SEVENTH AMENDED AND
RESTATED
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT
PLAN
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ARTICLE II ELIGIBILITY & CONTINUED
PARTICIPATION
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2.3 Frozen Participation Deemed Active
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3.2 Vesting upon a Change of Control
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3.3 Compensation Committee Discretion
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ARTICLE IV VESTED ACCRUED BENEFIT &
RETIREMENT BENEFIT
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4.2 Minimum Vested Accrued Benefit as of
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4.5 Benefit Commencement Date
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4.9 Delay of Payments under Section 409A of
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ARTICLE V DISABILITY & FROZEN
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5.2 Disability on or after June 28,
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5.3 Disability before June 28,
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5.5 Frozen Participation Deemed Active
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5.6 Participation Frozen before June 28,
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6.2 Death of Active Participant prior to Age
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6.3 Death of Active Participant after Age
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6.4 Death after a Change of Control that Occurs
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6.5 Death of Vested Terminated Participant or
Disabled Participant
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6.7 Death of Retired Participant before or after
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6.9 Beneficiary Designation for Ten
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ARTICLE VII PROVISIONS RELATING TO ALL
BENEFITS
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7.1 Effect of this Article
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7.2 Termination of Employment
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7.5 Restrictions on any Portion of Total
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7.6 Benefits upon Re-Employment
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ARTICLE VIII ADMINISTRATION
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8.1 Committee Appointment
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8.2 Committee Organization and Voting
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8.3 Powers of the Committee
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8.5 Reimbursement of Expenses
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ARTICLE IX ADOPTION BY
SUBSIDIARIES
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9.1 Procedure for and Status after
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9.2 Termination of Participation by Adopting
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ARTICLE X AMENDMENT AND/OR
TERMINATION
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10.1 Amendment or Termination of the
Plan
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10.2 No Retroactive Effect on Awarded
Benefits
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10.3 Effect of Termination
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11.1 Payments under This Plan are the Obligation
of the Company
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11.2 Plan May Be Funded through Life Insurance
Owned by the Company or a Rabbi Trust
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11.3 Reversion of Excess Assets
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11.4 Participants Must Rely Only on General
Credit of the Company
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11.5 Funding of Benefits for Participants
Subject to Canadian Income Tax Laws is Prohibited
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ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS
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12.1 Responsibility for Distributions and
Withholding of Taxes
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12.2 Limitation of Rights
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12.3 Distributions to Incompetents or
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12.6 Amendment Applicable to Active Participants
Only Unless it Provides Otherwise
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12.12 Compliance with
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SEVENTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
SYSCO CORPORATION
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
WHEREAS , Sysco Corporation (“SYSCO”) and its
Subsidiaries established the Sysco Corporation Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan (the “Current Plan”),
effective July 3, 1988, to provide certain highly compensated
management personnel a supplement to their retirement pay so as to
retain their loyalty and to offer them a further incentive to
maintain and increase their standard of performance;
WHEREAS , pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Current Plan,
SYSCO’s board of directors (the “Board of
Directors”), the Committee or their designees may amend the
Current Plan by an instrument in writing;
WHEREAS , the Board of Directors has determined that it is
in the best interests of SYSCO and its stockholders to amend and
restate the Current Plan effective June 28, 2008, to:
(i) change the group of employees eligible to participate;
(ii) change the definition of “Eligible Earnings”
and “Final Average Compensation;” (iii) make the
Current Plan compliant with the Final Treasury Regulations
promulgated under Section 409A of the Code; (iv) expand
the circumstances that SYSCO or its Subsidiaries’ have the
right to forfeit a Participant’s benefits and (v) make
certain other changes and clarifications to the Current
Plan;
NOW, THEREFORE , SYSCO hereby adopts the Seventh Amended and
Restated Sysco Corporation Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan,
effective June 28, 2008 (the “Plan”), as
follows:
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1.1 401(k)
Plan . “401(k) Plan” means the Sysco Corporation
Employees 401(k) Plan, a defined contribution plan qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code, and any U.S. qualified defined
contribution plan successor thereto.
1.2 Active
Participant. “Active Participant” means a
Participant in the employ of the Company who is not a Frozen
Participant.
