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Title: CASH AMERICA INTERNATIONAL, INC. SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
Governing Law: Texas     Date: 2/27/2009
Industry: Misc. Financial Services     Sector: Financial

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EXHIBIT 10.32

CASH AMERICA INTERNATIONAL, INC.

SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

AMENDED AND RESTATED
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2009

 


 

CASH AMERICA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

     Effective as of the 1st day of January, 2009, Cash America International, Inc. (the “Controlling Company”), hereby amends and restates the Cash America International, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan as set forth herein (the “Plan”).

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

     A.  Background . The Plan was initially adopted effective as of January 1, 2003, and was amended and restated effective as of January 1, 2003. Effective January 1, 2009, the Plan, as set forth in this document, is intended and should be construed as a restatement and continuation of the Plan as previously in effect.

     B.  Goal . The Controlling Company desires to provide certain of its designated key management employees (and those of its affiliated companies that participate in the Plan) with such amounts of deferred compensation as the terms of the Plan may permit and as the Controlling Company may determine.

     C.  Purpose . The purpose of the Plan document is to set forth the terms and conditions pursuant to which these awards of deferred compensation may be made and to describe the nature and extent of the employees’ rights to such amounts.

     D.  Type of Plan . The Plan constitutes an unfunded, nonqualified deferred compensation plan that benefits certain designated employees who are within a select group of key management or highly compensated employees. It is intended that this Plan comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

STATEMENT OF AGREEMENT

     To amend and restate the Plan with the purposes and goals as hereinabove described, the Controlling Company hereby sets forth the terms and provisions of the Plan as follows:

 


 

CASH AMERICA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

 

 

1

 

1.1

 

Account

 

 

1

 

1.2

 

Active Participant

 

 

1

 

1.3

 

Administrative Committee

 

 

1

 

1.4

 

Affiliate

 

 

1

 

1.5

 

Beneficiary

 

 

1

 

1.6

 

Board

 

 

1

 

1.7

 

Change in Control

 

 

1

 

1.8

 

Code

 

 

2

 

1.9

 

Company

 

 

2

 

1.10

 

Compensation

 

 

2

 

1.11

 

Compensation Committee

 

 

2

 

1.12

 

Controlling Company

 

 

2

 

1.13

 

Discretionary-Eligible Employee

 

 

2

 

1.14

 

Discretionary Contributions

 

 

2

 

1.15

 

Effective Date

 

 

2

 

1.16

 

Eligible Employee

 

 

2

 

1.17

 

ERISA

 

 

2

 

1.18

 

FICA Tax

 

 

3

 

1.19

 

Financial Hardship

 

 

3

 

1.20

 

Investment Election

 

 

3

 

1.21

 

Investment Funds

 

 

3

 

1.22

 

Key Employee

 

 

3

 

1.23

 

Payment Date

 

 

3

 

1.24

 

Participant

 

 

3

 

1.25

 

Plan

 

 

4

 

1.26

 

Plan Year

 

 

4

 

1.27

 

Pre-409A Account

 

 

4

 

1.28

 

Post-409A Account

 

 

4

 

1.29

 

Savings Plan

 

 

4

 

1.30

 

Separate from Service or Separation from Service

 

 

4

 

 

 

(a) Leaves of Absence

 

 

4

 

 

 

(b) Status Change

 

 

4

 

 

 

(c) Termination of Employment

 

 

4

 

1.31

 

Supplemental-Eligible Employee

 

 

5

 

1.32

 

Supplemental Contributions

 

 

5

 

1.33

 

Surviving Spouse

 

 

5

 

1.34

 

Trust or Trust Agreement

 

 

5

 

1.35

 

Trust Fund

 

 

5

 

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1.36

 

Trustee

 

 

5

 

1.37

 

Valuation Date

 

 

5

 

1.38

 

Years of Service

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

 

 

7

 

2.1

 

Initial Eligibility Requirements

 

 

7

 

 

 

(a) Supplemental Contributions

 

 

7

 

 

 

(b) Discretionary Contributions

 

 

7

 

2.2

 

Procedure for Admission

 

 

7

 

2.3

 

Cessation of Eligibility

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III PARTICIPANTS’ ACCOUNTS AND CREDITING OF CONTRIBUTIONS

 

 

8

 

3.1

 

Participants’ Accounts

 

 

8

 

 

 

(a) Establishment of Accounts

 

 

8

 

 

 

(b) Nature of Contributions and Accounts

 

