SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT
PLAN
As Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2009
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Section 2. General
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Section 3. Participation, Vesting and
Benefit Service, and Rules Governing the Crediting of Service,
Disability and the Determination of Compensation and Final Average
Compensation
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Section 4. Payments in the Event of Death
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(c) Amount and Timing of Benefit
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Section 5. Payment of Retirement
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Section 6. Confidentiality, Covenants Not
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(b) Forfeiture and Other
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Section 7. Funding and Payment of
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(c) Company Assumption of
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(d) Participation by Other Group
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Section 9. Administration of the
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Section 10. Effect of KEESA
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Section 11. Amendment or
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(b) Limitation on Power to Amend or
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(d) Decision by Appeals
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Section 13. Miscellaneous
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(i) Not Compensation Under Other Benefit
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Section 14. Transition
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(b) 2004 Vested Participants
Benefits
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ii
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT
PLAN
Section 1. Name of Plan . This plan shall be
known as the Pentair, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement
Plan.
Section 2. General Definitions . Unless the
context requires otherwise, when used herein the terms listed
below, when capitalized or applied to such capitalized terms, shall
have the following meanings:
(1)
“Adjustment Factor” is the factor used in
adjusting the Pension Amount to reflect the period of time between
the date a vested Participant Separates from Service and his or her
Benefit Commencement Date. With respect to such a Participant who
survives to his or her Benefit Commencement Date and who so
separates:
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or after attaining age fifty-five (55), the Adjustment Factor is
1.03441 (i.e., the Pension Amount is adjusted to reflect the period
beginning on the first day of the month next following the month in
which the Participant Separates from Service to the Benefit
Commencement Date); or
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before attaining age fifty-five
(55), the Adjustment Factor is the appropriate factor set forth in
Table 1 to reflect the period beginning on the first day of the
month next following the month in which the Participant Separates
from Service and ending on the Benefit Commencement
Date.
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(2)
“Administrator” is the Company.
(3)
“Beneficiary” is a person entitled to receive
any benefits payable under the Plan after a former
Participant’s death.
(4)
“Benefit Commencement Date” is generally the
first day of the first month as of which a Participant’s
Retirement Benefit is payable. For a vested Participant who
Separates from Service on or after attaining age fifty-five (55),
the Benefit Commencement Date is the first day of the month next
following the six-month anniversary of the date the Participant
Separates from Service. For a vested Participant who Separates from
Service before attaining age fifty-five (55), the Benefit
Commencement Date is the later of the date described in the
immediately preceding sentence and the first day of the month next
following the month which includes his or her fifty-fifth (55th)
birthday. For a Participant who becomes disabled, the
Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date shall be the first
day of the month next following the month in which the
Participant’s sixty-fifth (65 th )
birthday occurs, as provided in Section 3(e).
(5)
“Benefit Service” is the number of Years of
Service, beginning with the calendar year which includes the
individual’s Benefit Service Date, during which an individual
completes 1,000 Hours of Service as an Eligible
Employee.
(6)
“Benefit Service Date” is the date from and
after which an individual may earn Benefit Service. An
individual’s Benefit Service Date shall be listed on
Schedule 1.
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(7)
“Board” is the Board of Directors of the
Company.
(8)
“Change in Control” is a change in control of
the Company as defined in the KEESA.
(9)
“Code” is the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended. Any reference to a specific provision of the Code shall be
deemed to refer to any successor provision thereto and the
regulations promulgated thereunder.
(10)
“Committee” is the Compensation Committee of the
Board.
(11)
“Company” is Pentair, Inc., a Minnesota
corporation, or any successor thereto.
(12)
“Compensation” is any item or class of
remuneration or part thereof listed or described in the left-hand
column of Schedule 2 and not any such items listed or
described in the right-hand column of Schedule 2. In the event
a remuneration item is not listed or described in Schedule 2,
the Administrator shall determine whether such item is included or
excluded from Compensation by taking into account the nature of the
item and its similarity to an item which is so listed.
(13)
“Conversion Factor” is the factor used to
convert the Pension Amount into the Monthly Installment and shall
be 113.4.
