Reportable Events

Form 10-Advance Instructions

Advance Notice of Reportable Events

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT NOTICE

PBGC needs this information, which is required to be filed under ERISA §4043 and 29 CFR Part 4043, Subparts A and C, so that it can take action to protect participants and the termination insurance program in appropriate cases. Confidentiality is that provided under the Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act, and ERISA §4043(f). PBGC estimates that it will take an average of 5.2 hours and $250 to comply with these requirements. If you have any comments concerning the accuracy of this estimate or suggestions for improving this form, please send your com­ments to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Regulatory Affairs Group, Office of the General Counsel, 1200 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005-4026. This collection of information has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under control number 1212-0013. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

Table of Contents		Page
CAUTION		2
Part I - General Instructions		2
Part II - Definitions		6
Part III - Specific Instructions		7
A.	Change in Contributing Sponsor
	or Controlled Group	9
B.	Liquidation	10
C.	Extraordinary Dividend or
	Stock Redemption	11
D.	Transfer of Benefit Liabilities	12
E.	Application for Minimum
	Funding Waiver	13
F.	Loan Default	13
G.	Bankruptcy or Similar Settlement	14

CAUTION — THE LAW HAS CHANGED

The Pension Protection Act of 2006 made changes to ERISA’s rules on plan funding and premiums. Some of those changes have been implemented by amendments to PBGC’s regulations. PBGC has not yet amended the reportable events regulation or the reportable events forms and instructions to reflect the changes in the law. Until the regulation is amended and the forms and instructions are updated, reportable-events filers and potential filers should refer to the following PBGC Technical Updates, which are accessible through the Resources Page (see Other Guidance) at www.pbgc.gov:

Technical Update 13-1: Reportable Events; Funding-Related Determinations; Missed Quarterly Contributions; Guidance for Plan Years after 2012 (January 30, 2013) (“Tech Update 13-1”).

Other useful information may be found under “What’s New” on the Practitioners Page.

PART I – GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Section 4043(b) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) requires that certain contributing sponsors notify PBGC at least 30 days in advance of the effective date of certain “reportable events.” PBGC's regulation on Reportable Events (29 CFR Part 4043, Subparts A and C) describes in detail each re­portable event and any applicable extension or waiver provisions. The reportable events for which advance reporting may be required are:

1. Change in contributing sponsor or controlled group

2. Liquidation of contributing sponsor or controlled group member

3. Extraordinary dividend or stock redemption

4. Transfer of benefit liabilities

5. Application for minimum funding waiver

6. Loan default

7. Bankruptcy or similar settlement

Part III of these instructions summarizes the rules for each event.

The rules in the Reportable Events regulation apply only to reportable events involving single-employer plans covered by title IV of ERISA. In these instructions, "plan" always means such a single-employer plan.

What’s New

PBGC reviewed the current reportable event forms and has made the following changes in an effort to reduce burden on the public and obtain relevant information needed to determine whether action is necessary to protect participants and the pension insurance program. The Form 10-A instructions and Form 10-A have been changed to:

• Remove information requirements that PBGC no longer needs or can gather from public sources.
  
  

• Require that additional supporting information be provided (e.g., event date, notice due date, filing date, and why a filing is late, if applicable).

• Require additional information relating to certain events (e.g., plan document and determination letter for liquidation events).

• Provide enhanced instructions on the type of actuarial information required to be submitted.

• Notify filers that they should expect a request for additional information promptly after filing a Form 10-A.  Filers may choose to include the additional information with the Form 10-A filing. 

• Require a signature and certification on the Form 10 as to the completeness and accuracy of the contents of the filing.

Post-Event Reporting Rule

ERISA §4043(a) requires that the plan administrator and each contributing sponsor notify PBGC within 30 days after the occurrence of certain reportable events. If an advance no­tice is filed (using Form 10-Advance), no post-event notice (using Form 10) is required.

Form 10-Advance and the rules described in these instruc­tions do not apply to post-event reporting. See the Form 10 package and 29 CFR Part 4043, Subparts A and B, for fur­ther information about post-event reporting.

