Exhibit 10(e)
Constellation Energy Group, Inc.
Supplemental Pension Plan
Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2009
Table of Contents
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Purpose and Nature of the Plan
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2.
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Definitions
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Plan Administration
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4.
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Eligibility
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5.
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Supplemental Pension Benefits
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For Benefits Earned and Vested Prior to
January 1, 2005
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For Benefits Earned and Vested On or After
January 1, 2005
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Survivor Benefits
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Compliance with Section 409A of the
Code
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10.
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Miscellaneous
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1.
Purpose and Nature of the
Plan .
Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (the “Company”)
established the Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Senior
Executive Supplemental Plan (“Plan”) and maintains the
Plan as an unfunded retirement plan for purposes of Title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, notwithstanding
the creation of the Rabbi Trust. The purpose of the plan is
to provide enhanced retirement benefits for certain officers and
key employees of the Company and its subsidiaries in order to
attract and retain talented executive personnel. Any funds
which may be invested and any assets which may be held to provide
benefits under this Plan shall continue for all purposes to be a
part of the general funds and assets of Constellation Energy Group
and no person other than Constellation Energy Group shall by virtue
of the provisions of this Plan have any interest in such funds and
assets. To the extent that any person acquires a right to
receive payments from Constellation Energy Group under this Plan,
such rights shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured
general creditor of Constellation Energy Group.
The Plan is divided into sections
that separately address benefits earned and vested on or after
January 1, 2005, which are subject to Internal Revenue Code
section 409A, and benefits earned and vested before January 1,
2005, which are “grandfathered” under Internal Revenue
Code section 409A.
2.
Definitions
. All words beginning with an
initial capital letter and not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meaning set forth in the Pension Plan. All singular
terms defined in this Plan will include the plural and vice
versa . As used herein, the following terms will have the
meaning specified below:
“Annual Base Salary”
means an amount determined by adding the bi-weekly base rate of pay
amounts (i.e., the types of such pay that are includable in the
computation of Pension Plan benefits)earned over the twelve
calendar months immediately preceding the month that includes the
date of the computation.
“Average Incentive
Award” (or “Average Award”) means generally the
product of the percentage equal to an average of the two highest of
the participant’s five immediately prior year award
percentages earned under Constellation Energy Group’s
Executive Annual Incentive Plan,
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Constellation Energy Group’s
Senior Management Annual Incentive Plan and/or other Incentive
Awards Program multiplied by the participant’s annualized
base rate of pay amount (i.e., the types of such pay that are
includable in the computation of Pension Plan benefits) in effect
at the end of the prior year.
“Benefit Start Date”
means the date as of which the participant’s benefits, if
any, under this Plan commence.
“Cause” means the
participant’s (a) failure to comply with Constellation
Energy Group policy, (b) deliberate and continual refusal to
satisfactorily perform employment duties on substantially a
full-time basis, (c) deliberate and continual refusal to act
in accordance with any specific instructions of a majority of
Constellation Energy Group’s Board of Directors,
(d) disclosure, without the consent of a majority of
Constellation Energy Group’s Board of Directors, of
confidential information or trade secrets concerning Constellation
Energy Group which could be materially damaging to Constellation
Energy Group, or (e) deliberate misconduct which could be
materially damaging to Constellation Energy Group without
reasonable good faith belief by the participant that such conduct
was in the best interest of Constellation Energy Group.
