SITHE STABLE PENSION ACCOUNT
PLAN
As Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2007
WHEREAS, effective as of January 1, 2007,
the Sithe Stable Pension Account Plan (the “Plan”) was
amended and restated in its entirety;
WHEREAS, by the terms of Section 11.1 of
the Plan, the Administrative Committee, which is the Dynegy Inc.
Benefit Plans Committee, may amend the Plan as necessary to bring
the Plan into conformity with legal requirements; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary that certain technical
amendments be made to the Plan in order to comply with final
regulations issued under section 415 of the Internal Revenue
Code;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended,
effective as of the dates specified below, as follows:
1. Effective January 1, 2008,
Section 1.2 of the Plan is amended by adding the following new
paragraph at the end thereof:
“Effective on and after January 1,
2008, the applicable mortality table used for adjusting any benefit
or limitation under Code Section 415(b)(2)(B), (C), or
(D) as referenced in Section 4.7 of the Plan and the
applicable mortality table used for the purposes of satisfying the
requirements of Code Section 417(e) as set forth in this Section
1.2 is the “applicable mortality table” as that term is
defined in the Pension Protection Act of 2006 and as applied in
accordance with guidance issued currently and in the future by the
Internal Revenue Service.”
2. Effective January 1, 2008, the
provisions of Section I. of the Seventh Amendment to Plan
(which actually was Amendment One to the Sithe Stable Pension
Account Plan, as Amended and Restated Effective January 1,
2007), effective January 1, 2000, amending Section 1.4 of
the Plan are hereby restated as follows:
“1.4 ‘ Applicable Interest
Rate ’ means the interest rate specified under Code
Section 417(e)(3) as in effect for the November preceding the
start of the Plan Year in which the payment is made. On and after
January 1, 2008, the annual rate is the adjusted first,
second, and third segment rates applied under rules similar to the
rules of Code Section 430(h)(2)(C) for the November preceding
the start of the Plan Year in which the payment is made. For
purposes of this Paragraph, the adjusted first, second, and third
segment rates are the first, second, and third segment rates which
would be determined under Code Section 430(h)(2)(C) if
(i) Code Section 430(h)(2)(D) were applied by
substituting the average yields for the month described in clause
(ii) for the average yields for the 24-month period described
in such section; (ii) Code Section 430(h)(2)(G)(i)(ii)
were applied by substituting “section
417(e)(3)(A)(ii)(II)” for “section
412(b)(5)(B)(ii)(II)”; and (iii) the applicable
percentage under Code Section 430(h)(2)(G) were determined in
accordance with the following table:
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For Plan
Year
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Applicable Percentage
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20
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%
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40
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%
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60
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%
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80
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%”
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3. Effective for limitation years beginning
on or after July 1, 2007, Section 4.7 of the Plan is
amended to read in its entirety as follows:
“4.7
Maximum Benefit Limitation .
(A)
Limitations Imposed by Section 415 of the Internal Revenue
Code :
(1) The limitations of this
Section 4.7(A) shall apply on and after January 1, 2008,
except as otherwise provided herein.
(2) The Annual Benefit otherwise payable to
a Member under the Plan at any time shall not exceed the Maximum
Permissible Benefit. If the benefit the Member would otherwise
accrue in a Limitation Year would produce an Annual Benefit in
excess of the Maximum Permissible Benefit, the benefit shall be
limited (or the rate of accrual reduced) to a benefit that does not
exceed the Maximum Permissible Benefit.
(3) If the Member is, or has ever been, a
participant in another qualified defined benefit plan (without
regard to whether the plan has been terminated) maintained by the
employer or a predecessor employer, the sum of the Member’s
Annual Benefits from all such plans may not exceed the Maximum
Permissible Benefit. Where the Member’s employer-provided
benefits under all such defined benefit plans (determined as of the
same age) would exceed the Maximum Permissible Benefit applicable
at that age, the maximum monthly retirement income applicable to
all such defined benefit plans of the employer shall be determined
and allocated on a pro rata basis in proportion to the actuarially
equivalent amount of retirement income otherwise accrued under each
such defined benefit plan so that the Maximum Permissible Benefit
is not exceeded.