Contributing Sponsors Subject to Advance Reporting

Certain contributing sponsors are required to notify PBGC at least 30 days before the effective date of certain reportable events unless a waiver or extension applies (29 CFR §4043.61(a)).

A contributing sponsor of a plan is subject to advance re­porting if:

1. Neither the contributing sponsor nor the member of the plan's controlled group to which the event relates is a public company; and

2. The contributing sponsor is a member of a controlled group maintaining one or more plans that, in the aggre­gate (disregarding plans with no unfunded vested ben­efits) have:

   1. Unfunded vested benefits of more than $50 mil­lion, and

   2. A funded vested benefit percentage of less than 90 percent.

Note: For guidance on how to apply the funding threshold test for advance reporting, see Tech Update 13-1.

Who Must Notify PBGC

Each contributing sponsor subject to advance reporting must notify PBGC that a reportable event will occur. If there is a change in contributing sponsor, the reporting obligation ap­plies to the contributing sponsor(s) on the date the advance notice is due.

Note: An authorized representative may file a re­portable event notice on behalf of a contributing spon­sor.

A single event (such as a controlled group break-up) may be a reportable event for more than one plan in the controlled group. In that case, the advance reporting requirement ap­plies to each contributing sponsor of each plan. Any filing will be deemed to be a filing by all persons required to no­tify PBGC.

Reporting Waivers

Advance notice is automatically waived for certain reportable events in certain circumstances (see Part III of these instruc­tions).

Advance reporting is waived for any occurrence that is re­portable as more than one reportable event only if the requirements for a waiver for each reportable event are met.

How To File

A reportable event notice may be filed with PBGC by mail, commercial delivery service, hand delivery or electronic transmission (e.g., e-mail or fax).

If you are filing materials electronically that are larger than 10 megabytes, please use LeapFILE. Enter “pbgc.leapfile.com” in your Internet browser, click on “secure upload,” enter “[email protected]” in the “Recipient Email” field, and attach the files.

When to File

An advance notice of a reportable event must be filed no later than 30 days before the effective date of the reportable event.

PBGC has extended the 30-day deadline for some events in certain specified circumstances (see Part III of these instruc­tions).

PBGC may, upon review of an advance notice, shorten the notice period to allow for an earlier effective date.

The filing deadline for any event that is reportable under more than one reportable event will be the earliest deadline for reporting any one of the events.

In computing any period of time, the day of the event from which the period of time begins to run is not included. The last day of the period is included, unless it is a weekend or Federal holiday, in which case the period runs until the end of the next regular business day.

Notice Filing Date

The filing date for an advance notice of a reportable event or other required information is the date it is received by PBGC at the address listed under "Where to File."

Information received on a weekend or Federal holiday or after 5:00 p.m. on a weekday is considered filed on the next regular business day.

Special rule for electronic transmission: An electronic transmission of a reportable event notice will be deemed timely filed if (l) the transmission is received by PBGC on or before the filing deadline (including extensions), (2) the transmission contains at least the information listed on pages one and three of the Form 10-Advance and (3) the remaining infor­mation is received by PBGC at the address listed under "Where to File" on the first regular business day following the filing deadline (including extensions).

Where to File

By mail, commercial delivery service or hand delivery:

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Corporate Finance and Restructuring Department

1200 K Street, NW

Washington, DC 20005-4026

By e-mail (see also “How to File”): [email protected]

By fax:

202-842-2643 (call 202-326-4070 to confirm that the fax has been received). (TTY/TDD users may call the Federal Relay Service toll-free at 1-800-877-8339 and ask to be connected to 202-326-4070.)

What to File

A contributing sponsor must include with the Form 10-Advance certain specified information tailored to the particular event. This information is listed on page 2 of the Form 10-Advance.

If any required information has previously been submitted to PBGC, the filer may refer to the previous submis­sion instead of resubmitting the information.

If the same event is reportable as more than one report­able event, separate notices may be filed, or a single notice may be filed covering all of the events. If filing a single notice, the notice must include all the required informa­tion for each event. (See also “When to File.”)

PBGC may require that a contributing sponsor submit addi­tional information within 7 days after the date of PBGC's written request. PBGC may shorten this 7-day period where it determines that the interests of PBGC or participants may be prejudiced by a delay in receipt of the information.

