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SUPPLEMENTAL PENSION PLAN (409A NON-GRANDFATHERED COMPONENT) For Officers and Managers of Union Pacific Corporation and Affiliates (As amended and restated in its entirety effective as of January 1, 1989, including all amendments adopted through January 1, 2009)

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SUPPLEMENTAL PENSION PLAN (409A NON-GRANDFATHERED COMPONENT) For Officers and Managers of Union Pacific Corporation and Affiliates (As amended and restated in its entirety effective as of January 1, 1989, including all amendments adopted through January 1, 2009) | Document Parties: UNION PACIFIC CORP You are currently viewing:
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Title: SUPPLEMENTAL PENSION PLAN (409A NON-GRANDFATHERED COMPONENT) For Officers and Managers of Union Pacific Corporation and Affiliates (As amended and restated in its entirety effective as of January 1, 1989, including all amendments adopted through January 1, 2009)
Governing Law: Nebraska     Date: 2/6/2009
Industry: Railroads     Sector: Transportation

SUPPLEMENTAL PENSION PLAN (409A NON-GRANDFATHERED COMPONENT) For Officers and Managers of Union Pacific Corporation and Affiliates (As amended and restated in its entirety effective as of January 1, 1989, including all amendments adopted through January 1, 2009), Parties: union pacific corp
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Exhibit 10(e)

SUPPLEMENTAL PENSION PLAN

(409A NON-GRANDFATHERED COMPONENT)

For Officers and Managers

of

Union Pacific Corporation

and

Affiliates

(As amended and restated in its entirety

effective as of January 1, 1989, including all amendments

adopted through January 1, 2009)


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  

  

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ARTICLE ONE

  

SCOPE OF SUPPLEMENTAL PLAN AND DEFINITIONS

  

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ARTICLE TWO

  

AMOUNT AND PAYMENT OF PENSION

  

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ARTICLE THREE

  

MANNER OF PAYMENT

  

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ARTICLE FOUR

  

VESTINGS

  

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ARTICLE FIVE

  

CERTAIN EMPLOYEE TRANSFERS

  

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ARTICLE SIX

  

PRE-RETIREMENT SURVIVOR’S BENEFIT

  

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ARTICLE SEVEN

  

FUNDING

  

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ARTICLE EIGHT

  

ADMINISTRATION

  

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ARTICLE NINE

  

AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION

  

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ARTICLE TEN

  

GENERAL PROVISIONS

  

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ARTICLE ELEVEN

  

TRANSFERS TO NON-COVERED EMPLOYMENT

  

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ARTICLE TWELVE

  

CLAIMS PROCEDURE

  

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ARTICLE ONE

Scope of Supplemental Plan and Definitions

1.1 Introduction . This “Supplemental Plan (409A Non-Grandfathered Component),” amended through January 1, 2009, and as it may hereafter be amended from time to time, establishes the rights to specified benefits for certain officers and managers or highly compensated employees who retire or otherwise terminate their Employment on or after January 1, 2005. The rights of any such individual who retired or otherwise terminated Employment prior to January 1, 2005 shall be subject to the terms of the Supplemental Plan as in effect at the date of retirement or termination, except to the extent otherwise provided herein. This Supplemental Plan is intended to be a non-qualified supplemental retirement plan which is unfunded and maintained primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees of the Company, pursuant to sections 201, 301 and 401 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) and, as such, to be exempt from the provisions of Parts 2, 3 and 4 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA.

1.2 Applicability . The Supplemental Plan was bifurcated into two components, effective January 1, 2009. One such component, known as the “Supplemental Pension Plan (409A Grandfathered Component) for Officers and Managers of Union Pacific Corporation, effective January 1, 1989,” is applicable solely to those benefits that were both accrued and fully vested as of December 31, 2004 in accordance with the terms of the Supplemental Plan as in effect on December 31, 2004, which terms were not materially modified after October 3, 2004. With respect to all other amounts accrued under the Supplemental Plan, the rights of the Participant shall be governed by the terms of this Supplemental Plan (409A Non-Grandfathered Component).

1.3 Definitions . As used in this Supplemental Plan (409A Non-Grandfathered Component), the following terms have the meanings set forth below, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:

(a) “Additional Disability Pay Benefit” means the benefit provided for in Section 2.4(b). The Additional Disability Pay Benefit is intended to constitute “disability pay” that is exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, as described in Section 1.409A-1(a)(5) of the Treasury Regulations.

