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Vesting rules upon reemployment
If you leave the Company and are later reemployed by the Company, the following rules apply to you:
  • For information on your eligibility to join the plan after you are rehired, see "Eligibility."
  • Your former years of vested service will be restored if your Plan account was partially or fully vested before you terminated employment or if you have fewer than five consecutive vesting breaks in service. You must perform a year of vested service after being reemployed in order for your prior service to be credited.
  • The amount you forfeited will be restored if you have fewer than five consecutive vesting breaks in service and you repay the vested amount previously distributed to you (if any) within five years after being reemployed.
  • If you have five or more consecutive vesting breaks in service and you left the vested portion of the discretionary contribution account or matching contribution account in the Plan, when you are reemployed you will have two subaccounts. The first subaccount, consisting of the vested portion of the discretionary contribution and matching contribution accounts, will be 100% vested. The second subaccount, consisting of amounts added to the discretionary contribution and matching contribution accounts after you are rehired, will vest under the Plan's normal vesting schedule, based on your years of vested service after the break in service plus your years of vested service before the break in service that are restored under the above rules.