EAGLE MATERIALS INC. RETIREMENT PLAN
(As Amended and Restated January 1, 2026)
EXHIBIT 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
EAGLE MATERIALS INC. RETIREMENT PLAN
(As Amended and Restated January 1, 2026)
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EAGLE MATERIALS INC. RETIREMENT PLAN
(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2026)
Table of Contents
Page
ARTICLE I |
DEFINITIONS |
3 |
ARTICLE II |
ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN |
14 |
2.1 |
Allocation of Responsibility Among Fiduciaries for Plan and Trust Administration |
14 |
2.2 |
Committee |
14 |
2.3 |
Records and Reports |
15 |
2.4 |
Other Committee Powers and Duties |
15 |
2.5 |
Rules and Decisions |
16 |
2.6 |
Committee Procedure |
16 |
2.7 |
Authorization of Benefit Payments |
16 |
2.8 |
Payment of Expenses |
17 |
2.9 |
Application and Forms for Benefits |
17 |
2.10 |
Committee Liability |
17 |
2.11 |
Statements |
17 |
2.12 |
Annual Audit |
17 |
2.13 |
Investment Policy |
18 |
2.14 |
Allocation and Delegation of Committee Responsibilities |
18 |
ARTICLE III |
PARTICIPATION AND SERVICE |
19 |
3.1 |
Eligibility for Participation |
19 |
3.2 |
Merged Plans |
19 |
3.3 |
Notification of Eligible Employees |
20 |
3.4 |
Applications by Employees |
20 |
3.5 |
Years of Service for Participation |
20 |
3.6 |
Years of Vesting Service |
21 |
3.7 |
Transferred Participants |
21 |
3.8 |
Beneficiary Upon Death |
22 |
3.9 |
Qualified Election |
23 |
3.10 |
Qualified Military Service |
23 |
ARTICLE IV |
CONTRIBUTIONS AND FORFEITURES |
25 |
4.1 |
Pre-Tax Contributions |
25 |
4.2 |
Employer Profit Sharing Contributions |
27 |
4.3 |
Roth Contributions |
28 |
4.4 |
After-Tax Contributions |
29 |
4.5 |
Qualified Non‑Elective Contributions |
30 |
4.6 |
Payment and Deductions of Pre‑Tax, Roth and After-Tax Contributions |
30 |
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4.7 |
Contributions to be Tax Deductible |
30 |
4.8 |
Change of Elections and Suspension of Allotments |
30 |
4.9 |
Application of Funds |
30 |
4.10 |
Disposition of Forfeitures |
31 |
4.11 |
Rollover Contributions |
31 |
4.12 |
Refunds to Employer |
33 |
ARTICLE V |
PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS |
34 |
5.1 |
Individual Accounts |
34 |
5.2 |
Account Allocations and Adjustments |
34 |
5.3 |
Limitations on Contributions |
35 |
5.4 |
Valuation of Trust Fund |
39 |
5.5 |
Recognition of Different Funds |
39 |
ARTICLE VI |
VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWALS |
40 |
6.1 |
Withdrawal from After-Tax Contribution Account |
40 |
6.2 |
Withdrawal from Pre‑Tax Contribution Account and Roth Contribution Account |
40 |
6.3 |
Withdrawal from Employer Profit Sharing Account for Salaried Participants |
40 |
6.4 |
Hardship Withdrawals |
41 |
6.5 |
Rollover Account |
43 |
6.6 |
In‑Service Withdrawal of Vested Account Balance |
43 |
6.7 |
Loans to Participants |
43 |
6.8 |
Qualified Reservists Withdrawal |
44 |
6.9 |
Coronavirus-Related Distribution |
44 |
ARTICLE VII PARTICIPANTS’ BENEFITS |
46 |
|
7.1 |
Normal Retirement Date |
46 |
7.2 |
Disability of Participants |
46 |
7.3 |
Death of Participants |
46 |
7.4 |
Other Termination of Service |
46 |
7.5 |
Valuation Dates Determinative of Participant’s Rights |
50 |
7.6 |
In‑Service Distributions |
50 |
ARTICLE VIII PAYMENT OF BENEFITS |
51 |
|
8.1 |
Time of Payment |
51 |
8.2 |
Method of Payment |
52 |
8.3 |
Deferral of Payments in the Case of Non‑Employee and Non‑Eligible Employee Participants |
53 |
8.4 |
Cash Out or Automatic Rollover of Vested Account Balance |
53 |
8.5 |
Direct Rollover Distributions |
54 |
8.6 |
Non‑Spouse Beneficiary Rollovers |
55 |
8.7 |
Required Minimum Distributions |
56 |
8.8 |
Election to Commence Benefits |
60 |
8.9 |
Claims for Benefits |
60 |
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8.10 |
Claims Review Procedure |
60 |
8.11 |
Disputed Benefits |
61 |
8.12 |
Legal Actions |
61 |
8.13 |
Optional Forms of Benefits |
61 |
ARTICLE IX |
TRUST AGREEMENT; INVESTMENT FUNDS; COMPANY STOCK FUND; INVESTMENT DIRECTIONS |
62 |
9.1 |
Trust Agreement |
62 |
9.2 |
Investment Funds and Company Stock Fund |
62 |
9.3 |
Investment Directions of Participants |
62 |
9.4 |
Change of Investment Directions |
62 |
9.5 |
Benefits Paid Solely from Trust Fund |
63 |
9.6 |
Committee Directions to Trustee |
63 |
9.7 |
Authority to Designate Investment Manager |
63 |
9.8 |
Voting of Company Stock |
63 |
9.9 |
Voting of Investment Funds |
63 |
ARTICLE X |
ADOPTION OF PLAN BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS; SEPARATION OF THE TRUST FUND; AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN; DISCONTINUANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TRUST FUND |
64 |
10.1 |
Adoptive Instrument |
64 |
10.2 |
Separation of the Trust Fund |
64 |
10.3 |
Voluntary Separation |
65 |
10.4 |
Amendment of the Plan |
65 |
10.5 |
Acceptance of Amendment by Employers |
66 |
10.6 |
Termination of the Plan |
66 |
10.7 |
Liquidation and Distribution of Trust Fund Upon Termination |
67 |
10.8 |
Effect of Termination or Discontinuance of Contributions |
68 |
10.9 |
Merger of Plan with Another Plan |
68 |
10.10 |
Consolidation or Merger with Another Employer |
68 |
ARTICLE XI |
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
69 |
11.1 |
Terms of Employment |
69 |
11.2 |
Controlling Law |
69 |
11.3 |
Invalidity of Particular Provisions |
69 |
11.4 |
Non‑Alienation of Benefits |
69 |
11.5 |
Payments in Satisfaction of Claims of Participants |
69 |
11.6 |
Payments Due Minors and Incompetents |
70 |
11.7 |
Impossibility of Diversion of Trust Fund |
70 |
11.8 |
Litigation Against the Trust |
70 |
11.9 |
Evidence Furnished Conclusive |
70 |
11.10 |
Copy Available to Participants |
70 |
11.11 |
Unclaimed Benefits |
71 |
11.12 |
Headings for Convenience Only |
71 |
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11.13 |
Successors and Assigns |
71 |
ARTICLE XII |
TOP‑HEAVY PLAN REQUIREMENTS |
72 |
12.1 |
General Rule |
72 |
12.2 |
Vesting Provisions |
72 |
12.3 |
Minimum Contribution Percentage |
72 |
12.4 |
Limitation on Compensation |
73 |
12.5 |
Coordination with Other Plans |
73 |
12.6 |
Distributions to Certain Key Employees |
74 |
12.7 |
Determination of Top‑Heavy Status |
74 |
ARTICLE XIII TESTING OF CONTRIBUTIONS |
78 |
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13.1 |
Definitions |
78 |
13.2 |
Actual Deferral Percentage Test |
81 |
13.3 |
QNECs and QMACs |
81 |
13.4 |
Excess Contributions |
81 |
13.5 |
Actual Contribution Percentage Test |
83 |
13.6 |
Excess Aggregate Contributions |
83 |
APPENDIX A Employer Matching Contributions
APPENDIX B Prior Wildcat Plan Accounts
APPENDIX C Participating Employers
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EAGLE MATERIALS INC. RETIREMENT PLAN
(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2026)
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Eagle Materials Inc. (the “Company”), to aid eligible hourly compensated employees accumulate retirement savings for their future economic security, adopted the Eagle Materials Inc. Hourly Profit Sharing Plan (the “Hourly Plan”), effective April 1, 1994, which is intended to constitute a qualified cash or deferred arrangement and profit sharing plan within the meaning of sections 401(a) and 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the “Code”).
WHEREAS, the Company has previously amended and amended and restated the Hourly Plan on a number of occasions to reflect various law and design changes, with the most recent amendment and restatement of the Hourly Plan effective January 1, 2014.
WHEREAS, the Company, to aid eligible salaried compensated employees accumulate retirement savings for their future economic security, adopted the Profit Sharing and Retirement Plan of Eagle Materials Inc. (the “Salaried Plan”), effective April 1, 1994, which is intended to constitute a qualified cash or deferred arrangement and profit sharing plan within the meaning of sections 401(a) and 401(k) of the Code.
WHEREAS, the Company has previously amended and amended and restated the Salaried Plan on a number of occasions to reflect various law and design changes, with the most recent amendment and restatement of the Salaried Plan effective January 1, 2014.
WHEREAS, effective January 1, 2019, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized (i) the merger of the Salaried Plan, as amended and in effect on December 31, 2018, with and into the Hourly Plan, as amended and in effect on December 31, 2018, with the merged plans maintained as a “single plan” within the meaning of Code Section 414(l) and the Hourly Plan, as amended and restated, being the surviving plan for all legal purposes, including reporting and disclosure under ERISA, and renamed the Eagle Materials Inc. Retirement Plan (the “Plan”), and all assets of the Plan are available to pay the benefits of all Participants and Beneficiaries in the Plan, and the Plan shall preserve certain benefits, rights and features of the Hourly Plan and Salaried Plan and incorporate all prior amendments; (ii) Roth 401(k) contributions; (iii) automatic enrollment of newly hired and rehired employees on and after January 1, 2019; (iv) a change to the vesting requirements for profit sharing contributions for plan years beginning after December 31, 2018 (subject to the requirements of Section 411 of the Code); and (v) certain other administrative and conforming changes.
WHEREAS, the Plan and underlying trust are intended to meet the requirements of Code Sections 401(a), 401(k) and 501(a) and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as either may be amended from time to time.
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WHEREAS, effective January 1, 2026, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized the amendment and restatement of the Plan in order to (i) incorporate all prior amendments, (ii) add a Roth catch-up contribution feature as required by the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022, (iii) provide for Employer Matching Contributions on Roth Contributions, and (iv) clarify certain provisions of the Plan.
WHEREAS, the provisions of the Plan shall apply to a Participant who continues his Service after the Effective Date.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company hereby amends and restates the Plan, effective as of January 1, 2026, to read as follows.
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As used in the Plan, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:
Account. Any of the accounts and subaccounts maintained for a Participant pursuant to Section 5.1, or all such accounts and subaccounts collectively, as the context requires.
Affiliate. A corporation or other trade or business which is not an Employer under the Plan but which, together with the Company, is “under common control” within the meaning of Code Section 414(b) or (c); any organization (whether or not incorporated) which together with the Company, is a member of an “affiliated service group” within the meaning of Code Section 414(m); and any other entity required to be aggregated with the Company pursuant to regulations under Code Section 414(o).
After-Tax Contribution. An after-tax amount contributed to the Trust Fund by a Participant that is an Employee from his Compensation pursuant to Section 4.4.
After-Tax Contribution Account. The Account maintained for a Participant to record his After-Tax Contributions and adjustments relating thereto.
Beneficiary. A Participant’s surviving Spouse, or if no surviving Spouse exists or if a qualified election has been made pursuant to Section 3.9, such other natural person or persons, or the trustee of an inter vivos trust for the benefit of natural persons, entitled to benefits hereunder following a Participant’s death.
Board. The board of directors of the Company.
Break in Service. Any Plan Year during which an Employee or Participant does not complete more than 500 Hours of Service with all the Employers and Affiliates, determined as of the end of the Plan Year.
Catch‑Up Contribution. A type of Pre‑Tax Contribution made pursuant to Section 4.1 in accordance with, and subject to the limitations of, Code Section 414(v).
Code. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Commissioned Sales Employees. Employees who are paid on the basis of commissions and not in fixed amounts at regular intervals. If an Employee is paid on the basis of commissions or is in a position designated as one paid on the basis of commissions, then such Employee shall be considered a Commissioned Sales Employee under this section even if such Employee is paid a forgiven draw or otherwise is paid a fixed amount at regular intervals for a period of 6 months or less; provided, however, that any such Employee who is reassigned to a position which is not paid, or is not designated to be paid, on the basis of commissions, shall not
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be considered a Commissioned Sales Employee while in any such position. An Employee who is paid in fixed amounts at regular intervals for more than 6 months shall not be considered a Commissioned Sales Employee for the period following such 6-month period until the Employee is again paid on the basis of commissions. An Employee who is in a position designated as one paid in fixed amounts at regular intervals shall not be considered a Commissioned Sales Employee even if such Employee is also eligible for bonuses based on sales or performance targets or for commissions.
Committee. The Administrative Committee as described in Section 2.2 and, in regard to any provision of the Plan under which an agent has been appointed by the Administrative Committee pursuant to Article II to administer such provision of the Plan, such agent. Where applicable, “Committee” shall include any designee thereof.
Company. Eagle Materials Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors.
Company Stock. The common stock of the Company.
Company Stock Fund. The investment fund established to hold and invest primarily in shares of Company Stock.
Compensation. All salaries and wages that are paid for personal services rendered in the course of employment with the Employer, including, but not limited to, commissions paid to salespeople, compensation for services on the basis of a percentage of profits, commissions on insurance premiums, tips, bonuses or other special pay payable in cash, and including foreign earned income (other than foreign service premium hardship allowance or non‑incentive types of payments for foreign employment), any amounts that would otherwise be included in Compensation but which are deferred pursuant to a Participant’s election under a deferred compensation plan sponsored by an Employer and any amounts by which his normal remuneration is reduced pursuant to a voluntary salary reduction plan qualified under Section 125 of the Code, by the amount of any qualified transportation fringe benefit under Section 132(f)(4) of the Code or cash or deferred arrangement under Section 401(k) of the Code, but excluding: (i) amounts realized from the exercise of a non‑qualified stock option, or amounts realized from the sale, exchange or other distribution of stock under an incentive stock option; (ii) amounts that receive special tax benefits; (iii) awards, prizes, employer or employee discounts; (iii) reimbursements or advances for travel, automobile allowances, or any other expense incurred, (iv) any form of insurance, including, but not limited to, life, health, accident or disability; (v) contractual bonuses, bonuses by formula, discretionary bonuses; and (vi) amounts advanced or drawn by sales people to be charged against sales commissions earned.
For purposes of determining contributions or allocations under the Plan, Compensation attributable to periods during a Plan Year in which the Employee was not an Eligible Employee shall not be taken into account.
Compensation taken into account under the Plan for any Plan Year shall not exceed $350,000, as adjusted for cost‑of‑living increases pursuant to Code Section 401(a)(17)(B), but shall not be limited to the earliest payments made to or on behalf of a Participant with respect to a
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Plan Year. If an Employee is employed by more than one Employer, his Compensation shall be the aggregate compensation received from the Employers.
Contribution. Any amount contributed to the Trust Fund pursuant to the provisions of the Plan by an Employer or by a Participant in the form of an After-Tax Contribution, Pre-Tax Contribution, Employer Profit Sharing Contribution, Employer Matching Contribution or Roth Contribution.
Default Investment Fund. An Investment Fund or Funds, specified by the Committee from time to time, that satisfies the requirements of a “qualified default investment alternative” under the regulations and other guidance issued by the Department of Labor under ERISA Sections 404(c) and 514(e).
Effective Date. January 1, 2026, except (i) as otherwise provided in specific provisions of the Plan and (ii) that provisions of the Plan required to have an earlier effective date by application of statute and/or regulation shall be effective as of the required effective date in such statute and/or regulation.
Eligible Employee. Except as otherwise provided below, an Employee who is a regular Hourly Employee or a regular Salaried Employee (including a part-time employee). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the term “Eligible Employee” excludes any person who (i) performs services for an Employer pursuant to an arrangement wherein the person is designated, compensated or otherwise classified or treated by the Employer as a consultant, independent contractor, leased employee, summer labor or intern, (ii) is a Leased Employee, or (iii) is a non‑resident alien without U.S. source income. For purposes of making and allocating Pre-Tax Contributions and Roth Contributions and for purposes of Rollover Contributions hereunder, but not for making or allocating any other type of Contribution or allocating any Forfeitures hereunder, the term “Eligible Employee” shall include Employees who are Commissioned Sales Employees.
Employee. Any person who, on or after the Effective Date, is receiving remuneration for personal services (or would be receiving such remuneration except for Leave of Absence) as an employee of an Employer, including Leased Employees.
Employer. The Company and any organization that has adopted the Plan pursuant to the provisions of Article X, and the successors, if any, to such organization, as listed on Appendix C (Participating Employers List), which Appendix C may be amended by the Committee to reflect the addition or removal of an Employer.
Employer Contributions. Any amount contributed to the Trust Fund pursuant to the provisions of the Plan by an Employer in the form of an Employer Matching Contributions or an Employer Profit Sharing Contribution.
Employer Matching Contribution Account. An Account maintained for a Participant to record his Employer Matching Contributions and adjustments relating thereto.