1.3 Actuarial
Equivalence or Actuarially Equivalent . “Actuarial
Equivalence” shall be determined on the basis of the
mortality and interest rate assumptions used in computing annuity
benefits under the Pension Plan. If there is no Pension Plan in
effect at the time any such determination is made, the actuarial
assumptions to be used shall be selected by an actuarial firm
chosen by the Committee. Such actuarial firm shall select such
actuarial assumptions as would be appropriate for the Pension Plan
if the Pension Plan remained in existence with its last participant
census. “Actuarial Equivalent” means equality in value
of the aggregate amounts expected to be received under different
forms of payment based on the mortality and interest assumptions
specified for purposes of Actuarial Equivalence.
1.4
Affiliate . “Affiliate” means any entity with
respect to which SYSCO beneficially owns, directly or indirectly,
at least 50% of the total voting power of the interests of
such entity and at least 50% of the total value of the interests of
such entity.
1.5 Annuity
. “Annuity” means a monthly annuity for the life of the
Participant with a ten (10) year certain period. A
Participant’s Vested Accrued Benefit and Retirement Benefit
are expressed in the form of an Annuity, subject to the provisions
of Section 4.6.
1.6
Beneficiary . “Beneficiary” means a person or
entity designated by the Participant under the terms of this Plan
to receive any amounts distributed under the Plan upon the death of
the Participant.
1.7 Benefit
Commencement Date. “Benefit Commencement Date”
means the first date the Participant’s benefits are payable
under Section 4.5, without regard to any delay under Section
4.9.
1.8 Benefit
Limit. “Benefit Limit” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 4.1(l).
1.9 Benefit
Service. “Benefit Service” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 4.1(d).
1.10 Board of
Directors. “Board of Directors” means the Board of
Directors of SYSCO.
1.11
Canada/Quebec Pension Plan Offset. “Canada/Quebec
Pension Plan Offset” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1(j).
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1.12 Change of
Control . “Change of Control” means the occurrence
of one or more of the following events:
(a) The
acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning
of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Act (a
“ Person ”) of beneficial ownership (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Act) of
20% or more of either (i) the then-outstanding shares of SYSCO
common stock (the “ Outstanding SYSCO Common Stock
”) or (ii) the combined voting power of the
then-outstanding voting securities of SYSCO entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors (the “ Outstanding
SYSCO Voting Securities ”); provided, however, that the
following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of
Control: (1) any acquisition directly from SYSCO,
(2) any acquisition by SYSCO, (3) any acquisition by any
employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by
SYSCO or any Affiliate, or (4) any acquisition by any corporation;
pursuant to a transaction that complies with Sections (c)(i),
(c)(ii) and (c)(iii), below;
(b) Individuals
who, as of July 1, 2008, constitute the Board of Directors
(the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to
constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors; provided,
however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to
July 1, 2008 whose election, or nomination for election by
SYSCO’s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a
majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall
be considered as though such individual were a member of the
Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such
individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of
an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the
election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened
solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person
other than the Board of Directors;
(c) Consummation
of a reorganization, merger, statutory share exchange or
consolidation or similar corporate transaction involving SYSCO or
any of its Affiliates, a sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of SYSCO, or the acquisition of
assets or stock of another entity by SYSCO or any of its Affiliates
(each, a “Business Combination”), in each case unless,
following such Business Combination, (i) all or substantially
all of the individuals and entities that were the beneficial owners
of the Outstanding SYSCO Common Stock and the Outstanding SYSCO
Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination
beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 60% of the
then-outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting
power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the
corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including,
without limitation, a corporation that, as a result of such
transaction, owns SYSCO or all or substantially all of
SYSCO’s assets either directly or through one or more
subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their
ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination of the
Outstanding SYSCO Common Stock and the Outstanding SYSCO Voting
Securities, as the case may be, (ii) no Person (excluding any
corporation resulting from such Business Combination or any
employee benefit plan (or related trust) of SYSCO or such
corporation resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially
owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of, respectively, the
then-outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation
resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting
power of the then-outstanding voting securities of such
corporation, except to the extent that such ownership existed prior
to the Business
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Combination,
and (iii) at least a majority of the members of the board of
directors of the corporation resulting from such Business
Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the
execution of the initial agreement or of the action of the Board of
Directors providing for such Business Combination; or
(d) Approval
by the stockholders of SYSCO of a complete liquidation or
dissolution of SYSCO.
1.13 Code .
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
1.14
Committee . “Committee” means the committee
administering this Plan.
