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AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYEE EXCESS BENEFITS AGREEMENT

Employee Benefits Plan Agreement

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Title: AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYEE EXCESS BENEFITS AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Ohio     Date: 2/26/2009
Industry: Misc. Fabricated Products     Sector: Basic Materials

AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYEE EXCESS BENEFITS AGREEMENT, Parties: timken company
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Exhibit 10.11

AMENDED AND RESTATED
EMPLOYEE EXCESS BENEFITS AGREEMENT

          THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT, made this       day of                      , 200_, by and between                                          (the “Employee”), and THE TIMKEN COMPANY (“Timken”), an Ohio corporation having its principal offices at Canton, Ohio.

          WHEREAS, the Company and the Employee currently are parties to an Employee Excess Benefits Agreement, effective as of                      (the “ Prior Agreement ”), and the Company and the Employee desire to amend and restate the Prior Agreement to conform to the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”).

          WHEREAS, this Agreement shall supersede and completely replace the Prior Agreement as of January 1, 2009.

          NOW, THEREFORE, the parties covenant and agree as follows:

1.

 

Timken shall provide the following Excess Benefits:

 

(a)

 

Except as provided in Section 2(a), if, under the Amended and Restated Supplemental Pension Plan of The Timken Company (the “Supplemental Plan”), the Employee would be eligible for a benefit pursuant to paragraph 2(a) of the Supplemental Plan but for this Agreement and the Employee Terminates Employment (as defined in Section 4(a) of this Agreement) after having been an elected officer of Timken for five or more years, the Employee shall be eligible to receive a benefit in an amount equal to the difference between

 

 

(i)

 

the monthly pension the Employee would be entitled to receive under the 1984 Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees of The Timken Company, the Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees of The Timken Company and the Timken-Latrobe-MPB-Torrington Retirement Plan (hereinafter the “Retirement Plans”) were it not for the limitations imposed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, (“ERISA”) and Sections 401 and 415 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (hereinafter collectively referred to as “the Code Limitations”), and

 

 

(ii)

 

the monthly pension he would actually receive under the Retirement Plans.

 

 

 

If any portion of the Employee’s benefit under the Retirement Plans is not payable at the same time the Employee’s Excess Benefits are payable, the corresponding portion of the Excess Benefit under this Section 1(a) shall be determined by calculating such

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corresponding portion of the Excess Benefit that would be payable under Section 1(a) and that portion of the benefit that would be payable under the Retirement Plans at age 65 and then actuarially reducing such Excess Benefit from age 65 to the commencement date provided under this Agreement for the Excess Benefits. Any actuarial adjustments under this Section 1(a) shall be based on the “applicable mortality table,” as defined in Code Section 417(e)(3) and the “applicable interest rate” as defined in Code Section 417(e)(3), during the third calendar month (October) immediately preceding the first day of the calendar year in which the determination is made.

 

 

 

The Excess Benefits to which the Employee is entitled under this Section 1(a) shall commence, subject to Section 3, on the first day of the month following the later of (A) the Employee’s Termination of Employment or (B) the Employee’s ___ birthday. The form of payment of the Excess Benefits to which the Employee is entitled under this Section 1(a) shall be as specified under the provisions applicable to Participants under the Supplemental Plan.

 

 

(b)

 

If a married Employee dies after having been an elected officer of Timken for five or more years but prior to commencement of the Employee’s benefit payments and the Employee’s Spouse is entitled to a monthly pension under the Retirement Plans, Timken shall pay to the Employee’s Spouse an amount equal to the difference between the monthly pension the Employee’s Spouse would be entitled to receive under the Retirement Plans, were it not for the Code Limitations, and the monthly pension the Employee’s Spouse would actually receive under the Retirement Plans. Monthly payments shall be made until the Spouse’s death. A Spouse’s benefit under this Section 1(b), shall commence on the first day of the month following the later of (A) the Employee’s death, or (B) the date on which the Employee would have reached age       .

 

 

(c)

 

Except as provided in Section 2(a), if the Employee Terminates Employment after having been an elected officer of Timken for five or more years, the Employee shall be entitled to a monthly benefit under this Agreement equal to 60% of one-twelfth of Final Average Earnings (as defined in the Retirement Plans without consideration of the pay limitation under Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) Section 401(a)(17) and based on a five non-consecutive year average), multiplied by the following ratio:

Years of Continuous Service (to a maximum of 10)
10

 

 

 

reduced by each of the following:

 

(i)

 

the monthly payment from the Retirement Plans before any adjustments for optional forms of benefits are made but after any adjustment for early commencement,

 

 

(ii)

 

the monthly payment under subsection (a) above before any adjustments for optional forms of benefits are made but after any adjustment for early commencement, and

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(iii)

 

the monthly annuity value equal to the sum of (A) the account balance the Employee would have accumulated under the Savings and Investment Pension (SIP) Plan and any other qualified defined contribution plans sponsored by Timken and the Post-Tax Savings Plan (the “Savings Plans”) as of December 31, 2008 but excluding amounts contributed by the Employee as of such date, such account balance being determined in the manner set forth in the next to last paragraph of this Section 1(c), plus (B) the account balance the Employee would have accumulated under the Savings Plans during the period beginning on January 1, 2009 and ending on the date that Excess Benefits are to commence under this Section 1(c), but excluding amounts contributed by the Employee during such period, such account balance being determined in the manner set forth in the next to last paragraph of this Section 1(c).

