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, on behalf of the
Committee, the undersigned Committee member has executed this amendment this
9th
day of November 2004.
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SKY
FINANCIAL
GROUP, INC. |
BENEFIT
PLANS
COMMITTEE |
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By:
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/s/
Donald A.
Hileman
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Donald
A. Hileman
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Its:
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Senior
Vice President -
Finance
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FOURTH
AMENDMENT
OFTHE
SKY
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
PROFIT SHARING, 401(K)
AND ESOP PLAN
(As
Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2004)
WHEREAS,
Sky Financial Group,
Inc. (the “Company”) maintains the Sky Financial Group, Inc. Profit Sharing,
401(k) and ESOP Plan (the “Plan”); and
WHEREAS,
the Company has delegated
authority to amend the Plan to the Sky Financial Group, Inc. Benefit Plans
Committee (the “Committee”), and the Committee has determined that amendment of
the Plan is necessary and desirable.
NOW,
THEREFORE, pursuant
to the power reserved to the Company by Section 10.01 of the Plan, and by virtue
of the authority delegated to the Committee, the Plan, as previously amended,
is
hereby further amended, in the following particulars:
1. By
inserting the phrase
“anniversary awards, prizes,” after the phrase “moving expenses,” where it
appears in Section 1.03(d) of the Plan, effective as of January 1, 2004.
2. By
substituting the following for
the first sentence of Section 5.04 of the Plan, effective March 27, 2005:
“If
a
Participant terminates employment with the Employers, and the value of the
Participant’s vested Accounts is not (or at the time of any prior, periodic
distribution was not) greater than $1,000, the Participant will receive a
distribution of the value of the entire vested portion of his or her Accounts
and the nonvested portion will be treated as a forfeiture.”
3. By
substituting the following for
the second sentence of Section 6.01 of the Plan, effective March 27, 2005:
“If
the
nonforfeitable portion of the Participant’s Account exceeds (or at the time of
any prior, periodic distribution ever exceeded) $1,000, the Plan shall
not
distribute
the Participant’s Account before the Participant attains Normal Retirement Date,
unless the Participant consents to such distribution in writing.”
4. By
substituting the following for
the second paragraph of Section 6.01 of the Plan, effective March 27, 2005:
“Subject
to the
rules in Section 6.03, the surviving spouse shall begin to receive payments
immediately, unless such surviving spouse elects a later date, except that
the
surviving spouse shall receive an immediate distribution if the value of the
Participant’s vested Accounts is not (or at the time of any prior, periodic
distribution was not) greater than $1,000.”
* * *
IN
WITNESS
WHEREOF, on behalf of the Committee, the undersigned
Committee member has executed this amendment this 30th day of December 2004.
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SKY
FINANCIAL
GROUP, INC.
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BENEFIT
PLANS
COMMITTEE
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By:
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/s/
Thomas A. Sciorilli
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Its:
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SVP
& Chief Human Resources Officer
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FIFTH
AMENDMENT
OFTHE
SKY
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
PROFIT SHARING, 401(K)
AND ESOP PLAN
(As
Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2004)
WHEREAS,
Sky Financial
Group, Inc. (the “Company”) maintains the Sky Financial Group, Inc. Profit
Sharing, 401(k) and ESOP Plan (the “Plan”); and
WHEREAS,
the Company has
delegated authority to amend the Plan to the Sky Financial Group, Inc. Benefit
Plans Committee (the “Committee”), and the Committee has determined that
amendment of the Plan is necessary and desirable.
NOW,
THEREFORE, pursuant to the power
reserved to the Company by Section 10.01 of the Plan, and by virtue of the
authority delegated to the Committee, the Plan, as previously amended, is hereby
further amended, in the following particulars, effective March 27, 2005:
1. By
rescinding particulars 2 through
4 of the Fourth Amendment of the Plan, which shall be void and of no effect.
2.
By
substituting the figure
“$1,000” for “$5,000” where the latter appears in the first paragraph of Section
5.05 of the Plan.
3. By
deleting the last sentence of
the first paragraph of Section 5.05 of the Plan.
4. By
substituting the figure “$1,000”
for “$5,000” where the latter appears in the first paragraph of Section 6.01 of
the Plan.
5. By
deleting the last sentence of
the first paragraph of Section 6.01 of the Plan.
6. By
substituting the figure “$1,000”
for “$5,000” where the latter appears in the second paragraph of Section 6.04(c)
of the Plan.
* * *
[signature
page to follow]
IN
WITNESS
WHEREOF, on behalf of the Committee,
the undersigned Committee member has executed this amendment this 8th day of
March 2005.
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SKY
FINANCIAL
GROUP, INC.
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BENEFIT
PLANS
COMMITTEE
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By:
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/s/
Thomas A.
Sciorilli
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Its:
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Chief
Human Resources Officer
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SIXTH
AMENDMENT
OFTHE
SKY
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
PROFIT SHARING, 401(K)
AND ESOP PLAN
(As
Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2004)
WHEREAS,
Sky Financial
Group, Inc. (the “Company”) maintains the Sky Financial Group, Inc. Profit
Sharing, 401(k) and ESOP Plan (the “Plan”); and
WHEREAS,
the Company has
delegated authority to amend the Plan to the Sky Financial Group, Inc. Benefit
Plans Committee (the “Committee”), and the Committee has determined that
amendment of the Plan is necessary and desirable.
