Exhibit 10.13
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL,
INC.
EXECUTIVE CHANGE OF CONTROL
SEVERANCE PROGRAM
(Amended and Restated Effective
as of November 11, 2008)
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES
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1
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ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS
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2
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ARTICLE III
BENEFITS PAYABLE
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9
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3.1
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D
EATH ; D ISABILITY OR R
ETIREMENT
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3.2
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C
AUSE AND V OLUNTARY T ERMINATION
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3.3
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ERMINATION BY THE C OMPANY OTHER THAN FOR C AUSE
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9
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(a)
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Severance and Other Termination
Payments
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(b)
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Continuation of Benefits
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(c)
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Awards under the Company Omnibus Incentive
Plan
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(d)
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Enhanced Retirement Benefits
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(e)
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Prudential Deferred Compensation
Plans
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(f)
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Indemnification
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3.4
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ERMINATION BY THE P ARTICIPANT FOR G OOD R EASON
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3.5
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ERMINATION OF E
MPLOYMENT BY THE C OMPANY F OLLOWING A P
OTENTIAL C HANGE OF C
ONTROL
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3.6
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D
ISCHARGE OF THE C OMPANY ’ S O
BLIGATIONS
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ARTICLE IV
LIMIT ON PAYMENTS BY THE COMPANY
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4.1
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PPLICATION OF THIS A RTICLE IV
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4.2
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C
ALCULATION OF B
ENEFITS
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4.3
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MPOSITION OF P
AYMENT C AP
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4.4
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PPLICATION OF S
ECTION 280G
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4.5
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DJUSTMENTS IN R
ESPECT OF THE P AYMENT C AP
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ARTICLE V
DISPUTES
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ARTICLE VI
GENERAL INFORMATION
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6.1
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DMINISTRATION
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6.2
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P
ROGRAM A MENDMENT O R
T ERMINATION
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6.3
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O C ONTRACT O F
E MPLOYMENT
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6.4
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L
IMITATION O N
L IABILITY
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6.5
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XCLUSIVITY O F
B ENEFITS
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6.6
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MPACT ON O
THER B ENEFITS
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6.7
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T
AXES
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6.8
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HIRD P ARTIES
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6.9
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C
APTIONS
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6.10
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HOICE O F
L AW
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6.11
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O L IMITATIONS O N
C ORPORATE A CTIONS
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6.12
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ON -A LIENATION P ROVISION
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6.13
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S
UCCESSORS
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Prudential Financial, Inc. Executive Change of
Control Severance Program
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PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL,
INC.
EXECUTIVE CHANGE OF CONTROL
SEVERANCE PROGRAM
(Amended and Restated Effective
as of November 11, 2008)
ARTICLE I
PURPOSE AND
OBJECTIVES
WHEREAS, Prudential Financial, Inc.
(the “Company”) believes that, in the event it is
confronted with a situation that could result in a change in
ownership or control of the Company, continuity of management will
be essential to its ability to evaluate and respond to such a
situation in the best interests of shareholders;
WHEREAS, the Company also
understands that any such situation will present significant
concerns for certain key management personnel at the Company and
designated senior officers of its subsidiaries or other affiliates
with respect to financial and job security;
WHEREAS, the Company wants to be
proactive in assuring itself and its subsidiaries and affiliates of
the services of these critical individuals during the period in
which it is confronting such a situation, and in providing such
individuals with certain financial assurances to enable them to
(i) perform their responsibilities without undue distraction
and (ii) exercise their judgment without bias due to their
personal circumstances;
WHEREAS, the Company wishes to
provide these financial assurances in a uniform and equitable
manner without engaging in negotiations with individual
executives;
WHEREAS, the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 was amended in 2004 to add a new Section 409A, which
requires that, to avoid (i) acceleration of the time at which
amounts treated as deferred compensation, including for this
purpose severance benefits, are recognized in income by employees
and other service providers and (ii) the imposition on such
persons of an incremental rate of Federal income taxation on the
amount included in income, the plans, programs or arrangements
under which such deferred compensation is payable must generally be
amended to comply with the requirements of such Section 409A
effective as of January 1, 2009;
WHEREAS, the Internal Revenue
Service has issued final regulations under Section 409A which
provide an exemption from its provisions for amounts that would
otherwise be subject to its terms if such amounts are required to
be paid promptly following the time at which an employee’s
rights to such amounts become nonforfeitable; and
Prudential Financial, Inc. Executive Change of
Control Severance Program
WHEREAS, in order to facilitate
compliance with Section 409A, it is desirable that the
provisions of this Program be modified to qualify for such
exemption.