(b) “Administrator” means the Senior Vice President-Human Resources of Union Pacific or, if there is no such Senior Vice President - Human Resources, such person or persons appointed by the Board of Directors of Union Pacific or, in the absence of any such appointment, Union Pacific, who shall administer this Supplemental Plan.

(c) “Change in Control” means a “Change in Control” as defined in the Union Pacific Corporation Key Employee Continuity Plan adopted November 16, 2000, as may be amended from time to time.


(d) “Company” means Union Pacific and any Affiliated Company which is included in the Supplemental Plan by written action of (i) its board of directors and (ii) either the Board of Directors of Union Pacific or the Administrator acting on behalf of the Board of Directors of Union Pacific; provided, however, that if an Affiliated Company (other than an Affiliated Company that would remain such if the phrase “100 percent” were substituted for the phrase “at least 80 percent” in section 1563(a)(1) of the Code, which is then incorporated by reference in sections 414(b) and (c) of the Code) is included in the Supplemental Plan by virtue of action by the Administrator, unless the Board of Directors of Union Pacific ratifies such action not later than its first regularly scheduled meeting held subsequent to the taking of such action by the Administrator, such Affiliated Company shall cease to be so included as of the close of business on the last day of the month in which such meeting occurs and no employee of such Affiliated Company shall accrue a benefit under the Supplemental Plan.

(e) “Early Supplemental Pension Retirement Date” means the date of a Participant’s Separation from Service after he becomes vested in his Supplemental Plan (409A Non-Grandfathered Component) benefit under Section 4.2, before his Normal Retirement Date, and after either attaining age 55 and completing 10 years of Vesting Service or attaining age 65, determined after taking into account (i) additional service credited under Section 1.3(s) and/or (ii) additional years of age, not exceeding five (5), as may be approved by the Chief Executive Officer of Union Pacific prior to the Participant’s Separation from Service or as may be credited to the Participant pursuant to Sections 2.7 and 2.8; provided, however that such date does not qualify as an Early Retirement Date under the terms of the Pension Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any additional years of age awarded under this Section 1.3(e) shall affect only a Participant’s eligibility for an Early Supplemental Pension, and not the actual commencement date of such benefit.

(f) “Early Supplemental Pension” means the pension provided for in Section 2.2.

(g) “Effective Date” means January 1, 1989, the effective date of this document; provided, however, that when a provision of this Supplemental Plan (409A Non-Grandfathered Component) states an effective date other than January 1, 1989, such stated special effective date shall apply as to that provision.

(h) “Final Average Compensation” means Final Average Compensation as determined under Article II of the Pension Plan as of the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service.

(i) “Incentive Compensation” means:

(i) incentive compensation awarded to a Participant under the Executive Incentive Plan of Union Pacific Corporation and Subsidiaries, as amended and restated as of April 15, 1988 and as it may thereafter be amended from time to time, and any successor thereto (the “Executive Incentive Plan”);

 

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(ii) for 1999 and later years, incentive compensation foregone by a Participant for an award under the Executive Incentive Premium Exchange Program of Union Pacific Corporation and Subsidiaries;

(iii) such other incentive compensation as may be included in Incentive Compensation for a Participant at the discretion of the Board of Directors of Union Pacific; or

(iv) the amount of retention stock (or retention units) awarded to a Participant by the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (or any successor thereto) in lieu of a cash award under the Executive Incentive Plan, but only to the extent that such incentive compensation or retention stock (or retention units) is not taken into account in computing the Participant’s Final Average Compensation for reasons other than the annual compensation limit under section 401(a)(17) of the Code or the provisions of Alternative II-D set forth in Section 3.01(c) of the Pension Plan. Awards of Incentive Compensation shall be taken into account at the time such awards would have been paid but for the Participant’s election, to forego or defer payment under a plan of the Company or an Affiliated Company; provided, however, that for purposes of calculating a Participant’s benefit under this Supplemental Plan (409A Non-Grandfathered Component) no more than the three highest awards of Incentive Compensation shall be counted in the Participant’s highest 36 consecutive months of Compensation determined as of the Participant’s Separation from Service taking all Incentive Compensation into account.