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Employer Matching Contribution. Any amount contributed to the Trust Fund by the Employer pursuant to Appendix A.
Employer Profit Sharing Account. An Account maintained for a Participant to record his Employer Profit Sharing Contributions and adjustments relating thereto.
Employer Profit Sharing Contribution. Any amount contributed to the Trust Fund by the Employer pursuant to Section 5.2.
Employment Commencement Date. The date upon which an Employee first performs an Hour of Service for the Employer.
Entry Date. For purposes of Employer Profit Sharing Contributions, the first January 1 or July 1 coincident with or next following an Eligible Employee’s Employment Commencement Date.
ERISA. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
Fiduciary. The Committee, the Trustee, and any other person designated as a Fiduciary with respect to the Plan or the Trust Agreement, but only with respect to the specific responsibilities of each as described in Article II.
Forfeiture. The portion of a Participant’s Employer Profit Sharing Account or Employer Matching Contribution Account that is forfeited because of termination of Service before full vesting pursuant to Article VII.
Frozen Matching Contribution Account. The frozen Account maintained for a Salaried Participant who was previously eligible to receive matching contributions and adjustments relating thereto.
Hour of Service. Each hour for which an Employee or Participant is either directly or indirectly paid or entitled to payment by the Employer or an Affiliate for the performance of duties or for reasons (such as vacation, holiday, sickness, incapacity, temporary layoff, jury duty, military duty, or Leave of Absence) other than for the performance of duties (irrespective of whether the employment relationship has terminated), and each hour for which back pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages, has been awarded to the Employee or Participant or agreed to by the Employer. Hourly Employees shall be credited with Hours of Service on the basis of Hours of Service they actually become entitled to under this Section. Salaried Employees shall be credited with Hours of Service as follows: (1) Salaried Employees who are paid on a daily basis shall be credited with ten (10) Hours of Service for each day he performs an Hour of Service for the Employer or an Affiliate; (2) Salaried Employees who are paid on a weekly basis shall be credited with 45 Hours of Service for each week he performs an Hour of Service for the Employer or an Affiliate; (3) Salaried Employees who are paid on a semi-monthly basis shall be credited with 95 Hours of Service for each semi-monthly period in which he performs an Hour of Service for the Employer or an Affiliate; and (4) Salaried Employees who are paid on a monthly basis shall
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be credited with 190 Hours of Service for each month he performs an Hour of Service for the Employer or an Affiliate. Hourly Employees or Salaried Employees who are regular part-time Employees shall be credited with actual Hours of Service and once the part-time Employee reaches 1,000 Hours of Service, he shall be eligible for an Employer Profit Sharing Contribution. Hour of Service also includes any hour of service performed for an Affiliate that would be an Hour of Service under this Section if performed for or creditable with respect to the Employer.
The number of Hours of Service to be credited to an Employee or Participant who is entitled to payment for a period during which the Employee or Participant did not perform any duties shall be determined in accordance with Section 2530.200b‑2(b) of the Department of Labor Regulations and this Section. An Employee or Participant shall not be credited with more than 501 Hours of Service during any computation period for any single, continuous period during which the Employee or Participant performs no duties. The Committee shall credit Hours of Service with respect to any Employee or Participant in the following manner:
(i) Hours of Service for which an Employee or Participant is either directly or indirectly paid or entitled to payment by the Employer for the performance of duties shall be credited for the Plan Year in which the Employee performs the duties; and
(ii) Hours of Service for which an Employee or Participant is either directly or indirectly paid or entitled to payment by the Employer for reasons (such as vacation, holiday, sickness, incapacity, temporary layoff, jury duty, military duty, or Leave of Absence) other than for the performance of duties shall be credited as follows:
A. If payment for such Hours of Service is calculated on the basis of units of time (such as hours, days, weeks, or months), such Hours of Service shall be credited to the Plan Year(s) in which the period during which no duties are performed occurs, beginning with the first unit of time to which the payment relates;
B. If payment for such Hours of Service is not calculated on the basis of units of time, such Hours of Service shall be credited to the Plan Year in which the period during which no duties are performed occurs, or, if the period during which no duties are performed extends beyond one Plan Year, such Hours of Service shall be allocated between not more than the first two (2) Plan Years on any reasonable basis which is consistently applied; and
C. An Employee or Participant shall not be credited with Hours of Service for a period during which the Employee does not perform any duties and is entitled to payment solely because of compliance with applicable workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, or disability insurance laws; and
(iii) Hours of Service for which back pay has been awarded to an Employee or Participant or agreed to by the Employer shall be credited for the Plan Year(s) in which the award or the agreement pertains rather than for the Plan Year in which the award, agreement, or payment is made.
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(iv) To the extent not otherwise provided herein, Hours of Service will also include any period of employment prior to January 1, 2026, which would have been considered for such purpose under the Prior Plan or Hourly Plan.
The Committee shall credit Hours of Service under only one of the immediately preceding paragraphs. Furthermore, if the Committee is to credit Hours of Service to an Employee or Participant for the 12-month period commencing with the Employee’s or Participant’s Employment Commencement Date, then that 12-month period shall be substituted for the term “Plan Year” wherever the latter term appears in this Section.
For purposes of determining whether an Employee or Participant has incurred a Break in Service under the Plan with respect to a termination of Service occurring prior to the Effective Date, a Break in Service shall be determined in accordance with the “break in service” provisions of the Prior Plan.
For purposes of determining whether an Employee or Participant has incurred a Break in Service under the Plan with respect to a termination of Service occurring on or after the Effective Date, an Employee or Participant shall be credited with 8 hours for each day (to a maximum of 40 hours per week) that the Employee or Participant is on any unpaid Leave of Absence. In no event shall hours credited under the preceding sentence be counted as Hours of Service for purposes of computing a Participant’s vesting percentage under Article VII attributable to Employer contributions or for purposes of determining whether a Participant is eligible to share in the allocation of Employer Contributions and Forfeitures under Article V. An Employee or Participant on “Parental Absence” shall be treated as an Employee or Participant on an unpaid Leave of Absence for purposes of the first sentence of this paragraph; provided, however, that Hours of Service credited to an Employee or Participant as a result of a Parental Absence shall be credited only in the year in which such Parental Absence commences if the Employee or Participant would incur a Break in Service during such year without being credited with Hours of Service for such Parental Absence. If the Employee or Participant would not incur a Break in Service during such year, then the Hours of Service shall be credited for the year immediately following the year in which the Parental Absence commences. For purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, the term “year” shall mean the periods of computation used hereunder to determine an Employee’s or Participant’s Years of Service for purposes of eligibility and Years of Vesting Service for purposes of vesting. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “Parental Absence” shall mean an absence (i) by reason of the pregnancy of the Employee or Participant, (ii) by reason of the birth of a child of the Employee or Participant, (iii) by reason of the placement of a child with the Employee or Participant in connection with the adoption of such child by such Employee or Participant or (iv) for purposes of caring for such child for a period beginning immediately following such birth or placement. In order for the absence of a Participant or an Employee to qualify as a Parental Absence, the Employee or Participant must furnish the Committee in a timely manner, with such information and documentation as the Committee shall reasonably require to establish or confirm that the absence from work is for the reasons referred to above and the number of days for which there was such absence. The Hours of Service to be credited in connection with such Parental Absence shall be the Hours of Service that would otherwise have been credited to the Employee or Participant but for such absence or, in any case
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in which the Committee is unable to determine the number of Hours of Service that would otherwise have been credited to such Employee or Participant, 8 Hours of Service per day of absence, provided that the total number of hours so treated as Hours of Service for any period of Parental Absence shall not exceed 501 Hours of Service.
Effective as of April 22, 2022, notwithstanding the foregoing, for those individuals who were formerly employed by Varra Companies, Inc. (“Varra”) and became Eligible Employees on or about April 22, 2022 in connection with the Company’s acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Varra, such previous service with Varra shall be recognized for purposes of determining Hours of Service hereunder. Effective as of March 7, 2020, notwithstanding the foregoing, for those individuals who were formerly employed by Kosmos Cement Company (“Kosmos”) and became Eligible Employees on or about March 7, 2020 in connection with the Company’s acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Kosmos, such previous service with Kosmos shall be recognized for purposes of determining Hours of Service hereunder. Effective August 3, 2019, notwithstanding the foregoing, for those individuals who were formerly employed by 3D Concrete, SDJD Properties, LLC, Lander County Aggregate Company, LLC, Reno-Sparks Investment Properties, LLC and Triple D Properties, LLC (collectively, “3D”) and became Eligible Employees on or about August 3, 2019 in connection with the Company’s acquisition of substantially all of the assets of 3D, such previous service with 3D shall be recognized for purposes of determining Hours of Service hereunder. Effective January 1, 2026, notwithstanding the foregoing, for those individuals who were formerly employed by an unrelated employer and became Eligible Employees in connection with the Company’s acquisition of substantially all of the assets of such unrelated employer, such previous service with such unrelated employer shall be recognized for purposes of determining Hours of Service hereunder to the extent such service was recognized under the Prior Plan or the Salaried Plan.
Effective as of March 31, 2023, notwithstanding the foregoing, for those individuals who were formerly employed by Haydon Materials Battletown, LLC or its Affiliate (“Haydon”) and became Eligible Employees on or about March 31, 2023 in connection with the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Haydon’s mining operations, such previous service with Haydon shall be recognized for purposes of determining Hours of Service hereunder.
Effective as of May 3, 2023, notwithstanding the foregoing, for those individuals who were formerly employed by Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. or its Affiliate (“Martin”) and became Eligible Employees on or about May 3, 2023 in connection with the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Martin’s cement import and distribution business in Northern California by Nevada Cement Company LLC, one of the Company’s indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries, such previous service with Martin shall be recognized for purposes of determining Hours of Service hereunder.
Effective as of August 9, 2024, notwithstanding the foregoing, for those individuals who were formerly employed by Hilltop Big Bend Quarry LLC or its affiliate (“BBQ”) and became Eligible Employees on or about August 9, 2024 in connection with the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of BBQ’s mining, distributing and selling aggregates business by Battletown Materials LLC, one of the Company’s indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries, such
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previous service with BBQ shall be recognized for purposes of determining Hours of Service hereunder. Effective as of January 7, 2025, notwithstanding the foregoing, for those individuals who are employed by Bullskin Stone & Lime, LLC (“Bullskin”) and became Eligible Employees on or about January 7, 2025 in connection with the acquisition of Bullskin by the Company, such previous service with Bullskin shall be recognized for purposes of determining Hours of Service hereunder.
The Committee shall resolve any ambiguity with respect to the crediting of an Hour of Service in favor of the Employee.
Hourly Employee. An Employee who is (i) compensated by his Employer on an hourly‑rated basis (that is, he is not a Salaried Employee); (ii) a member of a group or class of Employees of an Employer to whom the Plan has been extended by the board of directors of the Employer as an Hourly Employee; or (iii) covered by a collective bargaining agreement between employee representatives and the Employer that provides, pursuant to good faith bargaining, for coverage under the Plan as an Hourly Employee.
Hourly Participant. A Participant who is an Hourly Employee.
Income of the Trust Fund. The net gain or loss of the Trust Fund from investments, as reflected by interest payments, dividends, realized and unrealized gains and losses on securities and other investment transactions and expenses paid from the Trust Fund.
Investment Fund. One or more investment alternatives designated by the Committee pursuant to the Plan and Trust Agreement as alternatives in which Participants may elect to invest their Accounts, subject to the provisions and restrictions in Article IX. The foregoing notwithstanding, the term “Investment Fund” shall not include, or refer to, the Company Stock Fund.
Leased Employee. Each person who is not an employee of the Employer or an Affiliate but who performs services for the Employer or an Affiliate pursuant to a leasing agreement (oral or written) between the Employer or an Affiliate and any leasing organization, provided that such person has performed such services for the Employer or an Affiliate or for related persons (within the meaning of Section 144(a)(3) of the Code) on a substantially full‑time basis for a period of at least one year and such services are performed under primary direction or control by the Employer or an Affiliate. The term “Leased Employee” shall also include any individual who is deemed to be an employee of the Employer under Section 414(o) of the Code. Notwithstanding the preceding sentences, the term “Leased Employee” shall not include individuals described in Section 414(n)(5) of the Code.
Leave of Absence. Any leave of absence required by law or granted by an Employer on account of service in military or governmental branches described in any applicable statute granting reemployment rights to employees who entered such branches, or any other military or governmental branch designated by the Employer; or any other authorized absence from active employment with an Employer including, but not limited to, vacations, illness, temporary layoff, temporary disability, or other absence for good cause which is not treated by the
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Employer as a termination of employment. If an Employee or Participant does not return to work with an Employer (or an Affiliate which is not an Employer) on or before termination of a Leave of Absence, he will be considered to have terminated Service on the date his Leave of Absence expires, unless he actually terminated Service before the expiration of his Leave of Absence.
Merged Plan. A qualified plan within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code that is merged with and into and becomes a part of the Plan.
Normal Retirement Date. The date of the 65th birthday of a Participant.
Participant. An Eligible Employee who, pursuant to the provisions of Article III, has met the eligibility requirements for participation in the Plan and is participating in the Plan.
Plan. Eagle Materials Inc. Retirement Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2026, as set forth herein and as hereafter amended from time to time (and formerly known as the Eagle Materials Inc. Hourly Profit Sharing Plan).
Plan Year. The 12‑month period commencing on January 1 and ending on December 31.
Pre‑Tax Contribution. The amount contributed pursuant to the Participant’s deferral election by the Employer in accordance with Section 4.1.
Pre‑Tax Contribution Account. The Account maintained for a Participant to record his Pre‑Tax Contributions (including Catch‑Up Contributions) to the Plan and adjustments relating thereto.
Pre‑Tax Rollover Account. The Account maintained for a Participant to record a rollover of pre-tax contributions to the Plan and adjustments relating thereto.
Prior Plan. Eagle Materials, Inc. Retirement Plan, as in effect on December 31, 2025, immediately prior to its amendment and restatement in the form of this Plan.
Required Commencement Date. With respect to a Participant who is a 5% owner (as defined in Code Section 416(i)), April 1st of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Participant attains (i) age 70½ if the Participant attains age 70½ prior to January 1, 2020, (ii) age 72 if the Participant attains age 70½ after December 31, 2019 and age 72 before January 1, 2023, (iii) age 73 if the Participant attains age 72 after December 31, 2022 and age 73 before January 1, 2033, or (iv) age 75 if the Participant attains age 73 after December 31, 2032; and with respect to any other Participant, April 1st of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the later of the following occurs (A) the Participant attains (i) age 70½ if the Participant attains age 70½ prior to January 1, 2020, (ii) age 72 if the Participant attains age 70½ after December 31, 2019 and age 72 before January 1, 2023, (iii) age 73 if the Participant attains age 72 after December 31, 2022 and age 73 before January 1, 2033, or (iv) age 75 if the Participant attains age 73 after December 31, 2032; or (B) the Participant retires.
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Rollover Account. A Participant’s Pre-Tax Rollover Account and/or Roth Rollover Account.
Rollover Contribution. One or more distributions to an Employee of all or any portion of the pre‑tax balance and/or Roth contribution balance (but not a non-Roth, after-tax balance) to the credit of an Employee in a qualified defined contribution plan or qualified defined benefit plan as described in Section 401(a) of the Code that meet the requirements of Eligible Rollover Distributions as defined in Section 8.5 of the Plan, subject to the conditions and limits in Section 4.11 of the Plan.
Roth Contribution. The amount contributed by a Participant to the Plan as designated Roth contribution under Section 402A of the Code pursuant to Section 4.3.
Roth Contribution Account. The Account maintained for a Participant to record his Roth Contributions and adjustments relating thereto.
Roth Rollover Account. The Account maintained for a Participant to record a rollover of Roth contributions to the Plan and adjustments relating thereto.
Salaried Employee. An Employee who (i) is compensated by his Employer in fixed amounts even though he may receive additional compensation in the form of bonuses or overtime, (ii) is a member of a group or class of Employees designated as “salaried employees” for payroll purposes, (iii) is a Commissioned Sales Employee, or (iv) is a member of a group or class of Employees of an Employer to whom the Plan has been extended by the board of directors of the Employer as a Salaried Employee.
Salaried Participant. A Participant who is a Salaried Employee.
Salaried Plan. Profit Sharing and Retirement Plan of Eagle Materials Inc, as in effect on December 31, 2018, immediately prior to the merger with and into the Prior Plan.
Service. An Employee’s or Participant’s period of employment, including any period the Employee is on Leave of Absence, with an Employer or Affiliate as determined in accordance with Article III. A “Year of Service” shall have the meaning set forth in Article III. For the avoidance of doubt, each person who was or had been a “Participant” in the Prior Plan or Hourly Plan prior to January 1, 2026, shall be credited as of that date with all periods of “Service” accrued under the applicable plan prior to such date.
Spouse. A person to whom the Participant is legally married under the laws of a U.S. state or territory or foreign jurisdiction.
Trust Agreement. The Trust Agreement provided for in Article IX, as amended from time to time.
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Trust Fund. The Investment Funds and Company Stock Fund held by the Trustee under the trust pursuant to the Trust Agreement, together with all income, profits or increments thereon.
Trustee. The trustee under the Trust Agreement.
Valuation Date. Any date on which the United States financial markets are open and any date on which the value of the assets of the Trust Fund is determined by the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.4.