Note: Any non-public information submitted to PBGC as part of a reportable event notice shall not be made public, except as may be relevant to any adminis­trative or judicial action or proceeding or for disclosure to either body of Congress.

Information on Controlled Group Structure

To comply with a requirement that the reportable event no­tice include a description of the plan's controlled group struc­ture (see page 2 of the Form 10-Advance), the filer may submit a copy of an organization chart or other diagram. The description or chart may exclude de minimis 5- percent segments and foreign entities other than foreign par­ents.

Special Rule for Terminating Plans

The fact that a plan is terminating does not excuse a failure to timely file a required reportable event notice. However, notice is waived if the deadline for filing the notice is on or after the date on which (1) all of the plan's assets (other than any excess assets) are distributed pursuant to a termination, or (2) a trustee is appointed for the plan under ERISA §4042(c).

Effect of Failure to Timely File

If a notice (or any other required information) is not pro­vided within the specified time limit, PBGC may assess against each contributing sponsor required to provide the notice a separate penalty under ERISA §4071 of up to $1,100 a day for each day for which the notice or other information is overdue. PBGC will generally assess the full $1,100 a day penalty for failure to give advance notice (see 29 CFR Part 4071 and PBGC's Statement of Policy on Assessment of Penalties for Failure to Provide Required Information (60 FR 36837, July 18, 1995)). PBGC may pursue any other equitable or legal remedies available to it under the law.

For Questions, Problems, Copies of Forms

If you have questions or problems regarding reportable events, contact:

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Corporate Finance and Restructuring Department

1200 K Street, NW

Washington, DC 20005-4026

Telephone: 202-326-4000

Email: [email protected]

TTY/TTD users may call the Federal Relay Service toll-free at 1-800-877-8339 and ask to be connected to 202-326-4000.

Copies of Form 10-A and instructions may be obtained from PBGC’s website at http://www.pbgc.gov/prac/forms.html.

PART II - DEFINITIONS

Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Contributing sponsor means a person that is a contrib­uting sponsor as defined in ERISA §4001(a)(13).

Controlled group means, in connection with any person, a group consisting of that person and all other persons un­der common control with that person (generally 80% own­ership; see 29 CFR §4001.3). Any reference to a plan's controlled group means all contributing sponsors of the plan and all members of each contributing sponsor's controlled group.

Date of event means the date described in PBGC regulations for the specific reportable event.

De minimis 5-percent segment means, in connection with a plan's controlled group, one or more entities that in the aggregate have for a fiscal year:

1. Revenue not exceeding 5% of the controlled group's revenue;

2. Annual operating income not exceeding the greatest of:

   1. 5% of the controlled group's annual operating in­come,

   2. 5% of the controlled group's first $200 million in net tangible assets at the end of the fiscal year(s), or

   3. $5 million; and

3. Net tangible assets at the end of the fiscal year(s) not exceeding the greater of:

   1. 5% of the controlled group's net tangible assets at the end of the fiscal year(s), or

   2. $5 million.

EIN/PN means the nine-digit employer identification num­ber assigned by the Internal Revenue Service to a person and the three-digit plan number assigned to a plan. The EIN/PN reported should be the EIN/PN most recently reported for a PBGC premium filing (if applicable).

Event year means the plan year in which a reportable event occurs.

Filing extension claimed means the specific filing extension claimed under the relevant regulation and reflected in the Notice Due Date.

Foreign entity means a member of a controlled group that:

1. Is not a contributing sponsor of a plan;

2. Is not organized under the laws of (or, if an individual, is not a domiciliary of) any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is­lands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Wake Island; and

3. For the fiscal year that includes the effective date of the reportable event, meets one of the following tests:

   1. Is not required to file any United States federal in­come tax form;

   2. Has no income reportable on any United States fed­eral income tax form other than passive income not exceeding $1,000; or

   3. Does not own substantial assets in the United States (disregarding stock of a member of the plan's con­trolled group) and is not required to file any quar­terly United States tax return for employee with­holding.

Foreign parent means a foreign entity that is a direct or indirect parent of a person that is a contributing sponsor of a plan.