(j) “Normal Supplemental Pension” means the pension provided for in Section 2.1.

(k) “Participant” means any Employee of the Company on or after the Effective Date who is or once was a Covered Employee under the Pension Plan and:

(i) whose Total Credited Service under Section 1.3(s) includes years that are not taken into account as Credited Service under the Pension Plan (including years not taken into account due to application of the provisions of Alternative II-D set forth in Section 3.01(c) of the Pension Plan);

(ii) who has Incentive Compensation within the 120-calendar-month period immediately preceding the date on which the Participant ceases to be a Covered Employee;

(iii) whose Final Average Compensation is not fully recognized under the Pension Plan due to application of the annual compensation limit under section 401(a)(17) of the Code or the provisions of Alternative II-D set forth in Section 3.01(c) of the Pension Plan, as determined as of the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service;

(iv) whose benefit under the Pension Plan is reduced as a result of the limitation described in Section 5.02 of the Pension Plan; or

 

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(v) who is credited with additional years of age as described in Section 1.3(e)(ii), and who has been designated by the Administrator as eligible to participate in the Supplemental Plan.

In the event of the death or incompetency of a Participant, the term shall mean the Participant’s personal representative or guardian for whatever amounts remain payable to the Participant under the terms of the Supplemental Plan.

(l) “Pension Plan” means the Pension Plan for Salaried Employees of Union Pacific Corporation and Affiliates, as amended from time to time.

(m) “Postponed Supplemental Pension” means the pension provided for in Section 2.3.

(n) “Rehired Supplemental Pension” means the pension provided for in Section 2.5.

(o) “Separation from Service” means the date as of which the Company and the Participant reasonably anticipate that no further services would be performed, or that the level of bona fide services the Participant would perform after such date would permanently decrease to no more than twenty percent (20%) of the average level of bona fide services performed by the Participant over the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) month period. There shall be no Separation from Service during a Participant’s bona fide leave of absence so long as such leave does not exceed six (6) months or such longer period as the Participant may retain a right to reemployment with the Company under applicable statute or by contract. The term Separation from Service shall be interpreted in the same manner as a separation from service under Section 409A of the Code.

(p) “Supplemental Plan” means the Supplemental Pension Plan for Officers and Managers of Union Pacific Corporation and Affiliates, as amended and restated effective January 1, 1989, and as it may thereafter be amended from time to time. The Supplemental Plan is comprised of the following components, each of which is set forth in a separate document: (1) the Supplemental Pension Plan (409A Non-Grandfathered Component) for Officers and Managers of Union Pacific Corporation and Affiliates, and (2) the Supplemental Pension Plan (409A Grandfathered Component) for Officers and Managers of Union Pacific Corporation and Affiliates.

(q) “Surviving Spouse” means:

(i) where payments to the Participant have not begun under the Supplemental Plan at the time of the Participant’s death, the spouse who was legally married to the Participant continuously during the 12 months ending on the date of the Participant’s death;

(ii) where payments to the Participant have begun under the Supplemental Plan prior to the Participant’s death:

 

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(A) in the case of a Participant whose Supplemental Plan and Pension Plan benefit began on the same date or who is not vested in a Pension Plan benefit, the spouse who was legally married to the Participant on the date that his Supplemental Plan payments began;

(B) in the case of a Participant whose Supplemental Plan benefits began on a date earlier than the date on which his Pension Plan benefits began, the spouse who was legally married to the Participant on the date his Pension Plan benefits began; or

(C) in the case of a Participant whose Supplemental Plan benefits began but whose vested Pension Plan benefits had not started prior to this death, the spouse who was legally married to the Participant on the date of his death.

(r) “Surviving Spouse’s Pension” means the pension provided for in Section 2.4.

(s) “Total Credited Service” means:

(i) all years of Credited Service (and portions thereof) as set forth in the Article IV of the Pension Plan, including Credited Service for years of Employment that are not taken into account under the Pension Plan solely due to application of the provisions of Alternative II-D set forth in Section 3.01(c) of the Pension Plan, but excluding Credited Service accruing during a Participant’s approved unpaid leave of absence that is after the Participant’s Separation from Service;

(ii) such additional years of training prior to the Participant’s Employment Commencement Date, as may have especially qualified the Participant for service with the Company, as determined by the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion;

(iii) such additional years of service, not exceeding five (5), as may be approved by the Chief Executive Officer of Union Pacific prior to the Participant’s termination of Employment; and

(iv) such additional years of service as may be credited to the Participant pursuant to Section 2.7.

