As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on July 16, 2009
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Under
The
Securities Act of 1933
CORN PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant
as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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22-3514823
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(State or other
jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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incorporation or
organization)
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5
WESTBROOK CORPORATE CENTER, WESTCHESTER, ILLINOIS
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60154
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(Address of
principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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CORN PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
FOR MAPLETON HOURLY EMPLOYEES
(Full title of the plan)
MARY ANN HYNES
Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief
Compliance Officer
Corn Products International, Inc.
5 Westbrook Corporate Center
Westchester, Illinois 60154
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(708) 551-2600
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a small reporting
company. See definitions of large
accelerated filer, accelerated filer and small reporting company in Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large
accelerated filer x
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Non-accelerated
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(Do not
check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title Of Securities to
be
Registered
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Amount to be Registered
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Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per Share
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Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price
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Amount of
Registration Fee
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Common
Stock, $.01 par value
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500,000 shares
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24.90
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(2)
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12,250,000
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$
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683.55
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(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement also covers
an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the
employee benefit plan described herein.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee required by Section 6(b) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Rule 457(c) and
457(h), based on the average of the high and low share prices of the Common
Stock on July 10, 2009, as reported in the New York Stock Exchange
Composite Quotation System.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
ITEM
1. PLAN INFORMATION.*
ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL
INFORMATION.*
* Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus
is omitted from the Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION
OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) by Corn
Products International, Inc. (the Registrant) and the Corn Products
International, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan for Mapleton Hourly Employees
(the Plan) are incorporated herein by reference:
(a) The Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2008 filed under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) and the Plans Annual Report on Form 11-K
for the year ended December 31, 2008 under the Exchange Act;
(b) The Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2009 filed under the Exchange Act;
(c) The Registrants Current Reports on Form 8-K
filed under the Exchange Act with the Commission on February 2, 2009
(pursuant to Item 5.02(e)); on April 8, 2009 (pursuant to Item 5.02); and
on April 29, 2009 (pursuant to Item 5.02(e)); and
(d) The description of the common stock, par
value $.01 per share, of the Registrant which is contained in the Registrants
Registration Statement on Form 10/A No. 3 dated December 4, 1997
(File No. 1-13397), including any subsequent amendment or report filed for
the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant or the Plan with
the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which
indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents, it being
understood that any documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission
pursuant to Item 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
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Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION
OF SECURITIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS
OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION
OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
The Registrant is a
Delaware corporation. Section 145
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended, provides
that under certain circumstances a corporation may indemnify any person who was
or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at its
request in such capacity in another corporation or business association,
against expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in
a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such persons conduct was
unlawful. The statute provides that indemnification pursuant to its provisions
is not exclusive of other rights of indemnification to which a person may be
entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors, or otherwise.
Article VII of the
Registrants By-Laws provides that the Registrant shall indemnify its directors
and officers and the directors and officers of its subsidiaries against certain
liabilities (including attorneys fees related thereto) that may arise as a
result of such service to the fullest extent permitted by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists now or may
hereafter be amended.
The Registrant is also
empowered by Section 102(b)(7) of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware to include a provision in its certificate of incorporation to
limit under certain circumstances a directors liability to the Registrant or
its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of fiduciary duty as a
director. Article Tenth of the
Registrants Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation states that
directors of the Registrant shall not be liable to the Registrant or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except for liability (i) for any breach of the directors duty of loyalty
to the Registrant or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in
good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law, (iii) unlawful dividend payments, stock repurchases or redemptions,
or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper
personal benefit.
The Registrant maintains
insurance policies under which the directors and officers of the Registrant are
insured, within the limits and subject to the limitations of the policies,
against certain expenses in connection with the defense of actions, suits or
proceedings, and certain liabilities which might be imposed as a result of such
actions, suits or proceedings, to which they are parties by reason of being or
having been such directors or officers which could include liabilities under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.
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The Registrant has
entered into indemnification agreements with all its officers and directors.
These agreements provide such officers and directors with indemnification
against certain liabilities (including attorneys fees related thereto) that
may arise as a result of such service to the fullest extent permitted by the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists now or may
hereafter be amended.
ITEM 7.
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EXEMPTION
FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
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Not applicable.
Exhibit
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Number
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Description
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4(a)
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Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to
the Registrants Registration Statement on Form 10, as amended (File
No. 1-13397)).
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4(b)
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Amended By-laws of the
Registrant (incorporated by reference to the Registrants report on
Form 8-K dated March 21, 2007 (File No. 1-13397)).
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*4(c)
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Corn Products
International, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan for Mapleton Hourly
Employees
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*5.1
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Opinion of Mary Ann
Hynes
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*23.1
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Consent of KPMG LLP
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*23.2
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Consent of Mary Ann
Hynes (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)
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Powers of Attorney
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* Filed herewith.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales
are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment hereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement; and
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(iii) To include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration
Statement.
provided,
however, that
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-3, S-8 or Form F-3, and the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remained
unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the registrants annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plans annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The
Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the Village of Westchester, State of Illinois, on this 16th day
of July 2009.
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CORN PRODUCTS
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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/s/ Ilene S. Gordon
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Ilene S. Gordon
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Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities indicated on July 16, 2009.
/s/ Ilene S. Gordon
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Chairman, President,
Chief Executive Officer
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Ilene S. Gordon
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(principal executive
officer)
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/s/ Cheryl K. Beebe
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Chief Financial Officer
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Cheryl K. Beebe
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(principal financial
officer)
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/s/ Robin A. Kornmeyer
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Controller
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Robin A. Kornmeyer
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(principal accounting
officer)
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* Richard J. Almeida
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Director
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Richard J. Almeida
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* Luis Aranguren -
Trellez
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Director
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Luis Aranguren -Trellez
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* Paul Hanrahan
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Director
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Paul Hanrahan
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* Karen L. Hendricks
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Director
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Karen L. Hendricks
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* Bernard H. Kastory
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Director
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Bernard H. Kastory
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* Gregory B. Kenny
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Director
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Gregory B. Kenny
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* Barbara A. Klein
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Director
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Barbara A. Klein
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* William S. Norman
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Director
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William S. Norman
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* James M. Ringler
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Director
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James M. Ringler
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* By:
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/s/ Mary Ann Hynes
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Mary Ann Hynes
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Attorney-in-fact
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The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who administer the
employee benefit plan) have duly caused this registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Village of Westchester, state of
Illinois on July 16, 2009.
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CORN
PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN FOR
MAPLETON HOURLY EMPLOYEES
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By:
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/s/
John Surowiec
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John
Surowiec
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Plan Administrator
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
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Number
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Description
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4(a)
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Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to
the Registrants Registration Statement on Form 10, as amended (File
No. 1-13397)).
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4(b)
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Amended By-laws of the
Registrant (incorporated by reference to the Registrants report on Form 8-K
dated March 21, 2007 (File No. 1-13397)).
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*4(c)
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Corn Products
International, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan for Mapleton Hourly
Employees
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*5.1
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Opinion of Mary Ann
Hynes
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*23.1
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Consent of KPMG LLP
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*23.2
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Consent of Mary Ann
Hynes (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)
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Powers of Attorney
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* Filed herewith.
Exhibit 4.(c)
CORN PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
FOR MAPLETON HOURLY EMPLOYEES
Effective May 1, 2008
Table of Contents
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Article 1
Definitions
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Article 2
Eligibility And Participation
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Article 3
Participant Contributions and Deferred Contributions
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Article 4
Employer Contributions
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Article 5
Statutory Limitations on Benefits
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Article 6
Trust
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Article 7
Investment Elections and Allocations to Participants Accounts
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Article 8
Withdrawals and Loans
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Article 9
Distributions Upon Termination of Employment
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Article 10
Special Participation and Distribution Rules
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Article 11
Shareholder Rights with Respect to Company Stock
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Article 12
Administration
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Article 13
Participation in Plan by Affiliate
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Article 14
Amendment and Termination
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Article 15
Top-Heavy Provisions
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Article 16 General Provisions
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Introduction
Corn Products International, Inc. (the Company)
has adopted the Corn Products International, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
for Mapleton Hourly Employees (the Plan) effective May 1, 2008 for the
benefit of certain eligible employees located at the Companys Mapleton
facility.
The Plan is intended to qualify as a profit sharing
plan within the meaning of section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the Code), with a qualified cash or deferred arrangement
described in section 401(k) of the Code, and its related trust is intended
to be tax-exempt under section 501(a) of the Code.
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Article 1
Definitions
The following words and phrases shall, for the purpose
of this Plan and any subsequent amendment thereof, have the following meanings,
unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:
1.1 Account
means a Participants Account under the Plan, which is composed of the
Participant Contribution Account, Deferred Contribution Account, Matching Contribution
Account, Profit Sharing Account, Service Award Contribution Account and
Rollover Account, maintained for a Participant under the Plan to which are
credited the Participants share of contributions and earnings and debited the
withdrawals and losses thereon.
1.2 Affiliate
means (i) any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of
corporations (as defined in section 414(b) of the Code) which includes the
Company, (ii) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is
under common control (as defined in section 414(c) of the Code) with the
Company, (iii) any organization (whether or not incorporated) which is a
member of an affiliated service group (as defined in section 414(m) of the
Code) which includes the Company; and (iv) any other entity required to be
aggregated with the Company pursuant to final regulations under section 414(o) of
the Code; provided, however, that such corporation, trade or
business, organization, or other entity shall be deemed to be an Affiliate only
during the period in which the particular relationship existed.
1.3 Board of
Directors means the Board of Directors of the Company, as
constituted from time to time.
1.4 Break in
Service means any period during which an Employee is not employed
by an Employer which is not included in a Period of Employment and which is in
excess of twelve months.
1.5 Code
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
1.6 Committee
means the Committee appointed by the Company to administer the Plan, pursuant
to Article 12.
1.7 Company
means Corn Products International, Inc.
1.8 Company Stock
means common stock of the Company.
1.9 Compensation
means an Employees wages as identified under Box 1 of Form W-2 (but
determined without regard to rules that limit remuneration based on the
nature or location of the employment or the services performed), plus elective
contributions that are made by an Employer on behalf of the Employee that are
not includible in gross income under section 125, 132(f)(4) or 402(e)(3) of
the Code; but reduced by all of the following items, even if includible in
gross income: amounts received as long-term incentive bonuses, income
attributable to the exercise of stock options, reimbursements or
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other expense allowances (such as car allowances),
fringe benefits (cash and noncash), moving expenses, deferred compensation, and
welfare benefits. For purposes of
determining Compensation earned for services performed outside the United
States, Compensation shall be imputed at a rate equal to the current base rate
of pay in effect for the Participant based on U.S. dollars and what would
otherwise be includible in Box 1 of Form W-2.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Employees
Compensation in a Plan Year in excess of (i) with respect to the 2008 Plan
Year, $230,000 and (ii) with respect to each subsequent Plan Year, the
amount prescribed by section 401(a)(17) of the Code, shall be disregarded for
all purposes under the Plan.
For purposes of applying the limitations described in Section 5.1
of the Plan, in the case of a Participant who terminates employment during the
Plan Year, Compensation shall include amounts paid after such Participants
termination of employment if such amounts (i) are paid by the later of 2 ½
months after termination of employment and the end of the Plan Year that
includes the date of termination of employment and (ii) are payments of
regular compensation for services performed during the Participants regular
working hours or outside of such working hours (such as overtime), commissions,
bonuses, and other similar payments that would have been paid to the
Participant prior to a termination of employment if the Participant had
continued in employment with the Employer.
1.10 Deferred
Contribution means a contribution made by an Employer on behalf of
a Participant on a before-tax basis, as
described in Section 3.3.
1.11 Deferred
Contribution Account means the account maintained for a Participant
to which are allocated the Deferred
Contributions made on behalf of such Participant pursuant to Section 3.3
on a before-tax basis, plus earnings and net of any withdrawals or losses.
1.12 Disabled
Participant means a Participant who is entitled to receive
long-term disability benefits under a
long-term disability plan maintained by an Employer.
1.13 Effective Date
means May 1, 2008 (the effective date of this amendment and
restatement). Unless expressly provided
to the contrary, the new Effective Date set forth herein shall not affect the
prior effectiveness of any provisions of the Plan as set forth in the prior
version of the Plan.
1.14 Eligible
Employee means each Employee of the Company at the Companys
Mapleton Facility who is covered by the collective bargaining agreement between
the Company and the Paper, Allied Industrial, Chemical and Energy International
Union, Local 6-0507 and International Association of Machinists District No. 8.
1.15 Employee
means each individual whose relationship with an Employer is, under common law,
that of an employee. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the term Employee shall exclude any individual retained by an
Employer to perform services for such Employer (for either a definite or
indefinite duration) and is characterized thereby as a fee-for-service worker
or independent contractor or in a similar capacity (rather than in the capacity
of an employee), regardless of such individuals status under common law or for
purposes of federal, state or local tax withholding, employment tax or
employment law.
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1.16 Employer
means the Company and any other Affiliate which, with the consent of the
Company, elects to participate in this Plan pursuant to Section 13.1.
1.17 Employer
Contribution means a contribution made by an Employer, other than a
Deferred Contribution, to a Participants Account pursuant to the terms of the
Plan as in effect at the applicable time.
1.18 ERISA
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time
to time.
1.19 Hour of
Employment means each hour for which an Employee is directly or
indirectly compensated by, or entitled to receive compensation from, an
Employer including hours for any period during which he or she receives
compensation without rendering services such as paid holidays, vacations, sick
leave, disability leave, layoff, jury duty, or leave of absence. For purposes of the preceding sentence, compensation
shall include any back pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages, either
awarded to the Employee or agreed to by an Employer. In addition, an Employee shall be credited
with the number of Hours of Employment that the Committee determines he or she
would have completed during any period of qualified military service but for
such qualified military service, provided that such Employee returns to active
employment with his or her Employer within the period prescribed by
USERRA. The computation of Hours of
Employment and the period to which Hours of Employment are to be credited shall
be determined under uniform rules adopted by the Committee in accordance
with Department of Labor Regulations section 2530.200b-2(b), (c) and (f).
1.20 Matching
Contribution means a contribution made by an Employer on behalf of
a Participant as provided in Section 4.1.
1.21 Matching
Contribution Account means the account maintained for a Participant
to which are allocated the Matching Contributions, if any, made on such
Participants behalf, plus earnings and net of any withdrawals or losses.
1.22 Participant
means an Eligible Employee who satisfies the requirements for participation
pursuant to Article 2.
1.23 Participant
Contribution means a contribution made by a Participant on an
after-tax basis, as described in Section 3.1.
1.24 Participant
Contribution Account means the account maintained for a Participant
to which are credited the Participant Contributions made by such Participant,
plus earnings and net of any withdrawals or losses.
1.25 Period of
Employment means each period of time during which an Employee is
employed by an Employer. An Employees
employment shall not be terminated by reason of a leave of absence from active
employment granted by his Employer, pursuant to a policy uniformly applied in
all similar circumstances, because of (a) military service, attendance at
a school or training program at the request of his Employer, government service
in a civilian capacity, jury duty, or layoff; or (b) because of
disability, provided that if he does not return to active employment with an
Employer before the later of (i) the time specified in his leave, or if
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not specified therein, three years from the inception
thereof, or (ii) cessation of his disability, as the case may be, his
employment shall be considered terminated as of the earlier of twelve months
after the last day of the month in which such leave began and the last day of
the month in which such leave of absence terminated.