NOW,
THEREFORE, pursuant to the power
reserved to the Company by Section 10.01 of the Plan, and by virtue of the
authority delegated to the Committee, the Plan, as previously amended, is hereby
further amended, effective as of January 1, 2005, by substituting the following
for Section 1.36(g) of the Plan, in its entirety:
“(g)
Effective
for Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2005, all hours, years and/or
other periods of service that an Employee had with an Acquired Employer shall
be
credited toward Years of Service under the terms and conditions of this Section
solely for purposes of determining the Employee’s nonforfeitable interest in his
or her Accounts under Section 5.03.”
* * *
IN
WITNESS
WHEREOF, on behalf of the Committee,
the undersigned Committee member has executed this amendment this 13th day
of
October 2005.
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SKY
FINANCIAL
GROUP, INC.
|
BENEFIT
PLANS
COMMITTEE
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By:
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/s/
Thomas A.
Sciorilli
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Its:
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Chief
Human Resources Officer
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SEVENTH
AMENDMENT
OFTHE
SKY
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
PROFIT SHARING, 401(K) AND ESOP
PLAN
(As
Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2004)
WHEREAS,
Sky Financial
Group, Inc. (the “Company”) maintains the Sky Financial Group, Inc. Profit
Sharing, 401(k) and ESOP Plan (the “Plan”); and
WHEREAS,
the Company has
delegated authority to amend the Plan to the Sky Financial Group, Inc. Benefit
Plans Committee (the “Committee”), and the Committee has determined that
amendment of the Plan is necessary and desirable.
NOW,
THEREFORE, pursuant
to the power reserved to the Company by Section 10.01 of the Plan, and by virtue
of the authority delegated to the Committee, the Plan, as previously amended,
is
hereby further amended, effective as of January 1, 2005, by adding the following
to the end of the second paragraph of Section 13.14 of the Plan:
“Notwithstanding
the foregoing or the provisions of Section 2.01, no Employee of Meyer &
Eckenrode Investments, Inc. will be eligible to receive Profit Sharing
Contributions provided for under Section 3.04 of the Plan, unless such Employee
is scheduled to become an Employee of Sky Trust, N.A. on or around January
1,
2006.”
* * *
IN
WITNESS
WHEREOF, on behalf of the Committee, the undersigned
Committee member has executed this amendment this 30th day of December 2005.
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SKY
FINANCIAL
GROUP, INC.
|
BENEFIT
PLANS
COMMITTEE
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By:
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|
/s/
Thomas
A. Sciorilli
|
Its:
|
|
Chief
Human Resources
Officer
|
EIGHTH
AMENDMENT
OFTHE
SKY
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
PROFIT SHARING, 401(K)
AND ESOP PLAN
(As
Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2004)
WHEREAS,
Sky
Financial Group, Inc. (the
“Company”) maintains the Sky Financial Group, Inc. Profit Sharing, 401(k) and
ESOP Plan (the “Plan”); and
WHEREAS,
the
Company has delegated
authority to amend the Plan to the Sky Financial Group, Inc. Benefit Plans
Committee (the “Committee”), and the Committee has determined that amendment of
the Plan is necessary and desirable.
Now,
THEREFORE, pursuant to the power reserved to the Company
by Section 10.01 of the Plan, and by virtue of the authority delegated to
the Committee, the Plan, as previously amended, is hereby further amended,
effective as of January 1, 2006, except where otherwise noted, in the
following particulars:
1.
By adding the
following at the end of Section 1.23 of the Plan:
“Effective
January 1, 2006, the term ‘BDA Participant’ means either a
(i) Participant for whom an amount was transferred from the Benefit Design
Agency of Ohio 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, or (ii) a former participant
in the Benefit Design Agency of Ohio 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan who is
entitled to a restoration of his or her Accounts upon reemployment. Effective
January 1, 2006, the term ‘Belmont Participant’ means either a
(i) Participant for whom an amount was transferred from the Belmont
National Bank 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, or (ii) a former participant in
the Belmont National Bank 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan who is entitled to a
restoration of his or her Accounts upon reemployment.”
2.
By
substituting the following for the second paragraph of Section 6.05 of the
Plan, in its entirety:
“A
Participant
may defer the commencement of distributions under the Plan to a date later
than
set forth above.”
3.
By adding the
following at the end of Section 10.03 of the Plan:
“Any
benefits
provided under a transferring or merging plan that are protected benefits under
Code Section 411(d)(6) and regulations thereunder shall be available to
Participants (and their Beneficiaries) under the Plan.”
4.
By adding the
following new Section 13.17 of the Plan:
“13.17
Merger of Belmont National Bank 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan Accounts Effective
January 1, 2006. Prior to January 1, 2006, the Company (as a
result of its acquisition of Belmont National Bank (‘Belmont’),
effective
June 1, 2005) maintained the Belmont National Bank 401(k) Profit
Sharing Plan (the ‘Belmont Plan’).
Effective January 1, 2006, the Belmont Plan is
merged into, and amended and restated in the form of, this Plan.
An
Employee who
was an employee of Belmont immediately prior to acquisition by the Company
and/or a participant in the Belmont Plan is eligible to participate in the
Plan
beginning January 1, 2006, if the Employee meets the requirements of
Section 2.01.