(14)
“Covered Termination” is a covered termination,
as defined in the KEESA, which entitles the Participant to a
termination payment pursuant to Sections 8 and 9(a) of the
KEESA.
(15)
“Disabled” or “Disability” is
a physical or mental condition, resulting from physical or mental
sickness or injury, which prevents the individual from engaging in
any substantial gainful activity, and which condition can be
expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve
(12) months.
(16)
“Effective Date” is, with respect to this
amended and restated Plan document, January 1,
2009.
(17)
“Eligible Employee” is an individual who, on or
after the Effective Date, is (i) a full time employee of a
Group member, (ii) a citizen or lawful permanent resident of
the United States, and (iii) either (x) an officer
appointed by the Board or (y) the President of a substantial,
operating Group member other than the Company or comparable
position (e.g., head of a major operating division of a Group
member) who has been nominated by the Company’s Chief
Executive Officer for participation in the Plan and such
participation has been approved by the Committee; provided,
however, the Committee may waive prospectively the requirement that
an individual be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident and,
with respect to such an individual and to the extent otherwise
consistent with Plan terms, may modify other aspects of the Plan
if, in the Committee’s sole discretion, such waiver or
modification, or both, is appropriate under the circumstances and
given tax and other governmental regulatory provisions applicable
to such individual and his or her Employer Company.
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(18)
“Employer Company” is the Group member which
employs a Participant as of the date the Participant has a
Separation from Service or otherwise terminates all Group
employment due to death or Disability.
(19)
“ERISA” is the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended. Any reference to a specific
provision of ERISA shall be deemed to include any successor
provision thereto and the regulations promulgated
thereunder.
(20)
“Final Average Compensation” is the average
Compensation determined by averaging Compensation in those five
(5) consecutive calendar years out of the last ten
(10) consecutive calendar years, ending with the calendar year
which ends coincident with or immediately preceding the date the
Participant has a Separation from Service or otherwise ceases to be
an Eligible Employee, whichever occurs first, for which the average
Compensation is the highest.
Notwithstanding
the immediately preceding paragraph, Final Average Compensation
shall not be less than the average Compensation for the sixty
(60) months immediately preceding the date the Participant has
a Separation from Service or otherwise ceases to be an Eligible
Employee, whichever occurs first, determined as the sum of
Compensation in the final calendar year of such employment plus
Compensation in each of the four (4) calendar years preceding
the final calendar year of such employment plus a percentage of the
Compensation for the entire fifth calendar year preceding the final
calendar year of such employment; such percentage shall be
determined as twelve minus the number of full calendar months for
which Compensation was payable in the final calendar year of such
employment divided by the number of months for which Compensation
was paid in the fifth calendar year preceding the final calendar
year of such employment.
If
the Participant’s relevant Compensation history is for less
than the stated period of time (e.g., less than five
(5) years; less than ten (10) years), then such actual
period shall be substituted in determining Final Average
Compensation (e.g., if the individual has six (6) years of
Compensation history, the high five (5) consecutive years
within such six (6) years shall be used in determining the
average; if the individual has three (3) years of Compensation
history, all such Compensation shall be used in determining the
average).
(21)
“Group” is the Company and, except as prescribed
by the Administrator, each other corporation or unincorporated
business which is a member of a controlled group of corporations or
a group of trades or businesses under common control (within the
meaning of Code section 414(b) or (c)) which includes the Company,
but with respect to other business entities during only the periods
of such common control with the Company.
(22)
“Hour of Service” is each hour which an
individual is paid or entitled to payment from a Group member for
(i) the performance of duties as its employee and
(ii) reasons related to such employment but other than for the
performance of duties, such as vacation, illness, jury duty,
military duty or leave of absence other than (x) payments made
or due under a plan maintained solely to comply with worker’s
compensation, unemployment compensation, or disability insurance
laws, or (y) payments made solely for reimbursement of medical
or medically related expenses; provided, however, no more than 501
Hours of Service shall be
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credited under
clause (ii) immediately preceding for any single continuous
period during which no duties as such an employee are performed. An
individual shall not receive duplicate Hour of Service credits for
the same period of service or absence.
