Exhibit 10.44
The CORPORATE plan for
Retirement SM
EXECUTIVE PLAN
Adoption Agreement
IMPORTANT
NOTE
This document has not been approved by the
Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service or any other
governmental entity. An Employer must determine whether the plan is
subject to the Federal securities laws and the securities laws of
the various states. An Employer may not rely on this document to
ensure any particular tax consequences or to ensure that the Plan
is “unfunded and maintained primarily for the purpose of
providing deferred compensation to a select group of management or
highly compensated employees” under the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act with respect to the Employer’s particular
situation. Fidelity Management Trust Company, its affiliates and
employees cannot and do not provide legal or tax advice or opinions
in connection with this document. This document does not constitute
legal or tax advice or opinions and is not intended or written to
be used, and it cannot be used by any taxpayer, for the purposes of
avoiding penalties that may be imposed on the taxpayer. This
document must be reviewed by the Employer’s attorney
prior to adoption.
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Plan Number:
44381
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ECM NQ 2007 AA
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(07/2007)
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10/23/2008
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© 2007 Fidelity
Management & Research Company
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ADOPTION AGREEMENT
ARTICLE 1
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1.01
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PLAN INFORMATION
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(a)
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Name of Plan:
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This is the Amphenol Corporation Supplemental
Defined Contribution Plan (the “Plan”).
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(b)
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Plan Status ( Check one.) :
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(1)
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Adoption Agreement effective date:
1/1/2009.
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(2)
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The Adoption Agreement effective date is
(Check (A) or check and complete (B)) :
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(A)
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A new Plan effective date.
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(B)
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An amendment and restatement of the Plan. The
original effective date of the Plan was: 6/1/2007
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(c)
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Name of Administrator, if not the
Employer:
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(a)
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Employer Name: Amphenol
Corporation
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(b)
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The term “Employer” includes the
following Related Employer(s) (as defined in
Section 2.01(a)(25)) participating in the Plan:
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Amphenol Interconnect Products
Corporation
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Times Fiber
Communications, Inc.
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Amphenol Cables on Demand
Corp.
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Amphenol T&M
Antennas, Inc.
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1.03
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COVERAGE
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(Check (a) and/or (b).)
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(a)
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The following Employees are eligible to
participate in the Plan (Check (1) or (2)) :
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(1)
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Only those Employees designated in writing by
the Employer, which writing is hereby incorporated
herein.
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(2)
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Only those Employees in the eligible class
described below:
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An Employee who is (1) a member of a select
group of management or highly compensated employees (2) either (i) not
eligible to accrue a benefit under the Employer’s defined
benefit plan after January 1, 2007 or
(ii) affected by a deferral limit to the primary qualified
pension plan in which he or she participates and
(3) specifically designated in writing as eligible by Amphenol
Corporation.
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(b)
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The following Directors are eligible to
participate in the Plan (Check (1) or (2)) :
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(1)
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Only those Directors designated in writing by
the Employer, which writing is hereby incorporated
herein.
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(2)
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All Directors, effective as of the later of the
date in 1.01(b) or the date the Director becomes a
Director.
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(Note: A designation in
Section 1.03(a)(1) or Section 1.03(b)(1) or a
description in Section 1 .03(a)(2) must include the
effective date of such participation.)
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1.04
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COMPENSATION
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(If Section 1.03(a) is selected,
select (a) or (b). If Section 1.03(b) is selected,
complete (c))
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For purposes of determining all
contributions under the Plan:
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(a)
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x Compensation shall be as defined, with
respect to Employees, in the Amphenol Corporation Employee
Savings/401(k) Plan maintained by the
Employer:
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(1)
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to the extent it is in excess of the limit
imposed under Code section 401(a)(17).
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(2)
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notwithstanding the limit imposed under Code
section 401(a)(17).
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(b)
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o Compensation shall be as defined in
Section 2.01(a)(9) with respect to Employees (Check
(1), and/or (2) below, if, and as, appropriate)
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(1)
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but excluding the following:
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(2)
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but excluding bonuses, except those bonuses
listed in the table in Section 1.05(a)(2).
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(c)
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Compensation shall be as defined in
Section 2.01(a)(9)(c) with respect to Directors, but
excluding the following:
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1.05
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CONTRIBUTIONS ON BEHALF OF
EMPLOYEES
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(a)
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Deferral Contributions (Complete all that
apply):
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(1)
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Deferral Contributions. Subject to any minimum
or maximum deferral amount provided below, the Employer shall make
a Deferral Contribution in accordance with, and subject to,
Section 4.01 on behalf of each Participant who has an executed
salary reduction agreement in effect with the Employer for the
applicable calendar year (or portion of the applicable calendar
year).