 

8

 

 

 

(c) Several Liabilities

 

 

8

 

 

 

(d) General Creditors

 

 

8

 

3.2

 

Supplemental Contributions

 

 

8

 

 

 

(a) Crediting of Supplemental Contributions

 

 

8

 

 

 

(b) Amount of Supplemental Contributions

 

 

8

 

3.3

 

Discretionary Contributions

 

 

9

 

3.4

 

Debiting of Distributions

 

 

9

 

3.5

 

Crediting of Earnings

 

 

9

 

3.6

 

Value of Account

 

 

9

 

3.7

 

Vesting

 

 

10

 

 

 

(a) Time of Vesting

 

 

10

 

 

 

(b) Change in Control

 

 

10

 

 

 

(c) Job Abolishment

 

 

10

 

 

 

(d) Forfeiture

 

 

10

 

3.8

 

Notice to Participants of Account Balances

 

 

10

 

3.9

 

Good Faith Valuation Binding

 

 

10

 

3.10

 

Errors and Omissions in Accounts

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV INVESTMENT FUNDS

 

 

12

 

4.1

 

Selection by Administrative Committee

 

 

12

 

4.2

 

Participant Direction of Deemed Investments

 

 

12

 

 

 

(a) Nature of Participant Direction

 

 

12

 

 

 

(b) Investment of Contributions

 

 

12

 

 

 

(c) Investment of Existing Account Balances

 

 

12

 

 

 

(d) Administrative Committee Discretion

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V PAYMENT OF POST-409A ACCOUNT BALANCES

 

 

14

 

5.1

 

Amount of Benefit Payments for Post-409A Account

 

 

14

 

5.2

 

Timing and Form of Distribution of Post-409A Account

 

 

14

 

 

 

(a) General Payment Date

 

 

14

 

 

 

(b) General Payment Form

 

 

14

 

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(c) Modification of Defaults

 

 

14

 

5.3

 

Cashout of Post-409A Accounts

 

 

15

 

 

 

(a) Generally

 

 

15

 

 

 

(b) Documentation of Determination

 

 

15

 

 

 

(c) Six Month Delay for Key Employees

 

 

15

 

5.4

 

Medium of Payment for Post-409A Accounts

 

 

15

 

5.5

 

Death Benefits for Post-409A Accounts

 

 

15

 

5.6

 

Hardship Withdrawals from Post-409A Accounts

 

 

15

 

5.7

 

Taxes

 

 

16

 

 

 

(a) Amounts Payable Whether or Not Account is in Pay Status

 

 

16

 

 

 

(b) Amounts Payable Only if Account is in Pay Status

 

 

16

 

5.8

 

Offset of Post-409A Account by Amounts Owed to the Company

 

 

16

 

5.9

 

No Acceleration of Post-409A Account Payments

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI PAYMENT OF PRE-409A ACCOUNT BALANCES

 

 

18

 

6.1

 

Benefit Payments Upon Termination of Service for Reasons Other Than Death

 

 

18

 

6.2

 

Timing of Distribution

 

 

18

 

 

 

(a) General Rule

 

 

18

 

 

 

(b) Election to Delay Benefit Commencement Date

 

 

18

 

6.3

 

Form of Distribution

 

 

18

 

 

 

(a) Single-Sum Payment

 

 

18

 

 

 

(b) Annual Installments

 

 

18

 

6.4

 

Form of Assets

 

 

19

 

6.5

 

Death Benefits

 

 

19

 

6.6

 

Withdrawals

 

 

19

 

 

 

(a) Hardship Withdrawals

 

 

19

 

 

 

(b) Withdrawals with Forfeiture

 

 

19

 

6.7

 

Taxes

 

 

20

 

6.8

 

Offset of Benefit by Amounts Owed to the Company

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII CLAIMS

 

 

21

 

7.1

 

Initial Claim

 

 

21

 

 

 

(a) Rights

 

 

21

 

 

 

(b) Procedure

 

 

21

 

7.2

 

Appeal

 

 

21

 

7.3

 

Satisfaction of Claims

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII SOURCE OF FUNDS; TRUST

 

 

23

 

8.1

 

Source of Funds

 

 

23

 

8.2

 

Trust

 

 

23

 

8.3

 

Funding Prohibition under Certain Circumstances

 

 

23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX RIGHTS AND DUTIES UNDER THE PLAN

 

 

24

 

9.1

 

Controlling Company Action

 