NOW, THEREFORE, this Prudential
Financial, Inc. Executive Change of Control Severance Program (the
“Program”) has been amended and restated effective as
of November 11, 2008, to provide such assurances for those
senior officers of the Company or designated senior officers of its
subsidiaries or affiliates.
ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS
Accrued Obligations
. “Accrued Obligations”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a)(iv).
Aggregate Parachute
Payments .
“Aggregate Parachute Payments” has the meaning set
forth in Section 4.2.
Annual Compensation
. “Annual Compensation”
shall mean the sum of ( i ) a Participant’s
annual Base Pay, and ( ii ) the average of the annual
incentive compensation payments to the Participant for the three
most recent calendar years (or, if less, the number of calendar
years during which the Participant was employed by the Company or
any Subsidiary) prior to the Participant’s Year of
Termination, or, for Participants first hired by the Company or any
Subsidiary in the same year as such Participant’s Year of
Termination, the target annual incentive compensation payment for
such year; provided , however , that in the case of a
Participant whose annual compensation for services consists in any
material fashion of commissions and/or other forms of compensation
other than Base Pay and annual incentive pay, the Program Committee
shall determine the amount of such Participant’s Annual
Compensation
Base Pay . “Base Pay” means Base Pay as
defined in Section 2704(b) of the Prudential Retirement Plan,
as of the Participant’s Date of Termination.
Board . “Board” shall mean the Board of
Directors of the Company.
Cause . “Cause” means ( i ) an
act or acts of dishonesty, fraud or gross misconduct on a
Participant’s part which result or are intended to result in
material damage to the Company’s business or reputation; (
ii ) the Participant’s having been convicted of,
or entered a plea of nolo contendere to, a crime that
constitutes a felony; ( iii ) the breach by the
Participant of any written covenant or agreement with the Company
or any Subsidiary not to disclose or misuse any information
pertaining to, or misuse any property of, the Company or any
Subsidiary or not to compete or interfere with the Company or any
Subsidiary or (i v ) the violation by the Participant
of any material policy or rule of the Company or any
Subsidiary.
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Control Severance Program
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Change of Control
. A “Change of Control”
shall be deemed to have occurred if any of the following events
shall occur:
(i) any Person acquires
“beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Rule
13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
securities of the Company representing twenty-five percent
(25%) or more of the combined Voting Power of the
Company’s securities; or
(ii) within any 24-month period the
members of the Board (the “Incumbent Company
Directors”) shall cease to constitute at least a majority of
the Board or the board of directors of any successor to the
Company; provided, however, that any director elected to the Board,
or nominated for election to the Board, by a majority of the
Incumbent Company Directors then still in office shall be deemed to
be an Incumbent Company Director for purposes of this subclause
(ii); or
(iii) upon the consummation of a
Corporate Event, immediately following the consummation of which
the stockholders of the Company, immediately prior to such
Corporate Event do not hold, directly or indirectly, a majority of
the Voting Power of
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in the case of
a merger or consolidation, the surviving or resulting
corporation;
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( y
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in the case of
a share exchange, the acquiring corporation, or
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( z
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in the case of
a division or a sale or other disposition of assets, each
surviving, resulting or acquiring corporation which, immediately
following the relevant Corporate Event, holds more than twenty-five
percent (25%) of the consolidated assets of the Company
immediately prior to such Corporate Event, provided that no Change
of Control shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to any
Participant who is employed, immediately following such Corporate
Event, by any entity in which the stockholders of the Company, as
the case may be, immediately prior to such Corporate Event hold,
directly or indirectly, a majority of the Voting Power;
or
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(iv) any other event occurs which
the Board declares to be a Change of Control.
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Control Severance Program
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change of
Control shall not be deemed to have occurred merely as a result of
an underwritten offering of the equity securities of the Company
where no Person (including any “group” (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-5(b) under the Exchange Act)) acquires more
than twenty-five percent (25%) of the beneficial ownership
interests in such securities.
Code . “Code” means the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended.
Company . “Company” means Prudential
Financial, Inc., a New Jersey corporation.
Company Omnibus Incentive
Plan . “Company
Omnibus Incentive Plan” means the Prudential Financial, Inc.
Omnibus Incentive Plan.
Corporate Event
. “Corporate Event”
means a merger, consolidation, recapitalization or reorganization,
share exchange, division, sale, plan of complete liquidation or
dissolution, or other disposition of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company, which has been approved by the
shareholders of the Company.
Date of Termination
. “Date of Termination”
means the date of receipt of a Notice of Termination or, if later,
the date of termination of a Participant’s employment
specified therein.
