SUPPLEMENTAL SAVINGS
PLAN
Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2005
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SECTION 1. TITLE, PURPOSE AND EFFECTIVE
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1.4 Compliance with Code
Section 409A
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SECTION 3. ELIGIBILITY AND
PARTICIPATION
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3.1. Eligibility to Participate
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3.2. Election to Participate
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SECTION 4. PARTICIPANTS’
ACCOUNTS
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4.1. Establishment of Accounts
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4.2. Credits and Debits to Participants’
Accounts
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4.3. Election of Accounts
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4.4. Change of Election for Accounts
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4.5. Transfer Between Accounts
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SECTION 5. HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS
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SECTION 6. PAYMENT OF BENEFITS
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6.1. Form and Timing of Payment
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6.2. Change In Payment Option
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6.3. Revocation of Designation as
Executive
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6.4. Payments Subject to Golden Parachute
Provisions
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6.5. Transfer to an Affiliated
Company
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6.6. Unscheduled Withdrawals
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SECTION 7. SELECTION OF AND PAYMENTS TO A
BENEFICIARY
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7.1. Beneficiary Designation
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7.2. Change in Beneficiary
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SECTION 8. ADMINISTRATION
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SECTION 9. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS AFFECTING
BENEFITS
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SECTION 11. AMENDMENT, SUSPENSION, AND
TERMINATION
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10.1. Right to Amend or Terminate
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10.3. Partial ERISA Exemption
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SECTION 12. MISCELLANEOUS
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11.2. No Right to Continued
Employment
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11.3. Prohibition Against Alienation
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11.5. Payment of Benefit of
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11.8. Gender, Number and Heading
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11.9. Legal Fees and Expenses
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11.11. Affiliated Employees
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12.2 Effect of Plan Termination
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SECTION 14. CHANGE IN CONTROL
PROVISIONS
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13.2. Transfer to Rabbi Trust
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13.4. Joint and Several Liability
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13.6. Definition of Change in Control
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DTE ENERGY COMPANY
SUPPLEMENTAL SAVINGS PLAN
Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2005
Effective
May 22, 1989 (and as amended periodically), Detroit Edison
established The Detroit Edison Company Savings Reparation Plan and
effective May 31, 1988 (and as amended periodically), MCN
Energy Group established the MCN Energy Group Supplemental Savings
Plan to offer a retirement savings alternative for those eligible
Executives whose permissible contributions to the companies’
401(k) plan were limited by the Internal Revenue Code (Detroit
Edison plan: 401(a)(17); MCN plan: 401(a)(17), 402(g), 415
limitation on benefits and contributions). Effective
December 6, 2001, DTE Energy Company (“DTE”)
hereby terminates The Detroit Edison Company Savings Reparation
Plan and effective January 1, 2002 hereby terminates the MCN
Energy Group Supplemental Savings Plan and replaces them with the
DTE Energy Company Supplemental Savings Plan (the
“Plan”), as described herein. Effective
December 6, 2001, all benefits under The Detroit Edison
Company Savings Reparation Plan and effective January 1, 2002
all benefits under the MCN Energy Group Supplemental Savings Plan
are transferred to the Plan. Benefits under the Plan are available
to eligible Executives and key management employees of DTE Energy
Company and its Affiliated Companies. DTE Energy Company has
established this Plan to benefit Executives of DTE Energy Company
and its Affiliated Companies in a manner that will be in the best
interest of DTE Energy Company and its shareholders.
SECTION 1.
TITLE, PURPOSE AND EFFECTIVE DATE
1.1. Title
. The title of this Plan shall be the “DTE Energy Company
Supplemental Savings Plan” and shall be referred to in this
document as the “Plan.”
1.2.
Purpose . The purpose of the Plan is to promote the success
of DTE Energy Company (hereinafter referred to as
“DTE”) by:
(a) providing
selected Executives with the ability to defer compensation on a
pre-tax basis to permit supplemental retirement savings;
and
(b) providing
a mechanism for selected Executives to receive benefits that they
otherwise would have received under the Qualified Plan but for
Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) Sections 401(a)17,
402(g), 415 or any other provision of the Code or other law that
the Committee hereafter designates.