Vesting Service. The period of a Participant’s Service considered in the determination of his vesting percentage for benefits under the Plan as determined in accordance with Article III. A “Year of Vesting Service” shall have the meaning set forth in Article III.
Words used in the Plan and in the Trust Agreement in the singular shall include the plural and, in the plural, the singular, and the gender of words used shall be construed to include whichever may be appropriate under any particular circumstances of the masculine, feminine or neuter genders.
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(a) To construe and interpret the Plan, decide all questions of eligibility and determine the amount, manner and time of payment of any benefits hereunder;
(b) To prescribe procedures to be followed by Participants or Beneficiaries filing applications for benefits;
(c) To receive from the Employers and from Employees such information as shall be necessary for the proper administration of the Plan;
(d) To prepare and distribute, in such manner as the Committee determines to be appropriate, information explaining the Plan;
(e) To furnish the Employers, upon request, such annual reports with respect to the administration of the Plan as are reasonable and appropriate;
(f) To give written directions to the Trustee, on behalf of Participants, as to the investment and reinvestment of the Trust Fund;
(g) To receive and review reports of the financial condition, and of the receipts and disbursements, of the Trust Fund from the Trustee and any investment manager;
(h) To appoint or employ individuals to assist in the administration of the Plan and any other agents it deems advisable, including legal and actuarial counsel;
(i) To interpret and construe all terms, provisions, conditions and limitations of the Plan and to reconcile any inconsistency or supply any omitted detail that may appear
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in the Plan in such manner and to such extent, consistent with the general terms of the Plan; and
(j) In the event of any share split, share dividend or combination of outstanding shares of Company Stock, to determine the appropriate allocation of shares of Company Stock to the portion of the Accounts maintained for Participants that are invested in the Company Stock Fund and to determine the appropriate number of shares distributable to a Participant under the Plan immediately following such share split, share dividend or combination so as to effectuate the intent and purpose of the Plan; provided, however, that the Committee shall not be authorized or otherwise able to (i) amend, modify, restrict, suspend or limit investment in, or terminate, the Company Stock Fund or (ii) amend, modify or terminate any provision of the Plan or Trust Agreement related to the administration or availability for investment of the Company Stock Fund.
Except as otherwise provided in Article X, the Committee shall have no power to add to, subtract from or modify any of the terms of the Plan, nor to change or add to any benefits provided by the Plan, nor to waive or fail to apply any requirements of eligibility for a benefit under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations on the Committee’s powers, the Board shall nonetheless have said powers as provided in Article X.
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(a) Such information applicable to contributions by and for each such Participant and the increase or decrease thereof as a consequence of valuation adjustments; and
(b) The balance in his Account as of that Valuation Date.
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(a) Participants in Prior Plan and Salaried Plan. Each Employee who was a Participant in the Prior Plan immediately preceding the Effective Date, shall continue as an active Participant in the Plan if he is employed by the Employer as of the Effective Date.
(b) Pre-Tax Contributions, Roth Contributions and After-Tax Contributions. Each Eligible Employee shall become eligible to participate in the Plan for purposes of making Pre‑Tax Contributions under Section 4.1, Roth Contributions under Section 4.3 and After-Tax Contributions under Section 4.4 on the Eligible Employee’s Employment Commencement Date.
(c) Employer Profit Sharing Contributions. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.6, each Eligible Employee who was not a Participant in the Plan as of the Effective Date with respect to eligibility for Employer Profit Sharing Contributions shall become a Participant in the Plan for purposes of receiving Employer Profit Sharing Contributions pursuant to Section 4.2, and for purposes of allocating such contributions pursuant to Section 5.2, on such Eligible Employee’s Entry Date.
(d) Employer Matching Contributions. Each eligible Hourly Employee who was not a Participant in the Plan as of the Effective Date with respect to eligibility for Employer Matching Contributions, shall become eligible for Employer Matching Contributions, if eligible under Appendix A, and for purposes of allocating such contributions pursuant to Appendix A, on such eligible Hourly Employee’s Employment Commencement Date. Effective January 7, 2025, each Salaried Employee, if eligible under Appendix A, shall become eligible for Employer Matching Contributions, and for purposes of allocating such contributions pursuant to Appendix A. A Salaried Employee eligible for Employer Matching Contributions under Appendix A for any portion of a Plan Year shall not be eligible for Employer Profit Sharing Contributions under Section 4.2(a) of the Plan for such portion of that Plan Year.
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With respect to an Employee who is classified as a part-time Employee by his Employer, for purposes of determining such Employee’s Service for eligibility to receive an Employer Profit Sharing Contribution under Section 3.1(c) of the Plan, the Employee shall be given credit for a Year of Service if he:
(a) Completes not less than 1,000 Hours of Service within the 12-consecutive month period beginning with his Employment Commencement Date; and
(b) Remains employed during that entire 12-month period.
In the case of an Employee who separates from Service and then resumes Service, but not as a Re-Employed Employee (as defined below), after his number of consecutive Breaks in Service equals or exceeds the greater of 5 or his Years of Service, his Years of Service, defined herein, prior to his resumption of employment shall be disregarded. For purposes of this Section, in the case of such an Employee, his Employment Commencement Date shall mean the date on which the Employee first performs an Hour of Service for the Employer following the close of the last Plan Year in which the Employee incurred a Break in Service.
In the case of an Employee who separates from Service and then resumes Service as a Re-Employed Employee, such Re-Employed Employee shall re-enter the Plan as a Participant on the later of:
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(x) The day he performs his first Hour of Service as a result of his resumption of Service; or
(y) The date his participation would have commenced had there been no separation from Service unless he separates from Service subsequent to his resumption of Service, but before such date.
For purposes of the Plan, a Re-Employed Employee shall mean an Employee who separated from Service with the Employer or an Affiliate (1) with a vested interest in Employer Contributions under the Plan or employee contributions under any other defined contribution plan maintained by the Company or an Affiliate (“Related Plan”), or (2) without a vested interest in Employer Contributions under the Plan or employer contributions under a Related Plan but who resumes Service before his number of consecutive Breaks in Service equals or exceeds the greater of 5 or his number of Years of Service (as defined in this Section).
Any other Employee whose Service terminates and who is subsequently re-employed and resumes Service shall commence participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.1.
In the case of an Employee who separates from Service and who then resumes Service with the Employer but is not a Re‑Employed Employee (as defined in Section 3.5), except that the reference to Years of Service shall mean Years of Vesting Service as defined in this Section, Years of Vesting Service prior to his resumption of Service shall be disregarded. If a Participant incurs 5 consecutive Breaks in Service, Vesting Service after such Breaks in Service shall not increase the Participant’s vested percentage in his Account balance attributable to Employer contributions that were made prior to such 5 consecutive Breaks in Service.
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In the event an employee of a domestic Affiliate is transferred to employment with an Employer in an employment classification covered by the Plan and such Affiliate provides a thrift, savings or profit‑sharing plan of like nature and intent as the Plan in which the Employee was a participant immediately preceding his transfer, such employee’s account balance in a domestic Affiliate’s defined contribution plan qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, determined on the Valuation Date coincident with or next following the date of the employee’s transfer, may, subject to the approval and in the sole discretion of the Committee, be transferred to the Trust Fund held under the Plan and allocated among the Investment Funds and the Company Stock Fund, as applicable, in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.3; provided, however, that such plan otherwise permits and approves of such transfer. In the event a Participant under the Plan is transferred to employment with an Affiliate and such Affiliate provides a thrift, savings or profit‑sharing plan of like nature and intent as the Plan in which the Participant will be eligible to participate as an employee of such Affiliate, such Participant’s account balances in the Plan, determined as of the Valuation Date coincident with or next following the date of the Participant’s transfer, may, subject to the approval of the plan administrator of the Affiliate’s plan and the Committee, in its sole discretion, be transferred to such plan and allocated between the investment funds held thereunder in accordance with the provisions thereof. For purposes of this paragraph, all references to “Affiliate” shall include employment classifications with an Employer.
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(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, contributions, benefits and service credit with respect to Qualified Military Service, as such term is defined in Section 414(u)(5) of the Code, will be provided in accordance with Section 414(u) of the Code. Specifically, as required by Section 414(u)(8) of the Code, the Participant will be treated as not having incurred a Break in Service because of his period of Qualified Military Service, the Participant’s Qualified Military Service will be treated as Service under the Plan for vesting and Contribution purposes and the Participant will be permitted to make up any Pre‑Tax Contributions, Roth Contributions and After-Tax Contributions he would have otherwise been eligible to make during the period of Qualified Military Service.
(b) If a Participant’s death occurs on or after January 1, 2007, while performing Qualified Military Service, then, provided such Participant was entitled to reemployment rights with respect to an Employer under Code Section 414(u) as of the date of his death, the Participant’s Beneficiary or Beneficiaries shall be entitled to any benefits (other than benefit accruals relating to the period of Qualified Military Service), such as accelerated
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vesting under Section 3.6, that would be provided under the Plan if the Participant had resumed and then terminated his service on account of death, in compliance with Code Section 401(a)(37) and the Treasury regulations and guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service thereunder.
(c) If an individual is paid remuneration by an Employer after December 31, 2008 that constitutes a “differential wage payment” within the meaning of Code Section 3401(h)(2), then (i) such individual shall be treated as an Employee of the Employer, and (ii) the differential wage payment shall be treated as Compensation for purposes of Section 5.3, as well as for Contribution and Employer Matching Contribution purposes.
(d) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the Plan, no distribution shall be permitted from a Participant’s Account upon a “deemed” severance from employment, as defined in Code Section 414(u)(12)(B).
(e) No Participant or Beneficiary shall be entitled to any continued benefit accruals or employer contributions under Code Section 414(u)(9) (as enacted under section 104(b) of the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Act of 2008) by reason of incurring a death or disability during a period of Qualified Military Service.
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(a) Deferral Elections. Subject to Section 4.1(b), each Eligible Employee who elects to make Pre‑Tax Contributions for a Plan Year may initially elect to defer each pay period a portion of his Compensation in whole percentages of between (a) 1% and (b) 100% or such lesser percentage designated by the Committee of his Compensation and, unless otherwise provided by the Committee, an additional deferral from the last pay check of any calendar quarter; provided, however, that his total Pre‑Tax Contributions under this Section for any Plan Year shall not exceed (i) 100% or such lesser percentage designated by the Committee of a Participant’s Compensation for the Plan Year or (ii) the annual limit under Code Section 402(g) for the Plan Year (as adjusted by the Secretary of the Treasury to reflect increases in the cost‑of‑living), except to the extent permitted under this Section with respect to Catch‑Up Contributions.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph of this Section, each Eligible Employee who may elect to make Pre‑Tax Contributions under this Section and who has attained age 50 before the close of the Plan Year shall be eligible to elect to make Catch‑Up Contributions in the form and manner prescribed by the Committee. Catch‑Up Contributions shall not be taken into account for purposes of the provisions of the Plan implementing the required limitations of Code Sections 402(g) and 415. The Plan shall not be treated as failing to satisfy the provisions of the Plan implementing the requirements of Code Sections 401(k)(3), 410(b) or 416, as applicable, by reason of the making of such Catch‑Up Contributions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Eligible Employee otherwise eligible to make Catch-Up Contributions and who received wages (as defined in Code Section 3121(a)) from his or her Employer for the preceding calendar year exceeding $145,000 (indexed annually) is ineligible to make Catch-Up Contributions as Pre-Tax Contributions and shall only be permitted to make Catch-up Contributions as Roth Contributions (“Roth Catch-Up Contributions”). Any election by such Participant to make Catch-Up Contributions shall be deemed to be an election to make Roth Catch-Up Contribution, unless such Participant changes or suspends his election.
Each Participant’s Pre‑Tax Contribution shall be contributed to the Trust Fund by the Employer. Each such election shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.4 and shall continue in effect during subsequent Plan Years unless the Participant shall notify the Committee in the manner hereinafter provided of his election to change or discontinue his Pre‑Tax Contribution rate as provided in Section 4.8. Each Participant’s Pre‑Tax Contribution Account shall be fully vested and non‑forfeitable at all times.
In the event a Participant’s Pre‑Tax Contributions exceed the applicable limit described in the first paragraph of this Section, or in the event the Participant submits a written claim to the Committee, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Committee, specifying an amount of Pre‑Tax Contributions that will exceed the applicable
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limit of Section 402(g) of the Code when added to amounts deferred by the Participant in other plans or arrangements, such excess (the “Excess Deferrals”), plus any income and minus any loss attributable thereto for the Plan Year in which the Excess Deferral occurred, shall be returned to the Participant no later than required under the Code and applicable regulations thereunder during the following year. The amount of any Excess Deferrals to be distributed to a Participant for a taxable year shall be reduced by excess Pre‑Tax Contributions previously recharacterized or distributed pursuant to Article XIII for the Plan Year beginning in such taxable year. The income or loss attributable to the Participant’s Excess Deferral for the Plan Year shall be determined by multiplying the income or loss attributable to the Participant’s Pre‑Tax Contribution Account balance for the Plan Year (or relevant portion thereof) by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Excess Deferral and the denominator of which is the Participant’s total Pre‑Tax Contribution Account balance as of the Valuation Date next preceding the date of return of the Excess Deferral. For these purposes, distribution of an Excess Deferral on or before the 15th day of a calendar month shall be treated as having been made on the last day of the preceding month, and a distribution made thereafter shall be treated as having been made on the first day of the next month. Excess Deferrals shall be treated as Annual Additions under Article V of the Plan.
(b) Eligible Automatic Contribution Arrangement. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4.1(a), an Eligible Employee who is initially employed or is reemployed by an Employer on or after the Effective Date (an “Automatic Enrollment Employee”) shall automatically be enrolled in the Plan to make Pre-Tax Contributions effective 35 days after the Automatic Enrollment Employee has been provided a notice of such enrollment by the Company, in the form and manner prescribed by the Committee (such period, the “Automatic Contribution Notice Period”). The automatic contributions to the Plan made pursuant to this Section 4.1(b) are intended to meet the requirements of an “Eligible Automatic Contribution Arrangement” under Code Section 414(w). An Automatic Enrollment Employee who is automatically enrolled in the Plan pursuant to this Section 4.1(b) shall be deemed to have elected to defer, as Pre-Tax Contributions to the Trust Fund (“Automatic Contributions”), in an initial amount equal to 3% of the Participant’s Compensation for each pay period that occurs on and after the automatic enrollment date with such Automatic Contributions increasing by 1% on each subsequent April 1 occurring on or after April 1, 2022 up to a maximum of 7% of the Participant’s Compensation; provided, however, that in the event the Participant’s date of hire or rehire is within six months prior to April 1, such Participant’s Automatic Contribution percentage shall not begin increasing until the subsequent April 1. An Automatic Enrollment Employee’s Automatic Contributions shall continue unless and until a new election becomes effective as described below. If the Automatic Enrollment Employee has not provided any investment direction pursuant to Section 9.3 of the Plan with respect to the Participant’s Automatic Contributions, such contributions (and any Employer Matching Contributions made thereon) shall automatically be invested in the Default Investment Fund.
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The foregoing notwithstanding, if an Automatic Enrollment Employee affirmatively elects, in the form and manner prescribed by the Committee, during the Automatic Contribution Notice Period (i) not to make any contributions to the Plan or (ii) to make Pre-Tax Contributions, Roth Contributions and/or After-Tax Contributions in any percentage under Section 4.4, then no Automatic Contributions shall be made by such Automatic Enrollment Employee. An Automatic Enrollment Employee who elects not to make Automatic Contributions or elects to cease such contributions to the Plan may elect at any time thereafter to defer a percentage of his Compensation as Pre‑Tax Contributions, Roth Contributions and/or After-Tax Contributions in accordance with Sections 4.1(a), 4.3 or 4.4, respectively, in the form and manner prescribed by the Committee for such contributions, provided he is eligible to participate in the Plan pursuant to Section 3.1. Once an Automatic Enrollment Employee’s Automatic Contributions commence, such contributions shall continue in effect until the Automatic Enrollment Employee gives timely notice of his election to cease making the Contribution or to make Pre-Tax Contributions, Roth Contributions and/or After-Tax Contributions at a different percentage of his Compensation as provided in the foregoing paragraph.
Effective June 3, 2023, an “Automatic Enrollment Employee” shall include an Eligible Employee as of such date who is not making any contributions to the Plan and who has not affirmatively elected within six months prior to such date not to make contributions to the Plan. For the avoidance of doubt, this provision is intended to only result in the one-time re-solicitation of such Eligible Employees.
(a) Salaried Participants. Each Employer may, in its sole discretion, elect to make an Employer Profit Sharing Contribution to the Trust Fund for any Plan Year with respect to each Salaried Participant who performs more than 1,000 Hours of Service for the Employer during a Plan Year and who is employed by the Employer on the last day of the Plan Year; provided, however, that a Salaried Participant who is on an approved Leave of Absence or receiving workers’ compensation benefits as of such date, shall not be deemed to have terminated employment with the Employer for purposes of this Section 4.2. Such contribution shall be made in such amount as the board of directors of the Employer, in its sole discretion, may authorize and direct from time to time as it deems appropriate or advisable, on behalf of Salaried Participants who are (i) Salaried Employees who meet the eligibility requirements of Section 3.1(c) and (ii) in the Service of an Employer as of the last day of such Plan Year. Such contribution, if any, shall be shall be allocated to a Participant’s Employer Profit Sharing Account in accordance with Section 5.2 and deemed made on account of a Plan Year if the board of directors of the Employer determines and approves the amount of such Employer Profit Sharing Contribution by appropriate action and designates such amount in writing to the Trustee as payment on account of such Plan Year.