Maternity or paternity leave shall be deemed to be a
Period of Employment where necessary to prevent a Break in Service, either in
the Plan Year such leave is begun or the following Plan Year.
An Employees absence from Service because of military
service shall be considered a leave of absence granted by his Employer and
notwithstanding any provision of the first paragraph of this subsection shall
not terminate his employment if he returns to active employment with an
Employer within thirty days following the period of time during which he has
reemployment rights under any applicable federal law.
1.26 Plan
means the plan as set forth herein and as it may be amended from time to time.
1.27 Plan
Administrator means the person appointed by the Committee pursuant
to Section 12.4 to fulfill the responsibilities relating to the
administration of the Plan specified therein.
1.28 Plan Year
means the 12-month period ending on each December 31.
1.29 Profit Sharing
Account means the account maintained for a Participant to which are
allocated the Profit Sharing Contributions made on behalf of such Participant
pursuant to Section 4.2 plus earnings and net of any withdrawals or
losses.
1.30 Profit Sharing
Contribution means a contribution made by an Employer on behalf of
a Participant as provided in Section 4.2.
1.31 Qualified Reservist.
An individual who is (i) a member of a reserve component (as
defined in 37 U.S.C. § 101) and (ii) ordered or called to active duty, for
a period in excess of 179 days or for an indefinite period, after September 11,
2001 and before December 31, 2007.
1.32 Rollover
Account means the account maintained for a Participant to which are
allocated the rollover contributions made by the Participant pursuant to Section 10.1,
plus earnings and net of any withdrawals or losses.
1.33 Service
means, if required by the terms of this Plan or by operation of law to
determine participation or vesting of an Employee, the total of his Periods of
Employment by an Employer. Service shall
be computed in terms of completed years and completed days (with 365 days being
equal to one year). Any Break in Service
of twelve months or less shall be included in an Employees Service.
1.34 Service Award
Contribution means a contribution made by an Employer on behalf of
a Participant as provided in Section 4.3.
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1.35 Service Award
Contribution Account means the account maintained for a Participant
to which are allocated the Service Award Contributions, if any, made on behalf
of such Participant pursuant to Section 4.3 plus earnings and net of any
withdrawals or losses.
1.36 Trust Agreement
means the trust agreement as amended from time to time, between the Company
(acting on behalf of the Employers) and the Trustee or Trustees, established
for the purpose of funding the benefits under this Plan.
1.37 Trust Fund
means all such money or other property which shall be held by the Trustee
pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement.
1.38 Trustee
means the trustee or trustees acting as such under the Trust Agreement,
including any successor or successors.
1.39 USERRA means the Uniformed Services Employment
and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, as amended.
1.40 Valuation Date
means any date on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading.
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Article 2
Eligibility And
Participation
2.1 Eligibility to
Become a Participant. An Eligible
Employee shall be eligible to become a Participant as of his first day of
employment at the Companys Mapleton Facility.
2.2 Election to
Commence Participation. Each Eligible
Employee is required to make an election to participate prior to his
commencement of participation in the Plan (other than for purposes of the
Profit Sharing Contributions described in Section 4.2). An Eligible Employees election to commence
participation in the Plan shall become effective on the first day of the first
calendar month coincident with or next following the date he has satisfied the
eligibility requirements set forth in Section 2.1. If an Eligible Employee does not properly
elect to commence participation as of such date, he may commence his
participation on the first day of any subsequent month.
2.3 Cessation of
Participation. An Eligible Employee who becomes a
Participant shall remain a Participant until his entire Account balance is
distributed to him.
2.4 Leased Employees.
If an individual who performed services as a leased employee (within the
meaning of section 414(n)(2) of the Code) of an Employer or an Affiliate
becomes an Employee, or if an Employee becomes such a leased employee, then any
period during which such services were so performed shall be taken into account
solely for the purposes of (i) determining whether and when such
individual is eligible to participate in the Plan under this Article 2, (ii) measuring
such individuals years of Service, and (iii) determining when such
individual has retired or otherwise terminated his or her employment for purposes
of Article 9 to the same extent it would have been had such service been
as an Employee. This Section shall
not apply to any period of service during which such a leased employee was
covered by a plan described in section 414(n)(5) of the Code.
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Article 3
Participant Contributions
and Deferred Contributions
3.1 Participant
Contributions.
(a) Subject to the limitations prescribed in Article 5,
an Eligible Employee may elect to make Participant Contributions under the Plan
on an after-tax basis. Any such election
shall be made in the manner prescribed by the Plan Administrator. Such election shall be effective beginning on
the first day of the payroll period which is at least one day following receipt
by the Plan Administrator of the Participants election or as soon as
administratively possible. The Eligible
Employees election shall authorize such individuals Employer to deduct
Participant Contributions through regular payroll deductions in the amount
specified by the Participant according to the provisions of subsection
(b). An Eligible Employee who is not
otherwise a Participant in the Plan shall become a Participant upon making an
election to make Participant Contributions as described herein. No contributions shall be made by a
Participant subsequent to the Valuation Date coincident with or immediately
preceding the date of his termination of employment.
(b) A Participants Participant Contributions shall be
designated by the Participant as a whole percentage not less than 1% nor more
than 25% of his Compensation per pay period.
Participant Contributions shall be effected by payroll deductions made
each pay period, on an after-tax basis.
In no event shall the total of Participant Contributions under this Section 3.1
and Deferred Contributions under Section 3.3 be more than 25% of the
Participants Compensation during any period in which contributions are made.
3.2 Changes in and
Terminations of Participant Contributions. The
contributions referred to in Section 3.1 shall be entirely voluntary on
the part of a Participant. A Participant
may revoke his election to contribute at any time or he may change the rate of
his contributions within the percentage limits permitted under Section 3.1
at any time by notifying the Plan Administrator in the manner specified by the
Plan Administrator. A change in the rate
of contributions or revocation of an election to contribute becomes effective
on the first day of the payroll period which is at least one day following the
date on which the Plan Administrator has received notification of such change
or as soon as administratively possible.
Participant Contributions shall be suspended during any approved unpaid
leave of absence or any other period which is included in determining Hours of
Employment under Section 1.20 and for which a Participant does not receive
Compensation, other than a leave which has a duration of less than one full
payroll period. Such Participant may
contribute under Section 3.1 as soon as administratively possible
following the date on which he resumes receiving Compensation.
3.3 Deferred
Contributions.
(a) An Eligible Employee may elect, in the same manner and
within the same time periods set forth in Section 3.1 to have his Employer
contribute Deferred Contributions on his behalf.
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(b) Subject to the limitations prescribed in Section 3.5
and Article 5, each Employer shall contribute for each pay period on
behalf of each of its Participants who has made an election to have Deferred
Contributions made on his behalf a whole percentage not less than 1% nor more
than 25% of the Participants Compensation per pay period, as designated in
such election. The amount of
Compensation otherwise payable for the period for which each such contribution
is made shall be reduced by the amount of such contribution by means of a
payroll deduction each pay period. In no
event shall the total of Participant Contributions under Section 3.1 and
Deferred Contributions under this Section 3.3 be more than 25% of the
Participants Compensation during any period in which such contributions are
made.
(c) Catch-up Contributions.
Each Participant who pursuant to Section 3.3(a) is eligible to
make Deferred Contributions for a payroll period and who shall attain age 50
before the close of such Plan Year shall be eligible to have Deferred
Contributions made in addition to those described in Section 3.3(a) (additional
Deferred Contributions) if no other Deferred Contributions to be made pursuant
to subsection (a) of this Section may be made to the Plan for such
payroll period by reason of the limitations of Section 3.5 or any
comparable limitation or, if the Committee shall so determine, the 25%
restriction contained in Section 3.3(a) of the Plan. Such additional Deferred Contributions shall
be elected, made, suspended, resumed and credited in a manner similar to that
described in Sections 3.3(a) and 3.3(b) and in accordance with and
subject to such additional rules and limitations of section 414(v) of
the Code and otherwise as the Committee determines. To the extent such additional Deferred
Contributions are not catch-up contributions as defined for purposes of
section 414(v) of the Code, they shall be taken into account, and to the
extent such additional Deferred Contributions are catch-up contributions they
shall not be taken into account, for purposes of Section 3.5 or other
provisions of the Plan implementing the required limitations of sections
401(k)(3), 401(k)(11), 401(k)(12), 402(g), 404, 410(b), 415 or 416 of the Code,
as applicable.
3.4 Changes in and Terminations
of Deferred Contributions. Changes in
and termination of Deferred Contributions shall be made at the same time and in
the same manner and subject to the same limitations as prescribed for
Participant Contributions in Section 3.2.
3.5 Annual Limit on
Deferred Contributions.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.3, a
Participants Deferred Contributions made pursuant to such Section for any
calendar year shall not exceed the dollar limit prescribed by section 402(g) of
the Code (as adjusted for cost-of-living increases in accordance with section
402(g)(5) of the Code) for such calendar year, except to the extent set
forth in Section 3.3(c) and section 414(v) of the Code with
respect to catch-up contributions made pursuant to Section 3.3(c) and
section 414(v) of the Code.
(b) Except to the extent set forth in Section 3.3(c) and
section 414(v) of the Code with respect to catch-up contributions
described in Section 3.3(c), if for any calendar year the Deferred
Contributions to this Plan or the aggregate of Deferred Contributions to this
Plan plus amounts contributed under other plans or arrangements described in
sections
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401(k), 403(b),
408(k) or 408(p) of the Code will exceed the limit imposed by
subsection (a) of this Section for the calendar year in which such
contributions were made (excess deferred contributions), such excess deferred
contributions plus any income and minus any loss allocable thereto shall be
recharacterized as Participant Contributions made pursuant to Section 3.1(a). The amount of any income or loss allocable to
such excess Deferred Contributions shall be determined pursuant to Treasury
Regulation section 1.401(k)-1(f)(4)(ii)(C) and (D). Notwithstanding the provisions of this
paragraph, any such excess deferred contributions that are distributed in
accordance with Regulation section 1.402(g)-1(e)(2) or (3) shall not
be treated as annual additions for purposes of Section 5.1.
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Article 4
Employer Contributions
4.1 Matching
Contributions. For each payroll period during a Plan Year an
Employer shall contribute to the Plan on behalf of each Participant employed by
such Employer (other than a Participant subject to the suspension described in Section 8.1(a))
100% of the Deferred Contributions or Participant Contributions made by and on
behalf of the Participant that together do not exceed 6% of such Participants
Compensation for such payroll period during a Plan Year. Any contribution made pursuant to this Section shall
be referred to hereinafter as a Matching Contribution. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, no Participant shall be eligible to receive any Matching
Contributions with respect to any portion of such Participants Catch-Up
Contributions made pursuant to Section 3.3(c).
4.2 Profit Sharing
Contributions. In addition, each Employer shall contribute
to the Plan on behalf of its Eligible Employees, an amount equal to 1% of the
aggregate Compensation for such Plan Year of all Eligible Employees who satisfy
the eligibility requirements for an allocation of contributions hereunder for
such Plan Year, as described in Section 7.2(d). Any contribution made
pursuant to this Section shall be referred to hereinafter as a Profit
Sharing Contribution. An Eligible
Employee who is not otherwise a Participant in the Plan shall become a
Participant upon receiving an allocation of Profit Sharing Contributions as
described herein.
4.3 Service Award
Contributions. For each Plan Year, the Company shall make a
contribution, as specified below, on behalf of each of its Participants who, in
such Plan Year, has completed the number of years of Service specified below. Such contributions shall be made at any time
during or after the end of such Plan Year but in no event later than the due
date of the Employers federal income tax return for the tax year in which such
Plan Year ends:
Years
of Service
|
|
Amount of Cash Contribution
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
5 times the Employer
Average Stock Trading Price
|
10
|
|
10 times the Employer
Average Stock Trading Price
|
15
|
|
15 times the Employer
Average Stock Trading Price
|
20
|
|
20 times the Employer
Average Stock Trading Price
|
25
|
|
25 times the Employer
Average Stock Trading Price
|
30
|
|
30 times the Employer
Average Stock Trading Price
|
For each additional 5 years of Service, the
Participant shall receive an additional 5 times the Employer Average Stock
Trading Price.
For purposes of the foregoing, the Employer Average
Stock Trading Price shall mean the average of the high and low transaction
prices (as reported in the New York Stock Exchange-Composite Transactions) in
trading of Company Stock on the Service Award Calculation Date, or if such
day is not a trading day, the trading day next following such date. The Service Award Calculation Date shall
mean the first day of the month in which a Participant completes the number of
years of Service required to receive a Service Award Contribution.
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Article 5
Statutory Limitations on
Benefits
5.1 Maximum Annual
Additions Under Section 415 of the Code.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the amounts allocated
to each Participants Account for any Plan Year shall be limited so that the
aggregate annual additions for such Plan Year to the Participants Account in
this Plan and in all other defined contribution plans in which he is a
participant shall not exceed the lesser of:
(I) $40,000 (as adjusted for increases in the
cost-of-living pursuant to section 415(d) of the Code) and
(II) 100% of the Participants compensation
(as defined below).
If as a result of a reasonable error in estimating a
Participants annual compensation, a reasonable error in determining the amount
of elective deferrals that may be made by a Participant under section 415 of
the Code or under other limited facts and circumstances as determined by the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, the annual additions to a Participants
Account exceeds the limitations set forth above for any Plan Year, the amounts
that would otherwise be allocated to such Participants Account for such Plan
Year under any other defined contribution plans maintained by an Employer shall
be reduced until the amount to be allocated to the Participants Account under
the Plan is not so limited or until the amounts allocated under all such other
plans have been reduced to zero, whichever occurs first. If after such
reduction has been made the amount to be allocated to a Participants Account
under the Plan for such year would exceed the limitations set forth in this
Section, then the excess allocations shall be corrected in accordance with the
Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System of the Internal Revenue Service. Such excess allocations shall be deemed:
(a) first, Participant Contributions and corresponding
Matching Contributions (if any), plus earnings on such contributions; and
(b) second, Deferred Contributions and corresponding
Matching Contributions (if any) plus earnings on such contributions.
Any Matching Contributions reduced pursuant to subparagraphs(a) and
(b) above in which a Participant is not vested shall be forfeited.
The annual additions for a Plan Year to a
Participants Account in this Plan and in any other defined contribution plan
is the sum during such Plan Year of
(i) the amount of Employer contributions allocated to such
Participants accounts, excluding, however, any Deferred Contributions that are
catch-up contributions made pursuant to Section 3.3(c) and section
414(v) of the Code.
