Southern
California Edison Company
EXECUTIVE
RETIREMENT PLAN
for
Executives of Participating
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2.02 Pre-1995 Participation
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III. BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND
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3.05 Benefit of Former Executives
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4.01 Forms of Benefit Payment
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4.03 Commencement of Payments
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6.02 Alternative Forms of Payment
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VII. PAYMENT TERMS AND
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7.01 Benefits Nonassignable
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7.04 No Fiduciary Relationship
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8.01 Taxes on Benefit Payments
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8.02 Taxes on Benefit Accrual
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10.01 Plan Interpretation
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10.02 Day-to-Day Administration
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XI. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION
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11.01 Authority to Amend or Terminate
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XII. CLAIMS AND REVIEW
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12.02 Right To Arbitration
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12.03 Arbitration Procedures
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13.01 Participation in Other Plans
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13.02 Relationship to Qualified Plan
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13.03 No Right to Employment
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13.06 Validity and Applicable Law
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SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY
EXECUTIVE
RETIREMENT PLAN
As Amended
Effective December 31, 2008
The purpose
of this Plan is to provide supplemental retirement benefits to
Participants and surviving spouses or other designated
beneficiaries of such Participants.
This Plan
is hereby amended and restated to reflect that it only applies to
benefits that were accrued and vested prior to January 1, 2005
in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.04 hereof.
Benefits that accrue or vest on or after January 1, 2005 shall
be paid under the Edison International 2008 Executive Retirement
Plan (the “2008 Plan”) in accordance with the terms
therein. In no event shall a Participant receive benefits under
this Plan and the 2008 Plan with respect to the same year of
service. This amendment and restatement also includes provisions
that were set forth in the Edison International Severance Plan as
of October 3, 2004 but that applied to this Plan and are thus
not material modifications of the Plan that would cause it to be
subject to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.
Capitalized
terms in the text of the Plan are defined as follows:
Administrator
means the
Compensation and Executive Personnel Committee of the Southern
California Edison Company Board of Directors.
Affiliate
means EIX
or any corporation or entity which along with Edison International,
is a component member of a “controlled group of
corporations” within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the
Code.
Base
Salary means the
annual basic rate of pay as fixed by the Company (excluding
Incentive Awards, special awards, commissions, severance pay, and
other non-regular forms of compensation).
Beneficial
Owner shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 13d-3 of the General
Rules and Regulations under the United States Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
Beneficiary
means the
person designated as such in accordance with Article IX of the
Plan.
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Benefit
Feature means one
of the levels of benefit under the Plan as described in
Section 3.02(a).
Board
means the
Board of Directors of EIX.
Cause
means the
occurrence of either or both of the following:
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(1)
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The
Participant’s conviction for, or pleading guilty or nolo
contendere to, committing an act of fraud, embezzlement, theft, or
other act constituting a felony; or
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(2)
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The
willful engaging by the Participant in misconduct that
is:
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(i)
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if
the event giving rise to the termination of the Participant’s
employment does not occur during a Protected Period, in violation
of EIX’s and/or the Participant’s Employer’s
policies and practices applicable to the Participant from time to
time; or
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(ii)
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if
the event giving rise to the termination of the Participant’s
employment occurs during a Protected Period, that would have
resulted in the termination of the Participant’s employment
by EIX or the Participant’s Employer under EIX’s and/or
the Participant’s Employer’s policies and practices
applicable to the Participant in effect immediately prior to the
start of the Protected Period. However, no act or failure to act,
on the Participant’s part, shall be considered
“willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by the
Participant not in good faith and without reasonable belief that
his or her action or omission was in the best interest of EIX and
his or her Employer.
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Change in
Control means any
one or more of the following:
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(1)
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Any
Person (other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities
under an employee benefit plan of EIX or an EIX affiliate) becomes
the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of EIX
representing thirty percent (30%) or more of the combined voting
power of EIX’s then outstanding securities. For purposes of
this clause, “Person” (or “group” as used
in the definition of Person) shall not include one or more
underwriters acquiring newly-issued voting securities (or
securities convertible into voting securities) directly from EIX
with a view towards distribution.
