total cannot exceed the lesser of $49,000 or 25% of your annual compensation. After 2009, the dollar limit may increase for cost-of-living adjustments. May I direct the investment of my account balance? When you have completed ten (10) Years of Service as a participant and have attained age fifty-five (55), you will have the right to direct the investment of a portion of your account attributable to Company Stock. The Administrator will advise you of any such rights. May I vote Company Stock held in my account? The Trustee of the Plan will vote all Company Stock held by it as a part of the Plan assets at the direction of the Administrator, provided that you or your beneficiary will be entitled to direct the Trustee as to the manner in which voting rights on shares of Company Stock which are allocated to your account are to be exercised (i) with respect to any corporate matter which involves the voting of such shares with respect to the approval or disapproval of any corporate merger or consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification, liquidation, dissolution, sale of substantially all assets of a trade or business, or such similar transaction, and (ii) with respect to all corporate matters if, at the time of the vote thereon, the Company Stock is a “registration-type” class of securities. If you do not timely exercise your right to vote Company Stock, the Trustee, at the direction of the Administrator, will vote such Company Stock in same proportion as the shares the Trustee has voted on account of participants’ or beneficiaries’ direction, unless the Trustee has well-founded reasons why doing so would not be prudent. In the case where a Participant or Beneficiary has the ability to direct the Trustee as to the manner in which the Company Stock which is entitled to vote, you will receive notice from your Employer informing you of your ability to direct the Trustee, providing instructions or other relevant information for making such direction, and explaining the manner in which non-directed shares will be treated. What happens if a dividend is payable on Company Stock allocated to my account? Stock dividends on Company Stock held in your account will be credited to your account when paid to the Plan. Cash dividends on Company Stock held in your account will, in the sole discretion of the Administrator, be: (a) Paid in cash directly to you or your beneficiaries. (b) Paid to the Plan and distributed in cash to you or your beneficiaries not later than 90 days after the close of the Plan Year in which paid. (c) Credited to your account when paid to the Plan. ARTICLE III RETIREMENT BENEFITS What benefits will I receive at normal retirement? You will be entitled to all your accounts under the Plan when you reach your Normal Retirement Age. However, actual payment of your benefits will, at your election, occur as soon as administratively feasible following your Normal Retirement Date.
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