(b) Hourly Participants. Each Employer may, in its sole discretion, elect to make an Employer Profit Sharing Contribution to the Trust Fund for any Plan Year with
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respect to each Hourly Participant who performs more than 1,000 Hours of Service for the Employer during a Plan Year and who is employed by the Employer on the last day of the Plan Year; provided, however, that an Hourly Participant who is on an approved Leave of Absence or receiving workers’ compensation benefits as of such date, shall not be deemed to have terminated employment with the Employer for purposes of this Section 4.2. Such contribution shall equal the product of an amount determined by the Employer multiplied by the number of Hours of Service performed by each eligible Hourly Participant during the Plan Year up to a maximum of 2,000 Hours of Service for the Plan Year and divided by the total of such Hours of Service during such Plan Year for all Hourly Participants. Such contribution, if any, shall be allocated to a Participant’s Employer Profit Sharing Account in accordance with Section 5.2 and deemed made on account of a Plan Year if the board of directors of the Employer determines and approves the amount of such Employer Profit Sharing Contribution by appropriate action and designates such amount in writing to the Trustee as payment on account of such Plan Year. The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, except as otherwise provided in Appendix A, an Hourly Employee eligible for Employer Matching Contributions under Appendix A for any portion of a Plan Year shall not be eligible for Employer Profit Sharing Contributions under this Section 4.2(b) for such portion of that Plan Year.
(c) Timing of Employer Profit Sharing Contributions. All Employer Profit Sharing Contributions made by the Employer pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall be paid to the Trustee not later than the time prescribed by law for filing the federal income tax return of the Employer, including any extension which has been granted for the filing of such tax return. The Committee shall be immediately advised in writing of the amount of such contribution.
(a) A Roth Contribution election shall be a separate election. A Participant may change his Roth Contribution percentage or cease making Roth Contributions in the same
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manner as the Participant is permitted to make such changes for Pre-Tax Contributions under the Plan.
(b) QNECs made to the Plan under Section 4.5 shall be limited solely to Pre-Tax Contributions.
(c) Roth Contributions (including earnings thereon) will be eligible for loans under Section 6.7.
(d) For purposes of withdrawals under Article VI, Roth Contributions (including earnings thereon) shall be eligible solely for age 59½ withdrawals under Section 6.2.
(e) Provided the requirements of Section 402A of the Code and the applicable regulations and guidance issued thereunder are satisfied, payment or distribution of amounts from a Participant’s Roth Contribution Account shall be treated as “Qualified Distributions” within the meaning of Section 402A(d)(2) of the Code.
(f) If the Committee determines that a Participant’s deferrals under the Plan should be reduced, or may be increased, as provided in Article XIII, the Committee may permit the Participant to designate the application of such reduction or increase between the Participant’s Roth Contribution percentage and Pre-Tax Contribution percentage, if applicable.
(g) If a Participant has made Roth Contributions and/or Pre-Tax Contributions during a Plan Year and Excess Contributions are distributable to the Participant under Section 5.3 for such Plan Year, the Participant may elect to what extent the Excess Contribution is distributed from the Participant’s Roth Contributions and/or Pre-Tax Contributions deferred in such Plan Year.
(h) The Plan may accept a rollover contribution to a Roth Rollover Account only if it is a direct rollover from another Roth contribution account under an applicable retirement plan described in Section 402A(e)(1) of the Code and only to the extent the rollover is permitted under the rules of Section 402(c) of the Code and subject to the applicable provisions of Section 4.11. The foregoing notwithstanding, no such rollover contribution may be transferred to the Plan without the prior approval of the Committee, in the form and manner prescribed by the Committee, and the Committee may require such information from an Employee desiring to make such a transfer as it deems necessary or desirable. The Committee may act in its sole discretion in determining whether to accept the transfer, and shall act in a uniform, nondiscriminatory manner in this regard.
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(a) First, such Forfeitures shall be allocated to reinstate any Employer Profit Sharing Accounts and/or Employer Matching Contribution Accounts of Participants who return to Service and are entitled to account reinstatement in accordance with Section 7.4.
(b) Second, such Forfeitures shall be applied to restore any amounts forfeited under the unclaimed benefits provisions of Section 11.11.
(c) Third, such Forfeitures shall be applied against the next succeeding Employer Matching Contributions and/or Employer Profit Sharing Contributions and/or used to pay expenses of the Plan.
(a) The Rollover Contribution shall be in cash or, in connection with a merger, acquisition or other business transaction involving an Employer or Affiliate, as determined and permitted by the Committee, in its discretion, an in kind Direct Rollover (as defined in Section 8.5) of a plan loan from an Eligible Retirement Plan (as defined in Section 8.5(b)) that is a qualified plan under Code Section 401(a), subject to the procedures and requirements prescribed by the Committee pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 4.11.
(b) No Rollover Contribution may be transferred to the Plan without the prior procedural approval of the Committee or its delegate. The Committee or its delegate shall develop such procedures and may require such information from an Employee desiring to make such a transfer as it deems necessary or desirable. The Committee or its delegate may act in its sole discretion in determining whether to accept the transfer, and shall act in a uniform, non‑discriminatory manner in this regard.
(c) Upon approval by the Committee or its delegate, a Rollover Contribution shall be paid to the Trustee to be held in the Trust Fund.
(d) A separate Rollover Account shall be established and maintained for each Employee’s Rollover Contribution. A Rollover Account shall be invested in the Investment Funds and/or the Company Stock Fund as elected by the Employee (or the Default Investment Fund if such Employee fails to make a proper investment election).
(e) The Employee’s interest in his Rollover Account shall be fully vested and non‑forfeitable. If an Eligible Employee who has not yet begun making Pre‑Tax
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Contributions, Roth Contributions or After-Tax Contributions under Section 3.1(b) of the Plan or receiving Employer Profit Sharing Contributions under Section 3.1(c) of the Plan or Employer Matching Contributions under Section 3.1(d) of the Plan makes a Rollover Contribution to the Plan, his Rollover Account shall represent his sole interest in the Plan.
(f) The Committee or its delegate shall be entitled to rely on the representation of the Employee that the Rollover Contribution is an “eligible rollover distribution” within the meaning of Code Section 402(c)(4). If, however, it is determined that a transfer received from or on behalf of an Employee failed to qualify as an eligible rollover distribution, then the balance in the Employee’s Rollover Account attributable to the ineligible transfer shall, along with any earnings thereon, as soon as is administratively practicable, be:
(i) segregated from all other Plan assets;
(ii) treated as a non‑qualified trust established by and for the benefit of the Participant; and
(iii) distributed to the Employee.
Such an ineligible transfer shall be deemed never to have been a part of the Plan or Trust.
(g) A rollover of after‑tax contributions, and the earnings thereon, is not permitted.
(h) A rollover of Pre-Tax Contributions shall be to a Pre-Tax Rollover Account separate from a Participant’s Roth Rollover Account.
(i) A rollover of Roth Contributions shall be to a Roth Rollover Account separate from a Participant’s Pre-Tax Rollover Account.
The Rollover Account shall not share in Employer Contribution allocations. Upon termination of employment, the total amount of the Rollover Account shall be distributed in accordance with Article VIII. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, no such transfer of a Rollover Contribution shall include a transfer of benefits from a defined benefit plan or from a defined contribution plan subject to Code Section 412.
(a) was made by mistake of fact; or
(b) was made conditioned upon the contribution being allowed as a deduction and such deduction was disallowed.
Any Contribution made by the Employer during any Plan Year in excess of the amount deductible or any Contribution attributable to a good faith mistake of fact shall be refunded
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to the Employer. The amount which will be returned to the Employer is the excess of the amount contributed over the amount that would have been contributed had there not occurred a mistake of fact or the excess of the amount contributed over the amount deductible, as applicable. A Contribution made by reason of a mistake of fact may be refunded only within one year following the date of payment. Any Contribution to be refunded because it was not deductible under Section 404 of the Code may be refunded only within one year following the date the deduction was disallowed. Earnings attributable to any such excess Contribution may not be withdrawn, but losses attributable thereto must reduce the amount to be returned. In no event may a refund be due which would cause the Account balance of any Participant to be reduced to less than the Participant’s Account balance would have been had the mistaken amount, or the amount determined to be non‑deductible, not been contributed.
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With respect a Merged Plan, the amounts in a Participant’s pre-tax contribution account, after-tax contribution account, Roth contribution account, pre-tax rollover account and Roth rollover account as of the merger date shall be transferred to, and become a part of, such Participant’s Pre-Tax Account, After-Tax Account, Roth Contribution Account, Pre-Tax Rollover Account and Roth Rollover Account.
If a Participant incurs five (5) consecutive Breaks in Service and subsequently reenters the Plan as a Re‑Employed Employee (as defined in Section 3.5) prior to the time that he has received a distribution or been deemed to have received a distribution hereunder equal to 100% of his vested Account balance, determined as of the last day of the Plan Year in which he incurred the last of such 5 consecutive Breaks in Service, the Committee may, in its discretion, maintain, or cause to be maintained, separate Employer Contribution Accounts for the Participant’s pre‑Breaks in Service Account balances attributable to Employer Contributions and Forfeitures, and separate Employer Contribution Accounts for his post‑Breaks in Service Account balances attributable to the Employer Contributions and Forfeitures unless the Participant’s entire Account balance under the Plan is 100% vested at the time he incurs the last of such 5 consecutive Breaks in Service.
(a) Pre‑Tax Contributions, Roth Contributions and After-Tax Contributions. Pre‑Tax Contributions, Roth Contributions and After-Tax Contributions received in the Trust Fund since the preceding Valuation Date shall be credited to the respective Pre‑Tax Contribution Accounts, Roth Contribution Accounts and After-Tax Contribution Accounts of the Participants, and invested in the Investment Funds and Company Stock Fund in accordance with their instructions pursuant to Section 9.3.
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(b) Employer Profit Sharing Contributions. Employer Profit Sharing Contributions received in the Trust Fund for a Plan Year shall be allocated and credited to the Employer Profit Sharing Account of an eligible Participant for such Plan Year, as in defined in Section 4.2; provided, however, that with respect to Employer Profit Sharing Contributions for Salaried Participants under Section 4.2(a), (i) Compensation shall not include any Compensation earned prior to the Salaried Participant’s Entry Date and (ii) in the case of reemployment during such Plan Year, for that Plan Year Compensation shall include only Compensation earned during the period of employment commencing with his reemployment and ending with the last day of such Plan Year.
(c) Employer Matching Contributions. Employer Matching Contributions received in the Trust Fund for a Plan Year shall be allocated and credited to the Employer Matching Contribution Account of an eligible Participant for such Plan Year based on the percentage of each such Participant’s eligible Pre-Tax Contributions and/or Roth Contributions, as determine pursuant to Appendix A, and invested in the Investment Funds and Company Stock Fund in accordance with the Participant’s instructions pursuant to Section 9.3 of the Plan.
(d) Forfeitures. Forfeitures which have become available for reallocation or restoration shall be applied pursuant to Section 4.10.
(e) Adjustments. As of each Valuation Date, all payments and distributions made under the Plan since the immediately preceding Valuation Date to or for the benefit of a Participant or his Beneficiary and any withdrawals by a Participant pursuant to Article VIII will be charged to the proper Account of such Participant unless previously charged.
(a) $70,000, as adjusted pursuant to Code Section 415(d) and Treasury Regulation Section 1.415(d)‑1(b); or
(b) 100% of the Participant’s Compensation for the Limitation Year.
For purposes of determining whether the Annual Additions under the Plan exceed the Maximum Permissible Amount, all defined contribution plans of the Employer are to be treated as one defined contribution plan.
In accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.415(a)‑1(d)(3), the Plan incorporates by reference the limitations on contributions under Code Section 415 and as provided under Treasury Regulation Section 1.415(c)‑1 et seq. (as may be revised or amended from time to time by the Internal Revenue Service). Unless otherwise provided in this Section, the default rules under Code Section 415 Treasury Regulations shall apply with respect to the limitations under this Section.
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(c) Definitions. For purposes of this Section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(i) Employer. The Company and any other Employer that adopts the Plan; provided, however, that in the case of a group of employers which constitutes a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Code Section 414(b), as modified by Code Section 415(h)) or which constitutes trades and businesses (whether or not incorporated) which are under common control (as defined in Code Section 414(c) as modified by Code Section 415(h)) or an affiliated service group (as defined in Code Section 414(m)), all such employers shall be considered a single employer for purposes of applying the limitations of this Section for any portion of a Limitation Year during which such employers were so controlled or affiliated.
(ii) Limitation Year. A 12-consecutive month period ending on December 31.
(iii) Compensation. For purposes of this Section, Compensation shall include wages, salaries, fees for professional services and other amounts received (without regard to whether or not an amount is paid in cash) for personal services actually rendered in the course of employment with the Employer maintaining the Plan to the extent that such amounts are includable in gross income (or to the extent amounts that would have been received and includible in gross income but for an election by the Participant under Code Sections 125(a), 132(f)(4), 402(e)(3), 402(h)(1)(B), 402(k) or 457(b)), 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, bonuses, fringe benefits and reimbursements or other expense allowances under a nonaccountable plan as described in Treasury Regulation § 1.62‑2(c); but exclude:
(1) Contributions (other than elective contributions described in Code Sections 402(e)(3), 408(k)(6), 408(p)(2)(A)(i) or 457(b)) made by the Employer to a plan of deferred compensation (including a simplified employee pension described in Code Section 408(k) or a simple retirement account described in Code Section 408(p), whether or not qualified) to the extent the contributions are not included in the gross income of the Participant for the taxable year in which contributed, and any distributions from a plan of deferred compensation (whether or not qualified) regardless of whether such amounts are includable in the gross income of the Participant when distributed;
(2) Amounts realized from the exercise of a nonstatutory option (which is an option other than a statutory option as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.421‑1(b)) or when restricted stock or other property held by a Participant becomes freely transferable or is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture under Code Section 83 and the Treasury Regulations thereunder;
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(3) Amounts realized from the sale, exchange or other disposition of stock acquired under a statutory stock option (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.421‑1(b));
(4) Other amounts which receive special tax benefits, such as, for example, premiums for group‑term life insurance, to the extent such amounts are not includible in the gross income of the Participant and are not salary reduction amounts under Code Section 125; and
(5) Other items of remuneration that are similar to the items listed above in clauses (ii)(1) through (4).
In addition to the foregoing, Compensation included for the Limitation Year in accordance with the timing rules under the provisions in Treasury Regulation Section 1.415(c) 2(e)(1), includes:
(1) Amounts paid after a Participant’s severance from employment for services during the Participant’s regular working hours or outside the Participant’s regular working hours (such as overtime or shift differential), commissions, bonuses, or other similar payments if (1) such amount would have been paid to the Participant prior to his severance from employment if he had continued in employment with the Employer (that has adopted the Plan) and (2) such amount is paid by the later of 2½ months after the Participant’s severance from employment with the Employer or the end of the Limitation Year that includes the date of such severance from employment;
(2) Amounts earned, but not paid, during a Limitation Year solely because of the timing of the pay periods, provided that such amounts are (1) paid during the first few weeks of the next Limitation Year, (2) included on a uniform and consistent basis with respect to all similarly situated Employees, and (3) not included in more than one Limitation Year; and
(3) Amounts paid for unused accrued bona fide sick, vacation, or other leave, but only if the Participant would have been able to use the leave if his employment had continued, and/or (ii) amounts received by the Participant pursuant to a nonqualified unfunded deferred compensation plan, but only if in either case the payment would have been paid to the Participant at the same time if the Participant had continued in employment with the Employer (that has adopted the Plan) and only to the extent that the payment is includible in the Participant’s gross income, provided that such amounts (1) are paid by the later of 2½ months after severance from employment with the Employer or the end of the Limitation Year that includes the date of such severance from employment and (2) would have
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been included in the definition of Compensation if such amounts were paid prior to the Participant’s severance from employment with the Employer.
The foregoing notwithstanding, for purposes of this Section, Compensation shall not exceed the limitation under Code Section 401(a)(17)(A), as adjusted for cost‑of‑living increases pursuant to Code Section 401(a)(17)(B), but shall not be limited to the earliest payments made to or on behalf of a Participant with respect to a Limitation Year.
Compensation shall include “differential wage payments,” as defined in Section 340(h) of the Code.
(iv) Annual Additions: With respect to each Limitation Year, to the extent allocated to a Participant’s Account in accordance with the timing rules of Treasury Regulation Section 1.415(c)‑1(b)(6), the total of the Participant’s Employer Profit Sharing Contributions, Pre Tax Contributions, After Tax Contributions, Forfeitures, amounts described in Code Sections 415(l) and 419A(d)(2), and amounts allocated to a Participant’s Account under a corrective amendment that complies with the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(a)(4)‑11(g); but excluding Catch‑Up Contributions made pursuant to Section 4.1, Rollover Contributions contributed pursuant to Section 4.11, restorative payments described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.415(c)‑1(b)(2)(ii)(C), Excess Deferrals distributed in accordance with Section 4.1 and Treasury Regulation Section 1.402(g)‑1(e)(2) or (3), and such other amounts specifically excluded under Treasury Regulation Section 1.415(c)‑1(b)(3). Contributions made with respect to Qualified Military Service in accordance with Section 3.10 shall be considered an Annual Addition for the Limitation Year to which the Contribution relates.