(t) “Total Offset Service” means (i) all years of “offset service” (including portions thereof) as set forth in Article V of the Pension Plan, including years of offset service for years of Employment that are not taken into account under the Pension Plan solely due to application of the provisions of Alternative II-D set forth in Section 3.01(c) of the Pension Plan; and (ii) any additional years as credited in accordance with Section 1.3(s)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

(u) “Union Pacific” means Union Pacific Corporation, or any successor to that corporation.

(v) “Vesting Service” means (i) all years of Vesting Service (including portions thereof) as set forth in Article IV of the Pension Plan; and (ii) any additional years as credited in accordance with Section 1.3(s)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

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(w) All other capitalized terms shall have the respective meanings set forth in the definition provisions of Article II of the Pension Plan.

 

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ARTICLE TWO

Amount and Payment of Pension

2.1 Normal Supplemental Pension . Subject to the provisions of Articles Three, Five and Eleven, a Participant who has a Separation from Service at his or her Normal Retirement Age under the Pension Plan shall be entitled to receive a Normal Supplemental Pension (or a Rehire Supplemental Pension, as applicable), in the form of a single life annuity commencing on the Participant’s Normal Retirement Date, equal to the result of (a) minus (b) minus (c), where:

(a) is the annual Accrued Benefit payable at Normal Retirement Date computed on the basis of the formula provided in Section 5.01 of the Pension Plan as of the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service, determined without regard to the limitation described in Section 5.02 of the Pension Plan, and including under such formula any amounts of Final Average Compensation that were excluded from consideration for the Participant under the Pension Plan and all Incentive Compensation payable to the Participant within the 120-calendar-month period immediately preceding the date on which the Participant ceases to be a Covered Employee, and utilizing Total Credited Service up to 40 years in place of Credited Service under Article IV of the Pension Plan and Total Offset Service up to 40 years in place of “offset service” under Article V of the Pension Plan;

(b) is the annual nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit payable at Normal Retirement Date actually determined to be due under the terms of the Pension Plan as of the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service; and

(c) is the annual nonforfeitable Normal Supplemental Pension payable at Normal Retirement Date actually determined under the Supplemental Plan (409A Grandfathered Component).

For purposes of determining benefits under the Supplemental Plan (409A Non-Grandfathered Component), any actuarial adjustments for a delay in the commencement of payment beyond the Normal Retirement Date or otherwise that apply under the Pension Plan in calculating the benefit described in (b), above, shall also apply to calculate the benefit described in (a), above.

2.2 Early Supplemental Pension .

(a) Participant Retires on Early Retirement Date . Subject to the provisions of Articles Three, Five and Eleven, a Participant who has a Separation from Service on an Early Retirement Date under the Pension Plan shall receive an Early Supplemental Pension, in the form of a single life annuity commencing on the first day of the month following the later of the Participant’s Separation from Service or the Participant’s attainment of age 55. The Early Supplemental Pension shall be computed in the same manner as the Normal Supplemental Pension, but with the amounts described in Section 2.1 adjusted for payment as of the early benefit start date in accordance with Section 6.03 of the Pension Plan (whether or not the Participant’s Pension Plan benefit or Supplemental Plan (409A Grandfathered Component) benefit starts on that date), taking into account any additional years of age described in Section

 

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1.3(e)(ii) solely for purposes of adjusting both the gross and offset portions of the benefit in Section 2.1(a).

(b) Participant Retires on Early Supplemental Pension Retirement Date . Subject to the provisions of Articles Three, Five and Eleven, a Participant who has a Separation from Service on an Early Supplemental Pension Retirement Date shall receive an Early Supplemental Pension, in the form of a single life annuity commencing on the first day of the month following the later of the Participant’s Separation from Service or the Participant’s attainment of age 55. The Early Supplemental Pension shall be computed in the same manner as described in Section 2.2(a), above, except that, for purposes of determining the Early Supplemental Pension as described in Section 2.2(a):

(i) the amount described in Sections 2.1(a) and 2.1(c) shall be adjusted for payment as of the early benefit start date in accordance with Section 6.03 of the Pension Plan (whether or not the Participant’s Supplemental Plan (409A Grandfathered Component) benefit starts on that date), taking into account any additional years of age described in Section 1.3(e)(ii) solely for purposes of adjusting both the gross and offset portions of the benefit in Section 2.1(a); and

(ii) the amount described in Section 2.1(b) shall be adjusted for payment as of the early benefit start date in accordance with Section 6.04 of the Pension Plan (whether or not the Participant’s Pension Plan benefit starts on that date).

