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This excerpt taken from the PBI 10-K filed Mar 13, 2006. Voluntary Early Withdrawal. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.01 and any Participation Agreement or Stock Option Gain Agreement, a Participant shall be entitled to elect to withdraw all of the balances in his/her Deferral Account and Gain Share Account in accordance with this Section 8.07 by filing with the Administrative Committee such forms, in accordance with such procedures, as the Administrative Committee shall determine from time to time. As soon as practicable after receipt of such form by the Administrative Committee, the Company shall pay an amount equal to ninety percent of the balance in such Participants Deferral Account(s) and ninety percent of any Gain Shares allocated to the Gain Share Account (determined as of the most recent Valuation Date preceding the date such election is filed) to the
electing Participant in a lump sum in cash, or actual shares ofCommon Stock in the case of the Gain Share Account, and the Participant shall forfeit the remainder of such Deferral Account or Gain Share Account, as the case may be. The most recent Participation Agreement or the Stock Option Gain Agreement previously filed by a Participant who elects to make a withdrawal under this Section 8.07 shall be null and void as a result of a voluntary early withdrawal hereunder (including without limitation a Participation Agreement or the Stock Option Gain Agreement, as the case may be, with respect to Plan Years or performance periods that have not yet been completed). A Participant who does not have a Participation Agreement or Stock Option Gain Agreement on file at the time of the voluntary early withdrawal request shall not be permitted to file an additional Participation Agreement or Stock Option Gain Agreement for one year following the last day of the deferral election period
immediately following the voluntary early withdrawal request. Distributions shall be made from In-Service or Option Sub-Accounts and Gain Share Accounts (beginning with the most distant) and then from the Retirement Sub-Account.
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