SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT
PLAN
Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2005
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Section 2.1 Plan Interest Rate
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Section 2.2 Post-2004 Benefit
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Section 2.3 Pre-2005 Benefit
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ARTICLE 4 - Effective Date
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Section 5.1. Participants
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Section 5.2. Determination of
Eligibility
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ARTICLE 6 - Employers’
Obligation
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Section 6.1. Qualified Plan
Benefit
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Section 6.2. Executive Deferred
Compensation Plan Benefit
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Section 6.3. Prior Plan Payments
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ARTICLE 7 - Payment of Benefits
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Section 7.1. Form and Timing of
Payment
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Section 7.2. Increase in Section 415
Limit
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Section 7.3. Recomputation of Plan Benefits
Upon Reemployment
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Section 7.4. Change in Payment
Option
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Section 7.5. Payments Subject to Golden
Parachute Provisions
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Section 7.6. Transfer to an Affiliated
Company
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Section 7.7. Unscheduled
Withdrawals
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ARTICLE 8 - Beneficiary in the Event of
Death
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Section 8.1. Death After Commencement of
Benefits
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Section 8.2. Death Prior to Commencement of
Benefits
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Section 8.3. Beneficiary
Designation
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ARTICLE 9 - Unfunded Plan
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ARTICLE 11 - Amendment and
Termination
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ARTICLE 12 - Miscellaneous
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Section 12.1. Benefits
Non-Assignable
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Section 12.2. No Employment
Rights
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Section 12.3. Law Applicable
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Section 12.4. Legal Fees and
Expenses
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Section 12.6. Savings Clause
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Section 12.7. Gender, Number and
Heading
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ARTICLE 13 - Change in Control
Provisions
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Section 13.2. Transfer to Rabbi
Trust
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Section 13.3. Joint and Several
Liability
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Section 13.4. Dispute Procedures
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Section 13.5. Definition of Change in
Control
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ii
DTE ENERGY COMPANY
SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN
Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2005
WHEREAS ,
Detroit Edison Company (“Edison”) previously adopted
the Detroit Edison Retirement Reparation Plan and the Detroit
Edison Benefit Equalization Plan, and MCN Energy Group Inc.
(“MCN”) previously adopted the MCN Energy Group
Supplemental Retirement Plan and the MCN Energy Group Excess
Benefit Plan, which were adopted by DTE Enterprises, Inc. as of
June 1, 2001 (the effective date of the merger), and DTE
Energy Company (the “Company”) desires to replace these
four plans (collectively, the “Prior
Plans”).
WHEREAS ,
effective December 31, 2001, the Prior Plans were terminated
and replaced with this plan as of January 1, 2002.
NOW,
THEREFORE, effective January 1, 2005, the Plan is being
amended and restated to comply with the requirements of Code
section 409A solely with respect to benefits accrued and vested
after December 31, 2004. The provisions of the Plan in effect
as of December 31, 2004 continue to apply to benefits accrued
and vested before January 1, 2005.
The title of this
plan shall be the “DTE Energy Company Supplemental Retirement
Plan” and shall be referred to in this document as the
“Plan”.
The words and
phrases used in the Plan shall have the same meanings as provided
under the DTE Energy Retirement Plan (the “Qualified
Plan”), unless otherwise defined in the Plan or the context
clearly requires otherwise.
Section 2.1 Plan Interest Rate . “Plan
Interest Rate” means the interest rate for computing Interest
Credits under the DTE Cash Balance Plan portion of the Qualified
Plan.
Section 2.2 Post-2004 Benefit . “Post-2004
Benefit” means the portion of a Participant’s Plan
benefit in excess of the Participant’s Pre-2005
Benefit.
Section 2.3 Pre-2005 Benefit . “Pre-2005
Benefit” means the portion of a Participant’s Plan
benefit under Section 6.1 accrued and vested as of
December 31, 2004, computed as if the Participant terminated
employment as of December 31, 2004, plus: (a) the portion
of the Participant’s Make-Up Account under
Section 6.2(a) determined as if the Participant terminated
employment on December 31, 2004; or (b) the balance of
the Participant’s Make-Up Account under Section 6.2(b)
determined as of December 31, 2004, whichever is
applicable.
The principal
purpose of the Plan is to provide for the payment of certain
benefits that would not otherwise be payable under the Qualified
Plan. Such benefits shall be payable to a “select group of
management or highly compensated employees” of the Company
and any other corporation which is a Participating Employer under
the Qualified Plan (a “Participant”) and also elects to
participate in this Plan.
It is intended
that this Plan provide benefits for a “select group of
management or highly compensated employees” within the
meaning of Sections 201, 301 and 401 of ERISA and, therefore,
to be exempt from the provisions of Parts 2, 3 and 4 of Title I of
ERISA.