Employee . “Employee” means any individual
who is compensated by the Company or a Subsidiary for services
actually rendered as a regular full-time or regular part-time (but
not a temporary) employee and who, at the time of the designation
by the Program Committee as a Participant, has attained the job
grades of 1 through 5 under the Prudential Financial, Inc.
Compensation Plan, or its equivalent, as determined by the Program
Committee from time to time.
ERISA . “ERISA” means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
Exchange Act
. “Exchange Act” means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Excise Tax
. “Excise Tax” has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
Enhanced Severance
Amount . “Enhanced
Severance Amount” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.3(a)(v).
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Control Severance Program
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Good Reason
. “Good Reason” means
the occurrence of any of the following, without the express written
consent of the Participant, after the occurrence of a Change of
Control:
(i) the assignment to the
Participant of any duties inconsistent in any material adverse
respect with the Participant’s position, authority or
responsibilities as in effect immediately prior to a Change of
Control, or any other material adverse change in such position,
including titles, authority or responsibilities;
(ii) any material reduction in the
Participant’s Base Pay, annual or long-term incentive
compensation opportunities or other material benefits (including,
but not limited to, savings plans, defined benefit plans, welfare
benefit plans and perquisites) from the level in effect immediately
prior to a Change of Control, provided that , a reduction in
Base Pay or annual or long-term incentive compensation
opportunities that is effected as part of an across-the-board
reduction of the base salaries or incentive compensation of
employees who are similarly situated with respect to the
Participant shall not be deemed to be a material
reduction;
(iii) the Company’s requiring
a Participant to be based at any office or location more than 49
miles from that location at which he performed his services
immediately prior to the Change of Control, except for travel
reasonably required in the performance of a Participant’s
responsibilities; or
(iv) any material failure by the
Company or a Subsidiary to obtain the commitment of any successor
in interest or failure on the part of such successor in interest to
perform ( A ) the obligations to the Participant under
this Program or ( B ) any employee-related obligations
assumed by the successor in interest in connection with its
acquisition of the Company or a Subsidiary.
The occurrence of the events or
conditions in clauses (i)-(iv) shall not constitute Good
Reason unless ( x ) the Participant provides written
notice of the action(s) or omission(s) deemed to constitute Good
Reason in accordance with the provisions hereof and ( y
) the Company or, if applicable, a Subsidiary fails to remedy
such action(s) or omission(s) within 30 days after the receipt of
such written notice. In no event shall the mere occurrence of a
Change of Control, absent any further impact on a Participant, be
deemed to constitute Good Reason.
Group Welfare Benefit
Plans . “Group
Welfare Benefit Plans” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.3(b).
Indemnification
Documents . The
“Indemnification Documents” shall mean the
indemnification provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and
By-Laws of the Company and/or such Subsidiary to which the
Participant provided services, as in effect immediately prior to
the Change of Control or, if more favorable to the Participant,
immediately prior to any Potential Change of Control related to
such Change of Control.
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Control Severance Program
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Long-Term Incentives
. “Long-Term
Incentives” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.3(a)(iii).
Noncompetition
Agreement . The
“Noncompetition Agreement” shall be an agreement
limiting the Participant’s ability to compete, individually
or as part of another organization, substantially in the form
attached as Exhibit A and satisfactory to, and approved by,
the Program Committee.
Notice of Termination
. Any termination by the Company
(and/or, where applicable, a Subsidiary), whether with or without
Cause, or by the Participant for Good Reason shall be communicated
by Notice of Termination to the Participant or the Company (or the
applicable Subsidiary), as the case may be (except that such notice
may be waived by the party intended to receive such notice). A
“Notice of Termination” means a written notice given,
in the case of a termination for Cause, within thirty
(30) business days of the Company’s (or the applicable
Subsidiary’s) having actual knowledge of the events giving
rise to such termination, and in the case of a termination for Good
Reason, within thirty (30) days of the Participant’s
having actual knowledge of the events giving rise to such
termination, and which ( i ) sets forth in reasonable
detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for
termination of the Participant’s employment, and ( ii
) if the termination date is other than the date of receipt of
such notice, specifies the Date of Termination (which date, in the
case of any termination for other than Good Reason, shall be not
more than 15 days after the giving of such notice). Notwithstanding
any other provision hereunder, in the case of a termination for
Good Reason, the Date of Termination shall be 30 days after the
Notice of Termination, provided that a Participant may not
terminate his or her employment for Good Reason if the Company (or
the applicable Subsidiary) cures the cause for such termination
within 30 days of receiving the Notice of Termination. The failure
by the Participant to set forth in the Notice of Termination any
fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of Good Reason
shall not waive any right of the Participant hereunder or preclude
the Participant from asserting such fact or circumstance in
enforcing his rights hereunder. A Notice of Termination shall be
given in writing and delivered by first class mail, return receipt
requested (or other form of delivery which requires signature for
delivery), addressed to the Company’s headquarters, if the
notice is to the Company (or the applicable Subsidiary), or to the
address of the Participant on the Company’s (or the
applicable Subsidiary’s) records, if addressed to the
Participant.