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(2)
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On
any day after January 1, 2001 (the “Measurement
Date”) Continuing Directors cease for any reason to
constitute a majority of the Board. A director is a
“Continuing Director” if he or she either:
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(i)
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was
a member of the Board on the applicable Initial Date (an
“Initial Director”); or
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was
elected to the Board, or was nominated for election by EIX’s
shareholders, by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Initial
Directors then in office.
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A member of
the Board who was not a director on the applicable Initial Date
shall be deemed to be an Initial Director for purposes of clause
(ii) above if his or her election, or nomination for election
by EIX’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least
two-thirds (2/3) of the Initial Directors (including directors
elected after the applicable Initial Date who are deemed to be
Initial Directors by application of this provision) then in office.
For these purposes, “Initial Date” means the date
that is two years before the Measurement Date.
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(3)
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EIX
is liquidated; all or substantially all of EIX’s assets are
sold in one or a series of related transactions; or EIX is merged,
consolidated, or reorganized with or involving any other
corporation, other than a merger, consolidation, or reorganization
that results in the voting securities of EIX outstanding
immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by
remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities
of the surviving entity) more than fifty percent (50%) of the
combined voting power of the voting securities of EIX (or as
surviving entity) outstanding immediately after such merger,
consolidation, or reorganization. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
bankruptcy of EIX or a sale or spin-off of an EIX subsidiary (short
of a dissolution of EIX or a liquidation of substantially all of
EIX’s assets, determined on an aggregate basis) will not
constitute a Change in Control of EIX.
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(4)
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The
consummation of such other transaction that the Board may, in its
discretion in the circumstances, declare to be a Change in Control
of EIX for purposes of this Plan.
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Code
means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Company
means the
Affiliate employing the Participant.
Disability
means the
Participant’s eligibility for benefits under his or her
Employer’s long-term disability plan applicable to the
Participant, as determined by the Employer.
EIX
means
Edison International or any successor thereto.
Employer
means EIX
or any affiliated business of EIX that has adopted this Plan with
the written consent of EIX, including but not limited to Southern
California Edison, Edison Capital, Edison Mission Energy or Edison
O&M (or any such entity’s successor). As the context may
require, a Participant’s Employer means the Employer that
employs or last employed the Participant.
Financial
Hardship means an
unexpected and unforeseen financial disruption arising from an
illness, casualty loss, sudden financial reversal, or other such
unforeseeable occurrence as
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determined
by the Administrator or its designee. Needs arising from
foreseeable events such as the purchase of a residence or education
expenses for children will not, alone, be considered a Financial
Hardship.
Incentive
Award means the
dollar amount of incentive (bonus) awarded by the Company to
the Participant pursuant to the terms of an annual incentive award
plan.
Participant
means a key
employee of an Affiliate, who (i) is a U.S. employee or an
expatriate and is based and paid in the U.S., (ii) has been
designated as an executive by the Administrator, the Company Board
or the Company CEO for purposes of the Plan, and
(iii) qualifies as a member of the “select group of
management or highly compensated employees” under the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
Person
shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a)(9) of the
United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and used
in Section 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a group as
contemplated by Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2)
thereof.
Plan
means the
Southern California Edison Company Executive Retirement
Plan.
Protected
Period means the
period related to a Change in Control that is deemed to commence on
the date that is six months before the date of the actual Change in
Control and end on the date that is two years after the Change in
Control.
Qualified
Plan means the
Southern California Edison Company Retirement Plan, or a successor
plan, intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the
Code.
Retirement
means
separation from the Company upon attainment of at least age 55 with
at least 5 Years of Service.
Senior
Officer means
(i) the CEO, President, Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice
Presidents and elected Vice Presidents of the Sponsor and EIX,
(ii) any officer of other Affiliates who has been designated
as a Section 16 Officer by the Board, and (iii) any other
Affiliate employee designated by the Administrator to be a Senior
Officer for purposes of the Plan.
Special
Election means an
election made by a Participant who has been terminated without
Cause (other than due to the Participant’s
Disability).
Sponsor
means the
Southern California Edison Company.
Termination
Date means the
last day the Participant is actually employed by an Employer in
connection with the event that entitles the Participant to
severance benefits.