Notice due date means the deadline (including extensions) for filing notice of a reportable event with PBGC. If no extension is claimed, the notice due date is 30 days before the date of event.

Person means an individual, partnership, joint venture, cor­poration, mutual company, joint-stock company, trust, es­tate, unincorporated organization, association, or employee organization.

Public company means a person subject to the reporting requirements of §13 or §15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or a subsidiary (as defined for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of a person subject to such reporting requirements.

Single-employer plan means any defined benefit plan (as defined in ERISA §3(35)) that is not a multiemployer plan (as defined in ERISA §4001(a)(3)) and that is covered by title IV of ERISA.

PART III - SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

General Information Required for All Reportable Events; see also each reportable event listed below for event-specific information required:

• The name of the plan

• The name and address of the filer

• The name, title, e-mail address, and phone number of an individual whom PBGC should contact if it has questions about the filing

• The EIN/PN reported should be the EIN/PN most recently reported for a PBGC premium filing (if applicable). If the plan has never made a PBGC premium filing, enter the EIN assigned to the contributing sponsor by the IRS for income tax purposes and the PN assigned by the contributing sponsor

• The type of event that occurred (indicated by marking the appropriate box)

• A brief statement of the pertinent facts relating to the reportable event

• Additional information to be filed for each type of event (check all boxes for information attached to form)

• An explanation of any information required to be filed but missing from the filing

• The date of event, notice due date, notice filing date, and filing extension claimed, if any

• A brief statement describing the extension claimed or reason for late filing

• Certification by individual submitting the form

Specific Information for Particular Events

Where a reportable event requires reporting actuarial information, please include the following:

• Actuarial information for each plan maintained by any member of the plan’s controlled group:

• Copy of the most recent Actuarial Valuation Report that includes or is supplemented with all of the items described below:

• The funding target calculated pursuant to ERISA section 303 without regard to subsection 303(i)(1), setting forth separately the value of the liabilities attributable to retirees and beneficiaries receiving payment, terminated vested participants, and active participants (showing vested and nonvested benefits separately;

• A summary of the actuarial assumptions and methods used for purposes of ERISA section 303 and any changes in those assumptions and methods since the previous valuation and justifications for any change; in the case of a plan that provides lump sums, other than de minimis lump sums, the summary must include the assumptions on which participants are assumed to elect a lump sum and how lump sums are valued;

• The effective interest rate (as defined in ERISA section 303(h)(2)(A) and Code section 430(h)(2)(A));

• The target normal cost calculated pursuant to ERISA section 303 without regard to subsection 303(i)(2) (and Code section 430 without regard to subsection 430(i)(2));

• For the plan year and the four preceding plan years, a statement as to whether the plan was in at-risk status for that plan year;

• In the case of a plan that is in at-risk status, the target normal cost calculated pursuant to ERISA section 303 as if the plan has been in at-risk status for 5 consecutive years;

• The value of the plan’s assets (reflecting any averaging method) as of the valuation date and the fair market value of the plan’s assets as of the valuation date;

• The funding standard carryover balance and the prefunding balance (maintained pursuant to ERISA section 303(f)(1) and Code section 430(f)(1)) as of the beginning of the plan year and a summary of any changes in such balances in the past year (e.g., amounts used to offset minimum funding requirement, amounts reduced in accordance with any elections under ERISA section 303(f)(5) or Code section 430(f)(5), interest credited to such balances, and excess contributions used to increase such balances);

• A list of amortization bases (shortfall and waiver) under ERISA section 303 and Code section 430, including the year the base was established, the original amount, the installment amount, and the remaining balance at the beginning of the plan year;

• An age/service scatter for active participants including average compensation information for pay-related plans and average account balance information for hybrid plans presented in a format similar to that described in the instructions to Schedule SB of the Form 5500;

• Expected disbursements (benefit payments and expenses) during the plan year; and

• A summary of the principal eligibility and benefit provisions on which the valuation of the plan was based (and any changes to those provisions since the previous valuation), along with descriptions of any benefits not included in the valuation, any significant events that occurred during the plan year, and the plan’s early retirement factors; in the case of a plan that provides lump sums, other than de minimis lump sums, the summary must include information on how annuity benefits are converted to lump sum amounts (for example, whether early retirement subsidies are reflected).