“Change in Control”
means the occurrence of any one of the following
events:
(i)
individuals who, on January 24,
2003, constitute the Board of Directors of Constellation Energy
Group (the “ Incumbent Directors ”) cease
for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board of
Directors of Constellation Energy Group (the “
Board ”), provided that any person becoming a
director subsequent to January 24, 2003, whose election or
nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least
two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors then on the Board (either by
a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of
Constellation Energy Group (the “ Company
”) in which such person is named as a nominee for director,
without written objection to such nomination) shall be an Incumbent
Director; provided , however , that no individual
initially elected or nominated as a director of the Company as a
result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to
directors or as a result
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of any other actual or threatened
solicitation of proxies by or on behalf of any person other than
the Board shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director;
(ii)
any “person” (as such
term is defined in Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange
Act ”) and as used in Sections 13(d)(3) and
14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes a
“beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under
the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the
Company representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of
the Company’s then outstanding securities eligible to vote
for the election of the Board (the “ Company Voting
Securities ”); provided , however ,
that the event described in this paragraph (ii) shall not be
deemed to be a Change in Control by virtue of any of the following
acquisitions: (A) by the Company or any corporation with
respect to which the Company owns a majority of the outstanding
shares of common stock or has the power to vote or direct the
voting of sufficient securities to elect a majority of the
directors (a “ Subsidiary Company ”),
(B) by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored
or maintained by the Company or any Subsidiary Company, (C) by
any underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an
offering of such securities, (D) pursuant to a Non-Qualifying
Transaction (as defined in paragraph (iii)), or (E) pursuant
to any acquisition by Plan participant or any group of persons
including Plan participant (or any entity controlled by Plan
participant or any group of persons including Plan
participant);
(iii)
consummation of a merger,
consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar form of
corporate transaction involving the Company or any of its
Subsidiary Companies (a “Business Combination
”), unless immediately following such Business
Combination: (A) more than 60% of the total voting power
of (x) the corporation resulting from such Business
Combination (the “ Surviving Corporation
”), or (y) if applicable, the ultimate parent
corporation that directly or indirectly has
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beneficial ownership of at least 95%
of the voting securities eligible to elect directors of the
Surviving Corporation (the “ Parent Corporation
”), is represented by Company Voting Securities that were
outstanding immediately prior to such Business Combination (or, if
applicable, is represented by shares into which such Company Voting
Securities were converted pursuant to such Business Combination),
and such voting power among the holders thereof is in substantially
the same proportion as the voting power of such Company Voting
Securities among the holders thereof immediately prior to the
Business Combination, (B) no person (other than any employee
benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the
Surviving Corporation or the Parent Corporation), is or becomes the
beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 20% or more of the
total voting power of the outstanding voting securities eligible to
elect directors of the Parent Corporation (or, if there is no
Parent Corporation, the Surviving Corporation) and (C) at
least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the
Parent Corporation (or, if there is no Parent Corporation, the
Surviving Corporation) following the consummation of the Business
Combination were Incumbent Directors at the time of the
Board’s approval of the execution of the initial agreement
providing for such Business Combination (any Business Combination
which satisfies all of the criteria specified in (A), (B), and
(C) above shall be deemed to be a “ Non-Qualifying
Transaction ”); or
(iv)
the stockholders of the Company
approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the
Company, or the consummation of a sale of all or substantially all
of the Company’s assets.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
Change in Control of the Company shall not be deemed to occur
solely because any person acquires beneficial ownership of more
than 20% of the Company Voting Securities as a result of the
acquisition of Company Voting Securities by the Company which
reduces the number of Company Voting Securities outstanding;
provided , that if after such acquisition by the
Company such person becomes the beneficial owner of additional
Company Voting Securities that increases the percentage of
outstanding
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Company Voting Securities
beneficially owned by such person, a Change in Control of the
Company shall then occur.
“Committee” means the
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Constellation
Energy Group.
“Constellation Energy
Group” means Constellation Energy Group, Inc., a
Maryland corporation, or its successor.
“Constellation Energy
Group’s Executive Annual Incentive Plan” means such
plan or other incentive plan or arrangement designated in writing
by the Plan Administrator.
“Constellation Energy
Group’s Senior Management Annual Incentive Plan” means
such plan or other incentive plan or arrangement designated in
writing by the Plan Administrator.
“Demotion” means a
transfer to a position with Constellation Energy Group or a
subsidiary of Constellation Energy Group that either (a) is
substantially below the position in which the participant was
employed on the date of transfer, or (b) results in a
substantial reduction in pay when compared to the
participant’s pay on the date of the transfer. Whether
a position is a substantially below another position shall be
determined in the reasonable discretion of the Committee, with
reference to factors including whether the participant retains
principal responsibility for a department or division, and whether
the participant remains eligible for the perquisites enjoyed by the
participant before the position change.
