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"ESOP loan" means a loan to the Plan for the
purpose of providing funds to purchase Cummins
stock.
"excluded employee" means one of the following:
• an employee receiving disability benefits
under the Cummins long-term disability
program;
• an employee on layoff;
• an employee on a non-paid leave of absence;
• a co-op employee, temporary employee, or
summer intern;
• a person designated in good faith by
Cummins as an independent contractor,
regardless of whether that person is later
determined to be a common law employee
for tax purposes; or
• a person employed by Cummins on a basis
that excludes him or her from participation
in any of Cummins' benefit programs.
"FMLA" means the federal Family and Medical
Leave Act of 1993, as amended.
"highly compensated employee" means, with respect
to a plan year, an employee to whom Cummins
and/or one or more affiliates paid compensation of
more than a specified amount during the preceding
plan year. For determining whether a person is a
highly compensated employee in 2013, the specified
amount earned in 2012 is $115,000. The specified
amount is adjusted from time to time, as provided in
the Code.
"married" means that you are married under the
laws in effect in the state in which you reside at that
time, subject to any contrary provisions of federal
law.
"non-highly compensated employee" means an
employee who is not a highly compensated
employee.
"participant" means an eligible employee or former
eligible employee who is, or may become, eligible to
receive a benefit from the Plan.
"Plan" means the Cummins Retirement and Savings
Plan for Non-Bargaining Employees, as amended
from time to time.
"plan compensation" means, with respect to a plan
year, the following types of compensation paid to
you by Cummins during the plan year and included
in your taxable income for the plan year: regular pay,
sick pay, variable pay, overtime pay, commissions,
holiday pay, vacation pay, shift premium, short-term
disability pay, pay for responsibility, and six sigma
bonus, increased by any amount excluded from the
preceding type of pay on account of a salary
reduction election pursuant to Code Section 125 or
401(k). Plan compensation does not include sign-on
bonuses, invention awards, pay on leave of absence,
relocation pay, deferred compensation, or severance
pay. To the extent required by Code Section
401(a)(17), your plan compensation for a plan year
may not exceed the limit imposed by Code Section
401(a)(17) for that year. The limitation for 2013 is
$255,000.
Amounts described in the preceding paragraph and
paid to you within 60 days after you terminate
employment will generally be included in plan
compensation, provided that you would have
received the payment if you had not terminated
employment. Except as provided in the preceding
sentence, amounts paid to you after you terminate
employment generally are not included in plan
compensation.
"plan year" means the fiscal and accounting year for
the Plan. The plan year is the calendar year.
"qualified domestic relations order" means a
domestic relations order meeting requirements
specified in the Code that requires the payment of all
or a portion of your Plan benefits to others, such as
your former spouse (as part of the division of marital
property) or your children (as child support
payments), thereby reducing the benefits payable to
you under the Plan.
"retirement" means, with respect to a participant, a
termination of employment (i) under circumstances
that are considered a retirement under a tax-qualified
pension plan or, (ii) if the participant is not covered
by such a plan on his or her termination of
employment, on or after the participant's 55
th
birthday.
"s
pouse" the person to whom you are married on the
applicable date.
"summary" means this summary plan description, as
amended from time to time.
"summer intern" means a full-time student who is
employed by Cummins during his or her summer
vacation.
"temporary employee" means a person performing
services for Cummins on a temporary basis who is
paid through the payroll of an unrelated entity, such
as that of an employment agency.