EXHIBIT 10.4
DOUBLECLICK INC.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
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ARTICLE
I
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4
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ARTICLE
II
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7
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ARTICLE
III
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3.1
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Elections to
Defer Compensation.
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3.2
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Investment
Elections.
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8
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ARTICLE
IV
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DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS AND TRUST FUNDING
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4.1
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Deferral
Accounts.
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4.2
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Company
Contribution Account.
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4.3
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Trust
Funding.
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ARTICLE
V
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ARTICLE
VI
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6.1
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Distribution of
Deferred Compensation and Discretionary Company
Contributions.
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6.2
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Early
Non-Scheduled Distributions.
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6.3
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Hardship
Distribution.
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6.4
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Inability to
Locate Participant.
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ARTICLE
VII
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7.1
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Committee.
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7.2
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Committee
Action.
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7.3
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Powers and
Duties of the Committee.
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7.4
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Construction
and Interpretation.
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7.5
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Information.
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7.6
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Compensation,
Expenses and Indemnity.
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7.7
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Quarterly
Statements.
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7.8
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Disputes.
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ARTICLE
VIII
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8.1
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Unsecured
General Creditor.
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8.2
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Restriction
Against Assignment.
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8.3
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Withholding.
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8.4
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Amendment,
Modification, Suspension or Termination.
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8.5
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Governing
Law.
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8.6
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Receipt or
Release.
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8.7
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Payments on
Behalf of Persons Under Incapacity.
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8.8
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Limitation of
Rights and Employment Relationship
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8.9
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Headings.
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DOUBLECLICK INC.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
WHEREAS,
DoubleClick Inc. (the “Company”) intends to establish a
deferred compensation plan for a select group of management or
highly compensated employees;
NOW,
THEREFORE, as of the effective date set forth herein, the
DoubleClick Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (the
“Plan”) is hereby adopted to read as
follows:
ARTICLE I
TITLE AND DEFINITIONS
Whenever
the following words and phrases are used in this Plan, with the
first letter capitalized, they shall have the meanings specified
below.
(a)
“Account” or “Accounts” shall mean all of
such accounts as are specifically authorized for inclusion in this
Plan.
(b)
“Base Salary” shall mean a Participant’s annual
base salary, excluding bonus, commissions, severance pay, incentive
and all other remuneration for services rendered to Company and
prior to reduction for any salary reduction contributions to a plan
established pursuant to Section 125 of the Code or qualified
pursuant to Section 401(k) of the Code.
(c)
“Beneficiary” or “Beneficiaries” shall mean
the person or persons, including a trust or other entity, trustee,
personal representative or other fiduciary, last designated in a
writing (or electronically) by a Participant, in accordance with
procedures established by the Committee, to receive the benefits
specified hereunder in the event of the Participant’s death.
No beneficiary designation shall become effective until it is filed
with or communicated to the Committee during the
Participant’s life. Any designation shall be revocable at any
time through a written instrument filed (or electronic instrument
communicated) by the Participant with the Committee with or without
the consent of the previous Beneficiary. If there is no such
designation or if there is no surviving designated Beneficiary,
then the Participant’s estate shall be the Beneficiary. In
the event any amount is payable under the Plan to a minor, payment
shall not be made to the minor but, instead, to a custodian
selected by the Committee to hold the funds for the minor under the
Uniform Transfers or Gifts to Minors Act in effect in the
jurisdiction in which the minor resides. Payment by Company
pursuant to any unrevoked Beneficiary designation as described
herein, or to the Participant’s estate if no such designation
exists, of all benefits owed hereunder, shall satisfy all
obligations of Company under this Plan.
(d)
“Board of Directors” or
“Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of
Company.
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(e)
“Bonuses” shall mean such bonuses as the Committee may
designate as available for deferral during the election process
described in Section 3.1, which are earned during the Plan
Year beginning after such elections, and which are ultimately paid
to the Participant under the terms of the bonus
arrangement.
(f)
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
(g)
“Committee” shall mean the 401k Administrative
Committee of the Company.
(h)
“Contribution Account” shall mean the bookkeeping
account maintained by Company for each Participant that is credited
with an amount equal to the Company Discretionary Contribution
Amount, if any, and Company Matching Contribution Amount, if any,
and earnings and losses on such amounts pursuant to
Section 4.2.
(i)
“Company Discretionary Contribution Amount” shall mean
such discretionary amount if contributed by the Company for each
Participant for a Plan Year. Such amount may differ from
Participant to Participant both in amount, including making no
contribution for one or more Participants, and as a percentage of
Compensation.
(j)
“Company Matching Contribution Amount” shall mean such
amount contributed by the Company in connection with each
Participant’s deferral election under the Plan for a Plan
Year; provided that it is the Company’s intention as of the
Effective Date to make only such matching contributions as
Participants are unable to have credited under the DoubleClick Inc.
