 How long before the end of the performance period is the Compensation Deferral Agreement?
A Compensation Deferral Agreement with respect to Performance-Based Compensation may be completed and returned to the Plan Sponsor no later than the date that is six months before the end of the performance period to which the Performance-Based Compensation relates, provided the Participant performs services continuously from the later of the beginning of the performance period or the date upon which the performance criteria are established through the date upon which the Participant makes an initial deferral election, and further provided that in no event may an election to defer Performance- Based Compensation be made with respect to Compensation that has become readily ascertainable.
six months