(ii) the amount of forfeitures allocated to such
Participants accounts,
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(iii) the amount allocated to any individual medical benefit
account (as defined in section 415(1) of the Code) maintained on behalf of
the Participant, the amount attributable to medical benefits allocated to a
post-retirement medical account (as described in section 419(A)(d)(2) of
the Code) and mandatory employee contributions (as defined in section 411(c)(2)(C) of
the Code) to a defined benefit plan, regardless of whether such plan is subject
to the requirements of section 411 of the Code, and
(iv) the amount of contributions by the Participant to such
Plan but excluding any rollover contribution made to such Plan.
For purposes of this Section, the limitation year
shall be the Plan Year, the terms compensation, defined contribution plan,
and year of service shall have the meanings set forth in section 415 of the
Code and the Regulations promulgated thereunder, and a Participants Employer
shall include entities that are members of the same controlled group (within
the meaning of section 414(b) of the Code as modified by section 415(h) of
the Code) or affiliated service group (within the meaning of section 414(m) of
the Code) as his Employer or under common control (within the meaning of
section 414(c) of the Code as modified by section 415(h) of the Code)
with his Employer or such entities.
5.2 Limitations on
Contributions for Highly Compensated Employees.
(a) Actual Deferral Percentage Test Imposed
by Section 401(k)(3) of the Code.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.3, and except as
provided in section 414(v) of the Code, if the Deferred Contributions made
pursuant to such Section for a Plan Year fail to satisfy both of the tests
set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, the
adjustments prescribed in paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of this Section shall
be made. Any Deferred Contributions
which are catch-up contributions described in Section 3.3(c) shall
not be considered as Deferred Contributions for purposes of determining whether
the tests set forth in such paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection
are satisfied or for purposes of making any adjustments prescribed in Section 5.2(d)(1).
(1) The HCE average deferral percentage does
not exceed the product of the NHCE average deferral percentage multiplied by
1.25.
(2) The HCE average deferral percentage (i) does
not exceed the NHCE average deferral percentage by more than two percentage
points, and (ii) does not exceed two times the NHCE average deferral
percentage.
The Committee may elect for any Plan Year to exclude from
consideration, for purposes of the actual deferral percentage tests, any
Eligible Employee who is not a highly compensated employee and who has either (i) not
attained the age of 21 or (ii) not completed a year of Service provided, however,
that the group of such excluded Eligible
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Employees separately satisfies the minimum coverage test of Section 410(b) of
the Code.
(b) Actual Contribution Percentage Test
Imposed by Section 401(m) of the Code.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 3.1 and 4.1, if the aggregate
of the Participant Contributions and Matching Contributions pursuant to
Sections 3.1 and 4.1, respectively, fail to satisfy both of the tests set forth
in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, the adjustments
prescribed in paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of this Section shall
be made.
(1) The HCE average contribution percentage
does not exceed the product of the NHCE average contribution percentage
multiplied by 1.25.
(2) The HCE average contribution percentage (i) does
not exceed the NHCE average contribution percentage by more than two percentage
points, and (ii) does not exceed two times the NHCE average contribution
percentage.
The Committee may elect for any Plan Year to exclude from
consideration, for purposes of the actual contribution percentage tests, any
Eligible Employee who is not a highly compensated employee and who has either (i) not
attained the age of 21 or (ii) not completed a year of Service, provided, however,
that the group of such excluded Eligible Employees separately satisfies the
minimum coverage test of Section 410(b) of the Code.
(c) Definitions and Special Rules.
For purposes of this Section, the following definitions and special rules shall
apply:
(1) The actual deferral percentage test
refers collectively to the tests set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) of
subsection (a) of this Section relating to Deferred
Contributions. The actual deferral
percentage test shall be satisfied if either of such tests are satisfied.
(2) The HCE average deferral percentage for
a Plan Year is a percentage determined for the group of Eligible Employees who
are eligible to make Deferred Contributions for such Plan Year and who are
highly compensated employees for such Plan Year. Such percentage shall be equal to the average
of the individual ADRs for each such Eligible Employee for such Plan Year.
(3) The NHCE average deferral percentage
for a Plan Year is a percentage determined for the group of Eligible Employees
who were eligible to make Deferred Contributions for the prior Plan Year and
who were not
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highly compensated
employees for such prior Plan Year. Such
percentage shall be equal to the average of the individual ADRs for each such
Eligible Employee for the prior Plan Year.
(4) The actual contribution percentage test
refers collectively to the tests set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) of
subsection (b) of this Section relating to Participant Contributions
and Matching Contributions. The actual
contribution percentage test shall be satisfied if either of such tests are
satisfied.
(5) The HCE average contribution percentage
for a Plan Year is a percentage determined for the group of Eligible Employees
who are eligible to make Participant Contributions for such Plan Year, or are
eligible to make Deferred Contributions and share in an allocation of
corresponding Matching Contributions (if any) for such Plan Year, and who are
highly compensated employees for such Plan Year. Such percentage shall be equal to the average
of the ratios, calculated separately for each such Employee to the nearest
one-hundredth of one percent, of the sum of the Participant Contributions made
by such Eligible Employee for such Plan Year (if any) and the Matching
Contributions made for the benefit of such Eligible Employee (if any) for such
Plan Year and, in the Committees sole discretion, to the extent permitted by
Regulations, some or all of the Deferred Contributions made during such Plan
Year for the benefit of such Eligible Employee (if any), to the total compensation
for such Plan Year paid to such Eligible Employee.
(6) The NHCE average contribution percentage
for a Plan Year is a percentage determined for the group of Eligible Employees
who were eligible to make Participant Contributions for the prior Plan Year, or
were eligible to make Deferred Contributions and share in an allocation of
corresponding Matching Contributions (if any) for the prior Plan Year, and who
were not highly compensated employees for such prior Plan Year. Such percentage shall be equal to the average
of the ratios, calculated separately for each such Eligible Employee to the
nearest one-hundredth of one percent, of the sum of the Participant
Contributions made by such Eligible Employee for such Plan Year (if any) and
the Matching Contributions made for the benefit of such Eligible Employee for
such Plan Year (if any) and, in the Committees sole discretion, to the
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extent permitted
by Regulations, some or all of the Deferred Contributions made during such Plan
Year for the benefit of such Eligible Employee (if any), to the total
compensation for such Plan Year paid to such Eligible Employee.
(7) A highly compensated employee is, for a
Plan Year, any Employee who is (a) a 5%-owner (as determined under section
416(i) of the Code) at any time during the Plan Year or the preceding Plan
Year or (b) is paid compensation in excess of $105,000 (as adjusted for
increases in the cost of living in accordance with section 414(q)(l)(B)(ii) of
the Code) from an Employer for the prior Plan Year. If the Committee so elects for a Plan Year,
the Employees taken into account under clause (b) above shall be limited
to those Employees who were members of the top-paid group (as defined in
section 414(q)(3) of the Code) for the preceding Plan Year. Any such election shall be included in the
written records of the Committee.
(8) The term compensation shall have the
meaning set forth in section 414(s) of the Code; provided, however,
with respect to a nonresident alien who is not a Participant in the Plan,
compensation shall not include any amounts paid to such nonresident alien which
are (i) excludable from gross income and (ii) not effectively
connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States.
(9) If the Plan and one or more other plans
of the Employer to which elective deferrals or qualified nonelective
contributions (as such term is defined in section 401(m)(4)(C) of the
Code) are made are treated as one plan for purposes of section 410(b) of
the Code, such plans shall be treated as one plan for purposes of this Section.
(10) ADR (average deferral ratio) shall mean
the ratio calculated to the nearest one-hundredth of one percent, of the
Deferred Contributions for the benefit of each Eligible Employee for a Plan
Year (if any) to the total compensation for such Plan Year paid to such
Employee.
(11) ACR (actual contribution ratio) shall
mean the ratio, calculated to the nearest one-hundredth of one percent, of the
sum of the Participant Contributions and the Matching Contributions made by or
on behalf of each Eligible Employee for a Plan Year (if any) to the total
compensation of such Plan Year paid to such Employee.
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(d) Adjustments to
Comply with Limits. This subsection sets forth the
adjustments and correction methods which shall be used to comply with the
actual deferral percentage test under section 401(k)(3) of the Code, and
the actual contribution percentage test under section 401(m) of the Code.
(1) Adjustments to
Comply with Actual Deferral Percentage Test. (A)
Adjustment to Deferred Contributions of Highly
Compensated Employees. The
Company shall cause to be made such periodic computations as it shall deem
necessary or appropriate to determine whether the actual deferral percentage
test is satisfied during a Plan Year, and, if it appears to the Company that
such test will not be satisfied, the Company shall take such steps as it deems
necessary or appropriate to adjust, limit or restrict the Deferred
Contributions made pursuant to Section 3.3 for all or a portion of such
Plan Year on behalf of some or all of the Participants who are highly
compensated employees to the extent necessary in order for the actual deferral
percentage test to be satisfied for the Plan Year. If, as of the end of the Plan Year, the
Committee determines that, notwithstanding any adjustments made pursuant to the
preceding sentence, neither of the tests set forth in paragraph (1) or (2) of
subsection (a) of this Section was satisfied, the Committee shall
calculate a total amount by which Deferred Contributions must be reduced in
order to satisfy either such test, in the manner prescribed by section
401(k)(8)(B) of the Code (the excess contributions amount). The amount to be returned to each Participant
who is a highly compensated employee shall be determined by first reducing the
Deferred Contributions of each Participant whose actual dollar amount of
Deferred Contributions for such Plan Year is highest until such reduced dollar
amount equals the next highest actual dollar amount of Deferred Contributions
made for such Plan Year on behalf of any highly compensated employee, or until
the total reduction equals the excess contributions amount. If further reductions are necessary, then
such Deferred Contributions on behalf of each Participant who is a highly
compensated employee and whose actual dollar amount of Deferred Contributions
made for such Plan Year is the highest (determined after the reduction
described in the preceding sentence) shall be reduced in accordance with the
preceding sentence. Such reductions
shall continue to be made to the extent necessary so that the total reduction
equals the excess contributions amount.
(B) Corrective
Distributions. No later than 21/2 months after
the end of the Plan Year (or if correction by such date is administratively
impracticable, no later than the last day of the subsequent Plan Year), the
Company shall cause to be distributed to each affected Participant the amount
of Deferred Contributions to be returned to such Participant pursuant to
subparagraph (1)(A) above, plus any income and minus any loss allocable
thereto through the end of such Plan Year, and any corresponding matching
contributions related thereto, plus any income and minus
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any loss allocable thereto, shall be forfeited. The amount of any income or loss allocable to
any such reductions to be so distributed or forfeited shall be determined
pursuant to applicable Regulations. The
amount of Deferred Contributions to be distributed to a Member hereunder shall
be reduced by any excess Deferred Contributions previously distributed to such
Member pursuant to Section 3.5 in order to comply with the limitations of
section 402(g) of the Code. The
unadjusted amount of any such reductions so distributed shall be treated as annual
additions for purposes of Section 5.1 relating to the limitations under
section 415 of the Code.
(C) Recharacterization.
In lieu of distributing excess Deferred Contributions, plus any income
and minus any losses allocable thereto, pursuant to subparagraphs (1)(A) and
(B) above, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, treat such excess
amounts with respect to all Participants as amounts distributed to such
Participants and then contributed by such Participants to the Plan as
Participant Contributions. Any amounts may not be so recharacterized as
Participant Contributions on behalf of any Participant to the extent that such
amount in combination with other Participant Contributions made by the
Participant would exceed any stated limit under the Plan on Participant
Contributions. Any such
recharacterization must occur no later than 2 1/2 months after
the last day of the Plan Year in which such excess Deferred Contributions arose
and is deemed to occur on the date that the Participant is informed in writing
of the amount recharacterized and the consequences thereof. Recharacterized amounts will be taxable to
the Participant for the Participants tax year in which the Participant would
have received them in cash if not for the Participants election under Section 3.3.
(2) Adjustments to
Comply with the Actual Contribution Percentage Test. (A)
Adjustment to Participant Contributions and Matching
Contributions of Highly Compensated Employees. If, as of the end of the Plan Year, after
taking into account the forfeiture of Matching Contributions made on behalf of
highly compensated employees pursuant to subparagraph (1)(B) above, the
Committee determines that the actual contribution percentage test was not
satisfied, the Committee shall calculate a total amount by which Participant
Contributions made pursuant to Section 3.1 and Matching Contributions made
pursuant to Section 4.1 must be reduced in order to satisfy such test, in
the manner prescribed by section 401(m)(6)(B) of the Code (the excess
aggregate contributions amount). The
amount to be reduced with respect to each Participant who is a highly compensated
employee shall be determined by first reducing the Participant Contributions
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and Matching Contributions for each Participant whose
actual dollar amount of Participant Contributions and Matching Contributions
for such Plan Year is highest until the such reduced dollar amount equals the
next highest actual dollar amount of Participant Contributions and Matching
Contributions made for such Plan Year on behalf of any highly compensated
employee, or until the total reduction equals the excess aggregate
contributions amount. If further
reductions are necessary, then such Participant Contributions and Matching
Contributions on behalf of each Participant who is a highly compensated
employee and whose actual dollar amount of Participant Contributions and
Matching Contributions made for such Plan Year is the highest (determined after
the reduction described in the preceding sentence) shall be reduced in
accordance with the preceding sentence.
Such reductions shall continue to be made to the extent necessary so
that the total reduction equals the excess aggregate contributions amount. Any reduction prescribed by this subparagraph
shall be applied to a Participants Participant Contributions first, and shall
be applied to his or her Matching Contributions only after reduction of his or
her Participant Contributions for such Plan Year to zero.
(B) Corrective
Distributions. With respect to the Participant Contributions
and, if applicable, Matching Contributions to be reduced on behalf of
Participants who are highly compensated employees as described in subparagraph
(2)(A) above, the Company shall, no later than 21/2 months after the end of the Plan Year,
distribute the portion of such Participant Contributions, and if applicable,
Matching Contributions, plus any income and minus any loss allocable thereto
through the end of such Plan Year in which the Participant would be vested if
he had terminated employment on the last day of the Plan Year for which such contributions
were made (or earlier if any such Participant actually terminated service at
any earlier date), and the portion of such Matching Contributions in which the
Participant would not be vested plus any income and minus any losses applicable
thereto shall be forfeited. The amount of any income or loss allocable to any
such reductions to be so distributed or forfeited shall be determined pursuant
to applicable Regulations. The
unadjusted amount of any such reductions so distributed shall be treated as annual
additions for purposes of Section 5.1 relating to the limitations under
section 415 of the Code.
(e) Designation of
Qualified Nonelective Contributions. Each Plan
Year, the Company may, to the extent permitted by the Secretary of the Treasury,
designate an amount of any Employer contributions allocated to Participant
accounts on behalf of any group of Participants who are not highly compensated
employees to be treated as qualified nonelective contributions within the
meaning of section 401(m)(4)(C) of the Code for
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purposes of applying the
actual deferral percentage test and the actual contribution percentage
test. Any such Employer contributions
designated as qualified nonelective contributions and earnings related thereto
shall be accounted for separately by the Trustee and shall be distributable
pursuant to the provisions of the Plan concerning distributions of Deferred
Contributions (but no earlier than the Participants separation from service or
death).
5.3 Limitation on
Contributions.
