EXHIBIT 10.2
MORGAN STANLEY
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT
AND EXCESS PLAN
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1986
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED EFFECTIVE
DECEMBER 31, 2008.
The Supplemental Executive
Retirement and Excess Plan, formerly known as the Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) is an unfunded
plan maintained by Morgan Stanley (the “Corporation”)
for the purposes of (A) supplementing the retirement benefits
of certain employees who are Managing Directors or Principals or
Executive Directors of the Firm or previously held the title of
Managing Director or Principal or Executive Director of the Firm
and (B) providing additional retirement benefits to certain
key employees who participate in the Pension Plan, based on the
benefit formula that applied generally under the Pension Plan with
respect to such employees prior to January 1, 2004. The Plan
is not a plan intended to be qualified under Code
Section 401.
This December 31, 2008
restatement of the Plan reflects the merger of the Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated Excess Benefit Plan
(“Excess Plan”) with and into this Plan. Effective as
of December 31, 2008, all benefits under the Excess Plan are
transferred to this Plan and governed by the terms of this Plan.
This December 31, 2008 restatement of the Plan also includes
changes to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A
and related regulatory guidance.
This December 31, 2008
restatement of the Plan applies to Participants employed by the
Firm after December 31, 2008. In addition, this restatement
applies to Participants who terminated employment on or before
December 31, 2008 and have undistributed benefits under the
Plan on that date. Special provisions applicable to such
Participants are set forth in Appendix E to the Plan.
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II.
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Definitions
and Assumptions
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The following words and phrases as
used herein shall have the following meanings unless a different
meaning is plainly required by the context. Capitalized terms used
herein which are defined in the Pension Plan and are not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Pension
Plan.
A. “Actuarial
Equivalent” shall mean the following:
(i) For determinations made prior to
July 1, 1996, (X) subject to clause (Y) of this
Paragraph II(A)(i), a benefit of equivalent value which shall be
determined based on (a) the Participant’s (and, where
applicable, the beneficiary’s) age as of the
Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date; (b) a mortality
table equal to the 1983 Group Annuity Mortality Table; and
(c) an investment rate of six percent (6%) compounded
annually; and (Y) in the case of a lump sum, an amount
equivalent to the present value, as of the Participant’s
Benefit Commencement Date, of the Participant’s benefit
payable as of the Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date in
the form of a single life annuity based on (a) the age of the
Participant as of his or her Benefit Commencement Date;
(b) the mortality tables described in clause (X)(b) of this
Paragraph II(A)(i), and (c) an investment rate equal to the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation single employer plan
termination immediate annuity interest rate in effect as of the
second calendar month prior to the Participant’s Benefit
Commencement Date; and
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(ii) For determinations made after
June 30, 1996, and before January 1, 2004, using those
assumptions as to rate of interest and the mortality tables which
are in effect from time to time for purposes of determining the
actuarial equivalent under the Pension Plan in substantially
similar situations and for substantially similar purposes;
provided, however, that in no event shall the Actuarial Equivalent
for a given form of payment for any Participant’s SERP
Benefit be less than the Actuarial Equivalent of such form of
payment on June 30, 1996 for Participants terminated prior to
July 1, 1996, based upon Actuarial Equivalent determined in
accordance with Paragraph II(A)(i) above.
(iii) Effective January 1,
2004, adjustments with respect to a Participant’s SERP
Benefit shall be made with reference to the factors that apply for
purposes of benefits accrued after 2003, other than lump sums,
under Exhibit A of the Pension Plan. Effective December 31,
2008, adjustments made with respect to a Participant’s Excess
Benefit also shall be made with reference to such factors. For
these purposes, any amendment to the Pension Plan after
December 31, 2008, that amends or alters such factors in
Exhibit A shall be disregarded. In addition, the Plan Administrator
may periodically review and update the factors used in making such
adjustments to ensure such factors produce actuarially equivalent
life annuities for purposes of Code Section 409A and Treas.
Reg. § 1.409A-2(b)(2)(ii) (or any successor
provision).
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing,
lump sums shall be calculated as set forth in Paragraph VI(E) and
Appendix E.
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B. “Annuity Starting
Date” shall mean the first day of the month following the
later of (i) the date of the Participant’s Separation
from Service and (ii) the date the Participant attains age 55,
or such other date as may be specified in Appendix E.
C. “Authorized Absence”
shall mean absence authorized by the Firm without loss of
employment status, including absence on account of illness,
business of the Firm, vacation and leave of absence, including
leave of absence for military or governmental service, whether or
not salary shall be paid during such absence. Any person who ceases
to be an employee receiving compensation from the Firm but remains
in the employment of the Firm shall be deemed for all purposes of
the Plan to be on Authorized Absence without salary until such
employment terminates or he again receives compensation from the
Firm.