401(k) Plan (the “401(k) Plan”) as a result of the
limits imposed by the law (or the administrator) on contributions
to said Plan by such Participants assuming that the Participants
had made the maximum contributions permitted under said 401(k) Plan
and assuming sufficient deferrals under this Plan are made to earn
such matching contributions under the matching contribution ratio
of the 401(k) Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may
elect to make any matching contribution it approves in any
year.
(k)
“Compensation” shall be Base Salary, commissions and
Bonuses.
(l)
“Deferral Account” shall mean the bookkeeping account
maintained by the Committee for each Participant that is credited
with amounts equal to (1) the portion of the Participant’s
Compensation that he or she elects to defer, and (2) earnings
and losses credited pursuant to Section 4.1.
(m)
“Disability” shall mean disability as determined under
the Company’s long term disability benefit plan, as long as
one is in force, and if none, disability means the
Participant’s inability to perform each and every duty of his
or her occupation or position of employment due to illness or
injury as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the
Committee.
(n)
“Distributable Amount”
shall mean the aggregate vested balance in the Participant’s
Deferral Account and Company Contribution Account.
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(o)
“Early Distribution” shall mean an election by
Participant in accordance with Section 6.2 to receive a
withdrawal of amounts from his or her Deferral Account and Company
Contribution Account prior to the time at which such Participant
would otherwise be entitled to such amounts.
(p)
“Effective Date” shall be January 1,
2004.
(q)
“Eligible Employee” shall be each employee of the
Company in the position of grade 10 or higher who is designated as
an eligible employee under the Plan for a Plan Year by the
Committee. Designation as an Eligible Employee once made by the
Committee shall continue in effect until the Committee terminates
that designation or the employee ceases to meet the requirements of
this definition.
(r)
“Fund” or “Funds” shall mean one or more of
the investment funds selected by the Participant pursuant to
Section 3.2(a).
(s)
“Hardship Distribution” shall mean a severe financial
hardship to the Participant resulting from a sudden and unexpected
illness or accident of the Participant or of his or her Dependent
(as defined in Section 152(a) of the Code), loss of a
Participant’s property due to casualty, or other similar or
extraordinary and unforseeable circumstances arising as a result of
events beyond the control of the Participant. The circumstances
that would constitute an unforseeable emergency will depend upon
the facts of each case, but, in any case, a Hardship Distribution
may not be made to the extent that such hardship is or may be
relieved (i) through reimbursement or compensation by
insurance or otherwise, (ii) by liquidation of the
Participant’s assets, to the extent the liquidation of assets
would not itself cause severe financial hardship, (iii) by
borrowing funds, to the extent such borrowing would not itself
cause severe financial hardship, or (iv) by cessation of
deferrals under this Plan.
(t)
“Initial Election Period” shall mean the 30-day period
prior to the Effective Date of the Plan.
(u)
“Interest Rate” shall mean, for each Fund, an amount
equal to the net gain or loss on the assets of such Fund during
each month.
(v)
“Participant” shall mean any Eligible Employee who
becomes a Participant in this Plan in accordance with
Article II.
(w)
“Payment Date” shall be the last day of the calendar
year in which the Participant terminates employment.
(x)
“Plan Year” shall be the calendar year.
(y)
“Scheduled Withdrawal Date” shall mean the distribution
date elected by the Participant for an in-service withdrawal of
amounts from such Accounts deferred or contributed for a given Plan
Year in accordance with the Plan, and earnings and losses
attributable thereto, as set forth on the election form for such
Plan Year.
(z)
“Trust” shall mean the
Company Deferred Compensation Plan Trust.
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(aa)
“Trustee” shall mean First American Trust,
FSB.
ARTICLE II
PARTICIPATION
An
Eligible Employee shall become a Participant in the Plan by making
an election, in the manner approved by the Committee, to defer the
receipt of Compensation under the Plan (a “Deferral
Election”).
ARTICLE III
DEFERRAL ELECTIONS
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3.1
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Elections to Defer
Compensation.
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(a)
Initial Election Period. Subject to the provisions of
Article II, each Eligible Employee may make a Deferral
Election by filing with the Committee an election that conforms to
the requirements of this Section 3.1, in a manner provided by
the Committee, prior to the end of his or her Initial Election
Period.
(b)
General Rule. The amount of Compensation which an Eligible Employee
may elect to defer is such Compensation earned on or after the time
at which the Eligible Employee makes the Deferral Election in
accordance with Sections 1(t) and 3.1(a) and shall be a flat dollar
amount or percentage which shall not exceed 100% of the Eligible
Employee’s Compensation, provided that the total amount
deferred by a Participant shall be limited in any calendar year, if
necessary, to satisfy Social Security Tax (including Medicare),
income tax and employee benefit plan withholding requirements as
determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the Committee and
to result in the Eligible Employee receiving cash compensation at
least equal to the minimum wage for that Plan Year. The minimum
Deferral Election which may be made in any Plan Year by an Eligible
Employee shall not be less than $5,000, provided such minimum
Deferral Election can be satisfied from any element of
Compensation.
