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February 16, 2009

Pension Plan

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Definition

An employer sponsored retirement plan designed to provide participants with annuitized income stream during retirement. Pension plans include defined benefit plans,  money purchase pension plans and  target benefit plans.

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IRC § 401(a)

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Participants and beneficiaries may be given the option to take distributions in lump-sum payments instead of in annuity income streams

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