Exhibit No. 10(d)
Constellation
Energy
Group, Inc.
Benefits Restoration
Plan
Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Purpose and Nature of the Plan
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Definitions
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Plan Administration
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4.
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Eligibility
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5.
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Computation of Restoration Benefits
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For Benefits Earned and Vested Prior to January
1, 2005
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For Benefits Earned and Vested On or After
January 1, 2005
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Compliance with Section 409A of the
Code
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9.
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Miscellaneous
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Appendix A
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Appendix B
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Appendix C
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1.
Purpose and Nature of the
Plan .
Constellation Energy
Group, Inc. (the “Company”) established the
Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Benefits Restoration Plan
(the “Plan”) and maintains the Plan as an unfunded
retirement plan for employees of the Company and its subsidiaries
whose benefits under the Pension Plan of Constellation Energy
Group, Inc. and the Nine Mile Point Pension Plan are affected
by Internal Revenue Code Limitations. The Plan is divided
into sections that separately address benefits earned and vested on
or after January 1, 2005, which are subject to Internal
Revenue Code section 409A, and benefits earned and vested before
January 1, 2005, which are “grandfathered” under
Internal Revenue Code section 409A.
2.
Definitions
. All words beginning with an
initial capital letter and not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meaning set forth in the Pension Plan. All singular
terms defined in this Plan will include the plural and vice
versa . As used herein, the following terms will have the
meaning specified below:
“Chairman” means the
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Constellation Energy
Group.
“Committee” means the
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Constellation
Energy Group.
“Constellation Energy
Group” means Constellation Energy Group, Inc., a
Maryland corporation, or its successor.
“Internal Revenue Code
Limitations” means the limitations under Sections 415 and/or
401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code.
“Key Employee” means an
employee listed each year by Constellation Energy Group on the Key
Employee list as required by Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(i), which
shall generally be comprised of officers, and shall include but not
be limited to: the 50 most highly paid officers having annual
compensation greater than $130,000 (as adjusted from time to time);
5% owners; and 1% owners having annual compensation from
Constellation Energy Group greater than $150,000 (as adjusted from
time to time). Key Employees shall be identified as of
December 31 of each year, and the List shall take effect on
April 1 of the year following.
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“Pension Plan” means the
Pension Plan of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. as may be
amended from time to time, the Nine Mile Point Pension Plan, or any
successor plan.
“Plan” means the
Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Benefits Restoration
Plan.
“Plan Administrator”
means, as set forth in Section 3, the senior human resources
executive of Constellation Energy Group.
“Severance from Service
Date” means: (i) for benefits earned and vested prior to
January 1, 2005, the same as set forth in the Pension Plan;
(ii) for benefits earned and vested on or after
January 1, 2005, the date that the employee dies, retires, or
otherwise has a termination of employment such that it is
reasonably anticipated that the employee will perform no additional
services, or the level of bona fide services performed would
permanently decrease to no more than 20 percent of the average
level of bona fide services performed in the immediately preceding
36-month period.
3.
Plan
Administration . The senior human resources executive of
Constellation Energy Group is the Plan Administrator and has sole
authority (except as specified otherwise herein) to interpret the
Plan and, in general, to make all other determinations advisable
for the administration of the Plan to achieve its stated
objective. Appeals of written decisions by the Plan
Administrator may be made to the Chairman. Decisions by the
Chairman shall be final and not subject to further appeal.
The Plan Administrator shall have the power to delegate all or any
part of his/her duties to one or more designees, and to withdraw
such authority, by written designation.
4.
Eligibility
. Each employee of
Constellation Energy Group or its subsidiaries whose Pension Plan
benefits are reduced because of Internal Revenue Code Limitations,
is a participant; provided, however that any such employee entitled
to benefits payout under a plan listed in Appendix A is not a
participant in this Plan; and provided further that employees or
classifications of employees, designated by the Chairman (or if
required by Constellation Energy Group’s corporate charter or
by-laws, designated by the Committee), and reflected in Appendix B
are also not participants in this Plan.
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5.
Computation of Restoration
Benefits . A
participant’s (or if applicable, Surviving Spouse’s or
Alternate Beneficiary’s) benefits under this Plan will be
calculated as set forth below:
(a)
Compute without regard to Internal
Revenue Code Limitations, but subject to any compensation
limitations established by the Chairman (or if required by
Constellation Energy Group’s corporate charter or by-laws,
the Committee), shown in Appendix C, the participant’s Gross
Pension under the Pension Plan based on the participant’s
Severance from Service Date and assuming that benefit payments
commence on the first of the month following the Severance From
Service Date; provided, however, that if the participant is not
eligible to have payments start under the Pension Plan as of such
date, benefit payments will be assumed to commence on the
participant’s Normal Retirement Date in the form of a single
life annuity; and
Subtract from the above amount the
participant’s Gross Pension amount under the Pension Plan
using the same Benefit Commencement Date.
(b)
Or, if a participant dies before
his/her Benefits Commencement Date, compute without regard to
Internal Revenue Code Limitations but subject to any compensation
limitations established by the Chairman (or if required by
Constellation Energy Group’s corporate charter or by-laws,
the Committee), shown in Appendix C, the participant’s
Surviving Spouse’s or Alternate Beneficiary’s benefit
under the Pension Plan based on payments commencing on the first of
the month following the participant’s date of death;
and
Subtract from the above amount the
amount payable to the Surviving Spouse or Alternate Beneficiary
under the Pension Plan based on payments commencing on the first of
the month following the participant’s date of
death.
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For Benefits Earned and Vested Prior to January 1,
2005
(a)
Form of payout of benefits - generally .
For a participant, the payout under this Plan will be a
bi-
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weekly payment, unless the
participant makes a valid election to receive his/her payout in the
form of a lump sum; however, if the present value of the
participant’s Plan payout is under $50,000, it will be paid
automatically in the form of a lump sum. For this purpose,
the present value of the Plan payout will be the amount that would
be payable to a participant under paragraph (c) if he or she
elected to receive a lump sum.
A participant may elect to receive
his/her payout in the form of a lump sum by submitting to the Plan
Administrator a signed election form. The form must be received by
the Plan Administrator before the beginning of the calendar year
during which the participant’s Severance From Service Date
occurs. The election to receive a payout in the form of a
lump sum may be revoked at any time before the beginning of the
calendar year during which the participant’s Severance From
Service Date occurs, by submitting to the Plan Administrator a new
signed election form.
(b)
Amount and timing of
participant bi-weekly benefits payout . A participant entitled to bi-weekly
benefits payouts will receive bi-weekly payments based on the
amount determined under Section 5; provided, however, that
such amounts shall be reduced as applicable in accordance with the
terms of the Pension Plan for (i) early receipt and
(ii) if the participant elects to receive such payments in the
form of a joint and survivor annuity, the cost of such annuity.
Payments under this paragraph (b) shall commence effective
with the first day of the month following the participant’s
Severance From Service Date. If such participant receives (or
would have received but for the Internal Revenue Code limitations)
cost of living adjustment(s) under the Pension Plan, the
bi-weekly payments hereunder will be automatically increased based
on the percentage of, and at the same time as, such
adjustment(s).
Bi-weekly payments to the
participant hereunder shall permanently cease upon the death of the
participant, effective with the bi-weekly payment for the period
following the month of the participant’s death.
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