Regardless
of the actual number of Hours of Service completed during a year,
in determining whether 1,000 Hours of Service have been completed
during a calendar year an individual shall be credited with
forty-five (45) Hours of Service for each calendar week the
individual is otherwise credited with an Hour of Service pursuant
to the immediately preceding paragraph.
(23)
“KEESA” is the Key Executive Employment and
Severance Agreement, if any, in effect between the Company and the
Participant.
(24)
“Monthly Installment” is a monthly payment,
commencing as of the Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date,
payable for one hundred eighty (180) consecutive months, and
shall be determined by dividing the Participant’s Pension
Amount by the Conversion Factor, with such monthly payment rounded
to the nearest whole dollar amount.
(25)
“Participant” is an Eligible Employee who has
become covered by the Plan. Once an individual has become so
covered, he or she shall remain a Participant, except as provided
in Section 3, until the first to occur of his or her death,
Disability, or Separation from Service; provided, however, if the
individual has a non-forfeitable right to a Retirement Benefit as
of the date he or she incurs such an event (determined without
regard to the forfeiture provision of Section 6(b) unless such
section has been actually enforced as to such individual), then
absent death the individual shall remain a Participant until the
individual has received his or her entire Retirement Benefit or the
Retirement Benefit has been forfeited as provided for in
Section 6(b).
(26)
“Participation Date” is the later of
(i) January 1, 1999 and (ii) the earlier of
(x) the date an individual becomes an Eligible Employee
described in Section 2(17)(iii)(x) and (y) for an
individual described in Section 2(17)(iii)(y), the date such
individual’s nomination is approved by the Committee or such
earlier date as may be provided in approving such nomination. An
individual’s Participation Date shall be listed on
Schedule 1.
(27)
“Pension Amount” is an amount equal to the
Participant’s Final Average Compensation multiplied by
fifteen percent (15%) multiplied by the Participant’s Benefit
Service, with such amount then multiplied by the Adjustment Factor
if the Participant Separates from Service and survives to his or
her Benefit Commencement Date.
(28)
“Plan” is the retirement plan herein described.
When this term is modified by or with reference to a certain date
(e.g., Plan as in effect before year XXXX), it shall refer to the
Plan as described in the Plan document in effect for the period
referenced.
(29)
“Retirement Benefit” is the monthly retirement
benefit payable under the Plan as the Monthly
Installment.
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(30)
“Spouse” is an individual, of a sex opposite to
that of a Participant, whose marriage to a Participant is
recognized under the laws of the United States (or one of the
United States) or any other generally recognized
jurisdiction.
(31)
“Separates from Service” or “Separation
from Service” is the termination of employment as an
employee, from all business entities that comprise the Group, for
reasons other than death or Disability. A Participant will be
deemed to have incurred a Separation from Service when the level of
bona fide services performed by the Participant for the Group
permanently decreases to a level equal to twenty percent (20%) or
less of the average level of services performed by the Participant
for the Group during the immediately preceding thirty-six
(36) month period (or such lesser period of service).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant on a bona fide leave
of absence from the Group shall be considered to have incurred a
Separation from Service no later than the six (6) month anniversary
of the absence (or twenty-nine (29) months in the event of an
absence due to a medically determinable physical or mental
impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be
expected to last for a continuous period of not less than six
(6) months, where such impairment causes the Participant to be
unable to perform the duties of his or her position or a
substantially similar position) or the end of such longer period
during which the individual has the right by law or agreement to
return to employment upon the expiration of the leave.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if following the Participant’s
termination of employment from the Group the Participant becomes a
non-employee director or becomes or remains a consultant to the
Group, then the date of the Participant’s Separation from
Service may be delayed until the Participant ceases to provide
services in such capacity to the extent required by Code section
409A.
(32)
“Year of Service” is a calendar year in which an
individual completes 1,000 Hours of Service.
Section 3. Participation, Vesting and Benefit Service,
and Rules Governing the Crediting of Service, Disability and
the Determination of Compensation and Final Average
Compensation.
