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AMO Pension Plan summary annual report for fiscal year 2002
      This is a summary of the annual report for the AMERICAN MARITIME OFFICERS PENSION PLAN, EIN 13-1936709, Plan No. 001, for the period October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2002. The annual report has been filed with the Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, as required under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

Basic Financial Statement
      Benefits under the plan are provided through insurance and through a trust fund. Plan expenses were $47,482,034. These expenses included $4,821.608 in administrative expenses, $42,358,986 in benefits paid to participants and beneficiaries, and $301,440 in other expenses. A total of 5,922 persons were participants in or beneficiaries of the plan at the end of the plan year, although not all of these persons had yet earned the right to receive benefits.
      The value of plan assets, after subtracting liabilities of the plan, was $435,379,136 as of September 30, 2002, compared to $497,048,377 as of October 1, 2001. During the plan year, the plan experienced a decrease in its net assets of $61,669,241. This decrease includes unrealized appreciation and depreciation in the value of plan assets; that is, the difference between the value of the plan's assets at the end of the year and the value of the assets at the beginning of the year or the cost of assets acquired during the year. The plan had total income of ($14,187,207), including employer contributions of $2,684,895, realized losses of $16,737,505 from the sale of assets, and earnings from investments of $(960,869).

Minimum Funding Standards
      An actuary's statement shows that enough money was contributed to the plan to keep it funded in accordance with the minimum funding standards of ERISA.

Your Rights To Additional Information
      You have the right to receive a copy of the full annual report, or any part thereof, on request. The items listed below are included in that report:
  1. an accountant's report
  2. financial information and information on payments to service providers
  3. assets held for investment
  4. transactions in excess of 5% of the plan assets
  5. insurance information, including sales commissions paid by insurance carriers
  6. information regarding any common or collective trusts, pooled separate accounts, master trusts or 103-12 investment entities in which the plan participates
  7. actuarial information regarding the funding of the plan
      To obtain a copy of the full annual report, or any part thereof, write or call the office of Jan Vitale, who is the Director of Finance, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AMERICAN MARITIME OFFICERS PENSION PLAN, 2 WEST DIXIE HIGHWAY, DANIA BEACH, FL 33004, (954) 920-4847. The charge to cover copying costs will be $7.90 for the full annual report or 10 cents per page for any part thereof.
      You also have the right to receive from the plan administrator, on request and at no charge, a statement of the assets and liabilities of the plan and accompanying notes, or a statement of income and expenses of the plan and accompanying notes, or both. If you request a copy of the full annual report from the plan administrator, these two statements and accompanying notes will be included as part of that report. The charge to cover copying costs given above does not include a charge for the copying of these portions of the report because these portions are furnished without charge.
      You also have the legally protected right to examine the annual report at the main office of the plan (BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AMERICAN MARITIME OFFICERS PENSION PLAN, 2 WEST DIXIE HIGHWAY, DANIA BEACH, FL 33004) and at the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, D.C., or to obtain a copy from the U.S. Department of Labor upon payment of copying costs. Requests to the Department should be addressed to: Public Disclosure Room, Room N1513, Employee benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210.
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