 

 

 

The benefit to which the Employee is entitled to receive under this Section 1(c) shall commence, subject to Section 3, on the first day of the month following the later of (I) the Employee’s Termination of Employment, or (II) the Employee’s ___ birthday, and shall be paid in the form of a monthly annuity for the life of the Participant.

 

 

 

 

In the event the benefits described in Sections 1(c)(i) and 1(c)(ii) are not payable immediately because the Employee has not met the service requirements in the Retirement Plans, for purposes of this section, the benefits will be reduced for early commencement in the same manner as if the Employee met the service requirement for immediate commencement.

 

 

 

 

For purposes of Section 1(c)(iii)(A), the account balances related to the Savings Plans will be determined by (w) assuming the Employee received in an account held for the Employee under the Savings Plans the maximum amount of matching contributions for each year he was an employee and eligible to participate in the Savings Plans and (x) using the actual contributions made by Timken for all other purposes to the Savings Plans. For purposes of Section 1(c)(iii)(B), the account balances related to the Savings Plans will be determined by (y) assuming the Employee received in an account held for the Employee under the Savings Plans the maximum amount of matching contributions at the rate specified for matching contributions in Exhibit B for each year he was an employee and eligible to participate in the Savings Plans and (z) assuming Timken’s contributions to the account held for the Employee under the Savings Plan, in addition to the matching contributions described in (y), consisted only of the Core Contributions (as defined in the Savings Plans) under the Savings Plans at the rate specified for Core Contributions in Exhibit B for each year he was an employee and eligible for Core Contributions in the Savings Plans. For purposes of Section 1(c)(iii), interest will be credited to such account at a rate of eight percent (8%) per annum beginning at the end of the year to which the contributions are attributable. For purposes of Section 1(c)(iii), the monthly annuity will be that which could be purchased on the date of the Employee’s Termination of Employment with the account balance at the date that Excess Benefits are to commence under this Section 1(c) from an insurance company which at the time of purchase has the highest rating by A. M. Best assuming that the annuity is purchased with

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assets from a qualified retirement plan, is based on group rates, is on a no commission basis and is payable for the Employee’s lifetime, with no continuation after the Employee’s death.

 

 

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection (c), if the Employee’s benefit

 

 

 

payable under this subsection (c) commences prior to attaining age 62, such benefit (before the reductions described in Sections 1(c)(i), 1(c)(ii) and 1(c)(iii) are made) shall be reduced by 4% for each year by which the commencement date of the benefit precedes age 62.

 

 

(d)

 

[Except as provided in Section 2(a), if the Employee Terminates Employment after having been an elected officer of Timken for five or more years, the Employee shall be entitled to a lump sum benefit under this Agreement equal to $       plus interest on such amount at a rate equal to 8% per year during the period beginning on January 1, 2009 and ending on the last day of the month preceding the month in which such amount is paid in accordance with the following sentence. The benefit to which the Employee is entitled to receive under this Section 1(d) shall be paid in a single lump sum, subject to Section 3, on the first day of the month following the later of (A) the Employee’s Termination of Employment, or (B) the Employee’s           birthday.]

 

 

(e)

 

If a married Employee is eligible for a benefit under Section 1(c), his surviving spouse shall be entitled to a monthly benefit after the death of the Employee as follows:

 

 

(i)

 

If a married Employee dies after the Employee has started to receive the benefit provided for under Section 1(c), the Employee’s surviving spouse shall be entitled to receive an immediate monthly benefit equal to 50% of the amount the Employee was receiving pursuant to Section 1(c). Such benefit will commence on the first day of the month next following the month of the Employee’s death.

 

 

(ii)

 

If a married Employee dies before the Employee has started to receive the benefit provided for under Section 1(c) but after having been an elected officer of Timken for five or more years, the Employee’s Surviving Spouse shall be entitled to a monthly benefit equal to 50% of the amount the Employee would have received pursuant to Section 1(c) if the Employee had commenced to receive that monthly benefit at the Surviving Spouse’s benefit commencement date specified below, determined by taking into account the Employee’s Final Average Earnings and years of Continuous Service as of the Employee’s date of death. The surviving spouse’s benefit payments pursuant to this subsection (ii) will commence on the first day of the month next following the later of (A) the Employee’s death, or (B) the date on which the Employee would have reached age           .

 

 

(iii)

 

Monthly payments to a surviving spouse pursuant to this Section 1(e) shall be made until the spouse’s death.

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2.

 

(a) If (i) the Employee voluntarily terminates employment with Timken prior to having been an elected officer of Timken for five or more years, (ii) Timken discharges the Employee or requests that he resign his employment, prior to the Employee having been an elected officer of Timken for five or more years, or (iii) the E


 
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