The
principal purpose of the Plan is to provide deferred compensation
for a select group of management or highly compensated Employees of
DTE and any other employer that has adopted the Plan with the
consent of DTE (a “Participating Employer”), and who
has been
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specifically
designated by the Chief Executive Officer of a Participating
Employer to be eligible for Plan participation (an
“Executive”). Such an employee shall remain an
Executive as long as this designation is not revoked by the
Committee.
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 the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (hereinafter referred to as
“ERISA”) and, therefore, to be exempt from the
provisions of Parts 2, 3 and 4 of Title I of ERISA.
1.3. Effective
Date . The Plan was originally effective December 6, 2001.
This amendment and restatement of the Plan is effective
January 1, 2005, unless another effective date is specified
for a particular Plan provision.
1.4 Compliance
with Code Section 409A . 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 Section 1.04.
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.
The words and
phrases used in the Plan shall have the same meanings as provided
under the DTE Energy Company Savings and Stock Ownership Plan (the
“Qualified Plan”), effective January 1, 2002 and
as amended from time to time, unless otherwise defined in the Plan
or the context clearly requires otherwise.
2.1 Post-2004
Account . “Post-2004 Account” means the portion of
a Participant’s Account attributable to credits and debits
made to the Participant’s Account under Section 4.2(a)
and (b) after December 31, 2004, and earnings credited or
losses debited to the Participant’s Account under
Section 4.2 attributable to these Section 4.2(a) and
(b) credits and debits.
2.2 Pre-2005
Account . “Pre-2005 Account” means the portion of a
Participant’s Account attributable to credits and debits made
to the Participant’s Account under Section 4.2(a) and
(b) before January 1, 2005, and earnings credited or
losses debited to the Participant’s Account under
Section 4.2 attributable to these Section 4.2(a) and
(b) credits and debits.
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SECTION 3.
ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
3.1.
Eligibility to Participate . Only the following individuals
shall be eligible to participate in the Plan: (a) any
Executive whose contributions under the Qualified Plan are limited
because of the limitation on compensation under
Section 401(a)(17) of the Code, the limitation on elective
deferrals under Section 402(g) of the Code, the limitation on
benefits and contributions under Section 415 of the Code, or
any other provision of the Code or other law that the Committee
hereafter designates; and (b) such other management or highly
compensated Employees as shall be approved by the Chief Executive
Officer of an Employer that has adopted the Plan.
(a)
Effective Date for Participation . Each employee of the
Company and Participating Affiliated Companies who is employed at
the level of Director or above (or equivalent) and who is
designated as an Executive shall be eligible to participate in the
Plan effective as of the later of (i) the date determined by
the Vice President, Human Resources, or (ii) the date on which
the employee is formally notified of his or her eligibility to
participate.
(b)
Determination of Executive Status . The Vice President,
Human Resources shall designate employees as Executives. The Vice
President, Human Resources may revoke such designation prior to any
Plan Year with respect to the Executive’s ability to defer
future compensation payable by the Company or Participating
Affiliated Company; provided, however, that no such revocation
shall adversely affect any amounts previously deferred by such
Executive under the Plan. Employees who were employed at the level
of Director at MCN Energy Group Inc. or one of its subsidiaries
prior to June 1, 2001, but were not appointed to a level of
Director or above in the Leader Staffing and Selection process
during the second quarter of 2001, shall be considered Executives
for the 2002 Plan year only; unless or until they are otherwise
designated as Executives.
(c)
Mid-Year Participation . For Plan Years before 2005, to the
extent an employee is designated as an Executive, and formally
notified of his or her eligibility to participate in the Plan
during a Plan Year, the Executive may elect to participate any time
thereafter.
