EXHIBIT 10.65
NAVISTAR
NON-EMPLOYEE
DIRECTORS' DEFERRED FEE
PLAN
(Amended and Restated as of
January 1, 2005)
SECTION
1
PURPOSE
1.1 The Navistar
Non-Employee Directors' Deferred Fee Plan (hereinafter referred to
as the "Plan") has been established by Navistar International
Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Company" or
"Navistar") to attract and retain as members of the Board of
Directors of the Company (hereinafter referred to as the "Board")
persons who are not full-time employees of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries, but whose business experience and judgment are a
valuable asset to the Company and its subsidiaries. The Plan was
originally adopted on August 14, 1995, and subsequently amended as
of June 16, 1997. This amendment and restatement of the Plan is
effective as of January 1, 2005, except as otherwise provided
herein, and is intended primarily to conform to the provisions of
Section 409A of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the "Code"), with respect those amounts deferred under the
Plan that are subject to Section 409A of the Code. Any deferred
amounts under the Plan that are not subject to Section 409A of the
Code shall continue to be governed by the terms of the Plan as in
effect immediately prior to this amendment and
restatement.
SECTION
2
DIRECTORS
COVERED
2.1 As used in
the Plan, the term "Director" means any person who: (A) is now a
member of the Board or is hereafter elected to the Board, and (B)
is not a full-time employee of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries.
SECTION 3
DEFERRED DIRECTORS'
FEES
3.1 Subject to
obtaining the consent of the Company at the time a fee deferral
election is made, a Director may elect to defer receipt of all or
part of the fees otherwise payable in cash for attendance at
regular or special meetings (including executive sessions) of the
Board or its committees and/or the annual Director retainer fees
otherwise payable in cash, including retainer fees for chairing a
Board committee, as hereinafter provided. A Director may make such
a deferral election by filing an election form with the Secretary
of the Company (the "Secretary") before the end of whichever of the
following periods applies to the Director: (A) within the first 30
days after the Director first becomes eligible to participate in
the Plan (or in any other plan with which the Plan is aggregated
under Section 409A of the Code), or (B) if that 30-day period has
expired, before the close of the Director’s taxable year
preceding the taxable year in which the Director will earn the fees
to be deferred. At the end of the applicable period, the
Director’s deferral election shall be irrevocable. Any
election made within the first 30 days after a Director first
becomes eligible to participate in the Plan (or in any other plan
with which the Plan is aggregated under Section 409A of the Code)
shall apply only to fees earned after the month in which the
Director makes such election. Any election made after such 30-day
period shall apply only to fees earned after the end of the
Director’s taxable year in which the Director makes such
election. A Director may change any election that the Director has
made under this Section 3.1 by filing a new election form with the
Secretary in accordance with Section 3.1 at any time before the
prior election becomes irrevocable.
3.2 All
Directors' fees that are deferred in accordance with the provisions
of Section 3.1 shall be credited to a deferred cash account for the
Director at the time such deferred Director’s fees would
otherwise have been payable to such Director. Such deferred cash
account shall bear interest, compounded quarterly at the end of
each calendar quarter, from the date amounts are credited thereto
to the last day of the calendar quarter (or to the date of payment,
if earlier) at the rate equivalent to the rate of interest as
published on the first day of such quarter by The Wall Street
Journal as the "prime" rate or the equivalent
thereof.
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EXHIBIT 10.65
(continued)
3.3 A Director
may elect to defer, and to allocate to Navistar share units, all or
any portion of the fees that would otherwise be payable to such
Director in cash or Navistar common stock for service as a
Director. Such deferral shall be subject to mutual agreement
between the Company and the Director, and the making of an election
in accordance with the requirements set forth in Section
3.1.
3.4 For each
year for which an election under Section 3.3 is in effect, share
units shall be credited to a deferred stock account for the
Director. The number of share units credited shall equal (a) in the
case of any fees that would otherwise be payable to the Director in
Navistar common stock, including restricted common stock, the
number of shares of Navistar common stock for which the election is
effective, and (b) in the case of fees that would otherwise be
payable to the Director in cash, the number of whole shares of
Navistar common stock with a value equal to the amount of such
cash, determined based on the average of the high and low publicly
reported sale prices of a share of Navistar common stock on the
date such cash otherwise would have been paid. Any share units that
are provided in lieu of fees that would have been paid in shares of
restricted common stock shall be subject to the same restrictions
that would have applied to such restricted common stock. Any shares
of Navistar common stock for which an election under Section 3.3 is
not effective (determined by rounding up to the nearest whole
share) shall be transferred to the Director and subject to such
restrictions and conditions as otherwise provided under this Plan
or the Company’s 2004 Performance Incentive Plan (or any
successor plan thereto), as amended from time to time (the
“PIP”), as appropriate.
Each Director’s deferred stock account
shall be credited with dividend equivalents equal to the dividends
that would have been paid on shares on Navistar common stock that
are equal in number to the share units then credited to the
Director’s deferred stock account. Such dividend equivalent
amounts shall be converted immediately into share units of equal
value, determined based on the average of the high and low publicly
reported sale prices of a share of Navistar common stock on the
date the dividends are paid on such shares. The amount in the
deferred stock account shall be adjusted for stock splits, stock
dividends and similar transactions. Interest shall not be credited
to the deferred stock account. Any additional share units credited
pursuant to this paragraph shall be subjec