Exhibit 10-H
DONALDSON COMPANY,
INC.
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT
PLAN
(2008 Restatement)
As Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2008
DONALDSON
COMPANY, INC.
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
(2008
Restatement)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1.
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HISTORY AND PURPOSE
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1.1.
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History
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1.2.
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Purpose
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SECTION 2.
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DEFINITIONS
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2.1.
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Account
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2.2.
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Actuarial Equivalent
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2.3.
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Affiliate
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2.4.
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Basic Retirement Plan Benefits
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2.5.
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Beneficiary
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2.6.
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Board
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2.7.
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Change of Control
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2.8.
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Code
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2.9.
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Committee
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2.10.
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Company
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2.11.
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Compensation
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2.12.
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Deferral Credit
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2.13.
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Deferred Compensation Plan
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2.14.
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Disability, Disabled
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2.15.
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Early Retirement Factor
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2.16.
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Effective Date
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2.17.
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Eligible Employee
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2.18.
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ERISA
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2.19.
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Final Average Compensation
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2.20.
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Participant
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2.21.
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Pension Plan
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2.22.
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Pension Service
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2.23.
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Plan
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2.24.
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Plan Year
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2.25.
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Termination of Employment
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2.26.
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Vested
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SECTION 3.
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ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
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3.1.
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Eligibility
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3.2.
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Commencement of Participation
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3.3.
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Termination of Participation
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3.4.
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Overriding Exclusion
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SECTION 4.
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CREDITED AMOUNTS
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4.1.
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Normal Retirement Benefit
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4.2.
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Early Retirement Benefit
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4.3.
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Disability or Death Benefit
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4.4.
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Vesting
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SECTION 5.
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TIME AND MANNER OF PAYMENTS
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5.1.
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Time of Payment
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5.2.
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Manner of Payment
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5.3.
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Changes in Time and Manner of Payment
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5.4.
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Change of Control Distributions
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5.5.
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Death Benefit
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5.6.
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Beneficiary Designation
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SECTION 6.
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ACCOUNT
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6.1.
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Participant Accounts
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6.2.
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Investment of Accounts
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6.3.
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Charges Against Accounts
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SECTION 7.
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FUNDING
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7.1.
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Funding
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7.2.
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Corporate Obligation
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SECTION 8.
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FORFEITURE OF BENEFITS
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SECTION 9.
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ADMINISTRATION
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9.1.
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Authority
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9.2.
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Liability
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9.3.
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Procedures
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9.4.
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Claim for Benefits
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9.5.
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Claims Procedure
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9.5.1.
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Original Claim
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9.5.2.
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Claims Review Procedure
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9.5.3.
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General Rules
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9.6.
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Legal Fees
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9.7.
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Errors in Computations
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SECTION 10.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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10.1.
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Not an Employment Contract
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10.2.
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Nontransferability
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10.3.
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Tax Withholding
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10.4.
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Expenses
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10.5.
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Governing Law
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10.6.
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Amendment and Termination
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10.7.
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Rules of Interpretation
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DONALDSON
COMPANY, INC.
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
(2008 Restatement)
SECTION
1
HISTORY AND PURPOSE
1.1.
History . Donaldson Company, Inc. sponsors an unfunded,
nonqualified deferred compensation for a select group of highly
compensated employees, known as the “DONALDSON COMPANY, INC.
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN”. The Plan, in its
most current amended and restated form, is maintained under a
document effective January 1, 2005 (the “Prior Plan
Statement”). Effective as of January 1, 2008, Donaldson
Company, Inc. hereby amends and restates the Plan in the manner
hereinafter set forth to (i) freeze participation and (ii) adopt
miscellaneous changes necessary in order to comply with final
Treasury regulations issued under section 409A of the
Code.
1.2.
Purpose . The purpose of this Plan is to enable the Company
to provide supplemental retirement benefits to a select group of
management or highly compensated employees such that the sum of the
supplemental benefits, certain other retirement benefits provided
by Company, and benefits provided by prior employers, will not be
less than a predetermined portion of the employee’s final
average compensation.
SECTION
2
DEFINITIONS
The following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning is
plainly required by the context. Any masculine terminology used in
the Plan shall also include the feminine gender and the definition
of any terms in the singular shall also include the
plural.
2.1.
Account — the compensation account
established under this Plan for a Participant pursuant to
Section 6.1.
2.2.
Actuarial Equivalent — a benefit of equivalent
value computed on the basis of actuarial tables, factors and
assumptions set forth in Appendix C to the Donaldson Company,
Inc. Salaried Employees’ Pension Plan.
2.3.
Affiliate — a business entity which is under
“common control” with the Company or which is a member
of an “affiliated service group” that includes the
Company, as those terms are defined in section 414(b), (c) and
(m) of the Code. A business entity shall also be treated as an
Affiliate if, and to the extent that, such treatment is required by
regulations under section 414(o) of the Code. In addition to
said required treatment, the Committee may, in its discretion,
designate as an Affiliate any business entity which is not such a
“common
control” or “affiliated
service group” business entity but which is otherwise
affiliated with the Company, subject to such limitations as the
Committee may impose.
