Exhibit 10.1
Caremark RX, Inc.
Deferred Compensation
Plan
Amended and Restated as of
December 31, 2008
Exhibit 10.1
CAREMARK RX, INC.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION
PLAN
Table of
Contents
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ARTICLE 1 – Definitions
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ARTICLE 2 – Selection, Enrollment,
Eligibility
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ARTICLE 3 – Deferral Commitments /
Crediting / Taxes
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ARTICLE 4 – Scheduled Distribution;
Unforeseeable Emergency
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ARTICLE 5 – Retirement Benefit
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ARTICLE 6 – Termination
Benefit
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ARTICLE 7 – Disability Benefit
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ARTICLE 8 – Death Benefit
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ARTICLE 9 – Beneficiary
Designation
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ARTICLE 10 – Leave of Absence
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ARTICLE 11 – Termination of Plan,
Amendment or Modification
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ARTICLE 12 – Administration
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ARTICLE 13 – Other Benefits and
Agreements
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ARTICLE 14 – Claims Procedures
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ARTICLE 15 – Trust
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ARTICLE 16 – Miscellaneous
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Exhibit 10.1
CAREMARK RX, INC.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION
PLAN
Effective April 1,
2005
Purpose
The purpose of this Plan is to
provide specified benefits to a select group of management or
highly compensated Employees who contribute materially to the
continued growth, development and future business success of
Caremark Rx, LLC (successor to Caremark, Rx, Inc., a Delaware
corporation,) and its subsidiaries, if any, that sponsor this Plan.
This Plan shall be unfunded for tax purposes and for purposes of
Title I of ERISA. The Plan is effective as of April 1,
2005.
Effective as of March 22, 2007
Caremark Rx, Inc. was acquired by the CVS Corporation. Effective as
of September 24, 2008, Caremark Rx, LLC transferred the
sponsorship of the Plan to CVS Caremark Corporation.
Effective as of December 31,
2008, the Plan is amended and restated to comply with the
provisions of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and
guidance issued thereunder, to freeze participation hereunder and,
to provide, except as provided below, no further Annual Deferral
Amounts may be made by Participants, nor shall they be accepted by
the Plan.
Notwithstanding the above paragraph
or anything in the Plan to the contrary:
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1.
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All irrevocable
election made pursuant to the Plan respecting the deferral of all
or any portion of the Bonus earned by Participants during the Plan
Year ending December 31, 2008 and payable in the first quarter
of the Plan Year beginning January 1, 2009 shall be honored
and all Annual Deferral Amounts respecting the deferral of such
Bonus shall be credited to the Deferral Accounts of Participants
who have made such elections.
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2.
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All Deferral
Accounts shall continue to be maintained under the Plan and shall
be distributed in accordance with the applicable, valid Participant
election as in effect on December 31, 2008.
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3.
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Deferral
Accounts shall continue to be credited with gains and losses
determined under the applicable Measurement Funds under
Section 3.6 of the Plan and Participants may change their
elections respecting Measurement Funds pursuant to
Section 3.6(b) of the Plan. Participants may also change their
Beneficiary designation at any time and from time to time prior to
their Benefit Distribution Date.
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4.
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Participants
may elect to postpone previously elected Scheduled Distributions in
accordance with Section 4.2 of the Plan and with the
requirements of Section 409A of the Code and regulations or
other official guidance issued thereunder.
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ARTICLE 1 –
DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this Plan, unless
otherwise clearly apparent from the context, the following phrases
or terms shall have the indicated meanings:
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Annual Deferral Amount ” shall mean that portion of a
Participant’s Base Salary and/or Bonus, that a Participant
defers in accordance with Article 3 for any one Plan Year, without
regard to whether such amounts are withheld and credited during
such Plan Year. In the event of a Participant’s Retirement,
Disability, death or Termination of Employment prior to the end of
a Plan Year, such year’s Annual Deferral Amount shall be the
actual amount withheld prior to such event.
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Annual Installment Method ” shall be an annual
installment payment over the number of years selected by the
participant in accordance with this Plan, calculated as follows:
(i) for the first annual installment, the Participant’s
Deferral Account shall be valued as of the close of business on or
around the Participant’s Benefit Distribution Date, as
determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, and
(ii) for remaining annual installments, the
Participant’s Deferred Account shall be valued on every
anniversary of such calculation date, as applicable. Each annual
installment shall be calculated by multiplying this balance by a
fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of
which is the remaining number of annual payment due the
Participant.