 

24

 

9.2

 

Administrative Committee Organization and Action

 

 

24

 

9.3

 

Rights and Duties

 

 

24

 

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9.4

 

Compensation, Indemnity and Liability

 

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE X AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

 

 

26

 

10.1

 

Amendments

 

 

26

 

10.2

 

Freezing or Termination of Plan

 

 

26

 

 

 

(a) Freezing

 

 

26

 

 

 

(b) Termination

 

 

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

27

 

11.1

 

Beneficiary Designation

 

 

27

 

 

 

(a) General

 

 

27

 

 

 

(b) No Designation or Designee Dead or Missing

 

 

27

 

11.2

 

Distribution pursuant to a Domestic Relations Order

 

 

27

 

11.3

 

Taxation

 

 

27

 

11.4

 

Elections Prior to 2009

 

 

28

 

11.5

 

No Employment Contract

 

 

28

 

11.6

 

Headings

 

 

28

 

11.7

 

Gender and Number

 

 

28

 

11.8

 

Assignment of Benefits

 

 

28

 

11.9

 

Legally Incompetent

 

 

28

 

11.10

 

Governing Law

 

 

28

 

11.11

 

Exclusive Benefit

 

 

29

 

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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS

     For purposes of the Plan, the following terms, when used with an initial capital letter, shall have the meaning set forth below unless a different meaning plainly is required by the context.

      1.1 Account means, with respect to a Participant or Beneficiary, the total dollar amount or value evidenced by the last balance posted and actually credited in accordance with the terms of the Plan to the account record established for such Participant or Beneficiary. As determined by the Administrative Committee, an Account may be subdivided into separate subaccounts.

      1.2 Active Participant means any Discretionary-Eligible Employee or Supplemental-Eligible Employee, as applicable, who has become a Participant and who has not been removed from active participation in the Plan as described in Section 2.3.

      1.3 Administrative Committee means the administrative committee of the Savings Plan, or such other committee as shall be appointed by the Board, which shall act on behalf of the Controlling Company to administer the Plan, as provided for in Article IX.

      1.4 Affiliate means any corporation or other entity that is required to be aggregated with the Controlling Company under Code Sections 414(b) or (c). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining whether a Separation from Service has occurred, the term “Affiliate” shall include the Controlling Company and all entities that would be treated as a single employer with the Controlling Company under Code Section 414(b) or (c), but substituting “at least 50 percent” instead of “at least 80 percent” each place it appears in applying such rules.

      1.5 Beneficiary means, with respect to a Participant, the person(s) designated or identified in accordance with Section 11.1 to receive any death benefits that may be payable under the Plan upon the death of the Participant.

      1.6 Board means the Board of Directors of the Controlling Company.

      1.7 Change in Control means, with respect to the Controlling Company or any of its Affiliates, one of the following:

          (a) The acquisition by any person (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), together with affiliates and associates of such person, whether by purchase, tender offer, exchange, reclassification, recapitalization, merger or otherwise, of a sufficient number of shares of the voting securities of the Controlling Company (or any other Affiliate) to first provide such person with 50 percent or more of the combined voting power of the Controlling Company’s (or any other Affiliate’s) then

 


 

outstanding voting securities, which purchase is not approved by the Board (or the board of directors or other managing body of any other Affiliate);

          (b) The cessation, for any reason during any period of 24 consecutive months, of individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board (or the board of directors or other managing body of any other Affiliate), to constitute at least a majority thereof, unless the election of each director who was not a director at the beginning of such period has been approved in advance by a majority of the continuing directors then in office; or

          (c) The sale by the Controlling Company (or any other Affiliate), in one transaction or a series of related transactions, whether in liquidation, dissolution or otherwise, of assets or earning power aggregating more than 50 percent of the assets or earning power of the Controlling Company (or any other Affiliate) and its subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any other entity or entities.

      1.8 Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any succeeding federal tax provisions.

      1.9 Company means the Controlling Company and any U.S.-based Affiliates except any such Affiliates that affirmatively elect not to participate in the Plan.

      1.10 Compensation means, for a Participant for any Plan Year, the total of (i) such Participant’s base salary earned for such Plan Year, plus (ii) the lesser of the amount of his targeted or actual annual cash bonus that was paid during such Plan Year and earned in the preceding Plan Year, under a plan adopted by the Company, which bonus is determined and payable on an annual basis; provided, the amount in (ii) shall be deemed earned during the Plan Year in which paid and prorated over each payroll period in such Plan Year.