(d) Prospective Reduction of Participant Contributions. If during a Limitation Year the Committee determines that the Maximum Permissible Amount will be exceeded for the Limitation Year, the Pre‑Tax, Roth and/or After-Tax Contribution elections of affected Participants may be (but is not required to be) reduced by the Committee on a temporary and prospective basis in such manner as the Committee will determine.
(e) Excess Amounts and EPCRS. To the extent a Participant’s Annual Additions for a Limitation Year exceed the Participant’s Maximum Permissible Amount, except as otherwise permitted under the Treasury Regulations or other guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service, such result shall be corrected in accordance with procedures available under the Internal Revenue Service’s Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System in effect at the time of the correction.
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(a) Employer Profit Sharing Contributions Contributed Before June 1, 2007. A Salaried Participant may, in accordance with administrative procedures adopted by the Committee in its sole discretion, elect to withdraw a portion of the balance of his Employer Profit Sharing Account attributable to Employer Profit Sharing Contributions contributed to the Salaried Plan prior to June 1, 2007 while in the Service of the Employer, in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) A Salaried Participant who has completed less than 11 Years of Vesting Service, may not withdraw any amounts then credited to his Employer Profit Sharing Account.
(ii) Subject to subparagraphs (iv) and (v) below, a Salaried Participant who has completed 11 or more Years of Vesting Service but less than 16 Years of Vesting Service may elect to withdraw an amount not greater than 15% of his Employer Profit Sharing Account balance, determined as of the Valuation Date on which the withdrawal is made, less an amount equal to the sum of all of his prior withdrawals from this Section.
(iii) Subject to subparagraphs (iv) and (v) below, a Salaried Participant who has completed 16 Years of Vesting Service or more, may elect to withdraw an amount not greater than 30% of his Employer Profit Sharing Account balance, determined as of the Valuation Date on which the withdrawal is made, less an amount equal to the sum of all of his prior withdrawals from this Section.
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(iv) No withdrawals may be made under this Section which would result in reducing a Participant’s Employer Profit Sharing Account balance to less than an amount equal to the Employer Contributions credited to the Participant's Employer Profit Sharing Account during the 24-month period immediately preceding the first day of the Plan Year as of which such withdrawal is effective and payable.
(v) No withdrawal may be made under this Section by a Participant to whom a loan has been made under Section 6.7, if as a result of such withdrawal the outstanding balance due (including accrued interest thereon) on such loan would exceed the amount of the Participant's Employer Profit Sharing Account balance and Frozen Employer Matching Contribution Account balance as of the Valuation Date on which the withdrawal is made.
Payments of any amounts withdrawn pursuant to an election made under this Section 6.3(a) will be made to the Participant as soon as practicable after notice of such election is received by the Committee. A Participant shall not be permitted to recontribute to or redeposit in his Accounts any portion of the amounts withdrawn pursuant to this Section.
(b) Employer Profit Sharing Contributions Contributed On or After June 1, 2007. The foregoing notwithstanding, while in the Service of the Employer, a Salaried Participant shall not be permitted to withdraw any portion of the balance of his Employer Profit Sharing Account attributable to Employer Profit Sharing Contributions contributed to the Plan on or after June 1, 2007, except as provided in Sections 6.7 and 6.8.
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(a) To be considered a hardship for purposes of this Section, the event giving rise to the need for funds must relate to financial hardship resulting from:
(i) medical expenses (described in Code Section 213(d)) previously incurred by the Participant or the Participant’s Spouse, dependents (as defined in Code Section 152) or designated primary Beneficiary or necessary for those persons to obtain medical care as evidenced by a written estimate thereof (determined without regard to whether the expenses exceed 7.5% of adjusted gross income);
(ii) costs directly related to the purchase (excluding mortgage payments) of a principal residence for the Participant;
(iii) payment for tuition for the next 12 months of post‑secondary education for the Participant or the Participant’s Spouse, children or dependents (as defined in Code Section 152, without regard to Code Section 152(b)(1), (b)(2) and (d)(1)(B));
(iv) payment necessary to prevent the eviction of the Participant from his principal residence or foreclosure on the mortgage of the Participant’s principal residence;
(v) payment for burial or funeral expenses for the Participant’s deceased parent, Spouse, children or dependents (as defined in Code Section 152, without regard to Code Section 152(d)(1)(B));
(vi) expenses for the repair of damage to the Participant’s principal residence that would qualify for the casualty deduction under Code Section 165 (determined without regard to (determined without regard to Code Section 165(h)(5) and whether the loss exceeds 10% of adjusted gross income);
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(vii) expenses and losses (including loss of income) incurred by the Participant on account of a disaster declared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Public Law 100–707, provided that the Participant’s principal residence or principal place of employment at the time of the disaster was located in an area designated by FEMA for individual assistance with respect to the disaster; or
(viii) any other event described by the Internal Revenue Service to be deemed to be a heavy and financial need.
A person shall be considered to be dependent on the Participant if the Participant certifies that he reasonably expects to be entitled to claim that person as a dependent for Federal income tax purposes for a calendar year coinciding with the Plan Year in which the certification of hardship is made.
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In the event that a Participant takes a distribution from his vested Account under Section 8.1(c) in connection with a severance from employment related to his performance of service in the uniformed services, and such Participant has an outstanding loan under this Section 6.7, such Participant will only be entitled to receive a total distribution amount that is equal to the vested portion of such Participant's Account balance, minus the total balance of such outstanding loan. Such Participant's outstanding loan will be deemed to have been repaid as of the date of a distribution of the Participant's vested Account balance that is equal to such amount. If a Participant elects to take a distribution under the provisions of Section 8.1(c) that is less than such amount, the Participant will not be required to repay his loan in full at the time of the distribution and loan repayments will continue to be suspended in accordance with Section 414(u) of the Code; provided, however, that such Participant will not be entitled to withdraw the remaining vested portion of his Account balance until all outstanding loan amounts have been repaid to the Plan.
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(a) who is diagnosed with the virus SARS-CoV-2 or with coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) by a test approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (including a test authorized under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act); or
(b) whose spouse or dependent (as defined in Code Section 152) is diagnosed with COVID-19 by a test approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (including a test authorized under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; or
(c) who experiences adverse financial consequences as a result of: (x) the individual being quarantined, being furloughed or laid off, or having work hours reduced due to COVID-19; (y) the individual being unable to work due to lack of childcare due to COVID-19; or (z) closing or reducing hours of a business owned or operated by the individual due to COVID-19; or
(d) who experiences adverse financial consequences as a result of: (x) the individual having a reduction in pay (or self-employment income) due to COVID-19 or having a job offer rescinded or start date for a job delayed due to COVID-19; (y) the individual’s spouse or a member of the individual’s household (as defined below) being quarantined, being furloughed or laid off, or having work hours reduced due to COVID‑19, being unable to work due to lack of childcare due to COVID-19, having a reduction in pay (or self-employment income) due to COVID-19, or having a job offer rescinded or start date for a job delayed due to COVID-19; or (z) closing or reducing hours of a business owned or operated by the individual’s spouse or a member of the individual’s household due to COVID-19.
For purposes of applying clause (iv) above, a member of the individual’s household is someone who shares the individual’s principal residence.
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(a) Distributions. In the event of termination of Service of any Participant for any reason other than as provided in Section 7.1, 7.2 or 7.3, a Participant shall, subject to the further provisions of the Plan, be entitled to receive the entire amount credited to his After-Tax Contribution Account, Pre‑Tax Contribution Account, Roth Contribution Account and Rollover Account, and the vested portion of his Employer Profit Sharing Account and his Employer Matching Contribution Account, as applicable, based upon his Years of Vesting Service, in accordance with the following schedules:
(i) Employer Profit Sharing Contributions for Salaried Participants made with respect to Plan Years beginning prior to January 1, 2007:
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Years of Vesting Service |
Vested Percent |
Less than 2 |
0% |
2 |
20% |
3 |
40% |
4 |
60% |
5 |
80% |
6 |
80% |
7 or more |
100% |
(ii) Employer Profit Sharing Contributions for Hourly Participants made with respect to Plan Years beginning prior to January 1, 2007 and Employer Matching Contributions made with respect to Plan Years beginning prior to January 1, 2002:
Years of Vesting Service
|
Vested Percent
|
Less than 5 |
0% |
5 or more |
100% |
(iii) Employer Profit Sharing Contributions for Salaried Participants made with respect to Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2007, but prior to January 1, 2019:
Years of Vesting Service |
Vested Percent |
Less than 2 |
0% |
2 |
20% |
3 |
40% |
4 |
60% |
5 |
80% |
6 or more |
100% |
(iv) Employer Profit Sharing Contributions for Hourly Participants made with respect to Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2007, but prior to January 1, 2019, and Employer Matching Contributions made with respect to Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2002, but prior to January 1, 2019:
Years of Vesting Service
|
Vested Percent
|
Less than 3 |
0% |
3 or more |
100% |
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(v) For Employer Profit Sharing Contributions for Hourly Participants and Salaried Participants made with respect to Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2019, and, except as provided in Appendix A, Employer Matching Contributions made with respect to Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2019:
Years of Vesting Service
|
Vested Percent
|
Less than 1 |
0% |
1 |
25% |
2 |
50% |
3 |
75% |
4 or more |
100% |
The foregoing notwithstanding, with respect to Employer Profit Sharing Contributions made for Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2019: (A) for Hourly Participants who are participating in the Hourly Plan prior to January 1, 2019, the vesting schedule applicable to such contributions shall be the better of the schedule in clause (iv) and clause (v) of this Section 7.4(a) for such Hourly Participants; and (B) for Salaried Participants who are participating in the Salaried Plan prior to January 1, 2019, the vesting schedule applicable to such contributions shall be the better of the schedule in clause (iii) and clause (v) of this Section 7.4(a) for such Salaried Participants. (For the avoidance of doubt, any Employer Profit Sharing Contributions made for Plan Years beginning prior to January 1, 2007 and Employer Matching Contributions made for Plan Years beginning prior to January 1, 2002 that are in Participants’ Account as of January 1, 2019, are 100% vested.)
If a Participant who terminated Service prior to January 1, 2019 is rehired and re-commences Service on or after January 1, 2019, any unvested portion of the Employer Profit Sharing Contributions (and the earnings thereon) in the Participant’ Account that were made for Plan Years beginning prior to January 1, 2019, shall be subject to (x) the better of the vesting schedule in clause (iii) and clause (v) of this Section 7.4(a) if he was a Salaried Participant prior to January 1, 2019, and (y) the better of the vesting schedule in clause (iv) and clause (v) of this Section 7.4(a) if he was an Hourly Participant prior to January 1, 2019. (Such Participant’s Employer Profit Sharing Contributions made for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 2018, shall vest as provided under clause (v) of this Section 7.4(a).)
If a Participant terminates Service and, at the time of such termination, the present value of the Participant’s vested Account balance is zero, the Participant will be deemed to have received a distribution of such vested benefit as of the last day of the Plan Year in which he first incurs a Break in Service.
(b) Forfeitures: This Section does not apply to Participants who are fully vested at the time of termination of Service.
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(i) Forfeitures of Non‑Vested Account Balance. With respect to a Participant who terminates employment with the Employer with a vested interest (as determined under Section 7.4(a) or Appendix A) in his Employer Profit Sharing Account or Employer Matching Contribution Account that is less than 100% and receives a distribution from the Plan of the balance of his vested interest in his Accounts in the form of a lump sum distribution by the close of the second Plan Year following the Plan Year in which his employment was terminated, the non‑vested portion of such terminated Participant’s Employer Profit Sharing Account or Employer Matching Contribution Account as of the Valuation Date preceding the distribution date of his Accounts shall become a Forfeiture as of the date his Account balances are distributed (or as of his date of termination of employment if he has no vested interest in his Employer Profit Sharing Account or Employer Matching Contribution Account and thus is deemed to have received a distribution of zero dollars on his date of termination of employment).
With respect to a Participant who terminates employment with the Employer with a vested interest in his Employer Profit Sharing Account or Employer Matching Contribution Account less than 100% and who is not otherwise subject to the forfeiture provision of the foregoing paragraph, the non‑vested portion of his Employer Profit Sharing Account or Employer Matching Contribution Account shall be forfeited as of the earlier of (1) the last day of the Plan Year in which the Participant first incurs 5 consecutive Breaks in Service as the result of the termination of his Service, or (2) the date of the terminated Participant’s death.
(ii) Restoration of Forfeited Account Balance. In the event that the non‑vested portion of a terminated Participant’s Employer Profit Sharing Account or Employer Matching Contribution Account becomes a Forfeiture pursuant to Section 7.4(b)(i) above, the terminated Participant shall, upon subsequent reemployment with the Employer prior to incurring 5 consecutive Breaks in Service, have the forfeited amount restored to such Participant’s Employer Profit Sharing Account or Employer Matching Contribution Account, unadjusted by any subsequent gains or losses of the Trust Fund; provided, however, that such restoration shall only be made if such Participant repays in cash an amount equal to the amount so distributed to him prior to the earlier of (a) the last day of the Plan Year in which the Participant incurs 5 consecutive Breaks in Service; or (b) 5 years after the date of the Participant’s reemployment with the Employer (provided that the Participant must be an Employee at the time of repayment). Such restoration shall be made as soon as administratively feasible following the date of repayment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, forfeited amounts to be restored by the Employer pursuant to this Section shall be charged against and deducted from Forfeitures for the Plan Year in which such amounts are restored that would otherwise be available for allocation in accordance with Section 4.8. If such Forfeitures otherwise available are not sufficient to provide such restoration, the portion of such restoration not provided by Forfeitures shall be provided by an
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additional Employer contribution (which shall be subject to current or accumulated earning and profits).
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(a) Normal Retirement. In the event of normal retirement, within the meaning of Section 7.1, payment of all or a portion of a Participant’s Account balance (as elected by the Participant) shall be made as soon as practicable following the Participant’s termination of Service in one or more of forms of payment provided in Section 8.2, provided the Participant has filed an election to begin his benefit in accordance with Section 8.8, subject to Section 8.7. Except as otherwise is provided in Section 8.4, a Participant who continues in the Service of the Employer after his Normal Retirement Date may elect to defer the payment of his Account balance until the earlier of his (1) termination of Service (as described in Section 8.1(c)) with the Employer or (2) Required Commencement Date. The value of the Participant’s Account balance shall be determined as of the Valuation Date that immediately precedes the payment date of the Participant’s benefit.
(b) Death. Except as is otherwise provided in Sections 8.4 and 8.6, in the event of a Participant’s termination of Service due to death, within the meaning of Section 7.3, payment of the Participant’s entire vested Account balance under the Plan shall be paid to his Beneficiary in a lump sum distribution under Section 8.2 within 5 years after the date of the Participant’s death; provided, however, if the Beneficiary is the Participant’s surviving Spouse, the deceased Participant’s interest shall be distributed to such surviving Spouse on or before the date on which the Participant would have attained age 70½; provided further that if the surviving Spouse dies before distribution commences to the Spouse, distribution of the deceased Participant’s interest shall begin on or before the date determined as if the surviving Spouse were the Participant. The value of the Participant’s Account balance shall be determined as of the Valuation Date that immediately precedes the date payment of the Participant’s benefit is to be paid. If a Participant’s distributions under the Plan commenced prior to his date of death, any remaining portion of the deceased Participant’s interest in the Plan shall be distributed at least as rapidly as such interest would have been distributed to him under the method of payment in effect immediately prior to his death.
(c) Other Termination of Service. Except as is otherwise provided in Section 8.4, upon a Participant’s termination of Service pursuant to Section 7.4, payment of all or a portion of the Participant’s vested Account balance (as elected by the Participant) shall be made as soon as practicable following the Participant’s termination of Service in one or more of forms of payment provided in Section 8.2; provided, however, that the Participant has filed an election to begin his benefit in accordance with Section 8.8, subject to Section 8.7. Subject to Sections 8.1(b) and 8.4, unless the Participant elects to commence payment of his vested Account balance following his termination of Service, the Committee shall direct the Trustee to retain the value of the Participant’s vested Account balance in the
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Trust until the earlier of the date that the Participant requests the Committee to distribute such benefit as provided in Section 8.2 or as required under Section 8.7. Until distribution, the Participant’s Accounts shall be administered in accordance with Section 8.3. The value of the Participant’s vested Account balance shall be determined as of the Valuation Date that immediately precedes the payment date of the Participant’s vested Account balance. A ‘termination of Service’ for purposes of this Section 8.1(c) will include a ‘severance from employment’ under Section 401(k)(2) of the Code that occurs as a result of a Participant’s performance of service in the uniformed services (as defined in chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code) while on active duty for a period of more than thirty (30) days, as provided in Section 3401(h) of the Code; provided, however, that a Participant who elects to receive a distribution of his vested Account in connection with a “termination of Service” occurring as a result of his performance of service in the uniformed services may not make Pre‑Tax Contributions (including Catch‑Up Contributions) to the Plan at any time during the six (6) month period beginning on the date of such distribution.
(d) Limitation on Time of Payment. Notwithstanding any provision contained herein to the contrary, unless the Participant elects otherwise, the Trustee shall make payment of the Participant’s vested Account benefit not later than 60 days after the latest of the following events occurs:
(i) The end of the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 65;
(ii) The end of the Plan Year in which the Participant terminates Service with the Employer; or
(iii) The end of the Plan Year in which occurs the 10th anniversary of the year in which the Participant commenced participation in the Plan.
A Participant may elect to defer the payment of his benefits beyond the dates specified above by submitting a written statement to the Committee describing his benefit and the date on which the payment of such benefits shall be made, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Committee in its sole discretion. For purposes of this Section 8.1(d), the failure of a Participant (and his Spouse, if spousal consent is required pursuant to this Article VIII or Section 3.9) to consent to a distribution shall be considered an election to postpone the commencement of payment of his benefit.
