Hardship

Hardship. Means an immediate and heavy financial need, which may be met only by the sale of Shares as determined by the Administrator in accordance with nondiscriminatory standards.

Hardship. Means an unforeseeable emergency resulting from a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the Participant or a Participant's dependent (as defined in Section 152(a) of the Code), loss of the Participant's property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising from events beyond the Participant's control.

Hardship. Means a Participant's severe financial hardship due to an unforeseeable emergency resulting from a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the Participant, or, a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of a dependent (as defined by section 152(a) of the Code) of the Participant, or loss of the Participant's property due to casualty, or other similar and extraordinary unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant. A need to send the... Participant's child to college or a desire to purchase a home is not an unforeseeable emergency. No Hardship shall be deemed to exist to the extent that the financial hardship is or may be relieved (a) through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise, (b) by borrowing from commercial sources on reasonable commercial terms to the extent that this borrowing would not itself cause a severe financial hardship, (c) by cessation of deferrals under the Plan, or (d) by liquidation of the Participant's other assets (including assets of the Participant's spouse and minor children that are reasonably available to the Participant) to the extent that this liquidation would not itself cause severe financial hardship. For the purposes of the preceding sentence, the Participant's resources shall be deemed to include those assets of his spouse and minor children that are reasonably available to the Participant; however, property held for the Participant's child under an irrevocable trust or under a Uniform Gifts to Minors Act custodianship or Uniform Transfers to Minors Act custodianship shall not be treated as a resource of the Participant. The Committee shall determine whether the circumstances of the Participant constitute an unforeseeable emergency and thus a Hardship within the meaning of this Section 2.21. Following a uniform procedure, the Committee's determination shall consider any facts or conditions deemed necessary or advisable by the Committee, and the Participant shall be required to submit any evidence of the Participant's circumstances that the Committee requires. The determination as to whether the Participant's circumstances are a case of Hardship shall be based on the facts of each case; provided however, that all determinations as to Hardship shall be uniformly and consistently made according to the provisions of this Section 2.21 for all Participants in similar circumstances. View More

Hardship. An unanticipated emergency that is caused by an event beyond the control of the Participant that would result in severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from (i) a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the Participant or a dependent of the Participant, (ii) a loss of the Participant's property due to casualty, or (iii) such other extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant, all as determined in the sole... discretion of the Committee. View More

Hardship. A severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from (i) an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant's spouse, the Participant's Beneficiary or the Participant's dependent (as defined in Section 152 of the Code, without regard to Sections 152(b)(1), (b)(2) and (d)(1)(B)), (ii) loss of the Participant's property due to casualty, or (iii) other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant. The... events that would constitute a Hardship will depend upon the facts and circumstances of each case, but, in any case, a Hardship Distribution may not be made to the extent that such Hardship does not satisfy the requirements of Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(3)(i). View More

Hardship. The meaning as set forth in Code Section 409A and any regulations, revenue procedure or revenue rulings issued by the Secretary of the United States Treasury applicable to Code Section 409A from time to time. Until otherwise defined, under Code Section 409A, Hardship means a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from (i) a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant's spouse, or a dependent (as defined in Code Section 152(a)) of the... Participant, (ii) loss of the Participant's property due to casualty, or (iii) other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant. The requirements of this definition shall be met only if, as determined under Treasury regulations, the amounts distributed with respect to the Hardship do not exceed the amounts necessary to satisfy such emergency plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the distribution, after taking into account the extent to which such hardship is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or by liquidation of the Participant's assets (to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship) View More

Hardship. A substantial, unavoidable economic hardship incurred by the Participant that cannot be met by other available resources of the Participant or the disability of the Participant. The Committee will determine whether a Hardship exists in its sole discretion.