      1.11 Compensation Committee means the Compensation Committee of the Board.

      1.12 Controlling Company means Cash America International, Inc., a Texas corporation with its principal place of business in Fort Worth, Texas.

      1.13 Discretionary-Eligible Employee means, for a Plan Year, an employee who is a member of a select group of key management or highly compensated employees who is selected by the Controlling Company as eligible to receive Discretionary Contributions under the Plan.

      1.14 Discretionary Contributions means the amount (if any) credited to a Participant’s Account pursuant to Section 3.3.

      1.15 Effective Date means January 1, 2009, the effective date of this amendment and restatement of the Plan. The Plan was originally effective as of January 1, 2003.

      1.16 Eligible Employee means an individual who is a Discretionary-Eligible Employee or a Supplemental-Eligible Employee.

      1.17 ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

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      1.18 FICA Tax means the Federal Insurance Contributions Act tax imposed under Code Sections 3101, 3121(a) and 3121(v)(2).

      1.19 Financial Hardship means a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the Participant or the Participant’s dependent [as defined in Code Section 152(a)], loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant. Financial Hardship shall be determined by the Administrative Committee on the basis of the facts of each case, including information supplied by the Participant in accordance with uniform guidelines prescribed from time to time by the Administrative Committee; provided, the Participant shall be deemed not to have a Financial Hardship to the extent that such hardship is or may be relieved:

          (a) Through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise;

          (b) By liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the extent the liquidation of assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship; or

          (c) By cessation of deferrals under a Company plan.

Examples of what are not considered to be unforeseeable emergencies include the need to send a Participant’s child to college or the desire to purchase a home.

      1.20 Investment Election means a written, electronic or other form of election pursuant to which a Participant may elect the Investment Funds in which the amounts credited to his Account shall be deemed to be invested.

      1.21 Investment Funds means the investment funds selected from time to time by the Administrative Committee for purposes of determining the rate of return on amounts deemed invested pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

      1.22 Key Employee means a Participant who is a “specified employee” as defined in Code Section 409A as of: (i) for a Participant who Separates from Service on or after the first day of a Plan Year and before the first day of the fourth month of such Plan Year, the December 31 of the second Plan Year preceding the Plan Year in which such Participant Separates from Service; or (ii) for any other Participant, the preceding December 31. For purposes of identifying Key Employees, the Participant’s compensation shall mean all of the items listed in Treasury Regulations Section 1.415(c)-2(b), and excluding all of the items listed in Treasury Regulations Section 1.415(c)-2(c).

      1.23 Payment Date means the date on which all or a portion of the Participant’s benefit is scheduled to be paid (in the case of a lump sum payment) or commenced (in the case of installment payments) pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

      1.24 Participant means any person who has been admitted to, and has not been removed from, participation in the Plan pursuant to the provisions of Article II.

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      1.25 Plan means the Cash America International, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, as contained herein and all amendments hereto. For tax purposes and purposes of Title I of ERISA, the Plan is intended to be an unfunded, nonqualified deferred compensation plan covering certain designated employees who are within a select group of key management or highly compensated employees.

      1.26 Plan Year means the 12-consecutive-month period ending on December 31 of each year.

      1.27 Pre-409A Account means the portion of the Participant’s Account attributable to the balance of the Participant’s Account that was earned and vested as of December 31, 2004.

      1.28 Post-409A Account means the portion of the Participant’s Account that is not the Pre-409A Account.

      1.29 Savings Plan means the Cash America International, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan.

      1.30 Separate from Service or Separation from Service means that a Participant separates from service with all Affiliates as defined in Code Section 409A and guidance issued thereunder. Generally, a Participant separates from service if the Participant dies, retires, or otherwise has a termination of employment with all Affiliates, determined in accordance with the following:

           (a) Leaves of Absence . The employment relationship is treated as continuing intact while the Participant is on military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence if the period of such leave does not exceed 6 months, or, if longer, so long as the Participant retains a right to reemployment with the Affiliates under an applicable statute or by contract. A leave of absence constitutes a bona fide leave of absence only while there is a reasonable expectation that the Participant will return to perform services for the Affiliates. If the period of leave exceeds 6 months and the Participant does not retain a right to reemployment under an applicable statute or by contract, the employment relationship is deemed to terminate on the first date immediately following such 6-month period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where a leave of absence is due to any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 6 months, where such impairment causes the Participant to be unable to perform the duties of his or her position of employment or any substantially similar position of employment, a 29-month period of absence shall be substituted for such 6-month period.