(a) Deductibility.
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan to the contrary,
contributions made to the Plan under Section 3.3 and Article 4 for
any Plan Year shall not exceed the maximum amount for which a deduction is
allowable to such Employer for federal income tax purposes on account of such
contributions for the fiscal year of the Employer which ends with or within a
Plan Year. Any contribution which is
determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be nondeductible by an Employer
shall be returned to such Employer within one year following the date on which
such deduction is disallowed.
(b) Mistake of Fact.
Any contribution made by an Employer by reason of a good faith mistake
of fact shall, upon the request of such Employer, be returned by the Trustee to
such Employer. The Employers request
and the return of any such contribution must be made within one year after such
contribution was mistakenly made. The
amount to be returned to the Employer pursuant to this paragraph shall be the
excess of the amount contributed over the amount which would have been
contributed had there not been a mistake of fact. If the return to the Employer of the amount
attributable to the mistaken contribution would cause the amount credited to
any Participants Account as of the date such amount is to be returned (as if
such date were a Valuation Date) to be reduced to less than what would have
been the amount credited to such Account as of such date had the mistaken
amount not been contributed, the amount to be returned to the Employer shall be
limited so as to avoid such a reduction.
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Article 6
Trust
A Trust shall be created by the execution of a Trust
Agreement between the Company (acting on behalf of the Employers) and the
Trustee. All contributions under the
Plan shall be made to the Trustee. The
Trustee shall hold all property received by it and invest the income and
allocate the losses from all property held by it on behalf of the Participants
collectively in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and the Trust
Agreement. The Trustee shall make
distributions from the Trust Fund at such time or times to such person or
persons (or such qualified plans or individual retirement accounts) and in such
amounts as the Committee shall direct in accordance with the Plan.
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Article 7
Investment Elections and Allocations to Participants
Accounts
7.1 Separate
Accounts and Investment Elections.
(a) Accounts.
The Committee shall establish and maintain, or cause the Trustee or such
other agent as the Committee may select to establish and maintain, a separate
Account for each Participant. Such
Accounts shall be solely for accounting purposes and no segregation of assets
of the Trust among the separate Accounts shall be required. Each Account shall consist of (a) if a
Participant is making or has made Participant Contributions, a Participant
Contribution Account, (b) if Deferred Contributions are being made or have
been made for a Participant, a Deferred Contribution Account, (c) if
Matching Contributions are being made or have been made for a Participant, a
Matching Contribution Account, (d) a Profit Sharing Account, (e) if
Service Award Contributions are being made or have been made, a Service Award
Contribution Account, and (f) if a Participant has made a rollover
contribution, a Rollover Account.
(b) Investment Funds. (1)
In General.
The Committee shall establish and maintain, or shall cause to be
established and maintained, three or more investment funds, the type and number
of such funds to be determined by the Company, to which all amounts contributed
under the Plan shall be credited according to each Participants investment
elections pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section. The Trustee shall establish and maintain, or
cause to be established or maintained, investment subaccounts with respect to
each such investment fund to which amounts contributed under the Plan shall be
credited according to each Participants investment elections pursuant to
subsection (c) of this Section. All
such subaccounts shall be for accounting purposes only, and there shall be no
segregation of assets within the investment funds among the separate
subaccounts.
(2) Company Stock
Fund. The Committee shall establish or shall cause
to be established a Company Stock Fund.
The assets of the Company Stock Fund shall be invested primarily in
shares of Company Stock and short-term liquid investments in a commingled
money-market fund maintained by the Trustee, to the extent determined by the
Trustee to be necessary to satisfy such funds cash needs. Each Participants proportional interest in
the Company Stock Fund shall be represented by units of participation, each
such unit representing a proportionate interest in all the assets of such
fund. In making purchases or sales of
shares of Company Stock for the Company Stock Fund, the Trustee shall purchase
or sell shares of Company Stock in the manner and in the proportion as
prescribed by the Company in accordance with rules adopted for such
purpose. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, any Participants investment election relating to the Company
Stock Fund shall be effective only to the extent such election complies with
the restrictions on transactions in Company Stock contained in the Companys
Insider Trading Policy and applicable law.
(c) Investment
Elections. Each Participant shall make an investment
election which shall apply to the investment of his Account balance and any
earnings thereon and shall
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make an election which
shall apply to future contributions which will be made to such Participants
Account pursuant to Sections 3.1, 3.3, 4.1 and 4.2 and to the loan payments
made pursuant to Section 8.2(e).
Such election shall specify that such contributions be invested either (i) wholly
in one fund maintained pursuant to subsection (b) or (ii) divided
among such funds in multiples established by the Committee from time to
time. During any period in which no
direction as to the investment of a Participants Account is on file with the
Committee, contributions made by him or on his behalf to the Plan shall be invested
in such manner as the Committee shall determine.
With respect to the allocation of the Participants
existing Account balances among the available investment funds, a Participant
may elect to change his investment election effective as of any Valuation
Date. The Committee may prescribe
uniform rules which shall govern the time by which any such election shall
be made in order to be effective for a Valuation Date. A Participant may change his investment
elections only once during any one day.
With respect to the investment of future contributions
to the Participants Account among the available investment funds, a
Participant may elect to change his investment election effective as of the
date the change is elected. The
Committee may prescribe uniform rules which shall govern the date and time
by which any such election shall be made in order to be effective for a
calendar month. Such an election may be
made as of any Valuation Date, provided that in the event a Participant makes
more than one election with respect to a calendar month, the last such election
made by the Participant shall control.
(d) Applicability.
For purposes of this Section, the term Participant shall include any
beneficiary of a deceased Participant and any alternate payee under a qualified
domestic relations order on whose behalf an account has been established under
this Plan.
7.2 Allocation of
Contributions and Withdrawals to Accounts.
(a) Allocations of
Deferred Contributions. As soon as
administratively feasible, but in no event any later than the 15th business day
following the end of the Plan Year, the Committee shall deposit the Deferred
Contributions made via payroll reduction during such semi-monthly period with
the Trustee. Such contributions shall be
allocated to the Deferred Contribution Account of each Participant on whose
behalf such contributions were made as soon as practicable after such date.
(b) Allocations of
Participant Contributions. Twice per
calendar month (or at such other frequency prescribed by the Committee), the
Committee shall deposit the Participant Contributions made during such
semi-monthly period (or other period prescribed by the Committee) with the
Trustee. Such contributions shall be
allocated to the Participant Contribution Account of each Participant who made
such contributions as soon as practicable after such date.
(c) Allocations of
Matching Contributions. Twice per
calendar month, but in no event later than the due date of the Employers tax
return for the year, Matching
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Contributions made during
such month shall be deposited with the Trustee.
Such contributions shall be allocated to the Matching Contribution
Account of each Participant for whom such contributions are made as soon as
practicable after such date.
(d) Allocations of
Profit Sharing Contributions. As of the end
of each calendar month, after the adjustments described in Section 7.3
have been made, the Committee shall allocate the Profit Sharing Contributions made
since the preceding calendar month to the Profit Sharing Account of each
Participant. Such Profit Sharing
Contributions shall be allocated on a pro-rata basis to each Participant based
on each such Participants Compensation during such Plan Year.
(e) Allocations of
Service Award Contributions. The Committee
may deposit a Participants Service Award Contribution with the Trustee at any
time during or after the end of the Plan Year for which such contribution is
awarded, but in no event later than the due date of the Employers federal
income tax return for the tax year in which such Plan Year ends. Such contribution shall be allocated to the
Participants Service Award Contribution Account as soon as practicable after
such date.
(f) Allocations of Rollover
Contributions. As soon as administratively practicable after
a Participant delivers a rollover contribution to the Trustee/Recordkeeper, the
Trustee/Recordkeeper shall deposit such contribution with the Trustee. Such contribution shall be allocated to the
Participants Rollover Account as soon as practicable after such date. Any such contribution must be accompanied by
such information and certifications that the Trustee/Recordkeeper may
require. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Trustee/Recordkeeper shall not accept a rollover contribution if in its
judgment accepting such contribution would cause the Plan to violate any
provision of the Code or Regulations.
(g) Allocation of
Loan Repayments. As soon as administratively
feasible, but in no event later than the 15th business day following the end of the payroll
month, the Committee shall deposit the loan repayments during such semi-monthly
period with the Trustee. Such repayments
shall be allocated to the Deferred Contribution Account or Rollover Account, as
applicable, of each Participant who made such repayments as soon as practicable
after such date. The Committee shall
reduce the Participants loan subaccount (as defined in Section 8.2(e)) by
the principal portion of such loan repayments.
(h) Allocation of
Withdrawals. As of each Valuation Date, after making the
adjustments described in Section 7.3, a Participants Account shall be
reduced by the amount of any withdrawals or distributions from such Account
made after the immediately preceding Valuation Date.
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(i) Allocation of
Forfeitures. Forfeitures arising under this Plan pursuant
to Section 9.1(b) shall be applied to fund Employer Matching
Contributions or pay proper expenses of the Plan during the Plan Year during
which, but nor prior to the date on which, such forfeitures occur pursuant to Section 9.1(b).
7.3 Valuation of
Participants Accounts.
(a) Value of
Investment Funds. Except for the Company Stock
Fund, as of each Valuation Date, the value of the portion of Participants
Accounts that is invested in each investment fund shall be determined based
upon the number of units invested in each such fund and the net asset value of
each such fund, as determined by the Trustee.
(b) Valuation of
Portion of Accounts Invested in Company Stock.
As soon as practicable after each Valuation Date, the value of
Participants Accounts that is invested in Company Stock, including any
accumulated cash, shall be determined by the Trustee, taking into account any
cash dividends, shares received as a stock split or dividend or as a result of
a reorganization or other recapitalization of the Company, or other
distributions paid to shareholders of Company Stock, since the preceding
Valuation Date.
(c) Value of Total
Account. The valuation of a Participants Account as
of any Valuation Date shall be the sum of the values of his Participant
Contribution Account, Deferred Contribution Account, Matching Contribution
Account, Profit Sharing Account, Service Award Contribution Account and
Rollover Account. A Participants
Account shall be further reduced or increased in such manner as the Committee
determines in its discretion to be necessary to provide an equitable allocation
of any change in the value of the net worth of the Trust Fund.
7.4 Correction of
Error. If it shall come to the attention of the
Committee that an error has been made in any of the allocations prescribed by
this Plan, appropriate adjustment shall be made to the Accounts of all Participants
and Beneficiaries that are affected by such error, except that no adjustment
need be made with respect to the Account of any Participant which has been
distributed in full prior to the discovery of such error.
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Article 8
Withdrawals and Loans
8.1 Withdrawals
Prior to Termination of Employment.
(a) Withdrawals from
Participant Contribution Account. A Participant
who is an Employee may elect to withdraw all or any portion of the balance of
his Participant Contribution Account.
If a Participant withdraws any amounts described in
clause (iii) of the preceding sentence which were matched by Matching
Contributions as described in Section 4.1, the Participant shall be
suspended from receiving allocations of Matching Contributions for a period of
6 months from the date such amount is withdrawn. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of
a Participant who makes a withdrawal pursuant to this subsection while on an
approved leave of absence, such 6-month suspension shall begin on the date of
such withdrawal.
(b) Withdrawals
After Age 591/2.
Upon attaining age 591/2, a Participant who is an Employee may withdraw all or
any part of the balances of his Deferred Contribution Account and Rollover
Account. Amounts withdrawn pursuant to
this subsection shall be debited first from the Participants Rollover Account,
and next from the Participants Deferred Contribution Account.
(c) Hardship
Withdrawals. A Participant who is an Employee may, prior
to attainment of age 591/2, withdraw
a portion of the balance of the Participants Deferred Contribution Account and
Service Award Contribution Account, but only on account of a financial
hardship. The minimum amount that may be
withdrawn due to financial hardship is the lesser of $500 and the aggregate of
the balance of a Participants Deferred Contribution Account (excluding any
earnings credited to such account), and the documented need for a hardship
withdrawal must be at least $500. No
amount may be withdrawn from a Participants Matching Contribution Account or
Profit Sharing Account under this subsection on account of financial
hardship. No financial hardship
withdrawal shall be permitted (1) while any amounts remain in such
Participants Participant Contribution Account or Rollover Account or (2) if
the Participant is currently eligible to borrow from the Plan pursuant to Section 8.2,
unless the Participant attests that making loan payments on amounts borrowed
from the Plan will cause a financial hardship.
Financial hardship shall be deemed to exist only if
the distribution is necessary because of immediate and heavy financial need of
the Participant under the following circumstances:
(1) to pay expenses for (or necessary to
obtain) medical care that would be deductible under section 213(d) of the
Code (determined without regard to whether the expenses exceed 7.5% of adjusted
gross income) incurred by
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the Participant or the
Participants spouse, children, dependents (as defined in section 152 of the
Code and without regard to section 152(b)(1), (b)(2) and (d)(1)(B) of
the Code ) or primary beneficiary;
(2) to pay costs directly related to the
purchase of the Participants principal residence (excluding periodic mortgage
payments);
(3) to pay tuition, related educational fees,
and room and board expenses, for the next twelve (12) months of post-secondary
education for the Participant or the Participants spouse, children, dependents
(as defined in section 152 of the Code and without regard to section 152(b)(1),
(b)(2) and (d)(1)(B) of the Code ) or primary beneficiary;
(4) to prevent eviction from, or foreclosure
on, the Participants principal residence; or
(5) to pay for burial or funeral expenses for
the Participants deceased parent, spouse, children or dependents (as defined
in section 152 of the Code and without regard to section 152(d)(1)(B) of
the Code) or primary beneficiary; or
(6) to pay expenses for the repair of damage
to the Participants principal residence that would qualify for the casualty
deduction under section 165 of the Code (determined without regard to whether
the loss exceeds 10% of adjusted gross income).
For purposes of this Section 8.1(c), the term primary
beneficiary shall mean any individual who is named as a beneficiary and has
an unconditional right to all or a portion of the Participants Account balance
under the Plan upon the death of the Participant.
For purposes of this subsection, a distribution shall
be deemed necessary to satisfy an immediate and heavy financial need only if:
(1) the Trustee/Recordkeeper receives from
the Participant a representation that the need cannot be relieved:
(i) by cessation of Deferred Contributions
and Participant Contributions under the Plan; or
(ii) by other distributions or nontaxable
loans (at the time of the loan) from plans maintained by the Company or any
other Employer, or by borrowing from commercial sources on reasonable
commercial terms, in an amount sufficient to satisfy the need, and
(2) the Trustee/Recordkeeper reasonably
relies on the accuracy of such representation.
The Trustee/Recordkeeper may rely upon the Participants representation
unless it has actual knowledge to the contrary.
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(3) For purposes of paragraph (1) above,
a need cannot reasonably be relieved by one of the actions listed therein if
the effect would be to increase the amount of the need.
In no event may the amount withdrawn pursuant to this
subsection (c) exceed the amount of the Participants Deferred
Contributions not previously withdrawn.
The Trustee/Recordkeeper shall determine whether the criteria for
hardship withdrawal have been satisfied and has the right to refuse a hardship
withdrawal request if it finds that such criteria have not been satisfied.
Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the
contrary, a Participant who receives a hardship distribution hereunder shall be
prohibited from making any Deferred Contributions under Section 3.3 until
the first payroll period commencing coincident with or next following the date
which is six months after the date the hardship distribution was processed (or
such earlier date as may be permitted by applicable Regulations). Such Participants may elect to resume making
Deferred Contributions in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.3.
(d) Rollover
Withdrawals. While an Employee, a Participant may at any
time withdraw all or any portion of the balance of his Rollover Account.
(e) Qualified Reservist
Withdrawals. A Participant who is a Qualified Reservist may, subject
to subsection (g) of this Section, make a request while on active duty as
a Qualified Reservist, by instructions at the time and in the manner prescribed
by the Committee, to withdraw any portion not attributable to outstanding loans
of the balance of the Participants Participant Contribution Account. For a period of two years after the end of
the active duty period, the Participant may repay the withdrawal by making
contributions outside of the Plan to an individual retirement account (within
the meaning of section 408 of the Code) in accordance with section 72(t)(2)(G) of
the Code.
(f) Miscellaneous Rules Relating
to Withdrawals. A Participant may request a
withdrawal pursuant to this Section in the manner prescribed by the
Committee; provided that a Participant may make only one such withdrawal during
any six consecutive month period. For
purposes of determining the balance of a Participants Accounts under the Plan
for purposes of this Section, such balances shall be valued as of the date the
Participants request has been approved for processing by the
Trustee/Recordkeeper. All withdrawals
under this Section shall be paid in cash.
For purposes of this subsection, the value of a Participants Accounts
shall be determined by excluding the portion credited to the Participants loan
subaccount under Section 8.2(e), if any.
In addition, such withdrawal shall be prorated among the Participants
investment funds. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, any withdrawals under Section 8.1 may be
made from the portion of the Participants Account invested in the Company
Stock Fund only in accordance with the restrictions on transactions in Company
Stock contained in the Companys Insider Trading Policy and applicable law.
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8.2 Loans to
Participants.
(a) Making of Loans.
Subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section, the Committee
shall establish a loan program whereby any Participant who is an Employee may
request to borrow funds from the Plan.
The principal balance of such loan shall be not less than $1,000 and
shall not exceed the lesser of (1) 50% of the aggregate of the Participants
vested Account balance under the Plan as of the Valuation Date coinciding with
or immediately preceding the day on which the loan is made, and (2) $50,000,
reduced by the excess, if any, of the highest outstanding loan balance of the
Participant under all plans maintained by the Employer during the period of
time beginning one year and one day prior to the date such loan is to be made
and ending on the date such loan is to be made over the outstanding balance of
loans from all such plans on the date on which such loan was made.
(b) Restrictions.
No Participant may have more than two loans outstanding at any
time. Amounts equal to any such loan (or
loans, as the case may be) shall be debited first from the Participants
Deferred Contribution Account to the extent thereof, then from his Rollover
Account, if any, to the extent thereof, next from contributions to his
Participant Contribution Account and which have been matched by Matching
Contributions, then from his Matching Contribution Account to the extent
thereof, then from his Profit Sharing Account, to the extent thereof, and then
from his Service Award Contribution Account, to the extent thereof. Such amounts shall be debited from the
investment fund or funds as the Committee shall, in its sole discretion,
determine; provided, however, that amounts may be debited from
the portion of a Participants Account invested in the Company Stock Fund only
in accordance with the restrictions on transactions in Company Stock contained
in the Companys Insider Trading Policy and applicable law. Any loan approved by the Committee pursuant
to the preceding paragraph (a) shall be made only upon the following terms
and conditions:
(1) The period for repayment of the loan
shall be determined by the Participant, but such period shall not exceed five
years from the date of the loan; provided, however, that if the purpose of the loan, as
determined by the Committee, is to acquire any dwelling unit that within a
reasonable period of time is to be used as the principal residence of the
Participant, then such period for repayment shall not exceed fifteen
years. Such loan may be prepaid, without
penalty, by delivery to the Trustee/Recordkeeper of cash in an amount equal to
the entire unpaid balance of such loan.
Any loan is due in full upon termination of employment.
(2) No loan shall be made unless the
Participant consents to have such loan repaid in substantially equal
installments deducted from the regular payments of the Participants
compensation during the term of the loan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, loan repayments under this Plan may be
suspended with respect to a Participant in military service to the extent
required by USERRA and in accordance with section 414(u)(4) of the Code.
(3) Each loan shall be evidenced by the
Participants collateral promissory note for the amount of the loan, with
interest, payable to the order of the Trustee, and shall be secured by an
assignment of a portion of the
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Participants vested benefit under the Plan equal to
the initial principal amount of such loan and such other collateral as may be
required by the Committee.
(4) Each loan shall bear a fixed interest
rate which shall be equal to the prime rate on the last Valuation Date of the
month preceding the date the loan is applied for as published in the Wall Street
Journal on the business day following such Valuation Date, plus
1%.
(5) Each Participant requesting a loan shall,
as a condition of receiving such loan, pay such reasonable loan processing fee as
shall be set from time to time by the Committee. To the extent permitted by the Committee,
such fee may be paid from the loan proceeds.
(6) The Committee may, in its sole
discretion, restrict the amount to be disbursed pursuant to any loan request to
the extent it deems necessary to take into account any fluctuations in the
value of a Participants Accounts since the date on which the Participant filed
a request for a loan.
(7) The Committee may, in its sole
discretion, cause a charge as an expense to the Accounts of any Participant
receiving a loan any reasonable administrative fee for processing or annual
maintenance of such loan.
(c) Loan Default.
In the event a Participant defaults on a Plan loan, the entire unpaid
balance of the loan shall become due and payable immediately. The Committee may declare a loan to be in
default if any of the following events occur:
(1) the termination of his employment with
his Employer for any reason (including death);
(2) the Participant becoming a Disabled Participant;
(3) failure of the Participant to make any
payment of principal or interest on the loan on or before the date such payment
is due;
(4) the Participants net paycheck (after all
other payroll deductions) decreases to an amount lower than his payroll
deduction loan repayment amount;
(5) failure of the Participant to perform or
observe any of his covenants, duties or agreements under the promissory note
executed by the Participant with respect to the loan;
(6) receipt by the Plan of opinion of counsel
to the effect that (1) the Plan will, or could, lose its status as a
qualified plan under section 401 (a) of the Code unless the loan is repaid
or (2) the loan violates, or may violate, any provision of ERISA;
(7) any portion of the Participants Account
that is not in excess of the amount that has been pledged as security for the
loan becomes payable from the
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Plan to the Participant, to any beneficiary of the
Participant, or to any alternate payee of the Participant pursuant to any
qualified domestic relations order (as defined in section 414(p) of the
Code); or
(8) the Participant makes an assignment for
the benefit of creditors, files a petition in bankruptcy, is adjudicated
insolvent or bankrupt, or becomes a subject of any wage earner plan under the
federal Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state insolvency law, or there
is commenced against the Participant any bankruptcy, insolvency, or other
similar proceeding which remains undismissed for a period of 60 days (or the
Participant by an act indicates his consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in
any such proceeding).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, loan repayments may be
suspended for (i) any period during which a Participant takes an authorized
unpaid sick leave from his Employer and (ii) any period of a Participants
unpaid authorized leave of absence, but in no event for a period exceeding one
year. A default shall occur upon the
Participants resumption of active employment unless the Participant pays all
outstanding amounts in arrears upon such resumption, or upon the expiration of
such one-year period, if earlier.
In the event a default on a Participant loan occurs
and the Participant does not pay the entire unpaid balance of the loan (with
accrued unpaid interest) within five business days after the date the default
occurs, the Participants vested interest under the Plan that has been pledged
as security for repayment of the Plan loan shall be applied immediately, to the
extent required, to pay the entire unpaid balance of the loan (and all accrued
unpaid interest thereon); provided, however, that in the case of a default described
in subparagraph (7) above, the Plan may distribute the Participants
promissory note to the Participant (or if the Participant has died, to his
beneficiary) in full satisfaction of the Plans liability to the Participant
(or if the Participant has died, to his beneficiary) with respect to that
portion of the Participants vested Account equal to the outstanding loan
amount (including accrued unpaid interest). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
portion of the Participants Account consisting of, or attributable to, the
Participants elective deferrals (as defined in section 402(g) of the
Code) shall be applied to pay an outstanding loan before the date the
Participant terminates employment or, if earlier, attains age 591/2.
Failure by the Committee to enforce strictly Plan
rights with respect to a default on a Plan loan shall not constitute a waiver
of such rights.
(d) Applicability.
The provisions of this Section 8.2 shall apply to any person who is
a Participant but who is not an Employee and any beneficiary of a deceased
Participant if such Participant or beneficiary is a party in interest as
defined in section 3(14) of ERISA. The
grant of a loan pursuant to this Section 8.2 and the terms and conditions
thereof shall apply to any such Participant or beneficiary in the same manner
as to a Participant who is an Employee, except that the requirements of Section 8.2(b)(2) shall
be met with respect to each such Participant and beneficiary if such
Participant or
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beneficiary consents to
have such loan repaid in substantially equal installments as determined by the
Committee, but not less frequently than quarterly.
(e) Loan Subaccount.
The Committee shall cause to be maintained a loan subaccount for the
receipt of amounts debited from a Participants accounts attributable to any
loan made pursuant to this Section 8.2.
Appropriate accounting entries reflecting such transfers shall be
concurrent with the disbursement to the Participant of amounts borrowed. A repayment of interest or principal received
in respect of amounts borrowed by a Participant shall be credited to the loan
subaccount of such Participant as soon as practicable after the Valuation Date
coinciding with or next following the date on which such payment is made. Such repayments shall be credited to the
Participants Deferred Contribution Account, Rollover Account, Profit Sharing
Account, Service Award Contribution Account and Matching Contribution Account
in the same proportion as such accounts were charged with the loan. Repayments so allocated to a Participant
shall then be allocated among such Participants investment fund subaccounts in
accordance with such Participants investment direction in effect at the time
that such repayments are credited to the Participants Accounts.
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Article 9
Distributions Upon Termination of Employment
9.1 Entitlement to
Distribution Upon Termination of Employment. (a)
Vesting.
A Participant or his designated beneficiary, as the case may be, shall
be entitled to receive his or her entire Account balance as soon as
administratively practicable following the date on which the Participants
termination of employment occurs if the Participant terminates employment after
completing at least three years of Service, on account of death, after
attainment of age 65 or if such Participant becomes a Disabled
Participant. If a Participant terminates
employment for any other reason before completing three years of Service, the
balance of such Participants Matching Contribution Account and Profit Sharing
Account shall be forfeited as described in subsection (b) below. A Participant is always fully vested in the
balance of such Participants Participant Contribution Account, Deferred
Contribution Account, Service Award Contribution and Rollover Account (if any).
(b) Forfeitures.
If upon a Participants termination of employment the Participant is not
vested in his Matching Contribution Account and Profit Sharing Account as
described in subsection (a) above, the balances of such Accounts shall be
charged to such Accounts and shall be forfeited on the date that is the earlier
of (i) in the case of a Participant who takes a distribution of the vested
portion of the Participants interest in the Trust Fund as provided in Section 9.2,
the date of such distribution and (ii) the date as of which the
Participant incurs 5 consecutive Break in Service Years. Such forfeitures shall be applied as provided
in Section 7.2(i) after such date.
If such Participant is reemployed prior to taking a distribution and
prior to incurring 5 consecutive Break in Service Years, such balances shall
not be forfeited and the distribution of such balances, along with any
subsequent amounts consisting of allocations of contributions credited to such
Accounts and changes in investment value as determined pursuant to Article 7,
shall be paid pursuant to this Article 9 upon the Participants subsequent
termination of employment. If upon his
or her termination of employment any such Participant received a lump-sum
distribution pursuant to section 9.2 and is reemployed prior to incurring 5
consecutive Break in Service Years, then he or she shall have the right to pay
to the Trustee by the fifth anniversary of the Participants date of
reemployment an amount equal to such distribution. If the Participant makes such a payment, then
the previously forfeited balances of his Matching Contribution Account and
Profit Sharing Account shall be restored, and the distribution of such
balances, along with any subsequent amounts consisting of allocations of
contributions credited to such Accounts and changes in investment value as
determined pursuant to Article 7, shall be paid pursuant to this Article 9
upon the Participants subsequent termination of employment. If pursuant to this paragraph the forfeited
portion of a Participants Matching Contribution Account or Profit Sharing
Account is to be restored, the amount restored shall be obtained from the total
amount of forfeitures held under this Plan. If the aggregate amount to be so
restored to the Accounts of Participants who are employees of a particular
Employer exceeds the amount of such forfeitures, such Employer shall make a
contribution in an amount equal to such excess.
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9.2 Form of
Distribution.
Any distribution to which a Participant or beneficiary becomes entitled upon
termination of employment shall be distributed by the Trustee upon the approval
performed by the Trustee/Recordkeeper based upon a Participants or beneficiarys
termination of employment information provided to the Trustee/Recordkeeper by
the Company by payment in a single lump sum in cash. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, a
Participant or beneficiary, as the case may be, may elect to receive distribution
of the portion of such Participants Account that is invested in Company Stock
in the form of whole shares of Company Stock with cash in lieu of fractional
shares. Any distribution made to a
Participant or beneficiary of cash and/or Company Stock may be delivered to
such Participant or beneficiary, if elected, via electronic delivery.
9.3 Time of
Distribution. Any distribution to which a Participant or
his beneficiary becomes entitled upon termination of employment shall be made
as soon as administratively practicable following the date elected by the
Participant or the Participants designated beneficiary, as the case may be, provided, however,
that:
(a) subject to Section 10.2, if a
Participant fails to make any election, the Participants Account shall be
distributed in a single lump sum cash payment no later than 60 days after the
end of the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 65 (or terminates
employment, if later); provided that, the Participant may make an affirmative
election to defer distribution to a later date, but in no event later than April 1
of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Participants
attains age 701/2;
(b) distributions to a Participants
beneficiary on account of the Participants death shall be made no later than December 31
of the calendar year in which occurs the fifth anniversary of the Participants
death;
(c) with respect to a Participant who
continues in employment after attaining age 701/2, distribution of the Participants Account balance
shall commence no later than the Participants required beginning date. For purposes of this paragraph, the term required
beginning date shall mean (i) with respect to a Participant who is a
5%-owner (within the meaning of section 416(i) of the Code) in the
calendar year in which he attains age 701/2, April 1 of the calendar year following the
calendar year in which the Participant attains age 70½ and (ii) with
respect to any other Participant, April 1 of the calendar year following
the calendar year in which the Participant retires. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent
required by the Secretary of the Treasury, a Participant who is not a 5%-owner
shall be permitted to elect that distributions commence no later than April 1
of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Participant
attains age 701/2. All distributions shall be made in accordance
with section 401(a)(9) of the Code, including the incidental death benefit
requirement of section 401(a)(9)(G), and the regulations promulgated by the
U.S. Treasury Department thereunder, and any Plan provisions reflecting the
requirements of section 401(a)(9) of the Code shall override any
distribution option in the Plan which is inconsistent with section 401(a)(9) of
the Code.