1.15
Company . “Company” means SYSCO and any
Subsidiary that has adopted the Plan with the approval of the
Committee pursuant to Section 9.1.
1.16 Defined
Benefit Offset. “Defined Benefit Offset” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(g).
1.17 Defined
Contribution Offset. “Defined Contribution Offset”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(h).
1.18
Determination Date . “Determination Date” means
the date as of which a Participant’s Vested Accrued Benefit
is calculated. The Determination Date for determining a
Participant’s Retirement benefit under Article IV shall
be the date of the Participant’s termination of employment
from SYSCO or its Subsidiaries.
1.19 Disabled
Participant. “Disabled Participant” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 6.1(b).
1.20
Disability . “Disability” means that a
Participant (i) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful
activity by reason of any 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 twelve
(12) months; (ii) is, by reason of any 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 twelve (12) months, receiving income
replacement benefits for a period not less than three
(3) months under an accident and health plan covering
employees of the Company; or (iii) has been determined by the
Social Security Administration to be totally disabled.
1.21 Early
Payment Criteria . “Early Payment Criteria” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(b).
1.22 Eligible
Earnings. “Eligible Earnings” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).
1.23 ERISA
. “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended.
1.24 Frozen
Participant. “Frozen Participant” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
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1.25 High-Five
Average Compensation as of June 28, 2008. “High-Five
Average Compensation as of June 28, 2008” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c).
1.26 Joint and
Survivor Annuity . “Joint and Survivor Annuity”
means a joint and two-thirds survivor monthly annuity with a ten
(10) year certain period that is the Actuarial Equivalent of
an Annuity. This annuity is payable during the joint lives of the
Participant and his spouse, and a monthly annuity shall continue
for the life of the survivor in an amount equal to two-thirds of
the monthly amount provided during their joint lives.
Notwithstanding the above, during the ten (10) year certain
period, there shall be no reduction in the amount of such payment
regardless of the death of either or both the Participant and his
spouse.
1.27 Minimum
Vested Accrued Benefit. “Minimum Vested Accrued
Benefit” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.2.
1.28 Management
Incentive Plan or MIP . “Management Incentive Plan”
or “MIP” means the Sysco Corporation 1995 Management
Incentive Plan, the Sysco Corporation 2000 Management Incentive
Plan and the Sysco Corporation 2005 Management Incentive Plan, as
each may be amended, and any successor plans.
1.29 Officer
Ranking . “Officer Ranking” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 2.1(b).
1.30 Offset
Amount. “Offset Amount” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 4.1(f).
1.31
Participant . “Participant” means an employee of
a Company who is eligible for and is participating in the Plan, and
any other current or former employee of SYSCO and its Subsidiaries
who is entitled to a benefit under this Plan.
1.32 Pension
Plan . “Pension Plan” means this Sysco Corporation
Retirement Plan, a defined benefit plan qualified under Section
401(a) of the Code, and any U.S. qualified defined benefit pension
plan successor thereto.
1.33 Plan .
“Plan” means the Seventh Amended and Restated Sysco
Corporation Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, as set forth in
this document and amended from time to time.
1.34 Plan
Year . “Plan Year” means the period that coincides
with the fiscal year of SYSCO. SYSCO has a 52/53 week fiscal
year beginning on the Sunday next following the Saturday closest to
June 30th of each calendar year.
1.35 Protected
Benefit and Protected Participant . A “Protected
Benefit”, as determined under Sections 4.2(b) and
4.3(b), is a benefit which is only applicable to a Protected
Participant. A “Protected Participant” is an individual
who, as of July 3, 2005, was an Active Participant who was
(a) at least age sixty (60) or (b) at least age
fifty-five (55) and had at least ten (10) years of SERP
Participation.
1.36 Retired
Participant . “Retired Participant” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 6.1(c).
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1.37
Retirement . “Retirement” means the
Participant’s termination of employment from SYSCO or its
Subsidiaries other than for death or Disability, provided that at
the time of such termination, the Participant is at least age
fifty-five (55) and has a Vested Percentage of at least
50%.
1.38
Restoration Plan . “Restoration Plan” means the
defined benefit non-qualified deferred compensation plan to be
adopted by SYSCO sometime after the effective date of this Plan.