           (b) Status Change . Generally, if a Participant performs services both as an employee and an independent contractor, such Participant must separate from service both as an employee, and as an independent contractor pursuant to standards set forth in Treasury Regulations, to be treated as having a Separation from Service. However, if a Participant provides services as an employee and as a member of the Board of Directors, the services provided as a director are not taken into account in determining whether the Participant has a Separation from Service as an employee for purposes of this Plan.

           (c) Termination of Employment . Whether a termination of employment has occurred for purposes of this section is determined based on whether the facts and circumstances

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indicate that the Affiliates and the Participant reasonably anticipate that (i) no further services will be performed after a certain date, or (ii) the level of bona fide services the Participant will perform after such date (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) will permanently decrease to no more than 20 percent of the average level of bona fide services performed (whether as an employee or an independent contractor) over the immediately preceding 36-month period (or the full period of services to the Affiliates if the Participant has been providing services to the Affiliates less than 36 months). Facts and circumstances to be considered in making this determination include, but are not limited to, whether the Participant continues to be treated as an employee for other purposes (such as continuation of salary and participation in employee benefit programs), whether similarly situated service providers have been treated consistently, and whether the Participant is permitted, and realistically available, to perform services for other service recipients in the same line of business. For periods during which a Participant is on a paid bona fide leave of absence and has not otherwise terminated employment as described in subsection (a) above, for purposes of this subsection the Participant is treated as providing bona fide services at a level equal to the level of services that the Participant would have been required to perform to receive the compensation paid with respect to such leave of absence. Periods during which a Participant is on an unpaid bona fide leave of absence and has not otherwise terminated employment are disregarded for purposes of this subsection (including for purposes of determining the applicable 36-month (or shorter) period).

      1.31 Supplemental-Eligible Employee means an individual who at any time during the Plan Year holds the position of Vice President or any more senior position with the Company (and thereby is a member of a select group of key management or highly compensated employees of the Company); provided, such individual shall be or become a Supplemental-Eligible Employee on the date such criterion is first satisfied during such Plan Year.

      1.32 Supplemental Contributions means the amount credited to a Participant’s Account pursuant to Section 3.2.

      1.33 Surviving Spouse means, with respect to a Participant, the person who is treated as married to such Participant under the laws of the state in which the Participant resides. The determination of a Participant’s Surviving Spouse shall be made as of the date of such Participant’s death.

      1.34 Trust or Trust Agreement means the separate agreement or agreements between the Controlling Company and the Trustee governing the Trust Fund, and all amendments thereto.

      1.35 Trust Fund means the total amount of cash and other property held by the Trustee (or any nominee thereof) at any time under the Trust Agreement.

      1.36 Trustee means the party or parties so designated from time to time pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement.

      1.37 Valuation Date means each day on which the Trustee operates, and is open to the public, for its business; provided, the value of an Account on a day other than a Valuation Date shall be the value determined as of the immediately preceding Valuation Date.

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      1.38 Years of Service means, with respect to a Participant, his total number of years of vesting service as determined under the terms of the Savings Plan.

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ARTICLE II
ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

      2.1 Initial Eligibility Requirements .

           (a) Supplemental Contributions . Each individual who is a Supplemental-Eligible Employee immediately prior to the Effective Date shall be eligible to receive Supplemental Contributions. Each individual who becomes a Supplemental-Eligible Employee on or after the Effective Date shall become eligible to receive Supplemental Contributions as of the date that such individual becomes a Supplemental-Eligible Employee.

           (b) Discretionary Contributions . Each individual who is a Discretionary-Eligible Employee immediately prior to the Effective Date shall be eligible to receive Discretionary Contributions. Each individual who becomes a Discretionary-Eligible Employee on or after the Effective Date shall become eligible to receive Discretionary Contributions as of the date that such individual becomes a Discretionary-Eligible Employee.

      2.2 Procedure for Admission .

          The Administrative Committee may require an Eligible Employee to complete such forms and provide such data as the Administrative Committee determines in its sole discretion. Such forms and data may include, without limitation, the Eligible Employee’s acceptance of the terms and conditions of the Plan and the designation of a Beneficiary to receive any death benefits payable hereunder.