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Control Severance Program
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Participant
. “Participant” means
any Employee who ( x ) at or after the date of a
Potential Change of Control, is employed by the Company or any
Subsidiary and ( y ) has been designated in writing by
the Program Committee, in its discretion, as eligible to
participate in the Program as a Tier I Participant, Tier II
Participant or Tier III Participant.
Payment Cap
. “Payment Cap” has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).
Person . A “Person” means any person
(within the meaning of Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act,
including any group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b) under the
Exchange Act)), but excluding any of the Company, any Subsidiary or
any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the Company or
any Subsidiary.
Potential Change of
Control . A
“Potential Change of Control” shall be deemed to have
occurred if any of the following events shall have
occurred:
(i) a Person commences a tender
offer (with adequate financing) for securities representing at
least 10% of the Voting Power of the Company’s
securities;
(ii) the Company enters into an
agreement the consummation of which would constitute a Change of
Control;
(iii) at a time at which the Company
is subject to the proxy disclosure rules of Section 14 of the
Exchange Act, proxies for the election of directors of the Company
are solicited by anyone other than the Company; or
(iv) any other event occurs which is
deemed to be a Potential Change of Control by the Board.
Program . “Program” means the Prudential
Financial, Inc. Executive Change of Control Severance
Program.
Program Committee
. The “Program
Committee” means a committee comprised of the persons who,
prior to or at the time of a Potential Change of Control or an
actual Change of Control, are serving as the members of the
Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board. Following the
occurrence of a Potential Change of Control or Change of Control,
the Company shall not have the right to change the individuals who
serve on the committee acting as the Program Committee. Any
vacancies on such Committee following the occurrence of a Change of
Control shall be filled, if at all, by a vote of at least 75% of
the individuals then still serving as members of the Program
Committee.
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Control Severance Program
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Pro-Rated Annual
Incentives .
“Pro-Rated Annual Incentives” has the meaning set forth
in Section 3.3(a)(ii).
Prudential Deferred Compensation
Plans . “Prudential
Deferred Compensation Plans” means: (a) the Prudential
Consolidated Deferred Compensation Plan; (b) the Prudential
Deferred Compensation Plan; and (c) any other deferred
compensation plan sponsored by the Company or any Subsidiary that
is unfunded and is maintained primarily for the purpose of
providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or
highly compensated employees.
Prudential Retirement
Plan . “Prudential
Retirement Plan” means: (a) The Prudential Retirement
Plan Document; and (b) The Prudential Cash Balance Pension
Plan Document, each a component of The Prudential Merged Retirement
Plan, as amended, (and, if appropriate for a particular
Participant, the Prudential Securities Incorporated Cash Balance
Pension Plan Document, a component of The Prudential Merged
Retirement Plan).
Prudential Supplemental
Retirement Plan . For
purposes of this Program, the term “Prudential Supplemental
Retirement Plan” includes: (a) The Prudential
Supplemental Retirement Plan; (b) the Prudential Insurance
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan; and (c) the PFI
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan.
Section 280G Safe Harbor
Amount . “Section
280G Safe Harbor Amount” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.2.
Separation Agreement and General
Release .
“Separation Agreement and General Release” means a
written document that includes, but is not limited to, a release of
rights and claims from a Participant and agreement not to solicit
employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in a form
substantially similar to Exhibit B, as the same may be amended by
the Program Committee from time to time.
Severance Amount
. “Severance Amount” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a)(v).
Subsidiary
. “Subsidiary” means any
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, business trust
or other entity in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly,
more than 50% of the Voting Power in such entity.
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Control Severance Program
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Voting Power
. A specified percentage of
“Voting Power” of a company means such number of the
Voting Securities as shall enable the holders thereof to cast such
percentage of all the votes which could be cast in an annual
election of directors.
Voting Securities
. “Voting Securities”
means all securities of a company entitling the holders thereof to
vote in an annual election of directors.
Year of Termination
. “Year of Termination”
means the calendar year during which the Participant’s
employment with the Company or any Subsidiary is
terminated.
ARTICLE III
BENEFITS
PAYABLE
3.1 Death; Disability or
Retirement . If a Participant’s employment with the
Company and/or any Subsidiary is terminated by reason of the
Participant’s death, voluntary retirement or termination of
employment as a result of the Participant’s inability to
perform the basic requirements of his or her position due to
physical or mental incapacity and after th