The Restoration Plan is intended to cover individuals who first
become MIP participants after June 28, 2008 but who do not satisfy
the eligibility requirements for participation in the Plan under
Section 2.1.
1.39
Section 409A . “Section 409A” means
Section 409A of the Code and any other guidance promulgated
thereunder.
1.40 Securities
Act . “Securities Act” means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
1.41 Separation
from Service . “Separation from Service” means
“separation from service” within the meaning of
Section 409A.
1.42 SERP
Participation . “SERP Participation” refers to an
individual’s periods of participation in (a) the MIP
prior to June 28, 2008 and (b) the Plan on or after
June 28, 2008. Noncontinuous eligible periods of time (
e.g. , as a result of a termination and subsequent
reemployment) shall be added together. A Participant’s years
of SERP Participation shall mean the number of full years of such
eligible periods of participation determined on an elapsed time
basis. Except as provided under Section 2.3, participation
while a Frozen Participant does not count as SERP
Participation.
1.43 Service
Factor. “Service Factor” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 4.1(e).
1.44 Social
Security Offset. “Social Security Offset” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(i).
1.45 Specified
Employee . “Specified Employee” means a
“specified employee” as defined in Section 409A
(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code. By way of clarification, a
“specified employee” means a “key employee”
(as defined in Section 416(i) of the Code , disregarding
Section 416(i)(5) of the Code) of the Company. A Participant
shall be treated as a key employee if he meets the requirements of
Section 416(i)(1)(A)(i), (ii), or (iii) (applied in accordance
with the Treasury Regulations thereunder and disregarding
Section 416(i)(5) of the Code) at any time during the twelve
(12) month period ending on an Identification Date (as defined
below). If a Participant is a key employee as of an Identification
Date, he shall be treated as a Specified Employee for the twelve
(12) month period beginning on the first day of the fourth
month following such Identification Date. For purposes of any
“Specified Employee” determination hereunder, the
“Identification Date” shall mean December 31. The
Committee may in its discretion amend the Plan to change the
Identification Date, provided that any change to the Plan’s
Identification Date shall not take effect for at least twelve
(12) months after the date of the Plan amendment authorizing
such change.
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1.46
Subsidiary . “Subsidiary” means (a) any
corporation which is a member of a “controlled group of
corporations” which includes SYSCO, as defined in Code
Section 414(b), (b) any trade or business under
“common control” with SYSCO, as defined in Code
Section 414(c), (c) any organization which is a member of
an “affiliated service group” which includes SYSCO, as
defined in Code Section 414(m), (d) any other entity
required to be aggregated with SYSCO pursuant to Code
Section 414(o), and (e) any other organization or
employment location designated as a “Subsidiary” by
resolution of the Board of Directors.
1.47 SYSCO
. “SYSCO” means Sysco Corporation, the sponsor of this
Plan.
1.48 Ten-Year
Final Average Compensation. “Ten-Year Final Average
Compensation” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1(b).
1.49 Total
Payments . “Total Payments” means all payments or
benefits received or to be received by a Participant within the
meaning of Section 280G of the Code in connection with a
Change of Control of SYSCO under the terms of this Agreement or the
Sysco Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, and in
connection with a Change of Control of SYSCO under the terms of any
stock option plan or any other plan, arrangement or agreement with
the Company, its successors, any person whose actions result in a
Change of Control or any person affiliated with the Company or who
as a result of the completion of transactions causing a Change of
Control become affiliated with the Company within the meaning of
Section 1504 of the Code, taken collectively.
1.50 Vested
Accrued Benefit . “Vested Accrued Benefit” shall
have the meaning set forth in Article IV.
1.51 Vesting
Service . “Vesting Service” means service with
SYSCO and its Subsidiaries for which the Participant or Frozen
Participant is awarded “credited service” under the
Pension Plan for vesting purposes or would have been awarded
credited service under the Pension Plan for vesting purposes if the
Participant was covered under the Pension Plan; provided
however , any service before the later of the first date of
hire by the Company or the date of acquisition by SYSCO or a
Subsidiary for which the Participant then worked shall not be
included in calculating the Participant’s Vesting
Service
1.52 Vested
Percentage . “Vested Percentage” shall have the
meaning set forth in Article III.
1.53 Vested
Terminated Participant . “Vested Terminated
Participant” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.1(a).