D. “Benefit” shall mean
a Participant’s SERP Benefit and/or Excess Benefit, as
applicable.
E. “Benefit Commencement
Date” shall mean the date on which a Participant’s (or
in the event of the Participant’s death, a
beneficiary’s) benefit under the Plan commences to be paid.
Effective December 31, 2008, a Participant’s Benefit
Commencement Date shall be the date specified in Paragraph VI(A) or
Appendix E.
F. “Code” shall mean the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
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G. “Credited Service,”
for purposes of determining a Participant’s SERP Benefit,
shall be computed as follows:
(i) Credited Service shall mean the
sum of all periods of a Participant’s employment by the Firm
commencing from the first day of the month following the
Participant’s date of hire or rehire. Subject to clause
(ii) below, Credited Service shall also include (a) any
period during which the Participant was a partner in Morgan
Stanley & Co., and (b) any period of Authorized
Absence.
(ii) In computing Credited Service,
a Participant’s Credited Service shall be deemed to terminate
on the earliest of:
(a) the date of the
Participant’s Separation from Service, or
(b) the first anniversary of the
first date of a period in which the Participant remains absent from
service (with or without pay) for any reason other than Separation
from Service or Authorized Absence, such as vacation, holiday,
sickness or leave of absence.
(iii) The Credited Service of any
individual described in any provision of Appendix C to the Plan
shall be limited as set forth therein.
(iv) For periods prior to
December 31, 2008, except as may otherwise be provided in
Appendix E, a Participant’s Credited Service shall be
determined under the rules then set forth in the Plan.
H. “Election Period”
shall mean the period specified by the Plan Administrator
immediately following a Participant’s Separation from Service
or such other period as may be specified by the Plan Administrator,
provided that in all events such Election Period shall end prior to
the Benefit Commencement Date.
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I. “Excess Benefit”
shall mean the benefit described in Paragraph V.
J. “Final Average
Salary” shall mean a Participant’s average annual
Salary during his or her 60 highest paid consecutive months
(excluding months for which he or she received no Salary) during
the final 120 months (or such lesser period as is equal to his or
her Credited Service) of his or her Credited Service preceding his
or her Separation from Service or other termination of Credited
Service.
K. “Firm” shall mean the
Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates; provided, that
effective May 31, 1997, the term “Firm” shall not
include subsidiaries and affiliates of Dean Witter,
Discover & Co., as in existence prior to its merger with
the Corporation, and their subsidiaries and affiliates; and
provided further, that effective January 1, 1999, the term
“Firm” shall not include Morgan Stanley International
Incorporated (“MSII”) to the extent of MSII employees
primarily servicing business units and/or cost centers of
subsidiaries of the former Dean Witter, Discover & Co.,
determined immediately prior to its merger with Morgan Stanley
Group Inc. and no employment in such an excluded position shall
count as “Credited Service” under the Plan, except as
specifically provided in Appendix C. The determination of whether
an entity is considered a part of the “Firm” for
purposes of the Plan shall be made by the Plan
Administrator.
L. “Participant” shall
mean an individual who has met the requirements for participation
under Paragraph III(A) and/or Paragraph III(B).
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M. “Pension Plan” shall
mean the Morgan Stanley Employees Retirement Plan, as amended from
time to time. References to sections of the Pension Plan shall,
unless otherwise specified, include successor provisions in the
Pension Plan.
N. “Salary” shall mean a
Participant’s regular fixed base compensation earned for any
period, whether or not paid during such period.
O. “Separation from
Service” or “Separated from Service” shall mean a
Participant’s “separation from service” as
defined under Code Section 409A and Treas. Reg. §
1.409A-1(h) (or any successor provision). For this purpose, a
Participant shall have a Separation from Service if the Participant
ceases to be an employee of the Firm entity that employs the
Participant and all persons with whom such entity would be
considered a single employer under Code Section 414(b) or (c).
A Participant shall have a Separation from Service if it is
reasonably anticipated that no further services shall be performed
by the Participant, or that the level of services the Participant
shall perform shall permanently decrease to no more than 20 percent
of the average level of services performed by the Participant over
the immediately preceding 36-month period (or the
Participant’s full period of service, if the Participant has
been performing services for less than 36 months).
P. “SERP Benefit” shall
mean the benefit described in Paragraph IV. A Participant’s
SERP Benefit as of any specified date shall mean the amount
computed in Paragraph IV(A), limited, if applicable, as described
in Paragraph IV(B), and reduced by the SERP Offsets described in
Paragraph IV(C). In no event shall a SERP Benefit be payable to or
with respect to a Participant who has a Separation from Service for
any reason before reaching age 55, except as otherwise provided in
Paragraph XIII.
