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13.03. Plan Termination. <br />The Employer expects to continue the Plan indefinitely, but reserves the right to terminate the <br />Plan in part or in whole at any time by appropriate action. The Employer shall thereupon give <br />written directions to the Administrator and the Trustee to either: <br />A. Terminate the Plan and the Trust and direct the Trustee to distribute the Plan assets to <br />the Participants; or <br />B. Cease future contributions under the Plan, with distributions to be made to a <br />Participant pursuant to the Ptan upon the Participant's Severance From Employment. <br />13.04. Reversions. <br />Except as provided below and as otherwise specifically permitted by law, it shall be impossible <br />by operation of the Plan or of the Trust, by termination of either, by power of revocation or <br />amendment, by the happening of any contingency, by collateral arrangement or by any other <br />means, for any part of the corpus or income of the Trust maintained pursuant to the Plan or <br />any funds contributed thereto to be used for, or diverted to, purposes other than the exclusive <br />benefit of the Participants or their Beneficiaries; provided, however, in the ease of a <br />contribution that is made by the Employer by a mistake of fact, the Trustee may return such <br />contribution to the Employer within one (1) year after the payment of the contribution. <br />13.05. Transfer To New Plan. <br />If the Employer establishes another Code section 457 plan providing comparable benefits to <br />the Plan, and the Employer intends to discontinue contributions under the Plan due to the <br />liabilities created under the new plan, then, subject to the prior approval of the Employer, the <br />Employer may direct the Trustee to cause the Trust to be transferred to such newly-created <br />Plan. Thereafter, notwithstanding the provisions of the Plan Termination section, above, all <br />further obligations to Participants, their Beneficiaries or the Employer under the Plan shall <br />cease and shall instead be determined by the terms of the new plan. Neither the Employer <br />nor the Trustee shall be required to ascertain the proper applicability of such fund after the <br />transfer is made. <br />13.Ofi. Plan Mercer. <br />In the event of any merger or consolidation with, or the transfer of assets or liabilities to any <br />other plan, each Participant in the Plan shall (if the Plan then terminated) receive a benefit <br />immediately after the merger, consolidation or transfer which is equal to or greater than the <br />benefit that the Participant would have been entitled to receive immediately before the merger, <br />consolidation or transfer (if the Plan then terminated).. Any Employee whose employment is <br />continued by such successor Employer shall not be deemed to have had a Severance From <br />Employment for any Plan purposes. <br />ARTICLE 14. MISCELLANEOUS <br />14.01. Nonalienation Of Benefits. <br />A. Subject to the exceptions provided below and as otherwise specifically permitted by <br />law, no assets or benefits under the Plan and the Trust shall be subject in any manner <br />to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge. <br />Any attempt to so anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber or <br />charge the same shall be void. Nor shall any such benefits in any manner be liable for <br />35 <br />