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Deferral Contributions
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Dollar Amount
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% Amount
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Type of Compensation
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Min
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Max
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Min
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Max
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(Note: With respect to each type of
Compensation, list the minimum and maximum dollar amounts or
percentages as whole dollar amounts or whole number
percentages.)
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(2)
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Deferral Contributions with respect to Bonus
Compensation only. The Employer requires Participants to enter into
a special salary reduction agreement to make Deferral Contributions
with respect to one or more Bonuses, subject to minimum and maximum
deferral limitations, as provided in the table below.
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Treated As
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Non-
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Dollar Amount
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% Amount
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Deferral Contributions
Type of Bonus
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Performance
Based
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Performance
Based
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Min
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Max
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Min
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Max
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(Note: With respect to each type of Bonus, list
the minimum and maximum dollar amounts or percentages as whole
dollar amounts or whole number percentages. In the event a bonus
identified as a Performance-based Bonus above does not constitute a
Performance-based Bonus with respect to any Participant, such Bonus
will be treated as a Non-Performance-based Bonus with respect to
such Participant.)
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(b)
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Matching Contributions (Choose (1) or
(2) below, and (3) below, as applicable):
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(1)
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The Employer shall make a Matching Contribution
on behalf of each Employee Participant in an amount described
below:
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(A)
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% of the Employee
Participant’s Deferral Contributions for the calendar
year.
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(B)
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The amount, if any, declared by the Employer in
writing, which writing is hereby incorporated herein.
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(C)
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Other:
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(2)
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Matching Contribution Offset. For each Employee
Participant who has made elective contributions (as defined in 26
CFR section 1.401(k)-6 (“QP Deferrals”)) of the maximum
permitted under Code section 402(g), or the maximum permitted under
the terms of
the Plan
(the “QP”), to the QP, the Employer shall make a
Matching Contribution in an amount equal to (A) minus
(B) below:
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(A)
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The matching contributions (as defined in 26 CFR
section 1.401(m)-1(a)(2) (“QP Match”)) that the
Employee Participant would have received under the QP on the sum of
the Deferral Contributions and the Participant’s QP
Deferrals, determined as though—
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no limits otherwise imposed by the tax law
applied to such QP match; and
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the Employee Participant’s Deferral
Contributions had been made to the QP.
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(B)
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The QP Match actually made to such Employee
Participant under the QP for the applicable calendar
year.
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Provided, however, that the Matching
Contributions made on behalf of any Employee Participant pursuant
to this Section 1.05(b)(2) shall be limited as provided
in Section 4.02 hereof.
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(3)
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Matching Contribution Limits (Check the
appropriate box (es)) :
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(A)
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Deferral Contributions in excess of
% of the Employee Participant’s
Compensation for the calendar year shall not be considered for
Matching Contributions.
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(B)
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Matching Contributions for each Employee
Participant for each calendar year shall be limited to
$ .
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Employer Contributions
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Fixed Employer Contributions. The Employer shall
make an Employer Contribution on behalf of each Employee
Participant in an amount determined as described below:
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(2)
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Discretionary Employer Contributions. The
Employer may make Employer Contributions to the accounts of
Employee Participants in any amount (which amount may be zero), as
determined by the Employer in its sole discretion from time to time
in a writing, which is hereby incorporated herein.
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1.06
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CONTRIBUTIONS ON BEHALF OF
DIRECTORS
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(a)
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Contributions
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The Employer shall make a Deferral Contribution
in accordance with, and subject to, Section 4.01 on behalf of
each Director Participant who has an executed deferral agreement in
effect with the Employer for the applicable calendar year (or
portion of the applicable calendar year), which deferral agreement
shall be subject to any minimum and/or maximum deferral amounts
provided in the table below.
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Deferral Contributions
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Dollar Amount
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% Amount
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Type of Compensation
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Min
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Max
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Max
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(Note: With respect to each type of
Compensation, list the minimum and maximum dollar amounts or
percentages as whole dollar amounts or whole number
percentages.)
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Matching and Employer Contributions:
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(1)
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Matching Contributions. The Employer shall make
a Matching Contribution on behalf of each Director Participant in
an amount determined as described below:
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(2)
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Fixed Employer Contributions. The Employer shall
make an Employer Contribution on behalf of each Director
Participant in an amount determined as described below:
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(3)
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Discretionary Employer Contributions. The
Employer may make Employer Contributions to the accounts of
Director Participants in any amount (which amount may be zero), as
determined by the Employer in its sole discretion from time to
time, in a writing,
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