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Q. “SERP Offset” shall
mean any benefit described in Paragraph IV(C)(i).
R. “Specified Employee”
shall mean a Participant who is a “specified employee”
within the meaning of Code Section 409A and Treas. Reg.
§ 1.409A-1(i) (or successor provisions) on the date of
his or her Separation from Service, as determined in accordance
with the policies applicable with respect to Morgan Stanley’s
U.S. executive compensation plans.
S. “Surviving Domestic
Partner” or “Domestic Partner” means the same or
opposite sex domestic partner of a Participant, provided that the
domestic partner relationship meets the requirements set forth in
the summary plan description for the Morgan Stanley Health and
Welfare Benefits Plan, and provided further that, with respect to
any death benefit payable under Paragraph VI(C)(i) of the Plan, the
Participant and domestic partner have been lawfully married or
registered as domestic partners, as determined by the Plan
Administrator, throughout the one-year period ending on the date of
the Participant’s death.
T. “Surviving Spouse” or
“Spouse” shall mean the lawfully married spouse or
surviving spouse of a Participant, provided that, with respect to
any death benefit payable under Paragraph VI(C)(i) of the Plan, the
Participant and spouse have been lawfully married, as determined by
the Plan Administrator, throughout the one-year period ending on
the date of the Participant’s death.
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III.
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Participation in the Plan
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A. Participation Requirements for
SERP Benefits
Each employee who holds or has
previously held the title of Managing Director, Principal or
Executive Director of the Firm shall become a Participant who is
eligible for a SERP Benefit under Paragraph IV upon the
satisfaction of all of the following requirements while actively
employed by the Firm: (i) completion of five years of Credited
Service, which service need not have been rendered while a Managing
Director, Principal or Executive Director of the Firm,
(ii) attainment of age 55, and (iii) the sum of Credited
Service and age expressed in years and fractions thereof
(determined using the number of full months of age or Credited
Service) at least equals 65 years. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(a) only persons who have held the title of Managing Director,
Principal or Executive Director of the Firm prior to
September 1, 2002 shall be eligible to become a Participant
under this provision and (b) persons who are not Participants
as of January 1, 2004 may become Participants under this
provision on or after January 1, 2004 only if (1) they
meet the foregoing requirements of this provision, and
(2) either (I) the sum of their Credited Service and age,
each as of January 1, 2004, equals 60 and they have at least 5
years of Credited Service as of January 1, 2004 or (II) the
sum of their Credited Service and age, each as of January 1,
2004, equals 59 and they have attained age 40 and have at least 10
years of Credited Service, each as of January 1,
2004.
B. Participation Requirements for
Excess Benefits
Each employee of Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated or any affiliate who is a
Member participating in the Pension Plan shall become a Participant
who is eligible for an Excess Benefit under Paragraph V whenever
(i) such employee’s benefits under the Pension Plan,
computed without taking into consideration the limitations on
benefits contained in Section 10
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of the Pension Plan or Code
Section 415 or any successor or comparable provisions, exceed
the maximum annual benefits to which the employee is entitled under
the Pension Plan, taking into account such limitations or
(ii) the employee’s salary from his or her employer
exceeds the limit on salaries contained in the definition of
“Salary” in Exhibit A to the Pension Plan or Code
Section 401(a)(17). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(a) only persons who have an Excess Benefit on
December 31, 2003 may be Participants under this provision on
or after January 1, 2004 and (b) persons who are
described in clause (a) of this sentence may continue to
accrue an Excess Benefit after January 1, 2004 only if
(1) the sum of their Period of Service as an Employee and age,
each as of January 1, 2004, equals 60 and (2) they have a
Period of Service as an Employee of at least 5 years as of
January 1, 2004 and (3) their rate of base pay is above
$170,000 as of January 1, 2004.
C. Exclusions
Notwithstanding anything in the
foregoing to the contrary, any person who is (i) classified by
the Firm as a “leased employee” who provides services
to the Firm (including, without limitation, a leased employee as
defined in Code Section 414(n)), an independent contractor or
a consultant or (ii) a provider of services to the Firm
pursuant to a contractual arrangement, such as a “PAL”,
either with that person or with a third party, other than one
specifically providing for an employment relationship with the
Firm, shall not be eligible to become a Participant until the later
of the date, if any, on which he becomes an employee who is not
classified as a leased employee, independent contractor, consultant
or a provider of services to the Firm and is employed in a job
classification that is eligible for participation in the Plan
as
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determined by the Firm. If any
person excluded as an employee pursuant to the preceding clauses
(i) and (ii) shall be determined by a court or a federal,
state or local regulatory or administrative authority to have
served as a common law employee of the Firm, such determination
shall not alter this exclu