An Eligible Employee will become a Participant by electing to defer Compensation in accordance with Section 3.1 and such procedures as may be established from time to time by the Committee (or its designee). An Eligible Employee who is hired during a Plan Year may not participate in the Plan until the commencement of the next Plan Year. An individual who, at any time, ceases to be an Eligible Employee, other than an Eligible Employee who (a) becomes employed by an Affiliated Company that is not a Participating Company or (b) is transferred to an international assignment, will continue to be eligible to defer Compensation until the end of the Plan Year in which he or she ceases to be an Eligible Employee, and no future Deferrals will be allowed until such time as the individual again becomes an Eligible Employee. In such a case, the individual will remain a Participant with respect to amounts already deferred but not yet withdrawn or distributed. A Participant will remain a Participant until all amounts to which he or she is entitled under the Plan have been paid.