2.3 Postponed Supplemental Pension . Subject to the provisions of Articles Three, Five and Eleven, a Participant who has a Separation from Service after his Normal Retirement Age shall be entitled to a Postponed Supplemental Pension, in the form of a single life annuity commencing at the Postponed Retirement Date, which is equal to the Normal Supplemental Pension, computed in accordance with Section 2.1 based on his Total Credited Service, Total Offset Service, etc. as of the Participant’s Postponed Retirement Date (instead of his Normal Retirement Date).

2.4 Disabled Participants .

(a) Disability Supplemental Retirement Benefit . In the event that a Participant becomes a Disabled Participant under the Pension Plan (and therefore is deemed to have had a Separation from Service under the Pension Plan), the Participant shall receive a Normal Supplemental Pension, Early Supplemental Pension, or Postponed Supplemental Pension, as determined under Section 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 or 4.2, as applicable, in the form of a single life annuity commencing on the first day of the month following the later of the Participant’s Disability Date under the Pension Plan or the Participant’s attainment of age 55; provided that such Disabled Participant has had a Separation from Service under the Supplemental Plan (409A Non-Grandfathered Component). Such benefit shall be based on the Participant’s Supplemental Plan (409A Non-Grandfathered Component) benefit accrued through his or her Disability Date.

(b) Additional Disability Pay . To the extent that a Disabled Participant accrues a benefit under this Supplemental Plan (409A Non-Grandfathered Component) in excess of the amount described in Section 2.4(a) (due to the continued crediting of service for Disabled

 

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Participants), such additional benefit shall be paid at the same time and in the same form as the Participant’s Pension Plan benefit, as described in Section 6.05 of the Pension Plan. Such Additional Disability Pay Benefit may include, by way of example, any early retirement subsidy with respect to the Supplemental Plan benefit described in Section 2.4(a) that the Disabled Participant accrues after his or her Disability Date.

2.5 Rehired Employees . The following provisions shall apply to any Participant who returns to Employment with the Company after having had a Separation from Service.

(a) Any Supplemental Pension determined under the terms of this Supplemental Plan (409A Non-Grandfathered Component) that is attributable to a prior period of Employment shall continue to be paid to the Participant without regard to the Participant’s reemployment (even if the Participant’s Pension Plan benefit and Supplemental Plan (409A Grandfathered Component) benefit are suspended during such reemployment).

(b) A rehired Participant shall be entitled to a Rehire Supplemental Pension, as determined in the same manner as a Supplemental Pension under Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4(a) or 4.2, as applicable, based on the Participant’s Final Average Compensation, Incentive Compensation, Total Credited Service and Total Offset Service during his or her aggregated periods of Employment, but offset further by the annual nonforfeitable Supplemental Pension actually determined under the Supplemental Plan (409A Non-Grandfathered Component) as of the Participant’s prior Separation from Service.

(c) In the event that the Participant is entitled to receive more than one Rehire Supplemental Pension under this Supplemental Plan (409A Non-Grandfathered Component) (as a result of more than two Separations from Service), the provisions of Section 2.5(b) shall be applied as if all prior periods of the Participant’s Employment were aggregated into a single prior period of Employment.

(d) In the event that a Disabled Participant who is entitled to an Additional Disability Pay Benefit under Section 2.4(b) returns to Employment with the Company, the Rehire Supplemental Pension determined under Section 2.5(b) shall not take into account the Additional Disability Pay Benefit (except for purposes of vesting, eligibility for an early retirement subsidy, or the calculation of the 40 year limit in Section 2.1).

2.6 Surviving Spouse’s Pension (Post-Retirement Automatic Survivor Annuity) .

(a) The Surviving Spouse of a Participant who dies while receiving a Normal or Postponed Supplemental Pension or an Early Supplemental Pension determined under Section 2.2(a), relating to a Separation from Service on a date


 
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