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“ Base
Salary ” shall mean the annual cash compensation relating
to services performed during any calendar year, including
commissions payments, but excluding distributions from nonqualified
deferred compensation plans, bonuses, overtime, fringe benefits,
stock options, relocation expenses, incentive payments,
non-monetary awards, director fees and other fees, and automobile
and other allowances paid to a Participant for employment services
rendered (whether or not such allowances are included in the
Employee’s gross income.) Base Salary shall be calculated
before reduction for compensation voluntarily deferred or
contributed by the Participant pursuant to all qualified or
nonqualified plans of any Employer and shall be calculated to
include amounts not otherwise included in the Participant’s
gross income under Code Sections 125 or 402(e)(3) pursuant to plans
established by any Employer; provided, that all such amounts will
be included in compensation only to the extent that had there been
no such plan, the amount would have been payable in cash to the
Employee.
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Beneficiary ” shall mean one or more persons, trusts,
estates or other entities, designated in accordance with Article 9,
that are entitled to receive benefits under this Plan upon the
death of a Participant.
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Beneficiary Designation Form ” shall mean the form
established from time to time by the Committee that a Participant
completes, signs, and returns to the Committee to designate one or
more Beneficiaries.
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Benefit Distribution Date ” shall mean the date that
triggers distribution of a Participant’s Deferral Account. A
Participant’s Benefit Distribution Date shall be determined
upon the occurrence of any one of the following:
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If the
Participant Retires, his or her Benefit Distribution Date shall be
(i) the first business day following the last day of the
six-month period immediately following the date on which the
Participant Retires if the Participant is a Specified Employee, and
(ii) for all other Participants, the last business day of the
Plan Year in which the Participant Retires; provided, in the event
the Participant changes his or her Retirement Benefit election in
accordance with Section 5.2(a), his or her Benefit
Distribution Date shall be no sooner than the five (5) year
anniversary of the otherwise applicable Benefit Distribution
Date;
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b.
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If the
Participant experiences a Termination of Employment, his or her
Benefit Distribution Date shall be (i) the first business day
following the last day of the six-month period immediately
following the date on which the Participant experiences a
Termination of Employment if the Participant is a Specified
Employee, and (ii) for all other Participants, the last
business day of the Plan Year in which the Participant experiences
a Termination of Employment; provided, in the event the Participant
changes his or her Termination Benefit election in accordance with
Section 6.2(a), his or her Benefit Distribution Date shall be
no sooner than the five (5) year anniversary of the otherwise
applicable Benefit Distribution Date;
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c.
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The first
business date following the date on which the Committee is provided
with proof that is satisfactory to the Committee of the
Participant’s death, if the Participant dies prior to the
complete distribution of his or her Deferral Account; or
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d.
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The date on
which the Participant becomes Disabled.
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“
Board ” shall mean the board of directors of the
Company.
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8.
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Bonus ” shall mean any compensation earned by a
Participant for services rendered with respect to any Plan Year
under any Employer’s annual bonus and cash incentive
plans.
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9.
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Change in Control ” shall mean prior to
January 1, 2009, any change in the ownership or effective
control of Caremark Rx, Inc that qualified as a “change in
control” under the provisions of
Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Code, as amended. On and after
January 1, 2009 Change in Control shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 3 of the Universal 409A Definition
Document.
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10.
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“
Claimant ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 14.1.
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11.
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Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended from time to time.
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12.
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Committee ” shall mean the committee described in
ARTICLE 12.
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13.
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Company ” shall mean CVS Caremark Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, and any corporate successor thereto. (Prior
to September 24, 2008, “Company” shall mean
Caremark Rx, LLC (successor to Caremark Rx, Inc.)
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14.
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“
Death Benefit ” shall mean the benefit set forth in
Article 8
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15.
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“
Deferral Account ” shall mean (i) the sum of all
of a Participant’s Annual Deferral Amounts, plus
(ii) amounts credited or debited to the Participant’s
Deferral Account in accordance with this Plan, less (iii) all
distributions made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary
pursuant to this Plan that relate to his or her Deferral Account.