(1)
General . The primary purpose of the Plan is to provide
supplemental retirement benefits to Eligible Employees. It is
intended that such employees constitute a select group of
management or highly paid employees, within the meaning of ERISA
section 201(2), of the Group. Except as provided in
Section 3(d)(6), in the event an individual who is not within
such a select group becomes covered by the Plan, then
notwithstanding any Plan provision to the contrary such
individual’s participation in the Plan shall immediately
cease.
Because
the Plan is described in ERISA section 201(2), and other ERISA
provisions corresponding thereto, certain provisions of ERISA do
not apply to it and the benefits earned thereunder, including the
provisions of Parts 2, 3, and 4 of Title I of ERISA relating to
participation and vesting, funding, and fiduciary responsibilities,
respectively. In addition, the Plan is not a tax-qualified plan
under the Code, and thus the Plan and benefits paid hereunder are
not subject to certain rules which apply to benefits payable under
such qualified plans including the annual compensation and benefit
limits under Code sections 401(a)(17) and 415, respectively, and
the manner in which a Participant’s or Beneficiary’s
Plan benefits are subject to income tax.
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(2)
Acceptance . Unless an Eligible Employee declines to become
covered by the Plan by delivering a written notice to that effect
to the Administrator within thirty (30) days (or such earlier
date as the Administrator may prescribe) of what would be otherwise
his or her Participation Date, he or she shall have accepted all
the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the provisions of
Section 6, and without regard to whether he or she becomes
entitled to receive a benefit under the Plan. If such a declination
is made, the individual shall not be covered by the Plan and no
benefits shall be payable hereunder to or with respect to such
individual; provided, however, the declination shall not be
compensated for or replaced with any other current or future item
of compensation and shall not constitute a waiver, release, or
modification of any restrictions or covenants relating to such
individual’s employment or termination of employment arising
under agreements apart from the Plan or under applicable law. Once
Plan participation is accepted or declined, such action shall be
effective as to the individual concerned regardless of any later
break in service and return to covered employment.
(3)
Effective Date Participants . The names of the Eligible
Employees covered by the Plan as of the Effective Date and their
Participation and Benefit Service Dates are listed on
Schedule 1. From time to time Schedule 1 shall be amended
to list the names of additional Eligible Employees who have become
covered by the Plan and their Participation and Benefit Service
Dates.
(1)
General . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all
benefits otherwise payable under the Plan to or with respect to a
Participant shall be forfeited if the Participant has a Separation
from Service before completing five (5) Years of
Service.
(2)
Death or Disability . A Participant who dies or becomes
Disabled while employed by a Group member shall be fully vested in
his or her Retirement Benefit.
(3)
Automatic Acceleration of Vesting . If a Participant has a
Covered Termination under his or her KEESA, then immediately before
such termination the Participant shall be considered fully vested
in his or her Retirement Benefit.
(4)
Other Forfeiture . Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions
of this Section 3(b), except as otherwise provided under the
Plan, all benefits otherwise payable under the Plan to or with
respect to a Participant or former Participant shall be subject to
forfeiture to the extent provided in Section 6(b).
(c)
Benefit Service . (1) Benefit Service Date . For an
individual who becomes an Eligible Employee on or after the
Effective Date, the Benefit Service Date shall be the same date as
his or her Participation Date.
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(2)
Benefit Service Date of Effective Date Participants . The
Benefit Service Date of an individual who is an active Participant
immediately before and as of the Effective Date shall be the date
listed on Schedule 1 for such individual and such date may
precede the individual’s Participation Date.
(3)
Benefit Service . An individual who ceases to be a
Participant by reason of death while an Eligible Employee shall be
considered to have completed a Year of Service in the year of death
for purposes of determining the Benefit Service earned by such
individual, regardless of the actual Hours of Service credited for
such year.
(4)
Benefit Service Upon a Covered Termination . If a
Participant incurs a Covered Termination, then immediately before
such termination the Participant shall be credited with additional
Years of Service for determining Benefit Service equal to the
lesser of (i) three (3) and (ii) the greater of
(x) seven (7) minus the Benefit Service credited to such
Participant under the Plan, determined without regard to this
Section 3(c)(4), as of the first day of the Plan Year
beginning immediately after such termination and (y) zero (0).
