State Farm Retirement Plan SPD 20190101 - …

1 State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement plan for Employees Summary plan Description Effective January 1, 2019 Retirement plan for Employees Summary plan Description 2 Table of Contents Introduction .. 4 Eligibility .. 4 Who Is Eligible .. 4 Enrollment .. 5 plan Membership .. 5 Vested Interest .. 5 Other Service .. 5 Changes in Employment Status .. 6 Gap in Employment .. 6 Benefits .. 7 Benefit Formula .. 7 Compensation .. 7 Average Annual Compensation .. 9 Covered Compensation ..10 Credited Service ..10 When Benefits Begin .. 12 Electing Retirement ..12 Early Retirement Benefits ..12 Normal Retirement Date ..13 Deferred Retirement Benefits ..13 Required Minimum Distribution Date ..13 Distributions .. 13 Retirement Income Options ..13 Value of Benefit $5,000 or Less ..15 Disability Benefits .. 16 Disability Benefit Options ..16 Survivor Benefits .. 18 Beneficiary ..18 Amount of Survivor Benefit ..18 Claims and Appeals Procedures.

2 19 Claims Procedures ..19 Denial of a Claim ..19 How to Appeal a Denied Claim ..20 Review of Claim Appeals ..20 Retirement plan for Employees Summary plan Description 3 Administrative Information .. 21 Official plan Document ..21 Modification or Termination of the plan ..21 Rules and Benefit Adjustment ..21 Statements ..22 Benefits Payable to Incompetents ..22 Top Heavy Provisions ..22 Benefits Additional Information ..23 Summary plan Description .. 24 Your Rights under ERISA ..26 Appendix A: Retirement plan Calculation Tables .. 28 2019 Covered Compensation Table ..28 Appendix B: Income Option Adjustments .. 30 Option B Life Income with 10 Years Certain ..30 Option C Joint Life with 75% to Survivor ..30 Option D Life income with 50% to Beneficiary ..33 Retirement plan for Employees Summary plan Description 4 Introduction The State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement plan for United States Employees ( plan or Retirement plan ) provides a defined pension benefit to eligible employees, based on the plan terms and the Employee s years of credited service and compensation.

3 State Farm pays the full cost of this plan . The plan constitutes a pension benefit plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"). This Summary plan Description presents in condensed form the main features of the Retirement plan as of the stated date. Please note the terms of the Retirement plan have been amended through the years and that the prior provisions control for those respective years. This summary is provided for information purposes only and is not a contract of employment. It does not cover all provisions, limitations, and exclusions. In the case of a conflict between the information presented here and the plan , the terms of the applicable plan shall govern. A complete copy of the Retirement plan may be obtained from the State Farm Benefits Center. Eligibility Who Is Eligible Eligible Active Employees You are eligible to become a participant in the plan if, based on the payroll records of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company ( State Farm or the Company ), you are employed by State Farm (or one of the participating Companies).

4 Who Is Not Eligible You are not eligible for coverage under the plan and are excluded from participation if you fit any of the following descriptions, even in the instance where a court or administrative agency determines you are a common law employee: Any director (unless otherwise employed by the Companies); Any person whose terms and conditions of employment are determined by a collective bargaining agreement between the Companies and a labor union which does not make the plan applicable to them; Any person holding a State Farm Agent s Agreement with any of the Companies or any employee of such person; Any individual performing services for the Companies who is classified as an external associate per the Companies records, including but not limited to any external claim resource, any external resource of any kind, any contingent worker, any leased employee or any person otherwise operating or performing under a service provider agreement.

5 The term leased employee means an individual who is a leased employee within the meaning of Section 414(n)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code and Retirement plan for Employees Summary plan Description 5 any other person who provides services to the Companies pursuant to an agreement between the Companies and a leasing organization or similar organization; or Any Employee operating under a Staff Assistance Agreement. Enrollment There is no enrollment process. Eligible employees ( Employees ) automatically become active plan members and have a vested benefit upon satisfaction of the below rules. If employment ends before the Employee vests, all pension benefits are forfeited at termination. plan Membership An Employee becomes an active member in the plan on the day the Employee completes one year of service or attains age 21 (if later). Year of service means 365 days of State Farm service. Day of service means each day beginning with the first day of employment and ending on the date of termination.

