PINNACLE
WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION
SUPPLEMENTAL
EXCESS BENEFIT
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ARTICLE
TWO — CONSTRUCTION
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ARTICLE
THREE — ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
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(c) Commencement
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(5) Promotion
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(c) Average
Monthly Compensation
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(e) Recognition
of Benefits under Separate Agreements
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ARTICLE
FIVE — PAYMENT OF BENEFITS ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1,
2009
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(a) Officer
Traditional Benefits Described in Sections 4(a)(1) and
4(a)(2)(i)
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(1) Time
for Commencement
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(3) Actuarial
Adjustments
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(b) Spouse’s
Benefit with Respect to Officer Traditional Benefits Described in
Sections 4(a)(1) and 4(a)(2)(i)
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(c) Officer
Retirement Account Balance Benefits Described in Sections
4(a)(2)(ii) and 4(a)(3)
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(1)
Time and Form of Payment
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(2)
Actuarial Adjustments
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(d)
SMG Traditional and Retirement Account Balance Benefits Described
in Section 4(b)
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(1)
Form of Payment — Traditional Benefits
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(2)
Time of Payment — Traditional Benefits
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(3)
Form and Time of Payment — Retirement Account Balance
Benefit
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(4)
Actuarial Adjustments
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(5)
Time and Form of Benefits Payable Upon Death
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(e)
Change in Time and Form of Payment
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ARTICLE
SIX — PAYMENT OF BENEFITS BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2009
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ARTICLE
SEVEN — SECTION 409A COMPLIANCE
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ARTICLE
NINE — ADMINISTRATION
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ARTICLE
TEN — AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN
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ARTICLE
ELEVEN — ASSIGNMENT
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ARTICLE
TWELVE — WITHHOLDING
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ARTICLE
THIRTEEN — OTHER BENEFIT PLANS OF THE COMPANY
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ARTICLE
FOURTEEN — SPOUSAL CONSENT AND BENEFICIARY
DESIGNATIONS
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ARTICLE
FIFTEEN — MISCELLANEOUS
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ARTICLE
SIXTEEN — EFFECTIVE DATE
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PINNACLE
WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION
SUPPLEMENTAL
EXCESS BENEFIT RETIREMENT PLAN OF 2005
Effective
January 1, 1987, PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION (the
“Company”) adopted the PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL
CORPORATION SUPPLEMENTAL EXCESS BENEFIT RETIREMENT PLAN (the
“Prior Plan”) for the purpose of paying retirement
benefits to certain employees in excess of the benefits permitted
to be paid under the Pinnacle West Capital Corporation Retirement
Plan (the “Retirement Plan”) by reason of
Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code (the
“Code”). The Prior Plan was thereafter amended several
times to provide additional benefits, thereby changing the Prior
Plan from an “excess benefit plan” under the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (the
“Act”), to a “top hat” plan under the
Act.
Effective
January 1, 1982, ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
(“APS”) adopted the ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
SUPPLEMENTAL EXCESS BENEFIT RETIREMENT PLAN (the “APS
Plan”) for the purpose of paying retirement benefits to
certain employees in excess of the benefits permitted to be paid
under the Arizona Public Service Company Employees’
Retirement Plan (the “APS Retirement Plan”) by reason
of Section 415 of the Code. The APS Plan was thereafter
amended several times to provide additional benefits, thereby
changing the APS Plan from an “excess benefit plan”
under the Act to a “top hat” plan under the
Act.
Effective
January 1, 2000, the Company and APS amended and restated the
Prior Plan and the APS Plan to merge the APS Plan into the Prior
Plan and to make other technical changes. The Prior Plan was
amended several times thereafter.
Effective
January 1, 2003, the Company amended the Prior Plan to add a
new benefit structure.
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Effective
December 31, 2004, the Company amended the Prior Plan to
“grandfather” from the application of Code
Section 409A benefits with respect to only those participants
who neither earned nor became vested in a supplemental excess
benefit after December 31, 2004. Only the benefits of such
participants are provided under the terms of the Prior
Plan.
This
Plan applies to the entire benefit of any participant who either
earned or became vested in all or any portion of his or her
benefits on or after January 1, 2005.
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Terms
capitalized in this Plan shall have the meaning given in
Article Two of the Retirement Plan, governing definitions and
construction, except where such terms are otherwise defined in this
Plan. If any provision of this Plan is determined to be invalid or
unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions shall
continue in full force and effect. All of the provisions of this
Plan shall be construed and enforced according to the laws of the
State of Arizona, and shall be administered according to the laws
of such state, except as otherwise required by the Act, the Code or
other applicable federal law. It is the intention of the Company
that the Plan, as adopted by the Company, shall constitute an
“unfunded plan of deferred compensation for a select group of
management and highly compensated employees” within the
meaning of Sections 201(2) and 301(3) of the Act. Benefits
under this Plan shall be paid from the Company’s general
assets, and not from any trust fund or other segregated fund,
unless paid out of a rabbi trust established by the Company. The
assets of any such rabbi trust shall be subject to the claims of
the general creditors of the Company. This Plan shall be construed
in a manner consistent with the Company’s
intention.