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ELIGIBILITY & CONTINUED
PARTICIPATION
2.1 Initial
Eligibility . Unless otherwise determined by the Committee in
its sole discretion, eligibility to participate in the Plan shall
be determined as follows:
(a) A
Company employee who is a MIP participant on June 28, 2008 is
eligible.
(b) A
Company employee who first becomes a MIP participant after
June 28, 2008 must also hold an “Officer
Ranking” to be eligible to participate in the Plan. A person
has an Officer Ranking if he holds one of the following positions:
(i) with respect to SYSCO, Chief Executive Officer, President,
Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice
President or Senior Vice President (including Senior Vice
Presidents of Operations), (ii) an officer of equivalent or
higher rank of those described in clause (i) who is selected
by the Board of Directors or (iii) President of a
Subsidiary.
2.2 Frozen
Participation . Unless otherwise determined by the Committee in
its sole discretion, an active Participant shall have his
participation frozen (a “Frozen Participant”) as of the
earliest of the date he (i) ceases to be a MIP participant,
(ii) with respect to an individual described under
Section 2.1(b), ceases to hold an Officer Ranking, or
(iii) transfers from the Company to a non-participating
Subsidiary. Article V sets forth special rules that apply to
Frozen Participants.
2.3 Frozen
Participation Deemed Active Participation . For all purposes
under this Plan, a Frozen Participant shall be treated as if his
participation had never been frozen if: (a) he remains an employee
of SYSCO or its Subsidiaries after his participation is frozen and
subsequently becomes eligible to participate in the Plan, or
(b) his participation is frozen after a Change of Control and
he dies or is terminated from the employ of SYSCO or its
Subsidiaries by the then management within four (4) years
after that Change of Control.
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3.1 Vesting
. A Participant’s Vested Percentage for purposes of
calculating such Participant’s Vested Accrued Benefit under
Article IV shall be determined in accordance with this
Article III. For purposes of determining the
Participant’s Vested Percentage, the Participant’s age,
Vesting Service and SERP Participation are determined as of the
Determination Date. The Vested Percentage shall be the greatest of
the percentages determined under Sections 3.1(a), (b) and (c),
except the schedule under Section 3.1(b) shall not
apply for purposes of determining a Protected Participant’s
Vested Percentage in his Protected Benefit.
(a) If
the Participant has at least ten (10) years of Vesting
Service, his Vested Percentage under this Section 3.1(a) shall
be determined as follows:
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(b) If
the Participant (i) is at least age fifty-five (55) and
(ii) has at least fifteen (15) years of SERP Participation,
his Vested Percentage under this Section 3.1(b) (“Rule
of 80”) shall be determined as follows:
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full
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years of age plus full
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Vested
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years of SERP
Participation
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(c) If
the Participant is (i) at least age sixty-two (62),
(ii) has completed at least twenty-five (25) years of
Vesting Service and (iii) has at least fifteen (15) years
of SERP Participation, he shall have a Vested Percentage of
100%.
3.2 Vesting
upon a Change of Control . Notwithstanding Section 3.1
above, a Participant’s Vested Percentage shall be 100% upon a
Change of Control.
3.3 Committee
Discretion. Notwithstanding Section 3.1 above, the
Committee, in its sole discretion, may increase a
Participant’s Vested Percentage under
Section 3.1.
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ARTICLE IV
VESTED ACCRUED BENEFIT & RETIREMENT
BENEFIT
4.1 Definitions.
The following definitions are used in this
Article IV:
(a)
Eligible Earnings. “Eligible Earnings” means,
for a given Plan Year, the sum of the Participant’s:
(i) salary, including salary deferred under the Sysco
Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (EDCP), and
(ii) to the extent described in the table below: (A) all
or a portion of the bonus earned under the MIP (MIP Bonus) and
(B) the bonus earned under the Sysco Corporation 2006
Supplemental Performance Based Bonus Plan (Supplemental Performance
Bonus), even if the amounts described above were earned before the
individual became a Participant.
