76 FR 34590 — Bankruptcy Filing Date Treated as Plan Termination Date for Certain Purposes; Guaranteed Benefits; Allocation of Plan Assets; Pension Protection Act of 2006 PBGCFinal Rules (FR)Jun 14, 2011
…participant retires early, PBGC generally will not guarantee more than $1,000 per month. Before PPA 2006, the maximum guaranteeable benefit, the phase-in limit, and the accrued-at-normal limit were all calculated as of the termination date of a plan. Accordingly, before PPA 2006, a participant's guaranteed benefit woul…
78 FR 20039 — Reportable Events and Certain Other Notification Requirements PBGCProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Apr 3, 2013related by meaning
, as described in § 4043.33.
(b)
Extension.
The notice date is extended until 10 days after the reportable event has occurred.
§ 4043.67
Loan default. Advance notice is required for an acceleration of payment, a default, a waiver, or an agreement to an amendment with respect to a loan agreement described in § 4043.34(a…
76 FR 67105 — Cash Balance Plans; Benefit Determinations and Plan Valuations for Statutory Hybrid Plans; Pension Protection Act of 2006 PBGCProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Oct 31, 2011
…posed rule.
SUMMARY: This proposed rule would implement provisions of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA 2006) that change the rules for determining benefits upon the termination of a statutory hybrid plan, such as a cash balance plan. PPA 2006 provides that, when such a plan terminates, a variable rate used under…
80 FR 54980 — Reportable Events and Certain Other Notification Requirements PBGCFinal Rules (FR)Sep 11, 2015related by meaning
imilar settlement.
(a)
Reportable event.
Advance notice is required for an insolvency or similar settlement, as described in § 4043.35.
(b)
Extension. For a case or proceeding under § 4043.35(a)(1) or (2) that is not commenced by a member of the plan's controlled group, the notice date is extended to 10 days after the …
85 FR 6046 — Miscellaneous Corrections, Clarifications, and Improvements PBGCFinal Rules (FR)Feb 4, 2020related by meaning
…recent fiscal year(s) ending on or before the date the reportable event occurs.
(2)
Foreign entity. Notice under this section is waived if each person that liquidates under paragraph (a) of this section is a foreign entity other than a foreign parent.
(3)
Reporting under insolvency event.
Notice under this section is w…
76 FR 13304 — Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans; Limitations on Guaranteed Benefits PBGCProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Mar 11, 2011
…ate the new benefit or benefit increase is adopted or effective (whichever is later). On August 17, 2006, the Pension Protection Act of 2006, Public Law 109-280 (PPA 2006), was signed into law. Section 403 of PPA 2006 amended section 4022 of ERISA by adding a new section 4022(b)(8), which changes the start of the phase…
79 FR 30459 — Multiemployer Plans; Valuation and Notice Requirements PBGCFinal Rules (FR)May 28, 2014related by meaning
…itation
7.
In 1998, PBGC amended its regulations to expand the applicability of the waiver of this notice under § 4231.8(f). Prior to that amendment, the requirement for 120 days' notice could be waived only if PBGC was satisfied that failure to complete the transaction in a shorter time would harm participants or ben…
83 FR 32815 — Terminated and Insolvent Multiemployer Plans and Duties of Plan Sponsors PBGCProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jul 16, 2018★ strong match
…e in pay status or reasonably expected to enter pay status during the insolvency year for which the notice is given, the plan sponsor may post the notice at participants' work sites or publish the notice in a union newsletter or in a newspaper of general circulation in the area or areas where participants reside. Notic…
84 FR 30666 — Miscellaneous Corrections, Clarifications, and Improvements PBGCProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jun 27, 2019related by meaning
4043.30 and § 4043.35 to clarify that notice would be waived if notice has already been provided to PBGC for the same event under the former section. PBGC does not intend to compel public company sponsors to disclose liquidations on a Form 10 before notifying the public. Thus, the proposed rule includes an extension u…
79 FR 25667 — Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans; Limitations on Guaranteed Benefits; Shutdown and Similar Benefits PBGCFinal Rules (FR)May 6, 2014
…aum,
Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Footnotes
1.
