2010 PROFIT SHARING Purpose To notify you of your 2010 Profit Sharing payment distribution options and how to make your election.
What You Need To Know Based on the provisions of the 2007 UAW-Ford Collective Bargaining Agreement, all eligible hourly UAW Ford employees will receive a Profit Sharing payment on March 9, 2011.
Profit Sharing Payment Timetable
Payment Options You may elect how to receive your Profit Sharing payment from three payment options below. All elections must be made in whole percentages, not a fixed dollar amount, and must equal 100% (example: 50% Cash; 50% TESPHE = 100%).
TESPHE Taxes, Income Withholding Orders and Child Support Arrearages, Limitations, Investments, and Transfers
Taxes: That portion of your Profit Sharing payment contributed to the TESPHE is not subject to current federal income taxes. However, Social Security tax, any required state and local taxes, will be deducted. If you allocate your entire Profit Sharing payment to the TESPHE, the applicable taxes will be deducted from subsequent pay checks until the tax obligation is satisfied. If you elect to contribute a portion of your Profit Sharing payment to the TESPHE, the applicable taxes will be taken from the cash portion of your payment. Any taxes that cannot be deducted from the cash portion of your payment will be deducted from subsequent pay checks until the applicable tax obligation is satisfied.
Income Withholding Orders and Child Support Arrearages: § Any outstanding income withholding order amounts will be deducted from the cash portion of your payment.§ If you have any child support arrearages, your TESPHE Profit Sharing payment election will be cancelled and arrearages deducted per the order limitations.
Limitations: To comply with regulatory limits, contributions from your regular pay check and any portion of your Profit Sharing payment contributed to the TESPHE cannot exceed a certain amount on a pay-period basis. Any overage will be paid in cash and reflected as "amount over legal limit."
Investments: Contributions to the TESPHE from your Profit Sharing payment will be credited as pre-tax contributions on March 9, 2011, and invested in accordance with the investment options you have elected for your contributions from your regular pay check. If there are no investment elections on file, the contributions will be invested in the TESPHE default investment option based on the following table. At any time, you can exchange your monies out of the default investment option and into any other investment option available under the TESPHE, subject to restrictions imposed by the specific investment option.
TESPHE Default Investment Options
Transfers to Salaried: If you were on hourly payroll in 2010, eligible for a Profit Sharing payment, and have transferred to the salaried payroll in 2011, you cannot contribute any portion of your Profit Sharing payment to the TESPHE.
What You Need to Do
If you choose to take your entire Profit Sharing payment in cash, you do not need to take any action. If you want to direct your Profit Sharing payment to different elections as indicated above, you will need to make elections during the Profit Sharing election period, which is Monday, February 14, 2011, through Tuesday, February 22, 2011, at 9 p.m. Eastern time. If you fail to make an election, your Profit Sharing payment will default to cash. You will receive the payment in the same manner as your regular wages (check or direct deposit). If you choose to make an election, you are required to either: · Log on to the www.myfordbenefits.com Web siteØ Click on the Profit Sharing link in the Drive Wealth box on the home pageYou may also access the election screens from the TESPHE section of the site: Ø Select the Savings tabØ Select Tax-Efficient Savings Plan for Hourly EmployeesØ Choose Actions from the navigation barØ Choose Enter Profit Sharing Election to access the election screensOR if you do not have computer access, you may: · Call the NESC at 1-800-248-4444 and speak to a Personal Benefits Representative between 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday, and:Ø Choose option 1 from the first menu for Profit Sharing and Savings/401KØ Enter your SSN and PIN on the telephone keypadØ Select the option that reads: "To make your Profit Sharing Election press the pound key (#)"If you make an election, a written confirmation of your Profit Sharing payment option election will be mailed to your address-of-record, following the election period.
Who to Contact for Assistance For questions regarding your Profit Sharing payment elections:
The Company reserves the right to end, suspend, or amend these plans, subject to the applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement. Amendments also will be made to comply with regulatory changes. If changes are made, you will be notified.
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