      2.3 Cessation of Eligibility .

          Unless otherwise designated by the Controlling Company, in its sole discretion, each Participant who ceases to be an active Discretionary-Eligible Employee or Supplemental-Eligible Employee shall cease to be eligible to receive any Discretionary and/or Supplemental Contributions, respectively, under the Plan for any period following such date. The Controlling Company may, in its sole discretion, remove an employee from active participation in the Plan as of the first day of the following Plan Year (or any other date specified by the Controlling Company), if, as of any day during a Plan Year, he ceases to satisfy the criteria which qualified him as an Eligible Employee. Even if his active participation in the Plan ends, an employee shall remain an inactive Participant in the Plan until the earlier of (i) the date the full amount of his vested Account (if any) is distributed from the Plan, or (ii) the date he again becomes an Eligible Employee and recommences active participation in the Plan. During the period of time that an employee is an inactive Participant in the Plan, his vested Account shall continue to be credited with earnings as provided for in Section 3.5.

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ARTICLE III
PARTICIPANTS’ ACCOUNTS AND CREDITING OF CONTRIBUTIONS

      3.1 Participants’ Accounts .

           (a) Establishment of Accounts . The Administrative Committee shall establish and maintain an Account on behalf of each Participant. To the extent provided herein, each Account shall be credited with Supplemental and Discretionary Contributions and earnings attributable to such Account, and shall be debited by the amount of all distributions. Each Account shall be subdivided into a Pre-409A Account and a Post-409A Account, which shall be separately accounted for under the Plan. Each Account of a Participant shall be maintained until the vested value thereof has been distributed to or on behalf of such Participant or his Beneficiary.

           (b) Nature of Contributions and Accounts . The amounts credited to a Participant’s Account shall be represented solely by bookkeeping entries. Except as provided in Article VIII, no monies or other assets shall actually be set aside for such Participant. All payments to a Participant or Beneficiary under the Plan shall be made from the general assets of the Company.

           (c) Several Liabilities . The Administrative Committee or the Controlling Company shall allocate the total liability to pay benefits under the Plan among the Company in such manner and amount as the Administrative Committee or the Controlling Company (as applicable) in its sole discretion deems appropriate.

           (d) General Creditors . Any assets which may be acquired by the Company in anticipation of its obligations under the Plan shall be part of the general assets of the Company. The Company’s obligation to pay benefits under the Plan constitutes a mere promise of the Company to pay such benefits, and a Participant or Beneficiary shall be and remain no more than an unsecured, general creditor of the Company.

      3.2 Supplemental Contributions .

           (a) Crediting of Supplemental Contributions . As soon as administratively feasible following the last day of each Plan Year (or such other date as determined by the Controlling Company, in its sole discretion), the Controlling Company may direct the Administrative Committee to credit a Supplemental Contribution to the Account of each Participant who was a Supplemental-Eligible Employee for any period during such Plan Year and is employed by the Company on the last day of such Plan Year (or such other period as determined by the Controlling Company).

           (b) Amount of Supplemental Contributions . The Controlling Company shall determine the amount, if any, of the Supplemental Contribution to be made for each Plan Year for each Supplemental-Eligible Employee, and may determine different amounts for specified Supplemental-Eligible Employees or groups of Supplemental-Eligible Employees. However, the targeted (but non-binding) amount of Supplemental Contribution for each Plan

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Year shall be determined as a percentage of each Supplemental-Eligible Employee’s Compensation earned during such Plan Year (or the portion thereof) while such Participant was a Supplemental-Eligible Employee, with such targeted percentage determined by the Compensation Committee from time to time. If a Supplemental-Eligible Employee was a member of one group of Supplemental-Eligible Employees for part of the Plan Year and a member of one or more other groups of Supplemental-Eligible Employees for another part of the Plan Year, the applicable percentage for each group shall be applied to the portion of his Compensation earned during the portion of the Plan Year he held each such position, with the portion of his Compensation attributable to an annual bonus prorated based on the number of regular payroll periods for which the Participant earned compensation for each eligible position during the year. If a Participant is not a Supplemental-Eligible Employee during the entire Plan Year but remains employed by the Company on the last day of the Plan Year, the applicable percentage for that person shall be applied to the portion of his Compensation earned during the portion of the Plan Year during which he was a Supplemental-Eligible Employee. For purposes of this subsection, a Supplemental-Eligible Employee is deemed to earn compensation for a particular payroll period on the regular pay date applicable to that payroll period.

      3.3 Discretionary Contributi


 
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