Termination
of Employment means the
voluntary or involuntary cessation of the Participant’s
employment with the Company for any reason other than death or
Retirement. Termination of Employment will not be deemed to have
occurred for purposes of this Plan if the Participant is reemployed
by another Affiliate within 30 days of ceasing work with the
Company.
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Total
Compensation means
(i) for non-Senior Officer Participants, the annualized
average Base Salary as fixed by the Company based on the
Participant’s 36 highest months of Base Salary, and
(ii) for Senior Officers, the annualized average of Base
Salary plus Incentive Award based on the 36 months in which
the Participant had the highest combination of Base Salary and
Incentive Award. The 36 months need not be consecutive. For
purposes of determining the highest 36 months for Senior
Officers, each of the Participant’s annual Incentive Awards
will be spread evenly over the months worked in the years in which
the Incentive Awards were earned. In no event will Total
Compensation be less than the dollar amount determined under the
terms of the Plan in effect on March 31, 1999 for Employees
who were Participants on that date.
Year of
Service means a
calendar year in which the Participant is credited with 1,000 or
more hours of service with the Company determined in accordance
with the terms of the Qualified Plan.
Individuals
are eligible to participate in the Plan when they become Senior
Officers or are designated as executives by the Administrator, the
Company Board or the Company CEO for purposes of this Plan.
Participation in the Plan will continue as long as the individual
remains a Senior Officer or a designated executive (subject to any
applicable Plan restrictions).
2.02
Pre-1995 Participation
Employees
who were Participants in the Plan on December 31, 1994 will
continue to participate in the Plan as long as they remain
designated as executives.
III.
BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND VESTING
Benefits
under the Plan will be payable with respect to any vested
Participant upon Retirement to the extent the benefit payable under
this Plan exceeds the benefit payable under other specified plans
as provided under Section 3.03(a).
(a) The
Plan provides a supplemental retirement benefit calculated in
accordance with Section 3.03 below. The Plan incorporates the
following Benefit Features:
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Recognition of the amount of Base
Salary that is not recognized for purposes of calculating benefits
under the Qualified Plan due to limits imposed by the Code under
Sections 415(b) or 401(a)(17).
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Recognition of deferred salary that
is not recognized for purposes of calculating benefits under the
Qualified Plan.
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Recognition of Incentive Awards that
are not recognized for purposes of calculating benefits under the
Qualified Plan.
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An
additional 0.75% benefit accrual over that provided by the
Qualified Plan is earned for each Year of Service up to ten Years
of Service. Plan eligibility during those years is not
required.
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(b) Senior
Officers are eligible for all four Benefit Features. Other
Participants are eligible for Benefit Features (i) and
(ii) only.
(c) Participants
in the Plan on December 31, 1994, are eligible for all four
Benefit Features as long as they remain eligible to participate in
the Plan, unless they were participants in the Plan on
December 31, 1992 and did not elect to participate in the
Executive Disability and Survivor Benefit Program, in which case
they are not eligible for Benefit Feature (iv).
(a) The
Sponsor will calculate the amount of any benefits payable under the
Plan for each Participant at the time of the Participant’s
Retirement, death, or termination with a deferred vested benefit.
The amount payable under this Plan will be that dollar amount
calculated pursuant to Section 3.03(b), reduced by
(i) the dollar amount payable to the Participant (or spouse or
contingent annuitant) under the terms of the Qualified Plan, or
other Affiliate defined benefit plan, after taking into account any
applicable restrictions or limitations as to such payments required
by the Code or other applicable law or the terms of the Qualified
Plan, or other applicable Affiliate defined benefit plan, and
(ii) the actuarial single life annuity value, as defined in
the Qualified Plan, of the Participant’s Profit Sharing
Account under the Sponsor’s Stock Savings Plus Plan, or
successor plan.
(b) The
Participant’s Total Compensation will be used to calculate
benefit amounts based on the formulas set forth in
Section 4.02(a) of the Qualified Plan, including Subsection
(1) but excluding Subsection (2), and Section 4.12(b) of
the Qualified Plan, notwithstanding the Participant’s
eligibility for such benefits under the terms of the Qualified
Plan. The initial calculation of any Plan benefits based on Total
Compensation including Incentive Awards will assume a target bonus
for the final year of employment subject to a
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