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CBS BONUS SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN PART B ? AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT AS OF JANUARY 1, 2009

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Title: CBS BONUS SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN PART B ? AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT AS OF JANUARY 1, 2009
Governing Law: New York     Date: 2/25/2009
Industry: Broadcasting and Cable TV     Sector: Services

CBS BONUS SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN PART B ? AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT AS OF JANUARY 1, 2009, Parties: cbs corporation
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Exhibit 10(r)(ii)

 

CBS BONUS SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

PART B – AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT AS OF JANUARY 1, 2009

 

1.                                       Purpose .  The purpose of this Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“the Plan”) (formerly the CBS Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, SERP #1) is to provide to certain key employees of CBS Corporation (“CBS”) a benefit supplemental to those retirement or termination benefits which they are entitled to receive under the CBS Pension Plan Document component of the CBS Combined Pension Plan (the “CBS Pension Plan”) or the Cash Balance Plan Document component of the CBS Combined Pension Plan (the “CBS Cash Balance Plan”) and to benefit CBS by making it more attractive to such employees to remain with CBS and by deterring such employees from engaging, after termination of employment, in activities competitive to those of CBS.  The Plan was previously amended and restated effective April 1, 1999.

 

2.                                       2009 Amendment and Restatement and Grandfathered Status of Benefits Accrued Prior to January 1, 2005 .  The Plan is hereby again amended and restated effective as of January 1, 2009 by the adoption of Part B of the Plan, as set forth herein.  Part A of the Plan, consisting of the original Plan and the amendments made prior to October 3, 2004, applies to a Participant’s benefit or any portion thereof that is considered to have been Deferred under the Plan prior to January 1, 2005 (the “Section 409A Grandfathered Benefit”), in accordance with the terms of those documents in effect from time to time on and before October 3, 2004.  The Section 409A Grandfathered Benefit shall continue to be governed by the law applicable to nonqualified deferred compensation prior to the codification of Code Section 409A.  The provisions of this Part B shall apply to any portion of a Participant’s benefit that is considered to have been Deferred on or after January 1, 2005.  This Part B of the Plan is intended to meet all of the requirements of Code Section 409A, so that Participants will be eligible to defer the receipt of, and the liability for the federal income tax with respect to, certain items of compensation from one year to a later year in accordance with the provisions of applicable law and the provisions of the Plan.  With respect to the period commencing January 1, 2005 and ending December 31, 2008 and with respect to the portion of a Participant’s benefit that is considered to have been Deferred during the 2005, 2006, 2007 or 2008 calendar year, the Plan was administered in accordance with a reasonable, good faith interpretation of Code Section 409A, Treasury Regulations, Notices and other guidance issued thereunder, and such interpretation shall govern the rights of a Participant with respect to that period of time.

 

3.                                       Definitions . Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms when used in this Plan with initial capital letters shall have the following meanings:

 

A.            The term “Actuarial Equivalent” or “Actuarially Equivalent” means, with respect to a Plan Benefit, or any portion thereof, an amount of equivalent value determined on such actuarial basis as the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine is reasonable and appropriate and which shall be applied by the Committee in a uniform and consistent manner.

 

B.            The term “Aggregate Benefit” has the meaning provided in Section 6.D.

 


 

C.            The term “Beneficiary” means the beneficiary designated under this Plan to receive benefits upon the death of the Participant.  A Participant’s Beneficiary will be determined pursuant to the terms of the Qualified Plan in which he participates, as in effect on his Benefit Commencement Date under this Plan.

 

D.           “Benefit Commencement Date” means, except as provided below, the first day of the month immediately following the later of (i) the Participant’s Separation from Service, and (ii) the Participant’s attainment of age 55.  In the event a Participant makes a Subsequent Payment Election, the Benefit Commencement Date shall be the first day of the month coinciding with or next following the date upon which the Participant has elected to have payment of his Post-2004 Plan Benefit commence.

 

E.            The term “CBS” has the meaning provided in Section 1.

 

F.            The term “CBS Cash Balance Plan” means the CBS Cash Balance Plan Document component of the CBS Combined Pension Plan, as in effect on January 1, 2005 and as it may be amended from time to time thereafter.

 

G.            The term “CBS Pension Plan” means the CBS Pension Plan Document component of the CBS Combined Pension Plan, as in effect on January 1, 2005 and as it may be amended from time to time thereafter.

 

H.           The term “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

I.             The term “Committee” means the CBS Retirement Committee or any successor thereto.

 

J.             The term “Continuous Employment Period” has the meaning provided in the CBS Pension Plan.

 

K.           The term “Deferred” means that an amount is considered to be deferred within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.409A-6(a)(2) and 1.409A-6(a)(3).

 

L.            The term “Eligibility Service” means (i) for an individual who participates in the CBS Pension Plan, his Continuous Employment Period, and (ii) for an individual who participates in the Cash Balance Plan, the definition of “years of service” in the Cash Balance Plan.

 

M.          The term “Employee” means an employee of the Employer.

 

N.           The term “Employer” means CBS and its subsidiaries and affiliates.

 

O.           The term “Joint and Survivor Annuity” means one of the Optional Forms described in Section 6.B.(4) through Section 6.B.(6).

 

P.            The term “Life Annuity” means the Optional Form described in Section 6.B.(1).

 

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Q.           The term “Optional Forms” has the meaning provided in Section 6.B.

