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members and/or its Secretary or Assistant Secretary to sign directions, communications and to execute documents on behalf of
the Committee.
3. Powers of the Committee. The Committee shall administer the Plan and shall have the exclusive responsibility and complete
discretionary authority to control the operation and administration of the Plan, with all powers necessary to enable it to properly
carry out such responsibility, including but not limited to the power to approve or disapprove a Subsidiary’s adoption of this
Plan, the power to construe the terms of the Plan, to determine status, coverage and eligibility for benefits and to resolve all
interpretive, equitable, and other questions, including questions of fact, that shall arise in the operation and administration of the
Plan. All actions or determinations of the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons. The Committee shall
appoint the Administrator to administer the Plan and to perform other related actions as may from time to time be agreed by the
Committee.
4. Expenses of Committee. The Company shall pay all expenses of the Committee. Such expenses shall include any expenses
incident to the functioning of the Committee, including, but not limited to, salaries of employees, fees for actuarial and other
services, attorney’s fees, accounting charges and other costs of administering the Plan.
5. Liability of Employer and Committee. Neither the Employer nor any Committee member shall be liable for the loss or damage
which may result in connection with the execution of his duties or the exercise of his discretion or from any other act or
omission hereunder, except when due to his own negligence or willful misconduct.
6. Claims Procedure.
(a) Right to Make Claim. An interested party who disagrees with a determination of his or her right to Plan benefits must
submit a written claim and exhaust this claim procedure before legal recourse of any type is sought. The claim must
include a description of the relevant evidence the interested party believes support the claim and must be submitted to
the Committee. The Committee (or its designee) shall either approve or deny the claim.
(b) Appeal of Denial and Final Review. The interested party may make a written appeal of the Committee's initial decision,
and the Committee (or its designee) shall respond.
(c) Time Frame. The initial claim, its review, appeal and final review shall be made in a timely fashion, subject to the
following time table:
Action Days to Respond From Last Action
Benefit is determined N/A
Interested party files initial request 60 days (subject to subsection (d) below)
Committee's initial decision 90 days
Interested party requests final review 60 days
Committee's final decision 90 days
However, the Committee may take up to twice the maximum response time for its initial and final review if it
provides an explanation within the normal period of why an extension is needed and when its decision shall be
forthcoming.
(a) Limitation on Actions. Any claim must be brought within one year after (a) in the case of any lump-sum payment, the
date on which the payment was made; or (b) for all other claims, the date on which the action complained of occurred,
which is the date on which the Member became aware of the action complained of. Any suit must be brought within
one year after the date the Committee (or its designee) has made a final denial (or deemed denial) of a claim for benefits.
Notwithstanding any other provision herein, any suit must be brought within two years after the date the claim first
arose (as described above).
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS