29 CFR §4231.16
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A request for a financial assistance merger must include a copy of the census data used for the projections described in § 4231.15(c) through (e), including:
- (a)Participant type (retiree, beneficiary, disabled, terminated vested, active, alternate payee).
- (b)Gender.
- (c)Date of birth.
- (d)Credited service for guarantee calculation (i.e., number of years of participation).
- (e)Vested accrued monthly benefit.
- (f)Monthly benefit guaranteed by PBGC.
- (g)Benefit commencement date (for participants in pay status and others for which the reported benefit will not be payable at normal retirement age).
- (h)For each participant in pay status—
- (1)Form of payment, and
- (2)Data relevant to the form of payment, including:
- (i)For a joint-and-survivor benefit, the beneficiary's benefit amount and the beneficiary's date of birth;
- (ii)For a Social Security level income benefit, the date of any change in the benefit amount, and the benefit amount after such change;
- (iii)For a 5-year certain or 10-year certain benefit (or similar benefit), the relevant defined period; or
- (iv)For a form of payment not otherwise described in this section, the data necessary for the valuation of the form of payment.
- (i)If an actuarial increase for postponed retirement applies, or if the form of annuity is a Social Security level income benefit, the monthly vested benefit payable at normal retirement age in normal form of annuity.