Amounts
transferred from the Belmont Plan pursuant to this Section from a Participant’s
account that were attributable to ‘salary reduction contributions’ under the
Belmont Plan shall be held and invested in the Participant’s 401(k)
Contributions Account under this Plan, according to the Participant’s investment
elections. Amounts transferred from the Belmont Plan that were attributable
to
‘matching contributions’ under the Belmont Plan shall be held and invested in
the Participant’s Matching Contributions Account under this Plan. Amounts
transferred from the Belmont Plan that were attributable to ‘discretionary
profit sharing contributions’ under the Belmont Plan shall be held and invested
in the Participant’s Profit Sharing Contributions Account under this Plan.
Amounts transferred from the Belmont Plan that were attributable to ‘prior plan
contributions’ under the Belmont Plan shall be held and invested in the
Participant’s Profit Sharing Contributions Account under this Plan. Amounts
transferred from the Belmont Plan that were attributable to ‘rollover’
contributions under the Belmont Plan shall be held and invested in the
Participant’s Rollover Contributions Account under this Plan. Amounts
transferred from the Belmont Plan that were attributable to ‘Voluntary
Contributions’ under the Belmont Plan shall be held and invested in the
Participant’s After-Tax Contributions Account, which will be a subaccount of the
Participant’s Prior Plan Account under this Plan.
A
Participant
for whom amounts are transferred under this Section 13.17 will always have
a nonforfeitable interest in the amounts transferred from the Belmont Plan.
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‘Years
of
Service’ credited under the Belmont Plan will count as Years of Service under
this Plan solely for purposes of determining the Employee’s nonforfeitable
interest in his or her account under Section 5.03 of the Plan.”
5.
By adding the
following new Section 13.18 of the Plan:
“13.18
Merger of Benefit Design Agency of Ohio, Inc. Plan Accounts Effective
January 1, 2006. Prior to January 1, 2006, the Company (as a
result of its acquisition of Benefit Design Agency of Ohio, Inc. (‘BDA’),
effective August 1, 2005) maintained the Benefit Design Agency of Ohio
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (the ‘BDA Plan’). Effective January 1, 2006,
the BDA Plan is merged into, and amended and restated in the form of, this
Plan.
An
Employee who
was an employee of BDA immediately prior to acquisition by the Company and/or
a
participant in the BDA Plan is eligible to participate in the Plan beginning
January 1, 2006, if the Employee meets the requirements of
Section 2.01. Notwithstanding the foregoing or the provisions of
Section 2.01, no Employee who was an employee of BDA immediately prior to
acquisition by the Company will be eligible to receive Profit Sharing
Contributions provided for under Section 3.04 of the Plan.
Amounts
transferred from the BDA Plan pursuant to this Section from a Participant’s
account that were attributable to ‘Section 401(k) Deferrals’ under the BDA Plan
shall be held and invested in the Participant’s 401(k) Contributions Account
under this Plan, according to the Participant’s investment elections. Amounts
transferred from the BDA Plan that were attributable to Employer ‘Matching
Contributions’ under the BDA Plan shall be held and invested in the
Participant’s Matching Contributions Account under this Plan. Amounts
transferred from the BDA Plan that were attributable to ‘Employer Nonelective
Contributions’ or ‘employer fail-safe contributions’ under the BDA Plan shall be
held and invested in the Participant’s Profit Sharing Contributions Account
under this Plan. Amounts transferred from the BDA Plan that were attributable
to
‘Rollover Contributions’ under the BDA Plan shall be held and invested in the
Participant’s Rollover Contributions Account under this Plan.
A
Participant
for whom amounts are transferred under this Section 13.18 will always have
a nonforfeitable interest in the amounts transferred from the BDA Plan.
‘Years
of
Service’ credited under the BDA Plan will count as Years of Service under this
Plan solely for purposes of (i) determining the Employee’s nonforfeitable
interest in his or her Accounts under Section 5.03 of the Plan and
(ii) determining the Employee’s ‘Years of Service’ under
Section 14.05(c) of the Plan.
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Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 6.02 of the Plan, the provisions of
Section 6.03(a) through 6.03(c) shall apply exclusively to all
distributions to BDA Participants scheduled to commence prior to March 15,
2006; provided, however, that the distribution option under
Section 6.03(b)(ii) shall not be available to BDA Participants. On and
after March 15, 2006, the provisions of Section 6.02 shall apply
exclusively to all distributions to BDA Participants.”
6.
By adding the
following new Section 13.19 to the Plan:
“13.19
Merger of Becker-McDowell Agency, Inc. 401(k) Plan Accounts Effective
January 1, 2006. Prior to January 1, 2006, the Company (as a
result of its acquisition of Becker-McDowell Agency, Inc. (‘Becker’), effective
October 5, 2005) maintained the of Becker-McDowell Agency, Inc. 401(k) Plan
(the ‘Becker Plan’). Effective January 1, 2006, the Becker Plan is merged
into, and amended and restated in the form of, this Plan.
An
Employee who
was an employee of Becker immediately prior to acquisition by the Company and/or
a participant in the Becker Plan is eligible to participate in the Plan
beginning January 1, 2006, if the Employee meets the requirements of
Section 2.01. Notwithstanding the foregoing or the provisions of
Section 2.01, no Employee who was an employee of Becker immediately prior
to acquisition by the Company will be eligible to receive Profit Sharing
Contributions provided for under Section 3.04 of the Plan.
Amounts
transferred from the Becker Plan pursuant to this Section from a Participant’s
account that were attributable to ‘elective salary deferrals’ under the Becker
Plan shall be held and invested in the Participant’s 401(k) Contributions
Account under this Plan, according to the Participant’s investment elections.
