REGAL BELOIT CORPORATION
TARGET (SUPPLEMENTAL) RETIREMENT
PLAN
As Amended and Restated Effective January 1,
2009
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III.
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ELIGIBILITY;
PARTICIPATION
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V.
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CLAIM FOR
BENEFITS PROCEDURE
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VII.
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AMENDMENT AND
TERMINATION
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REGAL BELOIT CORPORATION
TARGET (SUPPLEMENTAL) RETIREMENT
PLAN
Regal
Beloit Corporation desires to provide Plan Participants with a
retirement benefit which is adequate and competitive, when compared
to peer company employers. The Plan is intended to provide a
mechanism to provide supplemental retirement benefits to existing
and newly hired employees of the Company who become eligible to
participate, and to supplement retirement benefits payable from the
Company’s qualified retirement plan(s) to executives who are
hired mid-career. By providing such benefits, the Company will
remain able to attract and retain exceptional senior management
personnel, and provide for orderly management
succession.
2.01
“Actuarial Equivalent” means a form of benefit
differing in time, period, or manner of payment, but having the
same value as the form of benefit payment expected to be paid to a
Participant over his or her remaining lifetime, commencing on the
first day of the month coincident with or next following his or her
Normal Retirement Date. An Actuarial Equivalent determined
hereunder shall be based on the mortality table, assumed rate of
interest, and other factors utilized by the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), and in effect at the time a benefit
payment amount is determined. PBGC factors to be utilized in
determining the value of a benefit will be those factors used by
the PBGC to value annuities for a single employer, trusteed plan
terminating as of the first day of the month that includes the date
in which the Participant attains (or would have attained) his or
her Normal Retirement Date.
2.02
“Administrative Committee” and “Committee”
mean the Committee appointed pursuant to Article VI to administer
the Plan.
2.03
“Affiliate” means each entity that is required to be
aggregated with the Company pursuant to Code Section 414(b) or (c);
provided that for purposes of determining if a Participant has
incurred a Separation from Service, the phrase “at least 50
percent” shall be used in place of the phrase “at least
80 percent” each place it appears therein or in the
regulations thereunder.
2.04
“Agreement” means the Regal Beloit Corporation Target
(Supplemental) Retirement Plan Agreement between a Participant and
the Company, whereby a Participant agrees to the terms and
provisions of the Plan, and the Company agrees to pay benefits in
accordance with the Plan. An Agreement shall be executed by and
between the Company when a Participant first becomes eligible to
participate in the Plan.
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2.05
“Change of Control” means that a “Change in
Control of the Company” has been deemed to occur pursuant to
a Change in Control Agreement in effect between the Company and its
Chief Executive Officer. If the Company is not a party to such a
Change in Control Agreement, “Change of Control” means
the purchase or other acquisition by any person, entity or group of
persons, within the meaning of Sections 13(d) or 14(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any comparable successor
provision, or a beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule
13d-3 promulgated under the Act) of 30% or more of either the
outstanding shares of common stock or the combined voting power of
Company’s then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote
generally, or the approval by the stockholders of Company of a
reorganization, merger, or consolidation, in each case, with
respect to which persons who were stockholders of the Company
immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation
do not, immediately thereafter, own more than 50% of the combined
voting power entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors of the reorganized, merged or consolidated
Company’s then outstanding securities, or a liquidation or
dissolution of Company or of disposition by the sale of all or
substantially all of the Company’s assets.
2.06
“Company” means Regal Beloit Corporation, a Wisconsin
Corporation, its successors and assigns, and any Affiliate which
grants participation hereunder to an employee with the
Company’s consent. References to “Company” in the
Plan refer to the Company or, if appropriate, the participating
Affiliate of the Company which employs the Participant.
2.07
“Early Retirement Date” and “Early
Retirement” mean the date of Termination of Service of a
Participant for reasons other than death before age sixty-five
(65), but at or after age fifty-eight (58) with fifteen (15) Years
of Service, or a Separation from Service under circumstances which
the Company, in its sole discretion and prior to the first day of
the seventh (7th) month following the month in which the Separation
from Service occurs, elects to treat as an Early Retirement under
the Plan.
2.08
“ERISA Funded” means that the Plan is prevented from
meeting the “unfunded” criterion of the exceptions to
the application of Parts 2 through 4 of Subtitle B of Title I of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(ERISA).
2.09
“Final Average Compensation” means the average result
produced by dividing the total Salary of a Participant during the
sixty (60) consecutive month period immediately preceding the
earlier of his or her Termination of Service with the Company or
Separation from Service, by the lesser of:
(a)
sixty (60), or
(b)
the actual number of months of the Participant’s service with
the Company, as determined pursuant to the Participant’s
Agreement to participate in the Plan.