2.4.
Basic Retirement Plan Benefits — the single
lump-sum value of the benefits payable under all of the following
plans, determined as of the date of the Eligible Employee’s
Termination of Employment, death or Disability, whichever happens
first (or if the value of a plan cannot be determined as of that
date, as of the valuation date for such plan that immediately
precedes or follows such Termination of Employment, death or
Disability, whichever happens first, as determined by the
Committee), and subject to the limitations, if any, set forth
below:
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(a)
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Donaldson Company, Inc. Retirement
Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (including profit sharing
and PAYSOP), taking into account only vested benefits attributable
employer contributions;
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(b)
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Donaldson Company, Inc. Salaried
Employees’ Pension Plan;
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(c)
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Donaldson Company, Inc. Excess
Pension Plan;
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(d)
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Donaldson Company, Inc. Deferred
Compensation and 401(k) Excess Plan, taking into account only
benefits attributable to Company Credits;
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(e)
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Donaldson Company, Inc. ESOP
Restoration Plan;
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Any qualified or non-qualified
retirement plan, program or arrangement provided by the Company or
an Affiliate and not listed above, taking into account only vested
benefits attributable to employer contributions; and
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Any qualified or non-qualified
retirement plan, program or arrangement provided by a prior
employer, taking into account only vested benefits attributable to
employer contributions.
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For purposes of paragraphs (a),
(f) and (g) above, “employer contributions” does not
include pre-tax contributions to a tax-qualified retirement plan
elected by an Eligible Employee in lieu of current compensation
under a 401(k) arrangement, or any other amount contributed due to
an Eligible Employee’s election to defer compensation. If
prior to the earliest of the Eligible Employee’s Termination
of Employment, death or Disability the Eligible Employee received a
distribution of any benefits that, but for the distribution, would
have been included in the Eligible Employee’s Basic
Retirement Plan Benefits, such Basic Retirement Plan Benefits shall
be increased by the amount of such distribution, plus interest
thereon at a rate to be determined by the Committee. In the event
any of the foregoing plans do not provide for payment in a single
lump-sum, the benefit taken into account for purposes of this
Section 2.4 shall be the single lump-sum Actuarial Equivalent
of the benefit payable under such plan.
2.5.
Beneficiary — any person or entity validly
designated by the Participant in accordance with Section 5 to
receive the benefits, if any, payable under the Plan with respect
to the Participant after the Participant’s death. Designated
persons or entities shall not be considered Beneficiaries until the
death of the Participant.
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2.6.
Board — the Board of Directors of the
Company.
2.7.
Change of Control — the occurrence of a
“change in the ownership,” “change in effective
control,” and/or a “change in the ownership of a
substantial portion of the assets,” as defined under Treasury
Regulation § 1.409A 3(i)(5), of the Affected Corporation. For
this purpose, the “Affected Corporation” is the
Participant’s employer, or any corporation (including the
Company) in a chain of corporations in which each corporation is a
majority shareholder of another corporation in the chain, ending
with the Participant’s employer. A “majority
shareholder” is a shareholder owning more than 50 percent of
the total fair market value and total voting power of such
corporation.
2.8.
Code — the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
including applicable regulations for the specified section of the
Code. Any reference in this Plan Statement to a section of the
Code, including the applicable regulation, shall be considered also
to mean and refer to any subsequent amendment or replacement of
that section or regulation.
2.9.
Committee — the Human Resources Committee
of the Board of Directors of the Company.
2.10.
Company — Donaldson Company, Inc. and,
except in determining under Section 2.7 hereof whether or not
any Change of Control has occurred, shall include any successor by
merger, purchase or otherwise.
2.11.
Compensation — the amount of remuneration
paid to an Eligible Employee that was treated as
“Compensation” within the meaning of the Donaldson
Company, Inc. Excess Pension Plan (modified as described in
subsections (a) and (b) of Section 4.2 of such plan),
subject, however to the following:
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annual bonuses shall be included in
the year they are earned, not the year they are paid;
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(b)
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amounts paid under a non-qualified
plan of deferred compensation shall not be included (e.g., payments
of deferred salary or bonus).
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2.12.
Deferral Credit — any amount credited to an
Eligible Employee under Section 4.1, 4.2 or 4.3 of the
Deferred Compensation Plan.
2.13.
Deferred Compensation Plan — the nonqualified
deferred compensation plan known as the “Donaldson Company,
Inc. Deferred Compensation and 401(k) Excess Plan,” as
amended from time to time.
2.14.