The original
effective date of the Plan for the Company was January 1, 2002
and for any Participating Employer was or is the date established
by resolution of the Board of Directors of the particular
Participating Employer at the time of adoption of the Plan. The
effective date of this amendment and restatement of the Plan is
January 1, 2005, unless a different effective date is
specified for a particular Plan provision.
The Plan is being
amended and restated effective January 1, 2005 to comply with
the requirements of Code Section 409A solely with respect to
benefits accrued and vested after December 31, 2004. It is intended
that all Plan benefits accrued and vested as of December 31,
2004 are not subject to Code Section 409A. Only Plan benefits
accrued and vested after January 1, 2005 are subject to Code
Section 409A. Any inconsistency or ambiguity in this amended
and restated Plan document is to be construed consistent with this
Article 4.
As permitted by
the Treasury Regulations promulgated under Code Section 409A
and guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service, the Plan has
been administered in compliance with applicable guidance under Code
Section 409A in effect after December 31, 2004 before the
adoption of this amended and restated Plan document.
Section 5.1. Participants .
(a) In
General . Except as noted in Section 5.1(b), each employee
of a Participating Employer who is included within the term
“select group of management or highly compensated
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employees” within the meaning of Title I
of ERISA and whose benefits have been limited as described in
Section 6.1 or 6.2, shall be eligible for benefits under the
Plan.
(b) 415
Limits . A Participant of a Participating Employer whose
benefits under the Qualified Plan are limited because of the
limitation on benefits and contributions under Section 415 of the
Code shall be eligible for the benefits provided by this
Plan.
(c)
Qualified Plan Eligibility . Notwithstanding the foregoing,
no employee shall be eligible for benefits provided by this Plan
until such employee has satisfied the eligibility requirements of
the Qualified Plan.
Section 5.2. Determination of Eligibility . The
Vice President, Human Resources shall designate employees as
eligible for participation under Section 5.1(a). The Vice
President, Human Resources may revoke such designation prior to any
Plan Year with respect to the employee’s eligibility for
benefits for such Plan Year, provided, however, that no such
revocation shall adversely affect any amounts previously credited
to such employee under the Plan.
ARTICLE 6
Employers’ Obligation
Section 6.1. Qualified Plan Benefit . The
Participating Employers shall pay under this Plan any amount that
any eligible employee would have been entitled to receive under the
Qualified Plan but for the limitation on compensation under
Section 401(a)(17) of the Code, the limitation on benefits and
contributions under Section 415 of the Code, and any other
provision of the Code or other law that the Committee hereafter
designates. Also, the Participating Employer shall pay under this
Plan any amount that any eligible employee would have been entitled
to receive under the Qualified Plan but for the exclusion of
deferrals under the DTE Energy Company Supplemental Savings Plan
and the DTE Energy Company Executive Deferred Compensation Plan
from the definition of compensation under the option of the
Qualified Plan applicable to such Participant.
Section 6.2. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan
Benefit . The Participating Employers shall credit
hypothetical bookkeeping accounts (“Make-Up Account”)
for each Participant with amounts intended to replace benefits (but
not earnings) under any plan maintained by a Participating Employer
which is intended to be qualified under Code section 401(a) which
are reduced as a result of any deferrals under Sections 4.01,
4.02, or 4.03 of the DTE Energy Company Executive Deferred
Compensation Plan (“EDCP”):
(a)
Traditional Pension Plan Make-Up . The Participating
Employer shall credit to the Participant’s Make-Up Account,
an amount equal to the difference between (i) the present
value, determined under each applicable defined benefit plan
maintained by a Participating Employer which is intended to be
qualified under Code section 401(a), including the MCN Traditional
Option and the DTE Traditional Option of the Qualified Plan
(“Pension Plan”), of the benefit that the Participant
would have been entitled to receive under each such Pension Plan
but for his election to defer any amount under the EDCP, and
(ii) the present value, determined under each such Pension
Plan, of the benefit that the Participant is entitled to receive
under such Pension Plan. Such
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contribution
shall be determined and credited as of the Participant’s date
of termination of employment.
(b) Cash
Balance Plan Make-Up . The Participating Employer shall credit
to the Participant’s Make-Up Account an amount equal to the
additional increment that would have been added to the
Participant’s account under a cash balance defined benefit
plan maintained by any Participating Employer which is intended to
be qualified under Code section 401(a), excluding the MCN
Traditional Option and the DTE Traditional Option of the Qualified
Plan (“Cash Balance Plan”), but for his election to
defer any amount under the EDCP. Such contribution shall be
determined and credited as of the last day of each calendar
year.
Section 6.3. Prior Plan Payments . If a
Participant is in pay status as of December 31, 2001 under one of
the Prior Plans, or has terminated employment from a Participating
Employer prior to January 1, 2002, the amount and method of
payment to such Participant shall continue under the provisions of
the applicable Prior Plan. Such payments shall be made by the
Participating Employer who last employed the
Participant.