(i) distribution of the Participant’s entire vested Account balance in a lump sum payment in cash and/or in whole shares of Company Stock plus the cash value of any partial shares of Company Stock, as elected by the Participant; or
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(ii) partial distribution of the Participant’s vested Account balance payable in cash and/or in whole shares of Company Stock plus the cash value of any partial shares of Company Stock, as elected by the Participant; or
(iii) periodic distributions of the Participant’s vested Account balance in the amount and for such frequency, as permitted by the Committee, as elected by the Participant, until all such vested amounts have been distributed, with each periodic distribution payable in cash and/or in whole shares of Company Stock plus the cash value of any partial shares of Company Stock, as elected by the Participant; provided, however, that the Participant may elect, in the form and manner prescribed by the Committee, to cease such payments and all such payments will automatically cease upon the Participant’s death (at which time the Participant’s remaining vested Account balance shall be distributed as provided in Section 8.1(b)).
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(a) “Eligible Rollover Distribution” shall mean any distribution of all or any portion of the balance to the credit of the Distributee other than:
(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 Distributee and the Distributee’s designated beneficiary, or for a specific period of 10 years or more;
(ii) any distribution to the extent such distribution is required under Section 401(a)(9) of the Code;
(iii) the portion of any distribution that is not includable in gross income (determined without regard to the exclusion for net unrealized appreciation with respect to employer securities); provided, however, that an Eligible Rollover Distribution may include the portion of any distribution that is not includable in gross income (determined without regard to the exclusion for net unrealized appreciation with respect to employer securities), provided that such portion may only be rolled over to an individual retirement account described in Section 408(a) of the Code, an individual retirement annuity described in Section 408(b) of the Code or a qualified defined contribution plan described in Section 401(a) or 403(a) of the Code, a qualified defined benefit plan described in Section 401(a) of the Code, or a Section 403(b) annuity contract that agrees to separately account for amounts so rolled over, including separately accounting for the portion of the distribution which is includable in gross income and the portion of such distribution which is not so includable;
(iv) any distribution which is made upon hardship;
(v) a loan treated as a distribution under Section 72(p) of the Code and not excepted by Section 72(p)(2) of the Code or a loan in default that is a deemed distribution;
(vi) any corrective distribution provided in Article XIII (regarding Excess Contributions and Excess Aggregate Contributions as such terms are defined in Section 13.1); or
(vii) any other distribution so designated by the Internal Revenue Service in revenue rulings, notices, and other guidance of general applicability.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if all or any portion of a distribution during 2009 is treated as an Eligible Rollover Distribution but would not be so treated if the minimum distribution requirements under Section 401(a)(9) of the Code had applied during 2009,
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such distribution shall not be treated as an eligible rollover distribution for purposes of Sections 401(a)(31) (relating to direct and automatic rollovers of eligible rollover distributions), 402(f) (relating to recipients of eligible rollover distributions), or 3405(c) (relating to mandatory income tax withholding) of the Code.
(b) “Eligible Retirement Plan” shall mean (i)(1) an individual retirement account described in Section 408(a) of the Code or Section 408A of the Code, (2) an individual retirement annuity described in Section 408(b) of the Code, (3) an annuity plan described in Section 403(a) of the Code, and (4) a qualified plan described in Section 401(a) of the Code that accepts the Distributee’s Eligible Rollover Distribution and (ii)(1) an annuity contract described in Section 403(b) of the Code and (2) an eligible plan under Section 457(b) of the Code 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 the Plan. The definition of Eligible Retirement Plan shall also 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 Section 414(p) of the Code and a non‑Spouse beneficiary to the extent provided in Section 829 of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 as provided in Section 8.6.
(c) “Distributee” shall mean a Participant or former Participant of the Plan. In addition, the Participant’s or former Participant’s surviving Spouse and the Participant’s or former Participant’s Spouse or former Spouse who is the alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in Section 414(p) of the Code, are Distributees with regard to the interest of the Spouse or former Spouse.
(d) “Direct Rollover” shall mean a payment by the Plan to the Eligible Retirement Plan specified by the Distributee.
(a) The Committee (or its delegate) is provided a timely request to make the direct trustee‑to‑trustee transfer to the Inherited IRA by the Beneficiary, in the form and manner prescribed by the Committee, prior to the date the Participant’s Account balance is distributed pursuant to Section 8.1(b).
(b) The Beneficiary represents to the Committee in writing that an Inherited IRA has been established for the purpose of receiving the distribution on behalf of such designated Beneficiary in a manner that identifies the IRA as an IRA with respect to the deceased Participant and also identifies the designated Beneficiary.
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(c) The amount distributed in a trustee‑to‑trustee transfer to an IRA satisfies the requirements for an Eligible Rollover Distribution as set forth in Section 8.5 other than the requirement that the designated Beneficiary satisfies the definition of “Distributee” in Section 8.5(c).
(d) The transfer otherwise meets all other requirements of Code Section 402(c)(11) and any regulations and guidance issued thereunder.
(a) General. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan to the contrary, for a Participant who attains (i) age 70½ if the Participant attains age 70½ prior to January 1, 2020, (ii) age 72 if the Participant attains age 70½ after December 31, 2019 and age 72 before January 1, 2023, (iii) age 73 if the Participant attains age 72 after December 31, 2022 and age 73 before January 1, 2033, or (iv) age 75 if the Participant attains age 73 after December 31, 2032, any benefits to which a Participant is entitled shall commence not later than the April 1st of the calendar year following the latest of (i) the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 70½ if the Participant attains age 70½ prior to January 1, 2020, (ii) the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 72 if the Participant attains age 70½ after December 31, 2019 and age 72 before January 1, 2023, (iii) the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 73 if the Participant attains age 72 after December 31, 2022 and age 73 before January 1, 2033, (iv) the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 75 if the Participant attains age 73 after December 31, 2032, or (v) the calendar year in which the Participant’s employment terminates; provided, however, that clause (v) of this sentence shall not apply in the case of a Participant who is a 5% owner, as defined in Code Section 416(i) (such date the “Required Beginning Date”). All distributions required under this Section 8.7 will be made in accordance with the Treasury Regulations under Code Section 401(a)(9) and shall apply for purposes of determining required minimum distributions. The requirements under Code Section 401(a)(9) will take precedence over any inconsistent provisions of the Plan.
(b) Timing and Manner of Distributions. The Participant’s entire interest will be distributed, or begin to be distributed, to the Participant no later than the Participant’s Required Beginning Date. Upon the death of the Participant distributions will be made to the Beneficiary in accordance with Section 8.1(b) of the Plan.
(c) Calculation of Required Minimum Distribution. During the Participant’s lifetime, the minimum amount that will be distributed for each Distribution Calendar Year is 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. Required minimum distributions will be determined beginning with the first Distribution Calendar Year and up to and including the Distribution Calendar Year that includes the Participant’s date of death.
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(d) Required Minimum Distributions After or Before Participant’s Death. If the Participant dies after or before his Required Beginning Date, his Account balance will be distributed to his Beneficiary as provided in Section 8.1(b) of the Plan. Effective for distributions with respect to Participants who die after December 31, 2019, the required minimum distribution rules under Section 8.7 of the Plan must be administered consistent with the following rules as provided under Section 401 of the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the “SECURE Act”).
(i) 10-year after death rule. Unless the Designated Beneficiary is an Eligible Designated Beneficiary (as defined in subparagraph (ii) below), if a Participant dies before the distribution of the Participant’s entire vested account balance (regardless of whether the Participant dies before, on or after beginning required minimum distributions under this Section 8.7), the entire vested account balance of the Participant will be distributed within 10 years after the death of such Participant.
(1) Exception for Eligible Designated Beneficiaries. Code Section 401(a)(9)(B)(iii) relating to the ability to pay out the Participant’s vested account balance over the life of the Designated Beneficiary shall apply only in the case of an Eligible Designated Beneficiary.
(2) Rules upon death of an Eligible Designated Beneficiary. If an Eligible Designated Beneficiary dies before the Participant’s entire vested account balance is distributed, the exception under subparagraph (1) above shall not apply to any beneficiary of such Eligible Designated Beneficiary and the remainder of such portion shall be distributed within 10 years after the death of such Eligible Designated Beneficiary.
(3) Special rule in case of certain trusts for disabled or chronically ill Eligible Designated Beneficiary. The Plan may apply the special rules for certain applicable multi-beneficiary trusts as described under Code Sections 401(a)(9)(H)(iv) and (v), as added by Section 401 of the SECURE Act.
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(ii) Eligible Designated Beneficiary. The term Eligible Designated Beneficiary means, with respect to any Participant, any Designated Beneficiary who is:
(1) the surviving spouse of the Participant;
(2) subject to subparagraph (v) below, a child of the Participant who has not reached majority (within the meaning of Code Section 401(a)(9)(F);
(3) disabled (within the meaning of Code Section 72(m)(7));
(4) a chronically ill individual (within the meaning of Code Section 7702B(c)(2), except that the requirements of subparagraph (A)(i) thereof shall only be treated as met if there is a certification that, as of such date, the period of inability described in such subparagraph with respect to the individual is an indefinite one which is reasonably expected to be lengthy in nature); or
(5) an individual not described in any of the preceding subclauses who is not more than 10 years younger than the Participant.
(iii) Designated Beneficiary. The term Designated Beneficiary means, with respect to any Participant, any Beneficiary who is an individual.
(iv) 5-year after death rule. If the Participant’s Beneficiary is not a Designated Beneficiary, the entire vested account balance of the Participant will be distributed within 5 years after the death of such Participant.
(v) Special rules for children. Subject to Code Section 401(a)(9)(F), an individual described in subparagraph (ii)(2) above shall cease to be an Eligible Designated Beneficiary as of the date the individual reaches majority and any remainder of the portion of the individual’s interest to which Code Section 401(a)(9)(H)(ii) applies shall be distributed within 10 years after such date.
(e) Definitions.
(i) Designated Beneficiary. The individual who is designated as the Beneficiary under Section 3.8 of the Plan 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.
(ii) Distribution Calendar Year. A calendar year for which a minimum distribution is required. For distributions beginning before the Participant’s death,
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the first Distribution Calendar Year is the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year which contains the Participant’s Required Beginning 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 8.7(d). The required minimum distribution for the Participant’s first Distribution Calendar Year will be made on or before the Participant’s Required Beginning 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 Beginning Date occurs, will be made on or before December 31 of that Distribution Calendar Year.
(iii) Participant’s Account Balance. 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. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8.7 to the contrary, in determining pre-death required minimum distributions under this Section 8.7 for Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 2024, a Participant’s account balance shall not include any amounts in a Roth Contribution Account or Roth Rollover Account.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8.7 to the contrary, a Participant or Beneficiary who would have been required to receive required minimum distributions for 2009 but for the enactment of section 401(a)(9)(H) of the Code (“2009 RMDs”), and who would have satisfied that requirement by receiving distributions that are (1) equal to the 2009 RMDs or (2) one or more payments in a series of substantially equal distributions (that include the 2009 RMDs) made at least annually and expected to last for the life (or life expectancy) of the Participant, the joint lives (or joint life expectancy) of the Participant and the Participant’s designated Beneficiary, or for a period of at least 10 years (“Extended 2009 RMDs”), will not receive those distributions for 2009 unless the Participant or Beneficiary chooses to receive such distributions. Participants and Beneficiaries described in the preceding sentence will be given the opportunity to elect to receive their 2009 RMDs or their Extended 2009 RMDs, as applicable. In addition, as provided in the last paragraph of Section 8.5(a), and solely for purposes of applying the direct rollover provisions of the Plan, certain additional distributions in 2009 will be treated as Eligible Rollover Distributions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8.7, pursuant to Section 2203(a) of the CARES Act (as defined in Section 6.9 of the Plan) and accompanying guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service, required minimum distributions under this Section 8.7 for the 2020 calendar year shall be waived.
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If a claim is wholly or partially denied, the Committee shall so notify the claimant within 90 days after receipt of the claim by the Committee, unless special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the claim. If such an extension of time for processing is required, written notice of the extension shall be furnished to the claimant prior to the end of the initial 90-day period. In no event shall such extension exceed a period of 90 days from the end of such initial period. The extension notice shall indicate the special circumstances requiring an extension of time and the date by which the Committee expects to render its final decision. Notice of the Committee’s decision to deny a claim in whole or in part shall be set forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant and shall contain the following:
(a) the specific reason or reasons for the denial;
(b) specific reference to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based;
(c) a description of any additional material or information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and
(d) an explanation of the claims review procedure set forth in Section 8.9 hereof.
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No action at law or in equity shall be brought to recover benefits under the Plan later than two (2) years from the date of the final adverse benefit determination of an applicant’s appeal of the denial of his claim for benefits. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the applicable, analogous Texas statute of limitations has run or will run before the aforementioned two-year period, the Texas statute of limitations is controlling.
No action at law or in equity shall be brought in connection with the Plan except in a federal district court in the State of Texas.
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It is not a condition of adopting the Plan that each adopting entity agree to make Employer Profit Sharing Contributions, to make the same amount of Profit Sharing Contributions to the Plan, if any, as the Company, or to allow its Employees to elect to (i) defer the amounts of Compensation specified in Section 4.1, (ii) make After-Tax Contributions in amounts specified in Section 4.4 and (iii) make rollover contributions to the Plan pursuant to Section 4.11; provided, however, that to the extent an Employer elects not to make all types of contributions or allow its Employees all the elections listed in this sentence, such limits shall be effective only with the Company’s consent. The administrative powers and control granted to the Company under the Plan, as now or hereafter provided, including the sole right of amendment of the Plan and Trust and of appointment and removal of the Committee and its successors, shall not be diminished by reason of the participation of any such adopting entity in the Plan and Trust.
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(a) The Plan may be terminated by the delivery to the Committee of an instrument in writing approved and authorized by the board of directors of such Employer and the consent to and approval of such termination by the Committee upon the recommendation of the Board. In such event, termination of the Plan shall be effective as of any subsequent date specified in such instrument or such other date consented to by the Committee and approval and authorized by the board of directors of such Employer in a written instrument.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Article X, the Plan shall terminate effective at the expiration of 60 days following the merger into another corporation or dissolution of any Employer, or following any final legal adjudication of any Employer as a bankrupt or an insolvent, unless within such time a successor organization approved by the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a written instrument certifying that such organization has (i) become the Employer of more than 50% of those Employees of such Employer who are then Participants under the Plan and (ii) adopted the Plan as to its Employees. In any such event the interest in the Plan of any Participant whose employment may not be continued by the successor shall be fully vested as of the date of termination of his Service and shall be payable in cash or in kind within 6 months from the date of termination of his Service.
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(c) In the event of termination of the Plan as herein provided, any amounts attributable to a Participant’s Pre‑Tax Contributions may not be distributed earlier than upon one of the following events:
(i) The Participant’s retirement, death, disability or separation from Service;
(ii) The termination of the Plan without establishment or maintenance of another defined contribution plan (other than an ESOP or SEP);
(iii) The Participant’s attainment of age 59½, or the Participant’s hardship;
(iv) The sale or other disposition by an Employer to an unrelated corporation of substantially all of the assets used in a trade or business, but only with respect to Employees who continue employment with the acquiring corporation and the acquiring corporation does not maintain the Plan after the disposition; and
(v) The sale or other disposition by an Employer of its interest in a subsidiary to an unrelated entity but only with respect to Employees who continue employment with the subsidiary and the acquiring entity does not maintain the Plan after the disposition.
A distribution may be made pursuant to the provisions of subparagraphs (iv) and (v) of this Section 10.6(c) only if the Employer continues to maintain the Plan after the disposition. A distribution may be made pursuant to subparagraphs (ii), (iv) and (v) of this Section 10.6(c) only if the distribution is a lump‑sum distribution.
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(a) Each Participant would (if either the Plan or the other plan then terminated) receive a benefit immediately after the merger, consolidation or transfer which is equal to or greater than the benefit he would have been entitled to receive immediately before the merger, consolidation or transfer (if the Plan had then terminated);
(b) Resolutions of the board of directors of the Employer under the Plan, or of any new or successor employer of the affected Participants, shall authorize such transfer of assets, and, in the case of the new or successor employer of the affected Participants, its resolutions shall include an assumption of liabilities with respect to such Participants’ inclusion in the new employer’s plan; and
(c) Such other plan and trust are qualified under Sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the Code.
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This provision shall not apply to a “qualified domestic relations order” defined in Code Section 414(p), and those other domestic relations orders permitted to be so treated by the Committee under the provisions of the Retirement Equity Act of 1984. The Committee shall establish a written procedure to determine the qualified status of domestic relations orders and to administer distributions under such qualified orders. Further, to the extent provided under a “qualified domestic relations order,” a former Spouse of a Participant shall be treated as the Spouse or surviving Spouse for all purposes of the Plan. If the Committee receives a qualified domestic relations order with respect to a Participant, the Committee may authorize the immediate distribution of the amount assigned to the Participant’s former Spouse pursuant to such order, to the extent vested and permitted by law, from the Participant’s Accounts.