Disability, Disabled — a physical or
mental impairment which constitutes total and permanent disability
and during which the Eligible Employee is not receiving any
payments of an Early Retirement Pension or a Vested Benefit under
the Pension Plan, and the Eligible Employee either:
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(a)
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is, by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to
result in death or can be expected to last for a
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continuous period of not less than
twelve (12) months, receiving income replacement benefits for a
period of not less than three (3) months under an accident and
health plan covering employees of the Company; or
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is eligible to receive and is
actually receiving (after the applicable waiting period) benefits
under the federal Social Security Act as in effect at the time of
the Disability.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
terms Disability and Disabled shall at all times be interpreted in
a manner so as not to violate section 409A of the Internal Revenue
Code.
2.15.
Early Retirement Factor — a one-sixth of one
percent reduction for each month, or portion thereof, that the
Participant’s Termination of Employment precedes the
Participant’s attainment of age 62.
2.16.
Effective Date — the amended and restated Plan
document as set forth herein is effective as of January 1,
2008.
2.17.
Eligible Employee — any senior officer of
the Company who meets all of the requirements of
Section 3.1.
2.18.
ERISA — the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, including applicable regulations for the specified
section of ERISA. Any reference in this Plan to a section of ERISA,
including the applicable regulation, shall be considered also to
mean and refer to any subsequent amendment or replacement of that
section or regulation.
2.19.
Final Average Compensation — the
Participant’s average annual Compensation for the highest
three consecutive Plan Years out of the most recent ten Plan Years,
ending with the Plan Year in which the earliest of the
Participant’s Termination of Employment, death or Disability,
occurs.
2.20.
Participant — an Eligible Employee or a former
Eligible Employee who has not received all of the benefits to which
he or she is entitled under this Plan.
2.21.
Pension Plan — the tax-qualified pension plan
known as the “Donaldson Company, Inc. Salaried
Employees’ Pension Plan (1997 Restatement),” as amended
from time to time.
2.22.
Pension Service — the Participant’s
“Benefit Service” as defined in the Pension
Plan.
2.23.
Plan — the Donaldson Company, Inc.
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan as set forth herein, and as
the same may be amended from time to time.
2.24.
Plan Year — the twelve (12) consecutive month period
ending on any July 31.
2.25.
Termination of Employment — the separation
from service (within the meaning of Treas. Regs. §
1.409A-1(h)) with the Company Controlled Group, voluntarily or
involuntarily, for any reason other than Disability or death.
Whether a separation from service has occurred is determined under
section 409A of the Code and Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(h) (
i.e ., whether the
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facts and circumstances indicate
that the employer and the employee reasonably anticipated that no
further services would be performed after a certain date or that
the level of bona fide services the employee would perform after
such date (whether as an employee or independent contractor) would
permanently decrease to no more than twenty percent (20%) of the
average level of bona fide services performed (whether as an
employee or an independent contractor) over the immediately
preceding thirty-six (36) month period (or the full period of
services to the employer if the employee has been providing
services to the employer less than thirty-six (36) months)).
Separation from service shall not be deemed to occur while the
employee is on military leave, sick leave or other bona fide leave
of absence if the period does not exceed six (6) months or, if
longer, so long as the employee retains a right to reemployment
with any member of the Company Controlled Group under an applicable
statute or by contract. For this purpose, a leave is bona fide only
if, and so long as, there is a reasonable expectation that the
employee will return to perform services for any member of the
Company Controlled Group. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
twenty-nine (29) month period of absence will be substituted for
such six (6) month period if the leave 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 no less than six (6) months and that causes the employee to be
unable to perform the duties of his or her position of employment.
For this purpose, the “Company Controlled Group” is the
Participant’s employer and all persons with whom the employer
would be considered a single employer under Code sections 414(b)
and 414(c); provided that, in applying Code sections 1563(a)(1),
(2) and (3) for purposes of determining a controlled group of
corporations under Code section 414(b), the language “at
least 50 percent” shall be used instead of “at least 80
percent” each place it appears therein, and in applying
Treas. Regs. § 1.414(c)-2 for purposes of determining trades
or businesses that are under common control for purposes of Code
section 414(c), “at least 50 percent” shall be used
instead of “at least 80 percent” each place it appears
therein.
2.26.
Vested — nonforfeitable.
SECTION
3
ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
3.1.
Eligibility . Effective January 1, 2008, no new Participants
shall be permitted to participate in the Plan. Any senior officer
of the Company who was affirmatively selected as an Eligible
Employee by the Committee prior to January 1, 2008 may continue to
participate in the Plan. Committee selections shall continue in
effect until rescinded by the Committee. The Committee may rescind
its selection and thereby discontinue a senior officer’s
active participation in the Plan at any time. If any amendment or
restatement of the Plan increases the cost of the benefits payable
to a senior officer, the senior officer’s selection will be
deemed rescinded immediately prior to the effective date of the
amendment or restatement, unless reauthorized by the Committee or
its delegate. If a senior officer’s selection is rescinded
(or deemed rescinded), the benefit, if any, provided by this Plan
shall be calculated pursuant to the terms of the Plan in effect
when the rescission (or deemed rescission) took effect, using only
the Participant’s compensation through that time, but
calc