(4) The application of the provisions of
this section shall not cause the Maximum Permissible Benefit for
any Member to be less than the Member’s accrued benefit under
all the defined benefit plans of the employer or a predecessor
employer as of the end of the last Limitation Year beginning before
July 1, 2007 under provisions of the plans that were both
adopted and in effect before April 5, 2007. The preceding
sentence applies only if the provisions of such defined benefit
plans that were both adopted and in effect before April 5,
2007 satisfied the applicable requirements of statutory provisions,
regulations, and other published guidance relating to
Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code in effect as of the
end of the last Limitation Year beginning before July 1, 2007,
as described in Section 1.415(a)-1(g)(4) of the Treasury
regulations.
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(5) The limitations of this
Section 4.7(A) shall be determined and applied taking into
account the rules in Section 4.7(A)(7).
(a) “Annual Benefit” shall mean a
benefit that is payable annually in the form of a straight life
annuity. Except as provided below, where a benefit is payable in a
form other than a straight life annuity, the benefit shall be
adjusted to an actuarially equivalent straight life annuity that
begins at the same time as such other form of benefit and is
payable on the first day of each month, before applying the
limitations of this Section 4.7(A). For a Member who has or
will have distributions commencing at more than one annuity
starting date, the Annual Benefit shall be determined as of each
such annuity starting date (and shall satisfy the limitations of
this Section 4.7(A) as of each such date), actuarially
adjusting for past and future distributions of benefits commencing
at the other annuity starting dates. For this purpose, the
determination of whether a new starting date has occurred shall be
made without regard to Section 1.401(a)-20, Q&A 10(d), and
with regard to Section 1.415(b)-1(b)(1)(iii)(B) and
(C) of the Treasury regulations.
No actuarial adjustment to the benefit shall be
made for (1) survivor benefits payable to a surviving spouse
under a qualified joint and survivor annuity to the extent such
benefits would not be payable if the Member’s benefit were
paid in another form; (2) benefits that are not directly related to
retirement benefits (such as a qualified disability benefit,
preretirement incidental death benefits, and postretirement medical
benefits); or (3) the inclusion in the form of benefit of an
automatic benefit increase feature, provided the form of benefit is
not subject to Section 417(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
and would otherwise satisfy the limitations of this
Section 4.7(A), and the Plan provides that the amount payable
under the form of benefit in any Limitation Year shall not exceed
the limits of this Section 4.7(A) applicable at the annuity
starting date, as increased in subsequent years pursuant to
Section 415(d) of the Internal Revenue Code. For this purpose,
an automatic benefit increase feature is included in a form of
benefit if the form of benefit provides for automatic, periodic
increases to the benefits paid in that form.
The determination of the Annual Benefit shall
take into account Social Security supplements described in
Section 411(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code and benefits
transferred from another defined benefit plan, other than transfers
of distributable benefits pursuant to Section 1.411(d)-4,
Q&A-3(c), of the Treasury regulations, but shall disregard
benefits attributable to employee contributions or rollover
contributions.
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Effective for distributions in Plan Years
beginning after December 31, 2003, the determination of
actuarial equivalence of forms of benefit other than a straight
life annuity shall be made in accordance with
Section 4.7(A)(6)(a)(i) or (ii) below.
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(i)
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Benefit Forms Not Subject to
Section 417(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
: The straight life
annuity that is actuarially equivalent to the Member’s form
of benefit shall be determined under this subsection (i) if
the form of the Member’s benefit is either (1) a
nondecreasing annuity (other than a straight life annuity) payable
for a period of not less than the life of the Member (or, in the
case of a qualified pre-retirement survivor annuity, the life of
the surviving spouse), or (2) an annuity that decreases during
the life of the Member merely because of (a) the death of the
survivor annuitant (but only if the reduction is not below 50% of
the benefit payable before the death of the survivor annuitant), or
(b) the cessation or reduction of Social Security supplements
or qualified disability payments (as defined in
Section 401(a)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code).