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Treatment of Bonuses for Purposes
of Eligible Earnings
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Supplemental
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Year
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deferred under the EDCP)
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Performance
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(PY)
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Benefits
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Bonus
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thereafter
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Included,
except for MIP Additional Bonuses, but capped at 150% of base
salary rate as of the last day of the Plan Year
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Included,
except for MIP Additional Bonuses, but capped at 150% of base
salary rate as of the last day of the Plan Year
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except for MIP Additional Shares and MIP Additional
Bonuses
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except for MIP
Additional Bonuses
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except for MIP Additional
Shares
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except for calculation of Protected Benefit
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except for MIP Additional Shares and MIP Additional Cash
Bonuses
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The
terms “MIP Additional Bonus”, “MIP Additional
Shares” and “MIP Additional Cash Bonus” shall
have the meanings given to them in the MIP. No bonus other than those specified
in the above table is included in Eligible Earnings.
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Eligible
Earnings shall not include a Participant’s compensation from
a company before the date such company was acquired by SYSCO or a
Subsidiary
Solely for
purposes of determining the salary component of Eligible Earnings
used in the determination of Ten-Year Final Average Compensation
defined in (b) below, “salary” shall mean the
annual rate of the Participant’s base salary as of his last
day of employment during the applicable Plan Year.
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(b)
Ten-Year Final Average Compensation. “Ten-Year Final
Average Compensation” means the monthly average of the
Participant’s Eligible Earnings for the ten (10) Plan
Years (excluding those Plan Years in which the Participant does not
have any Eligible Earnings) ending immediately before or coincident
with the Determination Date (as defined below). If the Participant
does not have ten (10) Plan Years of Eligible Earnings, the
Participant’s Ten-Year Final Average Compensation shall be
based on the monthly average of Eligible Earnings for the available
Plan Years ending immediately before or coincident with the
Determination Date. The Plan Year in which the Participant was
originally hired shall be disregarded if he was hired after the
first business day of such Plan Year. Similarly, the Plan Year in
which the Determination Date occurs shall be disregarded if the
Determination Date occurs before the last business day of such Plan
Year. “Determination Date” means the date on which the
earlier of the following events occurs:
(i) the
Participant becomes a Frozen Participant,
(ii) a
Change of Control occurs, unless the employee remains an employee
of the Company and a Participant for the Plan Year in which the
Change of Control occurs and the next succeeding three
(3) Plan Years; or
(iii) the
earliest to occur of the Participant’s death, Disability or
Retirement.
(c)
High-Five Average Compensation as of June 28, 2008.
“High-Five Average Compensation as of June 28,
2008” means the monthly average of the Participant’s
Eligible Earnings for the five (5) full Plan Years (which need
not be successive) that yield the highest monthly average of
Eligible Earnings out of the ten (10) full Plan Years ending
June 28, 2008. If the Participant does not have five
(5) full Plan Years of Eligible Earnings, the
Participant’s High-Five Average Compensation as of
June 28, 2008 shall be based on the monthly average of
Eligible Earnings for the available full Plan Years ending
June 28, 2008.
(d)
Benefit Service. “Benefit Service” means service
with SYSCO and its Subsidiaries for which the Participant is
awarded “credited service” under the Pension Plan for
vesting purposes or would have been awarded “credited
service” under the Pension Plan for vesting purposes if the
Participant was covered under the Pension Plan ; provided,
however , the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors
may, in its sole discretion, award a Participant additional Benefit
Service. Except as provided in Section 2.3, a Frozen
Participant’s service after the date his participation was
frozen under Section 2.2 shall not count as Benefit
Service.
(e)
Service Factor. “Service Factor” means a
fraction equal to the Participant’s full years of Benefit
Service as of any given Determination Date (not to exceed
20 years) divided by “20”.
(f)
Offset Amount. “Offset Amount” means, as of any
given Determination Date, the sum of a Participant’s Defined
Benefit Offset, Defined Contribution Offset, Social Security Offset
and the Canada/Quebec Pension Plan Offset.
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(g)
Defined Benefit Offset. “Defined Benefit Offset”
refers to the offset of the Participant’s vested accrued
benefit under the Restoration Plan, the Pension Plan, and each
other U.S. tax-qualified defined benefit plan or Canadian
registered pension plan sponsored by SYSCO or a Subsidiary (or any
company for which the Participant worked that was acquired by SYSCO
or a Subsidiary), each as of the Determination Date and determined
as follows:
(i) Such
a vested accrued benefit shall only reflect the benefit derived
from employer contributions.
(ii) Each
such vested accrued benefit will be adjusted in accordance with
provisions of the applicable plan to reflect an assumed benefit
commencement date of the later of (a) the Benefit Commencement
Date or (b) the date a retirement benefit is first payable to
the Participant under the applicable plan without regard to the
actual election made by the Participant under such plan. The
resulting amount shall be converted to an Actuarially Equivalent
Annuity as of the assumed benefit commencement date.