2.10
“IRC” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
2.11
“Normal Retirement Date” and “Normal
Retirement” mean the date of Separation from Service of the
Participant coincident with or following the date he or she attains
age sixty-five (65).
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2.12
“Other Retirement Plans”, “Other Retirement
Plans’ Benefit” mean the aggregate of the retirement
benefit which is attributable to the Hypothetical Investment
Account, or its Actuarial Equivalent, to which a Participant would
be entitled if monthly payments were made to him in the form of a
single life annuity commencing on the first day of the month
immediately following the Participant’s Normal Retirement
Date. For purposes of the Plan, the “Hypothetical Investment
Account” shall consist of an amount equal to the hypothetical
value of the Participant’s Profit Sharing Plan Account, as
hereinafter described. A Participant’s Hypothetical Account
shall consist of the beginning balance of Participant’s
Profit Sharing Plan Account as of the Profit Sharing Plan’s
most recent valuation date immediately preceding the
Participant’s date of eligibility for participation in this
Plan, as specified in the Participant’s Agreement. The
beginning balance of each Participant’s Hypothetical
Investment Account shall be increased by Hypothetical Company
Contributions, if any, and by Hypothetical Investment Earnings.
“Hypothetical Company Contributions” shall be
calculated and determined assuming an annual increase in Salary of
one percentage point higher than the cost-of-living adjustments
applied under IRC Section 415(b)(1)(A), and Company contributions
determined as follows: (a) For periods prior to the date the Regal
Beloit Corporation Profit Sharing Plan was merged with the
predecessor plan to form the Regal Beloit 401(k) Plan, a four
percent (4%) Profit Sharing Plan contribution; (b) For periods on
and after the date the Regal Beloit Corporation Profit Sharing Plan
was merged with the predecessor plan to form the Regal Beloit
401(k) Plan and ending December 31, 2008, a Company matching
contribution equal to 1.5% of a Participant’s Salary plus a
Company base contribution of 2% of a Participant’s Salary;
and (c) For periods beginning January 1, 2009 and later, a Company
matching contribution equal to 3.5% of a Participant’s Salary
plus, if the Participant is eligible for a Company base
contribution under the Regal Beloit 401(k) plan, a Company base
contribution of 2% or 1% of the Participant’s Salary (as
specified for the Participant under the Regal Beloit 401(k) Plan);
provided, however, that the hypothetical base contribution shall
not be credited unless the Participant is employed on the last day
of the Plan Year; and (c) Any other Company contributions to a
qualified retirement plan in which the employee has been a
Participant if specified in the Participant’s Agreement.
“Hypothetical Investment Earnings” shall be calculated
and determined assuming investment earnings equal to the most
recent 12-month average yield on corporate bonds. Hypothetical
Company Contributions and Hypothetical Investment Earnings shall be
credited to a Participant’s Hypothetical Investment Account
at the same time and in the same manner as prescribed by the Profit
Sharing Plan. For purposes of this Section, the “average
yield on corporate bonds” means the composite average yield
for the preceding calendar year of industrial and public utility
bonds, rated Aaa through Baa, as determined from
“Moody’s Bond Record” published monthly by
Moody’s Investor’s Service, Inc. (or any successor
thereto), or, if such yield is no longer available, a substantially
similar average selected by the Administrative
Committee.
2.13
“Participant” means an employee of the Company who is
designated to be eligible pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof and who
signs and delivers an Agreement to the Company.
2.14
“Plan” means the Regal Beloit Corporation Target
(Supplemental) Retirement Plan, as amended from time to
time.
2.15
“Plan Year” means the Company’s fiscal year,
which, unless and until changed, is January 1 to
December 31.
2.16
“Profit Sharing Plan” means either the Regal Beloit
Corporation Profit Sharing Plan, as amended from time to time, or
the Regal Beloit 401(k) Plan and its predecessor, as amended from
time to time. Unless the context requires otherwise, definitions as
used herein shall have the same meaning as in the Profit Sharing
Plan when applied to said Plan.
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2.17
“Retirement Date” means a Participant’s Early
Retirement Date or Normal Retirement Date.
