Earthlink 2013 Annual Report Download - page 161

employment due to certain specified reasons.
TYPE OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN:
The Employer administers the Plan as described in Section 7.
PROVISIONS FOR ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
The Plan generally describes eligibility requirements in Sections 2 and 3.
DESCRIPTION OF PLAN BENEFITS:
The Plan generally describes conditions for payment of benefits and the amount of such benefits in Sections 2
and 3.
SOURCES OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PLAN AND FUNDING MEDIUM:
The general assets of the Employer or the Affiliate that employs Employee shall fund the severance pay from the
Plan.
PROCEDURES FOR PRESENTING CLAIMS AND REDRESS OF DENIED CLAIMS:
Section 6 provides detailed instructions for filing a claim and redress of a denied claim.
AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS:
EarthLink, Inc.
1375 Peachtree Street, N.W.
Suite 7 North
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-2935
Attention: Chief People Officer
In addition to the agent listed above, service of process may be made upon the Employer itself.
YOUR RIGHTS UNDER ERISA
The following statement is required by law to be included in this Summary Plan Description:
As a participant in the EarthLink, Inc. Change-in-Control Accelerated Vesting and Severance Plan (the “Plan”
)
you are entitled to certain rights and protections under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended (“ERISA”). ERISA provides that all Plan participants shall be entitled to:
Examine, without charge, at the Employer’
s office and at other specified location, such as worksites, all
Plan documents and a copy of the latest Annual Report (Form 5500 series) filed by the Plan with the U.S.
Department of Labor and available at the Public Disclosure Room of the Pension and Welfare Benefit
Administration.
Obtain, upon written request to the Employer, copies of all Plan documents governing the operation of the
Plan and copies of the latest Annual Report (Form 5500 series) and an updated summary plan description. The
Employer may make a reasonable charge for the copies.
Receive a summary of the Plan’
s annual financial report. The Employer is required by law to furnish each
Employee with a copy of this summary annual report.
In addition to creating rights for Plan participants, ERISA imposes duties upon the people who are responsible
for the operation of the Plan. The people who operate your Plan, called fiduciaries, have a duty to do so prudently and in