The Deferral Account shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be
utilized solely as a device for the measurement and determination
of the amounts to be paid to a Participant, or his or her
designated Beneficiary, pursuant to this Plan. Within each
Participant’s Deferral Account, separate subaccounts shall be
maintained to the extent necessary for the administration of the
Plan. Generally, subaccounts will be set up for each year, for each
Annual Deferral Amount the Participant elects.
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“Disability ” or “ Disabled ” shall
mean that a Participant is (i) unable to engage in any
substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to
result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period
of not less than 12 months, or (ii) by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to
result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period
of not less than 12 months, receiving income replacement benefits
for a period of not less than 3 months under an accident or health
plan covering employees or the Participant’s Employer. Any
determination of Disability shall at all times comply with the
requirements of Treas. Regs. Section 1.409A -3(i)(4) and
subsequent guidance.
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“
Disability Benefit ” shall mean the benefit set forth
in Article 7.
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18.
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Effective Date ” means April 1, 2005. The
Effective Date of this amendment and restatement means
January 1, 2009.
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19.
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Election Form ” shall mean the form established from
time to time by the Committee that a Participant completes, signs
and returns to the Committee to make an election under the
Plan.
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20.
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“
Employee ” shall mean a person who is a common law
employee of any Employer.
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“
Employer(s) ” shall mean the Caremark Rx, LLC
(successor to Caremark Rx, Inc.) and/or any of its subsidiaries
(now in existence or hereafter formed or acquired) that have been
selected by the Board to participate in the Plan and have adopted
the Plan as a sponsor.
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“
ERISA ” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as it may be amended from time to
time.
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“
Participant ” shall mean any Employee (i) who is
selected to participate in the Plan, (ii) who submits an
executed Plan Agreement, Election Form and Beneficiary Designation
Form, which is accepted by the Committee, and (iii) whose Plan
Agreement has not terminated.
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“
Plan ” shall mean the Caremark Rx, Inc. Deferred
Compensation Plan, which shall be evidenced by this instrument and
by each Plan Agreement, as they may be amended from time to
time.
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“ Plan
Agreement ” shall mean a written agreement, as may be
amended from time to time, which is entered into by and between an
Employer and a Participant. Each Plan Agreement executed by a
Participant and the Participant’s Employer shall provide for
the entire benefit to which such Participant is entitled under the
Plan; should there be more than one Plan Agreement, the Plan
Agreement bearing the latest date of acceptance by the Employer
shall supersede all previous Plan Agreements in their entirety and
shall govern such entitlement. The terms of any Plan Agreement may
be different for any Participant, and any Plan Agreement may
provide additional benefits not set forth in the Plan or limit the
benefits otherwise provided under the Plan; provided, that any such
additional benefits or benefit limitations must be agreed to by
both the Employer and the Participant. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, or any other provision of the Plan, the
Employer shall make such changes and modifications to any Plan
Agreement to the extent necessary to cause such agreement to comply
with the requirements of Code Section 409A, federal
regulations issued thereunder and any other guidance issued by an
appropriate federal agency.
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“ Plan
Year ” shall mean a period beginning on January 1 of
each calendar year and continuing through December 31 of such
calendar year; provided, that the first Plan Year shall consist
only of the period beginning on April 1, 2005 and ending on
December 31, 2005.
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“
Retirement ”, “Retire(s)” or
“Retired” shall mean, with respect to an Employee,
Termination of Employment for any reason other than a leave of
absence, death or Disability on or after the earlier of the
attainment age sixty-five (65).
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“
Retirement Benefit ” shall mean the benefit set forth
in Article 4.
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Scheduled Distribution ” shall mean the distribution
set forth in Section 3.1.
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“
Specified Employee ” shall mean “Specified
Employee” as such term is defined in the 409A Universal
Definition Document.
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Terminate the Plan ”, “Termination of the
Plan” shall mean a determination by an Employer’s or
the Company’s board of directors that (i) all of its
Participants no longer shall be eligible to participate in the
Plan, (ii) all deferral elections for such Participants shall
terminate, and (iii) such Participants no longer shall be
eligible to receive company contributions under this
Plan.
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“
Termination Benefit ” shall mean the benefit set forth
in Article 5.
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33.
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“
Termination of Employment ” shall mean
“termination of employment” as defined in the Universal
409A Definition Document.
