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The
following
new Section 2.19 is hereby inserted immediately following Section
2.18,
effective December 1, 2005:
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2.19.
“Special
Assignment Employee.”
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A
person
considered to be an employee of any Participating Employer for payroll
purposes but for whom employment with the Participating Employer
is deemed
to have terminated pursuant to the provisions of Section 409A of
the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Section 409A”), and proposed
Treasury Regulations issued under Section 409A.
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2.
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Section
7.1
is hereby amended to read as follows, effective December 10,
2004:
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7.1.
Election
of Hypothetical Investments.
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Prior
to
becoming a Participant, each Participant must (and at such times
as the
Company may thereafter allow, each Participant may) select the combination
of Investment Funds in which he or she wishes hypothetically to invest,
subject to the following
limitations:
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(a)
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The
portion
of each Participant’s
Account which is attributable to Company Contributions, including
earnings
thereon, shall be hypothetically.
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(b)
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At
least 50%
of the portion of each Participant’s Account which
is
attributable to Personal Salary Deferral Contributions, including
earnings
thereon, shall be hypothetically invested in the Company Stock Fund
in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the Regular 401(k)
Plan.
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(c)
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Notwithstanding
(b) above, no part of the value of a Reporting Person’s Account which
is
attributable to Personal Salary Deferral Contributions shall be
hypothetically invested in the Company Stock Fund at any
time.
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(d)
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A
Participant’s
elections
respecting hypothetical investment of future deferrals and hypothetical
investment of the Participant's existing Account shall be made separately
and independently in accordance with the rules and regulations of
the
Regular 401(k) Plan.
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(e)
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If
a
Participant dies before distribution of the Participant’s entire Account
is complete,
the Participant's Beneficiary shall have the right to make the elections
reserved to the Participant in the foregoing subsections of this
Section
7.1 from the date the Employee Stock Plans Department of the Company
receives written notice of the Participant's death through the date
of
final distribution; provided: (i) if a deceased Participant has two
or
more Beneficiaries, the Beneficiaries shall have the right to make
such
elections with respect to the portions of the Participant’s Account to which
they are
respectively entitled; and (ii) if the Beneficiary is a minor or
otherwise
legally incompetent, a parent or legal guardian of the Beneficiary,
as the
case may be, shall exercise such right on behalf of the
Beneficiary.
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3.
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The
following
new Section 13.14 is hereby inserted immediately following Section
13.13,
effective December 1, 2005:
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13.14.
Special
Assignment Employees.
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(a)
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In
order to
operate the Plan in good faith compliance with the applicable provisions
of Section 409A, an election made by a Special Assignment Employee
to make
Personal Salary Deferral Contributions with respect to 2005 Compensation
shall be immediately terminated (the “Terminated
Election”).
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(b)
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Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the Company Contributions related
to the
Terminated Election and hypothetical investments thereon shall vest
and
become non-forfeitable as of the effective date of this
Amendment.
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(c)
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The
portion
of the Account attributable to the Personal Salary Deferral Contributions
made with respect to the Terminated Election, related Company
Contributions, and hypothetical investments credited thereon in accordance
with Article VII, shall be
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(d)
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All
election
terminations and corresponding Account distributions shall be made
in
conformance with Section 409A, Internal Revenue Service Notice 2005-1,
and
proposed Treasury Regulations issued under Section
409A.
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By: /s/ W. Randolph Baker
W. Randolph Baker Chief Financial Officer |
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