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Title: ABM DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
Governing Law: California     Date: 12/22/2006
Industry: Business Services     Sector: Services

ABM DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS, Parties: abm industries inc /de/
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Exhibit 10.16

ABM DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS

Effective October 31, 2006

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Article I DEFINITIONS

 

 

1

 

1.01 "Account"

 

 

1

 

1.02 "Administrative Committee" or "Committee"

 

 

1

 

1.03 "Beneficiary"

 

 

1

 

1.04 "Board"

 

 

1

 

1.05 "Company"

 

 

1

 

1.06 "Compensation"

 

 

1

 

1.07 "Deferral"

 

 

1

 

1.08 "Director"

 

 

1

 

1.09 "Effective Date"

 

 

1

 

1.10 "Internal Revenue Code" or "Code"

 

 

1

 

1.11 "Participant"

 

 

1

 

1.12 "Person"

 

 

1

 

1.13 "Plan"

 

 

1

 

1.14 "Plan Administrator"

 

 

2

 

1.15 "Plan Year"

 

 

2

 

1.16 "Unforeseeable Emergency"

 

 

2

 

1.17 "Valuation Date"

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Article II ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION

 

 

3

 

2.01 Eligibility Requirements

 

 

3

 

2.02 Change in Status

 

 

3

 

2.03 Determination of Eligibility

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Article III CONTRIBUTIONS

 

 

4

 

3.01 Deferrals

 

 

4

 

3.02 Elective Deferral Election

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Article IV ACCOUNTS. FUNDING AND VALUATION

 

 

5

 

4.01 Establishment of Account

 

 

5

 

4.02 Valuation of Account

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Article V PARTICIPANTS’ VESTED INTERESTS

 

 

6

 

5.01 Vesting

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Article VI DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS

 

 

7

 

6.01 Distribution of Benefits

 

 

7

 

6.02 Retirement and Termination

 

 

7

 

6.03 Unforeseeable Emergency Withdrawals

 

 

7

 

6.04 Form of Distribution

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

Article VII DEATH

 

 

9

 

7.01 Death

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

Article VIII THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE

 

 

10

 



i

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.01 Duties and Responsibility

 

 

10

 

8.02 Allocation and Delegation of Responsibilities

 

 

10

 

8.03 Expenses and Compensation

 

 

11

 

8.04 Information from Company

 

 

11

 

8.05 Administrative Committee; Signature

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

Article IX PARTICIPANTS’ RIGHTS

 

 

12

 

9.01 Disclosures

 

 

12

 

9.02 Filing a Claim for Benefits

 

 

12

 

9.03 Denial of a Claim

 

 

12

 

9.04 Limitation of Rights

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

Article X AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

 

 

13

 

10.01 Amendment or Termination

 

 

13

 

10.02 Procedure Upon Termination of the Plan

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

Article XI MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

14

 

11.01 Execution of Receipts and Releases

 

 

14

 

11.02 Notice and Unclaimed Benefits

 

 

14

 

11.03 Non-Alienation of Benefits

 

 

14

 

11.04 Loans to Participants

 

 

15

 

11.05 Benefits Payable to Incompetents

 

 

15

 

11.06 Applicable Law

 

 

15

 

11.07 Headings as Guide

 

 

15

 

11.08 Pronouns

 

 

15

 

11.09 Reference to Laws

 

 

15

 

11.10 Participant’s Rights Unsecured

 

 

15

 



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Article I

DEFINITIONS

     The following terms as used herein shall have the meaning hereinafter set forth unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning is required. Whenever in these definitions a word or phrase not previously defined is used, such word or phrase shall have the meaning thereafter given to it in Article I unless otherwise specified.

1.01

 

" Account " means the account established and maintained by the Administrative Committee for each Participant.

 

   

1.02

 

" Administrative Committee " or " Committee " means the Governance Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

   

1.03

 

" Beneficiary " means the Person last designated by a Participant on a form provided by the Administrative Committee or by the terms of the Plan to receive any amounts payable under the Plan following the death of the Participant. A Participant may change the Beneficiary from time to time on a form provided by the Administrative Committee.

 

   

1.04

 

" Board " means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

   

1.05

 

" Company " means ABM Industries Incorporated, and, where appropriate, its successors or assigns.

 

   

1.06

 

" Compensation " means all the annual retainer and board meeting fees paid by the Company to the Eligible Director while a Participant with respect to services rendered during the Plan Year.

 

   

1.07

 

" Deferral " means an amount that a Participant has elected to defer under Article III.

 

   

1.08

 

" Director " means any individual who is a member of the Board and who is not an employee of the Company.

 

   

1.09

 

" Effective Date " means October 31, 2006.

 

   

1.10

 

" Internal Revenue Code " or " Code " means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

   

1.11

 

" Participant " means any Director or former Director who has satisfied the eligibility requirements of Section 2.01 who is, or may become, eligible to receive a benefit or whose Beneficiary may be eligible to receive a benefit under the Plan.

 

   

1.12

 

" Person " means any individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation, mutual company, joint stock company, trust, estate, unincorporated organization, association, or employee organization, and shall, where appropriate, include two or more of the above.

 

   

1.13

 

" Plan " means the ABM Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors.

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1.14

 

" Plan Administrator " means the Company.

 

   

1.15

 

" Plan Year " means the calendar year.