For
Plan Years after 2004, an employee who is designated as an
Executive and wishes to participate in the Plan for the Plan Year
in which the employee is so designated must file a written election
with the Committee within 30 days of the date the employee is
formally notified of his or her eligibility to participate. Failure
to file a written election before the end of this 30-day period
precludes the Executive from participating in the Plan until the
beginning of the next Plan Year.
3.2. Election
to Participate . An executive who is eligible to participate
may become a participant in the Plan (a “Participant”)
by filing a written election with the Committee on a form approved
by the Committee. The Executive’s election shall authorize
the Employer to defer the
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amount of such
Executive’s Compensation pursuant to Sections 4.2(a) and
(c) hereof and shall evidence the Executive’s acceptance
of and agreement to all the provisions of the Plan.
The
Executive’s election must be made no later than
December 31 of the year that immediately precedes the year for
which it applies. However, the first election by any Executive to
participate in this Plan shall be effective for any Compensation
earned after the election is received by the Committee and after
contributions to the Qualified Plan are limited in accordance with
Section 3.1 above. An election shall be irrevocable for the
current calendar year. An election shall be irrevocable for future
calendar years unless a written revocation is filed with the
Committee prior to the first day of the calendar year for which the
revocation is desired.
SECTION 4.
PARTICIPANTS’ ACCOUNTS
4.1.
Establishment of Accounts . The Employer shall establish
accounts for each of its Executives who is a Participant in the
Plan. Effective January 1, 2002, all benefits under The
Detroit Edison Company Savings Reparation Plan and the MCN Energy
Group Supplemental Savings Plan are transferred to this Plan.
Separate hypothetical bookkeeping accounts corresponding in name to
the separate funds under the Qualified Plan shall be maintained for
each Participant. Credits under Sections 4.2(a) and
(b) hereof shall also be maintained in separate accounts. The
hypothetical bookkeeping accounts shall be maintained as unfunded
general bookkeeping accounts and all amounts represented by the
accounts shall remain a part of the general funds of the Employer
of such Participant, subject to the claims of its general
creditors. Nothing in the Plan and no action taken pursuant to the
provisions of the Plan shall be deemed to create a trust or fund of
any kind or to create any fiduciary relationship. The obligation to
make payments under this Plan shall be and remain an unsecured,
unfunded general obligation of the Employer of the particular
Participant. Each Executive who is a Participant in the Plan shall
be provided a quarterly statement of the unfunded accounts
maintained for the Participant.
4.2. Credits
and Debits to Participants’ Accounts . As of the end of a
pay period, total credits shall be made to the hypothetical
bookkeeping accounts maintained for a Participant as set forth
below:
(a) An
amount equal to the difference between (1) and
(2) below:
(1) the
amount that such Participant would have contributed to the
Qualified Plan for such pay period, assuming (x) the
Participant satisfied the eligibility requirements set forth in the
Qualified Plan and (y) the allotments of such Participant
under the Qualified Plan were not limited by the application of any
restriction set forth in Section 3.1(a) above, or any
provision of the Qualified Plan relating to the limitations
described in Section 5.1(a) above;
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(2) the
amount that such Participant actually contributed to the Qualified
Plan for such pay period.
(b) An
amount equal to the difference between (1) and
(2) below:
(1) the
amount that the Employer of such Participant would have contributed
to the Qualified Plan on behalf of such Participant for such pay
period if the Participant had contributed the amount set forth in
(a)(1) above to the Qualified Plan during such pay
period;
(2) the
amount that the Employer actually contributed to the Qualified Plan
on behalf of such participant for such pay period.
The
total credits under (a) and (b) of this Section shall be
allocated to the specific accounts elected by the Participant as
provided under Section 4.3 hereof. Each hypothetical
bookkeeping account shall be credited with an amount representing
earnings or debited with an amount representing losses on a daily
basis. Earnings or losses shall be calculated using the daily
valuation methodology employed by the recordkeeper for each
corresponding fund under the Qualified Plan.
4.3. Election
of Accounts . Subject to the sole discretion of the Committee,
each Participant shall, by filing an election with the Committee in
a form approved by the Committee, elect the accounts which are to
be used for recording credits under Sections 4.2(a) and
(b) hereof.