“Early Receipt Reduction
Factor” means 100% less .25% for each month that the
participant is less than age 62 on the participant’s Benefit
Start Date.
“Interest Rate” means
the rate equal to the average monthly 30-year Treasury bond rate
for the second calendar quarter preceding the computation date,
less 50 basis points.
“Internal Revenue Code
Limitations” means the limitations under Sections 415 and/or
401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code.
“Key Employee” means an
employee listed each year by Constellation Energy Group on the Key
Employee list as required by Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(i), which
shall generally be comprised of officers, and shall include
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not be limited to: the 50 most
highly paid officers having annual compensation greater than
$130,000 (as adjusted from time to time); 5% owners; and 1% owners
that have annual compensation from Constellation Energy Group
greater than $150,000 (as adjusted from time to time). Key
Employees shall be identified as of December 31 of each year,
and the List shall take effect on April 1 of the year
following.
“LTD Plan” means the
Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Disability Insurance Plan as
may be amended from time to time, or any successor plan.
“Mortality Table” means
the mortality table used to convert annuities to lump sums in the
Pension Plan.
“Nonqualified Deferred
Compensation Plan” means the Constellation Energy
Group, Inc. Nonqualified Deferred Compensation
Plan.
“Other Incentive Awards
Program” means the program(s) designated in writing by
the Plan Administrator applicable to certain employees that
provides awards; but includes only the types of awards that are
includable in the computation of Pension Plan benefits.
“Pension Plan” means the
Pension Plan of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. as may be
amended from time to time, or any successor plan.
“Plan” means this
Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Supplemental Pension
Plan.
“Plan Administrator”
means, as set forth in Section 3, the Committee and its
designees.
“Rabbi Trust” means the
trust adopted by Constellation Energy Group pursuant to the Grantor
Trust Agreement Dated as of November 3, 2008, by and between
Constellation Energy Group and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
“Severance from Service
Date” means: (i) for benefit amounts earned and vested
prior to January 1, 2005, the same as set forth in the Pension
Plan; (ii) for benefit amounts earned and vested on or after
January 1, 2005, the date that the employee dies, retires, or
otherwise has a termination of employment such that it is
reasonably anticipated that the employee will perform no additional
services, or the level of bona fide services performed would
permanently decrease
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to no more than 20 percent of the
average level of bona fide services performed in the immediately
preceding 36-month period.
“Survivor Annuity
Percentage” means 50%, unless the participant elects in the
timing and manner established by the Plan Administrator, a higher
percentage (in multiples of 5% to a total percentage not to exceed
100%).
“Termination From Employment
With Constellation Energy Group” means a participant’s
separation from service with Constellation Energy Group or a
subsidiary of Constellation Energy Group; however, a
participant’s retirement, disability, or transfer of
employment to or from a subsidiary of Constellation Energy Group
shall not constitute a Termination From Employment With
Constellation Energy Group.
3.
Plan
Administration . The Committee is the Plan Administrator
and has sole authority (except as specified otherwise herein) to
interpret the Plan and, in general, to make all other
determinations advisable for the administration of the Plan to
achieve its stated objective. Appeals of written decisions by
the Plan Administrator may be made to the Board of Directors of
Constellation Energy Group. Decisions by the Board shall be
final and not subject to further appeal. The Plan
Administrator shall have the power to delegate all or any part of
its duties to one or more designees, and to withdraw such
authority, by written designation.
4.
Eligibility
. The officers or key
employees of Constellation Energy Group or its subsidiaries
designated in Appendix A are participants under the Plan.
Participation shall continue until such designation is withdrawn at
the discretion and by written order of the Plan Administrator,
provided, however, that such withdrawal may not be made for
benefits provided pursuant to Sections 5, 6, and 7 with respect to
a participant who has satisfied the eligibility requirements to
retire (as set forth in Section 5(a)). Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any participant while classified as disabled under
the LTD Plan shall continue to participate in this Plan while
classified as disabled and, for purposes of the supplemental
pension benefit provided by this Plan, while classified as
disabled, shall be deemed to continue to accrue Credited Service
until no later than his/her Normal Retirement Date.