• If you are reporting a failure to make a required contribution and the amount of the missed contribution is based on a calculation that is not reflected in the most recent Actuarial Valuation Report, you must also provide all of the information listed above that supports the calculation.

• Statement of any material change in liabilities of the plan occurring after the date of the most recent Actuarial Valuation Report

• Most recent month-end market value of plan assets

• Contact name, telephone number, and employer of the plan actuary if different from that listed on the most recently filed Schedule SB to Form 5500

A. Change in Contributing Sponsor or Controlled Group

(see 29 CFR §4043.62)

Definition of Event - A reportable event occurs for a plan when there is a transaction that results, or will result, in one or more persons ceasing to be members of the plan's controlled group.

For this purpose, a transaction includes, but is not limited to, a legally binding agreement, whether or not written, to transfer ownership, an actual transfer of ownership, and an actual change in ownership that occurs as a matter of law or through the exercise or lapse of pre-existing rights.

Note: This event does not include a transaction that will result solely in a reorganization involving a mere change in identity, form, or place of organization, however effected.

Examples - The following examples assume that the contributing sponsors are subject to advance reporting and that no waivers apply.

Controlled Group Breakup

Facts: Plan A's controlled group consists of Company A (its contributing sponsor), Company B (which maintains Plan B), and Company C. As a result of a transaction, the controlled group will break into two separate controlled groups -- one segment consisting of Company A and the other segment consisting of Companies B and C.

Reporting: No later than 30 days before the effective date of the transaction, Company A (Plan A's contributing spon­sor) is required to report that Companies B and C will leave Plan A's controlled group. Company B (Plan B's contribut­ing sponsor) is required to report that Company A will leave Plan B's controlled group. Company C is not required to report because it is not a contributing sponsor.

Change in Contributing Sponsor

Facts: Plan Q is maintained by Company Q. Company Q enters into a binding contract to sell a portion of its assets and to transfer employees participating in Plan Q, along with Plan Q, to Company R, which is not a member of Company Q's controlled group. There will be no change in the structure of Company Q's controlled group. On the ef­fective date of the sale, Company R will become the con­tributing sponsor of Plan Q.

Reporting: There is a reportable event because, as a result of the transaction (i.e., the binding contract), Company Q (and any other member of its controlled group) will cease to be a member of Plan Q's controlled group. Because Company Q is the contributing sponsor on the 30th day prior to the effective date of the sale, Company Q has the report­ing obligation.

Merger/Consolidation Within Controlled Group

Facts: Company X and Company Y are subsidiaries of Company Z, which maintains Plan Z. Company Y merges into Company X (only Company X survives).

Reporting: No later than 30 days before the effective date of the transaction, Company Z must report that Company Y will cease to be a member of Plan Z's controlled group.

Reporting Waivers - Reporting of this event is waived if:

Small plan: The event involves a change in the contribut­ing sponsor and the transferred plan has 500 or fewer par­ticipants; or

De minimis 5-percent segment: The person or persons that will cease to be members of the plan's controlled group represent a de minimis 5-percent segment of the plan's old controlled group for the most recent fiscal year(s) ending on or before the effective date of the reportable event.

B. Liquidation

(see 29 CFR §4043.63)

Definition of Event - A reportable event occurs for a plan when a member of the plan's controlled group:

1. Is involved in any transaction to implement its com­plete liquidation (including liquidation into another con­trolled group member);

2. Institutes or has instituted against it a proceeding to be dissolved or is dissolved, whichever occurs first; or

3. Liquidates in a case under the Bankruptcy Code, or un­der any similar law.

Note: An event described above may also be re­portable under Bankruptcy or Similar Settlement (see Part III.G).

Reporting Waiver; de minimis 5-percent segment - Reporting of this event is waived if the person that liqui­dates is a de minimis 5-percent segment of the plan's con­trolled group for the most recent fiscal year(s) ending on or before the effective date of the reportable event, and each plan that was maintained by the liquidating member is main­tained by another member of the plan's controlled group after the liquidation.