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Years of Vesting Service
|
Vested Percent
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Less than 1 year |
0% |
1 |
10% |
2 |
20% |
3 |
45% |
4 |
70% |
5 or more |
100% |
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Contributions considered under the first paragraph of this Section 12.3 shall include Employer Contributions under the Plan and under all other defined contribution plans required to be included in an Aggregation Group (as defined in Section 12.7), but will not include Employer Contributions under any plan required to be included in such aggregation group if the plan enables a defined benefit plan required to be included in such group to meet the requirements of the Code prohibiting discrimination as to contributions in favor of employees who are officers, shareholders, or the highly compensated or prescribing the minimum participation standards. If the highest rate allocated to a Key Employee for a year in which the Plan is top heavy is less than 3%, amounts contributed as a result of a salary reduction agreement must be included in determining Contributions made on behalf of Key Employees.
Employer Matching Contributions shall be taken into account for purposes of satisfying the Minimum Contribution Percentage of this Section. The preceding sentence shall apply with respect to matching contributions under the Plan or, if the Plan provides that the Minimum Contribution Percentage shall be met in another plan, such other plan. Employer Matching Contributions that are used to satisfy the Minimum Contribution Percentage shall be treated as matching contributions for purposes of the actual contribution percentage test and other requirements of Section 401(m) of the Code.
Contributions considered under this Section 12.3 shall not include any contributions under the Social Security Act or any other federal or state law.
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For purposes of this Section, the capitalized words have the following meanings:
(a) “Aggregation Group” means the group of plans, if any, that includes both the group of plans required to be aggregated and the group of plans permitted to be aggregated. The group of plans required to be aggregated (the “required aggregation group”) includes:
(i) Each plan of a Considered Company in which a Key Employee is a participant in the Plan Year containing the Determination Date; and
(ii) Each other plan, including collectively bargained plans, of a Considered Company which, during this period, enables a plan in which a Key Employee is a participant to meet the requirements of Section 401(a)(4) or 410 of the Code.
The group of plans that are permitted to be aggregated (the “permissive aggregation group”) includes the required aggregation group plus one or more plans of a Considered Company that is not part of the required aggregation group and that the Considered Company certifies as a plan within the permissive aggregation group. Such plan or plans may be added to the permissive aggregation group only if, after the addition, the
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aggregation group as a whole continues to satisfy the requirements of Sections 401(a)(4) and 410 of the Code.
(b) “Considered Company” means the Company, the Employer or an Affiliate.
(c) “Determination Date” means the last day of the immediately preceding Plan Year.
(d) “Key Employee” means any Employee or former Employee (including any deceased Employee) under the Plan who, at any time during the Plan Year that includes the Determination Date, is or was one of the following:
(i) An officer of a Considered Company having an annual compensation greater than $230,000 (as adjusted under Section 416(i)(1) of the Code);
(ii) A person who owns (or is considered as owning, within the meaning of the constructive ownership rules of Section 416(i)(1)(B)(iii) of the Code) more than 5% of the outstanding stock of a Considered Company or stock possessing more than 5% of the combined voting power of all stock of the Considered Company (a “5% Owner”); or
(iii) A person who has an annual compensation from the Considered Company of more than $150,000 and who owns (or is considered as owning within the meaning of the constructive ownership rules of Section 416(i)(1)(B) of the Code) more than 1% of the outstanding stock of the Considered Company or stock possessing more than 1% of the total combined voting power of all stock of the Considered Company (a “1% Owner”).
For purposes of this subsection (d), (i) whether an individual is an officer shall be determined by the Considered Company on the basis of all the facts and circumstances, such as an individual’s authority, duties, and term of office, not on the mere fact that the individual has the title of an officer, (ii) for any Plan Year, no more than 50 Employees (or if less, the greater of 3 or 10% of the Employees) shall be treated as officers, (iii) a Beneficiary of a Key Employee shall be treated as a Key Employee; (iv) in the case of a 5% or 1% Owner determination, each Considered Company is treated separately in determining ownership percentages, but all such Considered Companies shall be considered a single employer in determining the amount of compensation, and (v) compensation means all items includable as compensation for purpose of applying the limitations on annual additions to a Participant’s account in a defined contribution plan and the maximum benefit payable under a defined benefit plan under Section 415(c)(3) of the Code. The determination of who is a Key Employee shall be made in accordance with Section 416(i)(1) of the Code and the applicable regulations and other guidance issued thereunder.
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(e) “Non‑Key Employee” means any Employee (and any Beneficiary of an Employee) who is not a Key Employee. In any case where an individual is a Non‑Key Employee with respect to an applicable plan but was a Key Employee with respect to such plan for any prior Plan Year, any accrued benefit and any account of such Employee shall be altogether disregarded.
(f) “Top‑Heavy Group” means the Aggregation Group if, as of the applicable Determination Date, the sum of the present value of the cumulative accrued benefits for Key Employees under all defined benefit plans included in the Aggregation Group plus the aggregate of the accounts of Key Employees under all defined contribution plans included in the Aggregation Group exceeds 60% of the sum of the present value of the cumulative accrued benefits for all employees (excluding former Key Employees), as provided in paragraph (i) below, under all such defined benefit plans plus the aggregate accounts for all employees (excluding former Key Employees), as provided in paragraph (i) below, under all such defined contribution plans. In determining Top‑Heavy status, if an individual has not performed one hour of service for any Considered Company at any time during the 1‑year period ending on the Determination Date, any accrued benefit for such individual and the aggregate accounts of such individual shall not be taken into account. If the Aggregation Group that is a Top‑Heavy Group is a required aggregation group, each plan in the group will be a Top‑Heavy Plan. If the Aggregation Group that is a Top‑Heavy Group is a permissive aggregation group, only those plans that are part of the required aggregation group will be treated as Top‑Heavy Plans. If the Aggregation Group is not a Top‑Heavy Group, no plan within such group will be a Top‑Heavy Plan.
In determining whether the Plan constitutes a Top‑Heavy Plan, the Committee (or its agent) will make the following adjustments:
(i) When more than one plan is aggregated, the Committee shall determine separately for each plan as of each plan’s Determination Date the present value of the accrued benefits (for this purpose using the actuarial assumptions set forth in the applicable plan) or account balance, including distributions to Key Employees and all employees. The results shall then be aggregated by adding the results of each plan as of the Determination Dates for such plans that fall within the same calendar year. The combined results shall indicate whether or not the plans so aggregated are Top‑Heavy Plans.
(ii) In determining the present value of the cumulative accrued benefit (for this purpose using the actuarial assumptions set forth in the applicable pension plan) or the amount of the account of any employee, such present value or account balance shall be increased by the amount in dollar value of the aggregate distributions made with respect to the employee under the Plan and any plan aggregated with the Plan under Section 416(g)(2) of the Code during the 1‑year period ending on the Determination Date. The preceding sentence shall also apply to distributions under a terminated plan which, had it not been terminated, would have been aggregated with the Plan under Section 416(g)(2)(A)(i) of the Code. In
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the case of a distribution made for a reason other than severance from employment, death, or disability, this provision shall be applied by substituting “5‑year period” for “1‑year period.” The amounts will include distributions to employees representing the entire amount credited to their accounts under the applicable plan. The accrued benefits and accounts of any individual who has not performed services for a Considered Company during the 1‑year period ending on the Determination Date shall not be taken into account.
(iii) Further, in making such determination, such present value or such account balance shall include any rollover contribution (or similar transfer), as follows:
(1) If the Rollover Contribution (or similar transfer) is “unrelated” (both initiated by the employee and made to or from a plan maintained by another employer who is not a Considered Company), the plan providing the distribution shall include such distribution in the present value of such account; the plan accepting the distribution shall not include such distribution in the present value of such account unless the plan accepted it before December 31, 1983; and
(2) If the Rollover Contribution (or similar transfer) is “related” (either not initiated by the employee or made from a plan maintained by another Considered Company), the plan making the distribution shall not include the distribution in the present value of such account; and the plan accepting the distribution shall include such distribution in the present value of such account.
(g) “Valuation Date” means for purposes for determining the present value of an accrued benefit as of the Determination Date, the date determined as of the most recent valuation date which is within a 12‑month period ending on the Determination Date. For the first plan year of a plan, the accrued benefit for a current employee shall be determined either (i) as if the individual terminated service as of the Determination Date or (ii) as if the individual terminated service as of the Valuation Date but taking into account the estimated accrued benefit as of the Determination Date. The Valuation Date shall be determined in accordance with the principles set forth in Q&A. T‑25 of Treasury Regulation Section 1.416‑1.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, for purposes of this Article, “Compensation” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 5.3 of the Plan.
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(a) “Actual Contribution Percentage” or “ACP” shall mean, with respect to a Plan Year, for a specified group of Employees (either Highly Compensated Employees or Non‑Highly Compensated Employees) the average of the ratios, calculated separately for each Employee, of:
(i) The sum of the Aggregate Contributions paid under the Plan on behalf of each Employee for a Plan Year that are made on account of the Employee’s Contributions for the Plan Year, which are allocated to the Employee’s Account during such Plan Year, and are paid to the Trust no later than the end of the next following Plan Year, over
(ii) The Employee’s Compensation for such Plan Year.
An Employee’s Actual Contribution Percentage shall be determined after determining his Excess Deferrals and Excess Contributions, if any. The Actual Contribution Percentage of an eligible Employee who does not have any Aggregate Contributions for a Plan Year is zero. The individual ratios and Actual Contribution Percentages shall be calculated to the nearest 1/100 of 1% of an Employee’s Compensation.
(b) “Actual Deferral Percentage” or “ADP” shall mean, with respect to a Plan Year, for a specified group of Employees (either Highly Compensated Employees or Non‑Highly Compensated Employees) the average of the ratios, calculated separately for each Employee, of:
(i) The amount of Employer Contributions actually paid to the Plan on behalf of each such Employee for a Plan Year that relate to Compensation that either (1) would have been received by the Employee in such Plan Year but for the deferral election or (2) is attributable to services performed by the Employee in the Plan Year and would have been received by the Employee within 2½ months after the close of the Plan Year but for the deferral election and which are allocated to the Employee’s Account and are paid to the Trust no later than the end of the next following Plan Year, over
(ii) The Employee’s Compensation for such Plan Year.
The Actual Deferral Percentage of an eligible Employee who does not have any Employer Contributions for a Plan Year is zero. The individual ratios and Actual Deferral Percentages shall be calculated to the nearest 1/100 of 1% of an Employee’s Compensation.
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(c) “Aggregate Contributions” shall mean, as applicable, any of the following: (i) Employer Matching Contributions; (ii) After-Tax Contributions; (iii) QNECs and QMACs that have not been included in the ADP test; (iv) Pre‑Tax Contributions that are not needed to satisfy the ADP test, provided such test is satisfied before and after such Pre‑Tax Contributions have been included in the ACP test for the current Plan Year; and (v) with respect to Highly Compensated Employees, Excess Contributions that have been recharacterized as After-Tax Contributions. Aggregate Contributions shall not include (i) Employer Matching Contributions that are forfeited either to correct Excess Aggregate Contributions or because the contributions to which they relate are Excess Deferrals, Excess Contributions or Excess Aggregate Contributions or (ii) Employer Matching Contributions or After-Tax Contributions made pursuant to Code Section 414(u) by reason of a Participant’s qualified military service.
(d) “Compensation” shall mean compensation as defined in Treas. Reg. Section 1.414(s)‑1(c) for services rendered to an Employer during the Plan Year.
(e) “Employee” shall mean each Employee eligible to participate in the Plan in accordance with Section 3.1 of the Plan, including those eligible Employees who do not elect to make Pre‑Tax and/or After-Tax Contributions, and who is an “eligible employee” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(k)‑6.
(f) “Employer Contributions” shall mean, as applicable, any of the following: (i) Pre Tax Contributions, including any Excess Deferrals made by Highly Compensated Employees, but excluding Catch‑Up Contributions and any Pre‑Tax Contributions made pursuant to Code Section 414(u) by reason of a Participant’s qualified military service; and (ii) QNECs and QMACs that have not been used to satisfy the ACP test for the current Plan Year.
(g) “Excess Aggregate Contributions” shall mean, with respect to any Plan Year, the excess of:
(i) The sum of the Aggregate Contributions actually taken into account in computing the ACP of Highly Compensated Employees for such Plan Year, minus
(ii) The maximum amount of Aggregate Contributions permitted by the ACP test for the Plan Year (determined by hypothetically reducing contributions made on behalf of Highly Compensated Employees in order of their ACP beginning with the highest of such percentages).
(h) “Excess Contributions” shall mean, with respect to any Plan Year, the excess of:
(i) The sum of the Employer Contributions actually taken into account in computing the ADP of Highly Compensated Employees for such Plan Year, minus
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(ii) The maximum amount of such Employer Contributions permitted by the ADP test for the Plan Year (determined by hypothetically reducing contributions made on behalf of Highly Compensated Employees in order of their ADP, beginning with the highest of such percentages).
(i) “Excess Deferrals” shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1 of the Plan.
(j) “Highly Compensated Employee” shall mean any Employee and any employee of an Affiliate who is a highly compensated employee under Section 414(q) of the Code, including any Employee and any employee of an Affiliate who:
(i) was a 5% owner during the current Plan Year or prior Plan Year; or
(ii) received Compensation during the prior Plan Year (as defined in Section 5.3) in excess of $160,000 or such other dollar amount as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate, excluding Employees described in Code Section 414(q)(8).
In determining an Employee’s status as a Highly Compensated Employee within the meaning of Section 414(q), the entities set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.414(q)‑1T Q&A‑6(a)(1) through (4) must be taken into account as a single employer. A former Employee shall be treated as a Highly Compensated Employee if (1) such former Employee was a Highly Compensated Employee when he separated from Service, or (2) such former Employee was a Highly Compensated Employee in Service at any time after attaining age 55.
(k) “Non‑Highly Compensated Employee” shall mean an Employee who is not a Highly Compensated Employee.
(l) “QNECs” shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.5 of the Plan.
(m) “QMACs” shall mean qualifying matching contributions, as defined under Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(k)‑6 and 1.401(m)‑5, which are Employer Matching Contributions that are allocated to eligible Participants for a Plan Year in which the Plan failed to satisfy the ADP test or ACP test and which satisfy the non‑forfeitability and distribution requirements for Pre‑Tax Contributions at the time it is allocated to a Participant’s Account in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(k)‑5 and satisfy the requirements of Treasury Regulation Sections 1.401(k)‑2 and 1.401(m)‑2. QMACs used in applying the ADP test may not be used in applying the ACP test.
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(a) The ADP for the eligible Non‑Highly Compensated Employees times 1.25; or
(b) The lesser of (i) the ADP for the eligible Non‑Highly Compensated Employees times 2.0, or (ii) the ADP for the eligible Non‑Highly Compensated Employees plus 2%.
The Plan applies the Actual Deferral Percentage test using (i) the “current year testing method” described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(k)‑2 for Highly Compensated Employees and Non‑Highly Compensated Employees. The ADP for any Highly Compensated Employee who is eligible to have Pre‑Tax Contributions allocated to his account under two or more plans described in Section 401(k) of the Code that are maintained by an Employer or an Affiliate in addition to the Plan shall be determined as if the total of all such contributions were made under a single plan. If a Highly Compensated Employee participates in two or more plans that have different plan years, all Pre‑Tax Contributions made during the Plan Year under all such arrangements shall be aggregated. In the event the Plan satisfies the requirements of Code Section 401(k), 401(a)(4), or 410(b) only if aggregated with one or more other plans, or if one or more other plans satisfy the requirements of such sections of the Code only if aggregated with the Plan, then this Section shall be applied by determining the ADP of Employees as if all such plans were a single plan. Plans may be aggregated in order to satisfy Code Section 401(k) only if they have the same plan year and use the same ADP testing method.
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If, in lieu of distribution, the Committee decides, in its discretion, to correct Excess Contributions through recharacterization of such as After-Tax Contributions, then such amounts recharacterized as After-Tax Contributions, plus any income and minus any loss, shall be transferred to the After-Tax Contribution Accounts of those affected Highly Compensated Employees who have been allocated with Excess Contributions. The amount to be recharacterized will be further reduced by the amount of any Excess Deferrals which may have previously been distributed to the Highly Compensated Employee. Recharacterized amounts will remain nonforfeitable. Amounts may not be recharacterized to the extent that such amount in combination with other After-Tax Contributions made by certain Highly Compensated Employees would exceed the stated limits provided in Section 4.4 of the Plan. Recharacterization must occur no later than the date specified by applicable regulations and guidance issued under Code Sections 401(k) and 401(m) and is deemed to occur no earlier than the date the last affected Highly Compensated Employee is informed in writing of the amount recharacterized and the consequences thereof.
If recharacterization is not possible due to Plan limits or if, in its discretion, the Committee decides to correct Excess Contributions through distribution, the amount of Excess Contributions allocated to each Highly Compensated Employee, plus any income and minus any losses through the last day of the Plan Year to which such Excess Contributions relate, and minus the amount of any Excess Deferrals previously distributed, will be distributed to the affected Highly Compensated Employee as soon as administratively feasible but in no event later than 12 months following the end of such Plan Year during which the Excess Contributions were made.
The income or loss attributable to a Highly Compensated Employee’s Excess Contributions for the Plan Year shall be the income or loss attributable to the Highly Compensated Employee’s Pre‑Tax Contributions Account for the Plan Year multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Excess Contributions and the denominator of which is the amount of the Highly Compensated Employee’s Pre‑Tax Contributions Account balance as of the beginning of the Plan Year plus the Employee’s Pre‑Tax Contributions to the Account during the Plan Year.