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A participant shall be eligible for
supplemental pension benefits and supplemental survivor annuity
benefits under this Plan only if the participant’s
supplemental pension benefits under this Plan are greater than the
supplemental pension benefits computed under the Senior Executive
Supplemental Plan based on the participant’s age, service,
and eligible compensation on the date as of which benefits become
payable.
5.
Supplemental Pension
Benefit.
(a)
Commencement of
benefits . A
participant shall be eligible to retire under this Plan on or after
the participant’s Normal Retirement Date, or on the first day
of any month preceding his/her Normal Retirement Date, if on
his/her Severance From Service Date and while a participant he/she
has attained (1) age 55 and has accumulated at least 10 years
of Credited Service; or (2) age 60 and has accumulated at
least one year of Credited Service.
(b)
Computation of retirement
benefits . A
participant who is eligible to retire under this Plan will be
entitled to supplemental pension retirement benefits under this
Plan, which will be calculated as set forth below on the
participant’s Benefit Start Date:
(i)
add the Annual Base Salary and the
Average Incentive Award,
(ii)
divide the sum by 26,
(iii)
multiply this dollar amount by the
appropriate percentage, determined as follows: Chairman of
the Board of Constellation Energy Group - 60%; all other
participants (by completed years of Credited Service) 1 through 9 -
3% per year; 10 through 19 - 40%; 20 through 24 - 45%; 25 through
29 - 50%; and 30 or more - 55%,
(iv)
multiply this dollar amount by the
Early Receipt Reduction Factor; provided, however, if the
participant is age 62 or older, such factor shall be one
(1),
(v)
subtract from this dollar amount the
charges relating to coverage for a preretirement
survivor
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annuity in excess of 50%, and for a
post-retirement survivor annuity in excess of 50%, and
(vi)
subtract from the remainder the net
amount payable to the participant under the Pension Plan on the
participant’s Benefit Start Date, assuming a 50% spousal
joint and survivor annuity for a married participant(if the
participant is not eligible to commence bi-weekly Pension Plan
payments on the participant’s Benefit Start Date, the
participant’s benefit will be unreduced for Pension Plan
payments until the date the participant is first eligible to
commence bi-weekly Pension Plan payments) , or, if the
participant elects a lump sum under the PEP provisions of the
Pension Plan, the bi-weekly amount that would have been payable
under the Pension Plan as a life annuity for a single participant
or as a 50% spousal joint and survivor annuity for a married
participant, as of the Benefit Start Date under this
Plan.
6.
For Benefits Earned and Vested
Prior to January 1, 2005.
(a)
Form of payout of
retirement benefits . Each participant entitled to
supplemental pension retirement benefits will receive his/her
supplemental pension retirement benefits payout in the form of a
bi-weekly payment, unless the participant makes a valid election to
receive his/her supplemental pension retirement benefits payout in
the form of a lump sum.
A participant may elect to receive
his/her supplemental pension retirement benefits payout in the form
of a lump sum by submitting to the Plan Administrator a signed Lump
Sum Election Form. The Form must be received by the Plan
Administrator before the beginning of the calendar year during
which the participant’s Severance From Service Date
occurs. The election to receive a payout in the form of a
lump sum may be revoked at any time before the beginning of the
calendar year during which the participant’s Severance From
Service Date occurs, by submitting to the Plan Administrator a
signed Lump Sum Revocation Form.
(b)
Amount, timing, and source of
bi-weekly retirement benefit payout . A participant entitled to
bi-weekly
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supplemental pension retirement
benefits will receive bi-weekly payments equal to the amount
determined under Section 5(b). Such payments shall
commence effective with the first of the month following the
participant’s Severance From Service Date. If such
participant receives (or would have received but for the Internal
Revenue Code Limitations) cost of living adjustment(s) under
the Pension Plan, the bi-weekly payments hereunder will be
automatically increased based on the percentage of, and at the same
time as, such adjustment(s). Bi-weekly payments hereunder
shall permanently cease upon the death of the participant,
effective with the bi-weekly payment for the month following
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