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9.4 Valuation of
Accounts. For purposes of determining the value of a
Participants Account balance under the Plan for purposes of this Article, the
Participants Account balance shall be valued as of the date the distribution
is approved by the Trustee/Recordkeeper.
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Article 10
Special Participation and
Distribution Rules
(a) Direct Rollover
Option. (1) In the case of any distribution
(including any withdrawal) that is an eligible rollover distribution within
the meaning of section 402(c)(4) of the Code, a distributee may elect that
all or any portion of such distribution to which he is entitled shall be
directly transferred from the Plan to (i) an individual retirement account
or annuity described in section 408(a) or (b) or 408A of the Code, (ii) to
this Plan or another employers retirement plan qualified under section 401(a) of
the Code (the terms of which permit the acceptance of rollover distributions), (iii) to
an annuity plan described in section 403(a) of the Code, (iv) an
annuity contract described in section 403(b) of the Code or (v) to an
eligible plan under section 457(b) of the Code which is maintained by a
state, political subdivision of a state, or an agency or instrumentality of a
state or political subdivision of a state and which agrees to separately
account for amounts transferred into such plan from this Plan; provided, however,
that in the case of any eligible rollover distribution that includes any
non-taxable distributions, a distributee may elect to transfer the nontaxable
portion of such eligible rollover distribution only to any individual
retirement account or annuity described in section 408 (a) or (b) or
408A of the Code, or to a qualified defined contribution plan described in
section 401(a) or 403(b) of the Code that agrees to account separately
for amounts directly transferred into such plan from this Plan, including
separately accounting for the portion of such distribution which is includible
in gross income and the portion of such distribution which is not so
includible. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a distributee shall not be entitled to elect to have an eligible
rollover distribution transferred pursuant to this subsection if the total of
all eligible rollover distributions with respect to such distributee for the
Plan Year is not reasonably expected to equal at least $200, or in the case of
a partial direct rollover, the portion so rolled over equals at least
$500. A distributee includes an
Employee or former Employee, the Employees or former Employees surviving
spouse and the Employees or former Employees spouse or former spouse who is
the alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in
section 414(p) of the Code. The
term distributee shall also include the non-spouse beneficiary of a Participant;
provided, however, that a
non-spouse beneficiary is permitted to elect to have an eligible rollover
distribution transferred directly from the Plan only to an individual
retirement account or annuity described in section 408 or 408A of the Code.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, a distributee may make a direct rollover distribution to a Roth
individual retirement account described in section 408A(e) of the Code if
such distribution meets the requirements of (i) section 402(c) of the
Code and (ii) effective only for distributions made after May 1, 2008
and before January 1, 2010, section 408A(c)(8)(B) of the Code (i.e.,
for the taxable year of the distribution, the Employees adjusted gross income
does not exceed $100,000 and the Employee is a not a married individual filing
a separate income tax return).
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amount
that is distributed on account of hardship shall be an eligible rollover
distribution, and the distributee may not elect to have any portion of such a
distribution paid directly to an eligible retirement plan.
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10.2 Distribution of
Small Account Balances. If the
balance of the Participants Account to be distributed under this Section does
not exceed $5,000 (or such other amount prescribed by section 411(a)(11) of the
Code) (such amount referred to herein as the small benefit amount), such
balance shall be distributed as soon as administratively practicable after the
end of the calendar quarter in which the Participants termination of
employment occurs (or such other time prescribed by the Committee) in a single
lump sum cash payment. For purposes of
determining whether a Participants Account exceeds $5,000, the value of the
Participants Account shall be determined without regard to that portion of the
Account balance that is attributable to rollover contributions and earnings
thereon. In the event of a mandatory
distribution greater than $1,000 in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.2,
if the Participant does not elect to have such distribution paid directly to an
eligible retirement plan specified by the Participant in a direct rollover or
to receive the distribution directly in accordance with this Section 10.2,
then the Plan Administrator shall pay the distribution in a direct rollover to
an individual retirement plan designated by the Plan Administrator.
10.3 Designation of
Beneficiary. Each Participant shall have the right to
designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be designated contingently or
successively and that may be an entity other than a natural person) to receive
any distribution to which the Participant is entitled upon his death pursuant
to Section 9.1, provided, however, that no such designation (or change
thereof) shall be effective if the Participant was married throughout the
one-year period ending on the date of the Participants death unless such
designation (or change thereof) was consented to at the time of such
designation (or change thereof) by the person who was the Participants spouse
during such period, in writing, acknowledging the effect of such consent and
witnessed by a notary public or a Plan representative, or it is established to
the satisfaction of the Committee that such consent could not be obtained
because the Participants spouse cannot be located or such other circumstances
as may be prescribed in Regulations. Subject to the preceding sentence, a
Participant may from time to time, without the consent of any beneficiary, change
or cancel any such designation. Such
designation and each change therein shall be made in the form prescribed by the
Committee and shall be filed with the Committee. If (i) no beneficiary has been named by
a deceased Participant, (ii) such designation is not effective pursuant to
the proviso contained in the first sentence of this Section, or (iii) the
designated beneficiary has predeceased the Participant, any undistributed
balance, of the deceased Participants Account shall be distributed by the Trustee
at the direction of the Committee:
(a) to the surviving spouse of such deceased Participant,
if any, or
(b) if there is no surviving spouse, to the surviving
children of such deceased Participant, if any, in equal shares, or
(c) if there is no surviving spouse and there are no
surviving children, to the person or persons entitled to benefits under any
group term life insurance plan maintained by the Participants Employer on
account of the Participants death, in the shares prescribed by such plan, if
any, or
(d) if there is no surviving spouse, there are no
surviving children and there are no benefits payable under any such group term
life insurance plan, to the Participants estate.
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The marriage of a Participant shall be deemed to
revoke any prior designation of a beneficiary made by him and a divorce shall
be deemed to revoke any prior designation of the Participants divorced spouse
if written evidence of such marriage or divorce shall be received by the
Committee before distribution of the Participants Account balance has been
made in accordance with such designation.
If within a period of three years following the death or other
termination of employment of any Participant the Committee in the exercise of
reasonable diligence has been unable to locate the person or persons entitled
to benefits under this Article 10, the rights of such person or persons
shall be forfeited, provided, however, that the Plan shall reinstate and pay to
such person or persons the amount of the benefits so forfeited upon a claim for
such benefits made by such person or persons.
The amount to be so reinstated shall be obtained from the total amount
that shall have been forfeited pursuant to this Section 10.3 during the
Plan Year that the claim for such forfeited benefit is made. If the amount to be reinstated exceeds the
amount of such forfeitures, the Employer in respect of whose Employee the claim
for forfeited benefit is made shall make a contribution in an amount equal to
the remainder of such excess. Any such
contribution shall be made without regard to whether or not the limitations set
forth in Section 5.3 will be exceeded by such contribution.
If there is doubt as to the right of any beneficiary
to receive any amount, the Trustee on instructions of the Plan Administrator
may retain such amount until the rights thereto are determined, or it may pay
such amount into any court of appropriate jurisdiction, and none of the Plan
Administrator, the Committee, the Trustee, the Company or any Employer shall be
liable for any interest on such amount or shall be under any other liability to
any person in respect of such amount.
10.4 Distributions to
Minor or Disabled Beneficiaries. Any
distribution which is payable to a person who is a minor or to a person who, in
the opinion of the Committee, is unable to manage his affairs by reason of
illness or mental incompetency may be made to or for the benefit of any such
person in such of the following ways as the Committee shall direct:
(a) directly to any such minor if, in the
opinion of the Committee, he is able to manage his affairs,
(b) to the legal representative of any such
person,
(c) to a custodian under a Uniform Gifts to
Minors Act for any such minor, or
(d) to some near relative of any such person
to be used for the latters benefit.
Neither the Committee nor the Trustee shall be
required to review the application by any third party of any distribution made
to or for the benefit of a person pursuant to this Section.
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10.5 Non-Assignability.
(a) In General.
It is a condition of the Plan, and all rights of each Participant and
beneficiary shall be subject thereto, that no right or interest of any
Participant or beneficiary in the Plan shall be assignable or transferable in
whole or in part, either directly or by operation of law or otherwise,
including, but not by way of limitation, execution, levy, garnishment,
attachment, pledge or bankruptcy, but excluding devolution by death or mental
incompetency, and no right or interest of any Participant or beneficiary in the
Plan shall be liable for, or subject to, any obligation or liability of such
Participant or beneficiary, including claims for alimony or the support of any
spouse, except as provided below.
(b) Exception for Qualified Domestic
Relations Orders. Notwithstanding any provision
of the Plan to the contrary, if the Plan Administrator shall receive any
written judgment, decree or order (including approval of a property settlement
agreement) pursuant to State domestic relations or community property law
relating to the provision of child support, alimony or marital property rights
of a spouse, former spouse, child or other dependent of a Participant and purporting
to provide for the payment of all or a portion of the Participants Account to
or on behalf of one or more of such persons (such judgment, decree or order
being hereinafter called a domestic relations order), the Plan Administrator
shall arrange to determine whether such order constitutes a qualified domestic
relations order, as defined in section 414(p) of the Code and section
206(d)(3) of ERISA. If the order is determined to be a qualified domestic
relations order, all or a portion of the Participants Account, as specified in
the order, shall be assigned to the person or persons named therein, and shall
be payable in accordance with the terms of such order.
The manner in which all or any portion of a
Participants Account under the Plan may be assigned and paid to any other
person pursuant to the terms of a domestic relations order (DRO) shall be
governed by procedures adopted by the Plan Administrator for this purpose,
section 414(p) of the Code, section 206(d)(3) of ERISA and
Regulations issued thereunder. Such
procedures shall provide that payments under a domestic relations order
applicable to a Participants Account under the Plan may commence as soon as
administratively practicable after such order is determined by the Plan
Administrator (or its delegate) to constitute a qualified domestic relations
order (QDRO) under section 414(p) of the Code and section 206(d)(3) of
ERISA, if the terms of the order so provide.
A DRO shall not fail to be a QDRO solely because of the time at which it
is issued or because it is issued after or revises another DRO or QDRO.
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
however, a Participants benefit in the Plan may be reduced to satisfy
liabilities of the Participant to the Plan due to (i) the Participant
being convicted of committing a crime involving the Plan, (ii) a civil
judgment (or consent order or decree) entered by a court in an action brought
in connection with a violation of the fiduciary provisions of ERISA, or (iii) a
settlement agreement between the Secretary of Labor or the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation and the Participant in connection with a violation of the
fiduciary provisions. Any such reduction shall be consistent with the
provisions of Sections 401(a)(13)(C) and (D) of the Code in all
respects, including the provisions regarding the Participants spouse.
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10.6 Reemployment of
Veterans. The provisions of this Section shall
apply in the case of the reemployment by an Employer of an Eligible Employee,
within the period prescribed by USERRA, after the Eligible Employees
completion of a period of qualified military service (as defined in section
414(u)(5) of the Code). The
provisions of this section are intended to provide such Eligible Employees with
the rights required by USERRA and section 414(u) of the Code and shall be
interpreted in accordance with such intent.
(a) Make Up of Participant Contributions and
Deferred Contributions. Such Eligible
Employee shall be entitled to make contributions under the Plan in addition to
any Participant Contributions which the Eligible Employee elects to have made
under the Plan pursuant to Section 3.1 (such contributions referred to
herein as Make Up Participant Contributions), and shall be entitled to make
contributions under the Plan in addition to any Deferred Contributions which
the Eligible Employee elects to have made under the Plan pursuant to Section 3.3
(such contributions referred to herein as Make Up Deferred Contributions).
From time to time while employed by an Employer, such Employee may elect to
make such Make Up Participant Contributions and Make Up Deferred Contributions
during the period beginning on the date of such Employees reemployment and
ending on the earlier of:
(i) the end of the period equal to the
product of three and such Employees period of qualified military service, and
(ii) the 5th anniversary of the date of such
reemployment.
Such Employee shall not be permitted to contribute
Make Up Participant Contributions and Make Up Deferred Contributions to the
Plan in excess of the amount which the Employee could have elected to have made
under the Plan in the form of Participant Contributions or Deferred
Contributions, as the case may be, if the Eligible Employee had continued in
employment with his Employer during such period of qualified military
service. Such Eligible Employee shall be
deemed to have earned Compensation from his Employer during such period of
qualified military service for this purpose in the amount prescribed by
sections 414(u)(2)(B) and 414(u)(7) of the Code. The manner in which an Eligible Employee may
elect to make Make Up Participant Contributions and Make Up Deferred
Contributions pursuant to this subsection (a) shall be prescribed by the
Committee.
(b) Make Up of Matching Contributions.
An Eligible Employee who makes Make Up Participant Contributions or Make
Up Deferred Contributions as described in subsection (a) shall be entitled
to an allocation of Matching Contributions (Make Up Matching Contributions)
in an amount equal to the amount of Matching Contributions which would have
been allocated to the Matching Contribution Account of such Eligible Employee
under the Plan if such Make Up Participant Contributions or Make Up Deferred
Contributions had been made in the form of Participant Contributions or
Deferred Contributions, as the case may be, during the period of such Employees
qualified military service (as determined pursuant to section 414(u) of
the Code). The Eligible Employees Employer shall make a special contribution
to the Plan which shall be utilized solely for purposes of such allocation.
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Any contributions made by an Eligible Employee or an
Employer pursuant to this Section on account of a period of qualified
military service in a prior Plan Year shall not be subject to the limitations
prescribed by Sections 3.5, 5.3 and 5.1 of the Plan (relating to sections
402(g), 404 and 415 of the Code, respectively) for the Plan Year in which such
contributions are made. The Plan shall
not be treated as failing to satisfy the nondiscrimination rules of Section 5.2
of the Plan (relating to sections 401(k)(3) and 401(m) of the Code)
for any Plan Year solely on account of any make up contributions made by an
Eligible Employee or an Employer pursuant to this Section.
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Article 11
Shareholder Rights with
Respect to Company Stock
11.1 Voting Rights.
Each Participant who participates in the Company Stock Fund (or, in the
event of the Participants death, his beneficiary under the Plan) is, for
purposes of this Section, hereby designated as a named fiduciary (within the
meaning of Section 403(a)(1) of ERISA) with respect to a pro rata
portion (as hereinafter determined) of the unallocated shares of Company Stock
in the Company Stock Fund (and certain allocated shares of Company Stock in the
Company Stock Fund as to which timely directions are not received by the
Trustee). Such Participant shall have the right to direct the Trustee as to the
manner in which shares of Company Stock allocated to his Accounts under the
Plan and such other shares of common stock are to be voted on each matter
brought before a meeting of the stockholders of the Company as set forth below.
When the Company files preliminary proxy solicitation
materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company shall cause
a copy of all materials to be sent simultaneously to the Trustee. Based on these materials the Trustee shall
prepare a voting instruction form. At
the time of mailing of notice of each annual or special stockholders meeting
of the Company, the Company shall cause a copy of the notice and all proxy
solicitation materials to be sent to, each Participant with an interest in the
Company Stock Fund, together with the foregoing voting instruction form to be
returned to the Trustee or its designee.