2.18
“Salary” for purposes of the Plan shall be the total of
the Participant’s base yearly salary paid by the Company
during a Plan Year, and considered “wages” for FICA and
federal income tax withholding, plus the amount of any target
Company bonus opportunity for the Plan Year (whether or not earned
or paid for such Plan Year) and any amounts deferred by the
Participant under an unfunded, nonqualified plan maintained by the
Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to
Participants who retired prior to January 1, 2008, the actual
Company bonus earned for the Plan Year (even if not paid in such
Plan Year) in lieu of the target bonus opportunity was used to
determined Salary. For purposes of this Section, Salary amounts
considered shall exclude reimbursements or other expense allowances
(whether or not includable in gross income, and including but not
limited to car allowances), (cash or non-cash) fringe benefits
(including but not limited to contest prizes), moving expenses,
welfare benefits (including but not limited to imputed income on
life insurance coverage, unused and/or accrued vacation pay and
severance pay), and any distribution of stock (excluding proceeds
from any stock options, stock appreciation rights, or any other
stock or equity based management incentive plan. Salary amounts
considered shall include any amounts by which the
Participant’s Salary is reduced by a salary reduction or
similar arrangement under any qualified plan described in IRC
Section 401(a) or any cafeteria plan (as described in IRC
Section 125) maintained by the Company.
2.19
“Separation from Service” means a Participant’s
termination of employment from the Company and all Affiliates
within the meaning of Code Section 409A, including the following
rules:
(a)
If a Participant takes a leave of absence from the Company or an
Affiliate for purposes of military leave, sick leave or other bona
fide leave of absence, the Participant’s employment will be
deemed to continue for the first six (6) months of the leave of
absence, or if longer, for so long as the Participant’s right
to reemployment is provided either by statute or by contract;
provided that if the leave of absence is due to the
Participant’s medically determinable physical or mental
impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be
expected to last for a continuous period of six months or more, and
such impairment causes the Participant to be unable to perform the
duties of his position with the Company or an Affiliate or a
substantially similar position of employment, then the leave period
may be extended for up to a total of 29 months.
(b)
A Participant shall be presumed to incur a Separation from Service
when the level of bona fide services provided by the Participant to
the Company and its Affiliates permanently decreases to a level of
twenty percent (20%) or less of the level of services rendered by
such individual, on average, during the immediately preceding 36
months.
(c)
A Participant shall be presumed to not incur a Separation from
Service when the level of bona fide services provided by the
Participant to the Company and its Affiliates continues at a rate
that is at least fifty percent (50%) of the level of services
rendered by such individual, on average, during the immediately
preceding 36 months.
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2.20
“Social Security Retirement Benefit” means the monthly
amount of the primary Social Security benefit payable, or projected
to be payable, to a Participant (regardless of whether such Social
Security benefit is or has been applied for) at his or her Normal
Retirement Date. The Social Security Retirement Benefit shall
include a benefit payable to the Participant under any other
similar retirement program sponsored by the United States
government to which the Company contributed (at least in part) or
which the Company funded (in whole or in part) by tax or similar
levy.
2.21
“Surviving Spouse” means the spouse of a Participant on
his or her Retirement Date, who is entitled to receive payments
under Section 4.04 hereof, and who survives the Participant to
receive any Surviving Spouse’s benefit payable under the
Plan. For purposes of the Plan, a “Spouse” is a
Participant’s husband or wife under a legal union recognized
by applicable state or federal law.
2.22
“Target (Supplemental) Retirement Plan Trust” and
“Trust” mean any irrevocable grantor trust or trusts
established by the Company with an independent trustee for the
benefit of persons entitled to receive payments
hereunder.
2.23
“Tax Funded” means that the interest of a Participant
in the Plan will be includable in the gross income of the
Participant for federal income tax purposes before actual receipt
of Plan benefits by the Participant as a result of the failure of
the Plan to comply with Code Section 409A with respect to the
Participant.
2.24
“Termination for Cause” means a termination of service
of the Participant resulting from the Participant’s fraud,
misappropriation, embezzlement, or theft of Company property,
conviction of a felony, or violation of restrictive covenants
contained in any employment agreement between him and the Company,
or a willful and repeated violation of published standards of
conduct of the Company, the determination of which shall be made
solely by the Company.
2.25
“Termination of Service” means the cessation of
Participant’s employment with the Company for any reason
whatsoever, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, including by
reason of retirement, death, or disability; provided, however, that
a Participant who is entitled to long-term disability benefits
under a long-term disability plan sponsored by the Company shall
not be deemed to have incurred a Termination of Service until the
earlier of the first anniversary of the date the Participant became
entitled to long-term disability benefits, or the date the
Participant no longer qualifies for long-term disability benefits,
including loss of qualification due to death.
2.26
“Years of Service” means years of service credited to a
Participant based on the period beginning with the
Participant’s employment commenceme