Amounts transferred from the Becker Plan that were attributable to ‘Nonelective
Safe Harbor Contributions’ under the Becker Plan shall be held and invested in
the Participant’s Profit Sharing Contributions Account under this Plan. Amounts
transferred from the Becker Plan that were attributable to ‘Employer
discretionary profit sharing contributions’ under the Becker Plan shall be held
and invested in the Participant’s Profit Sharing Contributions Account under
this Plan. Amounts transferred from the Becker Plan that were attributable
to
‘Rollover’ contributions under the Becker Plan shall be held and invested in the
Participant’s Rollover Contributions Account under this Plan.
A
Participant
for whom amounts are transferred under this Section 13.19 will always have
a nonforfeitable interest in the amounts transferred from the Becker Plan.
‘Years
of
Service’ credited under the Becker Plan will count as Years of Service under
this Plan solely for purposes of determining the Employee’s nonforfeitable
interest in his or her account under Section 5.03 of the Plan.”
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7.
By adding the
following new Section 13.20 to the Plan:
“13.20
Merger of Steiner Insurance Agency, Inc. 401(k) Employee Savings Plan Accounts
Effective January 1, 2006. Prior to January 1, 2006, the
Company (as a result of its acquisition of Steiner Insurance Agency, Inc.
(‘Steiner’), effective October 5, 2005) maintained the Steiner Insurance
Agency, Inc. 401(k) Employee Savings Plan (the ‘Steiner Plan’). Effective
January 1, 2006, the Steiner Plan is merged into, and amended and restated
in the form of, this Plan.
An
Employee who
was an employee of Steiner immediately prior to acquisition by the Company
and/or a participant in the Steiner Plan is eligible to participate in the
Plan
beginning January 1, 2006, if the Employee meets the requirements of
Section 2.01. Notwithstanding the foregoing or the provisions of
Section 2.01, no Employee who was an employee of Steiner immediately prior
to acquisition by the Company will be eligible to receive Profit Sharing
Contributions provided for under Section 3.04 of the Plan.
Amounts
transferred from the Steiner Plan pursuant to this Section from a Participant’s
account that were attributable to ‘Elective Deferrals’ under the Steiner Plan
shall be held and invested in the Participant’s 401(k) Contributions Account
under this Plan, according to the Participant’s investment elections. Amounts
transferred from the Steiner Plan that were attributable to ‘Nonelective Safe
Harbor Contributions’ under the Steiner Plan shall be held and invested in the
Participant’s Profit Sharing Contributions Account under this Plan. Amounts
transferred from the Steiner Plan that were attributable to ‘Employer
discretionary profit sharing contributions’ under the Steiner Plan shall be held
and invested in the Participant’s Profit Sharing Contributions Account under
this Plan. Amounts transferred from the Steiner Plan that were attributable
to
‘Rollover’ contributions under the Steiner Plan shall be held and invested in
the Participant’s Rollover Contributions Account under this Plan.
A
Participant
for whom amounts are transferred under this Section 13.20 will always have
a nonforfeitable interest in the amounts transferred from the Steiner Plan.
‘Years
of
Service’ credited under the Steiner Plan will count as Years of Service under
this Plan solely for purposes of determining the Employee’s nonforfeitable
interest in his or her account under Section 5.03 of the Plan.”
8.
By adding the
following new Section 13.21 to the Plan:
“13.21
Merger of Falls Bank Plan Accounts Effective January 1, 2006.
Prior to January 1, 2006, the Company (as a result its acquisition
of Falls
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Bank
effective
November 29, 2005) maintained the Falls Bank 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
(the ‘Falls Bank Plan’). Effective January 1, 2006, the Falls Bank Plan is
merged into, and amended and restated in the form of, this Plan.
An
Employee who
was an employee of Falls Bank immediately prior to acquisition by the Company
and/or a participant in the Falls Bank Plan is eligible to participate in the
Plan beginning January 1, 2006, if the Employee meets the requirements of
Section 2.01.
Amounts
transferred from the Falls Bank Plan pursuant to this Section from a
Participant’s account that were attributable to ‘Elective Deferrals’ under the
Falls Bank Plan shall be held and invested in the Participant’s 401(k)
Contributions Account under this Plan, according to the Participant’s investment
elections.
A
Participant
for whom amounts are transferred under this Section 13.21 will always have
a nonforfeitable interest in the amounts transferred from the Falls Bank Plan.
‘Years
of
Service’ credited under the Falls Bank Plan will count as Years of Service
solely for purposes of determining the Employee’s nonforfeitable interest in his
or her Accounts under Section 5.03 of the Plan.”
9.
By adding the
following new Section 13.22 to the Plan:
“13.22
Participation of Peter B. Burke Agency, Inc. Participants. Effective
January 3, 2006, the Company acquired Peter B. Burke Agency, Inc. An
Employee who was an employee of Peter B. Burke Agency, Inc. immediately prior
to
acquisition by the Company is eligible to participate in the Plan (i) for
purposes of ESOP Contributions under Section 3.05 of the Plan, effective
January 3, 2006, and (ii) for all other purposes of the Plan except
Profit Sharing Contributions under Section 3.04 of the Plan, effective
April 1, 2006, if the Employee meets the requirements of Section 2.01.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or the provisions of Section 2.01, no
Employee who was an employee of Peter B. Burke Agency, Inc. immediately prior
to
acquisition by the Company will be eligible to receive Profit Sharing
Contributions provided for under Section 3.04 of the Plan.
Notwithstanding
Section 1.36(g) of the Plan, a Participant who was an employee of Peter B.