C. Extraordinary Dividend or Stock Redemption

(see 29 CFR §4043.64)

ERISA Definition - The reportable event described below replaces the reportable event on extraordinary dividends and stock redemptions described in ERISA §4043(c)(11). Thus, reporting of any event described under ERISA §4043(c)(11) is waived, unless the event would be reportable under this or another reportable event.

Definition of Event - A reportable event occurs for a plan when any member of the plan's controlled group declares a dividend (definition follows) or redeems its own stock, if the resulting distribution is a reportable cash distribution, non-cash distribution or combined distribution as described below.

1. Cash distributions. A cash distribution is reportable if:

1. The distribution, when combined with any other cash distributions to shareholders previously made during the fiscal year, exceeds the adjusted net in­come (definition follows) of the person making the distribution for the preceding fiscal year; and

2. The distribution, when combined with any other cash distributions to shareholders previously made during the fiscal year or during the three prior fis­cal years, exceeds the adjusted net income of the person making the distribution for the four preceding fiscal years.

2. Non-cash distributions. A non-cash distribution is re­portable if its net value (definition follows), when com­bined with the net value of any other non-cash distribu­tions to shareholders previously made during the fiscal year, exceeds 10% of the total net assets (definition follows) of the person making the distribution. To de­termine whether a distribution is reportable, both assets and liabilities must be valued at fair market value.

3. Combined distributions. If both cash and non-cash dis­tributions to shareholders are made during a fiscal year, a distribution is reportable when the sum of the cash distribution percentage (definition follows) and the non­-cash distribution percentages (definition follows) for the fiscal year exceeds 100%.

Definitions

Adjusted net income means the net income before after-tax gain or loss on any sale of assets, as determined in accordance with generally ac­cepted accounting principles and practices.

Cash distribution percentage means, for a fis­cal year, the lesser of:

1. The percentage that all cash distributions to one or more shareholders made during that fiscal year bears to the adjusted net income of the person mak­ing the distributions for the preceding fiscal year, or

2. The percentage that all cash distributions to one or more shareholders made during that fiscal year and the three preceding fiscal years bears to the adjusted net income of the person making the dis­tributions for the four preceding fiscal years.

Dividend means a distribution to one or more shareholders. A payment by a person to a member of its controlled group is treated as a distribution to its shareholder(s).

Net value of non-cash distribution means the fair market value of assets transferred by the per­son making the distribution, reduced by the fair market value of any liabilities assumed or consid­eration given by the recipient in connection with the distribution. A distribution of stock that one controlled group member holds in another con­trolled group member is disregarded. Net value determinations should be based on readily avail­able fair market value(s) or independent appraisal(s) performed within one year before the distribution is made. To the extent that fair market values are not readily available and no such ap­praisals exist, the fair market value of an asset trans­ferred in connection with a distribution or a liabil­ity assumed by a recipient of a distribution shall be deemed to be equal to 200% of the book value of the asset or liability on the books of the person making the distribution. Stock redeemed is deemed to have no value.

Non-cash distribution percentage means the percentage that the net value of the non-cash dis­tribution bears to one-tenth of the value of the total net assets of the person making the distribution.

Total net assets means, with respect to the per­son declaring a non-cash distribution:

1. If all classes of the person's securities are pub­licly traded, the total market value (immediately before the distribution is made) of the publicly ­traded securities of the person making the distribu­tion;

2. If no classes of the person's securities are pub­licly traded, the excess (immediately before the distribution is made) of the book value of the person's assets over the book value of the person's liabili­ties, adjusted to reflect the net value of the non-­cash distribution; or

3. If some but not all classes of the person's securi­ties are publicly traded, the greater of the amounts in (1) or (2) above.

Reporting Waiver; de minimis 5-percent segment - Reporting is waived if the person making the distribution is a de minimis 5-percent segment of the plan's controlled group for the most recent fiscal year(s) ending on or before the effective date of the reportable event.