The form shall show the number of full and fractional shares of Company
Stock allocated to the Participants respective Accounts. The Company shall provide the Trustee with a
copy of any materials provided to Participants and shall certify to the Trustee
that the materials have been mailed or otherwise sent to Participants. Upon timely receipt of directions from each
Participant, the Trustee shall vote as directed, on each such matter, the
number of shares (including fractional shares) of Company Stock allocated to
such Participants Accounts, and the Trustee shall have no discretion in such matter. If the Trustee shall not receive timely
direction from a Participant as to how shares of common stock allocated to such
Participants Account in the Company Stock Fund shall be voted, the Trustee
shall vote such shares in the same proportion in which the shares held in the
Company Stock Fund for which it received timely directions were voted, and the
Trustee shall have no discretion in such matter.
For purposes of this Section the shares of
Company Stock held in the Company Stock Fund shall be treated as allocated to
the Accounts of Participants in proportion to their respective interests in the
Company Stock Fund as of the immediately preceding record date for ownership of
Corn Products International, Inc. stock for stockholders entitled to
vote. If any shares held in the Company
Stock Fund are not allocated to the Accounts of Participants when a matter is
brought to the stockholders of the Company for voting, the Trustee shall vote
such unallocated shares in the same proportion on each issue in which
responding Participants voted the shares allocated to their Accounts in the
Company Stock Fund, and the Trustee shall have no discretion in such
matter. Directions from a Participant
pursuant to this Section shall be held in confidence by the Trustee and
shall not be divulged or released to the Company, or any officer or employee
thereof, or any other person.
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11.2 Shareholder
Rights in the Event of a Tender Offer. In the event
a tender or exchange offer is made for any shares of Company Stock, each
Participant who participates in the Company Stock Fund is, for purposes of this
Section, hereby designated as a named fiduciary (within the meaning of
section 403(a)(1) of ERISA) with respect to a pro rata portion (as
hereinafter determined) of the unallocated shares of Company Stock in the
Company Stock Fund. Such Participant
shall have the right to direct the Trustee in writing as to the manner in which
to respond to such tender or exchange offer with respect to the shares of
Company Stock allocated to his Account in the Company Stock Fund and with
respect to a portion of the unallocated shares of Company Stock as set forth
below.
Upon commencement of a tender or exchange offer for
any securities held in the Trust that are Company Stock, the Company shall
notify each Participant with an interest in such securities of the tender or
exchange offer and utilize its best efforts to distribute timely or cause to be
distributed to the Participant the same information that is distributed to
shareholders of the Company in connection with the tender or exchange offer
and, after consulting with the Trustee, shall provide and pay for a means by
which the Participant may direct the Trustee whether to tender the Company
Stock allocated to the Participants Accounts. The Company shall provide the
Trustee with a copy of any material provided to Participants and shall certify
to the Trustee that the materials have been mailed or otherwise sent to
Participants. Upon timely receipt of
directions from each Participant, the Trustee shall respond as directed with
respect to such shares of Company Stock allocated to the Participants Account
in the Company Stock Fund. The
directions received by the Trustee from Participants and beneficiaries shall be
held by the Trustee in confidence and shall not be divulged or released to any
person, including officers or employees of the Company or any affiliate
thereof, except to the extent that the consequences of such directions are reflected
in reports regularly communicated to any such persons. If the Trustee shall not receive timely
direction from a Participant as to the manner in which to respond to such
tender or exchange offer with respect to shares of Company Stock allocated to
the Participants Account in the Company Stock Fund, the Trustee shall not
tender or exchange such shares of Company Stock, as the case may be, and the
Trustee shall have no discretion in such matter.
For purposes of this Section, the shares of Company
Stock held in the Company Stock Fund shall be treated as allocated to the
Accounts of Participants in proportion to their respective interests in the
Company Stock Fund as of the immediately preceding record date for ownership of
Company Stock for stockholders entitled to tender. The Committee may direct the Trustee to make
a special valuation of the Company Stock Fund in connection with such tender or
exchange offer. If, for any reason,
there are any shares of Company Stock held in the Company Stock Fund which are
not allocated to the Accounts of Participants at the applicable time, the
Trustee shall respond to such tender or exchange offer with respect to such
unallocated shares by tendering or exchanging unallocated shares in the same
proportion as the allocated shares held under the Company Stock Fund for which
directions were received from Participants are tendered or exchanged, and by
not tendering or exchanging the balance of such unallocated shares, and the
Trustee shall have no discretion in such matter.
A Participant who has directed the Trustee to tender
or exchange some or all of the shares of Company Stock allocated to his
Accounts may, at any time prior to the tender or exchange offer withdrawal
date, direct the Trustee to withdraw some or all of such tendered or exchanged
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shares, and the Trustee shall withdraw the directed
number of shares from the tender or exchange offer prior to the offer
withdrawal deadline. Prior to the
withdrawal deadline, if any shares of Company Stock not allocated to
Participants Accounts have been tendered or exchanged, the Trustee shall
redetermine the number of such securities that would be tendered or exchanged
under this section if the date of the foregoing withdrawal were the date of
determination, and withdraw from the tender or exchange offer the number of
shares of Company Stock to the extent necessary to reduce the amount of such
tendered or exchanged securities not allocated to Participants Accounts to the
amount so redetermined. A Participant shall not be limited as to the number of
directions to tender or exchange or withdraw that the Participant may give the
Trustee.
A direction by a Participant to the Trustee to tender
or exchange shares of Company Stock allocated to his Accounts shall not be
considered a written election under the Plan by the Participant to withdraw, or
have distributed, any or all of his withdrawable shares. The Trustee shall credit to the Account of
the Participant from which the tendered or exchanged shares were taken the
proceeds received by the Trustee in exchange for the shares of Company Stock
tendered or exchanged from that Account.
Pending receipt of directions (through the Plan Administrator) from the
Participant or the Company as to which of the remaining investment options the
proceeds should be invested in, the Trustee shall invest the proceeds in such
investment fund as specified by the Committee.
11.3 Applicability.
For purposes of this Article, the term Participant shall include any
beneficiary of a deceased Participant and any alternate payee under a qualified
domestic relations order on whose behalf an Account has been established under
this Plan.
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Article 12
Administration
12.1 The Committee.
The Board of Directors shall appoint the Committee which shall consist
of at least three members. The Committee
shall be the administrator of the Plan within the meaning of section 3(16) of
ERISA, and the Company and the Committee each shall be a named fiduciary of
the Plan under ERISA. Administration of
the Plan shall be the responsibility of the Committee except to the extent that
authority to hold the Trust Fund of the Plan has been delegated to the Trustee,
in accordance with Section 12.2, and authority to direct the investment
and reinvestment of the Trust Fund has been delegated to the Committee.
12.2 Investment
Committee. The Committee may appoint an investment
committee of at least three members, to invest, or direct the investment of,
such portion of the Trust Fund as the Committee may direct. If so appointed, the investment committee
shall be a named fiduciary within the meaning of ERISA to the extent of its
responsibilities under the Plan.
12.3 Authority and
Duties of the Committee. The Committee
may in its discretion appoint, use or employ accountants, counsel, financial
specialists (including investment advisors and investment managers, as defined
in ERISA) and such other person or persons (who may be employees of an
Employer) as it deems necessary or desirable in connection with the
administration or management of this Plan and the Trust Fund. The reasonable fees of such persons, and any
other necessary and proper expenses of the Committee, shall be paid out of the
Trust Fund unless such amounts are paid by the Employers.
The Committee shall have the power and discretionary
authority to:
(a) Adopt rules, regulations and procedures
with respect to the administration of the Plan;
(b) Construe this document, the Committees
interpretation of which in good faith shall be final and binding;
(c) Correct any defect, supply any omission,
or reconcile any inconsistency in this document in that manner and to that
extent which the Committee believes is necessary; and
(d) Resolve all questions which arise under
this document, including directions to and questions submitted by the Trustee,
any insurer or any other entity holding the assets of the Plan on all matters
necessary for it to discharge its powers and duties, and any questions relating
to the eligibility of one or more Participants for benefits from the Plan and
the amount of such benefits and the manner and form in which such benefits may
be paid.
The Committee also shall have sole discretion to
delegate (with written notice to the Company and the Trustee) any fiduciary
responsibilities to another person, such as the Plan Administrator or an
investment manager. To the extent those
responsibilities are
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delegated, the Committee shall be relieved of
liability for acts or omissions of the person or persons to whom
responsibilities are delegated, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Except as it may delegate the power of interpretation
as provided herein, the Committee shall have the exclusive authority to
interpret the Plan provisions and to exercise discretion where necessary or
appropriate in the interpretation and administration of the Plan and to decide
any and all matters arising thereunder or in connection with the administration
of the Plan. Subject to the claims
review procedure established by the Committee, the decisions, actions and
records of the Committee shall be conclusive and binding upon the Employers,
Participants, and their estates, and any and all persons having, or claiming to
have, any rights or interest in or under the Plan.
The Committee shall adopt and implement a policy for
the investment of the Trust Fund, including notification to the Trustee (or the
investment committee or investment manager, if appointed) of such policy and
periodic review of the performance of the Trustee (or the investment committee
or investment manager, if appointed) to assure investments consistent with such
policy.
12.4 Plan Administrator.
The Committee shall appoint a Plan Administrator who shall be
responsible for the daily operation of the Plan within the policies,
interpretations and rules made by the Committee. The Plan Administrator shall also perform
such ministerial functions with respect to the Plan as the Committee shall from
time to time designate. The Plan
Administrator may (but need not) be a member of the Committee. The Plan Administrator may resign upon 45
days written notice to the Committee (or shorter notice acceptable to the
Committee). The Committee may, in its
sole discretion, remove the Plan Administrator.
The Committee shall have the power to fill a vacancy created by the
resignation, removal or death of the Plan Administrator. The reasonable fees of accountants, counsel
or other consultants, the expenses of clerical help, and any other necessary
and proper expenses of the Plan Administrator, shall be paid out of the Trust
Fund unless such amounts are paid by the Employers. The Plan Administrator shall report to the
Committee from time to time in order that the Plan Administrators performance
of his duties may be reviewed.
12.5 Review of
Fiduciary Responsibility Designations or Allocations.
Each designation or allocation made under Section 12.3 shall also
provide that the Committee shall periodically meet with the person or persons
to whom the delegation was made to review the performance of the person to whom
duties have been delegated. This review,
which may be conducted by all Committee members or by a designated review
subcommittee, will permit the Committee to determine whether it should continue
the allocation or designation.
12.6 Reliance on
Others. The members of the Committee, the Plan
Administrator and the officers and directors of the Company shall be entitled
to rely upon all certificates and reports made by any duly appointed
accountant, upon all opinions given by any duly appointed legal counsel, and
upon such staff or specialists as they may deem necessary or desirable to
employ with respect to their responsibilities pursuant to the Plan. Any one or all of the foregoing appointees
may also be currently serving or have served in a similar capacity for an
Employer.
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12.7 Liability.
Neither the Plan Administrator nor any member of the Committee shall be
liable for any act or omission of any other person, nor for any act or omission
on his own part, excepting only his own willful misconduct or except as
otherwise expressly provided in ERISA.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Employer shall indemnify
and save harmless each employee, officer or director of such Employer acting as
a fiduciary (other than the Trustee) against any and all expenses and
liabilities arising out of his fiduciary responsibilities, excepting only
expenses and liabilities arising out of his own willful misconduct; and the
Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Plan Administrator for all acts
and omissions relating to his duties as Plan Administrator, except those
arising out of his willful misconduct. Expenses against which such person may
be indemnified hereunder include, without limitation, the amount of any
settlement or judgment, costs, counsel fees and related charges reasonably
incurred in connection with a claim asserted or a proceeding brought or
settlement thereof. The Committee, at an
Employers expense, may settle any such claim asserted or proceeding brought
against such person when such settlement appears to be in the best interest of
such Employer. The foregoing right of
indemnification shall be in addition to any other rights to which any such
person may be entitled as a matter of law.
12.8 Claims Procedure.
If any Participant or distributee believes he or she is entitled to
benefits in an amount greater than those which he or she is receiving or has
received, he or she may file a claim with the Committee (a claimant). Such a claim shall be in writing and state
the nature of the claim, the facts supporting the claim, the amount claimed and
the address of the claimant. The
Committee shall review the claim and, unless special circumstances require an
extension of time, within 90 days after receipt of the claim, give written or
electronic notice to the claimant of its decision with respect to the
claim. If special circumstances require
an extension of time, the claimant shall be notified in writing or
electronically (in accordance with the requirements of Department of Labor
Regulation section 2520.104b-1(c)(1) or other applicable Regulations),
within the initial 90-day period of the extension, and such notice shall
describe the circumstances requiring the extension and the expected date by
which the Committee will make its determination. In no event shall such an extension exceed 90
days. The notice of the decision of the
Committee with respect to the claim shall be written in a manner calculated to
be understood by the claimant and, if the claim is wholly or partially denied,
set forth the specific reasons for the denial, specific references to the
pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based, a description of any
additional material or information necessary for the claimant to perfect the
claim, an explanation of why such material or information is necessary and an
explanation of the claim review procedure under the Plan (including a statement
of the claimants right to bring a civil action under section 502(a) of
ERISA following the final denial of the claim).
The claimant (or his or her duly authorized
representative) may request a review by the Committee of any denial of his or
her claim by filing with the Committee within 60 days after notice of the
denial has been received by the claimant, a written request for such
review. Within the same 60 day period,
the claimant may submit to the Committee written comments, documents, records
and other information relating to the claim.
Upon request and free of charge, the claimant also may have reasonable
access to, and copies of, documents, records and other information relative to
the claim. If a request for review is so
filed, review of the denial shall be made by the Committee within, unless
special circumstances require an extension of time, 60 days after receipt of
such request. If special circumstances
require an extension of time, the
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claimant shall be notified in writing or electronically (in accordance
with the requirements of Department of Labor Regulation section 2520.104b-1(c)(1) or
other applicable Regulations) within the initial 60-day period of the
extension, and such notice shall describe the circumstances requiring the
extension and the expected date by which the Committee will make its
determination. In no event shall such an
extension exceed 60 days. If the appeal
is wholly or partially denied, the notice of the final decision of the
Committee shall be provided to the claimant and shall include specific reasons
for the decision, specific references to the pertinent Plan provisions on which
the decision is based and a statement that the claimant is entitled, upon
request and free of charge, to reasonable access to, and copies of, all
relevant documents, records and information.
The notice shall be written in a manner calculated to be understood by
the claimant and shall notify the claimant of his or her right to bring a civil
action under section 502(a) of ERISA.
In making determinations as regarding claims for
benefits, the Committee shall consider all of the relevant facts and
circumstances, including, without limitation, governing Plan documents,
consistent application of Plan provisions with respect to similarly situated
claimants and any comments, documents, records and other information with
respect to a claim submitted by a claimant (a claimants submissions). A claimants submissions shall be considered
by the Committee upon review of any initially denied claim without regard to
whether the claimants submissions were submitted or considered by the
Committee in the initial benefit determination.