(iii) Such
benefits shall include prior distributions (subject to the
limitation in item (i) and including but not limited to an
in-service withdrawal or a qualified domestic relations order
distribution), increased with interest. If the prior distribution
was a lump-sum payment, interest will be credited from the date of
the lump-sum payment. If the prior distribution consists or
consisted of periodic payments, the Actuarially Equivalent
single-sum value of the stream of payments will be determined as of
the date of the first periodic payment and increased with interest
from such date. Interest on the lump-sum payment or single-sum
value of periodic payments will be credited to the assumed benefit
commencement date described in (ii) above using the interest
rate used for determining Actuarial Equivalence. The resulting
amount will be converted to an Actuarial Equivalent Annuity as
described in (ii) above.
(h)
Defined Contribution Offset. “Defined Contribution
Offset” refers to the offset of an Annuity that could be
provided by the Participant’s vested account balance under
the 401(k) Plan and each other U.S. tax-qualified defined
contribution plan or each Canadian tax-registered capital
accumulation plan sponsored by SYSCO or a Subsidiary (or any
company for which the Participant worked that was acquired by SYSCO
or a Subsidiary), determined as follows:
(i) Such
account balance shall only reflect the vested balance derived from
employer contributions, excluding the balance attributable to
401(k) salary deferrals.
(ii) Such
account balance shall be determined as of the last day of the month
preceding the month of the Determination Date. However, if the
Participant has not met the Early Payment Criteria as of the
Determination Date, this balance will be increased with interest to
the Benefit Commencement Date, using the interest rate used for
determining Actuarial Equivalence. The balance or, if applicable,
balance increased with interest, shall be converted to an
Actuarially Equivalent Annuity as of the Benefit Commencement
Date.
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(iii) Such
balances shall include prior distributions (subject to the
limitation in item (i) and including but not limited to an
in-service withdrawal or a qualified domestic relations order
distribution), increased with interest. Interest will be credited
from the date of the lump-sum payment to the Benefit Commencement
Date, using the interest rate used for determining Actuarial
Equivalence. The resulting balance shall be converted to an
Actuarially Equivalent Annuity as of the Benefit Commencement
Date.
(i)
Social Security Offset. “Social Security Offset”
means, as of any given Determination Date, the Participant’s
monthly old-age benefit under the Federal Social Security Act or
any similar federal act in effect as of the Determination Date and
payable as of the later of age sixty-two (62) or the Benefit
Commencement Date (the “Social Security Benefit”), and
without regard to whether such Social Security Benefit is actually
delayed, superseded, or forfeited because of failure to apply or
for any other reason. The amount of the Social Security Benefit
shall be determined based upon the pay and employment data that may
be furnished by the Company and/or the Participant concerned and it
shall be assumed that the Participant has no compensation after the
Determination Date. Any pay for periods prior to the earliest data
furnished shall be estimated by applying a salary scale discount,
and the discount applied for this purpose shall be the actual
change in average wages from year to year as determined by the
Social Security Administration.
(j)
Canada/Quebec Pension Plan Offset.
“Canada/Quebec Pension Plan Offset" means, as of any
given Determination Date, the Participant’s monthly
retirement benefit payable under the Canada Pension Plan or Quebec
Pension Plan, as applicable, as in effect on the Determination Date
and payable as of the later of age sixty (60) or the Benefit
Commencement Date (the “Canada/Quebec Pension
Benefit”), and without regard to whether such Canada/Quebec
Pension Benefit is actually delayed, superseded, or forfeited
because of failure to apply or for any other reason. The amount of
the Canada/Quebec Pension Benefit shall be determined based upon
the pay and employment data that may be furnished by the Company
and/or the Participant concerned and it shall be assumed that the
Participant has no compensation after the Determination Date. Any
pay for periods prior to the earliest data furnished shall be
estimated by applying a salary scale discount, and the discount
applied for this purpose shall be the actual change in average
wages from year to year as determined for purposes of the Canada
Pension Plan or the Quebec Pension Plan, as applicable.