If distributions or recharacterizations are made under this Section 13.4, the Actual Deferral Percentage is treated as meeting the nondiscrimination test of Section 401(k)(3) of the Code, regardless of whether the Actual Deferral Percentage, if recalculated after such distributions or recharacterizations, would satisfy Section 401(k)(3) of the Code. The above procedures are used for purposes of distributing Excess Contributions under Section 401(k)(8)(A)(i) of the Code. Excess Contributions shall be treated as Annual Additions under Section 5.3 of the Plan.
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(a) The ACP for the eligible Non‑Highly Compensated Employees times 1.25; or
(b) The lesser of (i) the ACP for the eligible Non‑Highly Compensated Employees times 2.0, or (ii) the ACP for Non‑Highly Compensated Employees plus 2%.
The Plan applies the Actual Contribution Percentage test using the “current year testing method” described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(m)‑2 for Highly Compensated Employees and Non‑Highly Compensated Employees. In computing the Actual Contribution Percentage, the Company may elect to take into account Pre‑Tax Contributions and QNECs and QMACs made under the Plan or any other plan of the Company to the extent that (i) Pre‑Tax Contributions and/or QNECs and QMACs are not used for purposes of calculating the ADP test, and (ii) Pre‑Tax Contributions, including those treated as Aggregate Contributions for purposes of calculating the Actual Contribution Percentage, satisfy the requirements of Code Section 401(k)(3). The ACP for any Highly Compensated Employee who is eligible to have Aggregate Contributions allocated to his account under two or more plans described in Section 401(a) or 401(k) of the Code that are maintained by an Employer or an Affiliate in addition to the Plan shall be determined as if the total of all such contributions were made under a single plan. If a Highly Compensated Employee participates in two or more such plans or arrangements that have different plan years, all Aggregate Contributions made during the Plan Year under all such plans and arrangements shall be aggregated.
For purposes of determining whether the ACP limits of this Section 13.5 are satisfied, all Aggregate Contributions that are made under two or more plans that are aggregated for purposes of Code Section 401(a)(4) or 410(b) are to be treated as made under a single plan and if two or more plans are permissively aggregated for purposes of Code Section 401(m) the aggregated plans must also satisfy Code Sections 401(a)(4) and 410(b) as though they were a single plan. Plans may be aggregated in order to satisfy Code Section 401(m) only if they have the same Plan Year and use the same ACP testing method.
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The income or loss attributable to the Highly Compensated Employee’s Excess Aggregate Contributions for the Plan Year shall be the income or loss attributable to the Highly Compensated Employee’s Employer Matching Account and After-Tax Contribution Account for the Plan Year multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Excess Aggregate Contribution, and the denominator of which is the amount of the Highly Compensated Employee’s Employer Matching Contribution Account and After-Tax Contribution Account without regard to any income or loss occurring during such Plan Year.
Any forfeiture of Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be applied to reduce Employer Matching Contributions for the Plan Year in which the excess arose. Should the amount of forfeited Excess Aggregate Contributions exceed the amount of Employer Matching Contributions needed for the Plan Year, such forfeitures shall be allocated, after all other forfeitures under the Plan, to the Employer Matching Contribution Accounts of each Non‑Highly Compensated Employee who made Pre‑Tax Contributions to the Plan, in the ratio that each such Employee’s Pre Tax Contributions for the Plan Year bears to the total Pre‑Tax Contributions of all such Employees for such Plan Year.
If forfeitures or distributions are made under this Section, the Actual Contribution Percentage test is treated as meeting the nondiscrimination test of Section 401(m)(2) of the Code, regardless of whether the Actual Contribution Percentage, if recalculated after such forfeitures and/or distributions, would satisfy Section 401(m)(2) of the Code. Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be treated as Annual Additions under Section 5.3 of the Plan.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Eagle Materials Inc. has caused these presents to be executed by its duly authorized officers in a number of copies, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument, which may be sufficiently evidenced by any executed copy thereof, this 6th day of November, 2025, but effective as of January 1, 2026.
EAGLE MATERIALS INC.
By /s/ D. Craig Kesler
D. Craig Kesler
Executive Vice President – Finance and
Administration and Chief Financial Officer
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EAGLE MATERIALS INC. RETIREMENT PLAN
(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2026)
APPENDIX A
Employer Matching Contributions
This Appendix A forms a part of the Plan.
Except as otherwise defined in this Appendix A, the terms used in this Appendix A shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The provisions of this Appendix A govern Employer Matching Contributions as follows:
Each Hourly Participant who is a Tulsa Employee, Illinois Cement Employee, Sugar Creek Employee, Fairborn Employee and Nevada Cement Employee shall be eligible for Employer Profit Sharing Contributions under Section 4.2(b) for each Plan Year in which an Eligible Employee is also eligible for Employer Matching Contributions under this Appendix A.
Section A.I – Definitions
For purposes of the Plan, the definitions of “Contribution” and “Forfeiture” shall be applied in a manner to include Employer Matching Contributions under such defined terms, as applicable.
Section A.II – Employer Matching Contribution
Employer Matching Contributions made under the Plan for each Hourly Participant and, only to the extent specifically designated below, Salaried Participant are as follows:
(a) Each Participant who is employed by Republic Paperboard Company LLC (“Republic Paperboard Employee”) shall be eligible to receive an Employer Matching Contribution, on a payroll period basis, in an amount equal to $.75 for each $1.00 of Pre-Tax Contributions made by such employee up to the first 6% of the Republic Paperboard Employee’s Compensation;
(b) Each Participant who is employed by Audubon Materials LLC (“Sugar Creek Employee”) and subject to the collective bargaining agreement shall be eligible to receive an Employer Matching Contribution, on a payroll period basis, in an amount equal to: (i) $0.25 for each $1.00 of Pre-Tax Contributions made by such employee up to the first 6% of the Sugar Creek Employee’s Eligible Compensation earned during the period May 1, 2016 through April 30, 2020; (ii) $0.375 for each $1.00 of Pre-Tax Contributions made by such employee up to the first 6% of the Sugar Creek Employee’s Eligible Compensation earned during the period May 1, 2020 through December 31, 2024; and (iii) $1.00 for each $1.00 of Pre-Tax Contributions made by such employee up to the first 6% of the Sugar Creek Employee’s Eligible Compensation earned on or after January 1, 2025;
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(c) Each Participant who is employed by Tulsa Cement LLC (“Tulsa Employee”) and subject to the collective bargaining agreement shall be eligible to receive an Employer Matching Contribution, on a payroll period basis, in an amount equal to: (i) $.50 for each $1.00 of Pre‑Tax Contributions made by such employee up to the first 4% of the Tulsa Employee’s Eligible Compensation earned during the period January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2023; and (ii) $1.00 for each $1.00 of Pre‑Tax Contributions made by such employee up to the first 6% of the Tulsa Employee’s Eligible Compensation earned on or after January 1, 2024;
(d) Each Participant who is employed by Illinois Cement Company LLC and whose employment is subject to a collective bargaining agreement (“Illinois Cement Employee”) shall be eligible to receive an Employer Matching Contribution, on a payroll period basis, in an amount equal to: (i) $0.25 for each $1.00 of Pre-Tax Contributions made by such employee up to the first 4% of the Illinois Cement Employee’s Eligible Compensation earned during the period April 1, 2015 through December 31, 2016; (ii) $0.50 for each $1.00 of Pre-Tax Contributions made by such employee up to the first 4% of the Illinois Cement Employee’s Eligible Compensation earned during the period January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2023; and (iii) $1.00 for each $1.00 of Pre-Tax Contributions made by such employee up to the first 6% of the Illinois Cement Employee’s Eligible Compensation earned on or after January 1, 2024;
(e) Effective February 11, 2017, each Participant who is employed by Fairborn Cement Company LLC (“Fairborn Employee”) and subject to a collective bargaining agreement shall be eligible to receive an Employer Matching Contribution, on a payroll period basis, in an amount equal to $.80 for each $1.00 of Pre-Tax Contributions made by such employee up to the first 6% of the Fairborn Employee’s Eligible Compensation earned on and after February 11, 2017;
(f) Each Participant who is employed by Nevada Cement Company (“Nevada Employee”) and subject to a collective bargaining agreement as a member of Local Union 169 shall be eligible to receive an Employer Matching Contribution, on a payroll period basis, in an amount equal to (i) $0.25 for each $1.00 of Pre-Tax Contributions made by such Nevada Employee up to the first 4% of the Nevada Employee’s Eligible Compensation earned during the period January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2023; and (ii) $.50 for each $1.00 of Pre-Tax Contributions made by such employee up to the first 4% of the Nevada Employee’s Eligible Compensation earned on or after January 1, 2024;
(g) Effective as of March 7, 2020, each Participant who is employed by Kosmos Cement Company LLC (“Kosmos Employee”) and subject to a collective bargaining agreement as a member of Local Union D595 shall be eligible to receive an Employer Matching Contribution, on a payroll period basis, in
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an amount equal to 80% of Pre-Tax Contributions made by such employee up to 6% of the Kosmos Employee’s Eligible Compensation. Each Participant who is a Kosmos Employee and not subject to a collective bargaining agreement shall receive an Employer Matching Contribution, on a payroll period basis, in an amount equal to $1.00 for each $1.00 of Pre-Tax Contributions made by such employee up to 6% of the Kosmos Employee’s Eligible Compensation;
(h) Effective March 31, 2023, each Participant who is employed by Battletown Materials LLC (“Battletown Employee”) and subject to a collective bargaining agreement as a member of Local Union D595 shall be eligible to receive an Employer Matching Contribution, on a payroll period basis, in an amount equal to 80% of Pre-Tax Contributions made by such employee up to 6% of the Battletown Employee’s Eligible Compensation earned on or after March 31, 2023;
(i) Effective May 3, 2023, each Participant who is a Nevada Employee and subject to a collective bargaining agreement as a member of Local Union 2182 shall be eligible to receive an Employer Matching Contribution, on a payroll period basis, in an amount equal to $.50 for each $1.00 of Pre-Tax Contributions made by such employee up to the first 6% of the Nevada Employee’s Eligible Compensation earned on or after May 3, 2023, and such Employer Matching Contributions shall vest 100% on such Participant completing 3 Years of Vesting Service;
(j) Effective August 9, 2024, each Participant who is a Battletown Employee, a former employee of Hilltop Big Bend Quarry LLC (“BBQ”) or its Affiliate that became an Eligible Employee on or about August 9, 2024 in connection with the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of BBQ’s mining, distributing and selling aggregates business, and not subject to a collective bargaining agreement shall receive an Employer Matching Contribution, on a payroll period basis, in an amount equal to $1.00 for each $1.00 of Pre-Tax Contributions made by such employee up to 5% of the Battletown Employee’s Eligible Compensation earned on or after August 9, 2024;
(k) Effective January 1, 2025, each Participant who is employed by Kansas City ReadyMix LLC (“Talon Employee”) and was formerly subject to, immediately prior to such date, a collective bargaining agreement as a member of Local Union 541 shall be eligible to receive an Employer Matching Contribution, on a payroll period basis, in an amount equal to $1.00 for each $1.00 of Pre-Tax Contributions made by such employee up to 5% of the Talon Employee’s Eligible Compensation;
(l) Effective January 1, 2025, each Participant who is employed by Audubon ReadyMix LLC (“Quicksilver Employee”) shall be eligible to receive an Employer Matching Contribution, on a payroll period basis, in an amount equal to $1.00 for each $1.00 of Pre-Tax Contributions made by such
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employee up to 5% of the Quicksilver Employee’s Eligible Compensation; and
(m) Effective January 7, 2025, each Hourly and Salaried Participant who is employed by Bullskin Stone & Lime, LLC (“Bullskin Employee”) shall be eligible to receive an Employer Matching Contribution, on a payroll period basis, in an amount equal to $1.00 for each $1.00 of Pre-Tax Contributions made by such employee up to 4% of the Bullskin Employee’s Eligible Compensation.
Employer Matching Contributions received in the Trust Fund since the preceding Valuation Date shall be allocated to the eligible Participants’ Employer Matching Accounts based on the percentage of each such Participant’s eligible Pre‑Tax Contributions as determined pursuant to this subsection (a) and invested in the Investment Funds and Company Stock Fund in accordance with the Participant’s instructions pursuant to Section 9.3 of the Plan.
Section A.III ‑ Miscellaneous
Subject to, and consistent with, the provisions of this Appendix A, all other provisions of the Plan, including, but not limited to the vesting provisions in Section 7.4, shall apply with respect to Employer Matching Contributions provided under this Appendix A.
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EAGLE MATERIALS INC. RETIREMENT PLAN
(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2026)
APPENDIX B
Prior Wildcat Plan Accounts
This Appendix B forms a part of the Plan.
Except as otherwise defined in this Appendix B, the terms used in this Appendix B shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The provisions of this Appendix B address certain aspects of the merger to the Wildcat Plan with and into the Plan and the accounts under the Wildcat Plan.
Section B.I – Wildcat Plan
Effective as of January 1, 2018, the account balances in the Elements PEO Retirement Savings Plan, an IRS pre-approved volume submitter plan, maintained for employee and employer contributions made by and on behalf of current and former employees of Wildcat Minerals LLC, an affiliate of the Company (“Wildcat”), who are Eligible Employees (or would have been in the case of former employees), prior to January 1, 2018 (the “Wildcat Plan”) are transferred to and merged into the Plan. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the provisions of this Appendix B shall apply to Participants who are (i) active or former employees of Wildcat (or its predecessor) who are participants in the Wildcat Plan as of December 31, 2017 and (ii) as of January 1, 2018, are Eligible Employees (or would have been in the case of former employees) (“Wildcat Participants”). Capitalized terms used in this Appendix B that are defined in the Plan shall have the same meanings assigned to them in the Plan. As used in this Appendix B, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.
Section B.II – Wildcat Plan Accounts
The amounts in a Wildcat Participant’s pre-tax deferral, Roth, pre-tax rollover, and Roth rollover accounts under the Wildcat Plan immediately prior to January 1, 2018 are maintained in such Participant’s Pre-Tax Contribution Account (including any catch-up contributions), Roth Contribution Account, Pre-Tax Rollover Account and Roth Rollover Account, respectively. The amounts credited to a Wildcat Participant’s employer matching contribution account under the Wildcat Plan immediately prior to January 1, 2018 are maintained in a separate, frozen “Wildcat Employer Matching Contribution Accounts” established and maintained under the Plan to record such contributions, and earnings thereon. No further contributions shall be credited to the Wildcat Matching Account.
Section B.III ‑ Withdrawals from Wildcat Employer Matching Contribution Accounts
A Wildcat Participant who has attained age 59½ and who has not terminated Service, in accordance with such administrative procedures adopted by the Committee in its sole
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discretion, may make withdrawals from the Participant’s Wildcat Employer Matching Contribution Accounts (as defined in Section B.I above).
Section B.IV ‑ Vesting
The amounts in the Wildcat Employer Matching Contribution Accounts shall be subject to the following vesting schedule:
Years of Vesting Service |
Vested Percent |
Less than 1 |
0% |
1 |
33% |
2 |
66% |
3 or more |
100% |
If a Wildcat Participant terminates Service and, at the time of such termination, the present value of the Participant’s vested Wildcat Employer Matching Contribution Account balance is zero, the Participant will be deemed to have received a distribution of such vested benefit as of the last day of the Plan Year in which he first incurs a Break in Service. The forfeiture provisions in Section 7.4(b) will apply to any unvested portion of the Wildcat Employer Matching Contribution Account that is forfeited upon a Participant’s termination of employment.
In the event the Employer makes future Employer Matching Contributions under the Plan on behalf of the Wildcat Participants, the vesting schedule applicable to such future Employer Matching Contributions shall be no less favorable than the vesting schedule in this Section 3.
Section B.V – Prior Service Credit
Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, The Wildcat Plan is a Merged Plan and thus a Wildcat Participant’s Service shall include his hours of service or service credited under the Wildcat Plan (as determined under the terms of such plan) as of December 31, 2017, including, but not limited to, for purposes of Section 3.1(c) (eligibility for Employer Profit Sharing Contribution) and Section 3.6 (Vesting Service) of the Plan.
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EAGLE MATERIALS INC. RETIREMENT PLAN
(As Amended and Restated January 1, 2026)
APPENDIX C
Participating Employers
This Appendix C forms a part of the Plan and sets forth the list of the Plan’s Employers (in addition to the Company) as of January 1, 2026:
Adopting Employer |
Effective Date |
Centex Materials LLC |
March 15, 1995 |
Mountain Cement Company |
March 15, 1995 |
American Gypsum Company LLC |
April 1, 1995 |
Rio Grande Drywall Supply Company |
April 1, 1995 |
Republic Paperboard LLC |
November 10, 2000 |
American Gypsum Marketing Company |
March 27, 2001 |
Nevada Cement Company |
February 1, 2002 |
Illinois Cement Company |
April 1, 2002 |
AG Dallas LLC |
April 23, 2004 |
AG South Carolina LLC |
December 1, 2004 |
Kansas City Aggregate LLC |
December 1, 2012 |
Kansas City FlyAsh LLC |
December 1, 2012 |
Kansas City ReadyMix LLC |
December 1, 2012 |
Audubon Materials LLC |
December 1, 2012 |
Audubon ReadyMix LLC Tulsa Cement LLC |
December 1, 2012 December 1, 2012 |
Skyway Cement LLC |
July 11, 2015 |
Fairborn Cement Company 3D Concrete LLC |
February 11, 2017 August 3, 2019 |
Kosmos Cement Company LLC |
March 7, 2020 |
Raptor Materials LLC Battletown Materials LLC Bullskin Stone & Lime, LLC |
April 22, 2022 March 31, 2023 January 7, 2025 |
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