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(A)
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Limitation Years beginning before
July 1, 2007 . For Limitation Years beginning
before July 1, 2007, the actuarially equivalent straight life
annuity is equal to the annual amount of the straight life annuity
commencing at the same annuity starting date that has the same
actuarial present value as the Member’s form of benefit
computed using whichever of the following produces the greater
annual amount: (I) the interest rate specified in
Section 1.2(a) of the Plan (hereinafter referred to as the
“Plan Interest Rate”) and the mortality table (or other
tabular factor) specified in Section 1.2(a) of the Plan
(hereinafter referred to as the “Plan Mortality Table”)
for adjusting benefits in the same form; and (II) a
5 percent interest rate assumption and the applicable
mortality table prescribed in Revenue Ruling 2001-62 for that
annuity starting date.
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(B)
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Limitation Years beginning on or
after July 1, 2007 . For Limitation Years beginning on
or after July 1, 2007, the actuarially equivalent straight
life annuity is equal to the greater of (I) the annual amount
of the straight life annuity (if any) payable to the Member under
the Plan commencing at the same annuity starting date as the
Member’s form of benefit; and (II) the annual amount of
the straight life annuity commencing at the same annuity starting
date that has the same actuarial present value as the
Member’s form of benefit, computed using a 5 percent
interest rate assumption and the Applicable Mortality Table defined
in Section 1.2 of the Plan for that annuity starting
date.
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(ii)
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Benefit Forms Subject to
Section 417(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
: The straight life
annuity that is actuarially equivalent to the Member’s form
of benefit shall be determined under this subsection (ii) if
the form of the Member’s benefit is other than a benefit form
described in subsection (i) above. In this case, the
actuarially equivalent straight life annuity shall be determined as
follows:
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(A)
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Annuity Starting Date in Plan Years
Beginning After 2005 . If the annuity starting date of
the Member’s form of benefit is in a Plan Year beginning
after 2005, the actuarially equivalent straight life annuity is
equal to the greatest of (I) the annual amount of the straight
life annuity commencing at the same annuity starting date that has
the same actuarial present value as the Member’s form of
benefit, computed using the Plan Interest Rate specified in
Section 1.2(a) of the Plan and the Plan Mortality Table (or
other tabular factor) specified in Section 1.2(a) of the Plan
for adjusting benefits in the same form; (II) the annual
amount of the straight life annuity commencing at the same annuity
starting date that has the same actuarial present value as the
Member’s form of benefit, computed using a 5.5 percent
interest rate assumption and the applicable mortality table
prescribed in Revenue Ruling 2001-62; and (III) the annual
amount of the straight life annuity commencing at the same annuity
starting date that has the same actuarial present value as the
Member’s form of benefit, computed using the applicable
interest rate defined in Section 1.4 of the Plan for that
annuity starting date (hereinafter referred to as the
“Applicable Interest Rate”) and the applicable
mortality table prescribed in Revenue Ruling 2001-62, divided by
1.05.
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(B)
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Annuity Starting Date in Plan Years
Beginning in 2004 or 2005 . If the annuity starting date of
the Member’s form of benefit is in a Plan Year beginning in
2004 or 2005, the actuarially equivalent straight life annuity is
equal to the annual amount of the straight life annuity commencing
at the same annuity starting date that has the same actuarial
present value as the Member’s form of benefit, computed using
whichever of the following produces the greater annual amount:
(I) the Plan Interest Rate specified in Section 1.2(a) of
the Plan and the Plan Mortality Table (or other tabular factor)
specified in Section 1.2(a) of the Plan for adjusting benefits
in the same form; and (II) a 5.5 percent interest rate
assumption and the applicable mortality table prescribed in Revenue
Ruling 2001-62.