The Benefit Service provided for by this Section 3(c)(4) shall
be in addition to a Participant’s Benefit Service under the
Plan determined without regard to this
Section 3(c)(4).
(1)
General . Subject to other Plan provisions, a
Participant’s Years of Service shall be based upon the
completion of 1,000 Hours of Service during a calendar
year.
(2)
No Vesting Service Before Participation Date . No Year of
Service completed before the calendar year which includes an
individual’s Participation Date shall be considered for
purposes of applying Section 3(b)(1).
(3)
Non-Duplication of Service Credit . In no event shall a
Participant be credited for more than one (1) Year of Service
with respect to any one (1) calendar year. In the event
service credit for a period must be provided under the Plan by
reason of applicable law (e.g., USERRA) and such credit duplicates
service credit otherwise provided under the Plan, then the service
crediting provision which is most beneficial to the Participant
under the circumstances shall be applied but without duplication of
service credit for the same period.
(4)
Leaves of Absence . In the sole discretion of the Committee,
a Participant may be granted service credit for a period of absence
from active employment due to illness, personal circumstances, or
such other events as the Committee may authorize under the
circumstances and in such amount, manner or type of service credit
as the Committee deems appropriate under the circumstances, but in
no event shall such service credit duplicate any such credit
otherwise provided under the Plan for the same period or extend
beyond the date the Participant Separates from Service.
(5)
Break in Service . Except as determined in the discretion of
the Committee, if a Participant Separates from Service before he or
she has a nonforfeitable right to a Retirement Benefit by reason of
Section 3(b)(1) and thereafter returns to employment as an
Eligible Employee, all service credits earned prior to such
termination shall be ignored and the individual’s service
credits shall be determined as if he or she had not been previously
employed by any Group member.
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(6)
Transfer . If an individual becomes a Participant and
subsequently, and without a Separation from Service, is employed
with a Group member as other than an Eligible Employee, then upon
the occurrence of such event the individual shall cease all active
participation under the Plan (e.g., he or she will no longer accrue
benefits under the Plan). Such an individual shall continue to be
covered by the Plan with respect to determining his or her vesting
rights and for purposes of applying Plan provisions related to the
payment of nonforfeitable benefits.
(1)
General . This Section describes a special service credit
and other rules which apply to a Participant who becomes Disabled
before age sixty-five (65) and while he or she is an Eligible
Employee (i.e., a “Disabled Participant”). In no event
shall a Participant be considered Disabled until and unless he or
she supplies all information and takes all acts (e.g., submits to
medical examinations) reasonably requested by the Administrator to
establish the fact of his or her Disability.
(2)
Credit for Benefit Service . A Disabled Participant shall
receive credit for Benefit Service during the Disability period.
This service credit shall be determined, without duplication of
other service credit provided under the Plan for the same period,
based upon the complete whole years (with fractional years being
rounded to the nearest whole year) which elapse during the
Disability period. The Disability period shall begin on the date of
Disability as determined by the Administrator, taking into account
any applicable waiting period (e.g., end of short-term disability
period) prescribed by the Administrator for this purpose, and shall
end on the earliest of (i) the date the Participant is no
longer Disabled or is considered not to be Disabled, (ii) the
date the Disabled Participant attains age sixty-five (65), and
(iii) the date of the Participant’s death.
(3)
Final Average Compensation . A Participant’s Final
Average Compensation, determined as of the beginning of the
Disability period, shall not change during the Disability period.
If a Disabled Participant recovers from the Disability before
attaining age sixty-five (65) and returns to employment as an
Eligible Employee, Final Average Compensation shall be determined
as otherwise provided under the Plan and by assuming the
Participant’s Compensation during the Disability period was
equal to the Participant’s Final Average Compensation as of
the beginning of the Disability period.
(4)
Payment of Disability Benefit . A Disabled Participant shall
be entitled to a Retirement Benefit commencing as of the first day
of the calendar month next following the Participant’s
attainment of age sixty-five (65), even if such individual recovers
from such Disability prior to such date.