ARTICLE 7
Payment of Benefits
Section 7.1. Form and Timing of Payment
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(a)
Pre-2005 Benefit . On the date that a Participant becomes
entitled to a distribution of his or her vested accrued benefit
under the provisions of the Qualified Plan applicable to the
Participant (“Termination Date”), such Participant
shall be entitled to receive the Participant’s Pre-2005
Benefit provided under the Plan.
(1)
Form of Payment . As of the end of the quarter in which his
or her Termination Date occurs, the Participant’s Pre-2005
Benefit shall be present-valued in accordance with the methodology
set forth in the portion of the Qualified Plan in which the
Participant participates. Payment of a Participant’s Pre-2005
Benefit shall be made in cash in accordance with the
Participant’s selection on his or her Distribution Election
Form either as (1) a joint and 100% survivor annuity,
(2) a joint and 50% survivor annuity, (3) a single life
annuity or (4) in annual payments over a period not less than
one year and not more than 15 years as selected by the
Participant. If a Participant has not elected a payment option for
his or her Pre-2005 Benefit while he or she is actively employed by
the Company or a Participating Employer, distribution shall be made
as a joint and 50% survivor annuity for Participants who are
married as of the Participant’s Termination Date and as a
single life annuity for Participants who are single as of the
Participant’s Termination Date.
(2)
Timing of Payment . A lump sum distribution of the
Participant’s Pre-2005 Benefit shall be made as of March 1
following the Termination Date or, if earlier, March 1 following
the end of the Plan Year in which the Participant’s
employment terminated for any reason other than death. If a
Participant whose employment has terminated for any reason other
than death has elected to receive his or her distribution in the
form of an annuity, the timing of the first
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payment shall
be consistent with the timing for annuity payments specified in the
portion of the Qualified Plan in which the Participant
participates. If a Participant has elected to receive his or her
distribution in annual installments, the first installment shall be
made as of March 1 following the Participant’s Termination
Date or, if earlier, March 1 following the end of the Plan Year in
which the Participant’s employment terminated for any reason
other than death. All subsequent annual installments shall be made
on approximately the same date each calendar year thereafter for
the remainder of the distribution period. The amount of any annual
payments shall be calculated to pay out over the specified period
the Participant’s Pre-2005 Benefit as of his or her
Termination Date with interest credited annually on the declining
balance at the Plan Interest Rate. The amount of the annual
payments to the Participant shall be adjusted as of each December
31 to reflect changes in the Plan Interest Rate. The distribution
of a Participant’s Pre-2005 Benefit due to the
Participant’s death is governed by Article 8.
(3)
Distribution of Small Amounts . Notwithstanding a
Participant’s payment option, if a Participant’s
Pre-2005 Benefit is less than or equal to $10,000 as of any March 1
payment date, the Participant’s Pre-2005 Benefit balance
shall be paid in a single lump sum.
(b)
Post-2004 Benefit . Payment of a Participant’s
Post-2004 Benefit will be made after the Participant’s
termination of employment or death.
(1)
Form of Payment . As of the date a Participant terminates
employment or dies, the Participant’s Post-2004 Benefit shall
be present-valued in accordance with the methodology set forth in
the portion of the Qualified Plan in which the Participant
participates. Payment of a Participant’s Post-2004 Benefit
shall be made in cash in accordance with the Participant’s
selection on his or her Distribution Election Form either as
(1) a single lump sum or (2) in annual payments over a
period not less than two years and not more than 15 years as
selected by the Participant. If a Participant does not elect a
payment option for his or her Post-2004 Benefit within the
Participant’s initial election period, distribution shall be
made as a single lump sum. The initial election period for a
Participant who first accrues a Plan benefit after 2004 is the
30-day period beginning on the first day of the first calendar year
beginning after the calendar year in which the Participant first
accrues a Plan benefit.
(A) If
the Participant is not a “specified employee” for
purposes of Code section 409A at the time the Participant’s
employment terminates for any reason other than death, a lump sum
distribution or the first annual installment of the
Participant’s Post-2004 Benefit shall be made on:
(i) January
1 following the end of the Plan Year in which the Participant
terminates employment, if the Participant did not make any election
under Section 7.4(b)(2); or
(ii) January
1 coincident with or next following the latest date to which
distribution was deferred by an election under
Section 7.4(b)(2), if the Participant made one or more
elections under Section 7.4(b)(2).
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(B) If
a Participant is a “specified employee” for purposes of
Code section 409A at the time the Participant’s employment
terminates for any reason other than death, a lump sum distribution
or first annual installment of the Participant’s Post-2004
Benefit will not be made before the latest of:
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