ARTICLE
THREE
ELIGIBILITY
AND PARTICIPATION
Employees
of the Company or its Affiliates who are individually designated as
Plan participants by the Human Resources Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company (“Committee”), in its
discretion, shall be eligible to participate in the Plan, and such
designated individuals shall be considered “Eligible
Employees.”
(a)
Officers . Except as provided by the Committee, Eligible
Employees who are officers of the Company or an Affiliate which is
a participating employer under the Retirement Plan shall be
entitled to the benefits described in Section 4(a); provided,
however, that presidents and other officers of APS Energy Services
and subsidiaries of SunCor are not eligible to participate in the
Plan and are
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not considered officers for this purpose unless otherwise selected
for participation by the Committee.
(b)
SMG Participants . Except as provided by the Committee,
Eligible Employees of the Company or an Affiliate which is a
participating employer under the Retirement Plan who are not
officers shall be entitled to the benefits described in
Section 4(b).
(c)
Commencement of Participation . An Eligible Employee shall
commence participation in this Plan as of the first day of the Plan
Year following the date the Committee designates him or her as a
participant. Such participation shall continue until the date on
which the participant is no longer designated as an Eligible
Employee by the Committee.
(d)
Status Change . Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the status
of a participant changes for reasons other than separation from
service with the Company or an Affiliate which is a participating
employer under the Retirement Plan, so that he or she no longer is
eligible to participate in the Plan, his or her participation in
the Plan shall cease but his or her benefit under this Plan as of
the date of his or her change of status shall not be canceled or
distributed, but shall be determined upon his or her separation
from service with the Company or an Affiliate.
(e)
Rehires . In the event that a Participant terminates
employment and is later rehired, he or she shall not be eligible to
participate in the Plan again unless such individual is again
individually designated as a Plan participant by the Committee
following his or her rehire.
A
participant whose entire benefit was both earned and vested on
December 31, 2004 (as determined under regulations issued
under Code Section 409A) shall receive such benefit under the
Prior Plan. All other participants shall receive their entire
benefit under the terms outlined below.
(1)
Group A Participants . Subject to ARTICLE SEVEN, a
participant who is eligible under Section 3(a) and who is a Group A
Participant under the Retirement Plan shall be
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entitled
to a monthly benefit for life commencing at age 65 equal to the
lesser of (i) or (ii), reduced by (iii), where
(i)
Equals three percent (3%) of the participant’s Average
Monthly Compensation multiplied by the participant’s Years of
Service, not to exceed ten (10) Years of Service, plus two
percent (2%) of the participant’s Average Monthly
Compensation multiplied by the participant’s Years of Service
in excess of ten (10) Years of Service,
(ii)
Equals sixty percent (60%) of the participant’s Average
Monthly Compensation, and
(iii)
Equals the amount of such participant’s monthly benefit for
life at age 65 determined under the terms of the Retirement
Plan.
(2)
Group B Participants . Subject to ARTICLE SEVEN, a
participant who is eligible under Section 3(a) and who is a Group B
Participant under the Retirement Plan shall be entitled to a
monthly benefit for life commencing at age 65 equal to the sum of
(i) and (ii), where
(i)
Equals the benefit determined under the formula set forth above in
this Section 4(a)(1) for a Group A Participant in the
Retirement Plan based on the participant’s Years of Service
as of March 31, 2003 (March 31, 2006 in the case of a
SunCor participant) and his or her Average Monthly Compensation as
of the date of determination. Years of Service as of March 31,
2003 (March 31, 2006 in the case of a SunCor participant)
shall equal his or her full Years of Service as of such date plus a
partial Year of Service equal to the lesser of one (1) or a
fraction, the numerator of which is the participant’s Hours
of Service earned during the period beginning on the day after the
last day of his or her Computation Period ending prior to
March 31, 2003 (March 31, 2006 in the case of a SunCor
participant) and ending on March 31, 2003 (March 31, 2006
in the case of a SunCor participant), and the denominator of which
is 1,000, and
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(ii)
Equals the monthly benefit for life payable at age 65 which is the
Actuarial Equivalent of a lump sum benefit equal to the
participant’s Supplemental Retirement Account Balance minus
the participant’s Retirement Account Balance under the
Retirement Plan. For the avoidance of doubt, if the amount under
this Section 4(a)(2)(ii) is a negative number, it will serve as an
offset against the amount payable under
Section 4(a)(2)(i).
(3)
Group C Participants . Subject to ARTICLE SEVEN, a
participant who is eligible under Section 3(a) and who is a Group C
Participant under the Retirement Plan shall be entitled to a
monthly benefit for life commencing at age 65 equal to the
Actuarial Equivalent of a lump sum benefit equal to
(i) reduced by (ii), where
(i)
Equals the participant’s Supplemental Retirement Account
Balance, and
(ii)
Equals the participant’s Retirement Account Balance under the
Retirement Plan.
