COOPER US, INC.
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
COOPER US, INC.
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
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ELIGIBILITY FOR PLAN
PARTICIPATION
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2.2 Former SEDB
Participants
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3.1 Amount of
Company Contributions
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3.2 Eligibility
for Company Contributions
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ACCOUNTS AND DEEMED
INTEREST
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4.1
Establishment and Crediting of Accounts
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4.2 Adjustment
of Accounts
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5.3 Alternative
Payment Forms
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5.5 Special
Transition Elections
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Section 409A Violation
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5.7 Payment
Upon Change in Control
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5.8 Payment
Upon Disability
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Section
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ADMINISTRATIVE
PROVISIONS
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7.2 Powers and
Authorities of the Plan Administrator
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ADMINISTRATIVE
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9.1
Non-Alienation of Benefits
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9.2 Payment of
Benefits to Others
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9.6 Claims of
Other Person
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COOPER US, INC.
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
WHEREAS,
Cooper US, Inc. (the “Company”) desires to establish,
effective January 1, 2007, the Cooper US, Inc. Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) to provide a
select group of management employees and highly compensated
employees of the Company and its affiliates with supplemental
retirement benefits; and
WHEREAS,
Plan benefits that were accrued or vested after January 1,
2007, prior to the execution of this plan document have been
administered in good faith compliance with the requirements of
Section 409A; and
WHEREAS,
the Plan is intended to comply with Section 409A of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(“Section 409A”) and shall be construed
consistently with such intent;
NOW,
THEREFORE, effective January 1, 2007, the Plan is hereby
established as hereinafter set forth.
1.1
Definitions . As used herein, the following words shall
have the meanings hereinafter set forth unless otherwise
specifically provided.
(1) The term
“ Account ” shall mean the bookkeeping account
establish in the name of each Participant under the
Plan.
(2) The term
“ Active Participant ” shall mean each
Participant who is eligible for a Company Contribution with respect
to the current Plan Year.
(3) The term
“ Affiliate ” shall mean any member of a
controlled group of corporations (as determined under Section
414(b) of the Code) of which the Company is a member and any member
of a group of trades or business under common control (as
determined under Section 414(c) of the Code) with the Company; any
member of an affiliated service group (as determined under Section
414(m) of the Code) of which the Company is a member; and any other
entity which is required to be aggregated with the Company pursuant
to the provisions of Section 414(o) of the Code.
(4) The term
“ Beneficiary ” shall mean the person or persons
who, in accordance with the provisions of Article V, is
entitled to distribution hereunder in the event a Participant dies
before his interest under the Plan has been distributed to him in
full.
(5) The term
“ Change in Control ” shall mean a change in the
ownership or effective control of the Company or a change in the
ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company
that constitutes a “change in control” under
Section 409A.
(6) The term
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended from time to time. Reference to a section of the
Code shall include such section and any comparable section or
sections of any future legislation that amends, supplements, or
supersedes such section.
(7) The term
“ Committee ” shall mean the Management
Development and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of
Cooper Industries, Ltd.
(8) The term
“ Company ” shall mean Cooper US, Inc., its
corporate successors, and the surviving corporation resulting from
any merger of Cooper US, Inc. with any other corporation or
corporations.
(9) The term
“ Compensation ” shall mean base salary and any
management incentive bonus of a Participant for a Plan Year that is
paid in the
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following year,
calculated before any reduction for compensation voluntarily
deferred or contributed by or on behalf of a Participant under all
qualified and nonqualified plans of the Employer and including
amounts deferred to plans of the Employer pursuant to provisions of
Sections 125, 129, 132(f), 402(e)(3), or 402(h) of the
Code.
(10) The term
“ Disability ” shall mean that the Participant
(i) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by
reason of 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 twelve months or
(ii) is, by reason of 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 twelve
months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not
less than three months under a welfare benefit plan covering
employees of the Employer.
(11) The term
“ Election Form ” shall mean the form which may
be electronic, telephonic or hard copy and on which a Participant
elects the manner in which he shall receive distribution of his
Account.
(12) The term
“ Eligible Employee ” shall mean any highly
compensated or select management employee of the Company or an
Affiliate who is approved in advance of each Plan Year by the
Committee to participate in the Plan for such Plan Year.
(13) The term
“ Employer ” shall mean the Company as well as
any Affiliates of the Company that is designated as a participating
employer under the Plan by the Plan Administrator.
(14) The term
“ ERISA ” shall mean the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
Reference to a section of ERISA shall include such section and any
comparable section or sections of any future legislation that
amends, supplements, or supersedes such section.