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Participant may direct that credits under Sections 6.2(a) and
(b) be made to any account corresponding in name to the funds
under the Qualified Plan that are available to accept contributions
or allotments, provided, however, that the Committee may change
available investment funds or override a Participant’s
investment selection at any time.
4. 4.
Change of Election for Accounts . Any election of accounts
given by a Participant under the preceding Section shall be deemed
to be a continuing election until changed by the Participant. A
Participant may change any such election as of any normal business
day of any month by giving prior notice of such change to the Plan
recordkeeper in the form prescribed by the Committee.
4.5. Transfer
Between Accounts . Transfers between accounts shall be
implemented on any normal business day of any month upon directions
to the Plan recordkeeper in the form prescribed by the
Committee.
SECTION 5.
HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS
A Participant may
request, upon written notice to the Committee, a withdrawal from
his or her accounts, if the withdrawal is on account of financial
hardship as defined in the Qualified Plan with respect to amounts
in the Participant’s Pre-2005 Account or on account of
financial
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hardship as
defined in Code Section 409A and the related Treasury
Regulations with respect to amounts in the Participant’s
Post-2004 Account. A financial hardship shall first be satisfied
from the DTE Energy Company Executive Deferred Compensation Plan to
the extent possible; then from the Plan; and finally from the
Qualified Plan. The amount of such withdrawal shall be limited to
the amounts deferred under Section 4.2(a) hereof and any
corresponding amounts transferred from The Detroit Edison Company
Savings Reparation Plan and the MCN Energy Group Supplemental
Savings Plan, or the total value of the aggregate accounts
maintained under Section 4.2(a) hereof and any corresponding
amounts transferred from The Detroit Edison Company Savings
Reparation Plan and the MCN Energy Group Supplemental Savings Plan
as of the end of the prior month, whichever is smaller.
The determination
of the existence of financial hardship and the amount required to
be distributed to meet the need created by the hardship shall be
made by the Committee. Except as permitted under Section 6.6,
no other withdrawals or loans are permitted under this
Plan.
SECTION 6.
PAYMENT OF BENEFITS
6.1. Form and
Timing of Payment .
(a)
Pre-2005 Account. On the date that a Participant becomes
entitled to a distribution of his or her account in the Qualified
Plan (the “Termination Date”), such Participant shall
be entitled to receive the amount credited to his or her Pre-2005
Account in the Plan. All Pre-2005 Accounts under this Plan are 100%
vested, subject to adjustment for hypothetical earnings and losses.
All distributions from a Participant’s Pre-2005 Account shall
be paid out at in cash as of March 1 of the year following the year
in which Participant’s Termination Date occurs.
Payment
of a Participant’s Pre-2005 Account shall be made in
accordance with the Participant’s selection on his or her
Deferral Election Form either in annual payments over a period of
not less than two years and not more than 15 years, or in one
lump sum by the Participating Employer maintaining the Pre-2004
Account. If no payment election has been made, the
Participant’s Pre-2005 Account shall be paid in one lump
sum.
In
addition, if a Participant’s Pre-2005 Account is less than or
equal to $10,000 as of his or her Termination Date, the
Participant’s Pre-2005 Account shall be paid in one lump
sum.
Payment
of a Participant’s Pre-2005 Account due to a
Participant’s death is governed by
Section 7.3.
(b)
Post-2004 Account . On the date that a Participant
terminates employment other than because of death, the Participant
shall be entitled to receive the amount credited to his or her
Post-2004 Account in the Plan. All Post-2004 Accounts under this
Plan are 100% vested, subject to adjustment for hypothetical
earnings and losses.
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(1) 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 Account shall be made on:
(A) 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 6.2(b)(2); or
(B) January
1 coincident with or next following the latest date to which
distribution was deferred by an election under
Section 6.2(b)(2), if the Participant made one or more
elections under Section 6.2(b)(2).
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