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Exhibit 10.16
ABM DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
Effective October 31, 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I DEFINITIONS
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1.01 "Account"
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1.02 "Administrative Committee" or
"Committee"
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1.03 "Beneficiary"
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1.04 "Board"
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1.05 "Company"
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1.06 "Compensation"
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1.07 "Deferral"
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1.08 "Director"
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1.09 "Effective Date"
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1.10 "Internal Revenue Code" or "Code"
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1.11 "Participant"
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1.12 "Person"
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1.13 "Plan"
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1.14 "Plan Administrator"
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1.15 "Plan Year"
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1.16 "Unforeseeable Emergency"
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1.17 "Valuation Date"
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Article II ELIGIBILITY FOR
PARTICIPATION
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2.01 Eligibility Requirements
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2.02 Change in Status
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2.03 Determination of Eligibility
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Article III CONTRIBUTIONS
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3.01 Deferrals
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3.02 Elective Deferral Election
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Article IV ACCOUNTS. FUNDING AND
VALUATION
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4.01 Establishment of Account
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4.02 Valuation of Account
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Article V PARTICIPANTS’ VESTED
INTERESTS
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5.01 Vesting
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Article VI DISTRIBUTION OF
BENEFITS
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6.01 Distribution of Benefits
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6.02 Retirement and Termination
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6.03 Unforeseeable Emergency
Withdrawals
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6.04 Form of Distribution
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Article VII DEATH
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7.01 Death
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Article VIII THE ADMINISTRATIVE
COMMITTEE
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8.01 Duties and Responsibility
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8.02 Allocation and Delegation of
Responsibilities
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8.03 Expenses and Compensation
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8.04 Information from Company
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8.05 Administrative Committee;
Signature
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Article IX PARTICIPANTS’
RIGHTS
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9.01 Disclosures
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9.02 Filing a Claim for Benefits
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9.03 Denial of a Claim
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9.04 Limitation of Rights
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Article X AMENDMENT AND
TERMINATION
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10.01 Amendment or Termination
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10.02 Procedure Upon Termination of the
Plan
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Article XI MISCELLANEOUS
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11.01 Execution of Receipts and
Releases
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11.02 Notice and Unclaimed Benefits
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11.03 Non-Alienation of Benefits
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11.04 Loans to Participants
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11.05 Benefits Payable to Incompetents
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11.06 Applicable Law
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11.07 Headings as Guide
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11.08 Pronouns
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11.09 Reference to Laws
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11.10 Participant’s Rights
Unsecured
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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.
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1.01
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" Account " means the account established
and maintained by the Administrative Committee for each
Participant.
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1.02
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" Administrative Committee " or "
Committee " means the Governance Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company.
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1.03
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" 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.
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1.04
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" Board " means the Board of Directors of
the Company.
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1.05
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" Company " means ABM Industries
Incorporated, and, where appropriate, its successors or
assigns.
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1.06
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" 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.
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1.07
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" Deferral " means an amount that a
Participant has elected to defer under Article III.
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1.08
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" Director " means any individual who is a
member of the Board and who is not an employee of the
Company.
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1.09
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" Effective Date " means October 31,
2006.
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1.10
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" Internal Revenue Code " or " Code
" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
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1.11
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" 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.
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1.12
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" 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.
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1.13
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" Plan " means the ABM Deferred
Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors.
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" Plan Administrator " means the
Company.
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1.15
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" Plan Year " means the calendar
year.
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1.16
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" 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.
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1.17
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" Valuation Date " means March 31,
June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each Plan
Year.
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Article II
ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION
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2.01
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Eligibility Requirements
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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.
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2.02
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Change in Status
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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.
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2.03
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Determination of Eligibility
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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
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3.01
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Deferrals
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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.
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3.02
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Elective Deferral Election
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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
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4.01
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Establishment of Account
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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.
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4.02
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Valuation of Account
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(a)
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Interest shall be credited to each
Participant’s Account as of each Valuation Date equal to the
product of
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(1)
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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
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(2)
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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.
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(b)
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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).
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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
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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