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(b) “IRC 415 Compensation” shall
mean wages, salaries, and fees for professional services and other
amounts received (without regard to whether or not an amount is
paid in cash) for personal services actually rendered in the course
of employment with the Employer maintaining the Plan to the extent
that the amounts are includible in gross income (including, but not
limited to, commissions paid salespersons, compensation for
services on the basis of a percentage of profits, commissions on
insurance premiums, tips, bonuses, fringe benefits, and
reimbursements, or other expense allowances under a nonaccountable
plan [as described in Section 1.62-2(c) of the Treasury
regulations]), and excluding the following:
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(i)
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Employer contributions (other than
elective contributions described in Sections 402(e)(3),
408(k)(6), 408(p)(2)(A)(i), or 457(b) of the Internal Revenue Code)
to a plan of deferred compensation (including a simplified employee
pension described in Section 408(k) or a simple retirement
account described in Section 408(p) of the Internal Revenue
Code, and whether or not qualified) to the extent such
contributions are not includible in the Employee’s gross
income for the taxable year in which contributed, and any
distributions (whether or not includible in gross income when
distributed) from a plan of deferred compensation (whether or not
qualified), other than, amounts received during the year by an
Employee pursuant to a nonqualified unfunded deferred compensation
plan to the extent includible in gross income;
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(ii)
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amounts realized from the exercise
of a nonstatutory stock option (that is, an option other than a
statutory stock option as defined in Section 1.421-1(b) of the
Treasury regulations), or when restricted stock (or property) held
by the Employee either becomes freely transferable or is no longer
subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture;
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(iii)
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amounts realized from the sale,
exchange or other disposition of stock acquired under a statutory
stock option;
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(iv)
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other amounts that receive special
tax benefits, such as premiums for group-term life insurance (but
only to the extent that the premiums are not includible in the
gross income of the Employee and are not salary reduction amounts
that are described in Section 125 of the Internal Revenue
Code); and
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(v)
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other items of remuneration that are
similar to any of the items listed in (i) through
(iv).
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For any
self-employed individual, IRC 415 Compensation shall mean earned
income.
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Except as provided herein, for Limitation Years
beginning after December 31, 1991, IRC 415 Compensation
for a Limitation Year is the IRC 415 Compensation actually paid or
made available during such Limitation Year. IRC 415 Compensation
for a Limitation Year shall include amounts earned but not paid
during the Limitation Year solely because of the timing of pay
periods and pay dates, provided the amounts are paid during the
first few weeks of the next Limitation Year, the amounts are
included on a uniform and consistent basis with respect to all
similarly situated employees, and no compensation is included in
more than one Limitation Year.
For Limitation Years beginning on or after
July 1, 2007, IRC 415 Compensation for a Limitation Year shall
also include compensation paid by the later of 2
1 / 2
months after an Employee’s
severance from employment with the employer maintaining the Plan or
the end of the Limitation Year that includes the date of the
Employee’s severance from employment with the employer
maintaining the Plan, if:
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(i)
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the
payment is regular compensation for services during the
Employee’s regular working hours, or compensation for
services outside the Employee’s regular working hours (such
as overtime or shift differential), commissions, bonuses, or other
similar payments, and, absent a severance from employment, the
payments would have been paid to the Employee while the Employee
continued in employment with the Employer;
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(ii)
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the
payment is for unused accrued bona fide sick, vacation or other
leave that the Employee would have been able to use if employment
had continued; or
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(iii)
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the
payment is received by the Employee pursuant to a nonqualified
unfunded deferred compensation plan and would have been paid at the
same time if employment had continued, but only to the extent
includible in gross income.
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Any payments not described above shall not be
considered IRC 415 Compensation if paid after severance from
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