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Defined Contribution Plan Document

ARTICLE IX
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 17: Directed Rollovers.

Effective January 1, 1993, notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary that would otherwise limit a Distributee's election under this Plan, a Distributee may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Trustees, to have any portion of an Eligible Rollover Distribution paid directly to an Eligible Retirement Plan specified by the Distributee in a Direct Rollover. For these purposes, the following definitions apply:

  1. An Eligible Rollover Distribution is any distribution of all or any portion of the balance to the credit of the Distributee, except that an Eligible Rollover Distribution does not include: any distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal periodic payments (not less frequently than annually) made for the life (or life expectancy) of the Distributee or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of the Distributee and the Distributee's designated beneficiary, or for a specified period of 10 years or more; any distribution to the extent that distribution is required under Section 401(a)(9) of the Code; and the portion of any distribution that is not includible in gross income. For Distributions made on or after July 1, 2008, an Eligible Retirement Plan shall also include a Roth IRA as defined in section 408A of the Code.
  2. An Eligible Retirement Plan is an individual retirement account described in code Section 408(a), an individual retirement annuity described in Code Section 408(b), an annuity plan described in Code Section 403(a), or a qualified trust described in Code Section 401(a), that accepts the Distributee's Eligible Rollover Distribution. However, in the case of an Eligible Rollover Distribution to the surviving spouse, an Eligible Retirement Plan is an individual retirement account or individual retirement annuity. An "eligible retirement plan" shall also include an annuity contract described in IRC section 403(b) and an eligible plan under IRC section 457(b) which is maintained by a state, political subdivision of a state, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or political subdivision of a state and which agrees to separately account for amounts transferred into such plan from this Plan. This definition of "eligible retirement plan" also shall apply in the case of a distribution to a surviving spouse, or to a spouse or former spouse who is the alternate payee under a qualified domestic relation order, as defined in IRC section 414(p).
  3. A Distributee includes an Employee or former Employee. In addition, the Employee's or former Employee's surviving spouse and the Employee's or former Employee's spouse or former spouse who is the alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in Code Section 414(p), are Distributees with regard to the interest of the spouse or former spouse.
  4. A Direct Rollover is a payment by the Plan to the Eligible Retirement Plan specified by the Distributee.
  5. Effective January 1, 2007, a non-spouse beneficiary may receive a distribution in the form of a direct transfer to a Section 408(a) individual retirement account or a Section 408(b) individual retirement annuity but only to the extent permitted by all applicable provisions of the Code and all related regulations.