Burke Agency, Inc. immediately prior to acquisition by the Company will receive
credit towards ‘Years of Service’ under the Plan for all hours, years and/or
other periods of service that such Participant had with Peter B. Burke Agency,
Inc. solely for purposes of determining the Employee’s (i) eligibility to
participate in the Plan under Section 2.01 and (ii) nonforfeitable
interest in his or her Accounts under Section 5.03 of the Plan.”
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10.
By adding
the following new paragraph (k) of Section 14.01 of the Plan:
“(k)
For each
BDA Participant, if the value of the Participant’s vested Accounts subject to
security for a loan is in excess of $5,000, then in the 90-day period ending
on
the date on which the loan is secured, the Participant’s spouse, if any, must
consent to the loan. If the spouse does not give consent, then such Participant
shall not be eligible for a loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the spouse’s
consent is not required for any loan that is scheduled to be disbursed to a
BDA
Participant on or after March 15, 2006.”
11.
By adding
the following new paragraph (d) of Section 14.02 of the Plan:
“(c)
For each
BDA Participant, hardship distributions are subject to the spousal consent
requirements contained in Code Sections 401(a)(11) and 417. Notwithstanding
the
foregoing, spousal consent is not required for any hardship distribution that
is
scheduled to be distributed to a BDA Participant on or after March 15,
2006.”
12.
By
substituting the following for Section 14.05 of the Plan, in its entirety:
“14.05
In-Service Withdrawals.
(a)
In-Service Withdrawals At Age 59- 1/2.
Any active
Participant who has attained age 59- 1/2
may make written application to the Plan Administrator (on
a form and in a manner to be prescribed by the Plan Administrator) to withdraw
from the Trust Fund an amount not in excess of the value of his or her vested
Accounts. An active Participant who has attained age 59- 1/2
may make such a
request without terminating employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
in-service withdrawals shall not be permitted from a Participant’s ESOP Account
and/or Dividend Reinvestment Account.
(b)
In-Service Distributions Relating to M&E Participants.
In-service distributions to M&E Participants are subject to the
spousal consent requirements contained in Code Sections 401(a)(11) and 417.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, spousal consent is not required for any
in-service distribution to an M&E Participant that is scheduled to be
distributed on or after the 90th day after the Participant has been furnished
a
summary of Section 6.02 that satisfies the requirements of 29 C.F.R.
Section 2520.104(b)-3.
(c)
In-Service Distributions Relating to BDA Participants. In
addition to the in-service withdrawal provision of Section 14.05(a), an
active BDA Participant who has attained age 55 and completed at least seven
Years of Service may make written application to the Plan Administrator (on
a
form and in a manner to be prescribed by the Plan Administrator) to receive
an
in-service withdrawal from the Trust Fund of all or any portion of any amounts
transferred from the BDA Plan that were attributable ‘Employer Matching
Contributions’ or
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‘Employer
Nonelective Contributions’ under the BDA Plan. A BDA Participant may also make
written application to the Plan Administrator (on a form and in a manner to
be
prescribed by the Plan Administrator) to receive an in-service distribution
of
all or any portion of any amounts transferred from the BDA Plan if the BDA
Participant incurs a Disability. A BDA Participant may also make written
application to the Plan Administrator at any time (on a form and in a manner
to
be prescribed by the Plan Administrator) to receive an in-service distribution
of all or any portion of any amounts transferred from the BDA Plan that were
attributable to ‘Rollover Contributions’ under the BDA Plan.
In-service
distributions to BDA Participants are subject to the spousal consent
requirements contained in Code Sections 401(a)(11) and 417. Notwithstanding
the
foregoing, spousal consent is not required for any in-service distribution
to a
BDA Participant that is scheduled to be distributed on or after March 15,
2006.
(d)
In-Service Distributions Relating to Belmont Participants. In
addition to the in-service withdrawal provision of Section 14.05(a), an
active Belmont Participant may make written application to the Plan
Administrator at any time (on a form and in a manner to be prescribed by the
Plan Administrator) to receive an in-service withdrawal from the Trust Fund
of
all or any portion of any amounts transferred from the Belmont Plan that were
attributable to ‘rollover contributions’ or ‘Voluntary Contributions’ (and the
earnings thereon) under the Belmont Plan.”
* * *
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
on behalf of the Committee, the undersigned
Committee member has
executed this amendment this 14th day
of March
2006.
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SKY
FINANCIAL
GROUP, INC.
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BENEFIT
PLANS
COMMITTEE
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By:
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/s/
Thomas A. Sciorilli
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Its:
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Chief
Human Resources Officer
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NINTH
AMENDMENT
OFTHE
SKY
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
PROFIT SHARING, 401(K) AND ESOP
PLAN
(As
Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2004)
WHEREAS,
Sky Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) maintains the Sky Financial
Group, Inc. Profit Sharing, 401 (k) and ESOP Plan (the “Plan”); and
WHEREAS,
the Company has delegated authority to amend the Plan to the Sky
Financial Group, Inc. Benefit Plans Committee (the “Committee”), and the
Committee has determined that amendment of the Plan is necessary and desirable.
Now,
THEREFORE, pursuant to the power reserved to the Company
by Section 10.01 of the Plan, and by virtue of the authority delegated to
the Committee, the Plan, as previously amended, is hereby further amended in
the
following particulars:
1.
By deleting Section 3.02(g)
of the Plan in its entirety, effective January 1, 2006.
2.