(c)
Duration of Compensation Deferral Election. An Eligible
Employee’s initial election to defer Compensation is to be
effective with respect to Compensation received after the Effective
Date of the Plan. A Participant may increase, decrease or terminate
a Deferral Election with respect to Compensation for any subsequent
Plan Year by filing a new election not less than one month prior to
the beginning of the next Plan Year, which election shall be
effective on the first day of the next following Plan Year. If no
such new election is filed than the old election shall be deemed to
continue in effect.
(d)
Mid-Year Designations. In the case
of an individual who becomes an Eligible Employee after the
Effective Date, such Eligible Employee shall have 30 days from
the date he or she has become an Eligible Employee to make an
Initial Election (which 30 day period shall be considered his
Initial Election Period) with respect to Compensation earned after
the end of such 30 day period. Such election shall apply to
the remainder of the Plan Year, in the event the Plan Year has
commenced.
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(e)
Elections other than Elections during the Initial Election Period.
Subject to the limitations of Section 3.1(b) above, any
Eligible Employee who has terminated a prior Deferral Election may
elect to again make a Deferral Election, by making an election with
respect to a future Plan Year, in the manner approved by the
Committee, to defer Compensation as described in
Sections 3.1(b) and 3.1(c) above at least 30 days prior
to the beginning of such Plan Year. If an Eligible Employee does
not elect to become a Participant during his Initial Election
Period, a Deferral Election may be made with respect to a
subsequent Plan Year in the same manner as an election by an
Eligible Employee who has terminated a prior Deferral
Election.
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3.2
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Investment Elections.
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(a)
At the time of the Deferral Election described in Section 3.1,
the Participant shall designate, in a manner approved by the
Committee, the types of investment funds (“Fund” or
“Funds”) in which the Participant’s Account will
be deemed to be invested for purposes of determining the amount of
earnings to be credited to that Account. The Participant may elect
to treat the Deferral Election for each Plan Year in a manner
different from the investment of Deferral Election in other Plan
Years and the Committee shall establish a recordkeeping system
which will monitor such elections. The Participant may make similar
elections with respect to his or her Company Contribution Account.
In making the designation pursuant to this Section 3.2, the
Participant may specify that all or any portion of his or her
Account be deemed to be invested, in whole percentage increments,
in one or more of the Funds provided for this purpose under the
Plan as communicated from time to time by the Committee. A
Participant may change the designation made under this
Section 3.2 by making an election on any day, in a manner
approved by the Committee, which will be effective on the next
business day with respect to his Account in any manner the
Committee approves. If a Participant fails to elect a Fund under
this Section 3.2, he or she shall be deemed to have elected
the Money Market type of investment Fund. The Interest Rate of each
such Fund in which the Participant is deemed to be invested shall
be used to determine the amount of earnings or losses to be
credited to Participant’s Account under
Article IV.
(b)
Although the Participant may designate the Funds to be used to
measure the value of the accounts established for the Participant
under the Plan, neither the Company nor the Committee shall be
obligated to invest any assets in such manner.
ARTICLE IV
DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS AND TRUST
FUNDING
The
Committee shall establish and maintain a Deferral Account for each
Participant under the Plan. Each Participant’s Deferral
Account shall be further divided into separate subaccounts
(“investment fund subaccounts”), each of which
corresponds to a Fund elected by the Participant pursuant to
Section 3.2(a) and which may also reflect the Plan Year in which
the Deferral Election was made. A Participant’s Deferral
Account shall be credited as follows:
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(a)
As soon as practicable after amounts are withheld and deferred from
a Participant’s Compensation, the Committee shall credit the
investment fund subaccounts of the Participant’s Deferral
Account with an amount equal to Compensation deferred by the
Participant in accordance with the Participant’s election
under Section 3.2(a); that is, the portion of the
Participant’s Deferral Election that the Participant has
elected to be deemed to be invested in a Fund shall be credited to
the investment fund subaccount corresponding to that
Fund;
(b)
Each business day, each investment fund subaccount of a
Participant’s Deferral Account shall be credited with
earnings or losses in an amount equal to that determined by
multiplying the balance credited to such investment fund subaccount
as of the prior day plus contributions credited that day to the
investment fund subaccount by the Interest Rate for the
Fund.
(c)
In the event that a Participant elects that a given Plan
Year’s Deferral Election have a Scheduled Withdrawal Date,
all amounts attributed to the Deferral Election for such Plan Year
shall be accounted for in a manner which allows separate accounting
for that Deferral Election and investment earnings and losses
associated with it.
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4.2
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Company Contribution
Account.
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The
Committ