6 This does not include gaps in employment of more than 365 days, but includes gaps of shorter duration. If you terminate your employment after becoming a plan member, you will no longer be an active member. However, if you are reemployed as an Employee, you will automatically become an active member on your date of reemployment. Vested Interest In General Having a vested interest means you have a non-forfeitable right to your Retirement income and pre- Retirement survivor benefit, based on the Retirement income you have accrued as of your effective date of benefit. An active member has a vested interest on the earlier of: The date that he or she completes five years of service after age 18; or The day that he or she attains age 65 with at least one year of service. Other Service Service in the following positions is counted for purposes of plan Membership and Vesting, but not for purposes of Credited Service: Former Employee of Trainee Agent or Agency Manager; Trainee Agent prior to October 1, 1995; Former Employee of BlueOwl LLC or HiRoad Assurance Company; or Any person who is not a State Farm employee but who provides services to State Farm if: o Such services are provided pursuant to an agreement between the State Farm and another organization; and Retirement plan for Employees Summary plan Description 6 o The work was performed under the primary direction and control of State Farm (what was done and how it was done); and o Such person has performed such services to State Farm on a substantially full-time basis (at least 1,500 hours of service) during any consecutive 12-month period.

7 (Must have hours worked in each month of that 12-month period). Employees must provide the plan Administrator with required documentation. Changes in Employment Status Gap in Employment If you terminate employment and are subsequently reemployed, time during your period of separation of employment: Counts as service for plan membership and vesting, if your period of separation is 365 days or less. Does not count as service for plan membership and vesting, if your period of separation exceeds 365 days. Does not count as Credited Service used to determine the amount of your benefit. Does not count as Credited Service used to determine your eligibility for a disability benefit. In the event that the period of separation from employment is a maternity or paternity absence, the number "365" for the period of separation referenced above is replaced by the number "730". Effect on Previously Accrued Benefits If you previously left employment before vesting and are rehired by the Companies, the Credited Service you forfeited and the Normal Annual Retirement Income based on that Credited Service will be reinstated on your date of rehire.

8 If you received a cash out (the value of your benefit at prior termination was $5,000 or less): In general, the Credited Service you forfeited and the Normal Annual Retirement Income based on that Credited Service will generally not be reinstated on your date of rehire. If the cash-out was more than two years after the year in which you terminated, your Credited Service will be reinstated but there will be an offset for the lump sum distribution you previously received. If you have a vested accrued benefit that was not cashed out, any future Credited Service will be added to the previous Credited Service. Effect on Those Receiving Payments If you are rehired from a retired status ( , you are receiving regular Retirement distributions), the impact to your benefits under the plan depends on how you are employed: Retirement plan for Employees Summary plan Description 7 If you are re-employed on a part-time basis, your benefit payments under the plan will continue.

9 If you are re-employed on a full-time basis, your distributions will stop. If you are re-employed within 90 days of your Effective Date of Retirement , on a full-time or part-time basis, you will be treated as though you never retired. You will be asked to repay any benefit payments made and no further benefit payments will be made until your subsequent Retirement date. Employees working on a part-time basis and the employees working on a full-time basis may accrue additional benefits to the extent permitted under the plan . At the full-time employee s new Retirement date or the part-time employee s termination of employment, the benefit calculated will be reduced by the actuarial equivalent of any payments made to the employee while he or she was retired. Such benefit will not be reduced below the benefit calculated prior to the member s reemployment, determined under life income option basis. If you are eligible for an increase upon subsequent termination from part-time employment, you are eligible for a new Retirement election on the additional accrued benefit.

10 Benefits The Company makes all contributions to the plan ; Employees do not make any contributions. The benefit provided under the plan is based on the Benefit Formula. While the formula calculates the benefit to be paid as a life income (Option A below) at age 65, there is no reduction for benefits beginning after age 62. Reduced benefits are available as early as age 55. The formula contains a number of defined terms . These terms are defined below. There are examples after the defined terms . Benefit Formula Generally, your Normal Annual Retirement Income is: of the portion of your Average Annual Compensation up to your Covered Compensation multiplied by years of Credited Service up to 35; and of the portion of your Average Annual Compensation that is in excess of your Covered Compensation multiplied by years of Credited Service up to 35 years. Normal Annual Retirement Income Normal Annual Retirement Income is the annual benefit as determined under the Life Income distribution option.