(15) The term
“ Former SEDB Participant ” shall mean each
Participant in the SEDB Plan who was actively employed by the
Company on January 1, 2007 and whose account under the SEDB
Plan was transferred to the Plan on March 31, 2007, and who
shall thereafter be an Inactive Participant in the Plan, unless he
is selected to be an Active Participant with respect to a Plan
Year.
(16) The term
“ Inactive Participant ” shall mean any Former
SEDB Participant and any former Active Participant, who has an
Account under the Plan.
(17) The term
“ Participant ” shall mean any Active
Participant as well as any Inactive Participant.
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(18) The term
“ Plan ” shall mean the Cooper US, Inc.
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan as established effective
January 1, 2007, with all amendments, supplements, and
modifications hereafter made.
(19) The term
“ Plan Administrator ” shall mean the
Company.
(20) The term
“ Plan Year ” shall mean the calendar
year.
(21) The term
“ Retirement ” shall mean a Separation from
Service by a Participant on or after the attainment of age
65.
(22) The term
“ SEDB Plan ” shall mean the Cooper US, Inc.
Supplemental Excess Defined Benefit Plan.
(23) The term
“Section 409A” shall mean Section 409A
of the Code, and the regulations and rulings promulgated
thereunder.
(24) The term
“Separation from Service” shall mean the
termination of employment of a Participant with the Company and all
Affiliates for any reason other than death; provided, however, that
a Company-approved leave of absence shall not be considered a
termination of employment if the leave does not exceed six months
or, if longer, so long as the Participant’s right to
reemployment is provided either by statute or by contract.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, whether or not a Participant has
incurred a Separation from Service shall be determined in
accordance with Section 409A.
(25) The term
“ SERP Contribution Percentage ” shall mean the
percentage of Compensation that is selected by the Committee and
credited under the Plan with respect to a Participant for a Plan
Year.
(26) The term
“Specified Employee” shall mean a
“specified employee” within the meaning of
Section 409A and the Company’s Specified Employee
identification policy, if any.
(27) The term
“ Years of Service ” shall mean a year of
service as defined in the Cooper US, Inc. Retirement Savings and
Stock Ownership Plan.
1.2
Construction . Where necessary or
appropriate to the meaning herein, the singular shall be deemed to
include the plural and the masculine pronoun to include the
feminine.
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ELIGIBILITY FOR PLAN
PARTICIPATION
2.1 Active
Participants . Prior to the first day of such Plan Year,
the Committee shall approve the selection of certain Company
officers and certain division presidents as an Active Participant
in the Plan with respect to such Plan Year as well as the
Compensation Percentage of each such Active Participant for such
Plan Year. Upon being so selected and prior to the first day of
such Plan Year, each Active Participant shall complete and return
all necessary Election Forms. All Election Forms of a Participant
must be consistent and comply with the provisions of
Article V.
2.2 Former
SEDB Participants . Effective as of March 31, 2007,
the account of each participant in the SEDB Plan who was actively
employed by the Company on January 1, 2007, shall be
transferred to the Plan and credited to an Account under the Plan
in the name of such Participant and thereafter administered
pursuant to the terms of the Plan. Upon such transfer each Former
SEDB Plan Participant shall complete and file an Election Form with
respect to the distribution of such Account. All Election Forms of
a Participant must be consistent and comply with the provisions of
Article V.
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3.1 Amount
of Company Contributions . Except as
specifically provided otherwise in the Plan, within 30 days of
payment of any bonus earned for a Plan Year under the Cooper US,
Inc. Management Annual Incentive Plan, the Account of each Active
Participant shall be credited with a Company Contribution for such
Plan Year that is based upon his Compensation for such Plan Year
multiplied by his Compensation Percentage for such Plan
Year.
3.2
Eligibility for Company Contributions . Notwithstanding
any other provision of the Plan, the Account of an Active
Participant shall only be credited with a Company Contribution (i)
for a Plan Year prior to the 2009 Plan Year, if such Active
Participant is employed by the Company or an Affiliate on the date
such Company Contribution is to be credited to the
Participant’s Account, and (ii) for any Plan Year after
the 2008 Plan Year, if such Active Participant is employed by the
Company or an Affiliate on the date such Company Contribution is to
be credited to the Participant’s Account or if such
Participant incurred a Separation from Service during such Plan
Year or in the immediately following Plan Year and prior to the
contribution crediting date due to death, Disability, or Retirement
or in the discretion of the Committee after attainment of age 55
with at least 5 years of Vesting Service.
3.3
Vesting . Company Contributions credited to the Accounts
of Active Participants pursuant to the provisions of
Section 3.1 and 3.2 shall be fully vested pursuant to the
schedule set forth below.
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Years of
Vesting Service
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Vested Percentage
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