By inserting the following after
the first sentence of Section 3.03 of the Plan, effective January 1,
2003:
“For
purposes of this
Section 3.03, ‘401(k) Contributions’ shall include the amount of Catch-Up
Contributions, if any, made by a Catch-Up Eligible Participant, as determined
in
accordance with Section 3.06.”
3.
By deleting the following
sentence of the first paragraph of Section 3.03 of the Plan, effective
January 1, 2006:
“For
each Plan Year in which the
Employer makes Safe Harbor Matching Contributions pursuant to this
Section 3.03 that satisfy the requirements of Code Sections 401(m)(ll),
Sections 8.01 through 8.04 hereof will not apply.”
4.
By inserting the phrase “and
before January 1, 2003” after the phrase “beginning after December 31,
2001” in the first sentence of Section 3.07 of the Plan, effective
January 1, 2003.
5.
By replacing Section 8.05 of
the Plan in its entirety with the following, effective January 1, 2006:
“Effective
January 1, 2006,
Sections 8.01 through 8.04 hereof shall not apply.”
6.
By adding the following new
Section 13.23 to the Plan, effective January 1, 2007:
“13.23
Participation of
Lindig Benefit Consultants Employees. Effective September 30,
2006, the Company acquired Lindig Benefit Consultants. An Employee who was
an
employee of Lindig Benefit Consultants immediately prior to acquisition by
the
Company is eligible to participate in the Plan, effective January 1, 2007,
if the Employee meets the requirements of Section 2.01. Notwithstanding the
foregoing or the provisions of Section 2.01, no Employee who was an
employee of Lindig Benefit Consultants immediately prior to acquisition by
the
Company will be eligible to receive Profit Sharing Contributions provided for
under Section 3.04 of the Plan.
‘Years
of Service’ credited under
the Lindig Benefit Consultants will count as Years of Service solely for
purposes of determining the Employee’s nonforfeitable interest in his or her
Accounts under Section 5.03 of the Plan.”
* * *
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, on behalf of the
Committee, the undersigned Committee member has executed this amendment this
28 day of December 2006.
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SKY
FINANCIAL GROUP,
INC.
BENEFIT
PLANS COMMITTEE
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By: |
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/s/
Kevin T.
Thompson |
Its: |
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Executive
Vice President/Chief
Financial Officer
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TENTH
AMENDMENT
OF
THE
SKY
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. PROFIT SHARING, 401(K) AND ESOP
PLAN
(As Amended
and Restated Effective January 1, 2004)
WHEREAS,
Sky Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”)
maintains the Sky Financial Group, Inc. Profit Sharing, 401(k) and ESOP Plan
(the “Plan”); and WHEREAS,
the
Company has delegated authority to amend the Plan to the Sky Financial Group,
Inc. Benefit Plans Committee (the “Committee”), and the Committee has determined
that amendment of the Plan is necessary and desirable.
NOW,
THEREFORE, pursuant to the power reserved
to the Company by
Section 10.01 of the Plan, and by virtue of the authority delegated to the
Committee, the Plan, as previously amended, is hereby further amended in the
following particulars:
1. By adding the
following at the end of Section 1.23 of the
Plan:
“Effective February
1, 2007, the term
‘Perpetual Bank Participant’ means either a (i) Participant for whom an account
was transferred from the Pentegra Defined Contribution Plan for Financial
Institutions, or (ii) a former participant in the Pentegra Defined Contribution
Plan for Financial Institutions who is entitled to a restoration of his or
her
Accounts upon reemployment.”
2. By adding the
following new Section 13.24 of the Plan:
13.24
Merger of
Waterfield Group Savings and Investment Plan and Trust Accounts Effective
January 1, 2007. Prior
to January 1, 2007, the Company (as a result of its acquisition of Waterfield
Mortgage Company, Inc. (“Waterfield”), effective October 17, 2006) maintained
the Waterfield Group Savings and Investment Plan and Trust (the “Waterfield
Plan”). Effective January 1, 2007, the Waterfield Plan is merged into, and
amended and restated in the form of, this Plan.
An employee who
was an employee of Waterfield immediately prior to
acquisition by the Company and/or a participant in the Waterfield Plan is
eligible
to participate
in the
Plan beginning January 1, 2007, if the Employee meets the requirements of
Section 2.01.
Amounts that were
attributable to ‘Deferred Compensation’ or ‘catch-up
contributions’ under the Waterfield Plan shall be held and invested in the
Participant’s 401(k) Contributions Account under this Plan, according to the
Participant’s investment elections. Amounts that were attributable to ‘Initial
Matching Contributions’ or ‘Year-End Discretionary Contributions’ under the
Waterfield Plan shall be held and invested in the Participant’s Matching
Contributions Account under this Plan. Amounts that were attributable to ‘Profit
Sharing Contributions’ under the Waterfield Plan shall be held and invested in
the Participant’s Profit Sharing Contributions Account under this Plan. Amounts
that were attributable to ‘Transfer/Rollover Contributions’ under the Waterfield
Plan shall be held and invested in the Participant’s Rollover Contributions
Account under this Plan.
A Participant for
whom amounts are transferred under this Section 13.24
will always have a nonforfeitable interest in the amounts transferred from
the
Waterfield Plan.
‘Years of Service’ credited under
the Waterfield Plan will count as Years
of Service under this Plan solely for purposes of determining the Employee’s
nonforfeitable interest in his or her Accounts under Section 5.03 of the
Plan.”