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34.
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Trust ” shall mean one or more trusts established by
the Company in accordance with Article 15.
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Unforeseeable Emergency ” shall mean
“Unforeseeable Emergency” as such term is defined in
the Universal 409A Definition Document. a.
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ARTICLE 2 – SELECTION,
ENROLLMENT, ELIGIBILITY
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2.1
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Selection by
Committee.
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Participation in the Plan shall be
limited to a select group of management or highly compensated
Employees selected as eligible to participate in the Plan, as
determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.
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2.2
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Enrollment
and Eligibility Requirements; Commencement of
Participation.
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a.
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As a condition
to participation, each select Employee who is eligible to
participate in the Plan effective as of the first day of a Plan
Year shall complete, execute and return to the Committee a Plan
Agreement, an Election Form and a Beneficiary Designation Form,
prior to the first day of such Plan Year, or such other deadline as
may be established by the Committee in its sole discretion as
permitted by applicable law. In addition, the Committee shall
establish from time to time such other enrollment requirements as
it determines, in its sole discretion, are necessary.
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A selected
Employee who first becomes eligible to participate in this Plan
after the first day of a Plan Year must complete these requirements
within thirty (30) days after he or she first becomes eligible
to participate in the Plan, or within such other deadline as may be
established by the Committee, in its sole discretion, as permitted
by applicable law, in order to participate for that Plan Year. In
such event, such person’s participation in this Plan shall
not commence earlier than the date determined by the Committee
pursuant to this Section 2.2(b) and such person shall not be
permitted to defer under this Plan any portion of his or her Base
Salary and/or Bonus that are paid with respect to services
performed prior to his or her participation commencement
date.
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Each selected
Employee who is eligible to participate in the Plan shall commence
participation in the Plan on the date that the Committee
determines, in its sole discretion, that the Employee has met all
enrollment requirements set forth in this Plan and required by the
Committee, including returning all required documents to the
Committee within the specified time period. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Committee shall process such Participant’s
deferral election as soon as administratively practicable after
such deferral election is submitted to and accepted by the
Committee.
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If an Employee
fails to meet all requirements contained in this Section 2.2
within the period required, that Employee shall not be eligible to
participate in the Plan during such Plan Year.
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Notwithstanding
any Plan provision to the contrary, participation in this Plan is
frozen as of December 31, 2008 such that an Employee is not
eligible to make deferral elections hereunder with respect to Base
Salary earned on and after January 1, 2009. and with respect
to any Bonus earned in respect to any performance period beginning
on or after January 1, 2009
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2.3
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Termination
of a Participant’s Eligibility.
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If the Committee determines that a
Participant no longer qualifies as a member of a select group of
management or highly compensated employees, as membership in such
group is determined in accordance with Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3)
and 401(a)(1) of ERISA, the Committee shall have the right, in its
sole discretion, to (i) prevent the Participant from making future
deferral elections, and/or (ii) take further action that the
Committee deems appropriate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
event of a Termination of the Plan in accordance with
Section 1.30, the termination of the affected
Participant’s eligibility for participation in the Plan shall
not be governed by this Section 2.3, but rather shall be
governed by Section 1.30 and Section 11.1. In the event
that a Participant no longer is eligible to defer compensation
under this Plan, the Participant’s Deferral Account shall
continue to be governed by the terms of this Plan until such time
as the Participant’s Deferral Account is paid in accordance
with the terms of this Plan.
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ARTICLE 3 – DEFERRAL
COMMITMENTS / CREDITING / TAXES
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a.
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Annual
Deferral Amount
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For each Plan Year beginning prior
to January 1, 2009, a Participant may elect to defer, as his
or her Annual Deferral Amount, Base Salary and/or Bonus, provided
that the minimum percentage of Base Salary or Bonus that can be
deferred in any calendar year shall be five percent (5%). The
Committee shall establish procedures that govern deferral elections
under the Plan, including the ability to make separate deferral
elections for Base Salary, or any portion thereof, and for Bonuses.
