Exhibit No. (10)i
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFIT
PLAN
TO THE
KIMBERLY-CLARK
CORPORATION
PENSION PLAN
Amended and Restated Effective as
of December 31, 2008
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Use of
Defined Terms .
Capitalized terms used herein have the respective meanings ascribed
to such terms as set forth in Section 6 below.
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2.
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Purpose . The Second Supplemental Benefit Plan is for
the purpose of providing Participants and their Beneficiaries with
such benefits, in addition to the Retirement Plan and the
Supplemental Plan, as are necessary to fulfill the intent of the
Retirement Plan without regard to Section 415 of the Code or
any dollar limit imposed by the Code on the amount of compensation
considered under the Retirement Plan. It is intended that the
Second Supplemental Benefit Plan constitute an unfunded plan of
deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly
compensated employees, within the meaning of Title I of
ERISA.
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Benefit . The Benefit of a Participant or a Survivor
under the Second Supplemental Benefit Plan shall be the difference
between:
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(a)
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the monthly
amount payable under the Retirement Plan, which monthly amount
shall be calculated (i) without regard to Article XI of the
Retirement Plan and (ii) using the term Earnings defined as
set forth in Section 6(f) of the Second Supplemental Benefit
Plan below; less
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(b)
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the sum of
(i) the monthly amount payable under the Retirement Plan and
(ii) the monthly amount payable under the Supplemental
Plan.
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(a)
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Notwithstanding
any other provision of the Retirement Plan, a Participant (or
surviving spouse or designated beneficiary, as the case may be)
shall be entitled to elect to receive his Grandfathered Benefit
payable under Section 3 as a Lump Sum Payment (subject to any
applicable payroll or other taxes required to be withheld) under
the following circumstances:
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(i) The Participant (or surviving
spouse or designated beneficiary, as the case may be) has Timely
Elected to receive such Lump Sum Payment;
(ii) the Corporation experiences a
Change of Control; or
(iii) the Corporation’s
long-term credit rating falls below Investment Grade.
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(b)
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If a Participant (or surviving
spouse or designated beneficiary, as the case may be) elects a Lump
Sum Payment pursuant to subsection 4(a)(i) above, such
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election is subject to approval by
the Retirement Trust Committee in its sole discretion. In addition,
the Lump Sum Payment shall be payable at the same time as the
payments are eligible to commence under the Retirement
Plan.
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(c)
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If a
Participant (or surviving spouse or designated beneficiary, as the
case may be) elects a Lump Sum Payment pursuant to subsections
4(a)(ii) or 4(a)(iii) above, the Lump Sum Payment shall be reduced
for active employee Participants by a penalty equal to ten percent
(10%) of the Benefit otherwise payable and for a former
employee, or a surviving spouse or designated beneficiary, by a
penalty equal to five percent (5%) of the Grandfathered
Benefit otherwise payable. Such penalty shall be permanently
forfeited and shall not be paid to or in respect of, the
Participant or surviving spouse or designated beneficiary. In
addition, such election must be made within two years after a
Change of Control or within 90 days after the date the
Corporation’s long-term credit rating falls below Investment
Grade. Such Lump Sum Payment shall be made within thirty days of
the date of election.
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(d)
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Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Plan, any portion of a
Participant’s Benefit which is not a Grandfathered Benefit
shall automatically be paid as a Lump Sum Payment. Such payment
shall be made following the date which is six months after the
Participant’s separation from service (or, if earlier the
date of death of the Participant).
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(e)
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If a
Participant has received a Lump Sum Payment pursuant to this
Section 4, such Participant may accrue an additional Benefit
under this Plan after the date of such Lump Sum Payment, provided,
however, that such future participation shall not result in
duplication of benefits. Accordingly, if he has received a
distribution of a Benefit under the Plan by reason of prior
participation, his Benefit shall be reduced by the actuarial
equivalent (at the date of the later distribution) of the present
value of the Benefit previously paid hereunder.
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(f)
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Notwithstanding any other
provisions of this Second Supplemental Benefit Plan to the
contrary, (i) in the event that a portion of the Lump Sum
Payment of a Grandfathered Benefit due a Participant pursuant to
this Section 4 would not be deductible by the Company pursuant
to Section 162(m) of the Code, the Company, at its discretion,
may postpone payment of such amounts to the Participant until such
time that the payments would be deductible by the Company,
(ii) in the event that a portion of the Lump Sum Payment of a
Participant’s Benefit which is not a Grandfathered Benefit
due a Participant pursuant to this Section 4 would not be
deductible by the Company pursuant to Section 162(m) of the
Code, the payment will be delayed where the Company reasonably
anticipates that the Company’s deduction with respect to such
payment otherwise would be limited or eliminated by application of
section 162(m); provided that the payment shall be made either at
the earliest date at which the Company reasonably anticipates that
the deduction of the payment of the amount will not be limited or
eliminated by application of section 162(m).
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Provided, however, that no
payment postponed pursuant to this subsection 4(f) shall be
postponed beyond the first anniversary of the date such Participant
terminated employment. Any Lump Sum Payment postponed pursuant to
subsection 4(d) or 4(f) shall include interest for the period such
Lump Sum Payment is postponed at a per annum rate equal to the
six-month U.S. Treasury Bill secondary market rate as published by
the Federal Reserve Board for the calendar week ending prior to
January 1 (for terminations of employment in either of the two
subsequent fiscal quarters ending March 31 or June 30) or
prior to July 1 (for terminations of employment in either of
the subsequent fiscal quarters ending on September 30 or
December 31), or such other rate as determined pursuant to
uniform Committee rules.
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(g)
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Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Plan to the contrary, except where
waived by the Participant’s spouse as required under the
provisions of the Retirement Plan, all Grandfathered Benefits
payable to a Participant shall be paid in the same form as the
benefits would be payable under the Retirement Plan. Provided,
however, for each Participant whose employment terminates after
February 18, 2002, if the amount of the Lump Sum Distribution,
calculated as if such Participant (or surviving spouse or
designated beneficiary, as the case may be) had made an election to
receive a Lump Sum Distribution at the earliest time that such
person could have made an election under subsection 4(a)(i), does
not exceed $25,000, then such Lump Sum Distribution shall be paid
at the earliest time such person could have made an election under
subsection 4(a)(i).
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5.
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Amendment
and Termination . The
Corporation, by action of its Board of Directors, may amend the
Second Supplemental Benefit Plan in any respect, or terminate the
Second Supplemental Benefit Plan; provided, however, that no such
amendment or termination shall be effective to the extent it
eliminates or reduces any “Section 411(d)(
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