The Technical Explanation of PPA 2006 prepared by the Joint Committee on Taxation Staff specifies that UCEBs include benefits payable with respect to “facility shutdowns or reductions in workforce.” Joint Committee on Taxation,
Technical Explanation of …
91 FR 45739 — Penalties for Failure To Provide Certain Notices or Other Material Information PBGCProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jul 21, 2026related by meaning
…or participants, as applicable.
Not assessed for the period after distribution of assets has begun.
Notice of plan benefits Notice of intent to terminate
5. Annual Financial and Actuarial Information Reporting
88 FR 76660 — Technical Amendments: Special Financial Assistance Withdrawal Liability Condition; SECURE 2.0 Act; and Other Updates PBGCFinal Rules (FR)Nov 7, 2023related by meaning
…n
10.
Section 4006(a)(3)(F) of ERISA reads, “For each plan year beginning in a calendar year after 2006 and before 2013. . .” and section 4006(a)(3)(H) of ERISA refers to 4006(a)(3)(A)(iv), which says, “in the case of a multiemployer plan, for plan years beginning after December 31, 2005, and before January 1, 2013.”
…
PBGCRegulationsSep 22, 2022related by meaning
(d) (d) Model notice. The appendix to this section contains two model notices—one for plan sponsors that submit coordinated applications for partition with PBGC and for benefit suspensions with Treasury, and one for plans sponsors who apply for partition only. The model notices are intended to assist plan sponsors in d…
90 FR 6894 — Miscellaneous Corrections, Clarifications, and Improvements PBGCProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jan 21, 2025related by meaning
which permits plans with 100 or fewer participants to use valuation dates other than the first day of the plan year.
Back to Citation
23.
See, e.g., PBGC's proposed rule on Reportable Events and Certain Other Notification Requirements, 78 FR 20039, 20057 (Apr. 3, 2013) and DOL's final rule on Procedures Governing the…
80 FR 79687 — Partitions of Eligible Multiemployer Plans PBGCFinal Rules (FR)Dec 23, 2015related by meaning
re use of the model notices, but states that a properly completed model notice will be deemed to satisfy the notice requirements under the regulation. One commenter expressed concern that plan sponsors would be free to alter, amend, or even discard the text in the model notices in favor of their own, which, in the comm…
83 FR 9716 — Owner-Participant Changes to Guaranteed Benefits and Asset Allocation PBGCProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Mar 7, 2018
y category 4 (PC4). PPA 2006 changed the method for allocating assets within PC4 when there are benefits affected by the owner-participant limitation. PC4 includes three kinds of benefits: (1) Guaranteed benefits, other than employee contributions and benefits that could have been in pay status three or more years befo…
83 FR 49799 — Owner-Participant Changes to Guaranteed Benefits and Asset Allocation PBGCFinal Rules (FR)Oct 3, 2018
y category 4 (PC4). PPA 2006 changed the method for allocating assets within PC4 when there are benefits affected by the owner-participant limitation. PC4 includes three kinds of benefits: (1) Guaranteed benefits, other than employee contributions and benefits that could have been in pay status three or more years befo…
PBGCRegulationsMar 5, 2020related by meaning
(b) (b) Waivers
(b)(1) (1) De minimis 10-percent segment. Notice under this section is waived if the person described in paragraph (a) of this section is not a contributing sponsor of the plan and represents a de minimis 10-percent segment of the plan's controlled group for the most recent fiscal year(s) ending on or b…
PBGCRegulationsJun 24, 2020related by meaning
(d) (d) Waivers
(d)(1) (1) Low-default-risk. Notice under this section is waived if each contributing sponsor of the plan and the highest level U.S. parent of each contributing sponsor are low-default-risk on the date of the event.
(d)(2) (2) Well-funded plan. Notice under this section is waived if the plan is in the w…
84 FR 18715 — Terminated and Insolvent Multiemployer Plans and Duties of Plan Sponsors PBGCFinal Rules (FR)May 2, 2019related by meaning
…s in pay status or reasonably expected to enter pay status during the insolvency year for which the notice is given, and other than alternate payees, the plan sponsor may post the notice at participants' work sites or publish the notice in a union newsletter or in a newspaper of general circulation in the area or areas…