 

R.            The term “Other Death Benefit” has the meaning provided in Section 6.F.

 

S.            The term “Participant” has the meaning provided in Section 4.

 

T.            The term “Plan” means the CBS Bonus Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, as in effect from time to time.  Part A of the Plan, which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, shall apply to any portion of a Participant’s Plan Benefit that was Deferred prior to January 1, 2005.  Part B of the Plan is set forth herein and shall apply to any portion of a Participant’s Plan Benefit that is Deferred on or after January 1, 2005.  Certain provisions of this Part B apply as of certain earlier effective dates as specified herein.

 

U.           The term “Plan Benefit” has the meaning provided in Section 5.

 

V.            The term “Points” has the meaning provided in the CBS Cash Balance Plan.

 

W.          The term “Post-2004 Plan Benefit” means any portion of a Participant’s Plan Benefit that was Deferred after December 31, 2004.

 

X.           The term “Qualified Plan” means the CBS Pension Plan or CBS Cash Balance Plan, as applicable.

 

Y.            The term “Recipient” has the meaning provided in Section 17.

 

Z.            The term “Section 409A Grandfathered Benefit” has the meaning provided in Section 2.

 

AA.        The term “Separation from Service” means the condition that exists when an Employee who is a Participant in the Plan and the Employer reasonably anticipate that no further services will be performed after a certain date or that the level of bona fide services that the Employee will perform after such date (whether as an Employee or an independent contractor) would permanently decrease to no more than 20% 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 Employer if the Employee has been providing services to the Employer for less than 36 months).  For purposes of this Section 1.AA, for periods during which an Employee is on a paid bona fide leave of absence and has not otherwise experienced a Separation from Service, the Employee is treated as providing bona fide services at the level equal to the level of services that the Employee would have been required to perform to receive the compensation paid with respect to such leave of absence.  Periods during which an Employee is on an unpaid bona fide leave of absence and has not otherwise experienced a Separation from Service are disregarded for purposes of this Section 1.AA (including for purposes of determining the applicable 36-month (or shorter) period).  For purposes of this Section 1.AA, the Employer shall be considered to include all members of the controlled group of corporations which includes the Company;

 

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provided, however, that in applying Code Section 414(b), the phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be substituted for “at least 80 percent”; and in applying Code Section 414(c), the phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of the phrase “at least 80 percent.”  Separation from Service shall be determined on the basis of the modifications described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h)(3) (or any successor regulation) as defined in Code Section 409A and the regulations or other guidance issued thereunder.

 

BB.         The term “Subsequent Payment Election” has the meaning provided in Section 6.B.

 

CC.         The term “Transition Election” means a Participant’s election made on or before December 31, 2008 in accordance with IRS Notice 2007-86 and other applicable guidance under Code Section 409A to designate the time at which the Participant’s Plan Benefit will commence.

 

4.                                      Eligibility .  The persons eligible to participate in the Plan (“Participants”) are those Employees of CBS and its subsidiaries who are Participants in the CBS Pension Plan or the CBS Cash Balance Plan and whose participation in the Plan has been expressly approved by the Committee, a predecessor committee, or the Board of Directors of CBS.

 

Effective April 1, 1999:

 

A.           No Employee who becomes a participant under the CBS Cash Balance Plan shall accrue any additional benefit under the Plan on or after the effective date of such participation;

 

B.            No Employee who is hired or rehired after March 31, 1999 shall be eligible to participate in the Plan; and

 

C.            No individual other than an individual who was a Participant on March 31, 1999, and who (i) was age 55 or older on March 31, 1999, or (ii) had 70 or more Points on March 31, 1999, shall be eligible to accrue any additional benefits under the Plan after March 31, 1999.

 

5.                                      Computation of Benefit .

 

A.           The retirement or termination benefit payable to a Participant under the Plan (the “Plan Benefit”) shall be equal to the accrual percentage otherwise provided in Section 3.02(b) of the CBS Pension Plan (or any successor provision), which, as of January 1, 2009 is 1.7 percent, multiplied by the Eligible Amount, as defined in Subsection  B of this Section  5, and multiplied by the number of years of the Participant’s Continuous Employment Period, up to a maximum of 35 years.

 

B.            The Eligible Amount shall be:

 

(1)           in the case of a Participant who has been designated by the CBS Board of Directors, 100 percent of such Participant’s cash awards under an annual CBS plan for additional compensation (currently the CBS Short Term Incentive Plan), and

 

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(2)           in the case of all other Participants, 50 percent of such Participant’s cash awards under such an additional compensation plan.

 

C.            In the case of any Plan Benefit payable to a Participant whose Benefit Commencement Date is prior to age 65, and after completion of 10 years of Eligibility Service, any amount payable will be reduced by 4% for each year that the Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date precedes his attainment of age 62.  In the case of any Plan Benefit payable to a Participant whose Benefit Commencement Date is prior to age 65 and prior to completion of 10 years of Eligibility Service, any amount payable will be reduced on the basis of Actuarially Equivalent factors for each year that the Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date precedes his attainment of age 65.

 

D.           For purposes of clarity, a Participant’s Section 409A Grandfathered Benefit shall be paid to the Participant at the same time and in the same form as the Participant’s benefit under the Qualified Plan is paid. The Participant’s Post-2004 Plan Benefit will be calculated as follows:

 

(i)           If the Participant’s Post-2004 Plan Benefit is payable at the same time as the benefits described in the first sentence of this Section 5.D., the Participant’s total Plan Benefit shall be determined as provided in Section 5.A. through Section 5.C. above.  The Participant’s Post-2004 Plan Benefit shall be equal to the Participant’s total Plan Benefit, less the Participant’s Section 409A Grandfathered Benefit (but not less than zero).

 

(ii)          If the Participant’s Post-2004 Plan Be


 
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