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ARTICLE III <br />ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION <br />3.1 Eligibility Requirements. <br />(a) Initial Eligibility Requirements. In general, an Eligible Employee is (1) an <br />Employee employed by the Employer, and (2) who is scheduled to work a <br />normal work week of forty (40) hours or more per week in a continuous <br />twelve (12) month period. <br />(b) Ongoing Eligibility Requirements. In order to maintain eligibility, an <br />Eligible Employee must continue to meet the requirements described above <br />for initial eligibility. <br />3.2 Notification to Participants. The Plan Administrator shall provide each Eligible <br />Employee written notice of the Employee's eligibility to participate in the Plan in <br />sufficient time to enable such Eligible Employee to submit an application for <br />participation in the Plan on or before the applicable Entry Date. <br />3.3 Application for Participation. <br />(a) Generally. In general, unless an Eligible Employee is deemed to have made <br />an Election as provided in Section 5.1, to become a Participant, an Eligible <br />Employee shall execute and deliver to the Plan Administrator prior to the <br />applicable Entry Date, a written application signed by the Eligible Employee in <br />which the Eligible Employee: <br />(1) requests to participate in the Plan; <br />(2) designates the required portion of Compensation for the pre-tax and <br />after-tax (if any) contributions; <br />(3) makes a benefit Election; and <br />(4) supplies any other pertinent information that the Plan Administrator <br />may reasonably require. <br />By signing such application or agreement, the Eligible Employee shall be <br />deemed for all purposes to have agreed to participate and to conform to the <br />requirements of the Plan. Such application or agreement may be the same as, <br />or separate from, the application or agreement required to participate in any <br />Optional Benefit under this Plan. Alternatively, or in addition to, the Plan <br />Administrator may require or permit application of same scope by electronic <br />means. Participation shall begin on a Participant's Entry Date. <br />3.4 Termination of Participation. A Participant automatically ceases to be a <br />Participant at midnight of the earliest of the following dates: <br />(a) the date of the death of the Participant; <br />(b) the date of termination of the Participant's employment with the Employer; <br />7 <br />