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(5)
Death During the Disability Period . If a Disabled
Participant dies during the Disability period or the Disability
Period ends by reason of attainment of age sixty-five (65) and
the Disabled Participant dies before benefits commence, a death
benefit shall be paid after such Disabled Participant’s death
to the extent provided in Section 4.
(6)
Proof of Disability . The Administrator shall determine
whether and when a Participant is Disabled and may adopt such rules
and procedures as it deems appropriate for this purpose. Once a
Participant is determined to be Disabled, the Administrator may
require the Participant to verify that he or she remains Disabled,
and such verification may include requiring the Participant to
submit to one or more medical examinations. If a Participant fails
to supply information or take action as requested by the
Administrator in order to determine whether the Participant is or
remains Disabled, the Participant shall not be considered Disabled
or shall be considered to have recovered from the Disability, as
the case may be, except that in no event shall benefits commence
prior to the Participant’s age sixty-five (65).
(1)
General . Compensation, and thereby Final Average
Compensation, shall be determined solely with respect to such
remuneration earned from and after a Participant’s Benefit
Service Date and during the period of employment as an Eligible
Employee. In the event a Participant is employed with a Group
member before becoming an Eligible Employee or, subject to the
provisions of Section 3(d)(6), after ceasing to be an Eligible
Employee, the Administrator shall determine the Compensation
allocable to periods of such employment in each capacity in such
manner as it deems reasonable in its sole discretion under the
circumstances (e.g., allocation of MIP bonuses for the year in
which an individual is promoted to an Eligible
Employee).
(2)
Determination . The amount of Compensation, and thereby
Final Average Compensation, shall be as determined from the books
and records of the employing Group member and shall be determined
on the basis of when the Compensation is paid to the Participant;
provided, however, items of Compensation or portions thereof may be
determined on the basis of when the item is earned (in which case
the item or portion shall not be again counted as an item or
portion of Compensation when paid) by the Participant if and to the
extent the Administrator determines such treatment is appropriate
under the circumstances (e.g., including MIP bonuses earned during
the final year of employment as Compensation before such bonus is
actually paid; including an amount deferred at the election of the
Participant as Compensation when it otherwise would have been paid
but for such election).
Section 4. Payments in the Event of Death Before the
Benefit Commencement Date.
(a)
General . This Section describes the pre-retirement death
benefit payable under the Plan to a Beneficiary under circumstances
where an individual, who was a Participant immediately before his
or her death, dies before the Benefit Commencement Date. Except as
provided in Appendix A, this death benefit shall be in lieu of any
other benefits under the Plan with respect to such a
Participant.
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(b)
Vested Participant . No death benefit shall be payable
pursuant to this Section 4 unless the deceased former
Participant had a non-forfeitable interest in his or her Retirement
Benefit (determined without regard to the forfeiture provision of
Section 6(b) unless such section has been actually enforced as to
such individual) as of the date of death or as a consequence of
such death (e.g., death while in service with a Group member);
provided, however, such a Participant who otherwise had such a
non-forfeitable interest shall not be considered to have had such
an interest if he or she is subsequently determined to have
forfeited such benefit as provided for in Section 6(b), even
if such action or determination is made after such
Participant’s death.
(c)
Amount and Timing of Benefit Payment.
(1)
General . Except as otherwise provided herein, the benefit
payable to the Beneficiary shall be determined by multiplying the
Participant’s Pension Amount, determined as of the end of the
month which includes the date of death and as if the Participant
had not died, by the appropriate factor from Table 1 to reflect the
period, if any, beginning on the first day of the calendar month
next following the calendar month in which the Participant died and
ending on the later of the first day of the third calendar month
next following the calendar month of such Participant’s death
and the first day of the calendar month immediately following the
calendar month in which such Participant, had he or she survived,
would have attained age fifty-five (55).
(2)
Lump Sum . The death benefit provided under this
Section 4 shall be paid to the Beneficiary in a lump sum
within ninety (90) days following the date of the
Participant’s death.
(d)
Beneficiary . The identity of the Beneficiary and the rules
with respect to the payment of benefits to such Beneficiary shall
be as provided in Section 5.
Section 5. Payment of Retirement
Benefits.
(a)
General . The Participant shall be responsible for providing
such informa
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