If the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, prior to the
beginning of a Plan Year that a Participant has made an election
for less than the stated minimum amounts, or if no election is
made, the amount deferred shall be zero. Each Participant may elect
to defer a maximum percentage of his or her Base Salary equal to
seventy five percent (75%) and a maximum percentage of his or
her Bonus equal to one hundred percent (100%). Notwithstanding any
provisions of the Plan to the contrary and to the extent consistent
with rules of Code Section 409A and the regulations and
guidance issued thereunder, no deferrals of Base Salary may be made
under the Plan until the Committee takes action to authorize the
commencement of such deferrals.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, and
unless the Committee elects to waive this provision, if a
Participant first becomes a Participant after the first day of a
Plan Year, the minimum Annual Deferral Amount shall be an amount
equal to the minimum set forth above, multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of complete months remaining in
the Plan Year and the denominator of which is 12. In addition, if a
Participant first becomes a Participant after the first day of a
Plan Year, the maximum Annual Deferral Amount shall be limited to
the amount of compensation not yet earned by the Participant as of
the date the Participant submits a Plan Agreement and Election Form
to the Committee for acceptance.
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3.2
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Election to
Defer; Effect of Election Form.
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In connection with a
Participant’s commencement of participation in the Plan, the
Participant shall make an irrevocable deferral election for the
Plan Year in which the Participant commences participation in the
Plan, along with such other elections as the Committee deems
necessary or desirable under the Plan. For this election to be
valid, the Election Form must be completed and signed by the
Participant, timely delivered to the Committee (in accordance with
Section 2.2 above) and accepted by the Committee.
For each succeeding Plan Year, an
irrevocable deferral election for that Plan Year, and such other
elections as the Committee deems necessary or desirable under
the
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Plan, shall be made by timely
delivering a new Election Form for the Committee, in accordance
with its rules and procedures, before the end of the Plan Year
preceding the Plan Year for which the election is made. If no such
Election Form is timely delivered for a Plan Year, the Annual
Deferral Amount shall be zero for that Plan Year.
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Performance-Based Compensation
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Committee may, in its sole discretion, determine that an
irrevocable deferral election pertaining to performance-based
compensation may be made by timely delivering a new Election Form
to the Committee, in accordance with its rules and procedures, no
later than six (6) months before the end of the performance
service period. “Performance-based compensation” means
compensation the amount of which, or the entitlement to which, is
contingent on the satisfaction of pre-established organizational or
individual performance criteria relating to a performance period of
at least 12 consecutive months. Organizational or individual
performance criteria are considered pre-established if established
in writing by not later than 90 days after the commencement of the
period of service to which the criteria relates, provided that the
outcome is substantially uncertain at the time the criteria are
established. Compensation may be performance-based compensation
where the amount will be paid regardless of satisfaction of the
performance criteria due to the service provider's death,
disability, or a Change in Control. In all cases, the determination
of whether any compensation is performance based compensation shall
be determined in accordance with Code Section 409A and related
guidance.
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3.3
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Withholding
and Crediting of Annual Deferral Amounts.
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For each Plan Year, the Base Salary
portion of the Annual Deferral Amount shall be withheld from each
regularly scheduled Base Salary payroll in equal amounts, as
adjusted from time to time for increases and decreases in Base
Salary. The Bonus portion of the Annual Deferral Amount shall be
withheld at the time the Bonus, or is otherwise would be paid to
the Participant, whether or not this occurs during the Plan Year
itself. Annual Deferral Amounts shall be credited to a
Participant’s Deferral Account at the time such amounts
otherwise would have been paid to the Participant.
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3.4
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Crediting of
Amounts after Benefit Distribution.
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Notwithstanding any provision in
this Plan to the contrary and to the extent consistent with rules
of Code Section 409A and the regulations and guidance issued
thereunder, should the complete distribution of a
Participant’s Deferral Account occur prior to the date on
which any portion of the Annual Deferral Amount that a Participant
has elected to defer in accordance with Section 3.2 otherwise
would be credited to the Participant’s Deferral Account, such
amounts shall not be credited to the Participant’s Deferral
Account, such amounts shall not be credited to the
Participant’s Deferral Account, but shall be paid to the
Participant in a manner determined by the Committee, in its sold
discretion.
A Participant shall at all times be
100% vested in his or her Deferral Account.
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3.6
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Crediting /
Debiting of Deferral Accounts.
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In accordance with, and subject to,
the rules and procedures that are established from time to time by
the Committee, in its sole discretion, amounts shall be crediting
or debited to a Participant&
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