(k)
Participant who has paid into both the US Federal Social
Security and either the Canada Pension Plan or the Quebec Pension
Plan . If a Participant has paid into both the US Federal
Social Security and either the Canada Pension Plan or the Quebec
Pension Plan, while an employee of SYSCO or its Subsidiaries, the
monthly Social Security Offset will be assumed to be zero and the
monthly Canada/Quebec Pension Plan Offset will be determined to be
a theoretical amount calculated under the Canada Pension Plan or
Quebec Pension Plan, as applicable, as if the Participant had
always been covered under and contributing to the Canada Pension
Plan or Quebec Pension Plan. For purposes of determining the
monthly Canada/Quebec Pension Plan Offset, the amount of the
benefit shall be determined based upon the pay and employment data
that may be furnished by the Company and/or the Participant while a
Canadian Participant. Any pay for periods prior to the earliest
data furnished shall be estimated by applying a salary scale
discount, and the discount applied for this purpose shall be the
actual change in
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average wages
from year to year as determined for purposes of the Canada Pension
Plan or the Quebec Pension Plan, as applicable. Any pay for periods
prior to the Determination Date and after the latest data furnished
shall be estimated by applying a salary scale factor, and the
factor applied for this purpose shall be the actual change in
average wages from year to year as determined for purposes of the
Canada Pension Plan or the Quebec Pension Plan, as applicable. It
shall be assumed that the Participant has no compensation after the
Determination Date. For purposes of the Temporary Supplement of
Section 4.7, the Participant will be treated as a Canadian
Participant, regardless of the status at Retirement.
(l)
Benefit Limit. “Benefit Limit” means the limit
in effect for the Plan Year in which the distribution event occurs
and equals USD $178,537 per month for distribution events occurring
in the Plan Year ending June 28, 2008. For distribution events
that occur in a Plan Year ending after June 28, 2008, such
monthly amount shall be adjusted in accordance with the percentage
increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
Consumers (“CPI-U”), as measured from (1) June of
the second Plan Year preceding the Plan Year during which such
distribution event occurred to (2) June of the Plan Year
immediately preceding the Plan Year during which such distribution
event occurred.
4.2 Minimum
Vested Accrued Benefit as of June 28, 2008 . An Active
Participant as of June 28, 2008 shall have a “
Minimum Vested Accrued Benefit ” as of June 28,
2008 equal to:
(a)
In General . The Participant’s { High-Five
Average Compensation as of June 28, 2008 × 50%
× Service Factor × Vested Percentage } less
Offset Amount; provided, however , the resulting amount
shall not exceed the Participant’s Vested Percentage ×
Benefit Limit.
(b)
For a Protected Participant . The greater of (i) the
amount determined under Section 4.2(a) above or (ii) the
Protected Minimum Vested Accrued Benefit equal to the Protected
Participant’s { (High-Five Average
Compensation as of June 28, 2008 × 50%) less
Offset Amount } × Service Factor ×
Vested Percentage.
The
Determination Date for the elements in the benefit formulas under
this Section 4.2 shall be June 28, 2008 with the
exception of the Vested Percentage and Benefit Limit, both of which
shall be determined as of the date of the distribution
event.
4.3 Vested
Accrued Benefit after June 28, 2008 . An Active
Participant’s Vested Accrued Benefit as of a Determination
Date after June 28, 2008 shall equal the greater of the
Participant’s benefit, if any, under Section 4.2 above,
or
(a)
In General . The Participant’s { Ten-Year Final
Average Compensation × 50% × Service Factor ×
Vested Percentage } less Offset Amount; provided
however , the resulting amount shall not exceed the
Participant’s Vested Percentage × Benefit
Limit.
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(b)
For a Protected Participant . The greater of (i) the
amount determined under Section 4.3(a) above or (ii) the
Protected Benefit equal to the Protected Participant’s
{ (Ten-Year Final Average Compensation × 50% )
less Offset Amount } × Service Factor ×
Vested Percentage.
The
Determination Date for the elements in the benefit formulas under
Sections 4.3(a) and (b) above shall be the date of the
distribution event.
4.4 Retirement
Benefit . A Participant’s Retirement benefit shall equal
the Participant’s Vested Accrued Benefit under
Section 4.3, where the Determination Date for calculating such
Vested Accrued Benefit is the Participant’s date of
Retirement.
4.5 Benefit
Commencement Date .
(a)
Normal Payment Criteria . Unless a Participant satisfies the
Early
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