D. Transfer of Benefit Liabilities

(see 29 CFR §4043.65)

Definition of Event - A reportable event occurs for a plan when:

1. The plan or any other plan maintained by any member of the plan's controlled group makes a transfer of ben­efit liabilities to a person, or to a plan or plans main­tained by a person or persons, that are not members of the transferor plan's controlled group; and

2. The amount of benefit liabilities transferred, in conjunc­tion with other benefit liabilities transferred during the 12-month period ending on the date of the transfer, is 3% or more of the plan's total benefit liabilities. For this purpose, value both the benefit liabilities transferred and the plan's total benefit liabilities as of any one date in the plan year in which the transfer occurs, using ac­tuarial assumptions that comply with Code §414(l).

The date of a transfer of benefit liabilities shall be deter­mined on the basis of the facts and circumstances of the particular situation. For transfers subject to Code §414(l), the date determined in accordance with that section and 26 CFR §1.414(l)-1(b)(11) will be considered the date of transfer.

Reporting Waivers - Reporting is waived if:

Complete plan transfer: All of the transferor plan's ben­efit liabilities and assets are transferred to one other plan. (Note: This event may be reportable if it involves a change in contributing sponsor or controlled group (see Part III.A));

De minimis transfer: The value of assets being trans­ferred:

1. Equals the present value of the accrued benefits (whether or not vested) being transferred, using actuarial assump­tions that comply with Code §414(l), and

2. In conjunction with other assets transferred during the same plan year, is less than 3% of the assets of the trans­feror plan as of at least one day in that year;

Fully-funded plans: The transfer complies with Code §414(l) and, after the transfer, the transferor and transferee plans are fully funded (using the actuarial assumptions pre­scribed for valuing benefits in terminated PBGC-trusteed plans under 29 CFR §4044.51-57).

Small transfer:

1. The benefit liabilities of 500 or fewer participants are transferred; and

2. The transfer complies with Code §414(l) using the ac­tuarial assumptions prescribed for valuing benefits in terminated PBGC-trusteed plans under 29 CFR §4044.51-57.

E. Application for Minimum Funding Waiver

(see 29 CFR §4043.66)

Definition of Event - A reportable event occurs when an application for a minimum funding waiver is submitted for a plan.

Extension of Reporting Deadline - The notice date is extended until 10 days after the reportable event has occurred.

F. Loan Default

(see 29 CFR §4043.67)

Definition of Event - A reportable event occurs whenever there is a default by a member of a plan's controlled group with respect to a loan with an outstanding balance of $10 million or more if:

1. The default results from the debtor's failure to make a required payment when due (unless the payment is made within 10 days after the due date);

2. The lender accelerates the loan; or

3. The debtor receives a written notice of default from the lender (and does not establish that the notice was is­sued in error) on account of:

1. A drop in the debtor's cash reserves below an agreed-upon level,

2. An unusual or catastrophic event experienced by the debtor, or

3. A persisting failure by the debtor to attain agreed­-upon financial performance levels.

Reporting Waiver; default cured - Reporting of this event is waived if the default is cured, or waived by the lender, within 10 days or, if later, by the end of any cure period provided by the loan agreement.

Extension of Reporting Deadline - The notice date is extended to the later of:

10 days after default: 10 days after the default occurs (without regard to the time of any other conditions required for the default to be reportable); or

Cure period extensions: One day after:

1. The applicable cure period provided in the loan agree­ment,

2. The date the loan is accelerated, or

3. The date the debtor receives written notice of the de­fault.

G. Bankruptcy or Similar Settlement

(see 29 CFR §4043.68)

Definition of Event - A reportable event occurs with respect to a plan when any member of the plan's controlled group:

1. Commences a bankruptcy case (under the Bankruptcy Code) or has a bankruptcy case commenced against it;

2. Commences, or has commenced against it, any other type of insolvency proceeding (including, but not lim­ited to, the appointment of a receiver);

3. Commences, or has commenced against it, a proceed­ing to effect a composition, extension, or settlement with creditors;

4. Executes a general assignment for the benefit of credi­tors; or

5. Undertakes to effect any other nonjudicial composition, extension, or settlement with substantially all its creditors.

Note: An event described above may also be re­portable under Liquidation (see Part III.B).

Extension of Reporting Deadline - The notice date is extended until 10 days after the reportable event has occurred.

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