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participant’s Supplemental Retirement Account Balance shall
be a notional account credited with Monthly Retirement Account
Balance Credits and Interest Credits. For purposes of this Plan,
Monthly Retirement Account Balance Credits shall be determined
under the general methodology set forth in the Retirement Plan
based on the participant’s Monthly Compensation for the month
but using the following chart; provided that, except for a Group C
Participant, a participant shall not receive a Monthly Retirement
Account Balance Credit after the last day of the calendar year in
which he or she is credited with twenty-five (25) Years of Service,
with twenty-five years (25) Years of Service defined as
twenty-five (25) full twelve (12) month periods in
duration.
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Age at
End of Plan Year in
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Percent
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Compensation
Contribution Rate
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(4)
Compensation . For purposes of this Section 4(a),
Compensation and Monthly Compensation shall be determined without
regard to the limitation set forth in Section 401(a)(17) of the
Code and shall be increased by any cash payments made to the
participant pursuant to “year-end” bonus or incentive
plans maintained by the Company or an Affiliate which is a
participating employer under the Retirement Plan for employees
generally and by any amounts deferred by the participant under any
of the Company’s or such an Affiliate’s deferred
compensation plans for employees. Bonus or incentive payments made
in a form other than cash, bonus or incentive payments which are
not “year-end” bonus or incentive payments, bonus or
incentive payments under individual agreements between the Company
or such an Affiliate and a participant, and large asset bonus plan
payments shall not be taken into account as Compensation and
Monthly Compensation for purposes of this Plan unless the
Company’s President or Chief Executive Officer determines, in
his or her discretion, that such bonus or incentive payment shall
be taken into account as Compensation and Monthly Compensation
under this Plan. Subject to the foregoing, (a) eligible
bonuses and incentive payments (including eligible bonuses and
incentive payments paid after termination) shall be taken into
account as Compensation and Monthly Compensation in the year in
which such amounts are paid rather than in the year in which they
are earned, provided that the Company’s President or Chief
Executive Officer shall have the authority to determine, in his or
her discretion, that such bonus or incentive payment shall be taken
into account in the year in which such amounts are earned rather
than in the year in which they are paid, (b) Retention Unit Awards
granted in a calendar month which become
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shall be counted as Compensation paid and earned in such calendar
month; provided, however, that if Retention Unit Awards are taken
into account in determining a participant’s Average Monthly
Compensation with respect to benefits described in
Sections 4(a)(1) or 4(a)(2)(i), no more than two other
year-end bonus or incentive payments will be taken into account in
determining such Average Monthly Compensation. Effective for SunCor
bonuses earned in 2006 and later years, bonuses paid to the SunCor
President and Executive Vice Presidents shall be included in
Compensation or Monthly Compensation only to the extent of 100% of
base pay, and the bonuses paid to SunCor Vice Presidents shall be
included in Compensation or Monthly Compensation only to the extent
of 70% of base pay. The Company’s President or Chief
Executive Officer shall have the sole and absolute discretion to
determine whether a bonus or incentive payment made to a
participant constitutes Compensation or Monthly Compensation for
purposes of this Section 4(a) and may differentiate among
individuals in establishing the bonus or incentive payments that
may be taken into account under the Plan.
(5)
Promotion to Officer Status . In the event that an Eligible
Employee is promoted to officer status, his or her Traditional
Benefit and Retirement Account Balance Benefit shall be
retroactively calculated as if he or she had served as an officer
during the entire period of his or her employment with the Company
or any of its Affiliates.
Subject
to ARTICLE SIX and ARTICLE SEVEN, any participant who is designated
for participation pursuant to Section 3(b) and who receives a
benefit under the Retirement Plan, or such participant’s
surviving spouse or beneficiary in the event of the
participant’s death, shall be entitled to a benefit payable
in accordance with this ARTICLE FOUR and with ARTICLE FIVE equal to
(i) reduced by (ii), where
(i)
Equals the amount of such participant’s or surviving
spouse’s or beneficiary’s benefit under the Retirement
Plan computed under the provisions of the Retirement Plan but
without regard to the cap on Compensation in Section 2.1(n)
and the limitations in
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5.13 of the Retirement Plan and the provisions of
Sections 401(a)(17) and 415 of the Code; and
(ii)
Equals the amount of such participant’s or surviving
spouse’s or beneficiary’s benefit which would be
payable under the terms of the Retirement Plan if the participant
or his or her surviving spouse or beneficiary were to receive
payment under the Retirement Plan at the same time and in the same
form as benefits are payable under this Plan.
For
purposes of this Section 4(b), Compensation shall include any
amount of the participant’s regular salary that the
participant elects to defer under any deferred compensation plans
for employees of the Company or an Affiliate which is a
participating employer under the Retirement Plan (including amounts
deferred before participation in the Plan commences) and shall
exclude all bonus or incentive payments paid to the
participant.
(c)
Average Monthly Compensation .
For
purposes of computing a participant’s Average Monthly
Compensation, such term shall
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