3. By adding the
following new Section 13.25 of the Plan:
“13.25
Transfer of Perpetual Savings Bank
Accounts in the Pentegra Defined Contribution Plan for Financial Institutions
Effective February 1, 2007. Prior to January 1, 2007, Perpetual Savings
Bank (‘Perpetual Bank’) (acquired by the Company effective November 15, 2006),
participated as an adopting employer in the Pentegra Defined Contribution Plan
for Financial Institutions (the ‘Perpetual Bank Plan’). Effective February 1,
2007, certain amounts held on behalf of Perpetual Bank Participants will be
transferred from the Perpetual Bank Plan to this Plan.
An Employee who
was an employee of Perpetual Bank immediately prior to
acquisition by the Company and/or a participant in the Perpetual Bank Plan
is
eligible to participate in the Plan beginning January 1, 2007, if the Employee
meets the requirements of Section 2.01.
Amounts transferred
from the Perpetual Bank Plan pursuant to this Section
from a Perpetual Bank Participant’s account that were attributable to ‘Pre-Tax
401(k) Contributions’ under the Perpetual Bank Plan shall be held and invested
in the Participant’s 401(k) Contributions Account under this Plan. Amounts
transferred from the Perpetual Bank Plan that were attributable to ‘Employer
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Matching Contributions’
or ‘Employer Supplemental
Contributions’ under the Perpetual Bank Plan shall be
held and invested in the Participant’s Matching Contributions Account under this
Plan. Amounts transferred from the Perpetual Bank Plan that were attributable
to
‘Employer Match 401(k) Contributions’ under the Perpetual Bank Plan shall be
held and invested in the Participant’s ‘PSB Employer Account’ (new account)
under this Plan.
A Participant for
whom amounts are transferred under this Section 13.25
will always have a nonforfeitable interest in the amounts transferred from
the
Perpetual Bank Plan.
‘Years of Service’ credited under
the Perpetual Bank Plan will count as
Years of Service under this Plan solely for purposes of determining the
Employee’s nonforfeitable interest in his or her Accounts under Section 5.03 of
the Plan.”
4. By adding the
following new paragraph (e) of Section 14.05 of the
Plan:
“(e) In-Service
Distributions Relating to Perpetual
Bank Participants. In
addition to the in-service withdrawal provision of Section 14.05(a), an active
Perpetual Bank Participant may make written application to the Plan
Administrator at any time (on a form and in a manner to be prescribed by the
Plan Administrator) to receive an in-service withdrawal from the Trust Fund
of
all or any portion of any amounts transferred from the Perpetual Bank Plan
that
were attributable to ‘Employer Matching Contributions’ or ‘Employer Supplemental
Contributions’ under the Perpetual Bank Plan if: (i) the Perpetual Bank
Participant has completed 60 months of participation in the Plan; (ii) the
withdrawal occurs at least 24 months after such contributions were made to
the
Perpetual Bank Plan; or (iii) the Perpetual Bank Participant incurs a
Disability. For purposes of determining whether a Perpetual Bank Participant
has
completed 60 months of participation in the Plan under this Section 14.03(e),
the period of participation credited under the Perpetual Bank Plan will count
as
participation under this Plan.”
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IN
WITNESS
WHEREOF,
on
behalf of the Committee, the undersigned
Committee member
has
executed this Amendment this 15th
day of March
2007.
SKY
FINANCIAL
GROUP,
INC. |
BENEFIT
PLANS
COMMITTEE |
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By: |
/s/
Thomas A. Sciorilli |
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Chief
Human Resources Officer |
3
ELEVENTH
AMENDMENT
OF
THE
SKY FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. PROFIT SHARING, 401(K) AND ESOP
PLAN
(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1,
2004)
WHEREAS, Sky Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) maintains the Sky
Financial Group, Inc. Profit Sharing, 401(k) and ESOP Plan (the “Plan”);
and
WHEREAS, the Company has delegated authority to amend the Plan to the
Sky Financial Group, Inc. Benefit Plans Committee (the “Committee”), and the
Committee has determined that amendment of the Plan is necessary and
desirable.
NOW,
THEREFORE, pursuant to the power reserved to the Company by Section
10.01 of the Plan, and by virtue of the authority delegated to the Committee,
the Plan, as previously amended, is hereby further amended in the following
particulars, effective as of the dates set forth below:
1.
By adding the following new sentence to the
end of Section 6.07 of the Plan, effective January 1, 2007:
“Effective
with respect to
distributions commencing on or after January 1, 2007, with respect to
deceased Participants, if a direct trustee to trustee transfer is made
to an
individual retirement plan established for the purpose of receiving the
distribution on behalf of an individual who is a nonspouse beneficiary,
the
distribution shall be treated as an eligible rollover distribution for
purposes of Code Section 402(c)(11).”
2.
By adding
the following new Section 9.03(f)
of the Plan, effective January 1, 2007;
“(f)
Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 9.03(b) through (e) of the Plan:
(i)
effective March 31, 2007 through May 3,
2007, a Participant who has completed three Years of Service prior to
January 1, 2006, or the designated beneficiary of such Participant or
the
designated beneficiary of a deceased Participant, may elect to direct
the
Plan as to the investment of 100% of the value of the portion of the
Participant’s Account invested in Employer securities that were
contributed to such Participant’s Account on or after January 1, 2007, in
accordance with the investment procedures of Section 9.02 of the
Plan.