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Article 13
Participation in Plan by
Affiliate
13.1 Adoption by
Participating Employers. Any entity
which is an Affiliate may, with the consent of the Company, become a
participating Employer in this Plan by adopting the Plan for its Eligible
Employees, and by taking such other action as the Company deems necessary or
appropriate to become a party to this Plan and trust established
hereunder. The Company and any other
participating Employer may, through an amendment to the Plan, designate
particular divisions or units thereof which shall be eligible to participate in
this Plan.
13.2 Special
Provisions for Employees of Acquired Companies.
(a) In approving the adoption of the Plan or its extension
to employees of any organization all or a part of whose business or assets, or
both, are acquired by an Employer by merger, purchase or otherwise, the Company
shall, subject to applicable law, designate the extent, if any, to which the
employees employment with predecessor companies prior to the date of such
adoption or extension shall be considered in determining their years of Service
and the extent, if any, to which benefits with respect to employment prior to
the date of such adoption or extension shall be provided under the Plan. Such
designations shall be indicated in the applicable schedule of any appendices to
this Plan.
(b) The special provisions referred to in subsection (a) above
shall, to the extent applicable, govern as to eligibility for, and amounts of,
benefits payable hereunder, the regular provisions of the Plan notwithstanding.
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Article 14
Amendment and Termination
14.1 Amendment.
The Board of Directors or the Committee (through action taken by the
Board of Directors in accordance with its By-laws) reserves the right at any
time to amend, modify or suspend the Plan, any contributions thereunder, the
Trust Fund or any contract forming a part of the Plan in whole or in part and
for any reason and without the consent of any Participant or beneficiary.
14.2 Termination.
The Plan may be terminated in its entirety at any time by resolution
adopted by the Board of Directors. Any
participating Employer may terminate the Plan with respect to its Eligible
Employees by withdrawing from participation in the Plan.
14.3 Full Vesting
Upon Termination. Upon a full termination or
partial termination of the Plan, each affected Participant shall become 100%
vested in the balance of such Participants Accounts under the Plan.
14.4 Segregation of
Trust. In the event of a partial termination of the
Plan, or the withdrawal therefrom by a participating Employer, the Committee
shall determine the portion of the Trust Fund allocable to the affected
Participants. The Trustee shall select
the assets to be withdrawn or segregated and its valuation of them for that
purpose shall be conclusive. All assets
of the Plan withdrawn or segregated under this provision shall be placed in a
separate trust fund as directed by the Committee.
14.5 Committee
Determination Conclusive. The Committees
determination as to the persons to be provided for, the amounts allocated, or
any other material facts shall be conclusive and binding upon the Trustee and
all claimants to any interest in the Plan.
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Article 15
Top-Heavy Provisions
15.1 Definitions.
For purposes of this Article 15, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
(a) Determination Date means, with respect to any Plan
Year, the last Valuation Date of the preceding Plan Year.
(b) Key Employee means a Participant or former
Participant who is a key employee as defined in section 416(i) of the
Code. Key employee means any Employee
or former Employee (including any deceased Employee) who at any time during the
Plan Year that includes the determination date was an officer of an Employer
having annual compensation greater than $150,000 (as adjusted under section
416(i)(1) of the Code for Plan Years beginning after December 31,
2008), a 5-percent owner of an Employer, or a 1-percent owner of an Employer
having annual compensation of more than $150,000. For this purpose, annual compensation means
compensation within the meaning of section 415(c)(3) of the Code; provided,
however, with respect to a nonresident alien who is not a Participant in
the Plan, annual compensation shall not include any amounts paid to such
nonresident alien which are (i) excludable from gross income and (ii) not
effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United
States. The determination of who is a
key employee will be made in accordance with section 416(i)(1) of the Code
and the applicable regulations and other guidance of general applicability
issued thereunder.
(c) Permissive Aggregation Group means, with respect to
a given Plan Year, this Plan and all other plans of the Company which may be
aggregated in accordance with section 416(g)(2)(A)(ii) of the Code.
(d) Present Value of Accounts means, as of a given
Determination Date, a Participants Account balance under the Plan as of such
Valuation Date. The determination of the
Present Value of Accounts shall take into consideration distributions made
during the Plan Year ending on the Determination Date and the four preceding
years.
(e) Required Aggregation Group means with respect to a
given Plan Year, this Plan and all other plans of the Company which, in the
aggregate, meet the requirements of the definition contained in section
416(g)(2)(A)(i) of the Code.
(f) Top-Heavy means, with respect to the Plan for a Plan
Year:
(1) that the Present Value of Accounts of Key
Employees exceeds 60% of the Present Value of Accounts of all Participants; or
(2) the Plan is part of a Required
Aggregation Group and such Required Aggregation Group is a Top-Heavy Group,
unless the Plan or such
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Top-Heavy Group is itself
part of a Permissive Aggregation Group which is not a Top-Heavy Group.
(g) Top-Heavy Group means, with respect to a given Plan
Year, a group of Plans of the Company which, in the aggregate, meet the
requirements of the definition contained in section 416(g)(2)(B) of the
Code.
15.2 Adjustments for
Top-Heavy Years. Notwithstanding any other provision
of the Plan to the contrary, the following provisions of this Section shall
automatically become operative and shall supersede any conflicting provisions
of the Plan if, in any Plan Year, the Plan is Top-Heavy.
(a) The minimum Employer contribution during the Plan Year
on behalf of a Participant who is not a Key Employee shall be equal to the
lesser of (1) 3% of such Participants compensation (within the meaning of
section 415 of the Code); or (2) the percentage of compensation at which
Company contributions (including Company contributions attributable to a salary
reduction arrangement) are made (or required to be made) under the Plan on
behalf of the Key Employee for whom such percentage is the highest.
(b) In the case of a Participant under this Plan who is
not a Key Employee and who also participates in a defined benefit pension plan
of the Company which is included in the Aggregation Group, the provisions of
subsection (a) above shall be inapplicable, and such defined benefit
pension plan shall provide for a defined benefit minimum pension benefit in
accordance with section 416(c)(l) of the Code.
(c) In the event that Congress should provide by statute,
or the Treasury Department should provide by regulation or ruling, that the
limitations provided in this Article 15 are no longer necessary for the
Plan to meet the requirements of section 401 (a) of the Code or other
applicable law then in effect, such limitations shall become void and shall no
longer apply, without requiring amendment of the Plan.
15.3 The present values of accrued benefits
and the amounts of account balances of an Employee as of the Determination Date
shall be increased by the 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 the case of a distribution made
for a reason other than separation from service, death, or disability, this
provision shall be applied by substituting five-year period for 1-year
period. The accrued benefits and
accounts of any individual who has not performed services for an Employer
during the 1-year period ending on the Determination Date shall not be taken
into account. Matching Contributions
shall be taken into account for purposes of satisfying the minimum contribution
requirements of section 416(c)(2) of the Code and the Plan. The preceding sentence shall apply with
respect to Matching Contributions under the Plan. Matching Contributions that are used to
satisfy the minimum contribution requirements shall be treated as matching
contributions for
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purposes of the actual contribution percentage test
and other requirements of section 401(m) of the Code.
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Article 16
General Provisions
16.1 Limitation of
Rights. The Trust Fund shall be the sole source of
benefits under this Plan, and each Participant or any other person who shall
claim the right to any payment or benefit under this Plan shall be entitled to
look only to the Trust Fund for such payment or benefit, and shall not have any
right, claim or demand therefor against the Company, an Employer, or any
officer or director of the Company or an Employer.
16.2 No Right to
Employment. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to
constitute a contract of employment between any Employer and any Employee, to
give any Employee the right to be retained in the employment of any Employer,
or to interfere with the rights of an Employer to discharge any Employee at any
time.
16.3 Payments Due to
Missing Participants. If the
Trustee or the Company is unable to make payment to any person to whom a
payment is due under the Plan because it cannot ascertain the identity or
whereabouts of such person, and if more than six years after such payment is
due, a notice of payment so due is mailed by the Company to the last known
address of such person as shown on the records of the Company and within three
months after such mailing such person has not made written claim therefor, the
Company may direct that such payment and all remaining payments otherwise due
to such person be cancelled. Furthermore, no amount shall be cancelled under
this Section unless the Plan Administrator verifies to the Committee that
he has furnished to such Participant, when the Participant first became
entitled to receive a distribution from his Account, an individual statement
setting forth the nature, amount and form of the nonforfeitable amounts to
which the Participant is entitled. Any
amount so cancelled shall be restored by the Company if and when the same shall
be claimed by such person entitled to receive it.
16.4 Transfer to an
Affiliate. In the case of any individual who becomes a
Participant and who was an employee of an Affiliate, the Plan and the Trustee
may permit a transfer of such individuals accrued benefit, if any, directly
into the Trust from such other trust.
16.5 Election Made
Through Telephone System. Unless
otherwise specified herein, any election or consent permitted or required to be
made or given by any Participant and any permitted modification or revocation
thereof, shall be made in writing or shall be given by means of such
interactive telephone system as the Committee may designate from time to time. Each Participant shall have a personal
identification number or PIN for purposes of executing transactions through
such Benefits Express interactive telephone system, and entry by a Participant
of his PIN shall constitute his valid signature for purposes of any transaction
the Committee determines should be executed by means of such interactive
telephone system, including but not limited to enrolling in the Plan, electing
contribution rates, making investment choices, executing loan documents, and
consenting to a withdrawal or distribution. Any election made through such
interactive telephone system shall be considered submitted to the Committee on
the date it is electronically transmitted.
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16.6 Merger or
Consolidation with Another Plan. The Plan
shall not merge or consolidate with, or transfer its assets or liabilities to
any other plan or entity unless each Participant would, if the surviving plan
or entity were then terminated, receive a benefit immediately after the merger,
consolidation or transfer which is equal to or greater than the benefit which
he would have been entitled to receive if the Plan had terminated immediately
before the merger, consolidation or transfer.
16.7 Company Action.
Any action to be taken hereunder by the Company shall be taken by the
Board of Directors, or by such officer or officers of the Company which power
to take action under this Plan has been delegated by the Board of Directors.
16.8 Headings.
The headings of the Sections in this Plan are used for reference only
and in the case of any conflict the text of the Plan, rather than such
headings, shall control.
16.9 Gender and
Plurals. Masculine pronouns include the feminine as
well as the masculine gender, and words used in the singular include the
plural, wherever appropriate.
16.10 Construction. The Plan
shall be construed, regulated, and administered in accordance with the laws of
the State of Illinois, except to the extent superseded by the Code or ERISA.
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Executed on the 12th
day of June, 2008
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CORN PRODUCTS
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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By:
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/s/ James J. Hirchak
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Title:
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Vice President, Human
Resources
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ATTEST:
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By:
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John
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Title:
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Director - Benefits
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Exhibit 5.1
[Corn Products International Letterhead]
July 16, 2009
Securities
and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re:
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500,000
Shares of Common Stock for the Corn Products International, Inc.
Retirement Savings Plan for Mapleton Hourly Employees
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
I
refer to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the Registration
Statement) being filed by Corn Products International, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the Company), with the Securities and Exchange Commission under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), relating to the
registration of 500,000 shares of the Companys common stock, $0.01 par value
per share, (the Common Stock) in connection with the Corn Products
International, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan for Mapleton Hourly Employees
(the Plan).
I
am the Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief
Compliance Officer of the Company and I am familiar with the proceedings to
date with respect to the proposed issuance of the Common Stock under the Plan.
In this regard, I or attorneys working under my direction have examined such
records, documents and questions of law, and satisfied myself as to such
matters of fact, as I have considered relevant and necessary as a basis for
this opinion.
Based
on the foregoing, I am of the opinion that:
1. The
Company is duly incorporated and validly existing as a corporation under the
laws of the State of Delaware.
2. All
necessary corporate proceedings have been taken to authorize the issuance of
the shares of Common Stock being registered under the Registration Statement,
and all such shares of Common Stock acquired by Fidelity Management Trust
Company, as trustee under the Master Trust Agreement, dated as of January 1,
1998, as amended by First Amendment to Trust Agreement dated as of December 15,
1998, Second Amendment to Trust Agreement dated as of January 1, 1999,
Amendment to Trust Agreement dated as of October 8, 2001 and Fourth
Amendment to Trust Agreement dated as of May 1, 2008 (the Master Trust
Agreement) relating to the Plan and as trustee under the Plan, in accordance
with the Master Trust Agreement and the Plan will be legally issued, fully paid
and non-assessable when the Registration Statement shall have become effective
and the Company shall have received therefor the consideration provided in the
Plan (but not less than the par value thereof).
This
opinion letter is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware.
The
Company has submitted to the Plan to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in a
timely manner and will make any changes required by the IRS in order to qualify
the Plan under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code.
I
hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the
Registration Statement. In giving this
consent, I do not admit that I am in the category of persons whose consent is
required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and
Regulations of the Commission issued thereunder.
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Very
truly yours,
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/s/
Mary Ann Hynes
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Mary
Ann Hynes
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Vice
President, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary
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Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
Corn Products
International, Inc.:
We consent to the
incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of
Corn Products International, Inc. of our report dated February 27,
2009, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Corn Products
International, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and
2007, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income,
stockholders equity and redeemable equity, and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2008, and the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31,
2008, which report appears in the December 31, 2008 annual report on Form 10-K
of Corn Products International, Inc.
Our report on the
financial statements refers to the Companys adoption of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 157, Fair Value Measurements,
as of January 1, 2008, FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes an interpretation of FASB
Statement No. 109, as of January 1, 2007, and SFAS No. 158,
Employers Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension
and Other Postretirement Plans an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87,
88, 106, and 132(R), on December 31, 2006.
/s/ KPMG LLP
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Chicago, Illinois
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July 16, 2009
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EXHIBIT 24
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each
of the undersigned directors of Corn Products International, Inc. hereby
constitutes and appoints Mary Ann Hynes and Cheryl K. Beebe, and each of them,
and any successor or successors to such offices held by each of them, his or
her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his name or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement
on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities
Act), and any and all amendments thereto, with respect to the registration
under the Securities Act of securities and obligations of Corn Products
International, Inc. with respect to the Corn Products International, Inc.
Retirement Savings Plan For Mapleton Hourly Employees and to file the same with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, whether filed prior or subsequent to the time
such registration statement becomes effective, granting unto each said
attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this instrument as of this 16th
day of July 2009.
/s/
Richard J. Almeida
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/s/
Luis Aranguren - Trellez
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Richard
J. Almeida
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Luis Aranguren -Trellez
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/s/
Ilene S. Gordon
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/s/
Paul Hanrahan
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Ilene
S. Gordon
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Paul
Hanrahan
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/s/
Karen L. Hendricks
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/s/
Bernard H. Kastory
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Karen
L. Hendricks
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Bernard
H. Kastory
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/s/
Gregory B. Kenny
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/s/
Barbara A. Klein
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Gregory
B. Kenny
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Barbara
A. Klein
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/s/
William S. Norman
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/s/
James M. Ringler
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William
S. Norman
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James
M. Ringler
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