 

   

1.16

 

" Unforeseeable Emergency " means shall mean a severe financial hardship to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary resulting from: (i) an illness or accident of the Participant or Beneficiary, the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s spouse, or the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s dependent (as defined in Code section 152(a)); (ii) loss of the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s property due to casualty (including the need to rebuild a home following damage to a home not otherwise covered by insurance); or (iii) other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant or Beneficiary. Hardship shall not constitute an Unforeseeable Emergency to the extent that it is, or may be, relieved by: (a) reimbursement or compensation, by insurance or otherwise; (b) liquidation of the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s assets to the extent that the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship; or (c) cessation of deferrals under the Plan. An Unforeseeable Emergency does not include (among other events): (y) sending a child to college; or (z) purchasing a home.

 

   

1.17

 

" Valuation Date " means March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each Plan Year.

 

2

 

 

 

Article II

ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION

2.01

 

Eligibility Requirements

 

   

 

 

Each Director of the Company shall become a Participant under the Plan on the date he or she makes an election to defer Compensation under the Plan.

 

   

2.02

 

Change in Status

 

   

 

 

A Participant’s participation in the Plan shall terminate immediately as of the date on which he or she ceases to be a Director, except that the Participant shall retain the right to receive his or her Account.

 

   

2.03

 

Determination of Eligibility

 

   

 

 

The Administrative Committee shall determine whether each Director has satisfied the eligibility requirements for participation in the Plan. The Committee’s determination shall be conclusive and binding upon all persons.

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Article III

CONTRIBUTIONS

3.01

 

Deferrals

 

   

 

 

For each Plan Year commencing with 2007, a Participant may elect to defer receipt of all or any portion of his or her Compensation that he or she would otherwise receive from the Company. In addition, in October 2006 each Eligible Director who is a party to a Director Retirement Plan benefit agreement may elect to have such benefit converted to a credit to the Account established pursuant to this Plan, effective November 1, 2006.

 

   

3.02

 

Elective Deferral Election

 

   

 

 

For each Plan Year, a Participant may make an election described in Section 3.01 by filing an election form with the Administrative Committee within a reasonable period of time, as specified by the Committee, before the beginning of the Plan Year to which the Deferral election applies. A Deferral election may not be changed during the Plan Year that it is effective; provided, that upon a showing of an Unforeseeable Emergency and with the consent of the Administrative Committee, a Participant may at any time revoke his or her Deferral election with respect to Compensation he or she has not yet earned during the Plan Year. A Participant who revokes his or her Deferral election may not again make an election to defer the receipt of Compensation effective before the beginning of the next Plan Year.

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Article IV

ACCOUNTS. FUNDING AND VALUATION

4.01

 

Establishment of Account

 

   

 

 

The Administrative Committee shall open and maintain a separate Account for each Participant. Such Account shall be credited with all Deferrals for the Participant. In addition, the Account of each Eligible Director who has elected to convert his or her Director Retirement Plan benefits to an Account credit under this Plan shall be credited on November 1, 2006, with the amount approved by the Governance Committee pursuant to its resolution adopted on September 5, 2006. As soon as reasonably possible after each Valuation Date, each Participant shall be notified of the value of his or her Account.

 

   

4.02

 

Valuation of Account

 

(a)

 

Interest shall be credited to each Participant’s Account as of each Valuation Date equal to the product of

 

(1)

 

the amount credited to the Participant’s Account as of the last preceding Valuation Date, less any distributions or withdrawals and plus one-half (1/2) of Deferrals, if any, since the last preceding Valuation Date, multiplied by

 

     

 

(2)

 

the applicable interest rate; provided, however, that for the December 31, 2006 Valuation Date, interest shall be based on the Account balance on November 1, 2006, if any.

 

(b)

 

On each Valuation Date, each Participant’s Account will be credited with interest. The amount of interest will be derived from the prime interest rate published in The Wall Street Journal on the last business day coinciding with or next preceding the Valuation Date. Any prime rate up to 6% will be considered in full and 1/2 of any prime rate over 6% will be considered. The amount credited will be a proration of the prime rate considered taking into consideration the period of time elapsed since the last Valuation Date (or since November 1, 2006, in the case of the December 31, 2006 Valuation Date).

For example, if the Plan is valued quarterly and on March 31, the prime rate is 7%, the rate credited will be (1/4 x 6%) + (1/4 x 1/2 x 1%) or 1.625%.

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Article V

PARTICIPANTS’ VESTED INTERESTS

5.01

 

Vesting

Each Participant shall always be one hundred percent (100%) vested in his or her Account; provided, however, that any amount credited to a Participant’s Account on November 1, 2006 pursuant to the election described in Section 3.01 shall be forfeited if the Participant voluntarily resigns his or her position as a Director before November 1, 2007 for any reason other than disability, as determined pursuant to Section 409A(a)(2)(C) of the Code or in connection with a Change in Control. A "Change in Control" means that any of the following events occurs:

     (i) any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) (a "Person") (A) is or becomes the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of more than 35% of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or succeeds in having nominees as directors elected in an "election contest" within the meaning of Rule 14a-12(c) under the Exchange Act and (B) within 18 months thereafter, individuals who were members of the Board of Directors of the Company immediately prior to either such event cease to constitute a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company; or

     (ii) a majority of the Board ceases to be comprised of Incumbent Directors; or

     (iii) the consummation of a reorganization, merger, consolidation, plan of liquidation or dissolution, recapitalization or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the acquisition of the stock or assets of another Company, or other transaction (each, a "Business Transaction"), unless, in any such case, (A) no Person (other than the Company, any entity resulting from such Business Transaction or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company


 
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