(ii)
effective March 31, 2007 through May 3, 2007, a
Participant who has attained age 55 and who has completed three Years
of
Service prior to
January
1, 2006, may elect to direct the Plan as to the investment of
100% of the value of the Participant’s Account invested in Employer
securities, in accordance with the investment procedures of Section 9.02
of
the Plan.
(iii)
effective March 31, 2007 through May 3, 2007, a
Participant who has completed at least three Years of Service, or the
designated beneficiary of such Participant or the designated beneficiary
of
a deceased Participant, may direct the Plan as to the investment of 33%
of
the value of the portion of the Participant’s Account that is invested in
Employer securities as of December 31, 2006, in accordance with the
investment procedures of Section 9.02 of the Plan.
Notwithstanding
any other contrary provision of the Plan, effective May 4, 2007, any
Participant or designated beneficiary of a Participant may elect to direct
the Plan as to the investment of 100% of the value of the Participant’s
Account invested in Employer securities, in accordance with the investment
procedures of Section 9.02 of the Plan.
For
purposes of
the Section 9.03(f): ‘Years of Service” means Years of Service as defined in
Section 1.35(a) of the Plan for purposes of determining a Participant’s
nonforfeitable interest in the Plan; and ‘Employer securities’ means
employer securities as defined in Code Section
401(a)(35)(G)(iii).”
3.
By addition the following new sentence to the end
of section14.01(l)
of the Plan, effective May 31, 2007:
“Notwithstanding
any provision of the Plan to the contrary, effective after May 31, 2007,
the
Plan will not accept any new applications for residential
loans.”
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, on behalf of the Committee, the undersigned Committee
member has executed this amendment this 24th day of May
2007.
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SKY
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. BENEFIT PLANS
COMMITTEE |
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By: |
/s/
G. A. Scroulle |
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Its: |
Chief
Human Resources Officer |
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TWELFTH
AMENDMENT OF THE
SKY
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. PROFIT SHARING, 401(K) AND
ESOP PLAN
(As
Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2004)
WHEREAS,
Sky Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”)
maintains the Sky Financial Group, Inc. Profit Sharing, 401(k) and ESOP Plan
(the “Plan”);
WHEREAS,
pursuant to Section 10.02 of the Plan, the
Company has the power and authority to terminate the Plan at any time, which
authority has been delegated to the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company (the “Committee”); and
WHEREAS,
upon the recommendation of the Sky Financial
Group, Inc. Benefit Plans Committee, this Committee now considers it necessary
and desirable to terminate the Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE,
pursuant to the power reserved to the
Company by Sections 10.01 and 10.02 of the Plan, and by virtue of the authority
delegated to the Committee, the Plan, as previously amended, is hereby further
amended by adding the following new Article XIX of the Plan, effective as
of
June 30, 2007:
“ARTICLE
XIX
TERMINATION OF THE
PLAN
19.01
Plan Termination. The Plan will be terminated
effective immediately prior to the ‘Effective Time,’ as defined in the Agreement
and Plan of Merger by and among Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, Penguin
Acquisition, LLC and the Company dated as of December 20, 2006 (the ‘Termination
Date’), subject to and contingent upon the closing of such
merger.
19.02
Contributions. Except as provided herein, the
Employer will make no further contributions and no further benefits will
accrue
on behalf of any Participant under the Plan for any period after the Termination
Date.
(a) No
Participant will be permitted to make any
401(k) Contributions as to any Annual Compensation earned after the Termination
Date. Matching Contributions pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Plan will be
made
with respect 401(k) Contributions made through the Termination
Date.
(b) No
Profit Sharing Contribution will be made for
the Plan Year ending on the Termination Date.
(c) No
ESOP Contribution will be made for the Plan
Year ending on the Termination Date, except that any eligible Participant
who
died, incurred a Disability, or terminated employment with the Employers
on or
after attaining Normal Retirement Age during the portion of the Plan Year
form
January 1, 2007 through the Termination Date shall receive an allocation
of an
ESOP Contribution, pursuant to Sections 3.05 and 4.03 of the
Plan.
19.03
Full Vesting. Pursuant to Section 10.02 of the
Plan, the entire interest of each affected Participant’s Accounts shall become
nonforfeitable upon the Termination Date. For purposes of this Section 19.03,
a
Participant who is affected by the Plan’s termination will include a Participant
who, as of the Termination Date, (i) had terminated employment with the Employer
with a partially vested interest in his or her Accounts, (ii) had not received
a
distribution of such Accounts under Section 6.01 of the Plan, and (iii) had
not
incurred at least five consecutive Breaks-in-Service.
19.04
Distributions. Pursuant to Article 6 of the
Plan, each Participant will receive total distribution of his or her Account
as
soon as administratively feasible after the Termination Date. Notwithstanding
any provision of the Plan to the contrary, effective on and after the
Termination Date, no distributions from the Plan will be made in the form
of
substantially equal monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual installment
payments. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, if a
Participant or Beneficiary cannot be located, the Participant’s Account will be
paid in a direct rollover to an individual retirement plan designated by
the
Plan Administrator.
19.05
Application of Plan Terms. To the extent not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Article, all other provisions of
the
Plan will continue to apply.”
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the undersigned Committee member
has executed this Plan amendment on behalf of the Committee, this 4th
day of June 2007.
COMPENSATION
COMMITTEE OF
THE BOARD
OF
DIRECTORS OF SKY FINANCIAL
GROUP, INC.
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By: |
/s/
Jerard P.
Mastroianni |
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A
member of
the Committee |
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